L3p D3sk - Silent Work & Gaming Station

Discussion in 'Die-hard Overclocking & Case Modifications' started by L3p, May 24, 2011.

  1. L3p

    L3p Guest

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    Bling Bling!

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    Nicest block i had till now

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    Can't wait to mount them

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    Playing with the Lamptron UV-active Slot Protectors

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    And some stuff to put the cards in SLI.
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    More pics will follow, i hope you enjoyed them
     
  2. IrishFoad

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    This is hands down, one of THE best "Outside the box" case ideas I have seen. Granted it was built inside a box.... These are the kind of rigs that should win Rig of the month/year; this build was about uniqueness not how much money can you spend on your rig!
     
  3. L3p

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    Here some pictures of the conversion.


    Even on air they are lovely.

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    But i love WC blocks

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    You can easily spend a hole evening on 2 cards.

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    Had a small break, had to wait for a replacement part for the EK rex3 block (broke while shipping)

    And i've been to Cebit to personally thank one of my sponsors

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  4. L3p

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    Thats quite a compliment man !
    Thanks a lot !

    Here's the rest !

    Replacement part came in the next morning

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    Quite an impressive block, it has 4 O-rings in it

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    And now the adjustments for the bigger mainboard and the extra needed cables for the gpu's

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    Had to do everything by hand cause i didnt want to clear the hole desk

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    Also the mainboard tray needed some work.

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    Discs specially aluminum.

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    And done.

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    Now i can start fitting in the Bitspower parts

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  5. L3p

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    Every SLI connector has to fit exactly.

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    One of the many times fitting it in the desk.

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    Only one connector to go.

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    Got the tip to polish the silvercoil

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    Hmm..

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    But it's shiny again

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    Cable for the extra molex on the Rex3.

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    After one hour i finally found a way to get all the cables under the mainboardtray

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    And some teasers for later this week

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  6. L3p

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    When looking for the newest bios for the rex3, i also found a driver for symbian phones.
    I had no idea this was so easy

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    Cleared some 230V cables for the tft's.
    Made a 3-way disconnect-able cable ^^


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    3 AMP connectors.

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    And done

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    Still need to fix the resolutions so the conversion looks better

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    I almost enjoy the view like in real life

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  7. L3p

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    And again thanks to Freddy for the nice stuff !

    Some molex cables, you'll need them with a 1.50m long pc :p

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    Will be used for a later update ;)

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    Time for a refreshment after 2 years of usage in 2 builds :)

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    And the thing missing in this build ...a mouse with acid green leds :)

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  8. L3p

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    Received the last 4 fans today (Thanks Kier ! )

    Will try to replace the old Gentle typhoons tomorrow.
    I will have to lift the complete desk out of its holder to replace the right fans.

    I'm totally in love with the green color the fans get with UV light.

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    Again 4 hours of non-stop work :)

    How i replaced the old Feser coolant.

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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC7r8oItvfE


    And put the cards back to slot 1 and 2 so i can better access my raidcard.

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    And already replaced 3 of the 6 fans.

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    Better pics next week :p
     
  9. L3p

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    Asked Cooler Master NL if they could help me out with a little test project cause of a voltage problem with the raidcard.

    They did, and within 4 days i got this package trough my mailbox ;)


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    Maybe im going to use 2 x 700W instead of 1x1200W

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    Lets unpack.

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    Nice and small, 4cm shorter then an AX1200.

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    Plenty of cables

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    So want to thank Cooler Master Netherlands for the nice stuff !!

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    And the testing with the 2 (3) PSU's
    Total of 2600W running now.
    And off course my 3.3V 5V and 12V are superb now
    Very silent psu's by the way !

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    Even under full stress
    980x @ 4.5 Ghz + 2 x GTX580 @ 960/1150

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  10. L3p

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    3 screens ARE useful :p

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    After the mouse i was looking for a fitting mousepad for the desk.
    Personally i like cloth pads like the Q-pad.
    Couldn't find anything at all.
    All i could find was a pad with leds in it.
    But then the idea popped up ..
    Still had some plexi somewhere, and there are 150 UV smd leds in my desk so why not try it :p


    The plex.
    (Fits perfectly !)

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    The "hard" SLI connector. (Thanks Xtrafresh!)

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    And my RVS cupholder : )

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    With a jigsaw.

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    Maybe im going to let the print melt down into the plexi with its pins

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    The Q-Plex

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    And the ...ehm ..cupholder : )

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    Still goin to polish them some more later.

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  11. L3p

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    I could sell my Intel X18-M for a good price, so wanted to try the Intel 510.
    Going to use it as OS drive

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    And because i promised Asus to show their logo, here you go :)

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  12. L3p

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    Still had to change some things under my floor.
    Today i found some time.

    Had to replace some fans on my rad for Scythe GT's
    Replaced the green tube for Tygon black.

    Also replaced the 3 remaining GT's in my desk for green Nanoxia's

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    GT's out

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    Only 5cm space for my hand.

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    Nanoxia's in.

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    Here my radiator in the distance.

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    On request also made a little movie of my trip


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    Mobile doesn't work here, but baby phone works fine :D

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    De GT's on their place and tubes replaced !

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    And another small test.
    Wanted to know what stuff goes trough my loop.
    This way it was easy to discover.

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    Click it between my tubes and enable the pumps for one hour.

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    Then disconnect the filter while pumping and stop the pumps as fast as you can.
    This is so the dirt really stays in the filter.

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    All tiny hairs and wtf, even a piece of my sigarettes

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  13. L3p

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    Received a nice UV led board today.

    It's specially for making photo's from UV-active parts.
    You can only use it for 5 minutes per time, else it gets too hot

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    Small surprise between the UV leds :)

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    And some pictures with the effect

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  14. L3p

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    The date for powder-coating the desk has set !

    10 minutes before unplugging it

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    And 3 hours later : )

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    Also took me half an hour to think how i will place the second PSU.

    Decided to place them like this, ill creata another 120mm fanhole between the psu's tomorrow

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    Wanted to use these for my quick connectors outside the desk

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    Yesterday the idea came up for hiding my cables from the 3 screens.

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    Some won't like it, but for me this works great since my pc is more open then closed :p
    So this way it's very easy to take away the backplates.

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    It's only connected with the left side of the panel.

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    2 hours later it was really empty, looks like a reverse buildlog

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    Sanding it some.

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    Like a bomb exploded.

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    Here i was finished for today

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  15. L3p

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    Thanks man !

    Finally got the rubber removed.
    Thank god for WD40 :)

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    Also made the fanhole for between the 2 psu's

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    Just some sanding left

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    And the extra fillports for future usage ^^

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    Also removed some of the backplate again, this time with a grinder :)

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    Made the last fillport hole for future usage

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    Almost forgot i need to sand these too so they can be powder-coated in the same color.

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    Hmm nasty job, sanding anodized aluminum by hand, think i'll use the grinder for it.

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    Maybe not nice to ask, but asus asked to put they logo?
     
  17. Anubis

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    Well, since they've sponsored some stuff, it's usual one puts their logos, so they're nicely seen..
     
  18. L3p

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    No they certainly didn't ! :)
    They did sponsor me.
    But when you put watercool blocks on the gtx580's you can't see anymore you're using Asus ones.
    So i promised them to show it are Asus cards :)
     
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    Got a real nice present from Bigfoot Networks
    A Bigfoot Networks™ Killer™ 2100 Gaming Network Card
    Thanks Timo and thanks for the help Xtrafris !

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    "The Killer™ 2100 Gaming Network Card delivers maximum networking performance for online games, whether you’re playing MMOs or first-person shooters. Featuring Advanced Game Detect™, Killer™ 2100 automatically classifies and accelerates traffic to your game ahead of other network traffic for maximum online game performance and a competitive edge."

    Off course i want to try that out, im really in for some on line gaming after such a year :)

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    Casemodder Xtrafris also sent me a K`Bling :D
    Wanted to use this to mod it on the Killer™ but seems i don't have enough space.

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    So first with it's cap removed next to the Gpu's.
    Maybe later i'll use a pci-e extender to make some space.

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    Think i'll just make a square hole in the gtx580 backplate for the network cable.
    It's the only Pci-e 4x slot left.

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    Also got a 7000rpm polisher with some sort of wax from my brother-in-law.
    You need to hold it tight, but the effect is perfect !

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  20. L3p

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    Finally !! :p

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    And still exciting :)

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    All unpacked.

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    Very glad i coated the Bitspower radguards in the same color.

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    Also the lianli backplate.

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    This is how it will look.
    Monday ill get some new rubber tape for the desk and glass so i can lift it in the desk holder.

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    Before the desk goes into desk holder i first wanted to polish it, but need a new polisher first, this one had no hairs left :)
     

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