Parvum Systems Project Magnus

[parvumsystems]

Love ti, 3 gtx 780, Nice!

WHY NOT TITANS!! ;( haha

nice love to see what the idea with the tubes is. it looks strange in a good way

Thanks! Yeah I was almost telling myself it was a bad idea as it is so strange but super happy with it now

WOW ...thats clean .......very nice !!!

ok that's dem clean love the tubing !!!!

Thanks guys

 

[parvumsystems]

Rads and Fans

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WE BACK WE BACK! on time for once a small update, but one of many...

ITS PEXON TIME WOO PEXON GO PEXON!!

So long story short, with such demand at work and focusing my time in much needed places (being slapped up if I stay at work too late).. I had to call in reinforcements. Doing this level of work was just not feasible. I suppose that's the great thing about having awesome friends. We've known James of Pexon PCs for some time now and each time we get around to hanging out its great fun. Roll on iSeries...

Moving onto his work of wonders; The job was to do exactly what I showed in one of the earlier posts. Different custom length wires then braided in MDPCX Shade 19. A very fiddly solder job indeed. The points are pretty close together on fans and this isn't helped when the wires are all black.

To make things even harder each fan had to run to a single 3pin header. Basically a daisy chain to allow us to run 16 fans from just 8 fan headers. The controllers being used here has more than enough power to do this:

Thank you very much mate and indeed I owe more than beer!

Next now that the fans are ready it was time to start fitting the radiators. See close ups of these beauties in one of my first posts. Using the XSPC AX series:

Had to connect the two rads together as they will both be working in the same loop. First try was a male to male and a male to female extenders. Sadly too short by about 5mm. Sad Panda

Considered searching for a differnt length extender but the problem with this build is the black chrome finish. Parts are much fewer than standard chrome finish for example.

Decided to go with a baby piece of acrylic tube. I suppose the extra work was a bit annoying but got the job done:

Installed 4 fans and two rads and got connected up. Managed to squeeze all 4 cables between two fans which was tight but neat!

Little test fit in the top of the case:

SADLY my friends... that is it. I started to fit the next two rads in the bottom of the case but ran into some design complications so have to figure a few things out before the next update.

My only other frustration here is the slight bow that's happening in the roof of the case due to the weight. This wont happen once the side panels are on as they will take all the weight but it's a bit annoying when building. May make a little reinforcement as the side panels wont be cut to the VERY end.

Thanks again for reading.

 

[reclamations]

a very nice sleeving job, well done

 

[nicvdv]

beautifull sleeving job and it looks loke its a nice fit.

 

[parvumsystems]

a very nice sleeving job, well done

beautifull sleeving job and it looks loke its a nice fit.

Thanks guys. I have pexon to thank here!

 

[parvumsystems]

More rads more fans

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HOLD UP...! ITS TIME AGAIN!!!

Going straight in with some adjustments to the white bottom chamber. Cable management was impossible to be clear when we did the drawing for Magnus as we really had no idea what we even going into the build. In turn however this gives a really nice and easy 'hands on' way to planwhat changes we want to make.

The old:

The NEW:

As with all cases Magnus is fully modular. It makes making changes like these a lot less stressful. Unscrew and slide the new panel in place:

New panel in and with the addition of two new cubes (you'll see what these are for shortly) and better cable holes:

More changes and this time on the bottom black panel. By using the technical drawing on the XSPC website we managed achieve this first time:

Time to install more of these beautiful fans:

A mirror now of the top chamber connections. Connecting the two rads together with acrylic tube:

Two more new cubes. These will correspond to the two I mentioned earlier:

This little frosted guy will be doing the work between the four cubes:

Installed:

Entire panel installed in the bottom of the case now:

The purpose of the frosted panel will become clear now. It basically acts much like the mid wall does in the body of the case and provides much needed extra strength. We did this as the rads are heavy even before they get filled with coolant. If you are wondering why frosted and not black. Frosted acrylic is in much less demand at work & this part of the case wont be visible:

Now you can see what the new cable management holes are for. All falling into place well:

Last for today we install the fifth and final 240mm radiator into the system:

The clearance and fit we are very happy with. Had people mention vibration issues from the fans/rads touching panels like this but had no issues in previous builds and no sound problems upon test run:

So we did get a bit more done on the build but no more time for Photoshop today so will end it here.

Love it? Hate it? Ideas? or even just want to show some love; VERY WELCOME!

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR READING!!

 

[nicvdv]

again a beautifull update.

 

[k.3nny]

awesome !

 

[parvumsystems]

Cable Management

again a beautifull update.

awesome !

Thanks bros!

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HOLD UP, HOLD MY PHONE!!

Won't be able to annotate AS much this time. Pretty busy to say the least.

First up cutting a new cable management piece. Notice the V-bit 45° cut. This is vital to get the piece to actually fit.

Measure up:

Apply heat:

And bend:

Repeat to complete:

You can see now how the 45° was necessary:

Did another couple of tubes for the rear rad:

Installed the fans on the 360. Really cant get over how good these rads and fans are:

A little look in the case internal... suppose it's a bit anticlimax now half the stuff has been taken out:

Back to our old tricks. Really like physically marking stuff:

Then do it all again but with holes:

Installing the cables:

That would be it for today.

Thanks for checking in

 

[stefan787]

just plexiglass p0rn!! Nice

 

[reclamations]

nice job with that plexiglass, I wish I could do that

 

[skyrip]

very nice, would be nice if you would mix it up a bit and made a couple of pieces from stainless steel or alu.
still very curious about the plexi blocks for the reservoir(s)

 

[nicvdv]

Ok this is dem nice beatifull kablemanagement and dem I wish I could do it to like that.

 

[parvumsystems]

just plexiglass p0rn!! Nice

It's what we live for

nice job with that plexiglass, I wish I could do that

All you need is to learn CAD. Suppose that could take a few years but a great skill to learn over time. Once you can draw some stuff you can always pay a company to cut your design

very nice, would be nice if you would mix it up a bit and made a couple of pieces from stainless steel or alu.
still very curious about the plexi blocks for the reservoir(s)

Yeah very true. In project ITX we introduced a few more elements of Aluminium. We did plan some stainless in this build but time scales make it hard. When our CNC is cutting acrylic 12 hours of the day its easier for us to swap a few of the panels out for panels for the project build. To setup for metal cutting takes a lot of time out of our day schedule. I think you'll like the stuff with the plexi block

Ok this is dem nice beatifull kablemanagement and dem I wish I could do it to like that.

Glad you like it , you could do something similar with hand tools and aluminum for sure!

 

[parvumsystems]

more tube

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Hi folks!

Will let the photos talk. Managed to hook up the second GPU and the 240mm rad at the back. Basically 90% of the hard line work done now which means we can really start to speed things up here:

Decided to use acrylic tube to connect GPUs as we've used a lot of it. Thought the XSPC connecting system may have looked out of place:

Another pretty wild tubing run:

Hello third GPU; nice to see you:

Also connected up the back 240mm rad:

Will be a fuller update soon. Sorry for the small ones

 

[nicvdv]

I like acrylic tube its so clean

 

[reclamations]

Iit starts to look stranger with every update, but i like it

 

[parvumsystems]

I like acrylic tube its so clean

Thanks mate!

Iit starts to look stranger with every update, but i like it

haha i know rite. only going to get more weird; especially when we fill it with coolant!

 

[parvumsystems]

Milling custom parts & more braid

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Back with another update:

First up we draw... powered by Monster Energy!

A little while later the CNC can start the job. 5mm frosted clear acrylic. Tooling for this job 3mm single flute and 2.5mm single:

Understand this is a test for what will next be cut in the 25mm thick block I showed some updates ago:

At the time of photography the O Rings had not turned up. However they have now and I can let you know we are fitting no problems. We will cut the 25mm next.

Time to smarten up the D5's; XSPC pump tops and MDPC braid:

Next a small make over for the fans. Grabbed some little fan stickers from Nate over at E22. Nate has helped out as and when he can and was a great guy when we met him. Sadly we don't get to see enough of him. He has also sent us a few other useful things that finish this build nicely:

Before:

After:

Simple indeed but so necessary.

Braided the molex to mini-sata. Wasn't sure if there was a better option for this but needed something to power the slot loader so these seemed sufficient:

Next task was to make some kind of mount for both the bumps. A lot of people ask why we don't use other materials such as aluminum wood etc. For the most part anything we do cut we wait and cut while we are already cutting that colour of acrylic. For example we cut these frosted clear parts when we had to cut frosted accents for a customers case. It's realistically the most feasible way of getting a project log done while not interfering with to much of our workload.

We need something to sit on please:

You can sit on me!?

OK thanks:

Some little fix ups on the sata cables:

So that's all for the update this time around. Lot of small bits but they all have to be done so please stick with us!

I will leave you with a couple of photos from the Multiplay Insomnia i50 LAN event. Any questions please ask:

Thanks for reading. Please ask questions and leave your opinions!

 

[reclamations]

nice update, love the pomp bracket simple and with style