Scratch Build – In Progress Project Ice cube- Resources arrived

I hope you know that with that case if you use the rad mounts in the roof you can't use any PCI cards... it blocks off a fair bit of the mobo..

 

yeah, it does suck quite a lot, it will also be very tight with all the water gear i want, and seeing the quad rad today im not sure 2 will fit, hense the need for the new case

 

Trust me,age is not problem.
My first case I made is when I was 16.
You don't need make it too perfect, just done it!
OK? still have problem . add me.
jasoncaoyuan@hotmail.com

 

Cool, ill add you later, got any pics of yours?

 

Little update:
I put my pc in the case, i couldnt wait and ive gone ahead and got a quote for all the acrylic to build my own case.
Below are some designs of side and front, ill try get some more, sorry if you cant see them too well....



Cheeers

 

I'd spin the Hard drives round and route the SATA wires behind the mobo tray!

 

So would i, but my sata cables are too short
I've ordered new ones though
what do you think of the designs (if you can understand them?)

 

nice so far! keep it up

looks like theres going to be a lot of fans

 

yup just a few

 

Damn that is a lot of fans, will be interesting to see this project, never seen a mod on this case before.

 

i may not be modding the above case, i'm just sourcing my acrylic, which is looking good, in which case i will have my own custom build case
keep a look out for this thread changing to project ice cube, ill let you know when i get a response for the acrylic

 

the project hasnt started yet really, im still waiting for a quote on the acrylic, but heres how its looking now ( i tidied it up and added a fan for the hard disks):


I cant wait to build my own case!!!

 

The list

Ok guys, heres the list of gear that i will eventually get once i've built my cube, ive already started saving/got some kit... Its not a full list, obv there is coolant, tubing, wormdrives etc needed:
Item Price (ex VAT Price (inc VAT) Link
Laing D5 £51.91 £60.99 http://www.aqua-pcs.co.uk/12v-laing-d5-vario-water-pump-12-barb-694-p.asp
Laing D5 £51.91 £60.99 http://www.aqua-pcs.co.uk/12v-laing-d5-vario-water-pump-12-barb-694-p.asp
Laing DDC £42.00 £49.35 http://www.aqua-pcs.co.uk/12v-laing-ddc1-ultra-18w-696-p.asp
Ek surpeme £29.78 £34.99 http://www.aqua-pcs.co.uk/ek-supreme-cpu-block-1113-p.asp
NB block £20.96 £24.63 http://www.aqua-pcs.co.uk/ek-nbsb-s-max---acetal-1120-p.asp
SB block £19.99 £23.49 http://www.aqua-pcs.co.uk/ek-nbsb-asus-3---acetal-1118-p.asp
Mosfets £19.99 £23.49 http://www.aqua-pcs.co.uk/ek-mosfet-asus-3a-x38---acetal-1122-p.asp
Mosfets £19.99 £23.49 http://www.aqua-pcs.co.uk/ek-mosfet-asus-3a-x38---acetal-1122-p.asp
Blastflow VGA block £89.35 £104.99 http://www.aqua-pcs.co.uk/blastflow-siberian-modular-8800gtx-vga-block-1058-p.asp
Mips ram freezer 4 £79.99 £93.99 http://www.vadim.co.uk/MIPS+RAM+Freezer+4
Quad Rad £44.99 £52.86 http://www.aqua-pcs.co.uk/extreme-quad-120mm-radiator-1068-p.asp
Quad Rad £44.99 £52.86 http://www.aqua-pcs.co.uk/extreme-quad-120mm-radiator-1068-p.asp
Quad Rad £44.99 £52.86 http://www.aqua-pcs.co.uk/extreme-quad-120mm-radiator-1068-p.asp
Ek res £27.75 £32.61 http://www.aqua-pcs.co.uk/ek-multioption-res-400-533-p.asp
Ek res £27.75 £32.61 http://www.aqua-pcs.co.uk/ek-multioption-res-400-533-p.asp
Ek res £27.75 £32.61 http://www.aqua-pcs.co.uk/ek-multioption-res-400-533-p.asp
Sorry its a bad paste with duplications, its off excel, anyway, it comes to £756.81!!!
Ill be saving for a little while it seems!!
Just cant wait to get started on the build now.

 

Any idea how those quad rads comapre tothe thermochill PS120.3's?

 

nope, im afriad not, but there bigger so that must count for something...

 

very very very big nonsense

 

whys that?

 

To mee this watercooling looks like absolute extreme overkill. Maybe the biggest I have seen yet.

 

Why the heck would you want 3 loops 1 with a quad rad is nearing overkill for your system.

 

3 Quad Rads! that has to be a first, what you planning on putting in each of the loops?

At the moment i got a single 120.3 bix, that manages fine with an overclocked Q6600, dual 8800GTX and the chipsets, 3x 120.4's is a bit much.