Project: Elegant Murder

[Cutless009]

So now that I'm all but done with Formal Black (aka Simplicity), I'm starting to plan out my next build. Still not going i7 with this one for the sake of the lack of parts/mounts available for it just yet, but this build will be a step beyond what I built last time.

Here's the parts I've got down for this build:

The Guts:

CPU: Stepping up to the Extreme Edition, QX9650 as opposed to the Q9650 in Simplicity
Ram: Stepping up to 8gb DDR PC20000 instead of 4gb
GPU: Sticking with Dual 4870x2's unless Nvidia impresses me with the 295's/230's
MOBO: Asus Rampage Extreme
PSU: FUFUFUFUFUFUFUFU 1300watt Water Cooled PSU
PSU2: Meanwell PSU


The Skeleton:

Case: Mountain Mods Ascended Extension
Case Secondary: Mountain Mods Pedestal 24
Mods: Lots of cutting and drilling, and I have a company who will be giving a lot of the parts inside this case a copper plating, and I will be having some parts CNC'd for me out of solid copper.



The Goodies:

Rads: 6 Thermochil 120.3 Rads, 5 HWLabs Black Ice GTX480 Rads (thats right, 11 rads total)
Pumps: 3x Iwaki RD-30 (in custom copper enclosure) - mounted in Pedestal
Res's: 3x EK 120 Multi-option Res's (mounted horizontally on floor of case)
CPU Block: AC 775 Block
GPU Blocks: AC 4870x2 FC Blocks
MOBO Blocks: MIPS Rampage Extreme MOBO Cooling Block Set
Tubing: Tygon R3400 black UV resistant tubing.
Fittings: All BP Compression fittings with blatant over-use of 45, 90, and rotary fittings, as well as BP fill and drain ports.
Fans: 40 Delta Extreme High Speed 120x38 fans.
Fan Controlling: ??Wtf Can Control 40 Deltas??


Loops:

Loop 1: Res > Iwaki > GTX480 > GTX480 > 120.3 > 120.3 > CPU > Res
Loop 2: Res > Iwaki > GTX480 > GTX480 > 120.3 > 120.3 > 4870x2 > 4870x2 > Res
Loop 3: Res > Iwaki > GTX480 > 120.3 > 120.3 > NB/SB > Mosfet 1 > Mosfet 2 > Res



Budget: $7,500

[mcoffey]

This looks like one hell of a build. Subscribed.

andyc

[Langer]

holy fuck... you've got my interest.

Goodluck!

[ZeniTH]

"Fan Controlling: ??Wtf Can Control 40 Deltas??"
LMAO...

Sub'd

[Septim]

i like the pumps of choice...

[smee]

40 Delta's!??!?!?!?

HOLY CRAP... sub'd.... this build log is gonna take off quick, can't wait!!! (pun intended) :D

[Langer]

You'll need a lot of pots, and some basic electronic know how, to make your own fan controller for that many fans.

[Cutless009]

Im thinking 5x 200watt 7amp pots.... with possible some custom water blocks to keep them cool? and tie them in to the motherboard loop?

Oh yah and just so you know all the fans will be running off of a dedicated 1000watt PSU.

[Langer]

run with it.

[Cutless009]

Lol holy shit I just realized that all those fans are going to draw ~1200watts all on their own! Maybe I'll just throw two of those FUFUFUFUFUFUFUFU PSU's in there! HAHA OMG 2400watts of pure madness! MUAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

Plus the 300watt Meanwell to run the 3 Iwakis, thats almost 3 kilowatts of power this sucker is gonna draw!

[Cutless009]

So I ran the numbers for Rheostats, definitely a no go, even a 1,000watt Rheo only puts out 31a, I need 41a to run the number of fans per channel I want, and at 1kw they are 9in across (in other words 2 = width of Ascension), and cost $250 per, so ya no....

Going with the old standby 7/12v switch w/ off position and I'll put in like 5 of them (one for the side, one for the front, one for the back, one for the two sides of the pedestal, and one for the front and back of the pedestal). That oughta put a bit of tame into those deltas!

[ballz0r]

come on.... we have to be able to turn a concept this extreme into a reality.

I have some 150w rheostats I bought from ebay u can buy... perhaps you can split up the fans

the rhostats are:

MEMCOR TYPE R-150 RHEOSTAT/ROTARY SWITCH.

150 Watts
Insulated for 300 Volts
2 OHM
8.66 AMP
Measures about 4 inches across the top and about 1 1/2 inches high
what are the specs on your deltas?

[Cutless009]

29.40 watts, 2.45 amps, 12v

Adds up quick ^_^ Esp when ur chaining 4 of them together at a time :P

Here's a quick render of the concept image Im working on atm, the front has 4x 120.3, the side has 4x 120x4, the back is going to have 1x 120.3, and the pedestal is going to have 2x 120.3 and 2x 120x4

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z6/Cutless1/Project%20Murdered%20Elegance/1.jpg



P.S. that pushes the count of fans up to 44.

Yes, I am insane, no, there's nothing you can do about it.

[Baleful]

Oh My Damn.

This is going to be epic.

[Cutless009]

I feel a disturbance in the force....

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z6/Cutless1/2.jpg


Had to cut back the rads on the side to four triples because of interior space issues, but all the panels are cut out, fans and custom shrouds in place, power buttons placed, have some special surprises for the next update ;)

[Gir]

I hope you have a vet real close to you if you have any pets. :eek:

[Cutless009]

http://screencast.com/t/6owrrgqHUl5

[Armeniandave]

That's pretty frickin awesome man!
Seriously Extreme Shit man, Very Impressed!

[Xilikon]

Whoa, you are making RedRaider jealous of your build. The custom case design is truly badass ;)

[Cutless009]

Whoa, you are making RedRaider jealous of your build. The custom case design is truly badass ;)

:ninja1: :wasntme:

[RedRaider]

Would someone invite Charles_H here, please...;)

[Cutless009]

Who's charles H D:

[RedRaider]

Owner/Creator of Murder Mod...:)

[R0bert]

Fans: 40 Delta Extreme High Speed 120x38 fans.

Building crusher, lol!
Neighbours gonna think you've got whole army..
Sub'd can't wait to see moreee.
________
Yamaha XVS1100 (http://www.cyclechaos.com/wiki/Yamaha_XVS1100)

[just a noob]

this is even more crazy than mcoffey's build/rrr's combined

[Sniper]

Wow Cutless nice setup! I'm impressed for sure dude!

[The[R]eaper]

:omg: Great lookin' case. Cant wait to see the real thing. wow sub'd

[hoax]

I feel a disturbance in the force....



:darthvader:

that's one sick looking case, this will be fun to watch :popcorn:

[Cutless009]

Todays forecast, 100% chance of sexy:

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z6/Cutless1/Project%20Murdered%20Elegance/3.jpg

[Septim]

looks good... provision for air filter in front...

[Cutless009]

air filter is on the shroud between the fan and the rad, so that you get the look of all the fans and the air still gets filtered :up:

Right now its like this: Case>Shroud>Fan>Shroud>Filter>Rad

[Yil]

ABSOLUTELY NICE!!!!

why are the fans not so good looking as yours!!!!

[Eddie3dfx]

Cutless that is amazing.

[Cutless009]

Did somebody say something about a custom copper-played RD-30 pump housing with custom copper-plated Bitspower ports? Well if they didnt, I just did

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z6/Cutless1/4.jpg

In fact I've just gotten confirmation from vincent that he will be able to supply me with all the fittings for this computer build in copper plated brass :up:

[Cutless009]

Working out the plumbing details:

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z6/Cutless1/Project%20Murdered%20Elegance/5.jpg

[jtf2]

absolutely amazing,and that is an understatement!!
geez aint it a bitch they will not see this masterpiece over at xs.

[Chicken Patty]

man you dont fail to impress me with your builds dude :) subscribed,

[BDW88]

subscribed and Wow! what volts are you going to run the Delta's at?

[Cutless009]

subscribed and Wow! what volts are you going to run the Delta's at?

Gonna wire up some custom switches for 5v/7v/12v/off switching :)

Working on more of the plumbing! I dont like having so many fittings, I think its making it look tacky, so if anyone has any ideas as to where I could cut down on them please feel free to photoshop up some routing :up:

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z6/Cutless1/Project%20Murdered%20Elegance/6.jpg

[Xilikon]

The tubing between the video card and the reservoir can have a nice curve without a fitting so you can remove this one. Same for the 90 degre fitting from the middle reservoir to the floor, which can be remove to have a smooth curve.

[zlojack]

Very nice stuff, Cutless!

[Cutless009]

Working harderrrrrrr, stupid routing:

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z6/Cutless1/Project%20Murdered%20Elegance/7.jpg

[Kayin]

Your designs amaze me.

I can give you a recipe to simply strip plating if straight brass would work...

[Cutless009]

I come bearing updates:

http://content.screencast.com/users/Cutless1/folders/Jing/media/160c7340-febc-486b-85ef-4064898fd838/bootstrap.swf

And renders:

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z6/Cutless1/Project%20Murdered%20Elegance/Plumbing1.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z6/Cutless1/Project%20Murdered%20Elegance/Plumbing2.jpg

And once its all covered up itll look something like this:

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z6/Cutless1/Project%20Murdered%20Elegance/8.jpg

[Chicken Patty]

:::drools::::

[Xilikon]

:::drools::::

QFT :wawa:

[Chicken Patty]

QFT :wawa:

QFT???

[Xilikon]

QFT???

Quoted for truth

[Chicken Patty]

Quoted for truth

dummy I am. hehe. Thanks. And it was true, this inspires me, I just have no skills to do anything like that!!

[smee]

HOLY CRAP... dude cutless. What program are you using or these insane renders????
This is gonna be sweet. *pulls up chair, grabs popcorn, sits back...*

Keep it up!! :up:

[ZeniTH]

love the renders... !!! keep them coming!

[Cutless009]

HOLY CRAP... dude cutless. What program are you using or these insane renders????
This is gonna be sweet. *pulls up chair, grabs popcorn, sits back...*

Keep it up!! :up:

3D Studio Max 2008 :up:


Thanks for the compliments guys!

[Chicken Patty]

3D Studio Max 2008 :up:


Thanks for the compliments guys!

anytime bro!

[Cutless009]

A little treat for you guys, high res wallpaper of the final concept of this case:

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z6/Cutless1/Project%20Murdered%20Elegance/final-1.jpg

[Xilikon]

Look like you forgot the link between the two video cards.

[smee]

Dude thats a SWEET cpu block!!! Where'd you manage to find one of them???

haha, ;)

Looks great man! renders look AMAZING! :up:

[BDW88]

fucking beautiful!!!

[RedRaider]

:slobber: jaw dropping :slobber:

[Chicken Patty]

Thansk alot cutless:clap:

[Cutless009]

Lol I sent this to a friend of mine in europe, and he replies with this:

"hey Stephen

I truely cherish the effort you are putting into this but c'mon. a computer wich fans alone draw 1400 watts is really insensate! okay, you're living in the US of A where energy costs are more reasonable than over here in europe but stil it makes no sense. 5 Ghz so what. My MacPro has 8 times 2,8Ghz is rockstable and abolutely silent. it has 2 fans. power consumption is about 300 watts or something?

well maybe it's just me but i find this more than obsolete. "


lol wtf, obsolete? Some people have no idea wtf theyre talking about :down:

[Sniper]

lol he's saying his Mac pro has 2.8 & yours is obsolete? HAHA

[Cutless009]

Heres a 2nd version for you guys :)

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z6/Cutless1/Project%20Murdered%20Elegance/final2.jpg

[Septim]

Cutless i like it...

[Kayin]

He's saying it because this one system can track down and jizz on his Mac.

Hell, a lot of ours here could.

Keep up the good work-that's excellent rendering...

[Eddie3dfx]

Lol I sent this to a friend of mine in europe, and he replies with this:

"hey Stephen

I truely cherish the effort you are putting into this but c'mon. a computer wich fans alone draw 1400 watts is really insensate! okay, you're living in the US of A where energy costs are more reasonable than over here in europe but stil it makes no sense. 5 Ghz so what. My MacPro has 8 times 2,8Ghz is rockstable and abolutely silent. it has 2 fans. power consumption is about 300 watts or something?

well maybe it's just me but i find this more than obsolete. "


lol wtf, obsolete? Some people have no idea wtf theyre talking about :down:

What do you expect from tree hugging libs lol.

[bianco]

wow... this is a masterpiece in the making...
awesome Cutless009

[Chicken Patty]

thanks cutless again for the new wallpaper, and your buddy just is plain and simply lost. Tell him to go have sex with his MAC :)

[bentleya]

wow that render is just stunning :) PM your way

[Henrik Pejer]

Man.... the build logs here are like way more extreme than over @ XS... why haven't I checked this place out more often?

Wonderful work man, keep it up!

[Chicken Patty]

Man.... the build logs here are like way more extreme than over @ XS... why haven't I checked this place out more often?

Wonderful work man, keep it up!

now you know what to do :p

Plus its much better than XS period!!!!!

this place :crack: XS

[Henrik Pejer]

Ha!

Well... I guess that my plans for a lian-li 343b build log over at XS will most likely end up here. Unless mr RRR has something against Lian-li cases: i wanna follow the rules, not break them!

[Chicken Patty]

Ha!

Well... I guess that my plans for a lian-li 343b build log over at XS will most likely end up here. Unless mr RRR has something against Lian-li cases: i wanna follow the rules, not break them!

i'm sure they don't they really don't have rules here Just don't be stupid! Am i right?

[Henrik Pejer]

I was just kidding. I'll stop hijacking this thread now.

[Chicken Patty]

I was just kidding. I'll stop hijacking this thread now.

lol I know dont worry.


make that WE will stop hijacking this thread now :p

[Odin Eidolon]

nice! cant wait to see the custom thingy for the RD-30! could you take some pics of the cpu waterblock?

[Kayin]

Excellent work thus far. I truly enjoy seeing your renders. Maybe I should get you to do mine for me. Seeing as I'm quadless ATM... Maybe I should anyway. You got mad skillz, bro.

And I love white cases. Need to do one myself...

[Cutless009]

Yah man if you need anything drawn up and rendered, feel free to drop me a line and Ill put it together in my spare time.

[Cutless009]

Noticed the pictures were down from red fixing the links, reposted:

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z6/Cutless1/Project%20Murdered%20Elegance/th_final2.jpg (http://s188.photobucket.com/albums/z6/Cutless1/Project%20Murdered%20Elegance/?action=view&current=final2.jpg)

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z6/Cutless1/Project%20Murdered%20Elegance/final-1.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z6/Cutless1/Project%20Murdered%20Elegance/8.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z6/Cutless1/Project%20Murdered%20Elegance/Plumbing2.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z6/Cutless1/Project%20Murdered%20Elegance/Plumbing1.jpg


*edit* or not o.o

[smee]

What hosting site do you use for your pictures?
I know how to fix the broken images if there from imageshack or flickr. :up:

[Cutless009]

photobucket D:

[smee]

photobucket D:

K lemme see...

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh106/parkman14/picture14bi3.png
Ok so I didn't have to do anything for that, btu I think I know whats happening to your pics, when you first upload the pics, are you just getting the thumbnail code from photobucket?
Thumbnails don't work here atm.
You need to right click the photo and open image in new window, then copy the URL. :up:

[smee]

testinghttp://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z6/Cutless1/ProjectMurderedElegance/final2.jpg

AHHHHh, ok, so your clicking on the [IMG] code in photobucket.
Just right click the photo, and grab the URL, notice the difference at the end of the URL, theres ".jpg=325235", thats what your missing in your pics. :up:

[Cutless009]

lets try this again?


http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z6/Cutless1/Project%20Murdered%20Elegance/final2.jpg?t=1230919894

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z6/Cutless1/Project%20Murdered%20Elegance/final-1.jpg?t=1230919943

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z6/Cutless1/Project%20Murdered%20Elegance/8.jpg?t=1230919959

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z6/Cutless1/Project%20Murdered%20Elegance/Plumbing2.jpg?t=1230919975



guess not, even adding that.
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z6/Cutless1/Project%20Murdered%20Elegance/Plumbing1.jpg?t=1230919990

[smee]

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z6/Cutless1/Project%20Murdered%20Elegance/final2.jpg

Huh.... thats really really weird. I could do it with my photos... : /

[Langer]

Where are all the pics mate?

[Cutless009]

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z6/Cutless1/Elegance/8.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z6/Cutless1/Elegance/Plumbing2.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z6/Cutless1/Elegance/Plumbing1.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z6/Cutless1/Elegance/final-1.jpg

[Jtrain]

OMFG THIS BUILD IS AWSOME! thankfully someone revived me after i saw this build because my heart stopped!

[Langer]

I cannot express how impressive that is.

I really want one.

May I ask what fittings it is that you plan on using that look like that?

[Cutless009]

I cannot express how impressive that is.

I really want one.

May I ask what fittings it is that you plan on using that look like that?

Special order copper-plated BP fittings straight from vincent.

[Langer]

I didn't know that was an option... I'm going to have to have a chat with Vincent... Prometheus NEEDS more copper.

[Cutless009]

I didn't know that was an option... I'm going to have to have a chat with Vincent... Prometheus NEEDS more copper.

You'll need to order quite a few from what he told me, but he did say he could do custom plating.

[Chicken Patty]

you are a :champ::champ::champ: :D

[just a noob]

hey cutless, how many extra do you figure you'll end up getting, because i would be interested in buying a few :S

[Cutless009]

hey cutless, how many extra do you figure you'll end up getting, because i would be interested in buying a few :S

none, I have an exact count of what I need. But as much as I like copper, if I like how they look in this build, I'll be ordering some up in bulk a long with some black sparkles, if vincent will give me a price break for bulk ordering.

[Langer]

Group buy perhaps?
If Vincent is interested.

[just a noob]

i would probably only need 25 tops, so i wouldn't add that much to an order unfortunately :T

[breezyjr]

Wait, wait, wait, wait......

Cutless..... Are you cooling computer parts, or a Nuclear Reactor????


I'm fairly certain you could get those reactor cores to ambient with this setup... :up: :eek: :omg:

Joe_breezy

[nafljhy]

man i would love to get my hands on a bunch of those copper plate BP fittings. :drool:

[Gazmtk]

Cutless why do you have to create something I cant stop drooling over :slobber:
I cant wait to see this come together ;)

[Fusionmkx]

+1 for MDPC! can't wait for this to be finished!

[Septim]

sounds like a long wait though... Welcome to RealRedRaider.com! :welcome2:

[westtrade]

Nice idea.

[Schlosser]

Are we there yet? :D

pretty annoying that the pics won't work, but of what I can see, this is insane! What's the budget on? xD

[DexNfX]

Hey, what happened to the pics.

[EIGHTLUG]

What's the story on the progress or lack thereof?

[Marne]

holy fuck this this is the 1st time ive heard of this thing. JESUS FUCKING CHRIST CUTLASS. this shit is beyond rediculous. i thikn you should move to i7 tho for this thing. that many rads seems a waste to me for a quad. unless you plan on OCIng that motherfucker till the chip literally melts