My new PC build

The case is what this build is really about, It has a beautiful waterfall in the WC Loop. It has a fish tank, sand design tank, serious control panel with a thump print lock to unlock it to gain access to the entire system controls. The control panel has a monitor, speakers, power buttton, military case lock/unlock switch, and duckbill switches for all the lights, servos that control doors, and accesseries. I am the designer and have engaged a guy named Richard who I think is one of the best case designer/builders to build the case for me. Ther are so many aspects to this case I cannot easily describe them all here. You will have to wait for the pictures and such to see it all.

Parts I have:
Dual CPU MB w/ 2x NF200s for 4x SLI
IC Diamond TIM on everything, GPUs, CPUs, MB Blocks, Memory Chips
2x Intel Xeon x5680s
4x Nvidia GTX 580 Black OPs Edition GPUs
2x Antec TPQ-1200 OC PSUs
Bitspower X-Station Multi-PSU Active Module - Blue
1x WD 1TB 7200rpm 64MB Cache SATA III (6Gps) Hard Drive, Marvell SATA 3 (6Gps)
BitsPower Fittings
Tygon Black Tubing (3/4" OD, 1/2" ID)
Iwaki RD-30 Pump
Logitech Z5500 Speakers
FrozenQPCMods Liquid Fusion V Series Reservior (250mm, Blue swirl light center)
1x Samsung DVD/CD Burner
1x Sony multi Media Card Reader
2x Corsair 6GB 3x2GB DDR3 1600Mhz CAS 7-7-7-20 Memory
2x Tripp Lite PDU2430 24 Port Power Distribution Tripplite (Got 2 for $100 + $25 shipping)
12x Fans Delta PFBs (RAD Fans)
12x Thermalright FDB 2000 (Case fans)
4x Fan Controllers (2 for RAD Fans, 2 for case Fans)
4x 580 High Flow Brackets
3x Black Ice SR-1 480 RADs
2x EK-Supreme HF Gold CPU Block
ModRight Super Large Anti-Static Mod-Mat Work and Assembly Surface (Over 47" x 23" in Size)
4x QDC (Extreme Flow) No-Spill, Female [For ID: 13mm (1/2"); OD: 19mm (3/4")]
4x QDC (Extreme Flow) No-Spill, Male [For ID: 13mm (1/2"); OD: 19mm (3/4")]
1x S-150-24 - 156W 24V 6.5A Enclosed Switching Power Supply (For Iwaki RD-30 pump)
1X LiteOn 12X Blue Ray Burner
2x Koolance INS-FM17N Coolant Flow Meter [no nozzles]
2x Koolance Flow Meter Frequency Adapter for INS-FM17N
2x Silver Coil
EVBot
Various WC Parts and BitsPower Compression Fittings
Thermaltake 850W PSU (Just for the 12 Delta Fans and Lamptron FC2 Fan Controllers)
2x Intel X25-M SSDSA2MH160G2K5 2.5" 160GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
4x DangerDen GTX 580 Black Chrome Top Nickel Bottom GPU blocks
Logitech HD Pro Webcam C910

Parts on Order:
4x 580 Backplates
Custom Case
EK black MB blocks
Koolance Memory Blocks

Parts I need:
I would like to buy 3x ASUS 27" 120Mhz LED 3D if/when they come out
Racing Coolant
Deionized Distilled Water

Pics will follow

Fish tank?!!

what kind of fish will you have in the tank?

SOSTrooper said:

what kind of fish will you have in the tank?

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Piranhas I hope. them fish are cool

Nickbaldwin86 said:

Piranhas I hope. them fish are cool

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WOuld make servicing it kind of hard

OP, post pics.

Just have to put on velar gloves

Gonna be big eyed gold fishys

Sub'd.

I have the privilege of building this amazing case and it is nice to meet y'all. Falcon has some incredible ideas and it has been a joy implementing them!

Now we have already covered a lot of ground in this build, but I will try to bring you up to speed. There is too much to cover in just one post, so I'll spread it over several posts.

In this post I'll show you the sketchup pictures that are guiding the build.

Here is one of the front and left side which has the waterfall.


This is of the other side with the aquarium.


The front is all black, sleek with no protrusions. There are two columns of 5.25" bays with x5 bays in each. These will be hidden behind doors. A future post will show this detail and the cool mechanism we've come up with for this.

Here are two pictures with the sides and top open:
This is the left side again and you can see the waterfall, one PSU, the hard drives, and the open control panel area on top. Due to a redesign of the front fan mounts, they will probably not end up opening like they are shown here.


This is the right side again. You can see the aquarium with the sand panel under it, the other 1200Watt PSU (under which another 850Watt PSU will now be mounted to power all the Deltas!), and more of the Baffle Box. (More on the Baffle Box in the next post)


Hopefully as I post more, your questions will be answered, but feel free to ask me any questions about the build or clarification of the pictures, etc.

What the SR-2 motherboard is mounted above is what we are calling the Baffle Box. Falcon's desire was to have x3 Black Ice SR-1 radiators with four Delta fans a piece for a total of x12 Deltas producing a ton of noise, but a lot of cooling! So we designed a Baffle Box to hold the radiators and their fans. It incorporates ductwork for both the intake and the exhaust and is lined on the inside with 1/2" sound dampening mats.

Here is a picture of the outside. You can see the intake in the upper left part. The water tubing connections for the radiators are just under the overhang in front. The pump and its dedicated PSU is housed in the protrusion on the lower right.


Here is the rear exhaust area. The one on the left is for the pump and the long one on the right is for the radiators.
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This is a cut away view of the inside of the Baffle Box to give you an idea of the airflow within. Air comes in through the intake in the upper right, flows to the left and then down through the fans and radiators. It then flows to the right, down and then back to the left out the exhaust.


The intake of the Baffle Box will be connected via duct work to the front of the case where air will flow in through that large opening on the front of the case. In that opening is where the reservoir is mounted. It is lit and the air will flow in around the reservoir and then into the Baffle Box.

The control panel is a very special part of the case. It will have its own 8" monitor, speakers, switches for various parts of the case, card reader, ECP for the SR-2 motherboard, power switch, and keyboard. Falcon's desire though was for it all to be closed up and not visible when the computer is not on. Therefore the following pictures give you an idea of how the control panel looks both closed and open:


You can see how it is all flush with the outside of the case when closed. The part with the switches, etc. is down in the case below the display and speakers when they have been folded down. We've designed a mechanism to raise the part with the switches, etc. so that they will be flush with the outside of the case, once the display and speakers have been folded up.

All of this movement will be automated with servos connected to a microcontroller. Since the power button is even hidden in this panel when the display and speakers are closed, you will not be able to turn on the computer until you can open the control panel area. The only way to do that will be with an authorized (ie. Falcon's) fingerprint!! We've already got the fingerprint reader which will be mounted on the side of the case. Once he swipes his fingerprint, the microcontroller will recognize him and open the control panel area for him!

We've changed the switches somewhat on the final product, but you will see that in some of the actual build pictures once I post those.

Very interesting design.

Is this going to be a multi-loop or single loop?
Where are the pump(s) going to be located?
Is the resevoir sitting inside the baffle? If not, what is the item in the lower baffle?

Multi-loop. 1st radiator, graphics cards, 2nd & 3rd radiators, and then cpu's, etc.

The pump is in in the baffle box in the protrusion on the lower right side. Air will be fed past it and it's psu to keep them cool. Being in the baffle box will help keep its noise down.

The reservoir is in the front of the case. Although it isn't shown very clearly, it is centered in the front of the case under the control panel. It is also set back a bit and the air for the baffle box will enter the case flowing around the reservoir. The reservoir has its own spiral blue light in it.

Jaaaysus when I saw the first post I thought it was a piss take. How much is this case going to cost?

RaMansell said:

Multi-loop. 1st radiator, graphics cards, 2nd & 3rd radiators, and then cpu's, etc.

The pump is in in the baffle box in the protrusion on the lower right side. Air will be fed past it and it's psu to keep them cool. Being in the baffle box will help keep its noise down.

The reservoir is in the front of the case. Although it isn't shown very clearly, it is centered in the front of the case under the control panel. It is also set back a bit and the air for the baffle box will enter the case flowing around the reservoir. The reservoir has its own spiral blue light in it.

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Very nice. I thought that might be a resevoir up front. Very good placement.
Is the baffle box removable for RAD maintenance? You said 1 pump...for two loops? If second pump, where is that located? behind first one?

What is the VGA looking dongle on the front of the baffle?

Looks like it's gonna be a great setup.

I love the baffle box idea. Being able to rev those deltas up in their own enclosure sounds amazing.

capreppy said:

Very nice. I thought that might be a resevoir up front. Very good placement.
Is the baffle box removable for RAD maintenance? You said 1 pump...for two loops? If second pump, where is that located? behind first one?

What is the VGA looking dongle on the front of the baffle?

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Sorry about misunderstanding, there is only one loop. It just goes back to the baffle box twice. So one pump, one loop.

Yes the baffle box is removable. I've mounted it on heavy-duty 22" fully extend-able slides. It will slide in and out the back of the case. The cover and top shelf inside are removable for maintenance. Therefore the motherboard tray will not be mounted directly to the top of the baffle box, but will actually mount on a "shelf" above the baffle box.

The "VGA looking dongle" on the front was to represent the custom wiring connection that I've worked out for the baffle box. Since the box is removable, I didn't want Falcon to have to manually disconnect everything to slide the baffle box out. That would mean manually disconnecting, 12 fans, 2 lights and 2 cameras. Yes, I said 2 cameras. We are mounting 2 cameras inside so that Falcon can monitor/show off the fans and the inside of the baffle box without opening it up. That "VGA looking dongle" has actually become two DB25 connectors and two USB connectors. Whenever he slides the baffle box out the back, the connectors would thus disconnect automatically. Whenever he slides the baffle box back in, they would reengage. He would have to manually disconnect the water lines though and that is why he has the quick disconnects.

I have pictures of the Baffle Box build which I should be able to post sometime today.

Here are the first pictures of the build. I started with the Baffle Box, since everything else would end up being fit around and over it.

Here is a picture of my 6 year old daughter sitting on the base of the computer case holding up what would become the sides of the baffle box:


Baffle Box taking shape.


Series of pictures showing the baffle box being slid out:




Close up of the slide mount:


Front of baffle box showing openings for intake, radiator water lines and the DB25's and USB connectors:

Looking good post.

The Baffle Box primed and starting to lay the sound dampening mats:


This is with enough sound dampening in to start mounting the radiators. You can see the exhaust shelf below that first radiator:


This is with all three of the radiators and 12 Deltas in it. You can also see one of the two 16" LED light strips mounted on the side. The light strips also are the supports for the intake shelf:


The intake shelf and sound dampening installed:

Here is our first video of me testing the effectiveness of the Baffle Box. We only tested six the first time. They draw a lot of power, so I did 6 the first time and in the second video, we tested all 12. Some have asked why I used two power supplies in the second video. The reason is that I had blown a PSU the first time testing them, so I have started treating powering 12 Deltas simultaneously with a lot of respect! In the final version it will all be powered by the one 850watt PSU.

First test, 6 Deltas
Second test, 12 Deltas

You can be the judge as to the effectiveness of the Baffle Box! Let me know what you think!

Work has begun on the control panel.

The switch mounting holes are being machined out on my CNC machine:


Front and back of the power switch mount:



Test fitting the 9 duckbill switches and 1 military lock switch:


Test fitting the mounts in the control panel:

The hole in the upper left is for a 3.5" drive bay which will be populated by the card reader.
The two mounts on the right are for the switches.
The lower left is the ECP mounted on a roll-away cover. To better understand the roll-away cover I have this video.

this is looking incredible. keep up the great work and don't leave us hanging!

What is the intended use for such a build?

DAYYYYMMM!! jizz nice build

The pupose of this build is to have a very very nice computer and to showcase custom case building at its best. I have always wanted to build myself one of the best if not the best computers in the world. I am hoping this measures up. And from this actually Richard and I have become close friends and are moving towards a business relationship that is spawning a very cool case company to help pc enthusists and employ out of work people in the US in his area which has been hit hard by unemployment.

Falcon_CMH said:

The pupose of this build is to have a very very nice computer and to showcase custom case building at its best. I have always wanted to build myself one of the best if not the best computers in the world. I am hoping this measures up. And from this actually Richard and I have become close friends and are moving towards a business relationship that is spawning a very cool case company to help pc enthusists and employ out of work people in the US in his area which has been hit hard by unemployment.

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going to be building and selling cases?

Omg, I literally jizzed a little when I saw your sketchup, I can't wait till this is finished!

I wanted to give you guys an idea of the bay doors that we will be incorporating into this build.

Falcon had several criteria for the 5.25" drive bay doors for the front of the case:
#1. When closed, they needed to be flush with the outside of the case.
#2. When open, they needed to be out of the way. No doors just hanging open in the air.
#3. When open, the drives needed to be flush with the outside of the case instead of being recessed.

So here is what I've worked up: It is a retractable door that opens up and retracts back into the case. At the same time the drive bays will be moved forward to be flush with the front of the case. When closed, the opposite will occur. I first worked it up in sketchup and then made a prototype.

First are the sketchup pictures (closed front, closed back, partly open, a little more open, open all the way):






Now these are the pictures of the prototype:






The door mechanisms will be moved by servos connected to a microcontroller! They will be open and closed via the duckbill switches in the control panel!

That is pretty bada$$

All those button.... drooooool.....

Very sick idea; do you plan to attach it to the fishtank?

Falcon wanted to keep the EVBot somewhere in the case, but keep it readily accessible. So we are going to hide it in a little drawer on the left side of the control panel.

What I did was take an old DVD drive and stripped it down:


Then I shaved off some plastic parts and mounted my own tray to it. There are two thin angled strips on both sides of the tray to keep the EVBot in place but not be intrusive. I still have to make the front plate for it so that it will be flush with the outside of the case. I also plan to line the tray part with velvet!



I will be rewiring the open/close switch from the drive to one of the switches in the control panel.

Such nice work as usual! I love it!

ive been following on evga. im ready to see the completed case, it is so intense!

This isn't a case, it's a permanent installation -- mostly wood, plus all the components you're talking about, plus sand and a fish tank? It'll be at least as heavy as your average geek when finished.

I did look into installing its own nuclear power cell, but Homeland Security frowned on it.

1.21 Jiggawatts for sure