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Re: [Project Log] - CANIS MAJORIS (modded Tt Core X9)
2015/09/25 03:40:23
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Excellent and good luck at the EXPO!
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Re: [Project Log] - CANIS MAJORIS (modded Tt Core X9)
2015/09/25 18:28:42
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Excellent and good luck at the EXPO!
Thanks a lot Robert! I'll be updating the build log to the current state of the build by next week, should have an update later today. I just didn't want to ruin the unveiling at the event :D
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Re: [Project Log] - CANIS MAJORIS (modded Tt Core X9)
2015/09/25 18:35:48
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a lot of amazing work going into this one, excited to see the finished build!
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Re: [Project Log] - CANIS MAJORIS (modded Tt Core X9)
2015/09/27 00:10:50
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a lot of amazing work going into this one, excited to see the finished build!
Thanks a lot mate :D I'll be able to unveil it shortly
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Re: [Project Log] - CANIS MAJORIS (modded Tt Core X9)
2015/09/27 00:15:44
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Okay guys here we go with the updates :)
I mounted the Thermaltake Commander FT Fan Controller to the front panel, drilled holes for the vandal switches and cut the shape for the acrylic that will go over the front panel aluminum.
This is a piece of smoke acrylic so you can still see through it. Something similar will go on the top panel.
The rest of the acrylic in the build is all gloss black, once the build is up and running and with LEDs, it should give some nice reflections.
Thanks for checking it out!
Cheers,
Alex
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Re: [Project Log] - CANIS MAJORIS (modded Tt Core X9)
2015/09/28 07:13:55
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Gonna keep the updates rolling!
Custom top panel windows piece is done. Smoked piece of acrylic will come over same as the front panel.
All the pieces ready for powder coating. Going to be a gun metal looking colour.
Drilling fan holes to mount with the MNPCTECH grills on the back panel.
Looking awesome with the Riing RGB fans!
Two of the 480mm radiators going in the bottom section of the case with the Thermaltake T33 reservoirs on top on each side. I used the MNPCTECH 480mm acrylic grills to mount the reservoirs to.
And finally, running some Mayhems Blitz cleaning system through the rads. Thanks to PerformancePCs for sending through the kit!
Gotta be cautious with this stuff!
Thanks for checking it out!
Cheers,
Alex
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Re: [Project Log] - CANIS MAJORIS (modded Tt Core X9)
2015/09/28 19:17:06
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Got another update for you guys!
Some vinyl work for the rads and fans as well as finished some of the acrylic panels.
The vinyl work is based on the Elite Dangerous game, that's actually the emblem from the game. Think it looks really cool on the fans and rads.
Had to do a lot of fans!
I would stick the whole thing and then peel out the bits not needed. Pretty easy but time consuming.
This panel is the bottom front panel.
Some MNPCTECH mesh, will look awesome behind the panel once painted.
Front bottom and top as well as back bottom acrylic panels mostly done!
MNPCTECH mesh and grills painted black.
And the case frame is back from powder-coating. Also bottom rads are in!
Pump/res combos as well as the PSU are mounted.
And did some cable management for all the 16 fan cables coming from the bottom up into the top section of the case! I used four 1 x 4pin extension cables to turn the 16 fan cables into just 4 and these will connect straight to the Thermaltake fan controller at the front of the case. Thanks a lot to Performance PCs for helping out with these fan extension cables.
That's it for now!
Thanks for checking it out!
Cheers,
Alex
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Re: [Project Log] - CANIS MAJORIS (modded Tt Core X9)
2015/09/29 19:31:41
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I have probably one of the most exciting things to share, at least I think it is :P
I have been waiting weeks to show these! :D
Custom reservoirs Canis Majoris style!
I really wanted the reservoirs to be unique in this build and I had an idea of these round spherical reservoirs with Mayhems Aurora fluid in them and making them look like a red giant star and a white dwarf star. So those are the two colours I'm going for in the two loops in this build. One will be orange looking and the other one a white with a little bit of blue in it. The reservoirs have two 5mm LED holes as well in order to try and light them up nicely and with the Aurora fluid they should resemble the two stars pretty good.
This idea came to me from the Elite Dangerous game as every time you exit a jump next to a star it's just an awesome experience!
These are about 150mm diameter and they are made up of two domes put together. I had a long chat with an acrylic manufacturer in my area for making these and at first they weren't really sure what I wanted but we managed to sort it out in the end. This design was sorta the only way to make a spherical reservoir thick and strong enough to drill the G1/4 thread and be all sealed and water tight.
At first I wasn't too happy with the way the gluing looked on them however after some Rustoleum frosted glass spray paint they came out really good. With coloured fluid in them they should look even better!
Check it out and let me know what you think. I'm not sure if anyone else has done this before.
They took about 1.1L of water to fill each so there will be quite a lot of fluid going in this build! :D
Thanks for checking it out and stay tuned for more!
Cheers,
Alex
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Re: [Project Log] - CANIS MAJORIS (modded Tt Core X9)
2015/09/29 20:38:25
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Wow that's unique! Those balls look awesome.. now if you could just make them static balls, or incorporate them with a dragon.. lol :) Seriously, very cool, I love that idea.
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Re: [Project Log] - CANIS MAJORIS (modded Tt Core X9)
2015/09/29 23:04:51
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I think this will be a unique first!
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Re: [Project Log] - CANIS MAJORIS (modded Tt Core X9)
2015/10/04 20:36:40
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Wow that's unique! Those balls look awesome.. now if you could just make them static balls, or incorporate them with a dragon.. lol :) Seriously, very cool, I love that idea.
rjohnson11
I think this will be a unique first!
Thanks a lot guys! I will have another update shortly. I just got back from the EB Games Expo in Sydney where the build was on display at the Thermaltake booth! If you follow my Facebook page (Simple Modz) or Thermaltake ANZ you may have caught a quick speak peak of the build! And for all the Aussies in Sydney, you maybe saw it in person if you were at the EB Games Expo! :D I will need to post a few more work in progress updates that I didn't get a chance to post and once I get the build back there is still some work to be done before it will be fully finished. Stay tuned! Cheers, Alex
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Re: [Project Log] - CANIS MAJORIS (modded Tt Core X9)
2015/10/05 01:23:19
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Great news and waiting to see final pics once completed
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Re: [Project Log] - CANIS MAJORIS (modded Tt Core X9)
2015/10/05 23:26:57
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Hey guys,
Here are some pics of tubing up the bottom section with the rads and reservoirs mounted.
Sorry for the bad lighting in some of those shots :(
Here is the side panel, one full clear piece of acrylic to cover the entire case!
And some work on the front panel windows or a stealth window as I like to call it.
Thanks for checking it out!
Cheers,
Alex
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Re: [Project Log] - CANIS MAJORIS (modded Tt Core X9)
2015/10/08 01:23:18
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Testing out the bottom fans before building on top of them and I can't access the cables!
Custom reservoirs are in and I started taking off the protective backing on the acrylic sheets. The nice reflections are just what I was hoping for!
Also hardware update!
Thanks a lot to RamCity.com.au for sending out these two Crucial MX200 500GB SSDs and also an awesome 512GB Samsung SM951 M.2 PCI-E SSD!
The two Crucial SSDs are in!
Just having a laugh as I can't believe how many Strix 970s I have acquired! Two are going in the Parvum build I've been working on for a mate for ages now, some of you may have seen it! And the other either 2 or 3 are going in this build!
Time to install the MB, CPU, GPUs, RAM and all the awesome Tt water blocks!
Thanks for checking it out!
Cheers,
Alex
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Re: [Project Log] - CANIS MAJORIS (modded Tt Core X9)
2015/10/10 00:37:10
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Looking great Alex. Looks like you're almost finished with this build.
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Re: [Project Log] - CANIS MAJORIS (modded Tt Core X9)
2015/10/10 17:16:00
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Looking great Alex. Looks like you're almost finished with this build.
Thanks a lot Robert! Yea the build is nearly finished. I'm currently still waiting to get it back from Thermaltake after the EB Games Expo last weekend :) Still trying to get the build logs up to date with that :D Once I get it back there are still some minor things to get done on it :)
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Re: [Project Log] - CANIS MAJORIS (modded Tt Core X9)
2015/10/10 17:42:54
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Waterblocks fit perfectly with X99 Sabertooth. She is most complete ASUS X99 motherboard, every other X99 board miss something, Internal USB 3.1 or slower M.2 transfer speed. Except some with black/white color. Great mod. And Thermaltake case have so much space for big radiators. Acrylic reservoirs are  ... Amazing... Bulb. You will have better reservoirs than anyone fabric made on market.
post edited by Vlada011 - 2015/10/10 18:06:43
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Re: [Project Log] - CANIS MAJORIS (modded Tt Core X9)
2015/10/10 23:24:36
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Waterblocks fit perfectly with X99 Sabertooth.
She is most complete ASUS X99 motherboard, every other X99 board miss something, Internal USB 3.1 or slower M.2 transfer speed.
Except some with black/white color.
Great mod. And Thermaltake case have so much space for big radiators.
Acrylic reservoirs are ... Amazing... Bulb. You will have better reservoirs than anyone fabric made on market.
Thanks a lot mate! Much appreciated! :D
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Re: [Project Log] - CANIS MAJORIS (modded Tt Core X9)
2015/10/10 23:26:22
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A quick look before tubing up! Most of the part were in at this point!
Thanks for checking it out!
Cheers,
Alex
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Re: [Project Log] - CANIS MAJORIS (modded Tt Core X9)
2015/10/11 02:13:28
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Thermaltake should be thanks to you... I go to read specification about these water cooling stuff and probably many people more.
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Re: [Project Log] - CANIS MAJORIS (modded Tt Core X9)
2015/10/11 21:24:57
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Thermaltake should be thanks to you... I go to read specification about these water cooling stuff and probably many people more.
Thanks mate! It's been a privilege working with Thermaltake for this project :D
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Re: [Project Log] - CANIS MAJORIS (modded Tt Core X9)
2015/10/11 23:31:50
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Like they build waterblocks exactly for Sabertooth series.
Weird they sell GPU blocks only for ASUS Strix Series.
Usually when one model is available it's for reference cards.
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Re: [Project Log] - CANIS MAJORIS (modded Tt Core X9)
2015/10/13 07:53:25
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Like they build waterblocks exactly for Sabertooth series.
Weird they sell GPU blocks only for ASUS Strix Series.
Usually when one model is available it's for reference cards.
The CPU waterblock will fit pretty much any motherboard, they have the W1 and W2 versions. As for the GPU yea, at this time it's only for ASUS Strix 970 and 980 :)
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Re: [Project Log] - CANIS MAJORIS (modded Tt Core X9)
2015/10/14 01:01:00
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Okay guys, here it is all tubed up! This is how I had it set up for the EB Games Expo and only used two cards. Not sure if I will change things around with the loop before final completion.
I'm waiting to receive high res pics from EB Games but I can post some I took with my phone later on.
Let me know what you guys think of the tubing, I really like it going around the outside like that!
These shots were taken around 5am when I was rushing to get it finished in time to get picked up for the EB Games expo in Sydney last weekend.
I'm currently waiting for the build to arrive back sometime this week, then more work will continue!
I'll post those EB Games pics in the next update :)
Cheers,
Alex
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Re: [Project Log] - CANIS MAJORIS (modded Tt Core X9)
2015/10/16 18:13:35
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Hey guys!
Here are the pics from the EB Games Expo! The build is about 90% finished here.
Just some minor things still need to be done and I will be changing some thing with the loop.
The build should arrive back on Monday! I'll also have some better pics up shortly from the EB Games Expo!
Thanks for checking it out! Hope you guys like how the build looks at this point :D
Cheers,
Alex
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Re: [Project Log] - CANIS MAJORIS (modded Tt Core X9)
2015/10/18 05:50:16
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That is just really awesome and I'm curious what changes you'll make to the loop to finalize this build.
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Re: [Project Log] - CANIS MAJORIS (modded Tt Core X9)
2015/10/19 00:03:22
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That is just really awesome and I'm curious what changes you'll make to the loop to finalize this build.
Thanks Robert! Just to make it easier to fill and drain :)
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Re: [Project Log] - CANIS MAJORIS (modded Tt Core X9)
2015/10/19 00:04:23
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Here are some better high quality pics from the EB Games Expo! Previous was from my phone
Must have been tweaking something here
Thanks for checking it out!
Cheers,
Alex
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Re: [Project Log] - CANIS MAJORIS (modded Tt Core X9)
2015/10/19 03:45:09
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Awesome expo pics and looks like your build drew a lot of attention
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Re: [Project Log] - CANIS MAJORIS (modded Tt Core X9)
2015/10/19 18:30:22
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Awesome expo pics and looks like your build drew a lot of attention
Thanks mate! Oh yea, it drew so much attention. It was pretty great seeing it like that :D
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