Case Mod - In Progress Project CheckMate by E.E.L. Ambiense - Completed

Independence Day!

@EEL: Great work again!

 

If you are going to make your thumb the star of a movie, at least put a little face on it.

 

Hahah, thanks!

Eh...it coulda been something other than my thumb...

 

Put a face on that then!

And I just thought I'd give you some rep for a pretty decent mod. [I say "pretty decent I mean AWE-f**king-SOME!]

 

Hahaha.

Wow, thanks a million, mate. Much appreciated!

I'm preparing to media-blast the chassis and get her ready for the next stage.

 

Well, what else could I say but "HURRY!!!!"?

 

June 2nd Mini-Update!

Alrighty, here's a little mini-update, as I've been working on other commitments. Let's get to it, shall we?

Since I'm going to be running this loop as a 't-line style' setup, I won't be having a reservoir. But that doesn't mean I need to do it with an actual t-line, right? Let's put a fillport in.

I decided I'm going to put it on the back panel up towards to the top next to the PCI slots. Why? Well, here's the thing; I wasn't planning on having a truckload of expansion cards in this thing. I'm talking, like, well....one. The graphics card. So I don't really need to worry about clogging up the PCI slot area. Although, it really won't be a problem anyways. Check it out.

Here's what I'm going to be installing. I had it laying around collecting dust, so I figured I should use it up. I also made a simple little acrylic plate (two of them) for it to go on the back.



I'm going to be putting it here.



....er, well, here to be a bit more accurate!



After marking out roughly where I need to drill/cut/saw/chew...



...I went to work on it. After a few minutes of doing the dance, here we are.



Just a test-install. The screws are bit long, but it's what was close to me at the time. I'll probably swap them out with shorter ones, or even acorn nuts on the ends or something. Who knows.



If you're still confused, I'll simply be running a bit of hose from this fillport curving down to the other fitting-hole on the GPU's waterblock that would normally have a stop-fitting on it (which because of the inverted-ATX setup, will be on the 'top' of the card here, and the GPU itself will be in the 'bottom-most' PCI slot). Problem solved. And it'll make it relatively easy to feed the loop when time comes to get it all set up!

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Until the next update, I got nuthin'.

 

Nice idea and a clean job!

 

+1

 

Could you post a pic showing how you're gonna do that with the GFX card?

I wanna steal that idea.

 

You gave it a butthole!

I wouldn't recommend making your notathumb the star of the sandblasting event. The 'gloves' they make would be little protection.

 

Thanks, guys!

LOL. Sure thing. Here's a quick little ass piece of work.

LOL. I don't even want to go into the logistics of it being a 'fillport' in conjuntion with the 'butthole' statement.

Oh hell....some of us know all too well that those gloves make it so you could slam your 'thumb' in a dresser-drawer and probably not feel it!

 

Fillport? "All deliveries in rear" Seen a lot of those signs in the US. A new meaning?

john

 

looks good even if it is a butthole looking fillport i didnt think that when i saw it

 

thanks for that EEL!

getting air out of the loop could be much easier that way.

 

LOL!

Hahahaha!

You're welcome! It's still not going to be as easy as using a res to trap the air, but still. Space is a premium here, lol.

 

Looks brilliant, I love the acrylic hex and the fillport is really clean!
Good work!

 

Great idea with the fillport, I may have to steal your idea but in a slightly different way.

Nice work

 

Thanks, mate!

Thank you! I appreciate it.

 

The mounting plates for your buthole look awesome lol.