with my p6x58d/x5690 build up and running and doing its thing and my e760 classified mb disassembled and out for sale, i have another x58 mb and a surplus of gpus and now a bunch of 1366s doing nothing.
this is the first test run to see the main components running while we wait for the rest of the goodies to arrive. there is still a few things i need to figure out and buy including a case/mount that can handle a 480mm radiator, maybe a wall mount or some kind of shelf or rack...
 
rampage ii extreme, w3690, 12gb (4x3) dominator ram with led light show, 240gb ssd, asus m.2 hyper drive with wd black 850 1tb and and (temp) asus 980 ti running windows 7 ultimate.
 
all under the auspicious eye of Mitth'raw'nuruodo; grand admiral thrawn as he is commonly known as. 
 

as operation code name hope slowly grinds on, the mail has delivered some sunshine. unfortunately the 480mm radiator may have gone missing in transit, the mb block to go with the cpu block is here. i definitely want to water cool the w3690 but im not truly sold on the mb block. the stock cooling using the noctua air cooler with 2x92mm and a 40mmx10 on the northbridge has the cpu temp at 60C and NB at 39C running 1.35V at 4.2 and the ram at 2000+. and the stock setup looks real good, i especially like the pulsating rog logo.
 
now i wait on the rad to arrive, possibly there is merely a delay clearing the customs, and look into pump rez and a case or wall mount. plus i will need some cooling for the the vrm. onwards!
 

This is going to be an interesting build when completed. I'll be following the progress. 

the 480mm rad has arrived intact and it does fit at the bottom of the frame, and i can access the sata at the bottom but that means only blower length cards will fit. i did lay the rad in place prior to disassembling the frame and its fits. right now its centred and perfectly aligns to four screw holes on the two fan brackets (im going to add a third bracket). it may line up there with the frame back on, but the battery bracket could collide and it may have to slide over to the right, so the type of fittings at the end will be critical. 
the five frame pieces are out being sand blasted and powder coated, and when they return i can decide if i will use this rad at the bottom. if so that means none of my 980ti will fit, so i will have to get something that can fit and be useful, i dont plan on watercooling the gpus(s) but i dont know much until the rad is in place. and i dont have a solution for water cooling the mb mosfets yet. or a pump/reservoir.


 

Interesting build

This builds gets better every time I look at it and your progress. 

Man what a cool build!

Nice job on the paint. That looks waaayyyy better than the red.

thanks all, i too am pleased with the change in look. i got the motherboard in with the new gpus, a temporary psu and fresh windows 10 install and its all good. of course after windows installed the drivers win10 told me that connecting an sli bridge will improve performance... but i tried 2 of my 4-slot hb bridges and neither of them clear the fake power buttons on the gpus. i may have to look about in some boxes for a long enough ribbon style type, but i doubt i will even use sli. i still need to find connectors for the rad that will fit, but its not looking too good. there is only about 1cm of space from one of the outlets to the frame. the top pic was in the semi dark no flash, i love how the frame reflects the colours.

 

well done. 

pump/resovoir arrived and it has some nice rgb, i will need to make some brackets to use the existing mounting points of the base plate. the vrm cooling is going to need some work to fit, the r2e mb mounting points are off centre and may be at the linits.
so now it seems just fittings and hoses are needed to get it running. and another stock in win 120mm fan bracket (good luck finding that). and id would like a new chrome look 1000w psu too, but havnt found anything yet.
 

 

X58 and X79 were the last "real PCs" in my opinion. QSLI, Crossfire, Full body water cooling was a lot of fun.
Things are simple and easy now.
 

seth89
X58 and X79 were the last "real PCs" in my opinion. QSLI, Crossfire, Full body water cooling was a lot of fun.
Things are simple and easy now.

yeah these old systems have a lot of self fun in them, thinigs for me started to go down hill when they took the jumpers of the ad in cards and let the computer assign the dmas and irqs.
 

rjohnson11
This build is looking good. Looking forward to fully finished pics. 

 
im trying to find an apprentice plumber/pipefitter who wants to make me some pipe, but i have so far been unsuccessful.