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Stuart Tonks gets my vote this time. Your work rocks!  

And the video
 
 

Absolutely amazing. Great work

Here are some final images. Video will be up in the next post soon!
 
 

And the video
 
 

And the video
 
 

Thanks Studog. Good luck to us all! see you at Computex. =)

thanks everyone and stuart and jos, yes i will try to get some updated pictures online and show some more progress. and i will of course carry on building too.
this is gonna be a real gladiator when its finished. i promise that.
and because its a competition, even though i have access to automation (laser, cnc and 3dp) it will be 100% handmade :-)

And the video
 
 

Here are some final images. Video will be up in the next post soon!
 
 

Sorry to hear about your wife. Focus on your family as they are number 1. You've already shown so much passion and skill in this build already.

Alex ftw!! Woooo

[Australia] Stuart Tonks
[Thailand] Suchao Prowphong
[Japan] Fabio Moma
 
They are the modders of the current CaseMOD Invitation, who's builds have been creative and highly comepleted with nice concepts and amazing skills.

Check out Simple Modz, great builds, very clean, doesn't outsource everything and does awesome build logs. And he's from down under
 
https://www.facebook.com/Simpl3Modz
 

Hi guys and welcome to my build log. My name is Stuart and I'm the owner of GGF. First off I'd like to thank Thermaltake for selecting me for this global invitational competition.  Now lets jump in and see the wonderful sponsors who are supporting me in my Double X Project. Just a note to add that I'm still talking with unconfirmed sponsors and will add these up later.
 

 
Playing host to this competition. We aimed to keep everything Thermaltake as much as possible. This included the required Thermaltake gear including Case and Cooling. We also opted for Thermaltake PSU and Riing fans.
 
 

When it comes to Motherboards and Video Cards Asus is always our number one choice. The flexibility and endless support they provide make it that much easier to build customisations.
 
 

Having Asus on-board is only part of the process. With NVIDIA's support we wouldn't have the foundation for the video cards being used in the build.
 
 

 
A hardcore build needs hardcore memory. Avexir makes some of the best looking memory around. They are provided a HUGE 64GB Raiden kit for this project.
 
 

As SSDs are becoming the norm. Most people are forgetting the good old Hard Drive. We haven't forgot which is why we use hard drives in most of our builds. Including this one. WD also provide the largest range of drives for just about every purpose.
 

ModGuru are relatively new to the scene and we're happy to have them on-board. ModGuru are helping to supply LED strips and connectors for the build.
 
 
100% of this build is performed by me. Painting, cutting, drilling, all done in my house, either in the garage, backyard or shed. I'll be putting up a final write-up once the build is done with pictures of the tools used for my build. I feel the purpose of this project and competition is tell help close the gap between modders and beginners. I'll be showing you that you don't need thousands of dollars worth of high end equipment to do modding.
 
 
Other links to keep an eye on
 
Build and product videos
Build and product gallery
 
Build Specs/Hardware - More info - click here
 
CPU/s - 2x Intel Xeon e5-2667s
Motherboard - ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS
Memory - 64GB Avexir Raiden
GPUs - 3x ASUS NVIDIA STRIX GTX 980's
SSDs - 3x Kingston HyperX
Storage (HDDs) 3 or 2 Western Digital 4TB Blacks
Power Supply - Thermaltake Toughpower Grand 1200W Platinum
Fans - Thermaltake Riing Fans x22
 
Water Cooling 
 
Pacific VGA Bridge Triple x1 Pacific V-GTX Block - STRIX - 980 x3 Thermaltake Pacific W2 CPU Water Block x2 Thermaltake Pacific PT40-D5 Silent Kit Reservoir/Pump Combo x2 Thermaltake Pacific P1 Black D5 Pump w/ Silent Kit x2  Thermaltake Hard tubes 500mm x10   Fittings   Thermaltake Pacific G1/4 Stop Plug w/ O-Ring – Chrome x10 Thermaltake Pacific G1/4 45 & 90 Degree Adapter – Chrome x10 Thermaltake Pacific G1/4 90 Degree Adapter - Chrome x10 Thermaltake Pacific G1/4 Y Adapter - Chrome x10 Thermaltake Pacific G1/4 Female to Male 20mm Extender – Chrome x6 Thermaltake Pacific G1/4 Female to Male 30mm Extender – Chrome x4 Thermaltake Pacific G1/4 Hard Tube 16mm x30   Radiators Thermaltake Pacific RL480 x4    
 
 
I've created a dedicated website for this competition. This is to keep everything in one place. On the site you'll find videos, pictures, build info, build log and more. - www.ggflan.com/tt/
 

 
 
 
 
Other links to keep an eye on
 
Build and product videos
Build and product gallery

Great job on all the builds, but I gotta say Stuart Tonks creation is freakin' sweet, go Stuart!

Good luck Stu
 
Clean, precise and something different!

[AU] Stuart Tonks (build link here)
Amazing out of the Box thinking, precision engineering, clean, and functional.

 

5 litres of coolant later and this monster is up and running.
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Build is complete. Just need to add the coolant. Will update the backlog of the build soon.
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5 litres of coolant later and this monster is up and running.
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Build is complete. Just need to add the coolant. Will update the backlog of the build soon.
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finally got round to testing the screen once finished in the front. 2 minutes of calibrating and she was good to go. Last thing to go on the front is the TT badge.
 

 
 

 
 
 
OK time for the final bunch of updates.
 
Now the back was looking REALLY bland. So came up with an idea to fix that. You'll see it in it's end result in the end but this is how it got there
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
Now it was time to work on the right side panel (the PSU side) it need a vent or hole for the PSU fan
 

 
 
 
Now the main final task I had to do was the GPU power runs. From the very start I set out to running solid copper wiring.
 
 
Progress shot

 
 

 
 
One lot of heatshrink on

 
 
 
 
Made up some caps to finish it off

 
 
 
 
 
Final shot of build coming together
 

Drives also arrived from WD, not sure if I'll be able to fit all 4 but should go well