This is my first custom build based on the L3p desk, featured in the Cooler Master scratch build competition. I know its not good as the original build. But since its my first build its been going pretty good so far. At the moment stuck at the tubing part since im missing some fittings. Have to wait another 18 days till they arrive. All comments are welcome.

Started out with 1" by 1" steel hollow tube. Had to cut into dimensions. First time used a cutoff


Then got some goodies all the way from Malaysia. Waited so long and had to make so many arrangements to get all of them here to Maldives.

Started my first sleeving job. Thought it was going to be really hard. But all i needed were some big staples, scissor and a lighter. (The sleeving was from toppazatale. Thnx alot for the great sleeves)

Heres the first of my 6pin and 8pin extension cables

A close up view of the sleeving.

24pin extension cable also done. (going to get all black connectors later)

Got another surprise from Malaysia. UV reactive acrylic sheets. Thanx Niclasteoh for the great packaging. Items were in excellent condition. The sheets when not under UV look almost 100% transparent. No colour at all.

But when put under UV light BAM!! let there be light!!. First UV source that i had my hand on was the money tester :S.

Started the wood work. First time doing anything like this. So at first the cuts were all over the place.

Got my brother to help out with some of the work.

The cut outs for the casing backpanel and for the cable routing

Finally got the thing mounted on the wall. It looks HUUUGE! (5ft long, 2ft wide)

Started laying out the foam padding so that i could easily route the cable underneath them. Was really worried about static charge

Finally got the motherboard tray cut from the UV reactive Acrylic sheet. Cut slots for the 24pin, 6pin power connectors. Also cut a slot for the sata data cables. Didnt want to ruin the plastic by removing the safety paper from plastic until everything was in order

Wanted to find a way to mount the hard disks inside the desk and came up with this idea. Had some extra hard disks to check the dimensions for the spacing of the hard disks and also the mounting holes.

Tested the plastic under a UV light. Looks pretty good. The cut pieces arent the final pieces. They are just for testing.

Got some cables in. The sata data cables were a pain to sort out.

Got the sata data extension cables (1m cables).

Didnt like how the foam padding looked since it didnt look even. So found some black plastic sheets and used them to lay on the foam padding.

Layed out the sheets in the desk. Now it looked even and level.

Started assembling the watercooling components. Wanted to check the shortest routing for the hoses. (Thnx to Jibek for the watercooling components)

Got the water block on the gfx card (570GTX). first time disassembling a graphics card. Was a pretty intense experience.

Got the cables and waterblocks sorted out. Looks pretty good. and yes i know i forgot about the black ring like thing on the CPU water block.

Now am waiting for the arrival of a few fittings from EK. have to wait 18 days till they arrive.

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Added on October 8, 2012, 4:37 amwhen finished the box will be painted black. the painting will be done after the system is fully assembled and up n running.

This post has been edited by muhymin: Oct 8 2012, 03:38 PM

Bro, just a quick question? Did you figure where the air goes in and out?

I realise your have fans at both ends of the table which is cool. Which one is pull and which one is push? Or are both of them push out fans?

Thanks

The radiator fans pull in air from the room since the room has A/C. the fans on the other end of the table push air out.

Aren't this suppose to be in worklog section? BTW it would turn out to be a pretty nice mod if it's been done nicely. GLHF

sorry abt that. saw the work log section later. didnt see it at first. since this is my first water cooling mod and also first time im working with wood and metal there will be alot of flaws. but while building this had learned alot. hopefully the finished product will look good. and also since im not that rich the whole build will done under $550 including all the water cooling parts.

This post has been edited by muhymin: Oct 8 2012, 02:21 PM

nice job man..

Just wonder have you consider a cut out in the below middle of the table. That would provide more air-room plus more conditioning for leg too. The distance between both fans are too far in order to fully benefits from the air in and out.

Haha , just a thought!

sick mod and awesome! hope u can share your skill with me...

@Higreacom,
thnx for the input. There is a cut out about 1.2 ft for leg room, which will also house the UV light and also an SSD which hopefully can get before the end of the year.
This mod will be modified over the coming weeks. All the wood panels are all recycled materials, so please dont complain about the black and yellow paint, since this is a budget build.
This build is also to show that any one can build something like the l3p desk without having to spend thousands of dollars.
There has been lots of obstacles in this build since i dont have any tools on hand and have to borrow everything from friends and even "borrow" tools from the organizations that my friends work. Its been a real pain in obtaining every thing here in Maldives. Everything has to be brought from Malaysia or ordered online. Lowyat forum has helped me enabling me to obtain most of the things that i needed. But for getting the goods to Maldives, have to wait until a friend comes from Malaysia to Maldives. So it takes a lot of time to get the goodies. But hey at least im getting slowly getting it done.

u can cut some simple design on table and put Acrylic Panel, especially on top of Motherboard, So can see a nice water cooling setup inside the table.

@ muhymin - we cant wait to see how it process. regardless, the obstacles gets better the satisfaction is greater.

let us know if there is anything we can assist.

Thnx alot for the comments. will update as soon as i get the fittings.

this really inspire me to do modding for my desk =P
but mayb not creative as yours =.=

Maldives is nice.
want to visit it again.
The beaches are picturesque.
have lot of maldives friend when i was in international university few years back.
more pictures bro?

Thats Cool man...

now that's a PC in a desk....

LOL!... no dont have my own workshop.... just a storage area that my house has.... like i have said i had borrow everything even screw drivers from friends..
sorry for the delay in replies...
got the rest of my fittings today after one month waiting.
just started the tubing. should be able to finish the tubing part tmrw. will post some pics when done.
thnx for viewing.

ok, did most of the tubing work. had drill some holes to make the tubing between the partition. but overall i think it looks ok.





Had to think of a way to drain the system. found a cheap valve used for gardening purposes, but works great


After this need to disassemble the whole thing and off to sanding and painting. hopefully will finish this project before the end of this month.
thnx everyone for your support

nice mod bro... regarding drainage... u could mount reservoir vertically (bitspower water tank if i not mistaken) and use its bottom plug next to pump intake for drainage.. use its top port for refilling... this method also for efficiently eliminates water bubble.. should make everything a lot easier

hmmm...how about put the pump at the back?