Project Bahamut

[Danny79-Qc]

Like I said on my 3070 selling post, I let the 3070 go! Bye-bye little boy!


Yup the gpu is missing. I know that blue tube looks bad but it's just a temporary solution until I get the waterblock for the new beast!

Speaking of which.. here's the new big girl!

Yup! Even my little Pacha came to wish her a warm


That thing is just soo beautiful! Oh and real heavy too! Heavier than the 3080's I had in my hands a few times..

Only odd thing I found is in Cyberpunk 2077. The 3070 was running smoother in 4k resolution... But I never used AMD control panel so I'm at a loss now.. no idea how I should set all the graphic settings as well as in game..

AMD better live up to their words with the release of FidelityFX update this month! Hoping it will increase performances in that game and other compatible ones.. For those who doesn't know what it is, it's AMD own version of DLSS kinda. It will be implanted on every platforms using their gpu's like pc, ps5, Xbox.. if they mess up, it could be real bad..

Anyways, bed time but if anyone has a 6900xt and plays Cyberpunk in 4k, it would be nice to get some hints as of how I should set settings in AMD software and in-game!

[Danny79-Qc]

A couple more pics and I'm done with the updates until I can get a block for that gpu...


I know... lights are ugly... leak tested and air bleeding for 3 hours before getting everything plugged in.. So no control on anything.


There we go. Used the stock 24pin of the psu to do airbleeding and leak test. So far so good.. Not the best looking but for a temporary solution it looked fine. With my health, I can only do soo little. Oh and don't even think of lifting that beast by yourself!


Just a different angle... don't look at the table. I paid that thing 15$ just for working on tubes. Screwing the mandrels into it and all.. I had to place the case on the floor because the table was going to break under it's weight lol..


After replacing all the cables... no need for a psu/cable shroud like I mentioned before!

Temps Testing wasn't really satisfying tho.. probably going to replace the 480mm rad for a thick one to better cool the cpu..

We don't see it there but gpu temps:
Idle:26°
Full load while benchmarking in 4k with Ray tracing on: 52°. Won't go higher than that with the hardest OC I managed with it. Sadly the gpu was going to be replaced...

[Danny79-Qc]

Another little update while waiting on a company to release a block for the 3070 xc3 ultra I installed in the build..


Yup. Getting there... slowly but surely... not the best looking but I kinda liked it for a temporary loop.


Little issue when time for filling loops came... the newest pump I received from Daz was DoA! Spoke with Jake and Emir from EK. didnt know why the pump didn't power up at first... just in a couple minutes they were already going to send a new one hehe :-) but once I started to drain the small amount of coolant I had in the loop to get the pump out for RMA, found out the pump cable was cut inside the sleeving. Impossible to see. So anyways, I decided to solder the thing and put a heartstrings tube on one of my worse soldering job ever hihi. And magic! Pump works now! Not beautiful but we don't see that part anyways.. so I could kept moving with the build!

[Danny79-Qc]

Witch grit do you use for the frosted tube ? And you do it before or after the bend?

Between 800 and 1500 Grit sanding pads. I use the softest possible. Those are acrylic so you can do it before or after it doesn't matter. Found out the satin look doesn't go away when heating acrylic. For l frosting petg, you have to bend first cause heat will remove the effect. You can have a better frosted finish with petg tho. It's more subtle on acrylic.

[Try2TopDat]

Witch grit do you use for the frosted tube ? And you do it before or after the bend?

[Danny79-Qc]

Bah... one more.... for the number of views, I think I should show more!


All tubes cut, bent and frosted! Time to install these...


Until I got to the last one... of course a fracture showed up... but better at that moment than after filling the loop no?


yep yep! All tubes in... but guess what... that tube with the 45° bend is now too short... I don't understand because I tried it before frosting the tube and it was lining up just fine with the rest. So yes I got that shitty job out of there but bad news for me... out of tubes!!! So no can do! All I have are tubes I had already bent for the previous build.. none were used tho so maybe there is something to do to save the day!!


Et hop voilà!!! Found a solution! All tubes were too short except one. Not my best line ever nor my best build either but for the time, until I was going to replace that 2080Super, I didn't mind!.
Also came the time to test both entire loop! And yup both are leak free!


Love those leak testers!!! All I have to say about this one!!!

I still have plenty of pictures but Taki g a break from my phone screen!

Later!!!

[Danny79-Qc]

One last update then Zzzzz...


Just a little thing I did with carbon fiber to go with the rest. The only parts I modded outside.. well, until I do the other ones...


Getting there... the two reservoirs and the psu are now in! Yep they are different. It's planned like that because of the theme of course!!!


First tube in!!! Hardest bends I ever had to do!! Just kidding, it's just a straight pipe connecting 2 radiators.


Now we start to see some interesting stuff... I went with very easy route for the tubes because the challenge is already good with a dual loop and my nephew isn't used to that kind of stuff.


Haha! I cheated and Jake from EK actually thought it was funny but I gave a second life to some old badges which was badly scratched. Removed the scratch and placed it on the bitspower drain fitting hihi.

[Danny79-Qc]

Like I've said, more updates!

Let's see... just going to pop some photos and describe them a little for this one.


Don't worry... I didn't leave it like that haha. Just wanted to show how big of a challenge cable management can be with 24 fans and bunch of rgb and led strips.. of course not all the cables are there yet! Really love what they did to have many options with the ssd brackets. Covering the motherboard like that is a great idea while still having over a inch gap to let heat disperse..


Not much more done yet.. just added the bottom radiator and fans... Sadly the 480mm one was too tall to fit or there would be two more instead of 360mm.


Finally, the holes for the second reservoir were done! Put my new Dewalt drill bits to good use. That panel is quite thick so it was a fun job to do.


I was going to craft a psu cable shroud but found out it's not so bad after all.. much better than expected and once everything is inside we dont much.


Bought this little thing on Amazon for a very good price. It's from Alphacool. A bit old but works great. Very good quality and the cover is actually real glass. Came with 2 sided tape but also 4 magnets you screw on the back then you place where you want and move it where you want as often as you want lol. Great stuff. Was going to place it there but changed my mind. Placed it behind and it lights up the rear i/o for easier cables connection and management.

More to come!!!

[Danny79-Qc]

Salut !
Nice to see a nice big case being done right like this ! Im more of an SFF guy myself but I can appreciate the work you are doing on this. Keep us updated.

Thanks a lot. It's really appreciated! I don't pretend to be the best at it, far from it haha but I don't have access to many tools anymore unlike many of the people competing in the modding competitions. Kinda unfair to compete against people who are sponsored too in many other competitions but I'm proud to say I'm putting lots of efforts, time and money into that present for my nephew. Got much farther into the build so going to update more soon.. positive comments like yours really help feel I don't completely suck at it lol.

[Try2TopDat]

Salut !
Nice to see a nice big case being done right like this ! Im more of an SFF guy myself but I can appreciate the work you are doing on this. Keep us updated.

[Danny79-Qc]

More update! Installing windows as I'm typing this.. here's a few pics of the work in progress...
Yup. I have white and black fans. Had a deal on those white QL fans I could not refuse but luckily, it will fit the theme lol. like I've said, I temporarily modded the psu bracket. At first I had the fan facing up but issue to connect the power cable in it so I had to put the fan down. Yes I have one fan of the rad lined up with it but after testing no issue with heat. Also had to switch the rear fan orientation!


another flaw... top radiator is to close to the motherboard so power cables get in the way. Ideally, you'd need to make new holes for screws. I managed to place the cables between the radiator ports and looks fine. No pics tho!

getting there... bottom fans.. ran out of filters so improvised will order some from Daz soon!


Haha yes it's just a silicone insert... but the right size to go with Bitspower 14mm tubes Daz is selling which is 11mm ID!

More soon to show!

[Danny79-Qc]

Well... it's been a while since I last updated... finally received the deffinitive case I'm going to use. Did quite some work in it and still not completed..

So, first things first. Going to post a couple of picture of the new build and progress over a couple updates. In these 5 first pictures I'm going to show which case and what i will be doing in it...

Received that beast last month.. The Thermaltake Core P8 TG.

That thing is really beautiful, really big and really heavy! Lots of room in there to do whatever you want... As long as you can do some modding... here another pic of the inside...

As you can see, lots of space! The build quality is also very impressive. Best quality I've seen from TT actually. There's room for 4 radiator. But one flaw. The holes for the screws are not placed to allow it. I still managed to do it with my new Dewalt drill mess and a dremell tho!

Next is the back of this case. One of the best part of it as I'm going to show...

yup! Isn't it beautiful? First, that case is built to be wall mounted.. So yeah, they had to make it good quality for that. Every parts of that case are modular, really sturdy and real heavy! 50 pounds with nothing inside! Of course, if you wana mount it to a wall, your gona need the right screws but also not install too much stuff in it. Obviously, it's not my case so no wall mounting sadly. The bracket can be removed and gives more room for cables.. speaking of which... cable management is a real pain in that case. As you can see, there almost no holes to pass the cables from inside to this side. And the few holes there is are very small. There is 18 fan slots on that case so they should've made more pass-through. But anyways, nothing a dremell can't do here.. whats really nice tho, that part is really deep. Like 50mm. So I installed a 480mm radiator on that side along with 2×Commander pro and 4 rgb hub!

So anyways, let's move on with the build... first pic of work in progress and testing..
So I installed the motherboard and the PSU. Sadly the psu can only be mounted like that which prevented me from installing a radiator at the bottom. I had to mod one of the bracket to hold the PSU horizontally. The other bracket is unusable like that. Installed a 360/60mm EK Coolstream XE radiator in push/pull. Used a bracket on 1 fan, installed the PSU on it, screwed the modded bracket on the case and placed big velcro between the PSU and the motherboard tray. Will craft a new bracket once I get my 3d printer but for now it holds in place quite well.


Yup! 24 fans total with the PSU!!! Imagine the cable management for this! Let me tell you, it was a real pain in the ass for the reasons I mentioned higher up!

More updates to come!

[Danny79-Qc]

Oh gosh! 1024 views! Nice milestone. Got notification today. I will probably receive the TT Core P8TG tomorrow! Finally a case of the right size.. gona have to mod it to fit a 360mm XE rad at the bottom but beside that, I'm pretty sure everything else will fit for the dual loop.

I was bored today with everything I could do over, I decided to play with some left over tubes and see what it could look like in the x71. Didnt pay attention to length. Just cut them at a approximative size and ended up being almost perfect fit. Wasn't going to look too shabby after all. Going to try to make the second loop with the gpu tomorrow morning before the person who bought the x71 gets here.

I don't regret getting the new case and really excited about starting to build in it. I really hope it won't have been damaged in the transportation!

[Danny79-Qc]

Almost 1000 views! Wow! Here's some little progress on the mods. Still nothing big or major but not much to do until I get the monster case..

With the carbon fiber look done on parts I went ahead with "part 2" of mods. Going to give a little "aging" look to the build. Right now only did it on a couple small pieces but I plan to do it on the case and fans. Gona start doing it on them once the big and hopefully, last case comes in...

Those little EK holders have been really useful for me recently as it makes moving in and outa the reservoirs from the case really fast and easy when testing stuff. Also very useful for tight spaces and small cases. But they look a bit plain just like that and it's hard to see the logo. I was just going to paint the said logo but I went with a different technique and actually like it like that. Also like I said, it fits the theme of the build.


Last carbon fiber radiator done!


Monoblock is repaired and now installed with the 10850k :-)


Thats one thick jetplate in that monoblock!


That's the holders I'm talking about. The "before" picture.


And finally, the "after" result of the little "aging" mods. We can deff see the logo much more now too.

It's not big modding but once all the small mods will be put together in the right case, I think the final result will be decent. Now only waiting to have like 100$ I'm missing to order the case which should come in next Friday. Sadly, the case I need might be backorder again... Memory express had restocked a couple days ago but it's already have only 3 left in stock last time I checked. No idea what I will do if it gets backorder before I have time to order one!

[Danny79-Qc]

Oh! Here's a screenshot of all the places the parts from EK stoped by...


And used some left over to do some testing.. thought i could try it on tubes... I know I'm probably wont get an answer for my 2 last questions but think it would be too much since i already have carbon look on the motherboard, the 4 rads and PSU?