L3p D3sk - Silent Work & Gaming Station

[L3p]

And this afternoon @ the door ..
Wtf alreadyl ?!
Thanks Gregor from EKWB







No one could have told me there's a trick to hold the rubber in place ?



Totally happy again !





Thanks EK !!

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Back to Corsair
Had to RMA the Silverstone ST1500




Nice sleeved cables.




First i thought they were made of plastic, but im glad they are aluminium.
Also nice there are 3.5" brackets with it.




Such a nasty job this ..




4 hours later ..




Another 4 hours later




I love it, also a better flow then the other block







Lamptron ddr3 slots




Transformers !




I liked the ssd's there more.
Also temporary used the plexi's from the Intel ssd, somehow i liked it.






Beast in his cage

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And some random pics..







Lamptron Pci-e covers.




I love EKWB !




Thinking of using 6 of these inside the desk.
(Others will remain Scythe GT's)










Total picture.

[L3p]

Got a nice package today ^^

Some guy named Wwwicked i know from the Highflow forums creates selfmade ledstrips.

We were both curious how they would look in the desk.

First of all, very professional wwwicked !

Specially for him double resolution pics








25 and 90 degree leds






One Ledstrip is UV25-UV25-Bl25 the other UV25-UV25-Bl90

[L3p]

These pics were for myself
This is the effect you get with wwwickleds !





























Wwwicked, thanks man !

[L3p]

Small update.

Thanks Freddy !
Without Highflow this wouldn't have been possible !








Wanted to connect the extra ssd when i had 10 minutes spare time, but ...
Both multilane cables i had connected were full
So had to drain the loop AGAIN so i could add an extra multilane specially for the ssd




Still need to think of something to make it look better.




Very satisfied with the speed, i guess i can't get more out of it cause of the iop341 limitations.

[L3p]

Sneak preview



Good news

1. Highflow became Main sponsor of this build !
(More info will follow )

2. EKWB will send another nice package.
(Also more info will follow)

3. I won a nice prize with the Asus Pride contest.

4. Asus Sponsored me a videocard. (This videocard may be sold to buy the Asus card i wanted, other samples weren't available at this time )


So the next days alot of pics will follow.










Thanks Asus !


Another small test

[L3p]

Found some time today to cleanup the Asus 5790.

Temporary on an Asus EN210 till the other hardware comes, who needs WC




After that it was time to get the third screen hanging

2 hours of measuring, fitting, mounting, unmounting and everything again

[CPC_RedDawn]

my mind =

[L3p]

After 3 weeks of mailing with Asus, Highflow and EKWB, finally some pics for you guys.

After building this in im ready with the hardware part, and hope to finally enjoy a game

Off course it still needs to be powdercoated in mat black in the coming weeks/months.
I hope to finish off this project then.

I specially want to thank :

Freddy en colleagues
Milan en colleagues
Gregor and colleagues


Planned to do a lot, but i just kept staring




Totally in love with theAsus GTX580









Thinking to place them in a rack like samurai swords















One can't live without the other..







Pretty big plates




Replacing the standard red top with a black one.




Bling !

[L3p]

Bling Bling!















Nicest block i had till now






Can't wait to mount them












Playing with the Lamptron UV-active Slot Protectors







And some stuff to put the cards in SLI.
Also some extra BP parts can be quite handy.





More pics will follow, i hope you enjoyed them

[IrishFoad]

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!

[L3p]

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


Here some pictures of the conversion.


Even on air they are lovely.







But i love WC blocks




You can easily spend a hole evening on 2 cards.






And thats 1













And thats 2













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

[L3p]

Originally Posted by IrishFoad

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!

Thats quite a compliment man !
Thanks a lot !

Here's the rest !

Replacement part came in the next morning




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




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










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




Also the mainboard tray needed some work.







Discs specially aluminum.













And done.






Now i can start fitting in the Bitspower parts

[L3p]

Every SLI connector has to fit exactly.







One of the many times fitting it in the desk.




Only one connector to go.




Got the tip to polish the silvercoil




Hmm..




But it's shiny again







Cable for the extra molex on the Rex3.




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







And some teasers for later this week

[L3p]

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




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





3 AMP connectors.




And done



Still need to fix the resolutions so the conversion looks better







I almost enjoy the view like in real life

[L3p]

And again thanks to Freddy for the nice stuff !

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




Will be used for a later update



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




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

[L3p]

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.








Again 4 hours of non-stop work

How i replaced the old Feser coolant.




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


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




And already replaced 3 of the 6 fans.







Better pics next week

[L3p]

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




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







Lets unpack.







Nice and small, 4cm shorter then an AX1200.










Plenty of cables




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



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 !




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

[L3p]

3 screens ARE useful







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


The plex.
(Fits perfectly !)




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




And my RVS cupholder : )







With a jigsaw.



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




The Q-Plex







And the ...ehm ..cupholder : )



Still goin to polish them some more later.

[L3p]

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










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

[L3p]

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




GT's out




Only 5cm space for my hand.




Nanoxia's in.




Here my radiator in the distance.




On request also made a little movie of my trip





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




De GT's on their place and tubes replaced !










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



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




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.



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

[L3p]

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





Small surprise between the UV leds




And some pictures with the effect

[L3p]

The date for powder-coating the desk has set !

10 minutes before unplugging it




And 3 hours later : )




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



Wanted to use these for my quick connectors outside the desk





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



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




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




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




Sanding it some.







Like a bomb exploded.




Here i was finished for today

[L3p]

Thanks man !

Finally got the rubber removed.
Thank god for WD40




Also made the fanhole for between the 2 psu's




Just some sanding left



And the extra fillports for future usage ^^



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



Made the last fillport hole for future usage




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




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