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geekhack Community => Other Geeky Stuff => Topic started by: pexon on Fri, 13 January 2017, 18:03:55
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/ Welcome /
/ this transmission /
/ from a fallen star/
/otherwise know as Arcturus /
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CASE:- Lian Li PC-V1000L
MOTHERBOARD:- MSI Z270 Gaming M5
CPU:- i5 6600K (7700K TBA)
GPU:- SLI MSI GTX 980Ti 6G GAMING or MSI GTX 1070 FE
RAM:- Crucial 16GB Sport DDR4
SSD #1:- Intel 600P M.2
SSD #2:- Crucial MX300 525GB
HDD:- Samsung M8 500GB 2.5"
PSU:- Silverstone Strider 750W or SuperFlower LEADEX Titanium 750W
Hello! Time for another build log. Off the back of my Overwatch build, I was itching to start a new build, something a little different this time, no theme really, just a nice, clean and sleek build; only one chassis brand to help me achieve this... Lian Li. My first big project was a Lian Li and I have been wanting to build in one for a while, the PC-V1000L caught my eye and got the creative juices flowing.
Lets get the case out of the box.
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inb4 it looks like a Macintosh ;)
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Easy LAN access with those wheels!
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Original plan was to go for MDPC-X Platinum Grey and Shade 19, but I am still unsure as the idea is to keep it clean and simple; however, it may need some colour later on down the line
First up, sleeving those USB 3.0 front panel headers
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Light is bad on the following photos (sorry)! I ordered some aluminium angle and some plexi to mock up a lightbox/ midplate and mother board tray cover
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I have some more pictures to add this weekend, just waiting for them to upload on imgur!
Happy weekend! See you soon.
James/pex
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Suuuuuuch a beautiful case man
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This is gonna be good!
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I hope this one is safe from the grinder etc - it's too pretty to destroy :-X
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As promised, here is another update :)
I order a sheet of 6mm thick aluminium for the midplate, but when I picked this up from Overclockers on Friday afternoon and installed it in the case, it wont work, its way to thick...
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I went with the M5 as the dark grey heatsinks and reasonable sleek visuals will suit the build better than most of the new Z270 boards from any vendor, so many RGBs. The XPower board would have been great, but 350 for a Z270 is a little too much for me, maybe if I was going X99, but hey.
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I will be reusing some Crucial RAM from a previous build, the white heatsinks will add some nice contrast to the black/ anthracite mobo
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I think I will remove the stickers once the boards been tested etc
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Next up, some drilling. I wanted to create a nice clean look for the cables, namely the 24 pin as I am still undecided on the SATA cables, or if I should go all M2 SSDs or go for an external NAS.... Anyway, I used a cable comb as a guide and drilled through the plexi mobo tray and case with a 3.5mm drill bit, luckily there wasn't any chipping of the plexi, I took it nice and slow.
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NOTE:- SLEEVING COLOUR is not the final product, just some spare wires I had ready sleeved
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It needs some filing to neaten up a little (but I cant find my round jewelers files). With that said, I am really happy with the result using an old Makita 240v drill lol :D
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I realllly like Vanilla sands, it was my original idea to go with Plat grey and VS, but I don't think I can make it work.
Anyway, cheers for looking!
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You make turn pc building into art. Looking forward to further updates.
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You make turn pc building into art. Looking forward to further updates.
You said it better than I ever could haha.
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Thank you guys :3
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Nice pictures! I love Lian Li cases, I also have one. My second one. Nice to see some hints of your workplace or storage of the cables in the background!
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Right, cable update! :D
Managed to get the 8 pin and 24 pin, they need to be taken down a little bit. I plan on cutting each wire to different lengths to get all the cables laying perfectly in the rear of the case...
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Pretty time consuming getting each cable through the mobo tray and secured in each connector!
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and even MORE time consuming pulling them through to the right curvature!
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Progress looking good! Next update will hopefully have some watercooling stuff involved :D
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God these cables are so nice. *drool*
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Yeah agreed... the whole slots in the case to run them perfectly through is a brilliant idea. Makes me want to pull mine apart and do it that way. Very nice. :thumb:
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Hey guys, sorry for the lack of updates, I've been really busy with work, plus no sign of the watercooling gear as of yet, so not a lot of progress can be made yet...
I managed to have a play around with the 24 pin however and I found that a few strands of MDPC-X Vivid Violet and a shake up with the pattern works wonders breaking the cables up and made them pop a little better. I am planning on integrating more Vivid Violet in one way or another and perhaps adding some light purple/ lilac fluid... hmmm.....
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Also had to do a bit of bodging with the top rad, even though the case is massssive, the top will only really support a 30mm thick rad and a set of Scyth 12mm fans in order for me to get a nice cabling job on the 8 pin showing through....
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Small MDPC-X Cable clamps and some stainless countersunk screws later...
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Cheers for stopping by!
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Freaking hot. :eek:
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Freaking hot. :eek:
/Erect ??
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Freaking hot. :eek:
/Erect ??
/already
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Rock solid?
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Those clamps on the radiator are genius.
How many loops are you doing?
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Single loop dude, probably enough room in there to do a full dual loop but I will have to see
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Single loop dude, probably enough room in there to do a full dual loop but I will have to see
If you were doing two loops I would have suggested one lilac and the other a dark grey/silver. But if you were running a single loop then purple would be awesome.
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Gah Lian-Li are my favorite! Will need to keep following this one, that violet color is gorgeous agaist the silver case :D
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I haven't really paid much attention to tidy cables / color matching before, but this build is making me rethink my conventions. Looking forward to seeing it completed.
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lovely. but I can only look. don't have money or skills :'(
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I came. This is (almost) prettier than the good ole power mac g5!
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Freakin' beautiful build log