PROJECT OVERWATCH by PEXON [ A P C B U I L D ]

[pexon]

P R O J E C T  / /  O V E R W A T C H





SPONSORS / / MSI UK / / OVERCLOCKERS UK / / E22 AND HEXGEAR / / SUPERFLOWER


Specifications:-


CASE: HEX GEAR R40
CPU: Intel Pentium G5420
MOBO: MSI B150M Mortar
GPU: MSI GTX1070
RAM: Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 16GB
PSU: SuperFlower LEADEX Gold 750W
HDD: Samsung Spinpoint M8 1TB 2.5"


Full Alphacool watercooling components throughout. [waterblocks, radiators, fittings]
Phobya Bionic ELOOP fans [120mm]


Custom Overwatch 240mm and 360mm fan grills in white acrylic
Full custom made cables by PEXON


This build was inspired from the great response from Vault 111/ fallout 4 themed rig we made for i55 last year. I wanted to make an Overwatch themed project for i58. The only case for the job was the r40. The shape, layout and obviously, hex cuts work perfectly for the theme. Orange and white will be the main colours for rig and the accents will be silver// stainless.


Thank you to OVERCLOCKERS and SuperFlower for providing another PSU. This time around we have a white (sex) 750W GOLD rated LEADEX unit











Obvious reason for the LEADEX is for the 9x universal connectors. As I am only using 1 gpu and 1 cpu cable, I have 7 other connectors left for periperhals/ LEDs/ pumps etc and they will be directly wired into the PSU.





Thank you to MSI for supplying the rock solid B150M Mortar motherboard, as featured in the Fallout 4 build, but this time around we have it in an amazing white// camo styling














RAM used is Crucial Ballistix Sport to go with the white theme. 16GB kit in 4x4gb for a full bank.








Cabling will be done in Teleios Orange and Fusion Carbon (clear // black) sleeving with orange connectors and white cable combs from E22








GPU will be an MSI GTX 1070 FE








Its a shame to be watercooling the GPU, that stock cooler is gorgeous











Something cheap and dirty to get the rig show ready as time is against us before LAN...





... CPU will be upgraded soon


Sprayed up the CPU mounting block with Montana GOLD white spray after sanding off all the powder coating, degreasing and priming





Whats this gonna be then?





Stainless overbraid on the 16mm x 10mmm tubing; something different as hardline just doesn't do it for me, sorry!





Now. I thought this was going to be a breeze. Oh how wrong I was. Stainless is a PITA to work with. I've welded it before, its a pain. Cutting it with a chop saw takes ages, its a pig to work with but it looks balla. The tubing is cut to size, the stainless overbraid is threaded on to the tubing. Now, you need to cut excess. ànd apply tape to the ends. The collars// compression rings must be applied before cutting as seen later. I found that using a deburring tool on the collar helps so much. I use a 'shaviv
branded tool and it works a treat.
 
 The stainless steel overbraid is cut with dremel cut off wheel. Slow speed, patience and good quality blades are a must.


 
PTFE tape on the thread stops anything gunking up, the braid fouling or flash getting stuck.





Prepare for GNARLY fingers and no finger prints trying to get the braid on without stabbing yourself. Again, taking my time helped, patience is a virtue. You HAVE to  hold the fitting and not the tubing, if you move the tubing, you will get pulls, frays and the tubing will slip and cause bumpy bits and just look narstie with crossed braid.








Also made up a nifty little LED strip with some extruded aluminium profile and clear// trans diffuser. Cool white LEDs are going to suit this best. Orange will bleach too much.








The PSU shroud got a lovely coat of HAMMERITE, yup, hammerite. Silver hammered finish.





I also knocked up a lovely IEC C13 cable with a sturdy 3 pin orange plug and Arctic Grade 1mm SY cable (3 core).





I will leave it here for today...





Thank you for looking


//PEXON

[slip84]

Cool! What CPU are you going to swap up to?

[Jokrik]

uh oh, this is looking really good Pex

the PSU and cables match perfectly

[katushkin]

Oh baby I am so excited to see this in the flesh on Friday.

[Fibonacci_Jones]

That case layout is pretty neat, cables are looking good and the PSU connector lighting is pretty cool. That part will facing up toward the front of the case?

[Dongulator]

That PSU, like the hoff on baywatch

[pexon]

Hey guys, thanks for the kind comments!


The PSU is bling, i loooove it.


The front logo will not be lighting up, there is a 1.5mm thick piece of powdercoated steel behind it so no shine through there!


See you Friday Nick, I think I will still be sane, too much work to do and this to get build too :/

[SBJ]

Holy amazeballs batman.
I can't wait to see the progress on this Pexon! Nice job. 

[Computer-Lab in Basement]

 

[audax989]

UNLEASH THE BEAST!

[pexon]

Haha cheers guys! Filling her up tomorrow so I will have some more photos for you all

[pexon]

Bit of a jump forward, but, it has to be done before LAN, so here goes...


The rear panel is finished, bar 2 molex cables and 1 SATA power cable that I will be making up tomorrow, nice and clean








Waterblock and backplate fitted and installed, look pretty good actually. If I had time, I would have done them orange, silver or white, but times against us














Shhh... dont tell. I ordered a right angled IEC connector, not a left, so I had to remake it :3








Also, have a little logo sticker on silver vinyl schemed up . Mercy outline in chrome effect with the overwatch logo. Same goes for the top rad sticker, with all the champ related origin flags. White will be swapped for silver on the background, I think that is going to look sweet!








Thats all for now folks! Nearly done!

[katushkin]

[pexon]

[Fibonacci_Jones]

Looking clean. Excited for the final product.

[rowdy]

That's a very nice build!

The question everyone's probably too embarrassed to ask - what keyboard are you going to use with it?

[katushkin]

That's a very nice build!

The question everyone's probably too embarrassed to ask - what keyboard are you going to use with it?

Oh baby

[pexon]

I think dat boi Nik has something planned

[SBJ]

Damn that is one fine looking PC. Mine looks like **** in comparison.

[absyrd]

Whoa. That looks great, Pexon.

I know the stainless mesh tubing must have been hell, so cheers to you for going at it hard.

[pexon]

Hey guys, sorry for the lack of updates. I managed to get it all done for LAN. I am planning final pics and possibly a video as we did with the Fallout build. Now time to start thinking about the next build? Thoughts? I reallllly want to do a build in a Lian Li again, something super clean and simple


The builds cables all finished up in orange and carbon fusion Teleios. As there weren't many fans, I decided to knock up some splitters and pop them behind the blanking panels








Some black cable ties blended in well, so I didn't use the stainless steel ones, perhaps another time....


Oooooooo





It DIDNT leak!





But you have to be sure


All tubed up and working





The underglow from the bottom LED strip actually worked well, I was dubious, but the lack of light from the top allows you to see the flags on the top rad and is just enough without being to OTT





Overwatch logo looks epic on the window panel























Now... they are quick and dirty pics from LAN (I was trying to take photos whilst people were playing VR on the MSI stand, better pics soon)!


Thanks for looking

[Fibonacci_Jones]

Came out great. That LED really shows it off nicely. What sort of LEDs did you use to make that if you can share?

[katushkin]

Mike's face  )

The position of the VR stand was ridiculous. 14 year olds swinging their arms around and taking heads off right next to the build  Made it hard for taking photos!!

[pexon]

I think that you were showing something to him on your phone  )  Not very flattering at 1/4 sec shutter speed


It was hard taking photos with people flailing their arms everywhere!

[noobas4urus]

Nice build dude, I caught a glimpse of it over at BT.  How's the Hexgear to work with?

[pexon]

Nice build dude, I caught a glimpse of it over at BT.  How's the Hexgear to work with?

A pleasure. The design is amazing, its a HEAVY case but its built like a rock.


The 4x alu side profiles are 3kg alone and add a lot of rigidity to the case, more so than any standard factory built case I've used. Panels are easy to take off and almost everything can be easily take apart for modding or adding SSDs/ HDDs and added back on. The back cable hide panel is a great idea too

[pexon]

Hey guys, long time no see, I am sorry


Work has gotten on top of me and I was not able to get some final, decent photos of the project, but, here we go!


http://imgur.com/a/ynMmA // more pics here <

















































Now, all I can do is thank the following for supporting PROJECT OVERWATCH, the build would not have been doable without you:-


Tom and the media guys at MSI UK who kindly displayed her on their stand at Insomnia.
Nate at E22/ HEXGEAR for the case and continued support
The guys at Alphacool, Eddy you are a legend
All the lads at Overclockers, Chris, Pack, Hal :X


And thank you all for looking, I hope to be back with a new build log in the next month or so. This time, not as hectic as this!


<3 James/ pex

[katushkin]

So what is going to happen to this build now?

[pexon]

Not sure, some issues with the GPU so I have to take some time out to have a looksie, but, taking time out is easier said than done lol

[katushkin]

Not sure, some issues with the GPU so I have to take some time out to have a looksie, but, taking time out is easier said than done lol

Ah yeah, I remember now. That is definitely an issue If you need a helping hand you know where I am

[sek1ne]

This thing turned out really nice. I hope all the technical bits get worked out.