Case painted.. plumbing being fitted.... res fitted... Pump fitted.... Just planning the cut out for the rad. The annoying thing is, I have to fit the other W/C parts before the rad, as they will dictate which way around the rad goes, and as it's a MAJOR pain in the ass to fit the res, and the pump, I opted to paint the case first... not a problem in itself... until i start to cut the top panel, and fill the case with aluminum swarf!! So... I plan to heavily mask off the upper part of the case. I'll update the project log later. EDIT: Abandoned the rear 120mm fan conversion. The cut required will either interfere with mobo backplate mounting, or, if I go the other way, interfere with the case's structural integrity. I'm just gonna wire the 2 80s in series so they're each getting 6V instead... should be fine. Opinions??
Work halted for a day or two. Reason? Like a dumb ***** I managed to hit the radiator core with a screw.... fitted everything... fired up the pump, and coolant pi**ed out everywhere. One Black Ice Extreme III in the trash Will order another rad later, and get working again on my next day off (thursday). Oh well.... s**t happens.
************************************** Update: Oct 9th ______________ Work halted for a day or two. Reason? Like a dumb ***** I managed to hit the radiator core with a screw.... fitted everything... fired up the pump, and coolant pi**ed out everywhere. One Black Ice Extreme III in the trash Will order another rad later, and get working again on my next day off (thursday). Oh well.... s**t happens. BTW... for those who like to watch car crashes, and those shows where buildings fall down.. you may like to see a pic of a brand new black ice xtreme 3 after a stupid, stupid man screwed into the core. Ouch! Will update the pics soon. __________________
Got any pictures of the damage? If you've just lightly damaged the tube you should be able to repair it with a bit of soldering
Considered this, but to be honest, I would always worry it would let me down at some point if I soldered it. I want the peace of mind of having it perfect.. I just ordered a new one. If anyone wants to make me an offer for the old one, mail me. It's a clean hole where a self tapper want straight into the very top of the tube. Probably repairable, but like I said.... once it's in there, I want a good few years of trouble free, and worry free use out of that rad, as there was some serious pressure in that rad.... it was seriously squirting out... that Eheim 1250 rocks!!! Nice and quiet too! I didn;t take pics of the water gushing out, no.... I was otherwise occupied I'll take pics of the damaged rad when I get home (i'm off on a dumb-assed 2 days seminar tomorrow... back tuesday). Although there's not much to see... just a small puncture.
ill have it off you for sure i REALLY like the way this is heading, nice clean window cut aswell should look quite nice all done up i was going to get a pc70, but couldnt find many abouts (2nd hand) and all the new ones are very pricy, so i settled with re-using my cheiftec
Ok... my mail is in my profile... drop me a line. Make me an offer... I'm only gonna bin it anyway if no one wants it.
Hmmm.... despite the mishap, I'll post what I got done today anyway. *********************** Ok.... Finally got my pump.. Eheim 1250 Case completely stripped, and cleaned.. ready for paint Case just after a few coats of primer. Case after a few coats of satin black (photos don't do it justice)! Reservior fitted, and awaiting piping. Just measuring some wiring runs to give me a better idea of how I'll route the cabling after the water loop is installed. Pump and reservoir fitted in place. Fans being attached to the BIX3. The corners of the papst fans were snapped off so I could easier get to the screws. The fans will not be visible from the window, so no smooth finish was required (although I'll probably do it later anyway.) All three papst fans installed on the rad. The whole fan+rad assembly, plus wiring loom. (sorry about the ghetto looking tape... I'll replace that with some nice shrink sleeving later). Template mapped out into the case, and a good layer of tape for protection. Pilot holes being drilled, and also the rad mounting holes. Let's get cutting!!! As before, I'm using a jigsaw for straight lines... again going slow, with a fast blade for a smooth cut. Here's the hole after the tape was removed. I'm now sealing the edge of the rad with silicone, to help prevent the fans sucking air around the fan, or thru any gaps... every little helps The rad, and watercool grill fitted (I decided to ditch the thermochill grill, as A) it's ugly, and B) this was a better fit for the BIX3). Now it's time to drill the waterblocks for the LEDs. I'm using 3mm LEDs, so a small(3mm) hole is drilled into the plex, just deep anough to accept the LEDs (to be fitted later). Only go as deep as you need, and drill into teh centre of the plex (not too close to the edge, or the seal) or it may split. More follows -------------
Removing the outer rail from the 7800GTX. Off comes the RAM sinks. (to be refitted after teh black is attached). Off comes the grill. Off come the heatsink and fan assembly. The chip after the old heat compound is removed. New Arctic Silver is applied. The block fitted to the 7800 First install of water loop (to be revised slightly when fitted fully) The plexi-stand beneath the 7800 is to support it... that block is HEAVY, and I didn't like the way it dipped down at the end.. that's gotta strain the PCI-E slot, and stress the board. I will light that with a LED.. make a feature of it And then it all went horribly wrong!!! Will continue when I get the new BIX3.
Nice interior paintwork Looking good. Thats a nice looking loop, cept maybe the hooooooooooge bit from the GFX>RES Shame about the BIX3 though
I know.. not as huge as it looks however, and it's not to the res, it's to the rad, so there's no way around it... it's a big case . Pressure was immense in that loop!! Should get some low temps. I ordered a new rad last night, so that should be here for my next day off... then it's back to the drawing board. I should be able to do it a lot faster now tho, having done it once already, and the hole for the rad being already cut.
Great case, looks really promising. One note though, very small, maybe you should rotate the grill on the top 180 degrees horizontally. The way it is fit right now, you can see text on the middle pieces, but can hardly read what it says. If rotated, you can see the text, and also figure out what exactly it says
Well, actually that was my fault since I didn't hold the rad properly in place... I didn't realise it would be THAT heavy...Sowwy. Heh...that was my idea that (the bit with most of the hosing going through the bay with the HDs)...David's 'masterplan' design didn't quite work out...If I didn't wander into the garage to see if he was still alive, he'd prolly still be scraping bits off the hose to get the elbow joint on, conference or no conference... Guess I'm not such a complete waste of space after all! Rad damage isn't excessive...Just a tiny puncture in one of the 'ribs' at the top...can barely see it...er...until it leaks...
Drill those rivets out of the top panel ASAP, it makes doing anything in the upper half of the case SO MUCH EASIER when you can take the top off. You can replace them very conveniently with the pushpins that came with the Adda fans, it's a perfect fit Looks good so far, keep it coming!
That's a FANTASTIC idea!!! Cheers for that.. so obvious it never occured to me. New rad didn't arrive today... which is not like Paul, so may not be able to work on this until weekend after next :-(
Can't remember where I saw it, but it was like a ray of light dawning over a cloudy horizon when I realised that was how simple it all was...pass the knowledge on!
