L3p D3sk - Silent Work & Gaming Station

[L3p]

Hiding cables, what a nasty job.



Scythe fanguards, maybe temporary



Need sata ?



Topview





Getting tired when i see this again



Filled up !





Youtube - Filling it up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfRiu3UnKTA

Hiding Sata(n) !









And lift of



Testrun 1

[Li4m79]

WOW!!! Thats pretty amazing man!!!!

Nice work!!!!!

[L3p]

Temperatures are better then in my Corsair 800D



Now first some rest behind my d3sk, before it goes to the powdercoater









Found a nice connector for the Bulgin power and reset button to be disconnected easily.







Now that they will be above my desk, i wont be to lazy to start working again on the inside of the desk

[L3p]

That's me !





Done for today




































I want to thank Bitspower for sponsoring me at this project, specially Vincent !

[L3p]

And some new hardware

















Supreme HF Nickel + Chrome











I'll add these in my loop the next time

[L3p]

This is how i drain my loop




Stripping time !




And building it up again with a bitspower mb block, and i rotated my EK HF
This is because i forgot i needed to rotate it when the flow comes from the other side compared to my other build.




Rubbertaped the borders, because the coating will come a few months later




How my Raidcard looked like



And how it looks now







Bitspower block




Rubber tape looks grey, but its because of the flash, normally its black

[L3p]

Build the 2 single BP tops back, i think they look better this way.
And been busy with some smd led lighting.
I love it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDvic-srFnc



















New set of Corsair mem

[L3p]

First time playing with plexi







Found a Corsair Dominator GT 2000mhz CL7 elpida set.







Looks easy, but isn't



Old and new set






Also added an UV Led strip behind the logo to lighten it up some more.

Without UV Led


With UV LED


Without UV Led


With UV LED

[L3p]

Bought some blocks from a friend, im totally in love with plexi now





Breaking it down.



Removed teh old SMD leds.



Ohhh no !



Oh never mind



Been puzzling for 1.5 hours before i had the right combination.



Cleaning time.





Dirt !

[L3p]

L3pping the 980x



Wtf MX-4, did i order that ?!



Thanks for the MX-4 Freddy !









30 seconds @ P400 already tired



5 Minutes P400 - Total 5 Minutes



5 Minutes P400 - Total 10 Minutes



10 Minutes P400 - Total 20 Minutes



10 Minutes P400 - Total 30 Minutes



15 Minutes P400 - Total 45 Minutes



10 Minutes P600 - Total 55 Minutes



10 Minutes P800 - Total 1 hours en 5 Minutes



10 Minutes P1000 - Total 1 hours en 15 Minutes

[L3p]

10 Minutes P1500 - Total 1 hours en 25 Minutes



15 Minutes P2000 - Total 1 hours en 40 Minutes



20 Minutes P2500 - Total 2 hours



Had to play some with the cam













Results

Idle




Stressed





And finally ...



Building it back asap, im tired

[L3p]

And some pics

[L3p]

For 10 years i always used the "better" soundcards.
But the last year i used onboard, somehow i didn't like it.

And last week my eye fell on the Asus Xense.
I fell in love instantly !
Specially cause it would fit perfectly in the desk with the chrome look.
So i was already saving some money for it.

But then ....

My PSU died ... And we can't run without it
Xense dream gone

Then i got a wonderful mail from Freddy from Highflow

Going to try to build it in this weekend.
Here some unpacking pictures.

[L3p]

Freddy ... You're the best !

[eternitykh]

Amazing work. Amazing results.

[davetheshrew]

and who said marijuana smokers were lazy beautifull my man if you own a shop I will visit when I go to holland next year!

[L3p]

Thanks guys
Can't even remember my last joint and don't have a shop.
Just visit Amsterdam, and you'll be "allright"

[L3p]

Breaking down already took a few hours




Too small holes for those cables.




couldn't find those cables in another color




Removed the hdd stickers.




Ready to take off.




Like a bomb exploded.




measuring and drilling.




Changing the tempsensors.
This is so i can put them at the in and outlet in the desk.
I can measure the in and outgoing temperatures more accurate then.




Pff it still works




Aluminium rain.




Sleeved the ugly red sata cables. Thanks Vin-Tech !



Cutouts for the dvd-r drives.




BP bucket.




Done.




Further on with the loop.

[L3p]

Tempsensors mounted, just a tiny piece of barb.




Sleeved cables sleeved again






Now the worst part, connecting the cables again and placing the new PSU.




Also done.




Custom made molex of 1.30m for the Asus Xense.




piece by piece ....




New molex for the "underground fans cable".




lol




Ready to fill it up.




Almost done filling the new loop.




wtf, ghosts in my res ...




Loop running, all thats left getting the pc running.




Wow, it booted, luckily i got normal voltages now.




Almost forgot the extra hole for the bulgin switch for the lighting

[L3p]

First temporary, later with sleeve.




They work !
Power switch/power led -- Reset switch/hddled -- Lighting switch/lichting led




Screens off




Works like a charm.




Hdd temps lowered 17-20 degrees.




Still in love




It fits
You can also see the Xense molex




Pc heats up the water with 1.7 degrees.




Hmm needs some polishing.




Perfect spot for the Sennheiser Xense




Ready to type this update !









All made possible by my wife, me and Freddy

[L3p]

Had some problems switching all the leds in my desk by one Bulgin momentary led switch.
All the leds are connected to a bitspower X-station.

The user "Calimero" @ the highflow forum fixed it for me ^^
I'm to impatient for this work.
He's been busy with it for quite some hours.

With this print i can switch this :

one 5V line
one 12V line
the led in the bulgin switch

This bulgin led is on a current feed now, so switching from blue (3.5V) to, for example, Red (1.8V) is no problem at all, the current will remain the same


So thanks to Calimero !











Adjustable for the bulgin switch

[L3p]

Again, thanks Calimero


Such a mess for a tiny plate



1 relay free for future components







Done










Testsetup




And a little Youtube movie to show how it works.

[L3p]

Finally a dream came true




Removing films, i love it !




Eeny, meeny, miny, moe ...




Took me only 10 minutes to switch the old one with the new one.
Changing the old DVI cable to a new Dual link DVI cable took me more time.
Need this cable cause of the higher resolution.




Very useful, i could start using it right away for the pics of this update.




Bling




And time for a little test ..
It really looks fabulous !






Maybe i won't be the last now anymore






Still a lot to configure, but already looks awesome.




And ready to go on again






All i want now is another Dell 17"

[L3p]

Gregor pwns !!








Oops, something went wrong here, to be continued (my bad)










Original







I need more bling bling



















Gregor for the lovely blocks !!

[L3p]

Yep, i like the new one more .







Rather have plex.



Ordered to see what it is, green fan and a Lamptron 22mm Blue led momentary.




Something i wanted to do a long time.







Wtf ?



Lets clean that up too.





And done.