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Case Mod - In Progress Project: TJ07 Water

Discussion in 'Project Logs' started by Bry, 3 Jul 2007.

  1. Bry

    Bry What's a Dremel?

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    Well the time came for a new system and having spoken to certain peeps, including Welshtom, who I guess a few of you will already know, the choice was made to venture into water cooling :D

    After quite some deliberation and chat about hardware I settled on the following:

    Case: Silverstone TJ07B (Black) Aluminum Supertower Case.
    Motherboard: Asus P5N32-E SLI NF680i SLI, S 775, PCI-E (x16), DDR2 533/667/800, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX.
    CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600, Socket 775, 2.4 GHz, 1066MHz FSB, Conroe Core, 4MB Cache, Retail.
    RAM: Team Xtreem 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXDD2048M800HC4DC).
    Gfx: BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail.
    HDD's: 2x 250 Gb Samsung SP2504C SpinPoint P120, SATA300, 7200 rpm, 8MB Cache, 9.0 ms, NCQ.
    PSU: Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU.
    Optical Drive: LiteOn 16x DVD+/-RW/RAM SATA black drive.

    CPU: Swiftech Apogee GTX Extreme Performance CPU Waterblock (LGA775).
    GFX: EK FC8800.
    RAD: PA120.3.
    FANS: 3 x Yate loon.
    TUBING: MasterKleer 7/16".
    PUMP: DDC 18w (with alphacool top)
    Dye: UV Green.
    Coolant: G11.
    RES: DD Bayres
    DRAIN PLUG: DD Delrin Fillport

    And so it began :)

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    Couple of case pics

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    Watercooling components

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    Rad fans - Yate Loons

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    The BFG 8800GTX OC2 with the water block fitted

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    Rad with fans fitted

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    The Res

    The build starts:

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    Rad in place

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    Pump positioned

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    Tubing on

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    All fitted

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    CPU Block connected

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    Gfx fitted

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    Res with fluid in place

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    Another fluid shot

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    Full case shot, all filled up :)

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    Couple of internal shots, still a bit messy :(

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    Case front with the HDD caddy, I need to sort out some form of bracket to hold the caddy

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    Couple of shots of the custom laser cut window

    And finally some dark shots(sorry bout poor quality)

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    Big thanks have to go out to welshtom for all his help and advice during this build and its the NB and SB next :D

    My first attempt guys, so be gentle :)

    Thanks for looking peeps

    Bry.
     
  2. Teyber

    Teyber ******

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    nice!

    good stuff! but why did you buy that gpu? you could have gotten better performance and cheaper price and warrenty if you got the evga then the ek block unless i read it wrong and its a ek block on your gpu?
     
  3. Bry

    Bry What's a Dremel?

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    It is the EK block on the GPU mate and yeh I agree I should have gone the EVGA route, my fault for being a bit hasty :)

    Bry.
     
  4. Colossous

    Colossous Minimodder

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    Whens the North and Southbridge coming Bry ? Looking good ! :thumb:
     
  5. Bry

    Bry What's a Dremel?

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    As soon as I have the cash saved up :)

    Bry.
     
  6. SP1

    SP1 What's a Dremel?

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    What temperatures are you getting Bry?
     
  7. cool_dude

    cool_dude Minimodder

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    Looking nice Bry :)
     
  8. MoRBiD

    MoRBiD Minimodder

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    looks great man :D nice jobby!
     
  9. Fod

    Fod what is the cheesecake?

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    duude,..... wiring :(
     
  10. Bry

    Bry What's a Dremel?

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    32 idle and 49 load, due to the case being against the wall at the moment :(

    Yeh I know man, really gotta sort those out :)

    Bry.
     
  11. Bry

    Bry What's a Dremel?

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    Ok, its time to move forward and put the NB/SB under water :)

    Parts should be ordered within the next week, so I will post pics etc when I get them.

    Bry.
     
  12. jegerjon

    jegerjon What's a Dremel?

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    Bry, looks great!

    I was just thinking about your glowwire, I'm going to use some my self, do you know how big the inverter box is?
    Thanks :)
     
  13. Bry

    Bry What's a Dremel?

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    By glowwire I presume you mean the blue stuff wrapped around the pipe coming from the CPU, if so then this is just standard UV reactive plastic wire, nothing else ;)

    Bry.
     
  14. Bry

    Bry What's a Dremel?

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    Change of plan, I am now getting the case splash anodised and the inside powdercoated first, pics in a week or so :D

    Bry.
     
  15. jegerjon

    jegerjon What's a Dremel?

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    Ah okay thanks. Sorry man, just thought it was glowwire. But your casemod still looks great :thumb:
    Keep it up.
     
  16. Bry

    Bry What's a Dremel?

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    Ok folks its opinion time :)

    As I said above I am going for splash anodising on the outside of the case but I cannot decide between purple and orange(ford focus st). So I would like you all to choose either purple or orange and help my decision on this :D

    Cheers all

    Bry.
     
  17. Bry

    Bry What's a Dremel?

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    Ok update time folks, the case as been splash anodised, so here ya go with a few pics :)

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    Gotta say I am very happy with the results :D

    Bry.
     
  18. wbdog206

    wbdog206 not me

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    that is a sweet finish.
    looks great.
     
  19. Guest-18698

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    i thought it was another pa 120.3 in the bottom, la la la la la l....... been done.

    but when i saw that paint job i was like !! :jawdrop:

    i love custom paint jobs on a case like this
     
  20. kimandsally

    kimandsally What's a Dremel?

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    The wife loves the purple anodising, it's certainly the first time I've seen this finish before and it's :rock: stunning, but a bit too flash for me I've the same case and have set the water system virtually the same as yours but the case has been left standard black. All in all a very nice job, well done. :cooldude:
     
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