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Hannover, Germany

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Parts pulled before powdercoating

Painted mainboard parts

That's still all to come

Individual parts laid out before cleaning and assembly

Parts part 2

Parts part 3

CPU block and GPU block assembled

Parts assemble? (I'll see myself out...)

Radiator 1- I was going to paint the radiators, but I like the way the exposed copper looks.

Radiator 2.

Preliminary assembled blocks

D-RGB-Test, the EK Connect 51 really came in handy here.

Added perspective

Fitting the retaining-screws and the CPU

Added the block, the RAM and the SSD

I'll probably remove the stickers on the Trident Neos when I confirmed them working, they somehow bother me.

Mainboard and components

Made some 3D printed object for my setup

DGH

Build to commemorate a group of people who influenced me a great deal and pushed my understanding of PCs a great deal.

Color(s): Gray Red

RGB Lighting? Yes

Theme: Industrial

Cooling: Custom Liquid Cooling

Size: E-ATX

Type: General Build

Contests

This build participated in 7 contests.

Rank	Contest	Date
#80	Build of the Month - July 2021	ended
#163	Build of the Month - April 2021	ended
#184	Build of the Month - March 2021	ended
#523	EK 10K Challenge	ended
#74	Build of the Month - February 2021	ended
#93	Build of the Month - January 2021	ended
#87	Build of the Month - October 2020	ended

Build Updates

Retrospective- Building 'DGH'

Brace yourselves

Video of the build and a short update

Finally done

So, I finally got my custom vertical mount and found the time to build the new tubes and mount everything up.

I now have the GPU mounted vertically and have enough space behind it to install the HTC Vive Wireless-Card.
With the LEDs working you can see the 'damage' I needed to do when sanding down the powder coat to get the card to seal properly.

Part finally arrived

So my custom made bracket finally arrived and it is awesome!

Quick recap: In the O11D I'm using, the bottom radiator/fans block me from using a normal bracket; so I came up with the idea to build a bracket that attaches to the top of the fans and serves as a base to hold up my GPU (as well as the wireless-VR-card later on).
I've had no experience with designing 3D-objects in Fusion360 so I learned quite a bit and after printing the technical drawings and comparing them with the parts I sent them off to be manufactured by 3D-Hubs. They were supposed to arrive at the start of April, but due to the current pandemic couldn't be shipped until now.

To feel a custom 3D-Design in solid Aluminium in your hands is very satisfying and the finish on the part looks phenomenal.
Some photos from me trying to mount the 2 riser-cables are below, better equipment for mounting is on its way, so hopefully I'll soon be able to mount it into the system.

Mounting a video card on top the radiator and fans- prelude

Final touches

Windows installed, bending tubes and cablemanagement

The build from hell

Assembling the case

Testing, testing... 1.2.3...

Yesterday evening I had to rebuild the CPU-Block a few times to get it to fit nicely without any leaks; then did a 'wet'-dry run; blocks just connected with soft-tubing.
Today I checked the D-RGB-Strips because some got a bit water on them yesterday, but all is well :-)

Installed the coated strip on the reservoir and started the assembly for the dry-run of the components, installed the armor on the motherboard and the retaining-clamps for the CPU-block, installed the 3950, the system SSD and the RAM.
Next up is installing the waterblock on the 2080TI.
After that I'll connect them using the softtubing for a run outside the case to check all the components work.
Hopefully the case gets riveted back this weekend as well.

D-RGB-Test, the EK Connect 51 really came in handy here.

Mainboard and components

Fitting the retaining-screws and the CPU

Added the block, the RAM and the SSD

Added perspective

I'll probably remove the stickers on the Trident Neos when I confirmed them working, they somehow bother me.

Assembled the waterblocks and leaktested them

Parts were powdercoated and sandblasted

Painted a bunch of the plastic parts (mainboard etc.)

Pulled everything apart to get it painted

Hardware

Category / Value

Brand / Part

CPU

$ 840.00

AMD - Ryzen 9 (3950X)

Socket: AM4

Cores: 16

Motherboard

$ 499.99

ASUS - ROG Crosshair VIII Formula

Chipset: X570

CPU Socket: AM4

Size: ATX

Memory

$ 66.99

G.Skill - Trident Z Neo (3600MHz) (White/Black/RGB)

Type: DDR4

Capacity: 8 GB

Graphics

$ 459.99

MSI - GeForce Ventus

Chip Manufacturer: NVIDIA

Chip: RTX 2080 Ti

Storage

$ 87.95

Samsung - 960 EVO

Form Factor: M.2

Interface: M.2 (M)

Capacity: 250 GB

Storage

$ 429.00

Western Digital - WDS200T3X0C

Form Factor: M.2

Interface: M.2 (M)

Capacity: 2 TB

PSU

$ 179.99

ASUS - ROG Thor

Wattage: 850

Form Factor: ATX

Efficiency: 80+ Platinum

Case

$ 158.73

Lian Li - O11 Dynamic

Type: Mid-Tower

Side Panel: Tempered Glass

Case Fan

$ 347.94

EKWB - EK-Vardar EVO 120ER (Black/D-RGB) (500-2200 rpm) (6x)

Size: 120 mm

Cooling

$ 103.98

EKWB - CoolStream SE (2x)

Type: Custom Loop

Size (WxHxD): 360 mm (3 x 120 mm)

Cooling

$ 280.00

EKWB - EK-Classic DP Side PC-O11D G1 D-RGB + DDC 3.2 PWM

Type: Pump/Reservoir Combo

Cooling

$ 137.28

EKWB - EK-FC RTX 2080 +Ti Nickel + Plexi

Type: Waterblock

Cooling

$ 121.99

EKWB - EK-Velocity - AMD Nickel + Plexi

Type: CPU Waterblock

Accessories

$ 78.03

ASUS - ROG Aura Terminal Kit

Accessories

$ 522.00

HTC - VIVE Pro

Accessories

$ 255.84

HTC - Vive Wireless adapter

Accessories

$ 395.81

Logitech - Z906 Speakers

Accessories

$ 39.98

Phanteks - Neon Combo Set RGB LED Strip (2x)

Accessories

$ 56.00

Phanteks - PH-CBRS (2x)

Accessories

$ 199.98

SteelSeries - Arctis Pro Wireless Headset

Monitor

$ 95.98

BenQ - Eye-care (BL2711U)

Size: 27 Inch

Panel: IPS

Refresh Rate: 60 Hz

Keyboard

$ 138.00

Razer - BlackWidow Ultimate 2013

Interface: Wired

Key Switch Type: Cherry MX Blue

Type: Full Size

Mouse

$ 179.99

Razer - Basilisk Ultimate

Interface: Wireless

Estimated total value of this build:

$ 3,713.83

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DGH

Most Recent Build

DGH

Contests

Build Updates

Retrospective- Building 'DGH'

Brace yourselves

Video of the build and a short update

Finally done

Part finally arrived

Mounting a video card on top the radiator and fans- prelude

Final touches

Windows installed, bending tubes and cablemanagement

The build from hell

Assembling the case

Testing, testing... 1.2.3...

Assembled the waterblocks and leaktested them

Parts were powdercoated and sandblasted

Painted a bunch of the plastic parts (mainboard etc.)

Pulled everything apart to get it painted

Hardware

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