Case Mod - In Progress Mach 7 Fanthom

Hi everyone,
I'm new to posting on bit-tech but check it out regular to see what everyones up to. I started my first modding project early this week, I've got 2 planned in the near future. I have the following hardware available,
NZXT Phantom Black case,
Novatech Black Edition 850w modular psu,
Gigabyte P67-UD5 Motherboard,
Intel 2500k i5 cpu
8gb G-Skill Ripjaw memory (may change for corsair vengeance)
2 x 500gb WD sata 3 HDD (will be adding an SSD)
Gigabyte GTX 560 Ti GFX Card (will be adding another when finances dictate)
Samsung BluRay ROM DVD/RW
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit.
cooling;
2x EK Rads 120 and 240
Laing 18w pump with XSPC acrylic top,
EK 250 Advanced tubular reservoir
EK GPU Waterblock
EK Supreme Easy mount CPU waterblock
UV reactive tubing and blue coolant.

 

Mach 7 Fantom


I made this rad shroud from a fan out of a dead OCZ Gamexstream PSU. It has blue led's in it which fit in with my build,.

 

Drilled a 22mm hole in rear of top case panel for switch to operate blue cold cathode tubes fitted to the top of case.

 

THIS IS THE CASE PREPPED FOR THE 120MM RAD

 

Tried to fit the waterblock to my graphics card today but unfortunately I didn't check compatability and it didn't fit. Just had to order a new card tonight so now playing the waiting game again.

 

Just had comfirmation me EVGA Maximum Graphics GTX560 Ti Crisys II edition is on it's way, building of my first loop will comence again tomoz. Can't wait cos once thats set up I can work on where my mobo cooling can be routed. Hoping to get plenty of acrylic panels with the EK logo on the internals, maybe I'll get some sponsorship out of them,lol.

 

New card


New card arrives for fitting in loop.

 

Well thats my first attempt at fitting a waterblock to a graphics card. All sorted though no problem. Just working on how I'm going to support it as it isn't sitting true in the slot. Don't know wether to use wire or design a holder myself. One to mull over. Any advice please let me klnow. Pictures of my first attempt at cable braiding to come tomorrow.

 

That's my first flirtation with braiding done. The pump and led cables braided in black. White molex's changed to black. White cable braid arrived today which will be used for the ATX cables from the psu.

 

Hand built led's for the cpu waterblock.

Hand built led for the reservoir

thats the pump cables braided and ready to go

testing of the watercooling loop. I've used blue uv reactive Feser One premixed cooling fluid.

just started the braiding of the power cables from the psu in white.



I've made the hole in the side panel big enough to see the watercooling loop in action

 

LED's are looging good now

 

I'm struggling to find waterblocks for the motherboard so if anyone knows where I can pick them up I'd be very gratefull. They are EK blocks for the gigabyte ga-p67-ud7

 

Ordered a backplate from EVGA for the GPU which was despatched yesterday so waiting on that. Found a waterblock set for the board at EK Waterblocks. Need to sell off some stock to fund this unless I can get some help. Everything is coming along nicely now though. Cable braid should arrive today so I can finish the PSU. I've shaped the acrylic to cover the PSU and cables. Once it's been cut to exact size I'm taking it to have a design etched into it to smarten it up a little.

 

You're doing great man. One suggestion. Try to cut down on the amount of heatshrink used. Seems a little too long. And try to push it into or over the molex connector.

 

Hi,
thanks for the advice, I looked at a few what other people have done and I've tried to make it shorter and of an equal length on the psu.

 

Can't make my mind up wether to keep the metal grill on the side panel or put tinted acrylic window in it????

 

Fantastic build man! Can't wait to see more pictures

 

Thanks for your support, I've just got my camera back from the repair shop so won't have to rely on the old handicam anymore. Better quality pictures will be arriving soon.

 

This is the view through the side panel with the steel grid in place, may change this for tinted black perspex.

 

Back again with better quality pictures now. Bit of a dilema today as my Asus R3E arrived back from being fixed. It's only been a couple of weeks but it was 10 weeks last time so I changed the spec of this build at the last minute when it developed a fault. I've decided to use the R3E in the next build however as I like to stick to colour schemes and it doesn't fit in with this scheme.


Anyway this arrived today courtisty of EVGA which got me a little excited.
What joy to find this inside


Soon got to work adding it to my gpu.