Update 21/3/15:
It’s been quite a while since my last update. Actually recently I’ve been away from this project and went back to my hometown to settle my family issues and now I’m back to Penang to continue this Vector Desk build.


Finally I’ve received the long-awaited EK-EKoolant Pastel White Concentrate! Thanks to my good friends at APES.my for helping me in obtaining this pastel.


Without wasting time, I mixed a bottle of 250 ml concentrated white pastel with 750 ml of distilled water to produce a total of 1 L of pre-mix white coolant. The picture above demonstrates the Bitspower Full-cover VGA block for ASUS Matrix 290X Platinum graphics card filled with the resulting coolant solution. It looks really stunning! More to come after I finished assembling the whole liquid cooling system.




The Vector Desk is designed to have the left 5.25″ drive bay located quite far off the motherboard tray that you seriously need an extra long SATA data cable to connect the drive mounted on the drive bay to the motherboard’s SATA port.


Due to limited option of long pre-sleeved SATA data cable available in the market, I’ve decided to sleeve a 70 cm SATA data cable with black MDPC-X sleeving kit. Not so perfect but better than exposing too much of the original yellow colour. It was then replaced with the 1-m sleeved SATA data cable from Unequal Technologies.


Early this morning I received a small parcel shipped directly from Taiwan. The package contains some Bitspower Cold Cathode Light Kits, enhanced thermal pads as well as pre-wired 3mm and 5mm white LEDs.


Million thanks to our friends at Bitspower International Co. for the generous sponsorship! I’m pretty sure that the CCFL kit will enhance the lighting inside the Vector Desk.

Stay tuned for more update…

Update 23/3/15:


The Bitspower 5MM and 3MM Pre-wired LEDs are sleeved to black colour to improve its aesthetic looks.


Finally today I’ve made decision to paint the ASUS Rampage V Extreme motherboard from red to white! First of all I insulated everything that I don’t want to spray, leaving the red components exposed to be painted later.


So I started to paint the motherboard to white using Satin White Krylon Fusion for Plastic spray paint. The paint job took around 2 hours to complete. I’ve done three layers of paint in total to ensure that the paint will not fall that easily.


So here’s the result of the paint job. I’d say it’s not 100% perfect of course but sufficient to hide that original red colour.


ood news is the motherboard is tested working perfectly!

Stay tuned for more update…

Update 2/5/15:

Things have been busy these two months with several funeral ceremonies in my hometown. Now I’m back to where I stay to continue my desk build.


I’m not quite satisfied with the AVF Multi-Colour LED Strip that I purchased previously because it tends to glow in bluish white colour rather than pure white. So I’ve decided to ditch the AVF and go for Bitspower’s Cold Cathode Light kit which features white LEDs. The result looks promising, the white colour is true white.


Finally the watercooling system is now filled with white coolant.


Here’s another angle of the desk. You can see the ROG panel and the WD Caviar Black 1TB HDD mounted on the left drive bay, alongside the ASUS Blu-Ray burner and SSD adapter on the right bay.


Sitting on the left tray is the trio Bitspower Water Tank Multi-Z 250 reservoirs and the D5 pumps which are installed with Bitspower’s pump top and white housing. To be honest I’m not quite satisfied with the fact that there are some big air pockets built up inside the reservoirs and looks like it’s not possible to eliminate these things within a few hours. But now the two reservoirs from the left are getting less bubbles already and I’m expecting the reservoir on the far right will be free of air pockets soon. The trick is I’m still able to fill the white coolant while lifting this reservoir up to stand vertically.



On the right tray, we have ASUS Rampage V Extreme motherboard, Matrix R9 290X Platinum graphics card and G.Skill Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2666C15 4X4GB memory kit, fully watercooled by Bitspower watercooling gears in white colour scheme. Also spotted is the black/white UT PSU cable extenders, paired cleverly with cable combs to provide a neat cable management.


Moving backward to the rear compartment, we have the white Seasonic Snow Silent 1050W power supply as well as the acrylic tubing which is filled with white coolant.


A view from the left.


A sight from the right side of the Vector desk.

The last picture before the system is powered up.


This is how it looks like when the system is powered up.


Closeup a little bit.


Viewed from another angle.


Switching off the room’s light will show you the Vector desk in the dark environment.


Closer shot of the desk shot directly from front.


Another angle of the desk in dark environment.


The triple Bitspower Water Tank Multi-Z reservoirs and the twin D5 pumps.


The right tray which contains the motherboard, graphics card and memory kit.


The Matrix R9 290X Platinum graphics card which is fitted with Bitspower’s VGA block and white backplate.

A shot from the left.


And a view from the right.


Not to forget the rear compartment which consists the Seasonic Snow Silent 1050W power suppl, a pair of white XSPC AX360 radiators as well as Cooler Master’s JetFlo 120 case fans.


After confirming everything is working perfectly I’ve decided to assemble the 8-mm thick tampered glass onto the top of the desk with the help of the rubberized adhesive tape.


A closer shot from the front.


A view from another angle.


A closer shot from this angle.


The rest of the important hardware are also assembled, to make it a perfect gaming machine. These include the Dell Ultrasharp U3011 30″ monitor which is running at 2560 X 1600 resolution, Logitech Z5500 5.0 surround sound system, as well as the black & white themed CM Storm QuickFire TK mechanical keyboard and Recon gaming mouse.


Now it’s time to test the Grand Theft Auto V game on this Vector Desk!


A shot from the front.

The black & white themed CM Storm QuickFire TK mechanical keyboard and Recon gaming mouse, alongside Bitspower’s white watercooling gears.


Just another angle of the desk.



After months of delay, finally it’s all done… the Black & White Vector Desk project, featuring watercooled Haswell-E platform is now completed.

Last but not least, gratefulness I wish to once again express my gratitude for everyone who have been helping me during the process of the desk project. Thank you Vahn for sponsoring the Vector desk. I love it so much especially for its brilliant design. Big thank goes to my friends at Bitspower especially Roger who has been very supportive and generous in answering all my inquiries.

Thank you Sanko from Cooler Master Malaysia for the keyboard, mouse, thermal paste and the case fans; ASUS Malaysia for the board and card; G.Skill for the memory kit; Plextor for the solid-state drives; Seasonic for the power supply; Teck Teck from Unequalteck for the cable management and lighting kits. Also, a sincere appreciation to my friends who have been supporting me throughout the project. You guys are awesome!

I am dedicating this project to the dearest figures in my life, my late father, who passed away on the same day I received the Vector Desk on November 6th, 2014.

May your soul rest in peace Ah Pa…

Thank you everyone for reading!