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Title: Gilgamesh Xenomorph Rig MASSIVE BUILD PART 1
Post by: gilgamesh on February 11, 2010, 10:26:40 am

Ok just to let you all know how crazy I am about water cooling
Here is my rig

Project Xenomorph

First isntance here is my rig spec

hardware
MOUNTAIN MODS Duality Ascension case
DFI X58 UT T3EH8 motherboard
DFI P55 T3EH9
3X1 GIG OF corsair ddr1866
3x1 gig of GEIL DDR3 2000
CORE I7 920 oced to 4.4 gigs
CORSAIR 64 GIG SSD DRIVE
WD green power 1tb drive
BFG GTX 295 (nvidia)
TAGAN BZ 800W Piperock PSU
tagan 1000w " "
Matrix Orbital 5.25 bay LCD
NVIDIA 3-D VIsion bundle I.E Samsung 120mhz LCD monitor and Glasses

Cooling
(buidling a QUAD loop system)
Loop1: (FOR CPU)
THERMOCHILL PA 140.3 water cooling radiator
3X140MM XIGMATEC fans
thermochill compression barbs
WATER COOL HEATKILLER 3.0 copper version (with backing plate)
BITS POWER COMPRESSION CPU barbs
XSPC 1/2" ID tubing with THermochill coolant
2X LAMPTRON FC3 fan controllers
LIAMG DDC ULTRA PUMP with EK-X-RES
Loop2 (unfinished)
BLACK ICE 280MM radiator
2x NOCTUA NF-P14 fans

LOOP3 (unfinished
THERMOCHILL PA 120.3
3X noctua NF-P12 FANS

loop 4(UNFInished (BLACK ICE SR1 140MM RAD)

on with a sample of photos from my rig

the following posts are a build log

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2757/4298833768_d2981b27aa.jpg)

This case fits TWO yes TWO motherboards inside 1 case

motherboard 1
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4064/4298832332_61f5f92629.jpg)

motherboard 2

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2739/4298087871_99731e1784.jpg)

Note I would love to change these for gigabyte boards soon, easy enough to change the piping and the theme colours

radiator 1 (front right)
Black ice SR1 280 with 2x noctua nf-p14 fans

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2773/4298089101_444b2d385b.jpg)

Front of case so far

(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4017/4298088803_db43043b0c.jpg)

back radiator

Thermochill pa120.3 plus 3x noctuas nf-p12;s

(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4066/4298089449_73c5946d89.jpg)

5.25 bays 2x lamptron fan controllers fc3 1x matrix orbital 2x dvd burners

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2686/4298835048_bc94df07b8.jpg)
Inside of the case 120.3 rad withthe hdd and SDD mounted

(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4015/4298835306_b112c54654.jpg)

CABLING UP before cable tidy ofcourse:d

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2685/4298836628_4d60319b38.jpg)

to cut a LONG story short after a 24 hour leak test cooling installed

res top tank.yess you guesed it theres an ALIEN FACEHUGGER inside!
Here i was trying to create the scene from alien 2 the med-lab part

(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4046/4298090257_44f42d43b3.jpg)

(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4016/4298090911_66e084027c.jpg)

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2686/4298091547_9c2f197c5a.jpg)

ok look out for the replies to this topic with more posts on my buid!

gilgamesh

Title: Re: Gilgamesh Xenomorph Rig MASSIVE BUILD PART 1
Post by: gilgamesh on February 11, 2010, 10:39:02 am

ok FOLKS THIS IS PART 2

Whats htis another face hugger inside (quick plasma rifles out lads)

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2705/4298844770_d4105f20ae.jpg)

watercool heatkiller 3.0 copper block

(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4006/4298100615_869928e750.jpg)

water cooling the gtx295 will come when i can afford the block this will go into the 120.3 at the back

(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4065/4298844498_3d5a241033.jpg)

here you can see the massive 140.3 radator for the cpu

(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4046/4298096257_cce1535841.jpg)

face hugger under a uv light

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2564/4298850204_691d419c1b.jpg)

UV Light shots

(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4030/4298849930_64d04306f3.jpg)

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2742/4298849376_b1512845b4.jpg)

(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4035/4298102869_2a188981e3.jpg)

the matrix orbital

(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4002/4298094777_c1ca6799f1.jpg)

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2751/4298094205_eee1953438.jpg)

look out for part three to be posted in a few moments


gilgamesh

Title: Re: Gilgamesh Xenomorph Rig MASSIVE BUILD PART 1
Post by: gilgamesh on February 11, 2010, 10:55:06 am

damn thing timed out on me as i posted a load of photos, so i will post the rest tonight

Those who cannot wait

please see this link

http://forums.aria.co.uk/showthread.php?t=14821&page=3

check out page 4 also

gilgamesh

Title: Re: Gilgamesh Xenomorph Rig MASSIVE BUILD PART 1
Post by: Beekeeper on February 17, 2010, 07:50:16 pm

nice build, i like the colors in the darkness

Title: Re: Gilgamesh Xenomorph Rig MASSIVE BUILD PART 1
Post by: gilgamesh on February 18, 2010, 09:11:09 am

Quote from: Beekeeper on February 17, 2010, 07:50:16 pm

nice build, i like the colors in the darkness

cheers mate, it is no where near finished yet, still have the next loop to do

Title: Re: Gilgamesh Xenomorph Rig MASSIVE BUILD PART 1
Post by: Badbonji on February 20, 2010, 12:10:46 pm

I am loving that build, looks epic, and the facehugger is a nice touch haha :D ! The case is really huge! I thought my antec 1200 was big!