Project: Frag'n'Fold and Jr. (Crunch too!)

[zlojack]

I am slowly embarking on these next two builds which will probably evolve a bit during the course of the builds.

So far Frag'n'Fold looks something like this:

Rig 1:
MM U2-UFO Horizon Duality Front Anodized Black
EVGA X58 Classified
3xSLI GTX 280
i7 920 D0
6GB Crucial DDR3 D9JNL
2 Intel X25-M 80 GB
1 WD Caviar 500GB
PSU TBD
Windows Vista Ultimate 64x (Until all the drivers come for 7)

Watercooling:
3 MCP 355 w/ XSPC Res tops
HK 3.0 Copper
FUFUFUFUFUFUFUFU VID-428
Bitspower Black Freezer EIX58NSC for EVGA X58 Classified
Bitspower Black Freezer MOS EI58DP II - for EVGA Classified
Bitspower 3/8"-5/8" Compression fittings
A bunch of 45 and 90 degree BP fittings
2 XSPC RX360
1 XSPC RX240
Primochill LRT Red

Rig 2:
MM H2GO
Gigabyte GA-X58-UD4P
2xSLI GTX 260
i7 920 C0
6 GB Crucial DDR3 D9JNL
HDD TBD
Corsair 1000HX
Windows 7 RC1

Watercooling:
2 DD Tieton GTX 260/280 blocks (1 Nickel, 1 Copper)
Rest TBDThis is all I've got for now. I started a bit of work tonight, but it will be slow going with time restrictions (seems like there's always something on in the summer :fight4:)

Some gratuitous GPU pr0n
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v391/zlojack/DSC02460.jpg

My dream case:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v391/zlojack/DSC02461.jpg

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Now for a bit of cable work. I think I ordered the wrong size of shrink wrap for some of what I'm doing, so I'll probably order some more this week and do other stuff until I get it and can continue with the other rads...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v391/zlojack/DSC02466.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v391/zlojack/DSC02467.jpg

Tucked away for now...those fans are ready to go.
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[RedRaider]

nice...:up:

[trfnj74]

Very Nice Jack.....I always like seeing MM builds....MM Case's are like American Muscle Cars they just look like pure power....

[Baleful]

Looks damn good Jack :up:

If I had to do it all over again, I would have definitely gone with the black anodized.

http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt121/Liquid_Bale/CIMG1311.jpg

[Floyd]

Man that MM case is nice indeed. How large is that one? It doesnt look too much bigger than my torture rack.

[Septim]

looks like the standard 18 x 18 x 18 cube...

[zlojack]

Yes, 18" cubed.

[Floyd]

looks like the standard 18 x 18 x 18 cube...

Yup you are right. I looked it up.
Torture Rack is: 14.7x12.1x14.4 so its a little bigger.

[Septim]

i have a test cube of 18inches (alum frame), tried placing an rd30 in it and 3 radiators, filled it up in no time, and wanting for more space followed...

[zlojack]

Ok, so after a lot of procrastination and busy time, I got down to some work these past few days.

I am getting tired of all the individually sleeved cables, so I decided to go for a different sleeving approach for my PSU. I just did a PCIE cable and the 8-pin EPS cable to start and see how it would look:



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Then I did some test fitting of the rads and pump mounting. Unfortunately, the filters I wanted to use won't fit with this rad spacing (with Thermochill 25mm, they would be fine but with 15mm they're a no go). I guess I'll go with plan B.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v391/zlojack/DSC02470.jpg

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Anyway, two pumps will be mounted as shown for the chipset and GPU loop. Still need to do a lot of wire stuff before I move everything into the case. Also need to get my HK plated :D

[p0Pe]

wow thats alot of 260´s:P this should be interesting! such a nice case!

[AnjinSan1966]

Looks like a really nice build,will follow this one :)

[Septim]

nice updates jack. moar pls.

[Oli4v]

nice case :)

[Schlosser]

correction p0Pe 3 280's and one 260 :p

Really nice and clean sleeving job! It hasn't really made much sence to me - at any time - to individually sleeve the PCI-e cables - that just makes more mess IMO. I can understand it for the ATX power though..

[DexNfX]

Will having the pump mounted on the rad affect the performance of your cooling?

[zlojack]

I don't think it will.

[zlojack]

Alright, so looks like I will have some time for working on this stuff again.

Watch for updates :D

[zlojack]

Believe it or not, I actually got something done!!!

Found some time to get Junior together and up and running.

Final specs for Jr. are as follows

Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P
i7 920 C0 (a decent chip that does ~3.8 GHz)
Crucial DDR3 6GB 7-7-7-20 1066 (these can do 1600)
WD Caviar Black 500 GB
SLI GTX 280
Corsair 1000HX

Watercooling
Apogee GTZ
FUFUFUFUFUFUFUFU VID-428
Swiftech MCP 355 w/XSPC Restop
BP Fittings (many types!)
Primochill 3/8" - 5/8" Blue tubing

Turned out pretty good for a "quick and dirty" job. I was originally planning to put the GTX 280s in the big rig (and I might still do it) but since I've lost 2 cards in the past 3 weeks (a 260 and a 280 hae both crapped out on me) I figure I'll go with this for now. The best part is, I can now concentrate on putting the big one together without worrying about cannibalizing, since this rig is complete.

I didn't take many pics, but here are a few:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v391/zlojack/DSC02607.jpg

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Leak Testing
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v391/zlojack/DSC02612.jpg

And now up and running:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v391/zlojack/DSC02614.jpg

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[Kuro]

Mmmm that anodized MM case looks gorgeous :slobber: