i say cut out proper hole in the bottom. then use the c channel around the edges. other than that it looks awesome!
Thanks for the bay covers. I cannot however take credit for the radiators since they come that way. but yes the paint is awesome. I'm going to rivet the bay cover tonight I've just been waiting for my uncle to get home so i could borrow his riviter.
Hey everyone. It seems that this mod is comeing to an end...for now. I have officially run out of time. This tuesday i will be moveing into college and will not have the time/tools to do anything new to this mod. I regret that I did not finish everything that I had hoped to do. So I am makeing a "christmas list" of what will be done when I get back dureing my break. +Etches +UV dye .....ok it's a short list but the etches will be large to say the least and actually will be right in time for the release of the game. Some information on my standing with the people at Flagship Studios. I contacted them recently to see if maybe they would want to use my case at one of thir demos. Sadly they declined saying that they loved my case but they didnt want to deal with shipping/security/other things. Also they said tht hen they do demos they set up a line of 12 computers that are hidden behind a wall and all you see are the screens, keyboards, and mice....so it would be pointless. Even with this minor dissapointment they did however grant me a beta position as well as the opportunity to have my case headlined on their site as soon as I would like. So all is not lost. I too had concerns with my work being distroyed so in a way I am relieved. With that said I realize that I am long past due on an update. Dont worry, I havent been takeing this time off. Although this may seem like a small ammount of work to some I have to admit it was by far the hardest. The sleeveng, soldering, fitting, heatshrinking, testing, re-fitting, resizeing, re-doinng, and re-thinking was a huge drain on me and has been, by a huge margine, the HARDEST part of the mod. So enough wih the talk and on with the pictures. Step one was to mount the connectors for the radiator fans. I simply drilled some holes and did some quick fileing. Mounted On the bottome of the next picture you can see the drive bay cover mounted as well. Another concern that I'e heard alot is "That adiator will never fit" This is how I fixed that. I made a plexiglass spacer and used some m3 screws to mount the psu plate. I also left enough space on the bolts to accomedate a much larger psu should I even need one. (Sli) I also extended the plexi into the case to keep everything fluid and as you can see the radiator does in fact fit : ) Here is the front of the case with the two fan controllers, the DVD RW, and 2 empty bays that cover up the HDD's (I had to buy another one since Lian-li doesnt include enough) If you've ever wondered what 50ft of 1/8th, and 1/4inch red sleeving looks like then now you know. The best paste for below ambient cooling The front connectors sleeved. My workstation First radiator connector done Top one done as well Bringing the connection through to the fan controllers. There was going to be a third connector but i ditched it becuase it was unneccesary. Testing IT WORKS That blue car is a dodge viper. My future car of choice.
This next slew of pictures is of the case in it's current finished state without hardware and with the lights turned on. Lights out These last two pictures are of the high and low setting of fans. On low setting I cannot hear the machine without actually trying to listen. High Low It should also be noted that on high it is not any louder than any regular machine. Although i have not turned on the pumps yet.
Nothin special just a 7900gtx with a 3200 AMD64 1gig of ram and an 80gb HD. I'm just trying to hold off untill DDR3/Conroequadcore/DX10 8xxxx series
If you mount the rad together on top of the other and have 2 sets of fans right there you can have one on top then the other below it. Pre-cool then after cool.
A push/pull configuration is overkill and would make the hieght of the radiator much too high. But if for some reason I needed the extra cooling power then yes it could be done.
Looks brill dude, just a few small nit picks, get soem metal polish and polish up the mobo tray(ont eh bit you can see, aroung where the Fass's are), middle shelf and the drive cage/panel. The mobo tray and shelf will come out lovely in a mirror (Chrome) finish with little effort, I did it by hand in about 5 mins
The bottom is covered in plexi so that wouldnt work. I also dont have time to do that since I leave in 2 days but I will remember it when christmas comes around
Massive Update Fozz.. It would have taken me a month to do this amount of work.. All looks great.. With one exception: The top-mount RED radiator.. It looks out of place, "tacked-on" is the term that comes to mind.. Your side-windows are world-class..The radiator on top just looks (less than great) SORRY--constructive criticism.. I love these LL case(s) and your work, BUT:
IMO, way too much!! It looks like a red-radiator resting on-top of the case.. The lines of the LL V-series box(s) are soo-clean, adding anything to the top-side is tricky at-best...
I guess maybe lower it? Or switch the fans so they are on top instead. ANd get some black nexus is it that are white bladed.
