[WIP]*******Asus CES 2017 builds, The Dark Aura project*******

[upsnef]

Hi everyone


first want to say a huge Thanks to Asus to ask me again this year to do a build for CES2017,
and provide me a LOT of stuff to do these builds
another thanks to EKWB to fully support me with all water cooling on one build
and Darkside/Dazmode for helping me from the begening and he jump in the train for these,

Thanks you a lot!.. 😄


ok now, this year is a special one, they not ask me to do one but 2 full build for CES, yep 2
this give me a bit of pressure, but oh so great positive pressure

for sure I'm under NDA until CES2017, I think around Jan 3/4, I will post more pics and details really soon


I named these, "The Dark Aura Project", yeah same name for both, need more inspiration, will name them individually when they come back


first specs

First build
CASE: Hex Gear R80 Black on Black
CPU: NDA
MB: NDA
RAM: NDA, yeah a lot of nda, sorry, but believe me , it will be very great
GPU, Asus GTX1080 Strix Advanced
PSU, XFX 1050 ProSeries with Custom Cables sleeved with paracord
SSD: Crucial MX200 250gb
all Custom Cables sleeved with paracord

Water Cooling
CPU: EKWB Supremacy EVO full nickel
GPU: EK-FC1080 GTX Strix - Acetal+Nickel
MB: NDA,
RES: EK-XRES 250 Revo D5 PWM (incl. pump and change the 140 tube for 250)
RAD: 1 x EK-CoolStream PE 360 and 1 x EK-CoolStream SE 480
FAN: 11 x DarkSide - Gentle Typhoon PWM
Fittings: EK-HDC Fitting 12mm, drain valve, angle, spacer and multiport adapter - Black Nickel
Tube: EK-HD PETG Tube 10/12mm
LIQUID: a mix of Mayhem Silver Aurora, Mayhem X1 Oil Black and Mayhem dye
LED: 2 x 12" (30cm)and 1 x 19" (50cm) Dimmable Rigid RGB LED Strip and 2 x 30cm RGB led strip
LED: DarkSide - DarkSide to Asus Aura RGB LED adapter cable
a lot paint, acrylic and paracord sleeving



Second build
CASE: Parvum System L1.0 all white andwith mat black interior
CPU: NDA
MB: NDA
RAM: NDA, yeah a lot of nda, sorry, but believe me , it will be very great
GPU, 2 x Asus GTX1080 Strix Advanced
PSU, EVGA 1000 G2 with Custom Cables sleeved with paracord
SSD: Patriot Hellfire M.2 NVME 250gb


Water Cooling
CPU: NDA
GPU: 2 x Bitspower - ASUS GTX 1080 ROG STRIX Acrylic (Aura Ready)
MB: NDA
RES: Watercool - HEATKILLER® Tube 200 D5
Pump: EK-D5 PWM G2 Motor
RAD: 4 x EK-CoolStream PE 360
FAN: 17 x Parvum System F1.0 Pwm
Fittings: 20x DarkSide - Hard Tube Straight Fitting 10/12mm - Black and Bitspower angle, valve, spacer and adapter - black
Tube: Bitspower PETG Tube 10/12mm
LIQUID: 2 x EK-Ekoolant Pastel WHITE
LED: 2 x 12" (30cm)and 1 x 19" (50cm) Dimmable Rigid RGB LED Strip and 2 x 30cm RGB led strip
LED: DarkSide - DarkSide to Asus Aura RGB LED adapter cable
7" touch screen


now some pics

[upsnef]

both build are done, packed and shipped
cant wait to see them back at home

[Nate152]

Awesome upsnef !

I dig your builds, I'm looking forward to both of them. 🙂

[upsnef]

finally received the email to tell me the NDA is lifted in middle of the night, loll and I think Asus poeple will not able to sleep until end of CES

first

Dark Aura:

Hex Gear R80
ASUS Maximus IX Formula
Intel I5 7600k
Kingston RGB ram (not on photos)
ASUS GTX1080 Strix
EKWB watercooling
























White Shadow
Parvum Systems L1.0
ASUS Maximus IX Extreme
Intel I7 7700k
2 x Asus GTX1080 Strix
32gb G.Skill Trident RGB memory
Patriot Hellfire M.2 SSD

[Nate152]

Both are spectacular as I knew they would be. 🙂

If I had to vote for one white shadow would get mine, great job on the RGB it has good color without overdoing it and with two 1080's in there you know it performs as good as it looks.

That's the first I've seen the G.Skill RGB ram it looks great.

A+ on both upsnef !

Two questions:

Can you set the dimms to all one color ?

How well does the 7700k overclock?

[dohaiyya]

that is some serious eyegasm

[upsnef]

Nate152 wrote:
Both are spectacular as I knew they would be. 🙂

If I had to vote for one white shadow would get mine, great job on the RGB it has good color without overdoing it and with two 1080's in there you know it performs as good as it looks.

That's the first I've seen the G.Skill RGB ram it looks great.

A+ on both upsnef !

Two questions:

Can you set the dimms to all one color ?

How well does the 7700k overclock?

thanks a lot to both of you for great comments


for dims led , yes you are able to sync them with new a new version of Aura software, just not available at time of photoshoot

and didn't have time to play for OC, I finished both build same day as pickup by FedEx loll

but I will when they comme back, really want to try the 5ghz hype we see on web

[Nate152]

Yes, Menthol posted his 7700k at 5.0GHz with 1.36v but it seems there could be concerns about the thermal compound intel used under the IHS.

I'm looking forward to your results too when you post them here on the forum.

http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?89921-Kaby-Lake-5-0GHZ-and-above-Yes-it-does

[quark54]

According to Tom Logan of OC3D... early BIOS had issues, some of the background voltages were high. After a few BIOS iterations, temps dropped dramatically. Asus are saying most reasonable chips will, reach 5Ghz with reasonable cooling. So looks like no issues with Die/IHS interface.