Project Codename: Optimus Prime

 

 

I am currently in process of building an SR-2 machine. This has been an approximately 5-month long build. The computer will primarily be used for Gaming, Work, Folding@Home, Photoshop, and VM. I am not a rich man, this build has been very tough financially, often leaving myself in poverty until the next paycheck. I am not a huge Transformers fan, however the overall color scheme matched what I was going for in this build, throw in the "kick-ass" factor of Optimus Prime, and we have ourselves a build name. Other names that were considered included "Alienator" - which describes my relationship with my wife since parts have started arriving in the mail!
 
I hope to have the build completed sometime Mid-Late January, if all goes well. I will attempt to summarize the build via a parts list followed by pictures below. Please check back in the near future as I will be adding additional photos, as well as responding to any questions and/or comments anyone may have.

 

Case:

Mountain Mods Extended Ascension(Anodized Black/Brushed Aluminum Drive Bays)

Mountain Mods Pedestal 24 (Anodized Black/Brushed Aluminum Drive Bays)

EVGA Custom Etching

 

Power Supply:

(2) Corsair HX1000W

 

Motherboard:

EVGA SR-2 Classified

EK Waterblocks Motherboard Block (Plexi/Nickel)

(2) EK Waterblocks Supreme HF CPU Block (Red Plexi/Nickel)

 

CPU/Processors:

(2) Intel Xeon E5620

 

RAM/Memory:

12GB Corsair Dominator DDR3 1866Mhz

(2) Corsair AirFlow Pro LED Kit

 

Hard Drives:

(2) Corsair Force 80GB SSD (RAID 0)

(4) Western Digital Black 1.5TB (2 Stripe, RAID 0)

 

Video Cards:

(2) EVGA GTX 580 Hydro Copper 2 (SLI)

EVGA GTX 280 (EK Plexi/Nickel Waterblock/Backplate) (PhysX, Additional Monitors)

NVIDIA 3D Vision

 

Sound Card/Speakers/Headset:

Creative Sound Blaster Titanium Fatal1ty Champion

Logitech G930

Logitech Z-5500 5.1 THX Certified

 

Optical Drives:

(2) Lite-On Blu-ray DVD Burner

 

Liquid Cooling (Dual Loop):

(4) Swiftech MCP-655 Pump

(4) Bitspower MCP-655 Mod Kits (Shiny Silver)

(2) Bitspower Dual MCP-655 Pump Top (Acrylic/Black)

(3) EK Waterblocks CoolStream RAD XT (360)

(2) EK Waterblocks CoolStream RAD XT (480)

(2) EK Waterblocks Multioption RES X2 400 Advanced

Tygon Tubing

EK/Bitspower Compression Fittings/Rotaries/

Koolance Quick-Disconnect Fittings

Bitspower Pass-Thru Fittings

 

Fans/Filters/Grills:

(21) 120MM Yate Loon Red LED High Speed Fan

(21) Aluminum Fan Filter (Black)

(4) MNPCTech Pro-Line 3x120MM Radiator Grill (Brushed Aluminum)

(2) MNPCTech Pro-Line 4x120MM Radiator Grill (Brushed Aluminum)

(3) NZXT Sentry 2 Fan Controller

 

Monitors:

Alienware 23" 3D LCD (1920x1080)

Dell Ultrasharp 24" (1900x1200)

(2) Dell 20" LCD (1680x1050)

 

Keyboard/Mouse/Game Controllers:

Logitech G19 Gaming Keyboard

Logitech G9X Gaming Mouse

SteelSeries SX Gaming Surface

Logitech G13 Gameboard

Saitek X-52 Flight System

 

Photographs:

 

That is hardware pornography, very nice indeed.
 
I look forward to following your build log.

Nice!
 
And my wife thinks I'M crazy...

WOW...thats a lot of nice stuff you have there...can't wait to see it up and running!

holy mother of !!!!!!!! ... and there i was thinking i spent too much on my build.
 
this is going to be a great build looks like. 

Very, very sick build.  I'm also putting together an SR-2 build for the new year and this provides a outstanding baseline.  Thanks, good luck with the build.

I don't even think Optimus Prime has that much equipment in him.

Can't wait to see this thing. Looks great.

NICE!!!!!!!!!! Wants more pictures pleeaaaaaaase
 
Edit : Arfff just give me your adress and tell me when you are not @home

can't say anything after seeing all those goodies. Too busy drooling, dreaming, envying, planning

I want it so I can fold on it. :D
 
I can do without all the water cooling, and expensive case
 
barebones 3gb ram per  i7 920@3.8 with dual megahalems, as many gts450 or gtx460's as I can put on there
mad PPD's most definitely

Thanks for the replies guys! I hope you all had a Merry Christmas! 
 
I was able to get some cable sleeving done over the Holiday weekend (Fans/Fan Controllers/Pumps), and I will post pictures of progress later today. 
 
I purchased Techflex "Clean Cut" from EBAY Member: "Furryletters", which several people on the forums here have dealt with. He provides great sleeving at an excellent price! I highly recommend him...Also if you e-mail him with a custom order, he will send you a discounted invoice via Paypal, which saves both parties money! The sleeving is great too, very easy to work with, and very difficult to see through!
 
I also got the 4 pumps mounted to the 2 Bitspower tops and the mod kits installed, so pumps are completely ready to test.
 

Here are some photos of the pumps fully assembled, as well as fan controller cable sleeving, and memory cooling assembly.
 

 

 

 

 

Are you going to be actively using the memory LED thing? I'm not sure if that'll look that great in the build and there's not too much application for it.

woow this is one huge build
can i ask why you are running the 4x1.5hhd in raid 0 is that not a bit risky
that also alot of water cooling rads are you future proofing for something

Looks very impressive

Keep it up ! !

@Scottalot - Yeah the memory LED is purely eye candy, I got them 20% off and figured I would give it a shot...may end up selling.
 
@iancook221188 -
#1: I am hoping to create 2 stripes (2 x 2x1.5 GB). Used for program, game, media storage etc. I just need large volumes.
 
#2: I originally intended to use 3 3x120MM radiators, however when I was in the early planning stages I posted for suggestions on the forums here, and Liu Kang suggested that I increase my radiator coverage as it might be a strain to ever expand for future applications. I will be water cooling the motherboard chipset, 2 processors, and 3 video cards.
 
Overkill is apparently not in Liu Kang's vocabulary! - Or mine!

This is looking good! Looking forward to more pics!

Holy Moses!
That is one amazing looking build! And a lot of fun in one place!
 
Henrik

The OP has requested that I move this to the mods rigs section.
 
I am looking forward to the final pics.

pretty sick

lol nice. When this beast is setup with all those monitors and that hardware, well, It'll look like Nasa's control centre

WOW juST WOW

HOly balls man! awesome hardware! EK must love you. Im sure a single PSU would suffice for this, but to each his own. your temps should be amazing! If you are going to be using multiple monitors and atleast a single 120hz one, I would urge you to go either 2d or 3d surround. It seems a bit of a waste to have all those monitors and not utilize surround

drinksalot


That is hardware pornography, very nice indeed.

I look forward to following your build log.

+1, each time I scrolled down and viewed another picture my jaw kept dropping further and further.
 
Wowza. Cannot wait.

Someone went EK happy :)
so many boxes XD

More pics please!

Cost? Do I even want to know? Can I have?.... Can I work with you?
 
Seriously... its bad for me to look on here... Working part time and going to school and all.
 
Can I remote in to play games? I doubt you would notice. 
 
Want to seem more, makes me think and wish.