Hi and Welcome to my First Build Log!

Working Title for this project is x7900D because it is an x79 system in a Corsair 900d!

i was fortunate to get the 900d form one of the first shipments from Amazon, This case is huge! i've never seen any case this big before in person!

I got lucky with a lot of these parts, finding them on craiglist or ebay for cheap.

The Specs:
Motherboard: Asus RIVE
Processor: I7 3930k
SSD- OCZ Vertex 4 256 x 2 in Raid 0
PSU- Corsair ax1200
Case- Corsair 900D
Ram- Kingston Hyper x 1600mhz x 32GB
GPUs- Evga Titans

The Cooling:
Coolgate 480 Rad
Coolgate 360 Rad
EK Supremecy
EK Titan Blocks
Ek 250 res
Ek Res/Pump combo
Switfech MCP655
1/2" fittings
a ton of Corsair AF and SP fans


now for some pictures. This is my first time trying to take nice photos so please dont hate on me too hard. i used my bed sheet that is wrinkled and my iphone :D

This case is massive!
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Now, i've always wanted a Asus Rampage board but i hate the red and black color scheme, i was so happy to see the Black RIVE only to find out it wasnt a production product, so i painted mine! i didnt get too deep into the RAM slots because they wouldnt be visible



Heres the CPU


Corsair AX1200- my Neighbor gave this to me for free!


This is just half of the fans! i have a total of 17 fans i think?


Ram



Coolgate 480



SSDs, these already had the OS on them so i had to make sure i kept them in the right order


Pump- this thing was way bigger than i though (thats what she said :D)


EK res


and one of two Titans


More photos to come, thanks for looking!

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My color scheme is going to be black with a little white =]

so i masked them up, and started priming




Once dry i sprayed it with flat white



I think it turned out pretty good =] using flat paint saves me all the time of sanding and respraying










For the black dimms, i used my favorite paint ever, plasti dip! this stuff is awesome. in case you don't know what it is , its plastic rubbery paint that peels off when your done with it. so i masked the dimms up sprayed them with a couple coats of plastidip and peeled off what i wanted to show through.










Thats it for this update, more to come!

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first the how to:

Start off by marking your measurements and clamp it down, measure twice cut once!



After all that plexi cutting and aluminum cutting, a new disk is needed



cutting metal generates a lot of heat. it actually melted my clamp!



Now that the metal pieces are cut, i made a stencil for the remaining layers and transferred it to the plexi. this layer is frosted



uh oh storm clouds! tornado watch for my area last night



hmm?



got anxious and didnt even take the tape off! i needed to know it worked right away!



And now i present to you, my illuminated mid panel for the 900d!!!!!



not that this is done all thats left is the loops, sleeve some more plexi and overclocking, them finally game time!

thank you

things are starting to finally come together, i had a good bit of time this weekend to sit down and crank out the work!

First  copied my template over to the white plexi and cut it out. i also marked and cut holes for the cables



Once that was complete, it was time to cut the black plexi piece, so i transferred the template over. and scored it

 

but when i went to snap it it broke :mad: :doh:



so now that piece is ruined. but not to fear i have an idea to get me close to where i wanted to be!

so i did some masking



and bought out my trusty friend PLASTI DIP!!! i love this stuff

tacked it up



layer 2



layer 3,4,5,6!



peeled the tape off, and there ya go! not exactly how i had it planned but until i take the measurements and what not for the black plexi piece, this will do.



oh in the mean time while the paint was drying, i decided to redo the ssd panel. the carbon got all dirty and i wasnt happy with the cuts



Installed



I also tackled most of the sleeving! i originally wanted to use heatshrink, as i think if you can pull it off perfectly it looks the best. but after many tries, my hat goes off to you all who use heatshrink, it is so hard to get a consistent and uniform look for it even with the tools!

so i went the shrinkless route

4 pin cpu



8 pin and 4 pin cpu together





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24 pin



getting close!



and i leave you for now with some extra led panel bonus picks















and of course

sweet build man, looks awsome

Wow, that is going to be one very clean build. Keep it up man, cant wait to see more

Thanks everyone for checking it out!
 
ok small update

yesterday i wired up the fans for the quad rad. this seems like an easy task but holy smokes is it difficult with all black wires! it took me almost 2 hours to complete one side of the rad. of course i didnt get the wiring right on the first try so i had to desolder and then wire again. thankfully i got 3/4 right.

The second side took a little less time to complete and, this time i got it right! unfortunately i did a much better job on this side so now i had to redo the other side. and wouldnt you know, i'm out of the proper shrink ughhh so more of thats on the way and then ill take pictures of the finished product!

since i also miscalculated how many fittings i would need, i had to order those as well. nothing like spending 7 dollars in shipping for a 6 dollar fitting!

so in the mean time i decided to tackle the cable management of the back side. i love the clean wire management that many of you all implemented so i did my best at routing and securing.

heres all the wires from the front panel, the sata data and power. Also the pump wire, and the top rad wires. soooo many wires! 



and after much manhandling heres how it looks now




wide view of the front panel, sata, 24 pin, 4 and 8 pin cpu



4 and 8 pin cpu



24 pin



Thats it for now!, until my fittings arrive im going to resleeve (again) the led panel wires. sleeve and possibly extend the front fan wires. sleeve and extend the rear fan wires. reshrink the front panel connectors.

thanks!

ok i have got the loops installed and leak tested as well as made sure everything works and.....SUCCESS!!!

here are some pictures to tide you over until i get some better ones








 

 
 

Man, very impressive...  I'm not sure I'd have the patience or time to go through all this.  Really nice job here...