Modding Haximus Pro - In Win 805 - Build/Mod/Help

Hi guys n gals

I am new here, and have been reading a lot of the build logs for the case mods and scratch builds, and I have to say, wow!

Most of these builds are so phenomenal, and look so professional. The skills and vision used by these builders/modders is unreal.

I am not sure if there is a special format to these posts, but I could not see a sticky (in this section). Mods, please move (or delete) if necessary.

For quickness, the questions/help is right at the end, if you don't want to spend the next few minutes reading and wondering what the hell I'm talking about.

History

Firstly, I bought an In Win 805 (happy to see In Win getting lots of love here, for obvious reasons). The In Win was bought to house my original PC build from 2 years ago, which was a mod as such. I put all my components into an Apple Mac Pro case, which required some work. Looking back on the build, I could of made it a lot nicer, and finished it so much better, but it looked cool nonetheless.

I have never used liquid cooling before, as it looked to be a very specialist skill; something I didn't really want to try out with my components. However, now, it seems a lot easier to work with?

You can see my original Mac Pro build (Haximus Pro) here: CLICK ME

Why a Mac Pro case I hear you ask? Well, I run a Hackintosh, as I much prefer osX to Windows. So, I built quite an agressive PC, and put it all in a Mac Pro case.

I only use Windows to play games. osX is my main OS and runs amazingly compared to Windows (I'm not here to start fights ).

The problem I ended up having, apart from my PC weighing a hell of a lot, and not being the easiest to work around, I got annoyed with the Mac Pro case. In addition, I recently moved into a new house, and bought new furniture, and the huge silver slab of aluminium wasn't quite looking right in my new place.

Not just that, I have some nice components, and I would like to see them, without dragging the case around, taking the side off, and still not being able to see most of it.

Which leads me here..........


Haximus Pro - The Rebirth

Components:

Motherboard - Asus Maximus V Gene
CPU - Intel i7 3770K
CPU Cooling - Raijintek Triton
RAM - 32GB Corsair Vengeance Low Profile
SSD - 2 x 120GB OCZ Vertex 3
HDD - 2 x 2TB WD Caviar Green (Sep 12)
GPU - Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC 3 Windforce
PSU - Seasonic X-460FL
PSU Cables - MODdiy Red & Black Single Sleeved

Fans - 4 x Bitfenix Spectre for Radiator, 1 x Bitfenix Spectre Pro case exhaust, 1 x Phobya G-Silent 12 Slim Edition intake



The build

I'm no stranger to building PCs (or fixing them), so the build was fairly easy. I first started with the radiator terminals at the top, as it was mounted in the front of the case. But this left the tubing going outside of the case, and when the side went back on, it ended up kinking the tubing, as it was pushing the tubing back into the case.



To solve this, I just turned the radiator upside down, with the terminals at the bottom. This worked out much better, and looked cleaner to me.

As we all (most of you) know, the In Win 805 is a little bit tight inside, with not much room for air movement. The first modification I did to the case was to push the front glass panel out a little to give a little breathing room for the fans pulling air in and through the radiator (which I have in a push/pull formation I believe).





I removed the HDD cage, which was located above the intake hole in the bottom of the case. This left me with a little problem, as I cannot put my HDDs anywhere else (properly). So, for now they rest above the PSU, on the small shelf like thing.

I installed the slim Phobya fan, to pull fresh air in, which in turn will get blown across the innards of the case.




Help

I would like to make/buy/build a cover that goes over the PSU, to create a shelf like thing, where I can mount the HDDs to it. Much like a lot of the guys do here, with some engravings maybe? That's why I'm posting really, I have no idea how/what/who etc.



I would also like to liquid cool my GPU, and I have alreay found a block and back plate (EK), but I am not sure whether to use the existing Raijintek pump/res to do the whole loop, or make a new loop. Bearing in mind, I bought the Raijintek at the same time as the case, so it is new.

I've seen a few people extend the loop to the GPU, with no additional pumps or res. But is it comparable to a full custom loop? I guess not.

Some photos, I think the back side (cable management) looks better now than in these photos, as I had to take the cables to the HDDs out and reroute to their new home.

Oh, it's doesn't live on the floor btw