Simon Quinn

My final pictures. Thanks again to the lovely Lynn Stephens-Tait again for so kindly donating her time , knowledge and experience to take these stunning pictures. 

Here are some benchmark statistics for Goliath. 

there is a benchmark for noise levels through gigabyte SIV. The noise levels range between 65db to 80db under maximum load. When set to passive the fans are at zero rpm. The Alphacool VPP755 pump is a re engineered D5 design with high performance internals which make it quietest pumps available.

The massive cooling on Goliath has the potential to push the system so much further but I am novice to overclocking and still have much to learn.    

I’m almost ready to submit after the break over Christmas. Here are some shots I have taken to share to social media. 
All that is left is to tune the system and run the overclock benches before submitting. 

Goliath all set up in its resting place with a Christmas theme. 

And the moment I have been so eager for. The professional photographs taken by Lynn Stephens-Tait. Lynn generously donated her time, experience and equipment to take these photos of Goliath. My family and I will be forever grateful. 
 

even these amazing photos don’t compare to viewing the build with your own eyes. 

Hey guys I found it. https://community.coolermaster.com/cmws/cmws22/submit/
 

I’m another one that’s a bit lost with this submission thing

Why is it named Goliath. 
 

Well this project has been a story of one man vs a giant. I have worked tirelessly on this project to bring it to fruition. Creating Goliath has taken a great deal of resourcefulness, bartering, scavenging, mental planning, and dedication to bring to completion. After feeling like I have truly nothing left I have managed to create what I feel is a true masterpiece (obviously I am bias ) 

I will quote Sting here “I do my best work when in pain and turmoil” having this project has given me a means to channel all of that energy and transform it into something I take great pride in. 
 

I would like to thank My wife for being my unwavering supporter through all of this and being my third hand even though I am a nightmare to work with because I am such a perfectionist. It takes a strong person to understand an ASD mind, I could not have done this without her….. I kind of picked her PC clean to fund this project. So my next personal build will be to make up for her sacrifice. 

These are the only tools I have used to fabricate Goliath (excluding consumables such as drill bits, sandpaper ect) I wasn’t kidding when I said I was on a tight budget  

a little air compressor, an angle grinder, 110 amp arc (stick) welder, clamps, glass cutter, vice, drill, sander, hacksaw, a chunk of brass, some straight edges and the table it’s all sitting on. 

A have written a little about the materials used to create Goliath but I will write a more detailed description here

Chassis: The Chassis is fabricated from recycled mild steel SHS and RHS various sizes. All joins have been fully welded and blended flush with the surface for a seamless finish. The seamless finish leaves a great range of options for finish wether they be paint, vinyl wrapping, hydro dipped or on the higher end of the scale the chassis can be electroplated or galvanised with a large range of finishes eg Chrome, bronze, or even silver and gold. Steel has minimal impact on the environment and society in comparison to other metals.
 

Fixings: The main fixings used are stainless steel dome head security bolts and a variety of other smaller bits for bolting things into position. I have fabricated a mild steel frame and am using stainless bolts. Now this should not be done due to galvanic corrosion. (I know better but i don’t have the budget to work with)

Glass: As mentioned previously in the post the glass is 6mm tempered and is recycled display shelving. It has some scratches and marks that I did not have the time or budget to buff out but I think the panels turned out great all things considered. The RGB diffusers are also glass that I have frosted with a dremmel. 
 

Finish: Bright Zinc cold gal and some clear coat over the top to seal it from damage. 

A metal commonly used for aesthetics is Aluminium. I very much dislike this metal being used outside of its specific specialised uses eg Aircraft, marine, medical. This is because of the toxic nature of the metal. 
The alluminium industry has catastrophic effect on the environment beginning with water pollution from refining from ore to purified. This has a cascading effect that goes on to affect the entire eco biome making the water, soil, and air toxic. Alluminium is also detrimental to society. This is due to the vast amount of energy and resource it takes to refine bauxite and refine Alluminium.

Another reason why I dislike this metal for commercial use is due to aluminium toxins being linked to Alzheimer’s disease. Something I learnt about when I was welding. For anybody reading this, metal fumes are highly toxic and carcinogenic. If you are welding and working metal please use appropriate safety (that includes your lungs) 
 

It is a difficult metal to recycle unless smelting it back into its refined form. This is due to how easily the surface of the material absorbs contaminants. Aside from the material being soft to work it takes high end machinery and welding equipment to work with the metal if you want any form of desirability. 

Running Cinebench. I still have some air trapped in the loop but I’m happy with the temps. 

Doing some bios tweaks on the cute little 10’1 inch LCD monitor and teasing some of my terrible pictures before the final pics arrive, sadly I did not have the time to optimise the system before professional photos were taken. I would like to thank Lynn Stephens-Tait who has generously donated her time, equipment and talent to take photos of Goliath that it deserves . If I manage to win a category of #CMWS2022 I am planning on doing a build and giveaway to kids who suffer from CP (cerebral paulsy), and Lynn work that she has donated out of kindness would be a big part of making that happen. 
 

before my daughters accident she was a born gamer, we could not keep her away from controllers and technology. Due to the severity of her injury she has lost the ability to comprehend gaming. There are many children out there like my little girl that want nothing more than to enjoy what we all love so dearly. I hope in the future I can work with adaptive controllers and program games tailored to specific needs and challenges. It’s hard for others to comprehend as it’s not something that is familiar to majority of people. The old simplicity of PAC-Man or Frogger can can be far too complex for some. Games currently involve far too much graphical flare or controls far too complex for this demographic to be completely included. I hope to change this.  

Professional photos are on the way.
 

Can’t wait to see how the turned out.

It’s Alive!, doing leak tests, final flushes and stress testing. 
 

to fill the loop I use an old 50ml syringe from when our daughter was one a very long listof meds
 

Bright is an understatement, I set it on Unicorn Puke to demonstrate the ARGB, final pictures tomorrow. 

Finally got my hands on a suitable GPU, I traded my wife’s gaming PC for this card. We lost out hard on this one but hopefully it will be worth it in the end. Fingers crossed, pray for me and stand by for the light show

You are probably thinking “where are the plans”… well there aren’t any and there never has been. Due to my eidetic memory i do not require a plan as i remember every detail about this build perfectly. Having this trait gives me the ability to engineer it in my head over and over until I come across a potential issue which I then brainstorm a way around before continuing the build. 
I can however produce a plan easily upon request. Working alone I have never had a need for a physical plan. I do apologise. 

Step 11: Affix the Glass, and pray I find a GPU in time. 
 

The glass is 6mm tempered and is recycled display shelving. so it has some scratches here and there, I will polish it with ceramic paste in the future but I can’t afford to at the moment. 

I’ll skip GPU and come back, still trying my absolute heart out to get hold of one suitable for the waterblock. I have been emailing potential sponsors all day while doing the build, I am trying to trade a full gaming PC just for a card to use but to no luck. Doing this solo on a carers pension is almost impossible. 
 

Step 10: Affix the door to the locker, backplate vent and cover plate, and RGb diffusers. 
 

The stainless mesh was recycled from my old workplace. After a buff the dishwasher did a fantastic job at making the stainless shine. 

Breaking some glass for the RGB diffuser, then frosting them with a dremmel. Yes my tongue hangs out when I concentrate

Final parts have arrived!! Kudos to PLE computers Australia for their friendly and helpful support that helped air freight  this order to me in time. 

Installing my beloved 1TB, gen 4, Aorus NVME, 5000mbs. This SSD has amazed me with its performance. It’s a pity to remove the chunky full copper heat sync from the front but I managed to keep the back heat sync and it’s a perfect fits. The vibrant orange of the copper is hidden nicely. 

Starting to stress out, still no GPU as mine is still under RMA and I have well and truly gone over the little budget I had

Step 9: fit piping for the cooling. 
 

I am still waiting on a final order to arrive tomorrow which contains some fittings to finish the look. 
 

the inlet out outlet hoses from the loop are 16mm soft tube sleeved with stainless overbraid sleeve that is  recycled from and industrial dishwasher hose. 
 

the 16mm PETG hard tube I bent without any official tools. Just a clamp, a length of soft rope, a chunk of brass round bar scrap and a hair dryer. 
 

the fittings use are a collaboration of design I imagined would fit. I knew it was close in my head but not THIS Close hahaha. Th tolerances are literally touching faces 

Step 8: fit the 10.1 inch LCD screen and controller board into the chassis with 6mm stainless security bolts

the back plate is leftover gal plate scrap from the build, the glass  face plate is also the same recycled glass as what you will soon see placed on the four sides.

the controller and screen where purchased from an electronics recycler. I had to purchase the appropriate DC power supply.