- Joined
- Aug 29, 2012
- Messages
- 32
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte z370 Designare
- CPU
- i7-8700k
- Graphics
- RX 5700 XT
- Mac
- Classic Mac
- Mobile Phone
The finished build
Contains the following parts
My first build was ok. I'd purchased an Aquacomputer Aquareo and some fans that I was going to add, but then I won a gleam.io contest and transferred all of my parts into this coolermaster Masterbox 520.
Since then I'd bought a car, had another kid, got a new job, moved 700 miles with my family. The new job has an electronics surplus department and I found this guy for $25.
it was a watercooled version, 2005 dual 2.5 ghz. one of the last powerpcs
So My goals here were to make this retain the original look. Having G5 heatsink shield, plastic cover and fans, I thought, would accomplish that the best. I wanted it to be watercooled, but the D5 pump is so quiet, so using the apple DDC pumps is out for now. I may build a dual pump system after I rebuild them. I wanted to have to purchase minimal parts and use what I already had.
Adding the laser hive stuff I already had
The last time around I discovered cutting the metal shelves long and folding them over made a cleaner edge. I used this idea through out, here cutting the hole for the PSU
I used my first g5 case's front panel as a doner for the wire management plate. I made copious mockups from card stock and then project board because i wanted to make it fit perfect.
I had purchased the 2x140 EK radiator and 2xNoctua Industrial Fans for my old G5 but never got around to putting them in. I am hopping they will cool my components enough. The fans have a static pressure of 10,52 mm H₂O, which I think is the highest Noctua makes. Not sure I'm going to get that If I'm trying for a quiet system though. I have seen recommendations to use a Hardware labs radiator. I had to order the laserhive fan mount bracket.
more to come
Contains the following parts
- LaserHive full atx conversion with PSU mount
- Laserhive front panel with 4 usb 3.0
- Laserhive 2x140 Fan mount
- Intel i7 8700k under a watercool heatkiller block
- Gigabyte z370 Gaming 3 k
- nVidia GTX 1080 under a watercool heatkiller block
- Corsair Dominator Platinum Ram 2 x 8gb
- SSDs x 3
- A Samsung 970 m.2 with an EKWB heatsync
- Corsair rm650i
- EKWB EK-XRES 140 Revo D5 pump
- EKWB SE 280 radiator
- EKWB ZMT tube 16/10
- EKWB Fittings
- Aquaero 6 Pro
- Aquacomputer High Flow Meter
- Noctua 140mm Industrial Fans x 2
- Noctua slim 92mm fans x 2
- Noctua chromax 120mm fan
- 20 inch Apple Cinema Display (DVI)
My first build was ok. I'd purchased an Aquacomputer Aquareo and some fans that I was going to add, but then I won a gleam.io contest and transferred all of my parts into this coolermaster Masterbox 520.
Since then I'd bought a car, had another kid, got a new job, moved 700 miles with my family. The new job has an electronics surplus department and I found this guy for $25.
it was a watercooled version, 2005 dual 2.5 ghz. one of the last powerpcs
So My goals here were to make this retain the original look. Having G5 heatsink shield, plastic cover and fans, I thought, would accomplish that the best. I wanted it to be watercooled, but the D5 pump is so quiet, so using the apple DDC pumps is out for now. I may build a dual pump system after I rebuild them. I wanted to have to purchase minimal parts and use what I already had.
Adding the laser hive stuff I already had
The last time around I discovered cutting the metal shelves long and folding them over made a cleaner edge. I used this idea through out, here cutting the hole for the PSU
I used my first g5 case's front panel as a doner for the wire management plate. I made copious mockups from card stock and then project board because i wanted to make it fit perfect.
I had purchased the 2x140 EK radiator and 2xNoctua Industrial Fans for my old G5 but never got around to putting them in. I am hopping they will cool my components enough. The fans have a static pressure of 10,52 mm H₂O, which I think is the highest Noctua makes. Not sure I'm going to get that If I'm trying for a quiet system though. I have seen recommendations to use a Hardware labs radiator. I had to order the laserhive fan mount bracket.
more to come