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[Project] L3p L4n

I se a two fan rad and a h50 looking rad at the top
 
There's a 280, 140 and 120mm rad inside all in the same loop
 
Still no news about the copper-block :/
My friend Quepee has been sick quite some days, so he has a lot to catch up at work.
He's all better now so hopefully soon good news!

All I got for you guys is a design for the engraving.




And the backplate came back from the anodiser :)




These few weeks did give me some time to prepare my next build already :)
(First info and hardware pictures on site, buildlog will follow)

 
How did I just now see this build log? /subbed! I followed your l3p desk project from the start and now this.... Oh my!! I will never ever have the patience you have for doing that kind of stuff. Props to you man! /super jealous :)
 
L3p, You all ways make such nice stuff.... Stop making everyone so jealous, All things aside this looks nice also cant wait.
 
delays suck but more photos of your other awesome builds helps, thanks
 
Apparently my friend Quepee has some trouble finding the right piece of copper for the MarsII block. So me and an other guy started looking for it too, but till now no success yet.

It need to be 155x300x15,5 mm (Copper Cu-ETP?)
If anyone has some tips? Please! :)


And here a 'small' update.

I want to try this DP to VGA converter to use the touchscreen.




I already adjusted the bracket once but I'll have to do it again because the MarsII is 6cm longer then the Matrix card. Also want to mount the Pump controller print on top of it.




Measuring.




Dremeling.




Filing.




Drilling some holes.




Seems to fit.




So painting it again.




Will be quite some cable management.




Also need to do the lighting before I start with the watercooling loop cause of all the wires.

Going to use this controller instead.
It's a Touch remote with RF, so don't have to place any IR eyes :)
Ik ga dus deze controller gebruiken ipv de vorige.
(Will also be used in my next project)




Glad I still had an old black floppy cable.




Nice afternoon soldering with my daughter.




She told me to test it before cutting it in pieces.




Glad I did, found a break :)!




Can cut that out now.




Epoxy layer is easy to remove with a knife.




Hmm my gas-soldering iron is too hot for this.




So got an other one a few days later.




Getting too much work on my neck :)




Almost done.




Used some 4-pin PWM plugs to easy-connect it all.




And some tests.






Lets do the bottom too. First had to remove some stickers and old glue.




And done.




Some connectors for the bottom.




And testing again.






My 'simple' compact camera doesn't show what I see so tried to film it instead :)





Till the next update!
 
Nice work update again! Onto that copper, I will ask someone I know who owns a business in the chemical industry. Not really related, but he might know someone. :)
 
Thanks guys, and thanks for the PM with tip hafnium911!
 
The 'rough' 6kg copper part should be here any moment! :)

I did have some time to post the nice Battle Dragon Gaming Bag I got from Tt esports for this build at lans. At home I will probably use this Keysonic RF board (HTPC)





























Color of mouse and keyboard is adjustable. Fan is removable :p



























Thanks a very lot Tt esports for offering this incredible bag!

 
Wow that bag and etc looks nice!! Oh and glad to hear you found the copper! :D

edit: it'll be cool if you can post the pic of the copper right after receiving it
 
Thanks m8! (Sorry didn't notice your PM untill now lol)

Promise to show pics as soon as I have the block here!
 
The copper block...





I ordered a piece of 300x155x15,5, this was going to be 6kg.
When I wanted to lift it quickly I had some problems...
Appeared my 'foreign friend' sent a brick of 300x200x20.





Price for a piece of copper with these measures in Holland is around €360
Got it for €185 now :)





Think it'll fit.





Sending it to Quepee tomorrow, he loves copper :)





Today Quepee also engraved the backplate.
He told me he had a plan for the "Inspired by EKWB" text.
Go ahead I said..








Full of pride he showed the first picture....
I got a stroke :O
INSIRED by EKWB!





Appeared he was having fun with me :D :p







Again thanks a lot Quepee!!


 
Saw the picture on facebook earlier then I just got on here to check..... All I have to say is...
:eek::eek::D:D
 
To give you guys something .. ;)

Backplate changed a bit.




And today Quepee started with the front side of the copper.




Took it back home carefully to match it with the POM part :p






Well .. we're in love with the block :)



Probably next week the backside.


Oh .. out of curiosity .. :)

Poll: Just Copper or Nickelplated?
Keep it as it is.
Nickel plate it!

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Nice!! Turned out well! I think I voted twice by accidentally clicking on both links(not knowing it was to vote but thought it showed an example oops :D) I vote nickel plate. Can't wait to see the finished water block!
 
Thanks and me neither :p

By the way, the copper block went from 10.6kg to 6.4kg now.
After the backside milling it will 'only' weight around 1.8kg :)

 
Dear god that thing is heavy, Its more than I would ever strap to a GPU.

But that's not me, Im not that [H]. :D
 
Small update/teaser ;)


Mill-route-check of the blocks backside.




Almost done! (movie completely failed cause of the coolant used while milling :/ )




Really can't wait to assemble this with the backplate, POM top en MARSII!






Maybe more this weekend :)
 
Thanks guys! Really can't wait till all the pieces meet eachother :)
 
Received a very nice package this weekend from Ivo.

Sorry for the amount of pictures, didn't know which ones to delete :)
Everything is clickable to 2560 pixels.






Somehow I didn't dare to unpack :p





And actually stared at it for half an hour before doing anything :)





As you can see there isn't much left from the 10.6 kg.
The copper part weight is now exactly 1.8kg.





I really think I'm going to nickel plate it.
Copper part is already oxidizing after a few weeks.





But what a job Ivo did ... (And Daniel off course in front!)





POM next to it.





And the 'screwless' backplate.








Just had to put it together fast :)





Next day some pics in the sun.


























Exploded view.








Original red aluminum parts on it.








First time testing the M3 holes with stainless steel I ordered at Highflow








Hmmm nickelplate it?








Think I'm going to polish the POM.





For a next time. :)





Ok .... it just screamed to be polished :D





Love Coca Cola.





Love the result :)
(Camera didn't with all that light)




















And put it together once more for you guys :)











Ivo and Daniel ... Real craftsmanship!
Thanks a very lot to be able to be so close to all this!!!


Now .... let's enjoy the nice weather over here :)
 
Looks great. I personally use Ketchup to clean copper. Cheaper than any copper polish and works just as well. High fructose corn syrup free BTW.
 
I got no clue what it would normally cost.
This complete block project was with help of friends and company's I work with.
Guess around $300 for me.
Without them it would have been probably around $1500 :)
 
ohh wow thats a nice price drop. i was thinking about using some of the cnc mills i have access to and trying to make some cpu blocks and wanted to know how much a block of copper that big would be or where to get one because now of the metal places around where i live sell big pieces of copper.
 
Copper part has been sent to the nickel plater.
So curious how it will look! :)

Meantime.

Highflow sent me 3 'Cpu lapping kits' to try polishing the POM part.
(Hopefully this will succeed :) )
Thanks Freddy!




I was looking for O-rings for a while to seal the block.
Luckily Skiryl had some left from a previous project! :)






The 'Inspired by' logo was grey anodised aluminum.




Now I think it should look like the nickel and fittings.




So lets polish :)




When I got an hour left next week I will polish the last scratches out.



 
I love following the updates. More updates! More updates!!!!!!! :D I hate waiting :p
 
Sorry, just a teaser this time ;)

Need some more time for testing/fitting.
Already had to adjust the backplate 'a bit' cause of a small miscalculation.

Very glad I decided to nickelplate it :D

 
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