Project: SX1

[Sc4mpi]

Hello again , im back in the modding feel and this is going to be quite of a manic project

Iv Racked out the old coolermaster s4000 sx1 (extended version) and its time to put pen to paper and work out some plans.

the basic's behind it will be to create a viable gaming machine. combined with the abilty to run as a server for my cisco , network+,ccna etc. The machine is going to be watercooled as per my other mods, most likey with 2 loops (be it 1/2" or 3/8") allowing the added function of running passive the other fact is i want to be able to keep the rack mount function whilst having top mounted rad and rez's.

specs at the moment will consist of..

fx-57
Dfi expert
Sapphire X1900xtx
Bfg Ageia ppu
2gb g.skill hz
creative x-fi
pcp 510
2x 74gig raptors
200gig seagate
2x 250 wd caviars (one for server 2k3 the other for unix or linux)

Watercooling
2xddc ultra
eddy-ek fcx 1800
danger den tdx
danger den maze 4 gpu
alphacool chippy
bip 120.2
pa 120.2
aquero
dual fass-o-matics

So onto the start.

The case :)

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Stealth1911/S4000%20sx1/PICT0066.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Stealth1911/S4000%20sx1/PICT0067.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Stealth1911/S4000%20sx1/PICT0068.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Stealth1911/S4000%20sx1/PICT0069.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Stealth1911/S4000%20sx1/PICT0070.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Stealth1911/S4000%20sx1/PICT0071.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Stealth1911/S4000%20sx1/PICT0073.jpg

havnt got a lot of time today. modding it will commence tommorw

All comments welcome (good or bad ;) )

Sc4mpi out

[Sc4mpi]

first design for the mount for the pumps.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Stealth1911/S4000%20sx1/ddcdual.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Stealth1911/S4000%20sx1/ddcdual1.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Stealth1911/S4000%20sx1/ddcdual2.jpg

[Sc4mpi]

inital design for the top inlay plate that will hold the 2 fass and radiator

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Stealth1911/S4000%20sx1/StuPlate_01.jpg

and a idea what the gills might look like

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Stealth1911/S4000%20sx1/StuPlate_02.jpg

[Sc4mpi]

got around to sorting out and fitting the internal dual radiator :)

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Stealth1911/S4000%20sx1/PICT0079.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Stealth1911/S4000%20sx1/PICT0083.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Stealth1911/S4000%20sx1/PICT0086.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Stealth1911/S4000%20sx1/PICT0088.jpg

[Sc4mpi]

loop layouts

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Stealth1911/S4000%20sx1/s4000plan.jpg

[YanBooth]

cramped! looking good though

[BlueAqua]

Man, that is a really nice long case. I'm interested to see how this one turns out.
Good luck

[±Pink=FloYd±]

where can I get a case like this?

[ken]

where can I get a case like this?

if you are in the UK, head over here: http://www.fastekcomputers.co.uk/shop/coolermaster-s4000-server-case-p-267.html

[±Pink=FloYd±]

u.s. wow that is expensive..

[Sc4mpi]

got some more parts today. so i mounted the pa120.2 and started some tube routing :)

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Stealth1911/PICT0089.jpg

pa 120.2

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Stealth1911/PICT0093.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Stealth1911/PICT0095.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Stealth1911/PICT0097.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Stealth1911/PICT0098.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Stealth1911/PICT0100.jpg

im also adding the chipset into the cpu loop. but other than that its coming along :)

[±Pink=FloYd±]

nice.. but whats the bottom card thats being cooled?

[Mankz_91]

its a BFG Physx card, being cooled cos its got an ennoying little heatsink.

[Zeus]

Looks great but having the barbs of your rad at the underside might give you a hard time bleeding your system as air can get trapped in the top of your rad.

[whoodiestyle]

looking good so far but what does a BFG Physx card do exactly??

[Mankz_91]

NOT MUCH.


hey Sc4mpi, is the eddy EK water block any good?

[Sc4mpi]

sorry the lack up of updates in the past couple of days iv been ill with a flu bug :(

anyway i got the lod and top radiator mounted :)

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Stealth1911/PICT0111.jpg

Test fit (noticed by there only being one fan ;) the 4mm gap at the front is to allow clearance between the front res and the aquero , i also need to get a another silver aquacomputer grill maby. )#

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Stealth1911/PICT0114.jpg

Just fits :)

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Stealth1911/PICT0116.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Stealth1911/PICT0117.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Stealth1911/PICT0112.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Stealth1911/PICT0110.jpg

ppu with maze4

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Stealth1911/PICT0109.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Stealth1911/PICT0108.jpg

fcx 1900 :)

I want this case aswell.The only bad thing about it is that there are only 3 5,25" slots

There is 6 x 5,25" or 3x 5,25" and 5x 3,12"

I got 5 hds in here so there is some decent space. and the bottem rack comes fan cooled as standad :thumb:

[Sc4mpi]

well i dint like the placing of the res's with the grill covering the second so i remounted them this morning and moved the aquero down to the bottem slot. as for the grill it was the only one i had lying about. im going to get the silver aquacomputer version. :)

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Stealth1911/PICT0151.jpg

The remounted fass's (the one on the right is full of water and in use in the pic)

[Sc4mpi]

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Stealth1911/PICT0152.jpg

[ludeboy12]

damn that case is massive. but $hit it looks great.

[Sloppy]

Amazing skills you have, really liking that case alot :toast:

[zac]

got some more parts today. so i mounted the pa120.2 and started some tube routing :)

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Stealth1911/PICT0089.jpg

pa 120.2

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Stealth1911/PICT0093.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Stealth1911/PICT0095.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Stealth1911/PICT0097.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Stealth1911/PICT0098.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Stealth1911/PICT0100.jpg

im also adding the chipset into the cpu loop. but other than that its coming along :)

Should have got some silent x fans mate !!!!!!!!!
looks sweet

[vapb400]

silenX is BS marketing.

Looks incredible scampi, i've loved all your mods to date.

[g.l.amour]

that's a massiv setup you got there. although i wouldn't like to do a flushing - maintenance on that rig, with the dual loop. i love the way a big mastodont of a case allows for a clean setup.

[Jack]

Thats some nice work you're doing on that case :toast:

btw you're not the first to mod a ATC S4000-SX1 ;)
check this out (http://www.casejunkies.com/index.php?upn=010001&hl_id=2328)

[Sc4mpi]

picked up the plate today :)

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Stealth1911/S4000%20sx1/plate1.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Stealth1911/S4000%20sx1/plate2.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Stealth1911/S4000%20sx1/plate3.jpg

[Sc4mpi]

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Stealth1911/S4000%20sx1/PICT0004.jpg

needs sliding up a little bit

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Stealth1911/S4000%20sx1/PICT0003.jpg

[Torin]

Looking nice, keep up the good work. :toast:

[Sc4mpi]

Been having family probs recently hense the project went dorment for a while but iv got a lot of free time now. so i dug out the log and carryed on with the pc today :)

The main job was the pump mounts. the original plan i had was for them both to be mounted verticaly and attached to the bottem removable rack. i gave up on this idea after a few hours of head scratching this morning, if i was to proceed with that idea it would have left one pump with air in the chamber, and cause they would be mounted to the bottem rack it would stop it being removable.

So heres what i came up with that seemed to solve both problems. having the pumps horizontal and keeping the bottem rack removable


The pumps were fixed together with 3mm threaded rod and waterproof epoxy which made a superior join

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Stealth1911/S4000%20sx1/PICT0217.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Stealth1911/S4000%20sx1/PICT0218.jpg

The were then mounted on antivibration washers and and bracket that bolted into the slide rails of the case. allowing the pumps to be both horizontal which solved the air bubble problem and also allowed the bottem rack to remain completly removable.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Stealth1911/S4000%20sx1/PICT0219.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Stealth1911/S4000%20sx1/PICT0220.jpg

I have ordered some more parts to carry on the project but at the moment the pc is running in a semi state and will be worked around but heres a current ghetto pic

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Stealth1911/S4000%20sx1/PICT0222.jpg

[Mr. Popo]

Xtreme Sexy. :rolleyes:
Not too shabb ;) , Cycle is a bit long... :stick:

[Sc4mpi]

got all the cooling fitted and plumbed in now. so i can start on the little details now. like lights. plexi windows :)

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Stealth1911/S4000%20sx1/PICT0233.jpg

[Sc4mpi]

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/Stealth1911/S4000%20sx1/PICT0234.jpg

[SoulGG]

Looking good:)