[WIP] *****Snef Devil's Eye (Asus CES2016 Build )********

[upsnef]

Story of the build:

some weeks ago, a great person at Asus contacted and asked me if I want to do a build for the Asus suite at CES show in Las Vegas
around the new Maximus VIII Formula, for sure I said yes immediately,

they told me to do everything I want except, if I'm able , show the most I can of the motherboard

at same time some idea appears in my head,
want it simple but really clean and want it clear its a ROG build but don't want to put stickers everywhere,

and they ask me if I can make a something about the 10th anniversary of the brand and they sent me the logo

fit perfectly to the idea

I asked to Parvum System, EKWB and Darkside if they want jump in the project and no hesitation,
they accepted right away, and some day later, Corsair join the group

want to say Thanks to all, Asus ROG, Corsair, Parvum, Darkside and EKWB for their help, its so much appreciate

now
Specs:
Case: Parvum System M1.0
CPU: Intel i7-6700k
Motherboard: Asus ROG Maximus VIII Formula
GPU: Asus GTX980Ti Strix
Ram: 32Gb DDR4 2666 Corsair Dominator Platinum
PSU: Corsair AX1200i
SSD: 1 x Kingston 120Gb and 1 x Toshiba 500Gb SSD

Water Colling
CPU Block: EK Su[premacy EVO
GPU Block: EK-FC980 GTX Ti Strix
Pump: EK-XRES 140 DDC 3.2 PWM Elite
Reservoir: upgrade to EK-RES X3 - TUBE 400
Radiator: 2 x EK-CoolStream PE 240
tubing: EK-HD PETG Tube 10/12mm
Fittings: 16 x EK-HDC Fitting 12mm G1/4 - Elox Black
Angle adapter: some EK-AF Angled 2×45° G1/4 Black and some EK-AF Angled 90° G1/4 Black
EK-AF Ball Valve (10mm) G1/4 - Black
some EK Spacer of different length
Fan: 7 x 120mm Bitfenix Spectre Pro Led red (3 pins)

accessories
Led: 6 x 3mm DarkSide Connect Modular LED - RED
Led: 3 x 12" (30cm) DarkSide CONNECT Dimmable Rigid LED Strip - RED
Sleeving: 5/32" (4mm) DarkSide HD Cable Sleeving - Dark Red
Sleeving: 5/32" (4mm) DarkSide HD Cable Sleeving - Jet Black
Sleeving: 10mm HD SATA Cable Sleeving - Black
Connector: 24-Pin, 8-Pin and 6-Pin ATX Female Power Connector - Deep Red
Wire: 18AWG Black Computer Wire
some custom made sticker for GPU, Case and more


now some photos

first, the star of the show, the motherboard itself










sleeving pattern and color test, finally keep this one









I tried some to add something to SSD and GPU












and finally use same design as the SSD to keep it simple and clean





now, the motherboard, Radiator and reservoir test fit
need to plan how I will install the GPU







and this is where I made the fil port

[Skunk]

He used a flexible PCI-e riser/extension. Be careful when selecting PCI-e risers and extensions because signal integrity in a PCI-e interconnect is very important. The best quality ones are made by 3M. Li-Heat has some good ones, as well.

Snef has the extension plugged into one of the lower PCI-e slots, which will reduce the bandwidth to the card. The second x16 PCI-e slot will drop down to x8 lanes electrically from the CPU. The lowest x16 slot has x4 lanes electrically from the PCH (chipset), so there will be substantial latency there, especially if you have a lot of storage, network bandwidth, or bandwidth heavy peripherals that share the bandwidth of the PCH back to the CPU with that slot.

[upsnef]

Thanks to all

Skunk is right, I used a Riser cable in the second PCIe slot because the riser I ordered was a little to short fot the top one and don't have enough time to order a new one
but 16x vs 8x not a big difference in game, the longest riser is shipped and I will swap it for the longer one and top PCIe slot

and to keep the GPU at this place , I cut 2 triangle in 16mm thick acrylic, installed 2 x M4 threaded insert on top and under these acrylic piece

made 4 hole in the EK backplate, screw the backplate on 2 acrylic stand, one each end of backplate and install the backplate on GPU

made 4 hole in bottom of the case, and screw the GPU to the case

and the build was featured in Asus CES video with J.J.

[jacob650]

Plus, i think the intention was to aesthetically look good, as Asus wanted to display their products for the viewers and less focus on performance, in terms of looks its stunning! he can sacrifice looks for performance later on lol. still good job i wish i had the skill and equipment at my disposal to build something nice like this.

[upsnef]

Thank to J.J. and Asus for this great video

[toronto699]

Really Nice Build Awesome. I'm looking to Buy The Asus Rog GT 51 , when its available what do u think of the Rog GT 51? I have an Asus G39AB now its getting old.