Project DD01 - Corsair 900D, Asus Maximus VI Formula Custom Water Cooled

[DavidNSY]

Update Final Pics


Hello from Australia! 🙂

I'm totally new here and also a beginner in building water cooling system and case modding as well. I've just done my first build recently and decided to make a build log to share with you my long but very excited journey. Yeah that's my first water cooling build ever, first time modding something, first build log so far.

Also English is not my first language so I'm sorry if you found something funny in my post. However I'll try to post as much detailed pictures as I can hopefully that will cover me well.

Ok, here we go! Components:

Core:
CPU: i7 4770k
Motherboard: ASUS Maximus IV Formula
RAM: 2x 8Gb G.Skill Trident X 2400 mHz
GPU: 2x HIS Radeon R9 290
PSU: Silverstone Strider Gold 1200w
SSD:

• Samsung 840 EVO 250Gb
  
• 2x Corsair Force 240Gb
  
• ASUS Raidr Express 240Gb (optional)
  

HDD: WD Green 4Tb

Cooling:
CPU water block: EK Supremacy Plexi/Nickel
GPU water block: 2x EK Radeon R9-290X VGA Liquid Cooling Block - Acetal
2x EK R9-290X VGA Liquid Cooling RAM Backplate
2x EK Coolstream PE 480mm Radiator
EK Coolstream PE 240mm Radiator
Pump: 2x Swiftech MCP655
Fan:
Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition Red LED
2x Corsair Air Series AF120 Quiet Edition Red LED
8x Corsair Air Series AF120 Quiet Edition
6x Corsair Air Series AF120 Performance Edition
Reservoirs: Bitspower Water Tank Z-Multi 250 Clear
Bitspower Dual D5 Mod Top
2x Bitspower D5/MCP655 Shining Silver 2 Pump Mod
Bitspower crystal link
E22 acrylic rigid tubing
Coolant: Mayhem X 1 Red
Bitspower fitting: too many to list

Other material and stuff:
ModMyToys Power Distribution PCB 3 and 8 way
Red and White LED strip
Some MDPC-X sleeving
1.2mm Aluminium Sheet
3mm Frosted and Clear Cast Acrylic

And the Show of course 🙂

The Giant






Sorry for the quality, those pics have been taken by my phone, I'm going to get a DSLR Camera for the next shots.

The ROG 😄









Armor

HIS R9 290



Two little devils

Fans

Rads



Pumps





All together

CPU Block

GPU Block

Fittings








I'm also running this build log on overclock forum at the same time (which suppose to be the original one).

Ok, that's just for now. Too much pics for a post? Correct me if I'm wrong, any feedback and suggestion would be much appreciated as my lack of experiences. Hope you enjoy guys and see you in the next update which will be posted very soon, Cheers!

[naj1991]

nice parts... 🙂 now we wanne see what you do with.. ^^ ps. it don't gives too much pictures... 😉

[DavidNSY]

Sure mate 🙂 btw that seemed my first post suddenly disappeared.

[naj1991]

strange... dont know, probably an admin or youself have put a false button... ^^ dont know... the forum dont have eat some posts of me in the past... xD... but i will look to your reposts so fast as today, probably i see it like today befor its killed... 😜

[DavidNSY]

It's been killed for sure 😞 somehow. Is there any way to contact moderator to fix it?

[DavidNSY]

Update...

I don't know anything about Sketchup (just start to learn how to use it from now on) therefore I have to draw a basic design onto paper, that gives me an overall idea how and where to start.


Oops reservoir not reseivor... wrong typo 🙂

Main scheme would be Red - Black and a bit White alternated, the goal is a simple and clean system.

Unhealthy soft drink is a must 😛

Start cutting mid plate, mb tray cover and 5.2" bay cover from 1.2mm aluminium sheet

5.2" cover

mid plate top layer

MB tray cover



Also cut out mid plate's bottom layer from 3mm cast acrylic



Just a test, they fit perfectly

Drill some holes for tubing on mid plate



Test fitting again

Pump is secured by two screws and spacers on the side


I want to illuminate the mid plate in an unique way so let make some cuts.
Plunge Router - a cheap one 🙂

But it does the job

Ok this is what I want, much better now

Continue to work on the bottom layer of the mid plate
All the edges must be polished






My cheap plunge router's guide fence is unreliable, very hard to control in making straight cut, then I have to make my own one from some plywood and timber

I'm now using it to engrave the bottom layer


The mid plate is completed, time to light up to see how does it look

I'm really happy with the result.

Ok, that's it for the first update, hope you enjoy! cya 😮

[DavidNSY]

Update...

The mid plate has done, now is time to work with 5.2" bay cover. I print out a big ROG logo then transfer it onto the alu piece

First cut out with a rotary tool then hand file

It took me almost 3 days to smooth the cut but it's worth it

The second layer for this also has been made from 3mm frosted acrylic then glued together

And here is finish product after painted

Mid plate and Mb tray are also painted

Not bad

[naj1991]

verry nice work... the downplate looks realy good... 🙂 need to see the plate of the 5.25 slots when its in position... 😄 *godlike cutting man...

[abvolt]

great job looks really good..

[MeanMachine]

GDAY DavidNSY, Welcome to ROG and Congrats on a top albeit ambitious project for your first build.:)
Make sure to benchtest your MB and major components prior to assembly, not only to pre configure Bios settings but to ensure everything works just fine. It would be a pain in the proverbial should you have to disassemble your water cooling setup to get at stuff for a simple issue. This has happened to others regularly!!!.
And your English is just fine, keep us updated and Good Luck.