In this alternate reality, large COVID queens have evolved that are key to controlling virus reproduction and spread. They can be captured, but can only be killed by UV sterilization. Therefore I bring you a system to sterilize the virus:
Death to COVID!
Run of the mill virus sucked into the system is killed by the abundant UV inside. Captured queens are fed in through the bubble port where they are stunned by UV, then sucked into a reservoir containing a specially formulated bath. This weakens them enough to be ground up by the pump, and the bits fed through the DNA sterilization spiral where they are finally rendered inert and fed to the CPU (which of course has an appetite for bits!).
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The premise that I'm running with for this build is that ultraviolet light of a certain frequency, intensity, and duration will kill COVID. I've been itching to use UV again for a while!
I love to mod old cases. My style can best be described as MacGyver. I like to find cool ways to recycle materials at hand into my mods. My victim this time is a Corsair 600T, circa 2010. I owned one years ago but it was so nice that I didn't have the heart to cut into it at the time. I picked this one up cheap with a busted fan controller knob and some other minor issues. It will be the recipient of a 2x180mm rad in the front, a 3x120mm in the top, and some other mods and goodies...
Note that Grinder is not my profession (retired software engineer), and I don't have any special skill with one. I adopted that nickname for racing (Grid I believe)- grinding the gears, bumping and grinding my way through the competition. Then I starting using it for Urban Terror (an old first person shooter derived from Quake)- meat grinder, grinding down the competition. So it's not a joint, a sub sandwich, an angle grinder, a molar, a coffee grinder, a concrete military exercise area, an organ grinder with a monkey, and definitely not Grindr!
I have said several times that modders will post interesting custom builds here, even without CAMC. This won't be the first time I've started a build and then had to ask for it to be moved to the competition area (sorry Hooded!). Thanks again to Daz, sponsors, admins, competitors, and judges for what is always a fun competition! I was camping away from home so couldn't work on DtC, but picked up the thread at post 13 now that it's been moved. I'll keep the section below updated with mods and components as the build progresses.
Components:
Corsair 600T
Corsair RM1000i
EVGA GTX 1080 Ti
Gigabyte X570 Aorus Elite
Ryzen 7 3800X
Ballistix Sport LT DDR4-3000 C15 (probably 4x8GB)
Cooling:
Alphacool XT45 dual 180 radiator
2x Silverstone AP182 fans
Swiftech MCR320-XP radiator
3x Corsair SP120 High Performance fans
Heatkiller GPU block and backplate
EK Supremacey EVO AMD CPU block
Bitspower pump top and reservoir
Liang D5 pump
Mayhems XT-1 Nuke V2 - Green UV
Darkside chrome fittings
Bitspower shining silver filter
Alphacool high flow meter
T-Balancer BigNG fan controller and sensor hub
Misc:
4x Darkside 20cm v4.1 UV strip
Darkside 14cm v4.1 UV strip
2x Darkside 30cm SE UV strip
assorted UV LEDs
Darkside UV blue cable extensions
Cablemods(?) UV orange wires
Mods:
done except tidy up and paint -
top rad mount
top mesh panel
front rad mount
front mesh mount
front mesh panel
replace missing trim + filter
bottom intake
PSU shroud
vertical GPU mount
pump/module mount
done -
custom cable extensions
virus
planning -
bubble
front panel upgrade
sterilization module
icon wall
clear side panel
Materials:
PSU shroud, front filter, front panel from Fractal Design Define Mini C
Piece of plastic Rosewill case top
EVGA DG-77 vertical GPU backplate, riser cable
Security camera cover
286 (?) CPU fan
aluminum bar
aluminum deck railing components
u channel
round perforated steel (18 gauge?)
honeycomb perforated steel (18 gauge?)
corner braces
2x stock D5 pump tops
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