Project Bahamut

[Danny79-Qc]

rofl almost 500 views and i'm not done yet...

Anyways, i can finally start bending!!! I will also be frosting the tubes. Still have to order the second pump and a few more fittings and blue coolant for dual loop which will be Monday! Can't wait! Then i will contact Rhoadspc for the 2 final mods then making my nephew real happy and i will be abble to leave this world with a peace of mind hehe! Very happy i can actually manage to complete it!

[section31]

Cant wait to see your final results

[Danny79-Qc]

Ok. I know those one yes. Personaly, I'd prefer the ones from bitspower or the new ones from EK tho. I know they are good. Even Barrow recently released that type but meh...

[section31]

Lately i got couple of bp fittings that get stuck and i cant remove the adapters or lids without severely damaging the paint.

I have tried the 12mm bp premium (old models -better but o-ring), bp regular (headache for brass tubing) and recently the new bp advanced fittings (found the rubber/metal locking ring to be more difficult to work with). Of them all The gasket locking mechanism of the optimus is the best.

The silver one is the optimus, blue is bp premium (aluminum top) and white is bp advanced.

https://imgur.com/a/JdAp9JP
(Here it is with optimus ht fittings and 12mm BP Brass Tubing in it)

You can see in the external rad how one of the fitting is not exactly flush. However i let it go because i rather not drain and refill the external rad again.

[Danny79-Qc]

I dont have issue with the quality of any type of fittings or brands. It's all about personal tastes and availability. Ideally, I'd love to stick to what Dazmode have in stock because it's a canadian business and want to encourage him. The one i showed here are interesting because it would fit with the theme and would give a good steampunk look. Mind showing me which one you are talking about please?

[section31]

The Optimus ones are the best fittngs currently on the market. I really like them despite the extra work I got to do.

[Danny79-Qc]

Well, I probably won't have enough time to get them and install them but might actually order these and give it with the rig when the time comes. Really looking good!

[Danny79-Qc]

Looks cool man, some nice designs !

So you think the first two would be possible to make? Depending on what you think is possible, I will email you with more details soon. But the 1st one would be around 40cm x 40cmm x 3-5mm thickness to fit on the tempered glass and 2nd one would have to be 15cm wide at most to fit on the front panel. Basically, the black parts are in pvc and the white part well, nothing lol. Have to see through like you did with the venom build but I don't want it painted.

[Rhoadspc]

Looks cool man, some nice designs !

[Danny79-Qc]

Thanks Rhoadspc, I will email you as soon as I'm sure about the dimensions. Might ask you to do it in a couple weeks cause budget has been tight lately. Not being able to work anymore really made me slow down alot. You can ask Daz lol. I use to order a lot almost every weeks to once a month now haha or else the build would be finished already. Once I'm done or close to it, with the main parts and have a decent budget for those little mods, i will email you for sure. Already know what they are gona be and should be quite easy to craft with a printer. Here's two pics to give you an idea until i send you all the infos. Basically, its two parts made in either pvc or acrylic or something that will be easy to stick on the front panel and the tempered glass. Ideally 5mm thick.

as you can guess it's a final fantasy theme lol. Was gona work something inside the case also to give a slums look from FFVII but like i said, running low on budget. EK torque fittings should give a decent industrial look at least.

I also draw this third one from this picture on my smartphone but no idea what i could do with it or where i could insert it.

And the build is not based on just final 7. Actually, all the pictures im showing you have been drawn from those small picture on my phone already since i was going to do it by hands but yeah too hard to cut those pointy spots in a 2-5mm pvc sheet lol. So anyways, sorry for taking so much of your time. I have to much free time and tend to write a lot of novels... Another thing Daz can confirm haha! Oh and sorry if bumped a couple of messages in your thread about this. Just wanted to know if it was possible. In the meantime, if you get any ideas about this themed build, feel free to share them. You can see a little of where i am with the build with previous messages in this thread if it can give you a better idea. Except pics have soft tubing and i'm working on hard tubing now.

Also if anyone else have any ideas, please come share them with me! Already said it but I'm giving this build to my nephew for beating leucemia and want it to be as close to perfection as possible!

Thanks a billion times buddy!

[Danny79-Qc]

Next time i will ask in groups i am in on crapbook lol.

Anyways, new gun and reamer came in this morning! The thing came in a shitty packaging and parts were all freely moving inside the box but the heat gun itself looks of good quality! Second order from Amazon came in faster than the first would have.

The reamer looks poor quality tho. The blades aren't aligned correctly so it might get the job worse than not using it at all...Only reason i took it was because it actually made me get some discounts higher than what they were selling it. Or else, i would've ordered one from Daz!

Haven't tried the gun yet. As long as it gets the job done, i will be happy! *Crossing fingers!*

[Danny79-Qc]

meh.. mehmehmeh! No heatgun till next week... spoke to an Amazon agent today... They lost my package which was being delivered by Joeyco.. First time i hear of this company..Anyways, they refunded the gun and gave me a 10$ credit on my next purchase which i did today. My old one was a Wagner and had it for a very long time. Decided to go with another brand but i have no idea if its any good lol. Anyone heard or used this one before? was going to get one with a lcd monitor but i got a coupon for this one so the price was really good. Hopefully it will be worth the 45$ i put into it. Well, 45$ minus 7$ so 38$ hehe. If anyone could share their experience with it, it would be very appreciated!

Couldnt use my 10$ credit since it wasnt sold by Amazon but took a reamer since mine is getting old too. Was a 'panier plus" item so got another 7$ rebate on it and free shiping So basicaly, they paid me to get the reamer haha! 23$ rebate on a 12$ reamer rofl! I think we can call this a "score" hehe!

[Danny79-Qc]

Been looking at how im gona route those tubes.. the bends gona be a pain... Also regret going with 12/10mm instead of 14/10.. Anyone wana trade lol? fittings and tubes are still packaged :-P

[Danny79-Qc]

Order received! Thanks Daz! Now just waiting on my heat gun. Was supposed to get it yesterday but will see how long it takes.

[Danny79-Qc]

If it was just that i would be very happy heh. If only you could see how many mistakes i do in a day you would laugh so much. More than 20 a day i'd say and even more and its been like that for a couple weeks now. Going from droping drinks like no other to steping onto my cats tails. Name it and it's almost sure it happened to me haha. Better make fun of it imo. oh and found out yesterday my heat gun is dead so i had to order a new one.

Anyways, the parts i ordered for hard tubes are coming in Monday! *Thanks to Daz for fast and great service! Sent me a message to make sure some item i ordered was the right one and in the process, found out i ordered some 14mm tubes instead of 12mm accidently. (Another mistake lol) So anyways, he agreed to change them for the right size and i am very happy!*

Still need to get the second pump/res combo for dual loop, another radiator or distro plate, ( prolly the distro plate over the rad actually cause cpu temps at 24° idle and gpu at 26°) , another filter and couple fans and of course two EK flow meter, then i think it should be it.

Gona have to practice my bends a little because its been a couple months since last time i played with that. Will also redo the tubing of my wife build while doing those for my nephew. Should keep me busy for a lil while.