Hi guys, I'm starting a new case for myself. i had it gathering dust so i thought... "why not mod this puppy?" it started out with something simple, and after a lot of thought i was able to come up with some ideas to make this mod a little better, and this is mostly all you guys fault because you raise the bar so high, that after that a simpler mod simply wont do... but enough talk, and lets begin... Sponsored by: Hardware: Rampage 3 Black Edition Intel 990x 12GB (3x4GB) G.Skill 2000mhz CL8 3x Nvidia Gtx 470 SilverStone Strider Plus 1000w Corsair F120 SSD Cooling: 2x Thermochill TA120.4 2x Laing 10w 1x Koolance RP402x2 12x Noiseblocker XL2 Aquaero for fan Controll All psu cables will be custom made and will feature the "no heat-shrink" sleeving touch this case was originally meant for the Snow White Project, but problems with the powder coating (excessive paint) made me scrap the case, and paint a new one. Until i decided that i could use this case for me, since it was free anyway at first i thought of using a 480 and 360 Thermochill TA radiators as well as a Laing E10 pump... but then i thought... "uhm... maybe a little overkill, no??" then i dropped that idea and decided to use two 480 rads at the bottom, which meant moving the psu to the 5.25" bay compartment. (don't mind the 800D at the back ) Since everything is going to be watercooled I won't be needing the top mesh The new (narrower) vertical bars i was planing on using to allow for a 120mm on the back Lian-li Aluminium Wheels. IMHO they look like they were made for this case. they go so well with the cases round corners on the front Needed to add a plexi spacer for clearance 5.25" that were cut for the hot-swap system that won't be used any more... And the parade of parts going to waste continues... this time is the midplate And the backplate To do list: - Midplate - 5.25" bays - Mb tray - Side panels (the ones painted don't fit the case, therefore -> trashed) - Front pannel basically all the interior is going to be made from scratch...
Cpu waterblock chosen was Aquacomputer Kryos XT I decided create a new cover... And after a few tries... success!!! will do something similar on the vga blocks. Aquacomputer AquagraFX nickel for the GTX470.
while i try to finish the cpu waterblock, why don't i show you what i've done with the vga waterblocks And the weapons of choice were... Aquacomputer AquagraFX GTX470 Nickel. One of the reasons i prefer these blocks over other solutions, they include standoff's Using the single slot pci plate makes the cards look so much better and slimer And it's custom backplate time used a different scheme than usual. The more i looked at the waterblock, the less i liked the top cover (too much of the same colour) so i decided to take care of that as well... Almost... Almost there... Finished look Nice Acetal + Nickel Look, don't you think
I got a few more ideas for the case by looking/getting inspiration from my G.skill Trident heatspreaders as well as the TJ11. The idea here is to widden the case a bit (call it a wide body kit, if you like ) To do that i thought of interleaving white and black plexi screwed to the chassi of the case on the side "ribs" that were used to fix the side panels, layer over layer until i got the with i wanted Started the process of cutting the plexi, marking, drilling and finally threading all around the case... First Layer is complete Don't mind the screws. Those are temporary
yo ColdzeroTeam keep it up.. can't wait to see where you going to put the psu... =) +i've never seen such a big pump. how much stronger is that comparing to the d5 pump?
Tks This pump can do 4500L/H and 4.5meters of pressure. It also has a knob to controll it from 1-7. and Consumes 62w. 230v it's generally used for circulating water in house heating systems tks
dude this is awesome, nice job! *subscribed* All these project mods I'm seeing with TJ07's seriously making me want one of these instead of a Xigmatek Elysium, DAMMIT!
Here come the rest of the pieces... First layer in place Another white layer and things begin to take shape... Second layer, and you can begin to notice the desired effect. First side done Only thing missing is the side panel in black plexi.