Case Mod - In Progress Project Black Rain: RIP 2008

Thanks Greeny, all this stuff is hit and miss.. In my project logs I like to speak of the mistakes as well as the cool-stuff.. Things never ever go ultra-smooth..
highs and lows..and-thus..da good and bad..
I willl "bounce-back" with something for the MB.. rest-assured..

@G42: The only "stuff" I am willing to add to the H20 in my loop is AC Fluid: My advise, stay-away from the color-dye-crap..It's just that..

 

Thanks Capt.. It was not than I failed to get the cover to fit, but instead it covered too-much... Ended up looking very-antiseptic..
(IMHO) H20-blocks and tubing are SEXY... I want to see some of that stuff and cover-over the ugly-MB-bits..
So, it's a matter of design and not dimension...

 

Hmm, I saw something a Long time ago, it was a guide on modding chrome spiked nuts (Basically, a stud/spike, with a hole in the bottom, then threaded.) That could have the possiblity to look amazing. Maybe securing the mobo cover.

Then again, I know you know what you're doing. This project log, along with the previous ones, show. Keep up the good work.

 

Exactly. I used the same process to figure out what it is I want to cover and what I cannot due to spacing, or do not want to cover for aesthetic reasons. It may be as simple as starting out with a photo of the motherboard.
http://www.almico.com/forummotherboards.php?man=264
The problem is that it's a very tight mix of design work and dimensioning.

 

Hm what about actually using oil?

 

Great start,cant immage what it would look like in the end.
Good luck!

 

love the tygon tubing why not use 1/2 inch tubing better cooling ???

 

O Fo Sho im going to buy myself a shark , and put in my basement with all my babes :>

Looking foward to seeign it finshed

 

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Originally Posted by RonaldoR9
love the tygon tubing why not use 1/2 inch tubing better cooling ???



O Fo Sho im going to buy myself a shark , and put in my basement with all my babes :>

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I dont get it (lol)

 

True-enough.. I started out trying to cover everything and just ended up with a "box".. also only used one material (Alu)..
Next go-around will be different.. I have a ebayed Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe for mockup, so it is justa matter of a design I like... Hopefully I have learned from my mistakes. I think instead of one cover the answer maybe two-or three covering specific areas of the MB. It will not be sheet-Alu this time either..I got an idea for that as well..

@ RR9: bigbore VS smallbore, the question for the ages.. For me I like the look of the SB gear, it's Ezer to design with and I would never use anything other than compression fittings for H20-cooling. I have yet to see them available in a size larger than the 11mmOD I will be using..

 

I have to agree there. I just bought some compression fittings along with 11mm/8mm Tygon and I'm liking it better than AC 8/6mm p&c fittings. They are a little bit on the hard side though to screw down (the nut that is.)

Cheers on another excellent looking mod.

 

some killer work parts look pricey but nice

 

some killer work parts look pricey but nice




lol they beacuse they are vERY pricey

 

True-enough RR9. Three months in, I have a good-amount of cash invested in this project. Lots of chrome-plate and biker parts from the elite-builders makes for a "pricey" machine.. Those guys are my inspiration.. My Hero's..
Worth every-penny, in my book..
With 12-25-06 inching closer, it's hard--but--I should have some time for an update later today (Saturday).. I have some "new-stuff" to show you as well as a idea for the MB wire-chase.. With any-luck the Dremel will-turn..
Stay Tuned..

 

I love the idea of running the lines through the IL, very nice and clean, great idea

 

Thanks, I like it as-well.. I am all but sure no-one else has IL "water-wings"..!!
I think U will like my MB wire-chase as well..
BUT, first about (6) more beers..
MS

 

just one thing. I can't read german, but i was taught that the Anschluss or whatever was the union between Germany and Austria, that Hitler tried to make in the Second World War, before he was stopped by Moussolini. ( i know i can't spell)

 

The sense "ohne anschlüsse" in German means "without connectors" in English

 

ok. thanks.