Split Personality

I did this build for a close friend of mine of 30+ years. We’ve gamed together competitively across multiple games for over 2 decades. He gave me complete creative freedom on this machine. The only strict requirement was it had to be a closed case as his office can tend to get very dusty. His office is pretty small so I went small. While these images make the machine look larger than life, it’s housed in the Lian Li O11 Mini.

His favorite color is blue, and one of the card games he plays, one of his favorite cards has Blue, Cyan, Black, and Purple on it. I themed it to bring that element into the build, beyond just his MMO characters.

This machine features a completely custom water distribution block and reservoir that I designed and machined. I also designed and built a custom RGB circuit board that I machined into a plate that I sandwiched inside of the distribution block and did diffused illumination of the V logo which is embossed 8mm thick inside of the water channel.

The machine also features a custom laser etched piece of artwork by Philip J Newman, an award winning tattoo artist containing the 3 main characters my friend has played across 20+ years of gaming together.

Everything on the front side is Blue, Black, Carbon. Everything on the back is Black and Silver, giving the machine itself, a split personality.

I’m a die hard exotic car fan so naturally I had to incorporate custom carbon fiber tubing as well as custom cabling, custom sleeving, a custom plate inside the rear wire management area, a custom logo plate on the pump cover, custom engraved rear back cover, and a modified custom Lian Li fan controller allowing me to control individual fans, and each individual RGB component separate. The cable combs are also a custom design to account for the 40 series signal wires in a more visually appealing package.

The machine is truly breathtaking in person, and one of my favorite pieces of work yet. I hope you enjoy it community!

-Veratu

Specs:
CPU - Intel 13900KS
MB - Asus ROG Z790-I
PSU - Asus Loki SFF 1000 Watt
GPU - NVidia 4090 Founders Edition
Memory - GSKill 32GB PC-6400 DDR5
Storage - 1TB and 2TB Western Digital SN850X Black
Case - Lian Li O11 Mini

Cooling:

CPU - EKWB Velocity 2
GPU - EKWB Velocity 2
Pump - EKWB DDC
Pump Cover - EKWB Quantum DDC
Radiators - (2) EKWB Quantum Surface S360
Fittings - EKWB Torque Micro and Quantum Torque HDC
Fans - (6) Lian Li SL 120 Infinity Series

Additional:

Custom distribution block with V logo embossed and illuminated
Custom front glass laser etched artwork by Phil Newman, an award winning tattoo artist
Custom RGB circuit board for lighting
Custom blue Vs on the radiator ends
Custom cabling and sleeving
Custom wire management plate
Custom rear back cover engraving
Custom pump cover cap
Custom carbon fiber tubing