Hi Guys Starting out on a new project very soon, currently amassing an arsenal of hardware. Plans are still undecided as its a very big case and my funds are ultra tight. It may end up being a boring build but I have a cool idea that hasn't been done before too. I started a new thread as the TJ07 thread was a bit of a read so this should make it easier to follow. The aim of this project is to do something a bit different but give myself something to work at. I am looking for total silence. that is the new goal. my TJ07 was quiet but there was always bits on it that bugged me. hopefully i can sort things out with this new build. as you can probably tell from the title, my love of Silverstone's watercooling cases is still going strong. also, I wanted to do a 'look at all my hardware' picture. so here it is... Got a bit done today. Mainly preparation work to get the case ready to build in. Silverstone are flat out refusing to help me with a replacement power button which is nice. but Pulse Modding have made me a superb custom tinted window for the case. I have used some black button allen head M3 screws to give it a stealth look as the silver ones that come as standard look a bit rubbish not really much else to show as it has been a case of taking out all of the bits inside the case that I don't need and also deciding where bits are going. Here are some pictures of my non standard window
This post has been washed away in longweight's tears. the tears formed a large river that washed away all of my work downstream into post #1
2. Your first post must contain pics of the actual mod in progress. If all you have is an idea, you don't have a log. If all you have is some conceptual sketches, you don't have a log. If all you have to show is a heap of parts, you don't have a log. This forum is purely for concrete work in progress - the other modding forums are more appropriate for concepts and thoughts.
Excellent work. Anyway back to the OP Thats one nice case! I esspecially love the "custom" none standard (ie its a mod) dark perspex panel you have that has replaced the standard clear unit. A good start to a "mod/project log" that clearly contains at least one "work in progress" as mentioned in post 1 by yourself with that lovely image of the window.. very "stealth"
bit of progress this week. got the majority of the system built. It is all in a functional state but I am not happy with the tubing route or the reservoir mod yet. It have scoured high and low trying to find a male to male thread extension that means i can hang the reservoir from the roof of the case. Mick had sent me some fluid for testing but I have been asked not to use it for the time being which means that I am just using pure H2O and a bit of biocide for the time being. It is loking like I may just have to get some pastel orange once I have found a tubing that wont mist up with plasticiser. I love the look of Tygon but it goes horrible after a few days. considering TFC or Primochill. Here was my TJ07 which I had to take apart first, few scratches on my paint job from all the hardware changes. Sad to see this one go Hardware all lined up for cleaning. TJ11 Vs TJ07 Reservoir Roof Mod & Fill Port CPU Block Cleaning. No nickel corrosion on my non EN block. I had to swap the nickel plated bracket back to the black one for this build. I cleaned the impingement channels and installed the new high performance jet plate into the block whilst it was open. Notice a small amount of debris in the channels. This is why you need to flush your radiators before use Board Installation forgot the block needed to be rotated 90' another 8GB of ballistix is going in next week too. GTX 590 with block and backplate and Xonar D2X installed Didn't need the top fan in there so i have just put a plain fan grill in there. odd seeing all the IO ports at the top of a computer Gentle Typhoon 1850 in a pull configuration mounted using double sided sticky foam that I got a few years back from B&Q loads of cable management to do and a bunch of setting up things like the aquaero so still got a heap of work to do on the project.
Everything looks so clean right now, keep it like this, simplicity is beauty! How are you going to connect the rad fans? Will you solder the fans together? Use a splitter like molex to 4-3pin cables? Soldering all the fans together looks very clean, the only bad part of doing so is if you need to replace a fan hehe
