Case Mod - In Progress Project: Orange Monster, 26 July 2006; Wire routing blocks 16.3.2014

This is an absolutely fantastic mod. I have watched it for a while before I become a member to bit-tech and you had me hooked. Good luck with the rest of the mod.

 

Thanks for the comments guys and rest assured the post easter update is coming as soon as possible.

The main reason for the delay was that I didn't get as much done before easter that I wanted to, so I wanted to postpone the update, sorry about that. This weekend is all about modding, so I should be able to produce the update and quite a lot of progress as well.

Stay tuned...

Darkened

 

8800GTS Waterblock installation...

Okay, it's not quite easter anymore

I've actually done a whole heap of stuff with the OM, so let's start updating, shall we...







This should be about where we left off last time. I stripped and cleaned the card and installed the block on it, pretty straightforward.





There's a few closeups of the blocks details.





As you can see from these pictures, I've already installed the motherboard in the case and this is how the GTS sits in...



...as close as it may be


More to come once I get the pictures sorted and ready

Feel free to leave comments again.


Darkened

 

its ALIVE... YAY ^_^

Looking great and I love how the motherboard works with the color theme.

 

You know, I was thinking it's been a long time since the promised Easter update; but it looks like the Orange Monster is finally rising from the dead!!!!!!!

Glad to see you're still with us, Janne !!!

 

Rad assembly...

Still here and as evil as ever

Thanks for the support guys, more updates ahead, stay focused now...

Okay, it's quite clear that the rad going in the Monster is going to be a GT Stealth 240, but there's a minor twist. I want the whole water cooling system to be modular...in a way at least, the following pictures will explain it better...









As you can see the two A.C.Ryan fans attach to the rad with 8 hexhead bolts. These bolts were shortened so that they don't touch the rad fins.

Also you can see that the fans have lost those pesky little stickers and are now protected by plain satin black vinyl.

Then the wiring, both fans have their own wire which were shortened to reach the Aquaero perfectly. After that I added a third connector which will give the leds their power.

On the bottom side there isn't anything special, just two compression fittings.

Well how do I intend to attach the whole thing to the case, that'll be up next...



I'm using ordinary fan screws to keep the thing in place. This way I can take the whole assembly out without having to fight with long screws trough the fans. Not that sophisticated, but it works well

The thing this whole assembly is missing is a fanguard. That's under construction and didn't make it's way to the photoshoot quite yet, but I'll show you how I'm going to attach it.





It's going to be screwed on with four M4 hexhead bolts and attached to the case with these threadserts. Again I can take the fanguard off and for example clean the fans if necessary and all this without having to mess with the rad assembly itself.


That's it for now, keep them comments rolling

Darkened

 

really cool mod !! where did u get the acryic

 

those waterblocks looks realy nice.
can't wait to see the fanguard. Since it comming from you, I'm sure it's going to be amayzing !

keep up the good work !

 

Yes and Yes! Welcome back to the modding scene Darkened!

 

Res installation...

I'm going for the hat trick today

As I mentioned earlier, I've made quite a bit of progress with this thing, but I haven't had the time to do the updates, so there'll be a bunch of them...

Let's get back to business!



If you can remember, when I last updated, I still wasn't sure about the design of the case front. Well, I contemplated it a while and this is the conclusion.

You could say that I'm keeping it simple, cause I'm stupid Just kidding, but when I looked at the case and the parts I've made, this was the shape I saw everywhere. Oval it is then

You can also see that I scrapped the idea of having polished pieces on the front. Less is sometimes more as our fellow modder modsquad has thought us (plus I hated the idea of fingerprints, so there we go ).



That's the butt-side of things. I still have to swap the temperature sensor to the other side, but otherwise it's done. Also, notice the different kind of compression fitting outer rings (is that a word?). I'm using these in places where you can't see since I don't have enough of the better looking ones...catch my draft



I also need a fillport. Delrin is the way to go here and of course with an acrylic glowring...swish!



There's the fillport assembly with just the right amount of tubing attached to it.





And boom, there it is. Before you ask, that's water allright, as I said, I've been making some progress here

That light comes from a single white led which was just put there for...well...lighting purposes. The final version will be an UV-led and the fluid is going to have orange dye in it, so that should look pretty good...



...though I think this looks pretty damn good too

I'll leave you with a few artsy pictures as I tend to do...





There ya go, comments are always appreciated.

See you soon along with another update.


Darkened signing off...

 

WOW! Firstly updates, and secondly, that res looks even better than it was stock!

 

looks awesome darkened keep up the good work.

 

ive been waiting for this update for a LONG time darkened, ive been a long time lurker of your work


i absolutely love OM, i cant wait to see the final outcome!

 

allways a pleasure to look in this thread

 

WOOO finally! Looking awesome man, well worth the wait, my V1000 is actually crying after comparing itself

 

glad to see updates on this build! Great work, everything looks very clean.

 

Good to see you posting again Janne!

If you're going for the "clean" look on the front, you should be able to wipe all that screenprinting off the front of your DVD drive with
some Isopropanol / Isopropyl Alcohol.

 

Sweet!! Looking forward to seeing what everything else looks like!!

 

Janne, your project is almost like a McDonald's - I'm lovin' it!

 

nice , finally some updates