Rebuilding:

Block is not quite level, user error I suppose, but I was too nervous to tighten it down on the sata side of the board because it looked like it would touch something.

All four in:

I will have to wait to reinstall the 4 way ek bridge, because I'm missing one 90 degree fitting that I have to install first.
4 way or no way:

Put back in the case along with the new reservoirs and the bulkhead QDCs:

Pumps are hardlined to the bulkhead fittings. I didn't want to mount them at all so as to minimize vibrations. Hardline of course will still transmit some vibration, soft tube would be better but always looks ugly.
Dat chamber - big thanks to alphacool for the rads too!

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Also put the mora with the gt's plus adpaters back in - really need to get some ER stickers made for the fans:

 
It was time to do something about the bottom pedestal. So I went and got some more wood.

Ended up with this chunk which was much larger than I needed - it had pretty grain though and I'll use it eventually:

The back of it has some sap wood which give a nice contrast, but you can never trust sapwood.

It's super heavy though, I mean 2-3x as dense as most hardwoods, and a ton more than pine.
First up let's choose which face to use:




The last one is the prettiest if we can avoid the sapwood. Time to prep an edge:

 
Jigsawed then tidying up with chisel

Fitted:

Sleeved (I should have ordered more black molexes):

Much fancy:

Many smooth:

Also much fittings - more on these in next update:

 
At this point I was short 2 ft of tube. So I had to order more:

Ignore the koolance stuff that's just review samples, not for this build. Meanwhile I tested all the loops for leaking with distilled and used some old tube for the 2 ft that I was missing. After fixing the leaks I was ready for dye. But before that I had to wire up the ascendacys which meant custom cables:

These wires were fat enough I had to use two layers of sleeve to hide them too:

I needed two 1 to 2 splitters, two 1 to 4 splitters and a 1 to 3 splitter, some of them being extremely long. I color coded each one with different sleeve so it's easy to tell which is which as this rig gets very confusing. These were a real PITA to make, I think daisy chaining might be easier for future.

Power to the ascendacy's is through a 6 pin:

Bottom chamber wiring getting messy:

Gonna need excessive zip ties to tame that. However before that I needed to fill the loop with coolant because for bleeding I was going to use an external psu to power pumps so that I don't have to unplug the ones that are in there. Dark side you saw already in progress of bleeding:

Alright LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, TROLLS, HATERS AND PEASANTS!
Project Thief is COMPLETE. Cue Drums..... Cue trumpet fanfare....

Project thief is based around the enormous, nay monstrous, CaseLabs TX10-D case, and if that wasn't enough, there's a pedestal to make it even bigger.
The build features two full size gaming computers in one case along with custom wood panelling and powder coating. The name thief comes from the this build stealing an awful lot of my disposable income. The Thief symbology is integrated through the use of Skyrim Thief's guild symbols as well as two different themes representing the duality of the thief's life. The "light" side of the case represents the Thief's role by day as an ordinary hard working member of society and features my workstation. The "dark" side of the case represent's the Thief's role by night and features my gaming rig. The ability to fit so many radiators and fans means that the fans can be turned down to be almost silent while still being able to perform at the top of their game.
The idea was really to build a no hold's barred setup with the best of the best that was not only hardcore but easy to maintain. One computer would be my linux based workstation that I use for my day to day work. The other would be my windows based entertainment/gaming battlestation.
Light side:
- Rampage IV Extreme + 4930K + 32GB Corsair Dominator GT 2133 + 2x 7990s + 1TB SSD
- Fully watercooled with 2 loops: cpu, memory, motherboard, gpus
Dark side:
- EVGA X79 Dark + 4820K + 16GB Corsair Dominator GT 2133 + 4xR9-290s + 1TB SSD
- Fully watercooled with 2 loops: cpu, memory, motherboard, gpus
The thief thrives by moonlight:

Suddenly a wild thief:

The size of a fridge:



The top hides a Mora 1260 radiator:

A door opens to reveal the "light" side:

Custom wood panels out of super hard "Cocobolo" wood:

EK's clear terminals were used to keep the consistent style:

EK's Ekoolant in blood red was used to make the most of the plexi blocks:


Tubes were bent using Monsoon's pro bending kit which gave me professional results even though this was my first hardlined build:

I like to think that these chromed backplates are what caused EK to start making backplates in other colors than black ;)


The rear fan is a bitfenix sceptre in white with red leds. The motherboard chamber is also lit with RGB LED strips at top and bottom that are remote controlled:

The dark side of course is reverse atx:

The EVGA X79 dark motherboard is well matched to the EVGA SuperNova NEX1500 power supply and the EK X3 400mm reservoirs flow directly down in to the D5 pumps with EK tops:

You can see an error code on the motherboard simply because there is no boot drive or monitor connected. I need to have some friends over to help me carry this 100-200lb behemoth upstairs.
All the radiator fans are Gentle Typhoons. Some are 1850RPM while some are the 2150RPM units shown here:

Gentle typhoons can't be beaten for noise/airflow performance through a radiator, and running in push and pull means great performance while being able to dial them down to silent levels.
The bottom radiators even use 120mm Gentle Typhoons even though they are 560 sized. The use of a 120mm->140mm fan adapter makes this possible. You can also see the 4 screws (2 at either end) that hold the radiator side mount in. This side mount makes it very easy to remove radiators for cleaning out dust:

Even the Mora 1260 radiator (140x9) does the same thing:

The red ringed fittings are fill ports - one for each loop making filling a breeze.
The amount of display outputs just gets silly:

The monsoon hardlining is great for "mounting" pumps too. As it can carry significant load the pump itself can simply hang rather than being mounted:

This also has the benefit that vibration isn't transmitted through the mount. It even works with the EK Dual D5 top:

While the EK Ascendacy fan controller controls the fans and can measure temperatures I wanted to be able to have a quick glance to check out my coolant and air temperatures and so I built in these Phoby temperature sensors into a wood panel on the pedestal:

The temps here are a little off as the computers are powered on, and the pumps were not running so they're not indicative of real performance yet ;)
Lastly the LED strips that are pretty well hidden in each chamber at the top and bottom:

Here are some vids that show the LEDs cycling through colors:
http://youtu.be/LvSCPImtu5Y
http://youtu.be/nBoBcF-hfTo
So that's it from me and thief and it's nearly time for us to say goodbye, throw a party and move this fridge sized beast upstairs! Again a big thank you to sponsors for their generosity in making this long project happen!

 

Stren... I never thought I would like anything built in a TX10... You proved me wrong. The attention to detail and two full build is perfect. Well done.

Damn , you nailed it bro . Its frekin awesome .
My new build feature's two hd 7990's with a RIVBE all these in a TH10 .