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Ha ha, you have incorporated some of my favorite things in this build... Metroid, and 3D Printing. Love it!

Fluid Color Additive Leak testing... Completed Benchmarks... Completed Stress Tests... Completed Now its time to add pretty colors to the fluid loops! Sticking with Mayhem's Pastel additives, as I used the Pastel Blue in my current rig, and after 1 year, it still looks great. Haven't...

Leak Testing, Benchmarks, and Temps After a lot of frustration, the cables are done and its time to move on to the more fun parts of finishing up the build. Now that everything is in place, we can begin to make sure our connections are sound and start filling up the loops. Being that we are...

Thanks for the idea about using a Master Controlled power strip. I am using a 40in 4K Samsung TV above my 38in Dell Ultrawide. If I forgot to turn it on via the remote when powering on the PC, all of my windows and browsers would get shifted around. Now it powers on automatically right after...

No kidding. At first I thought it was just a single PSU connector that needed to be changed, and I was fine with that as mistakes happen. But when I discovered that every cable had to be re-wired... I was a tad pissed.

Project Ecthelion: Sleeved Cables... CableMod sucks Been a while between my last post and this one. During that time we sold our home and moved, had various work trips, and went on a family vacation. Back from all that, and ready to finish this build! With the tubing done, and the small...

Stats Screen & Case Lighting Now that the bulk of the components have been installed in the system, I wanted to add a small display screen to the case to show loads and temps at a glance using NZXT CAM as a dashboard. Same idea that I used on my current build, Project Open Core as seen below...

Pumps & Tubing Now that all the waterblocks and radiators have been installed, its time to get the tubing runs completed. This build will have a combination of hard and soft tubing. We are using 2x Thermaltake Pacific PR22-D5 Res/Pump Combos for power our loops. These are supposed to be...

Radiators & Fans This will be a fairly quick update at there isn't much to this part of the build, but there are some important steps that I didn't want to skip over. As seen in the earlier loop diagram, this build will have 2 loops, and dual Radiators. We will be using XSPC EX360 Radiators...

Custom RGB LEDs Strips With all the waterblocks assembled, its time to get our block lighting squared away. The case lights will be RBG, but will most likely stay a soft white glow to allow the case components to we lit well. The waterblocks on the other-hand will take full advantage of the...

Acrylic Divider MOD Although I really like the Thermaltake Tower 900, there are a few things that visually I want to change. It has some large cavities towards that back that are made to route cables and tubing. In function is is fine, but I don't like the way its looks, along with the extra...

RAM Heatsink Color MOD Continuing with the color theme we have going for the case, GPUs and Motherboard, we need to modify the 64GB of GSkill Trident Z RAM we have going into this system. The actual heatsinks are great, with a gunmetal finish, but the red plastic highlights have to go...

Thanks for the clarification. The Stainless shroud looks pretty good, just not what we wanted for this particular build theme. I definitely like that you guys include a shroud around the "fluid window" vs just having the entire acrylic slab visible (cough...EK...cough). I modified the...

GPU Acrylic Backplates / SLI Bridge Now that we have some really nice looking white GPU Waterblocks, we needed some backplates to match. Originally we were going to purchase metal backplates, and just paint them as we did the waterblock shrouds. Luckily we came across another option that...

Thanks! I have done the planning with 3D renders in the past for other builds (as seen here), but decided to go more freehand on this one. A LOT less time involved compared to the 3D attempts. Doesn't look as cool, but did the job, and helped me figure out the fitting count.

Waterblock Install GPU / CPU We will be using a total of 3 waterblocks for this build. To cool the Nvidia Titan X GPUs, we selected a Heatkilller Nickel Acrylic block. The pictures online made it look like the shroud around the acrylic was white, which would have matched our theme well. When...

Before jumping into the next part of the build, wanted to quickly explain the name of the project for those that don’t consider themselves “Tolkien Nerds”. The Tower of Ecthelion, also known as the White Tower, was a tall white tower atop Minas Tirith which contained the throne of the King of...

Figured I would add a few of my recent Additions to this build since its been a while without any updates. 3 months ago, went ahead an upgraded to a 1080Ti, using an EK waterblock. Stock temps are 5-10C less than the EVGA Hybrid cooler solution my GPU shipped with. Very happy with that upgrade...

Fittings and Loop Design For this build we will be utilizing a dual loop setup. The First loop will be opaque white and will cool the CPU and Motherboard via a MonoBlock from EK. The Second loop will cool the 2x Nvidia Titan X's in SLI. The color will be blue, and using the same liquid...

Introduction It's time for another custom Liquid Cooled build, and this time we are utilizing the MASSIVE Thermaltake Tower 900 case! This is a commissioned build, using some extreme hardware, and I am really excited to get started. Will feature dual liquid loops, one for the i9-7980 Extreme...

Thanks for the recommendation of DDU. I had done a manual uninstall of all drivers and software before, but it seems to make things a bit better after I used DDU. Still getting occasional glitches, but nowhere near as often as I was before.

Reaching out to anyone with ideas as to how to fix this issue... Having major video playback issues. Pixilation when watching content both online streaming and local video players. Tested online with YouTube and Vimeo. Local playback with VLC and PotPlayer. All system drivers have been...

Ha, thanks. The workbench definitely makes working on this stuff a bit easier.

Sorry for the confusion, and good luck with getting all your LEDs syncd up.

All of the LED strips are RGB LEDs, and are controlled by Aura. So Motherboard, GPU Block, and Acrylic Panel all can change and match colors vua the software. The Reservoir and CPU block are normal blue LEDs as I couldn't find the single LED type that would work with the RGB headers, and I...

Upgraded System Stats Display I have received a lot of PMs and questions on YouTube regarding how I put together and mounted the small display that shows system stats. So decided to put together a more detailed "How-To" post, and upgrade the display in the proces. The Post can be found on my...

I have been pretty happy with it so far. I do wish I had added 1 more USB 3.0 Card to a PCI-E slot, as the Oculus Rift + Touch + 2 Sensors is eating up USB ports quickly. Adding a new expansion card is tricky because I would have to modify the GPU riser cable, which is very temperamental...

Here is the link to the ones I used. You will still have to wire a 4-pin molex connector to the IR Receiver if you want to be able to adjust your colors and brightness. Just snip the wires on the DC barrel plug side and wire it directly to the 12v line coming from a 4-pin molex. No getting...

I set up a custom curve to run the Radiator fans (Chassis Fan Header #4) based off of the CPU temp. Pretty straight forward. Keeps it very quiet unless I am converting video files or something else CPU intensive. Idle temps range from 28-32C. At those temps fans only spin at 50%. Once I go...

I am using the Phobya 4-Pin PWM to 4x 4-Pin Fan Splitter. Amazon link here. I know I have a fan curve set up in the bios, but can't remember of the top of my head what my specific settings are. Traveling for work, but when I get back home in a few days, I will check for you.

I missed that. Will take a look. Thanks Steve, Ha ha!

Yes, I have the 4 fans all running off of 1 fan header, via a Phobya 4Pin PWM to 4x 4Pin Fan Splitter. Verified with ASUS that the fan headers on the MAXIMUS Formula VIII support 1.0A per header. Tested these fans and even at peak, none generated more than 160mA (0.64A combined total)...

Had a few PM's about how I configured the small display to show System Specs via CAM software, thought I would share this here in case there are future questions. Running it as a 4th display via HDMI (tiny one at the bottom right). For the most part it works pretty well. I did have to use a...

Final Project Pictures With this last set of pictures, I am officially wrapping up the build. Its has been a fun project, and I am excited to see what others can do with this particular case. Thanks to all those who commented.

Thanks!

I moved the new build from the "tinker" room to my actual office setup. After connecting everything, it was apparent that I needed to do some much needed cable cleanup behind the standing desk. Purchased a few cable racks, and the end result is greatly improved. Dubbing myself "Cable Lord"...

Since is just released today, thought I would post my 3DMark Time Spy DX12 Benchmark score.

Ha, ya didn't see that. Very cool!

Thanks! The workspace definitely makes working on these types of projects a bit easier. Found out that I need to put a lacquer clear coat finish on the benches, after spilling a bit of Mayhem Pastel Blue additive on it. :(

Thanks for the compliment. I did find myself taking a lot more pictures with this one than my past build logs. In addition to helping spark ideas in other forum members, having a detailed build log serves as my reference for future projects. I referenced my past builds for this one, and will...