Case Mod - In Progress Project Black Rain: RIP 2008

The third machine in my trilogy of terror:
Black Rain
What will it be, what well we do? It will be small-bore H20 cooled (true dual-loop). Custom interior, both metal work and paint. A few mods to the outer-skin, but retain the case(s) clean design.. So we are talking about chrome-plate and custom-paint..Death and Destruction will be the running theme..
the case:

I thought about the smaller PC-V1100, but it's interior lay-out is the same as the V1000. I have "been down that road". It would be more of the same, that's no-fun..
The size of the V2100 ( 24" deep 24" high) will be a joy after SG..
Enough: Lets look at some photos of the V2100 Plus:















inside:







Lian Li (over the last few months) as changed there V-series case(s) to the "silent" plus variant..Of which this is..
The changes:

an extra 120mm fan and new duct-work for the other.

the side-panel air intake.

and some sound absorbing material for the top and both side panels of the case..
This is good for air-cooled guys, but does me no-good at all. Infact, it limits what I can do with the side-window.. Lian Li as taken a step backwards with there "silent-plus" BS: (IMO)..
The good-news (for me) Hank at Performance-PCs
has the "old-school" V2100 side panel in-stock. I have one on "in-route"..It will allow me a free-hand in side panel window-design..
That is it Guys..!!
I have been (and am) on vacation this week. Another update tomorrow....
MS

 

No piccy!

 

Sorry..Not a good start for a project... (not a sign of things to-come, I hope)..
PhotoBucket is having issues:

 

pics work fine here...

and nice to see you're at it again...will follow this one just like I followed BN and SG

 

that case is like an ugly person, and you are the plastic surgent
fix that baby

 

Nice case to be starting from, cant wait to see what you do with it.

 

isn't that thing realy thick metal??

looks great though

the hard drive bay gave me a good idea for my project.

 

Love the look of the case. I was trying to work out what the hole was on the top back right.

 

hmm, modsquad project? i expect to just be so amazed i pass out so...subscribed

 

Can't wait Looks promising, especially in more hands.

 

I don't even need to subcribe because I know this'll be on the first page until its finished

Looking forward to what you do with this one.

 

O no its starting again...the end of the begining and the begining of the end.

 

Cleaning House:

Thanks Guys, one and all..
@ SIMSY: the LL V-series case(s) have thick side panels (about 3.5mm) Alu. A side panel for this case has a weight of 4 lbs (1.8 kilograms)..The front door is also made from the thick-Alu..It's a nice soild case..
Lets get to work. There is a lot of "junk" in this case that needs to go. I spend about 4-5 hours drilling out pop-rivets, Cleaning House:



I ended up with two piles. The good:



and the bad:



I also have more new boxes:

the Plextor is a PX-716AL 16X slot-load DVD drive..
the other, well it says on the box
I quickly took both apart (well, actually only removed the cover of the PSU) and did a bit of prep-sanding:

I will drop this stuff off at my chrome guy tomorrow..
I have yet to build a machine without a chrome plated DVD drive (my trademark)..
The PCP&C units come from the factory sleeved in black, but I am going with something a little different:



The sleeve color is called "carbon" (the heatshrink is std. black) It's a relatively new color in the TechFlex line. Something a little different..Change is good..

That will be my project for tomorrow, get the unit "sleeved-up"..PCP&C units have a number of white Molex plugs that need to be replaced as well..
That is it for today..I have (even) more new gear to show you...
But I need a Beer and a break from typing..
Stay-Tuned:
MS

 

Looks insanely awesome.

Just wondering, since the "good" pile doesn't have the hard drive cages, I assume you're doing something about the drives to be in the 5.25?

Also, I like your choice on the 1kw.

And, my guess on the small bore, would be a cuplex XT, followed by about 2.5 billion twinplex blocks, an aquagraFX / grATI or two, aquadrive, the signature aquatube, aquastream, and a VFD aquaero.

 

or maybe some shmexy MIPS blocks. mmmmm MIPS blocks...

anyways, I'm going to be looking forward to this log.

 

I'll be keeping an eye on this one too That carbon sleeving looks pretty cool... and, of course, so does the nekkid v2100!

I don't suppose that the v2100 has one of those rear airflow-director things for the back fan, does it? I managed to completely mutilate mine moving my case around and can't seem to find a replacement anywhere.

 

a very interesting case to start with . i was looking for a nice lian-li case for my next project and i thought to go for a V1000 like you did with black narcissus but no shop had them stocked in Israel. the only thing i found was close enough is V1200 which has the same meshed exhaust hole in the side panel. anyway good luck with this 1, i trust your skills, this is gonna turn out great

 

1KW, is that a hint as to what you'll be doing for power consumption?

 

Radiators and Fans:

Performance PCs stock them. The v2100 is slotted to accept one, but is not included.
Finished off the cable sleeve and heatshrink on the PSU:





a monster of a unit:
Radiators, Fans and Rheobus:
more boxes:

a pair of Innovatek dual 120's

These are all Alu-radiators including the frame/shroud. Once polished, they should look nice..

Fans:

Evercool AL12025's my favorite fan! The specs are OK (80CFM @ 35db), more important is there Alu-body. Once again, with some polishing...



grills/guards:

stock, powder coated black.
The Rheobus:

This is a kit from the boys at FrozenCPU
4-channel (20 watts each) dual color leds.

The only problem for me are the knobs.

Boring. My answer:

8-32 pike/spike nuts drilled to accept the shaft of the controller.

knobs with attitude, a bad-attitude:

Thats it for today. I still have more stuff to show you tomorow. Some "case jewelry"..
Last picture:

 

damn i love those knobs!!!