Parvum Systems Project Magnus

[reclamations]

looks nice man, love to see it filled up especially those reservoirs :icon_cool:

 

[parvumsystems]

looks nice man, love to see it filled up especially those reservoirs :icon_cool:

Same! will do a nice filling video of course

 

[parvumsystems]

Acrylic front tubing and Monsoon bending kit

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A small update:

So well known forum modder/builder/negative/argumentative/point-well-made friend B-NEG came to check out the Parvum set up. He actually came to brief us on a reservoir we will be custom milling for him but while he was down came with his new Monsoon kit. Here is the photo of the full kit:

Really nice little kit. Obviously as stated already here bending is not something we personally like as a look but for the front of the case we needed to use a few concealed bends with acrylic. For anyone who is already good at bending tubing or just wants to start I'd say go for it! Its expensive for the full kit but it's something you'll use on all builds. Just please don't go crazy with the bends! ;D

A few of my favorite pieces:

The little cutting jig is really cool.

So apply heat:

And bend! B-NEG = lots of bending. Another nice little touch with these is you can screw or clamp them down. Useful if you want to make more advanced jigs:

Test fitting the tube:

Tubing in place:

The black panel will be re-cut to improve this. We knew this was going to be pretty likely but now we can bring it down much lower and file away a 45° section. This should pretty much hide all of the bend.

Finally it wouldn't be a B-NEG helping hand without his partner in crime:

UNTIL NEXT TIME. THANK YOU!

 

[nicvdv]

Dem nice toolkit Gone use it to when I start in september with my new build first I have some other things to do

 

[parvumsystems]

Dem nice toolkit Gone use it to when I start in september with my new build first I have some other things to do

Yeah its a really nice little kit. Everything you need in one place like. Quiet expensive but great if you can get it to share with a few friends etc.

 

[parvumsystems]

Lighting looks amazing!

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It's 2014! We are still here and with one of my favorite bits! Lighting starts!

First we start with yet another break down. This time was to fit the final motherboard tray and fit the single LEDs:

Next we add the Phobya LEDs, 2 pin setup, so nice and simple:

Installing:

Installed into the case:

Connection terminal:

Honestly so stoked on how the white LEDs look in the XSPC blocks:

Chucked a LED strip in the bottom just to see how the res's look:

Until next time. Questions please?!

 

[k.3nny]

Magoo !

Good job guys !

 

[Hightower]

Nice job.

gr sander

 

[parvumsystems]

Magoo !

Good job guys !

Magoo was great and thanks kenny! ;D

Nice job.

gr sander

Thank you sander!

 

[Hyperion]

Dont forget to use cold white LEDs in the res. looks a bit odd now with the temp. solution.
The rest is as sharp as an arrow gj



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[parvumsystems]

Custom raid card waterblock

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Another update all!

As mentioned previously we more than had to do something about the raid card. Not only for aesthetics but to help with the cooling. The passive cooling is pretty weak and not helped by the lack of any system fans near by.

Now this is what I love about modding; never throw anything away! I've been saving this little EK bridge block for about 6-7 years. I didn't even buy it back then to use it just saw it going cheap second hand. I since rescued it when I was visiting my parents over Christmas. Now we put it to use! So perfect for the job:

Next we cut a small piece of 5mm clear and tapped it for the fittings:

We then cut the 5mm black acrylic lid. Used a 1mm deep V bit to make a nice detaling. Also trying to keep within the XSPC style here:

Copper block installed with M3 bolts; as you can see O ring doing its job:

Passive cooler removed and fresh thermal compound added:

Clear acrylic and block installed to the raid card:

Grabbed the old springs from the passive heat sink to help reduce risk of over tightening:

With the top installed; wow we are super happy at this point:

For what was a relatively quick to make solution... over the moon. It took a lot of time to get the measurements bang on but the rest went together super easy:

Installed in the case with 2 x LEDs for a test fit:

Certainly fits the XSPC monster now and look forward to not having any temperature issues. *In theory at least...*

Thanks for stopping by... another update very soon!

 

[Thierry]

Man that looks great!!

 

[Hightower]

We want more, we want more!!!!!!

 

[nicvdv]

That is dem nice!
What a build.
I love it so Muuuuuuch

 

[parvumsystems]

Just another update

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Welcome back. Nice to see you all.

First up we would like to say Thank you once again to tiny tom logan, he of course mate the raid card mod possible.... by supplying said raid card. Thanks mate.

We would also like to thank Asus for the support along the way. They did a great little write up on the rog.asus website that managed to pull in a MASSIVE 31,797 views. This is huge for us and considering the builds not finished.. very impressive. Thanks for the continued support Asus UK and Richard.

To the update!

We start by cutting the 'final' top panel:

That took some SERIOUS measuring skills that's for sure. Couldn't have done it without our trusty digital caliper. To any modder looking for a new tool... it's the one of course:

Now we have to get to work on the pump/res connections. Sorry to anyone who is big on symmetry. Lines pretty hectic here also:

Installed an additional D5 in the second layer of the top panel... more accurate measuring require of course to allow it connect directly to the fitting below:

Next... despite having the wonderful b neg help us out and bend the tubes for the front of the case we just could not get it to fit in with the build, even trying to make the front panels cover as much of the bend as possible it still didn't look neat enough.

So more measuring... more replacement panels... so many replacement panels...!

Pretty accurate fit:

Cheeky shot with 1 of the 2 full pipes installed:

MUCH happier for sure. Both will be filled with white coolant. Really cant wait for this.



Until next time... what are you all up to this week?

 

[reclamations]

nice man, to see it all come together especially those tubes on the front

 

[nicvdv]

Those tubes in the front are so dem nice
It will be ow sorry it is one of the most beautifull builds I ever seen.

 

[parvumsystems]

nice man, to see it all come together especially those tubes on the front

Thanks dude, did make a big difference, was a bit odd when it was just groves with nothing in them

Those tubes in the front are so dem nice
It will be ow sorry it is one of the most beautifull builds I ever seen.

thank you very much, that's a big statement to make!

 

[parvumsystems]

More Cable Management

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Back once aaaaaaaaaaaaagain!

This time we our tying up some lose ends and working on the cable management in the rear. Horrified if I'm honest at how much wire needs to go in this build.

We start with laying the beast down. Not actually as easy as it sounds:

First problem to address:

Due to the thickness of the res' in the bottom you cannot screw the bottom of the pass through fittings on.. this is a bit of on issue because a few of the angles connected to the acrylic tubing are maybe out by 0.something of a mm or a degree:

To fix this we came up with a solution that worked out EVEN better than expected. Starting with some extenders:

Another pass/fill port:

With these combined you can actually use the ring/nut on the fitting to tighten and pull everything into place:

All done here.... expensive fitting bill...!

Next up we start to install the cables for the rig. Must say Pexon did a great job on the PSU for us. We gave him the exact lengths needed for a LOT of cables. Results super happy. Wanted to keep to one tone, keep it super neutral:

On to hell... the rear! A LOT of cables to deal with:

So before we do this we consulted the Parvum Guardian:

He said if we don't sort it quick time he will hit us with his hammer.. >.<,

MORE mess:

To combat this we need to cut another pane. Drawing first:

Next we grab one of the old panels from Magnus. Love to reuse every bit of acrylic we can. Then of course recycle whats left after that:

Little beauty:

Slotting our cable management beast in:

Super stoked on this:

Finally for this update in goes the slot loading blue-ray:

That's all guys and girls. Was great, getting very close now. Loads of progress.

Until next time... What did you have/will have for dinner tonight?

 

[Hightower]

Looking good keep on modding