Meowkill Creation Station V2

Moarkill · 11th August 2012, 9:08 PM

OKAY. So i sold my sig rig ages ago to move to NZ, which was great for a time..I could deal with the notebook.

BUT...Im bored, and i miss my PC. So I thought it would be neato to build me another.

I wanted to build this rig using most if not all parts from the OCAU sales section, as I had not purchased anything from here as of yet.

So i set to spamming the WTB section and skulking about the FOR SALE threads.

As of posting this build log I have everything except Mobo (bought one of ebay and i appear to have been stung with no responses to messages) RAM and PSU ( still awaiting the right ones to come along...feel free to try sell me yours

). Also note that the GPU im using i already had. I was going to pay it forward to a mate..but i could use it to pinch some pennies.

So here is where we stand.

CASE = Corsair 800D (Purchased from member Jazz, cheers for driving to meet me)

CPU = Intel Core i5-2500K (Purchased from member Campster123, really neat postage, well packed and great condition, even left me the Intel sticker lol, cheers)

GPU= Sapphire 6970 2gb

STORAGE = seagate 2tb ST2000DM001 7200, thanks to 2sick, all the storage i need and for a bargain.

OS DRIVE = For this one im going to try my first SSD. It's a Gskill Falcon 128GB SSD which ive just (at the time of writing) purchased from some Darkbastard. Looking forward to trying it out.

My plan is to paint (exterior white, interior gunmetal) and do some mini mods to the 800D, watercool the cpu (was thinking gpu but ill upgrade in 6 months and cant arsed) using red coolant (flame away or stear me to the ok stuff cheers)

OK so ihavent done this before, ill leave it as is and figure out how to resize the pics ive taken so far, be back shortly with the edit and pics thus far

Moarkill · 11th August 2012, 9:09 PM

reserved for updates

Reaper_1994 · 11th August 2012, 9:45 PM

Subbed. Just realised your the one who wants the SSD I was tempted to get but don't have the fund for

I'll leave it with you as it will make this one interesting build

Will you be watercooling?
Will there be any mods to the case?
Any theme?

Moarkill · 11th August 2012, 9:51 PM

about to upload some pics now. Im going for a White paint job on the 800D, to combat the bar fridge effect, im painting the interior gunmetal grey, and ill be incorporating as much red as possible.

Ill be Watercooling, but only the CPU to start with.

Reaper_1994 · 11th August 2012, 9:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Moarkill

about to upload some pics now. Im going for a White paint job on the 800D, to combat the bar fridge effect, im painting the interior gunmetal grey, and ill be incorporating as much red as possible.

Ill be Watercooling, but only the CPU to start with.

ok. Awesome. Getting keen

got a list of parts for the watercooling yet? I have seen a couple of RX360's going cheap lately

Moarkill · 11th August 2012, 9:57 PM

no list as of yet. Still researching as i havent watercooled before...and i also have no idea how to upload pictures O_o ...

Moarkill · 11th August 2012, 10:12 PM

So the 800D got stripped of its exterior...didnt really like it but i said "too bad DAMNIT"

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Previous owner needed some more room, fine with me, as the plan is to replace the floor with some white UV acrylic

Click to view full size!

.....All i had was a big F*** off hammer drill O_o

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All these will be painted white

Click to view full size!

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El Cheapo paint tin i found in the shed...hell why not

Click to view full size!

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Had to give the little guy a go, get em into the PC world early.

Click to view full size!

Click to view full size!

Stay tuned, ill upload more pics sooon. Going to actually purchase some good paint for the exterior, and give the interior parts a sand and recoat..Im really winging this build, but its fun

Moarkill · 11th August 2012, 10:27 PM

More pics coming through the week, as i get all the components ill keep the thread updated

SoulFire-Z · 11th August 2012, 11:24 PM

lovin the gunmetal grey on the interior components!

my whole pc is pretty much built from the fs forums from here too!
love it!

Moarkill · 11th August 2012, 11:50 PM

Cheers mate, this is my first attempt at modding so lets see how we fare.

Moarkill · 12th August 2012, 7:12 PM

So on the topic of watercooling...I know its not the best way to go as far as performance, but this being a budget build, and me having never done it, i was thinking about going with a complete kit. They are cheap, and im sure you only get what you pay for, but from what ive read they are a good entry into watercooling.

Moptimus · 12th August 2012, 8:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moarkill

So on the topic of watercooling...I know its not the best way to go as far as performance, but this being a budget build, and me having never done it, i was thinking about going with a complete kit. They are cheap, and im sure you only get what you pay for, but from what ive read they are a good entry into watercooling.

Build your comp on air and trawl the for sale forum. You can pretty much get everything in a kit there for 60% of the price.

Moarkill · 12th August 2012, 8:54 PM

yea, i was going to , but my last 800D was awfull for air...might do me for a few weeks tho.

Moarkill · 28th August 2012, 3:10 PM

The build is up n running. I didnt rivet it all back just yet as i think ill need to tear it down to fit rads and other things. That and i need to replace the floor with some U.V white acrylic. Ive named it the "Meowkill Creation Station V-2"

Here are some images, not sure how to upload bigger ones to the thread, but thumbnails will do.

Obviously its not yet finished, i was quite lazy with the painting and rushed through it, but it turned out well, its like a fridge lol.

The floor wil be removed once i decide what i want to do with it.

And cable management is just temporary so be kind.

Ghetto test bed

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WHITE

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I forgot how it went back together O_O

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Phase 2 still to come

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So still alot of work to be done..heaps more modding, sleeving and time. Let me know what you guys think, and id love any suggestions you guys have...want to mod the front panel somehow, make it look a little less boring

MercyFlush · 28th August 2012, 5:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moarkill

The build is up n running. Ive named it the "Meowkill Creation Station V-2"

Here are some images, not sure how to upload bigger ones to the thread, but thumbnails will do.

Obviously its not yet finished, i was quite lazy with the painting and rushed through it, but it turned out well, its like a fridge lol.

Hey looks ace

If you wan't it to look less like a fridge I would recommend flat sanding and then cut/polish. Works wonders, but only if you have a heavy top coat of paint.

11th August 2012, 9:08 PM	#1
Moarkill Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 470	Meowkill Creation Station V2 OKAY. So i sold my sig rig ages ago to move to NZ, which was great for a time..I could deal with the notebook. BUT...Im bored, and i miss my PC. So I thought it would be neato to build me another. I wanted to build this rig using most if not all parts from the OCAU sales section, as I had not purchased anything from here as of yet. So i set to spamming the WTB section and skulking about the FOR SALE threads. As of posting this build log I have everything except Mobo (bought one of ebay and i appear to have been stung with no responses to messages) RAM and PSU ( still awaiting the right ones to come along...feel free to try sell me yours ). Also note that the GPU im using i already had. I was going to pay it forward to a mate..but i could use it to pinch some pennies. So here is where we stand. CASE = Corsair 800D (Purchased from member Jazz, cheers for driving to meet me) CPU = Intel Core i5-2500K (Purchased from member Campster123, really neat postage, well packed and great condition, even left me the Intel sticker lol, cheers) GPU= Sapphire 6970 2gb STORAGE = seagate 2tb ST2000DM001 7200, thanks to 2sick, all the storage i need and for a bargain. OS DRIVE = For this one im going to try my first SSD. It's a Gskill Falcon 128GB SSD which ive just (at the time of writing) purchased from some Darkbastard. Looking forward to trying it out. My plan is to paint (exterior white, interior gunmetal) and do some mini mods to the 800D, watercool the cpu (was thinking gpu but ill upgrade in 6 months and cant arsed) using red coolant (flame away or stear me to the ok stuff cheers) OK so ihavent done this before, ill leave it as is and figure out how to resize the pics ive taken so far, be back shortly with the edit and pics thus far __________________ Core I5-2500k, AsRock Fatal1ty Pro Z68 , G-Skill Phoenix 128GB SSD boot, 2tb Storage, 8gigs Corsair Vengeance 1600 DDR3 , Sapphire 6970, Silverstone Strider 850Watt PSU, White Corsair 800D. . Last edited by Moarkill; 28th August 2012 at 6:53 PM.

11th August 2012, 9:09 PM	#2
Moarkill Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 470	reserved for updates __________________ Core I5-2500k, AsRock Fatal1ty Pro Z68 , G-Skill Phoenix 128GB SSD boot, 2tb Storage, 8gigs Corsair Vengeance 1600 DDR3 , Sapphire 6970, Silverstone Strider 850Watt PSU, White Corsair 800D. .

11th August 2012, 9:45 PM	#3
Reaper_1994 Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Townsville, QLD Posts: 1,800	Subbed. Just realised your the one who wants the SSD I was tempted to get but don't have the fund for I'll leave it with you as it will make this one interesting build Will you be watercooling? Will there be any mods to the case? Any theme? __________________ Main Rig: WC'ed Intel 2600K @ 4.5GHz, 1.34v (XSPC Raystorm) / WC'ed HIS (EK6970+EN) + XFX HD6950 (EK-FC6970) / Gigabyte Z68X-UD7-B3 / Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 / Thermaltake Element G / Corsair HX850 Add me on Steam: ^1Reaper_1994 OCAU HWBot Team Last edited by Reaper_1994; 11th August 2012 at 9:48 PM.

11th August 2012, 9:51 PM	#4
Moarkill Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 470	about to upload some pics now. Im going for a White paint job on the 800D, to combat the bar fridge effect, im painting the interior gunmetal grey, and ill be incorporating as much red as possible. Ill be Watercooling, but only the CPU to start with. __________________ Core I5-2500k, AsRock Fatal1ty Pro Z68 , G-Skill Phoenix 128GB SSD boot, 2tb Storage, 8gigs Corsair Vengeance 1600 DDR3 , Sapphire 6970, Silverstone Strider 850Watt PSU, White Corsair 800D. .

11th August 2012, 9:57 PM	#6
Moarkill Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 470	no list as of yet. Still researching as i havent watercooled before...and i also have no idea how to upload pictures O_o ... __________________ Core I5-2500k, AsRock Fatal1ty Pro Z68 , G-Skill Phoenix 128GB SSD boot, 2tb Storage, 8gigs Corsair Vengeance 1600 DDR3 , Sapphire 6970, Silverstone Strider 850Watt PSU, White Corsair 800D. .

11th August 2012, 10:12 PM	#7
Moarkill Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 470	So the 800D got stripped of its exterior...didnt really like it but i said "too bad DAMNIT" Click to view full size! Click to view full size! Click to view full size! Previous owner needed some more room, fine with me, as the plan is to replace the floor with some white UV acrylic Click to view full size! .....All i had was a big F*** off hammer drill O_o Click to view full size! Click to view full size! Click to view full size! Click to view full size! Click to view full size! Click to view full size! All these will be painted white Click to view full size! Click to view full size! El Cheapo paint tin i found in the shed...hell why not Click to view full size! Click to view full size! Click to view full size! Click to view full size! Had to give the little guy a go, get em into the PC world early. Click to view full size! Click to view full size! Stay tuned, ill upload more pics sooon. Going to actually purchase some good paint for the exterior, and give the interior parts a sand and recoat..Im really winging this build, but its fun __________________ Core I5-2500k, AsRock Fatal1ty Pro Z68 , G-Skill Phoenix 128GB SSD boot, 2tb Storage, 8gigs Corsair Vengeance 1600 DDR3 , Sapphire 6970, Silverstone Strider 850Watt PSU, White Corsair 800D. . Last edited by Moarkill; 11th August 2012 at 10:29 PM.

11th August 2012, 10:27 PM	#8
Moarkill Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 470	More pics coming through the week, as i get all the components ill keep the thread updated __________________ Core I5-2500k, AsRock Fatal1ty Pro Z68 , G-Skill Phoenix 128GB SSD boot, 2tb Storage, 8gigs Corsair Vengeance 1600 DDR3 , Sapphire 6970, Silverstone Strider 850Watt PSU, White Corsair 800D. .

11th August 2012, 11:24 PM	#9
SoulFire-Z Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Alderley Posts: 249	lovin the gunmetal grey on the interior components! my whole pc is pretty much built from the fs forums from here too! love it! __________________ SigSig?

11th August 2012, 11:50 PM	#10
Moarkill Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 470	Cheers mate, this is my first attempt at modding so lets see how we fare. __________________ Core I5-2500k, AsRock Fatal1ty Pro Z68 , G-Skill Phoenix 128GB SSD boot, 2tb Storage, 8gigs Corsair Vengeance 1600 DDR3 , Sapphire 6970, Silverstone Strider 850Watt PSU, White Corsair 800D. .

12th August 2012, 7:12 PM	#11
Moarkill Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 470	So on the topic of watercooling...I know its not the best way to go as far as performance, but this being a budget build, and me having never done it, i was thinking about going with a complete kit. They are cheap, and im sure you only get what you pay for, but from what ive read they are a good entry into watercooling. __________________ Core I5-2500k, AsRock Fatal1ty Pro Z68 , G-Skill Phoenix 128GB SSD boot, 2tb Storage, 8gigs Corsair Vengeance 1600 DDR3 , Sapphire 6970, Silverstone Strider 850Watt PSU, White Corsair 800D. .

12th August 2012, 8:54 PM	#13
Moarkill Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 470	yea, i was going to , but my last 800D was awfull for air...might do me for a few weeks tho. __________________ Core I5-2500k, AsRock Fatal1ty Pro Z68 , G-Skill Phoenix 128GB SSD boot, 2tb Storage, 8gigs Corsair Vengeance 1600 DDR3 , Sapphire 6970, Silverstone Strider 850Watt PSU, White Corsair 800D. .

28th August 2012, 3:10 PM	#14
Moarkill Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 470	New pics The build is up n running. I didnt rivet it all back just yet as i think ill need to tear it down to fit rads and other things. That and i need to replace the floor with some U.V white acrylic. Ive named it the "Meowkill Creation Station V-2" Here are some images, not sure how to upload bigger ones to the thread, but thumbnails will do. Obviously its not yet finished, i was quite lazy with the painting and rushed through it, but it turned out well, its like a fridge lol. The floor wil be removed once i decide what i want to do with it. And cable management is just temporary so be kind. Ghetto test bed Click to view full size! Click to view full size! Click to view full size! WHITE Click to view full size! Click to view full size! Click to view full size! I forgot how it went back together O_O Click to view full size! Click to view full size! Click to view full size! Click to view full size! Click to view full size! Click to view full size! Click to view full size! Click to view full size! Click to view full size! Click to view full size! Phase 2 still to come Click to view full size! Click to view full size! So still alot of work to be done..heaps more modding, sleeving and time. Let me know what you guys think, and id love any suggestions you guys have...want to mod the front panel somehow, make it look a little less boring __________________ Core I5-2500k, AsRock Fatal1ty Pro Z68 , G-Skill Phoenix 128GB SSD boot, 2tb Storage, 8gigs Corsair Vengeance 1600 DDR3 , Sapphire 6970, Silverstone Strider 850Watt PSU, White Corsair 800D. . Last edited by Moarkill; 28th August 2012 at 9:04 PM.