[Project] L3p L4n

go big or go home, come on they would just write it off as a R&D expense
 
Lol, wish I was in a position to demand things like that :)
Just wait and I'll figure out something :)
 
Some unpacking pictures from the monstrous Asus MARS II.












Yes... monstrous!














Small compare how high it is.





And how it would look air cooled.








Huh... 24pin in a gpu? :p





2 x 24 pins :p





'Few' cm longer then a Gene-Z.





Let's open it up.











And clean it.





Hmm...

















Going to be a 'pita' to watercool it with these blocks.
One way would be to make new hold-down-plates.








While I was posting these pictures on Facebook I already got an offer from Daniel | Mr3D to design an EKWB look-a-like fullcover block!!!
Right after I posted Daniel wanted to do that, someone else offered to CNC mill it for me... Thanks a very lot both of you!!!
More news soon :)





Oh it's number 514 out of 999.





Thought it would be funny to re-buy my first used Asus card for this occasion.
Asus TNT 2 meets MARS 2 :p







I want to thank Rogier and Milan from Asus Benelux and Asus HQ for sponsoring 'L4N' and all the help they offered!!

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holy crap look at that power management setup.. thats beefy, i like it

but man, u got some balls opening up a limited run product like that, let alone diy water cooling block setup for it, even more so considering the price :-P
 
haha I don't have that kind of pull ;-P

this is a great christmas gift lol, your builds are crazy good
 
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subscribed, loved the finished desk product and i'm loving the lan setup you got going l3p :D
 
Thanks guys :)


The 'always smiling' Mr 3D (design) and Quepee from GoT (CNC milling) both really want to do this!!
Just because it's a challenge for them too!

Here's an update already, it's not finished yet but the basis is there :)

I had to go to work right away
Photos, measuring, info and more photos.
So for who wants to know how that goes .. :)


First a clear picture from the PCB
(source: techpowerup.com)




After that Daniel needed a lot of sizes.




















He could go on with the first design of the fullcover.








I made a simple paint picture for all the sizes and heights.










Daniel could go on with that again.








And the first impression.
Still looks boring but more will come :)



Maybe till tomorrow!
 
Didn't plan to do anything today but received a package and my fingers started to tingle :)




Still in love with the red GT fins
Problem is I promised to watercool them. :p



But an idea popped in.
Hmm Corsair uses M2.5 ... Don't have them and certainly not longer ones :\




Ok re-tap them with M3 ...






That works, now the rest.






The fins work fine, they get pretty hot when cutting them :)




And done.




An EK block with some rad fins I love :)



 
l3p, your attention to detail is remarkable. Keep up the awesome work, and I'll keep looking :)
 
Wow. I was floored by the desk and this seems just as awesome. Love the attention to detail and digging the black and red combo. Can't wait to see this thing completed.
 
Incredible! Water cooled RAM and a custom one off video card water block now that's [H]ard!
 
Small update :)

Drilling and tapping the small radiator to M4.








And back to the MarsII block :)

Daniel has been very busy with it last week.
Really this guy owns :p








Copper part done.




While he was busy with this I had to think of something for the POM part.
Got a spontaneous idea to recycle the red aluminum parts from the original cooler.
Off course with paint :)




Daniel didn't know what to think of it but we went for it
Time for me to measure again :)






And re-measuring. That guy thinks about everything.




And the result.







Daniel really liked it a lot at the end too, I'm completely in love! :)
Here the renders.







What do you guys think about it?

Only thing he wants from me is as much possible friends on Facebook, so please go ahead if you can guys ;)
Mr3D a.k.a. Daniel!
 
Thanks a lot guys!
More to come but first need to focus at something else ;)
 
And another small update :)

The top panel.

Was walking around for a while with this idea. Want the plexi window to be flush with the black brushed aluminum.
But with only handwork I don't see it succeed. 0.5mm difference will be visible.
So decided to let the plexi be lasered and then try to get the window in by hand. (Thanks Brian!)
Will also take the opportunity to let the small logo's be lasered too, no names, just logo's.

This is the idea




Then first of all I want to thank Daniel and Ivo again for all the effort. Even till now ( :p ) they still have fun in doing this :)

Blocks for the POM Top and the aluminum backplate.




And the milling :)




Still a bit rough.














After some sanding.




Never saw a backplate without bolts or holes in sight before :) (Daniel ftw!)




The plan is to get it anodized in black and then mill in something.




And then the POM block. Some more explaining here.
For example this is 1/100 of the code the machine will go to create the block. ;)

G2X82.098Y1.193I0.J-5.5
G1X126.96Y-14.456
G3X127.125Y-14.484I.165J.472
G3X127.17Y-14.482I0.J.5
G1X134.562Y-13.804
G2X135.064Y-13.781I.502J-5.477
G2X140.359Y-17.791I0.J-5.5
G1X140.584Y-18.592
G3X140.917Y-18.934I.481J.135
G1X170.725Y-28.234
G3X170.874Y-28.257I.149J.477
G3X171.346Y-27.921I0.J.5
G1X176.469Y-13.198
G2X181.161Y-9.529I5.194J-1.808
G1X236.129Y-4.486
G3X236.437Y-4.342I-.046J.498
G1X240.668Y-.111
G2X244.557Y1.5I3.889J-3.889





First a rubber cord a little smaller then the block is placed on the workspace.
This so the machine can suck it vacuum to the plate, off course it shouldn't move a mm.




First the holes and the basis shape.




Then adjust the rubber cord so the machine can go on.






And milling again.




The result.












Till the next update... the copperblock :)

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that is absolutely fantastic. was concerned about your backplate until you mentioned cutting a logo into the back. youre definitely gonna want some air circulation on the backside with the overclocking i assume youll be doing. cant wait to see the copper!
 
shit with acess to hardware like that there's no way we can compete, love this thread
 
Small update :)
(Slowly we're getting there)

First of all I want to announce a new sponsor .. Corsair!
After the Bit-Tech MOTY they contacted me for sponsoring this project.
(If you only knew how glad I am with this!)








Thanks Corsair!!




And ordered a laser cutted en engraved casewindow.





If I ever win the lotto ... :p








Done.




And one day later :)




Quick preview.




This weekend first saw it in and then a very lot of sanding I guess.




And another test.



 
Holy crap that's awesome, starting to wonder if I should learn how to use a CNC machine:)
 
Ok ..this is the first and the last time I'm modding a case with 5mm thick walls and a 3mm thick panel :D

First a double layer of painters tape.




Then re-locating the spot.




And double check it.




Also tightening it very well so I can mark it without moving.




And a triple check.




Drilling the holes was easy :)




Also taped the jigsaw and got my MNPC glasses.
(Without glasses it always takes me 1 minute to get something in my eyes :p )




All under it.




Done sawing.




The fitting :/




Extra protection for the edges.




Polishing the round edges.




Now the straight pieces.
I always use the file skewed, this way you have more surface and you will get it much more straight.




3 hours of filing further (yes three!) it finally fits with some power.






Need to file the points there where the pressure is too high.




Finishing it with a small fine file.




And getting the old knife back to remove the small curls.
Can't do it with a file since it will have skewed edges again




You can see the difference before and after the knife.




Painting the edges again with matt black paint.






Window in and use rubber glue.
After that remove the remnants again. (Was a kind of a mess)




But don't worry. Removing the tape on the other side for the first results.






And a quick test :)




Tomorrow will fill up some minuscule edges with glue. Am tired of it now :)
Must say I'm very satisfied..









Till next week :eek:)
 
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Thanks a lot m8!
Even got muscle pain in my shoulder from yesterday :p
 
This time maybe a bit boring update.
Changing, (not)fitting, measuring and some cable management.
(Sorry, no block update yet :) )


First change the quad kit.




With 5 previous kits on other builds it was easy to remove the plates for the red fin fixation.
With 3 out of 4 it was impossible somehow.
Even with a hammer there were 2 sticks I couldn't replace.




Did see some horror pictures of removed heatsinks with the ram still on it so didn't want to do that either.
Also had another problem cause of hammering on it with 1 stick.




Then carefully drill it by hand.




And the tap by hand.




Got it fixed one hour later :)




2 red leds soldered and sleeved for the powerbutton.




Disabled the blue smd leds.




Wanted to test this together with the hardware that didn't run for a single minute yet.
(Incl. the hammered Ram and lapped Cpu)




Joy!
Ok... off ... fast ... no water in the cpu block yet :)




Next small problem...
I measured everything at the start...that was for Matrix cards, the Mars is a little longer.




Sawing again.




Discovering all kinds of convenient stuff in the yacht building industry.
Saw this last week, primer for all kinds of self adhesive stuff like ledstrips
They hang complete ceilings with Velcro with it.




Worth a try on the last radiator.




Did the corners with 3M Velcro, the edges with isolationtape.




Believe it or not ... It works to good .. Can't get it off with my bare hands :p




Had to file the fan on the back radiator after measuring with 7 different kinds of BP fittings to make the angle I wanted.




Still 2 prints to hide..




And the mess on the kitchen table again.



Not easy to hide 3 x 8 pin + 24 pin without a 'double bottom'.
Also sleeved the 2 sata cables.




Cover on top .. Till later this week :)

 
whats the second watercooler for? sorry i missed that
 
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