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Posted: 16 Dec 2012 at 2:45pm

Wow.

That computer is insane! And those pictures are incredible, definitely a work of art.
Your setup is really cool as well, love those glass desks and the triple monitors.

Congratulations on your computer, can't wait to read the review.

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Posted: 16 Dec 2012 at 3:04pm

thank you have even more pics with the different lighting but I did not know if I should post them all lol

I went an ordered a new camera for just this haha but I bought one of the best I wanted the pics to show this beast off and to show DS art work on thier biulds

I have alot more pics if you guys say its ok I will put new picks in the review

also I am having a special mirror cut and made for the bottum of the inside case it will give the ilusion that the computer has more parts and things going down deeper in the computer

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Posted: 16 Dec 2012 at 3:10pm

Awesome setup.

Love the pics. Looking forward to review and more pics.

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Posted: 16 Dec 2012 at 4:17pm

WOW! Amazing photos!

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Posted: 16 Dec 2012 at 5:01pm

thanks guys I am trying to get into photography as a hobby I have a lot more with different lighting effects if you guys say its ok I will post them have over 400 of them right now want to set up on the web to help advertise the aventum I think everyone should order thier computers from DS so if I can help a person get a great computer

also I am taking pics of my brothers so i can do a review on that one wich is way over do if you like I can post them tonight

I am so happy you guys like the photo's and my set up as you can see I am still going to be useing my other computer to for web searching and stuff and to watch tv lol while playing games hahaha but I am going to be rebiulding it have all the stuff ordered new case and everything

well I will get working on those pictures again thanks for all the support

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Posted: 16 Dec 2012 at 6:22pm

Awesome set of photos! Thanks for taking the time to get all those. Awesome

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Posted: 16 Dec 2012 at 6:25pm

Sweet!

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Posted: 17 Dec 2012 at 2:41pm

Unbelieveable setup and awesome pics.
Thankyou for the time you spend showing us your rig.

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Posted: 17 Dec 2012 at 2:55pm

Xii approves this thread. Love the keyboard, the only thing I would change is the fans - and believe me, it is only for novelty. Your machine is E-1337. Awesome.

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Posted: 17 Dec 2012 at 3:06pm

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Xii approves this thread. Love the keyboard, the only thing I would change is the fans - and believe me, it is only for novelty. Your machine is E-1337. Awesome.

I want to change the fans when DS ordered me all led red fans they couldnt run fast enough to controll the heat5

do you have any suggestions to change the 6 fans we can see that would be aproved by DS and not mess with my warrenty I really would love some red metalic looking fans or at least change the blades on the bottem ones red and 3 totaly nice red fans on the top if any you guys can help me I really would apprieciat it like I said I did have DS try but the runs just couldnt do the job

also will send pics when I do this I am having a special cut mirrow done to put on the bottem this will make the inside look even bigger with more stuff in having more depth it will seem like the comupter has more down it lolo

but please help with fans really want different ones that can be seen

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Posted: 17 Dec 2012 at 3:13pm

Nice review and pics. Your rig is absolutely out of this world. The 3 SLI Nvidia Graphics Card must be insane. I just have on GTX680 and its amazing. Thank you for taking your time to post the pictures and your specs. Congratulations!!

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Posted: 17 Dec 2012 at 3:24pm

I'm not sure what they used for my metalic blues but I love them. In all honesty -- your fans are -fine- its totally a monster machine. I love it.

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Posted: 17 Dec 2012 at 3:35pm

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I'm not sure what they used for my metalic blues but I love them. In all honesty -- your fans are -fine- its totally a monster machine. I love it.

yes it is fine but I will not give up untill its perfect from whats in my head the way I pictured it when having them desighn it

I need the red fans exspecialy red metalic for at least those six fans in the front

nomatter what I planned on doing this its just since you brought it up thought was the best time to ask you guys for help I kinow it's stupid but I need that picture in my head to be real life I can't explain why it would be a lot of reading for you lol

but if anyone can help with just thiese 6 fans it would realy help finish my perfect dream beast I will get into it more when I write the review wich will be in a couiple days please read I realy want everyone to know what my experience was all like during this whole thing and what it has done for me and why just for aa computer

im acting like wierd haha but if anyone can help thith the fans it would mean alot to me thank you all for all the kind words and all the support you have given me

the fans and the mirror is the last thing to make this 10000% perfect

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Posted: 17 Dec 2012 at 3:37pm

Its not stupid. I just updated a Black Sheep thread with graphics.. I keep working on mine too. I understand totally. I'm really not sure how my fans came about -- they might have been painted. I have a terrible memory.

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Posted: 17 Dec 2012 at 3:42pm

Originally posted by xii

Its not stupid. I just updated a Black Sheep thread with graphics.. I keep working on mine too. I understand totally. I'm really not sure how my fans came about -- they might have been painted. I have a terrible memory.

I thought of that to I found this realy awsome red metalic spray paint I was going to buy and try it on some extra fans here in the photos i seen the paint makes the stuff realy awsome red metalic with a hint of glitter then if they turned out I was going to ask DS if I could remove and paint the six fans so no warrenty would be broken for making the change do you guys think this is my best rout since the fans in here do controll the heat

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Posted: 17 Dec 2012 at 4:10pm

If they are standard 120mm fans you could check out Corsair's high performance static pressure radiator fans. I have a couple of these in my own build and they perform really well, and look good.

I can't imagine that they wouldn't be able to handle the heat since they are designed for liquid cooling radiators.
Although they aren't metallic they do have red accents.

Painting your fans is another alternative to get the look you want. I don't think it would affect the warranty, but not sure.

Best to ask DS though.

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Posted: 17 Dec 2012 at 5:11pm

Zend looks like one of your ram sticks is not locked in. On one of your pictures the white ram tab closest to motherboard red reset button doesnt look right. The white tab should be vertical or straight up . VERY nice rig !!!!!!! Congrats.

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so anyone have an idea about the fan problem

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Posted: 19 Dec 2012 at 4:27pm

Nom de Dieu! WHAT A RIG!!!!!

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Posted: 19 Dec 2012 at 4:40pm

If you want to change the fans, it's not an easy task to be honest. I would imagine the Corsair AF140 will work and they look really nice. However, doing this will require you to unscrew the fans, etc...

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Posted: 19 Dec 2012 at 4:52pm

thanks everyone for all the nice things you are saying

my review will be up sunday also with thew review of the one I had biult for my brothers with new pics of his

also these are the changes im making to mine going to find some

#1 really great power red or red led radiater fans for the top 3 we can see

#2 ordered a perfect cut mirror to place on the bottum portion to give the elussion of more depth and parts and to reflect the lighting more

#3 adding a lighting strip in the back the same as the front and connected to so the vent wholes in the back eluminate as the front and the words digital storm glow out

#4 adding red UV dye to the flow the water blocks are the ones that are see though so you can see the coolant flow and that it will glow out I didnt even know they where going to use the ones I fell in love with I seen on the web it was a great and happy surpise

#5 I am adding another SSD I should have done in the first place so when the technoligy is better down the road I can raid them but for now I want

1 SSD for my favoret online game I want it just dedicated to the one game nothing else on it nothing running in the background other then what the game needs to run

1SSD for all other programs and other games

1 hard drive for all the storage pics, videos, movies, music stuff like that

I let my brother talk me out of it when first biulding

and this one I will leave to you experts out thier should I wait untill it can really be used or should I get the extra 16GB rams now so that I have a total of 32GB

I did by the windows 7 program that will run the 32GB so what you think Alex and the rest of you get now or wait

after thiese changes my rigg will be 100% perfect in my eyes lol

I will put the new pics up whats all these changes are done hoping to have it completed in no later then 2 weeks the SSD is here now and everything else is on its way

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Posted: 19 Dec 2012 at 4:52pm

For radiator fans I wouldn't recommend the Corsair AF series. The SP series fans offer almost 4 times the static pressure compared to the AFs. However if only 140mm fans would work than the AF140s would probably work decently.

This would also require rewiring the new fans to the fan controller or motherboard (where do the Aventum fans connect to?) in addition to screwing and unscrewing the fans and making sure that they work well enough with the temps.

Personally I think that the fans look fine as is. The customization you did to the chassis, window, and hardware is already very impressive. You can't really see the fans with the side panel on anyways. However if it's what you want then go for it.

Just some thoughts.

Edit: Just saw your last post. Sounds like a bunch of exciting work left to do.

Edited by DomTheBomb - 19 Dec 2012 at 4:55pm

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Posted: 19 Dec 2012 at 5:16pm

if it comes down to it I will leave the fans alone if its going to be more of a problem to change I will just leave them alone

one of the ideas I had was just to paint them a red metalic then I know for sure they will work with the temps because they are still the same fans

are the fans in the Aventum that hard to change I mean my briother has all the tools and does biuld computers but yes he never worked on one like this I rather live with out then damage the computer and I wouldnt want to void my warrenty I just strongly feel they should be red lol and im guessing the whole thing would have to come out to even just change or paint the blades right

I will go by what you guys ay though if you sya I shouldnt mess with them and not change or paint them I wont I trust you all and I know you know more then me like said not worth risking damage if thats what you think might happen

the most impotent thing is how it works not how it looks the looks is just eye candy it dosnt make my computer faster or stronger haha I will never do anything to this rigg with out DS blessing and even your guys say so you guys are the experts im a guy who cant remember how he woke up lol

do you see anything wrong with the other changes by chance or am I good to go on those

and you have to exscuse me ever since the cancer and other illness to to it I do go everboard thinking stuff has to be excactly what I see in my head the fans are not bad the way they are it just wasnt what I seen in my mind when desighning it

edit also can you help me with this Alex suggested a shot of UV dye the coolant I have right now is clear does someone know the best stuff I should use or where to order this from want something that people have used and is safe for the computer I dont know how the chro-tech realy works so it needs to be safe for the Aventum

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Posted: 19 Dec 2012 at 5:35pm

My guess would be to change the fans wouldn't be too difficult if you have all the tools and some time, I'm sure if you emailed DS they could give you a rundown on how to do it. I wish I could help more but sadly I don't have an Aventum.

I really like the ideas you have, especially the mirror idea, that's going to look awesome, however I'm not sure if another SSD or 32GB of RAM is really needed. SSDs are so fast that having a few background programs running while you game isn't going to slow it down significantly. I guess it depends on what programs you'll be running while you're gaming.

As for the RAM unless you're doing some serious video editing 16GB should be more than enough, especially when its 2400MHz dominator platinum. Those memory sticks do look sick though. Love the look of Corsair's memory.

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Posted: 19 Dec 2012 at 5:42pm

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For radiator fans I wouldn't recommend the Corsair AF series. The SP series fans offer almost 4 times the static pressure compared to the AFs. However if only 140mm fans would work than the AF140s would probably work decently.

I agree, I wish Corsair offered an SP version for their 140mm fans.

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Posted: 19 Dec 2012 at 5:48pm

thanks

I allready have the SSD it came today like said really in a year or 2 will raid them

wont get the memory and like you guys say its not really worth the trouple to maybe even a little damage the computer for 3 fans will hold that off untill last maybe change one day when I send to DS for upgrades and have them do we will see like I said sometimes I go everboard right now this is an awsome looking rigg I will get the other stuff done se how it looks and then ask again about the fans

oh and waiting yet for them to bring out the diferent lighting ones they where supose to be out like 5 months ago dont know whats the delay I know alot of people are getting angry when they do bring them out will putt on the red ones

any thoughts on UV dye I can look it up but I dont want to use something bad

and to be honest most of my time is stairing at it haha

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Agreed.

I also wish they offered 200mm AF fans. There just aren't many 200mm fans out there that are great quality. Corsair really nailed it with the quality, looks, and performance of their fans.

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Posted: 19 Dec 2012 at 7:44pm

On the dye.

From what I've read dye can gunk up the system and stain the inside of the blocks. I'd ask around more -- not my area of expertise.

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Dye gunkiness over the long term is highly dependent upon brand.

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Posted: 20 Dec 2012 at 7:31pm

That's why we offer colored tubing options. The tubing itself is UV reactive. Red is not a good UV reactive color, green and yellow are the best usually.

Even if you add a dye to the liquid, it will not show up as much because the tubs are not clear, they are red.

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Posted: 20 Dec 2012 at 8:04pm

Zend could you take a picture of your water reservoirs. I have not seen one aventum showing the reservoirs. Curious to see what they look like. A window needs to be cut to show the reservoirs and fluid level without taking off the side panel.

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Posted: 20 Dec 2012 at 8:12pm

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A window needs to be cut to show the reservoirs and fluid level without taking off the side panel.

Yes.

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< ="" ="text/" ="/B1D671CF-E532-4481-99AA-19F420D90332/netdefender/hui/ndhui.js?0=0&0=0&0=0"> I decided to go with blue dye and it's not for the tubing even though in a year or two would like to switch to clear tubing, it's for the video card water blocks if you see in the pic below they are see though

the other pics you wanted will do a little latter I have to resize them to fit they will be up sometime thursday will put a few up and a few new pics

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