PROJECT LOG AZUL (modded Bitfenix Aegis)

[alexciobanu]

I knew it was a res! I just didn't want to say it and be wrong...

Hahaha I may have hyped it up a bit too much for what it ended up being. It's just that it's something I haven't done before

 

[alexciobanu]

Hi guys,

I hope you enjoyed the last update with the reservoir. I will not start featuring the components going into this build starting with the motherboard and memory.

The ASUS Z97 Gryphon with the armor kit! I've had this motherboard for a while and it hasn't been used. I'm excited to finally use it as it really is a nice board.



Here it is without the armor on.







And with the armor.







I love these caps/covers that come with the armor, I think it adds a nice feature.



They include one for the rear I/O as well though I will probably leave these off.



Also, here is the RAM. I'm sticking with the white and black theme.







It looks nice to alternate between the colours with the RAM sticks.



I will be, of course, modding the motherboard to suit the theme so stay tuned for more!

Cheers,

Alex

 

[alexciobanu]

Hi guys,

More work has been done on the AZUL build as I am trying to get it near completion!

Firstly the graphics cards used are two reference GTX 970s to which I have installed Bitspower water blocks to. I love the look of these small cards. They will work nice in this build with the M-ATX motherboard.

















Also the motherboard armor has been painted white using some Plasti Dip and it came out pretty good!









Bitspower CPU water block!



Now to add some vinyl to the motherboard to tie it in with the theme a bit more and hide some of the other colours still showing. Once that's done I can start assembling!

Thanks for checking it out and stay tuned for more!

Cheers,

Alex

 

[Silver_Pharaoh]

I like that armour Alex! Really clean looking!

 

[alexciobanu]

I like that armour Alex! Really clean looking!

Thanks a lot! I should have another update shortly

 

[alexciobanu]

Hey guys,

Getting ready to finish off this build very soon! Here are some more progress shots and further things that I got done.

Firstly I started mounting things in the case.



I did some more vinyl work on the motherboard to make the logo work with the theme.







Vinyl work on the reservoir as well.







Some vinyl work for the fans. This will be mounted in front of the custom reservoir with some spacers in order to allow the fans to draw air in through the radiator.











There will also be another, normal reservoir with a pump in front of the front rad in order to easily feed the pump when filling.





That's pretty much it, hope you guys like the progress so far.

Stay tuned for more!

Cheers,

Alex

 

[alexciobanu]

Okay, cables are all in and so is mostly everything else! I just need to get an SSD stuck next to the motherboard on that panel and then I can start tubing up!



























Stay tuned for more!

Cheers,

Alex

 

[Silver_Pharaoh]

I love that large rectangular res Alex!! That's really neat! Reminds me of "Project Rainfall" I saw over on overclock.net.
Very cool, glad to see it's coming along!!

 

[alexciobanu]

I love that large rectangular res Alex!! That's really neat! Reminds me of "Project Rainfall" I saw over on overclock.net.
Very cool, glad to see it's coming along!!

Thanks a lot! Glad you like it! I need to check out that project

 

[Silver_Pharaoh]

Thanks a lot! Glad you like it! I need to check out that project

It's a very well done project and had great insight into volenti style watercooling. It's neat to see a PC watercooled without a rad!

 

[alexciobanu]

Hey guys,

I've had to put this build aside yet again hahaha!

This time I am finishing it however

Sorry for the crappy phone photos but I rushed to get most of the tubing done and the coolant is mixed and ready to go as well. Just a few more things to get done and I will be able to fill it.

Here it is:







Stay tuned for more!

Cheers,

Alex

 

[Blaylock]

I'm really liking this build Alex. That blue really pops with the black and white theme. A few questions if you don't mind me askin'.

1. Is it my eyes or is the bottom GPU not plumbed? I don't see any tubes.

2. Why is there a picture of a clothes iron on your demineralised water bottle? That's just...odd. LMAO

I like how clean you did this one. It's not too busy.

 

[alexciobanu]

I'm really liking this build Alex. That blue really pops with the black and white theme. A few questions if you don't mind me askin'.

1. Is it my eyes or is the bottom GPU not plumbed? I don't see any tubes.

2. Why is there a picture of a clothes iron on your demineralised water bottle? That's just...odd. LMAO

I like how clean you did this one. It's not too busy.

Thanks a lot man! I'm really liking it as well

The GPUs are not yet plumbed in those pics. I was still testing to see if the fittings I had would fit. They do but just haha. Also I have no idea why they put a clothes iron on the label hahaha must be because people would generally use that water with clothing irons haha

 

[alexciobanu]

Last update before the finished build! All along I never had a CPU for this build so I picked up an older gem to fit the motherboard used on eBay! The great thing is that it already came delidded.

So here's a quick look at the delidded 4770K going in this build.







I popped it in with some fresh thermal paste under the IHS.





Also if you didn't notice from the last update the GPUs were not yet tubed up. It's because I was testing if the fittings I had would fit. They do but just, with a bit of tube in between that you can't even see once connected.





Stay tuned for the final update coming up next!

Thanks a lot for checking it out.

Cheers,

Alex

 

[alexciobanu]

Hey guys,

Here it is! Final pics, and the video will be coming soon! Hope you like it, been a long time coming for this one.





























Thanks a lot for checking it out!

Cheers,

Alex

 

[Silver_Pharaoh]

That looks great Alex!! I love that res, it's quite unique!
I also love the blue theme, the light blue coolant works well with the whites and darker blues!!

Hope you had a merry christmas as well!!

 

[alexciobanu]

That looks great Alex!! I love that res, it's quite unique!
I also love the blue theme, the light blue coolant works well with the whites and darker blues!!

Hope you had a merry christmas as well!!

Thanks a lot man! Enjoy the rest of the holidays

 

[Alaric]

Damn. That is a lot of very well done work. Beautiful build.

 

[alexciobanu]

Damn. That is a lot of very well done work. Beautiful build.

Thanks a lot mate! Glad you like it