PROJECT LOG Project Aldri Fornøyd STH10, 7990s, EVGA SR-2 & SR-X, Lots o' loops

[EK_Derick]

Project Aldri Fornøyd
(Never Satisfied)​

A thanks to my sponsors:


Review can be found here


Stay tuned for the follow up review!


Stay tuned for the reviews!


Stay tuned for the review!

Current Status:



Follow my blog for a more organized build log; from now on this one will have more of an actual ToC starting with Phase 2.

The case:

The final decision for a case is a CaseLabs STH10.

Specs

• (2) Intel Xeon E5-2600
• EVGA SR-X
  
• Corsair Dominators 1866Mhz [8x4GB]
• (2) MSI 7990s
• CaseLabs STH10
  
• Dual water cooling loops
• (2) Corsair AX1200s
• LG HD-DVD/Blu-Ray Drive
  
• (2) Corsair Performance Pro SSD
  
• OCZ Vertex 250GB SSD
  
• (2) WD 1TB Black
  

Watercooling Equipment:

Loop 1:

• (2) Bitspower EF CPU Blocks
• Chipset Block TBD
• (4) Bitspower RAM Blocks
• XSPC EX480
  
• MCP655 Pump
  
• XSPC EX120 - tentative
• (10) COUGAR CF-V12H Silent Cooling Fan
  

Loop 2:

• (2) TBD 7990s Blocks
• (2) EX480s
• MCP655 Pump
• (16) COUGAR CF-V12H Silent Cooling Fan
  

Misc WC'ing

• FrozenQ Liquid Fusion - 400mm
• Lamptron FC10
  
• Koolance Dual 24V Pump Controller
• Koolance RP-452X2 Dual 5.25in Reservoir
• Tubing & Fittings are TBD

Side Projects:

• EVGA SR-2
  
• (2) Intel Xeon X5679
  
• Samsung 30nm RAM [6x4GB]
  
• Silverstone ST1500
  
• GPUs TBD
• (2) MIPS CPU Blocks
  
• (2) MIPS Dom RAM Blocks
  
• MIPS SR-2 Chipset Block
  
• EX480
  
• Bitspower 80 mL Res
  
• MCP655 Pump w/ EK Top
  

• Asus Z9PE-D8
  
• (2) Intel Xeon E5-2600
• Samsung 30nm RAM [8x4GB]
• CoolerMaster 1200W Gold
  
• GPU TBD
• (2) XSPC RayStorms
• EX480
• Bitspower 80 mL Res
• MCP655 Pump w/ EK Top

Peripherals:

• Ducky Shine
• Cybord MMO 7 Gaming Mouse
• Asus Xonar Essence One
  
• (2) Mackie MR5mk2
  
• Sennheiser HD280
  
• Monitors are now TBD
• White LED Lighting

Table Of Contents:

1. Everything that has happened up until 7/4/12 can be seen in the first few posts

 

[EK_Derick]

Now that thread has been approved;











































Again, a huge thanks to Spotswood!











 











And the new view from my front door



Alrightyyy got new toys

First off... some nice folding ram.







Next up... the main attraction. Rather tattered from shipping...

























Then a comparison... HPTX is bigger than I had thought.







Here's some size comparisons, the UD7 is slightly larger than your normal ATX.








 





























 
A new sponsor appears!



A huge thanks to Michael @MIPS for the sponsor!

Sneak Peek:

Can't wait!

Huge thanks to Robert!
This is everything that's done so far. Waiting on the case, blocks, and FC. Once those com

 

[hokiealumnus]

Wow, this is one heck of a build. Subscribed!

 

[RollingThunder]

Yep, pretty neat and way beyond my skills.

 

[EK_Derick]

Hehe thanks guys

 

[txus.palacios]

Wait, wait, waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaait.

SR-2 AND SR-X?

And also that ASUS dual socket board?

 

[clubber_lang]

WOW!!....I'm glad I checked out the build threads today! haven't looked through them in a while......and now with this one......it just made the day even better. Great job so far man! Impressive to say the least!

 

[Bobnova]

I love the nixie tubes, that's a nice touch.

No hoseclamps/anything on the WC? Seems a bit suicidal with that much expensive stuff involved.

 

[EK_Derick]

Live life on the edge

Nah but really it's all temp so I didn't bother. The tubing surprisingly fits pretty snug on those barbs. STH10, MIPS blocks, and FC10 should be here soon!

 

[EK_Derick]

While waiting for thing to show up I did some OC'ing on the Xeons/SR-2

Validation

Note derickwm is my username over @OCN

 

[EK_Derick]

Best news: No dead pixels

 

[EK_Derick]

Well here they are

I was taking pictures of the build process... but it seemed unnecessary and was slowing me down hehe so here are a few progress/unboxing pics along with some final pics. I'll be taking a lot more tomorrow with hardware in it in the beautiful AZ sun!








Finals Shots:








^lul wrong focus point

A HUGE THANKS TO JIM @ CASELABS! This case is a work of art, just breathe taking. The instructions were easy and straightforward, everything was labeled well, and all the material is amazing quality.

 

[txus.palacios]

That case is not beautiful at all. That case is... err... ugly... yea... ugly. Now, I would not care at all if you sent that case to me... so that you can... err... get a less ugly case. Not that I think that case is damn sexy. Just to help you.

Jokes aside, that thing is beautiful.

 

[Horrerblade]

damn nice case and build i wish i had the money/sponsors to do that lol

 

[EK_Derick]

 

[EK_Derick]

Got bored waiting for UPS






























CABLE MANAGEMENT COME AT ME!

Good news & Bad news concerning the build.

Good news: I was able to purchase some serious folding hardware

Bad news: The money I had set aside to buy 7990s on launch date is now gone

 

[EK_Derick]

Here some first pictures of the Koolance box!

I have to pick up an allen wrench set as I don't have the right size to finish the installation but I'll be doing that later

























A HUGE thanks to Tim@Koolance!

 

[bburrill2012]

Very nice project you have going on! Looks great! From the looks of where you live, please take a picture of your house and your back yard and stuff haha. DAMN!

 

[EK_Derick]

Huge thanks to Gene for the tubing! This is easily the best quality tubing I've used, I'll put up some comparison shots later. I love dual 24v pumps
















Part of the blame for the delay in this build...

 

[EK_Derick]

Sorry guys, I've kind of ignored the other forums.

Got to do some playing around with Skulltrail, ultimate goal will be doing a comparison between 2P 771 v 2P 1366 v 2P 2011