[The Duality] [Dual System, Godavari & Skylake in a Phanteks P400]

[Duality92]

Hey guys! Sorry for the lack of update the last week! I will be however, be on vacation next week so I hope I can make a great big update for you guys!

 

[Duality92]

I got these much faster than I had expected! :O

Thanks so much Gigabyte ([@]GBT-MatthewH[/@]) for the help! Without you this wouldn't be as good! Without further ado, here they are! The Kaveri FM2+, ITX, GA-F2A88XN-WIFI along with the Skylake 1151, ITX, GA-Z170N-Gaming 5!

 

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So I want to welcome Diginate.com to the party. They do all sorts of custom decals! Check them out!

Also got the BeQuiet! 80mm fans! They're beauts!

 

[Duality92]

So, I had a bit of free time this morning, I had the chance to cut both rear panel SSD/2.5" HDD trays! I used my trusty dremel with a small end mill These are done 100% by hand.

 

[Duality92]

Played around all afternoon with the cables, the red ones you see are the phanteks extensions, they are a bit thicker than the CableMod ones so they're hard to put in, but once they're in, they don't move, it's a bit of a trade off. I like it, but my thumb hates it. This is just a quick and dirty testing and preliminary cable management. I will need to get my Phanteks Power Splitter and PWM hubs back! Also two more fans to install eventually when the time comes!

 

[Duality92]

So after almost a week of planning, I finally drew out the bracket that will be used to hold both Phanteks PWM splitters, I won't reveal much yet, but I will be, as always, recycling a piece of aluminium salvaged from a Case Labs tray!

Also, I will be attempting to mod the PWM splitters so that they only use power from SATA because currently they're made to draw power from the 4-pin connector and SATA combined.

I had trouble with my last power splitter, but Phanteks came through and is sending me another of their power splitters, which I should be getting shortly, this will help me advance in the project a bit more!

Once all of this is done, I will need to mod one of the Phanteks CPU coolers to fit on the Gigabyte Z170N Gaming 5 because there's a bit of inteference with the WiFi module.

Since I removed the motherboard tray, I will need to make something to keep the case square, this will be made with angled brackets place in the bottom corners. Paired with two full plexi windows, the case will be structurally solid again

 

[Duality92]

Sorry for the long delay without any updates, after a lot of though, I bought myself a 3D printer, this will help tremendously with my build. Stay tuned for more!

 

[Duality92]

Dear forum followers and viewers,

I am sad to announce that I have to cancel my The Duality build. It’s for a reason that I cannot take blame, that I will explain to you in detail.

Some of you might have noticed the stall in my work. This, entirely, is because of the power splitter and/or PWM hubs from Phanteks. Back in May, the power splitter with the PWM hubs managed to kill 2 storage drives and my MSI Z170A Gaming M5. After 3 months of false promises and a whole lot of empty apologies, I received a reimbursement for these. The problem is that I sent back both the power splitter and PWM hubs so they could test them.

I’ve had false promises of them telling me I would get replacement parts for these items, but never did. They even confirmed to me these had shipped, but never gave me a tracking number and two month has passed since then. I am very doubtful they actually sent anything.

I really hope this does not tarnish my reputation because I have tried, at least once a week since the beginning of May to resolve this issue. I’ve truly used all of my resources and never wanted for this to end this way.

I also will not be selling any parts that I have been sponsored. If I have no use for these parts, they will be given away, for free.

My sincerest apologies,

Duality92.​

 

[Vario]

Really sucks about the splitter. Guess it might be best for consumers to avoid those products. I wonder if it is a grounding issue with it.

 

[Duality92]

No idea, but the PCB quality and components were sub-par.

http://phanteks.com/forum/showthread.php?408-The-killer-Phanteks-power-splitter

 

[blobster21]

For those who won't subscribe to phanteks forum only to see a couple pictures :

 

[Duality92]

I didn't touch anything on the PCB, it came to me like that.

 

[INSTG8R]

I didn't touch anything on the PCB, it came to me like that.

Wow I'm surprised you had the courage to plug that in at all. I know that is alot "post" damage but it still looks like it was a pretty shoddy job before it popped everything...

 

[Vario]

I didn't touch anything on the PCB, it came to me like that.

Wow thats some low quality shit right there.

I have a phanteks heatsink and its pretty high quality but I guess avoid anything more sophisticated then that. All this stuff is made by various different chinese OEMs anyway, they must have used the lowest bidder to make that shit.

 

[Duality92]

I only checked it after the damage was done unfortunately.

 

[slozomby]

Wow, I think drunk and blindfolded I could solder better than that.

For those who won't subscribe to phanteks forum only to see a couple pictures :

 

[Duality92]

Yeah it's a pretty sloppy job. I'd hate to be the others that are using this product.

 

[Duality92]

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so, after pestering Frozen-Q relentlessly, we finaly concluded a design for a custom case to build in. The case base is the the Frozen-Q Apex mATX.

This case will be modified to take in two ITX rigs, one with a full GPU and the other with just the motherboard AND two full ATX power supplies!

 

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One of two radiators done!

 

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I've been in great discussions with Frozen Q about the custom Apex mATX case. It seems that putting two full ITX systems and a full custom watercooling loop into an mATX chassis isn't the easiest task, who would've thought?

That means,

• Two ITX boards (One with a big GPU)
• Two ATX Power Supplies
• Two 280mm Radiators
• Two (actually three) SSDs
• etc etc. I think you get where I'm going with this

Stay tuned!

 

[Duality92]

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Prototyping some new cable combs Expect to see more 3D printing!

 

[DeathtoGnomes]

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I've been in great discussions with Frozen Q about the custom Apex mATX case. It seems that putting two full ITX systems and a full custom watercooling loop into an mATX chassis isn't the easiest task, who would've thought?

That means,

• Two ITX boards (One with a big GPU)
• Two ATX Power Supplies
• Two 280mm Radiators
• Two (actually three) SSDs
• etc etc. I think you get where I'm going with this

Stay tuned!

I seen something, I forgot where, that uses 1 power supply and completely splits it, it has 2 separate sets of modular connections to use on 2 boards.

Ill try to find it again.

EDIT: well that was lucky i found it first try > http://www.phanteksusa.com/products/phanteks-power-splitter

 

[AlienIsGOD]

I seen something, I forgot where, that uses 1 power supply and completely splits it, it has 2 separate sets of modular connections to use on 2 boards.

Ill try to find it again.

EDIT: well that was lucky i found it first try > http://www.phanteksusa.com/products/phanteks-power-splitter

read the whole thread, that particular component fried his parts

Dear forum followers and viewers,

I am sad to announce that I have to cancel my The Duality build. It’s for a reason that I cannot take blame, that I will explain to you in detail.

Some of you might have noticed the stall in my work. This, entirely, is because of the power splitter and/or PWM hubs from Phanteks. Back in May, the power splitter with the PWM hubs managed to kill 2 storage drives and my MSI Z170A Gaming M5. After 3 months of false promises and a whole lot of empty apologies, I received a reimbursement for these. The problem is that I sent back both the power splitter and PWM hubs so they could test them.

I’ve had false promises of them telling me I would get replacement parts for these items, but never did. They even confirmed to me these had shipped, but never gave me a tracking number and two month has passed since then. I am very doubtful they actually sent anything.

I really hope this does not tarnish my reputation because I have tried, at least once a week since the beginning of May to resolve this issue. I’ve truly used all of my resources and never wanted for this to end this way.

I also will not be selling any parts that I have been sponsored. If I have no use for these parts, they will be given away, for free.

My sincerest apologies,

Duality92.​

 

[DeathtoGnomes]

ya I didnt scroll up that far, sad to see Phanteks drop the ball like that.

 

[Duality92]

They've rectified the situation since. Also they are revising both the PWM hub and Power Splitter.