A V1000 Project - Final Build Pics -17/11/08

[LogAn'sRun]

Hello!

It seems like it's been close to a year that I have been planning this out and reading, reading, reading, everything that I could once I stumbled upon XS.


Funnily, I can't even remember how I came across XS in the first place, it may have been one of those random google searches where I stumbled across this site by accident. And stumbling some more, I found myself in the LC section of XS and I was like 'what the f**k? Water in the case, are they nuts?' But it was something about the tubes and the beauty of clean cases and the shiny blocks (ohhhh the blocks :slobber: ) that got me hooked.


I started reading (like I already said) and began making tentative posts trying to learn what I could, and mostly trying to emulate a sponge. To some aspects, i think I've managed pretty well, but some days it becomes glaringly obvious that I'm still wet behind the ears and green in the gills and noob with a capitol N (and really whatever other idiom that implies lack of knowledge) as I slap my head and just say 'doh!'.


I'm learning all the time, and owe a marabou to just about everyone on this forum. And those of you that I've PM'd and recieved help from, here's a big
THANKS for you.


To get started, you'll see that I ramble a bit, and I hope that I can keep your attention long enough to finish the build.

I thought about giving you a list of stuff that I have, but then I was like 'nah, everyone appreciates pron pics instead', so here's a pic of hardware. . .


http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans040.jpg

AS it is, some of this may change or has changed or may not even fit in the case itself. Of course the case will be watercooled, but I'll get to that later on as we go.



Ya prolly wanna see the case now right?

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans016.jpg


http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans041.jpg

Watercooling would be a definite in the case, so I needed to make a cut somewhere to fit a PA120.2 (I have a pa160 here as well, but I haven't decided if I need it or not, as I won't be OC'ing and will have 1 GPU. After talking to Marci several times, he also felt that the 120.2 alone would be enough for my needs. I'll see how it goes, and if I'm happy with temps, Rock On! If not, well the beauty of modding is that I can always go back in, hehe) and that a requirement for me would be an internal case. Hats off to everyone that has big rads in these little cases, but for the life of me I couldn't see how to get a 120.3 in here without an external mount. Anyway, I needed to make a cut, and went with a top mount.


Little taping first.

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans001.jpg


Before:

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans002.jpg

After:

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans003.jpg


After:

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans004.jpg

I know how everyone recommendeds a jigsaw for all case cuts, but since we didn't have one, I went with a dremel as that was what I had. And I've never used one of those before either. I thought the cut came out ok.


I knew that I wanted to get in and make some cuts for the mobo tray, and being that this is my first build ever, I wanted to do everything right. So I started to look around the case and decide what the easiest way would
be to do that, and I figured if I took out the mobo tray, it would be easier to accomplish. Except I couldn't find how to do that. The easy way that is. So one rivet led to another, and before I knew it, I had this:

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans005.jpg

DOH!


Since the case was in pieces, I needed to take some pics so i could get it back together. . . at least that's what I hoped


http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans006.jpg


http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans007.jpg


http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans008.jpg


I have a ton more raw pics like those, but I figured you get the idea.


So, since I bumbled into this mess, I wanted to do something about the insides and thought a nice black finish would go good with the look I'm trying to achieve. Off to the powdercoaters went the whole case!!! Let's see what that looks like in a few days when it comes back.

(if pic size is a prob, let me know and I'll resize them)

[Nate P.]

Looks GREAT so far! Keep it up, and MORE PICS!

[Romain]

Lookin' Good!

I've got the PCV1000..love it to death.. that i just removed a EXOS 2 from..got a nice large cut like yours that i'm gonna fill with somethin incredible

[Nicoleef]

Those cases are great :D, subscribed,
also i want to look more of the radiator mounting because I'm still learning on how to do that. :P

[LockBreaker]

So you are going to use a ThermoChill PA.120.3? :)

Interesting. I like your build. I will be keeping a close-ey to this project. ;)

[Jedda]

How to remove the mobo tray on its own is in my build thread.
Looking forward to following your build LR. :up:

[Bail_w]

How to remove the mobo tray on its own is in my build thread.
Looking forward to following your build LR. :up:

seems like your bandwidth is exceed.

[Jedda]

Yeah, too popular. 25GB/month.
Its back up in two days, the 8th.

[silverphoenix]

Yeah, too popular. 25GB/month.
Its back up in two days, the 8th.

haha same thing happened to me except I'm back on the 10th. Anyways Great job so far. I like your idea of using photo's as reference pix.

[FallenCow]

Great stuff... can't wait to see how it comes together!

[septim]

hmm more pics sounds nice.

[LockBreaker]

I agree septim. :)

More pics please. :D

[smee]

Excellent build!
But more pics is simply required... pics or ban!:D

(joking... but we are dying over here without more pics!!! Give us more!!!!!!!;))

[yngndrw]

He's not build anything yet. :P

Regardless sounds like a very nice project.

What are you going to rivit the case back togheter with ? Alu rivits or Steel rivits ? The original rivits were Alu.

[LogAn'sRun]

Allright, Allright. I know that was a little unfair, I should have posted more pics in the first place, and not just teased you with the ones I did.

I have no idea where the case is going to go, I'm kind of whinging it. But, I have a theme that I want to stick with, and then I'll see if I can incorporate some cool cut into the window. Because I gotta have a window!!

Oh right. Theme. Well, I really like the way black and silver looks together, like black and chrome is just sick in my eyes. I looked into getting some parts chromed, like I thought that would be just insane to see a chromed rad and chromed pump, and like chrome everything.

So I started calling around locally to see what kind of quotes I could get, and after countless hours on the phone trying to explain: 1) no, I'm not joking, 2) No, it's not car radiator, 3) Yes, it goes in a computer, 4)Yes I said 'Water inside the computer, and 5) You want to charge me how much? I gave up on finding any local shop to do my chroming.

Well, out went the idea of chroming stuff. But I've learned in my life that not everything can be reached direct from point A to B, sometimes the path meanders a bit. In this meander, I settled on different aspirations, but still going after the look that I wanted.

To get there, I knew that I needed to see a specialist. Only a specialist would have what I was looking for. And I found just the specialist here in Stockholm.

These Guys rock!!

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans054.jpg


But first, before I get to those goodies, here's a little more before shots:

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans057.jpg


http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans059.jpg


I like this one, it shows the cut (before it got real pretty) and some attatchemnt details that I'll need for later

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans058.jpg


Did anybody catch my little reference in the background (I know it's a little blurry, that was the point) in the first cut picture of the rad hole in my first post?



Anyway, back on track.

So I decided to see Sifverts today while I waited for the case to come back from the powdercoaters, and I picked up some goodies. . .

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans056.jpg

Quite a few actually. My wife saw the bag, and then like all wives (hey, no harm no foul here, I'm calling it just like I see it) she saw the reciept and was like 'YOU SPENT HOW MUCH ON SCREWS??? HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND??'

Sadly, I couldn't think of an answer to that question.

To continue, trying to get in touch with my inner theme, I went and visited these guys, and I'm always amazed at how geeky people can be. Even when I'm feeling like a big geek, somebody comes along and out geeks me. Nobody blinked when I came in and said 'I just took my computer apart into like 30 pieces, and I think I may need some screws to get it back together'. The kind folks took me by the hand (not literally, but you get my drift) and we walked around the store together putting stuff into little bags. I described what I wanted, what I wanted to achieve, and roughly what I thought the hole sizes were.

Here's what we came up with:

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans047.jpg

Those guys above will be in places of rivets, or where something needed to sit flush. I wanted to stick with hexcant screws (I think they''re called socket heads in english) as I liked the 'industrial' 'deco' look of them.


To continue (I think everyone should have some of these) :
M4
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans055.jpg


M3 and M4 together
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans052.jpg


a difference in size perspective
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans051.jpg

I figure the M4's I'll use to attatch something big (like the rad maybe?) to the case, and the M3's could come in handy as general screws. I have some M5 chromed hexcants that I found on ebay, I'll take a pic of those when I get them. I'm going to see what size I like the most to attatch the rad and the grill to the top of the case.


For the rad, I knew I might need some of these, so I got them in the respective sizes to the screws above :

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans053.jpg
Those are the 'locknuts' that have the little plastic ring on the inside.


And the Pièce de résistance (these were so expensive that they're the ones that made my wife flip out):

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans048.jpg

DOMEHEADS!!!


Saw some of these and figured 'ah what the heck, I may need them':

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans050.jpg

But then I realized, if I needed to make more cuts, the case would already be pc'ed and I'd shake like a junkie cold turkey after 4 days trying get the hole saw straight. Oh well, I have the bad feeling I may make some more cuts anyway. Live and learn.


I wonder what these are for???

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans049.jpg

No seriously, what are they for?


The kind people at Sifverts said I may need some of these anyway, so I got some, M3 of course:

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans046.jpg



Lastly, I think I may have to do something about this:

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans045.jpg

I don't really like that button. I'll see if I can do something about it.

[Pudi]

you made my day bro :rofl:

[Jedda]

The Vandals are a drop in replacement for the front switch.
Vandal (http://www.gammods.com.au/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=364)

[LogAn'sRun]

The Vandals are a drop in replacement for the front switch.
Vandal (http://www.gammods.com.au/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=364)

I know. . . ;)

[Darkmind]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO more pics more pics lol. :D :up:

[luis_pedro_Sato]

Great post.
Im going to follow this tread

[Xilikon]

I love the line about the wife commenting the purchase of small things :p I got the same thing recently with 10 feets of Tygon R3400. Mine said "Are you nuts to pay over 30$ for tubing when you can get it at the local hardware store"... I had to explain the differences and in the end, said she dosn't mind spending 100$ on pieces of clothing when 20$ is enough just to convice her to leave me alone.

[AliG]

looks good, just one question, why waste your money on a 640mb gts when the new g92 gts has been out for a while and that even beats the gtx in a lot of cases?

[LogAn'sRun]

looks good, just one question, why waste your money on a 640mb gts when the new g92 gts has been out for a while and that even beats the gtx in a lot of cases?

ya I know :(

Problem was I bought almost everything I have in July/August on vacation in the US. Now I think I may drop that card in my other computer and buy the new GT, Ihave my eye on this one : http://www.evga.com/products/moreInfo.asp?pn=512-P3-N806-AR

which surprisingly is available here, no probs. I just have to wait to pay day. . .
Same goes for the e6850 that I have in the box, untouched. I don't know if it's worth it to get the e8500 instead. . .

[FallenCow]

Makes me glad I live in the US where all these parts are readily available (we really should switch over to metric though...)

[LogAn'sRun]

Look what just showed up from the powder coaters :up:

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans017.jpg


http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans018.jpg


http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans026.jpg


I'll see if I can get around to putting it together now with all those screws that I have :)


Other mini-projects to do:
1) Heat Pipe mod by Ace-a-Rue on the IP35
2) Stealth DVD Mod inspired by Cyprio inspired by phcjpp
3) learn to wire LED's
4) something special with the PA120.2

[LockBreaker]

It looks good Logan. :)

More pics please. :D

[LogAn'sRun]

Had a little birthday party to plan/attend/host before I could get started on putting the computer back together.


My son's first Birthday!
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans60.jpg
Had too much cake, but the sugar helped me get started on putting together the case.


Used the tapered M3 socket heads in place of rivets where I could.

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans019.jpg


From the inside, you see how the domeheads really come into play. . .

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans027.jpg


http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans022.jpg


put in my front port and pc'd the logo (looks more stealth this way)

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans023.jpg


sleeved the front port cables (just to give you a taste of the what's coming on the sleeves)

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans024.jpg

wasn't too happy when I saw this, but at this point there's nothing I could do (no, that's not a fingerprint, it's permanent -bad powdercoaters! :mad: )

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans035.jpg


but, let's leave the anger behind, and see how the back turned out with those M3 Socket Heads (YUMMY!)

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans021.jpg


http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans036.jpg


http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans020.jpg


A little action from the front section

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans032.jpg


Before the mobo tray is installed (couldn't get to that yet)

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans033.jpg


Are you ready to play spot the mistake??? I'm going to show you a picture,and it wasn't until I was editing it, that I realized I forgot to do something important BEFORE it was pc'd


http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans34.jpg

I won't tell you what the answer is, I'll leave you guessing for a day or two, but it's such a noob mistake! :rolleyes:


Anyway, that's it for now, but I'll leave with a sneak peak of the next mini project I have going on for this case. . .

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans015.jpg

[Matt C.]

you didnt drill the holes for the radiator/fans LOL

[sdkevin]

is that a carrot cake? I want some :) yum yum, looks very nice! black theme is always my favorite but it would be nice if you can mix with other colors instead just plain black! looking forward to see some more pics!!!

[Xilikon]

you didnt drill the holes for the radiator/fans LOL

Exactly my thought :rofl:

[technodanvan]

you didnt drill the holes for the radiator/fans LOL

I'm wondering also if he shouldn't have done something to ensure an optical drive will still fit in the bay after the powdercoating. It's already fairly snug when stock, the additional paint there may end up getting scraped off.

In any case, both problems can be corrected and shouldn't be terribly visible (if at all) from the outside of the case. It's looking great, and your pictures are very, very good. Keep up the good work! :clap:

[64dragon]

that powdercoat looks sweet, i love black interiors

[Aldy402]

damn 4got to drill the holes...

that sucksss. its ok though
if you don't mind me asking, how much did u pay for the powder coating?

[NysoO]

Really nice work going on here m8. Good to see some more Swedes buildings these kind of nice rigs.
I can agree with you about sifvert, they have a good range of products, though they are a bit expensive. I think for personal use like this, they add like 90% to the cost of the bolts / screws, so, they are a bit pricy :)

Interesting powder-coat, please send me a PM if you feel like it, would like to know how you got the pieces coated :)

[headala]

I like where you're going with this; subscribed!

Oh, and will the side panels still fit on after you put in the new screws and with the powdercoating? They are pretty snug against the rivets on my case.

[CrazyJoe]

I wonder what these are for???

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans049.jpg

No seriously, what are they for?

They look to be 330ohm resistors ... most likely for any LED's you plan to put into the case ... to drop the juice from 5 volts to 3.3 volts. :up:

[LogAn'sRun]

@mattc, Xilikon, - yupp, that was the answer. haha. I'm sure I'll find a couple more along the way.

@64dragon - way, waaaaayyy too much. I spent a long time on the phone looking for someone to take me serious about pc'ing the computer, and after reading how most ppl on this forum seem to get it done for a 6 pack or equivalent is beyond me. I paid too much 1000kr (don't forget our 25%tax) = $155 , only plus was it was for everything, inside, out and extra pieces. I think the guy felt guilty taking that much money, so he told me I could get a couple more pieces done at no cost).

@nysoo - I'll shoot you a pm with the name of the company after work, if I remember correctly, you're 08'are oxo? IAF, look at first post, I dismanteled the chassi completely.

@technodanvan - no worries, it fits.


@headala - yupp, np!


@crazyjoe - right! Now I just need to learn how to wire LED's. . . .

[ANP !!!]

Good Job, Looks really nice. I love black interiors, I also got my cheapo (TJ05 alike) PCed for merely Rs.200 (<$5).

Here's a picture.
http://www.imgx.org/pthumbs/small/5107/IMG_3447re.JPG (http://www.imgx.org/public/view/5107)


PS: Happy Birthday to your Son, that cake looks tasty :slobber:

[biglipzit]

Looks like an apple G5 tower case...

EDIT:Forget anything else i said i feel stupid

[Jedda]

Using the psu duct, LR? Figured that might be one of the extra PC'd parts.

PM, if you decide you need any black rivets.

Congrats on Grattis making the big twelve months!

[TheOriginalTB]

Am I the only one thinking that painjob doesn't look like powdercoat? It looks like normal sparyed paint :/

But the project is looking good, I'm following this closely as I'm about to rearrange my watercooling in my PC101B :)

[septim]

i like the updates....

happy birthday to your son...

[CrazyJoe]

@crazyjoe - right! Now I just need to learn how to wire LED's. . . .

Try this site - http://led.linear1.org/led.wiz

Just check the box for "wiring diagram" and then type in the Volts, Forward Voltage, Forward Current, and number of LED's in your loop. ( The LED's technical information should be on the site you bought them from )

And a full wiring schematic / diagram is displayed ... excellent site ! :up:

[NysoO]

@nysoo - I'll shoot you a pm with the name of the company after work, if I remember correctly, you're 08'are oxo? IAF, look at first post, I dismanteled the chassi completely.

Thanks man, apriciate it. Yeah, i'm a 08 ocks&#229; so that's quite nice. Btw, do you know anyone in stockholm selling regular 2mm aluminium sheet?
Yeah, nice to hear bout' your son, Congratz :)

Edit: It's really not ideal to live in Sweden it seems when it comes to modding. I mean, 1k kr f&#246;r so small parts? And also there is not anyone at all selling decent watercooling products here. Gotta move to the US :D At least our health care is good ;D


Using the psu duct, LR? Figured that might be one of the extra PC'd parts.

PM, if you decide you need any black rivets.

Congrats on Grattis making the big twelve months!

LOL, Grattis is not the name :D:D:D:, Grattis means "Congratz", you know "Gratz" =~"Grattis" :D

[ls206]

Am I the only one thinking that painjob doesn't look like powdercoat? It looks like normal sparyed paint :/
I think it's because it's the not the usual glossy finish. I much prefer it to the gloss stuff. looks much higher quality than spray paint, and you'd hopes so too at the difference in costs!

[LogAn'sRun]

Ya, the finish isn't high gloss, it's semi, and that's what I wanted. I know that the color may not be what you ahve seen before (I mean finish), but there is a HUGE difference in the durability and smoothness to the finish that would be harder and more time consuming for me to do myself. MAy not show in the pics so much, but it's PC'd, trust me.

"Grattis" = "Congratulations" My son's name is actually Logan. ;)

Thanks for all the well wishes and comments!

[Jedda]

LOL, Grattis is not the name :D:D:D:, Grattis means "Congratz", you know "Gratz" =~"Grattis" :D

Yeah, I know, that's why I made the play on words I did.

[LogAn'sRun]

Small update -

In waiting for some final parts to come in (from a small boat in China), I thought I would do what I could with the peripheral stuff.

Today I go around to the DVD stealth, and the Mobo heat pipe mod (both are accredited to various members here)

mobo(shots aren't the best, but you get it) :


http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans043-1.jpg


All screws had been changed out to brass to match the heatsinks, plus shortened, tightened down and applied with new pads


http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans042-1.jpg


http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans044-1.jpg



DVD stealth (incomplete, waiting on faceplate):

I've always liked the look of the stealthed drive, and I knew I'd want to do this mod as well. I haven't decided on what's going to cover it, as I'm not sure what's going in the front of the case yet.


I'm a total nab when it comes to electrical stuff, so my solder job is far far far from good, but it got the job done. I know that I want to move the button to the bottom of one of the doors, so I felt inspired by another mod I had seen, and looked for the connector piece that he had used. and would you know it, I found it locally, same unit!


insert laugh track here

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans011.jpg



needed some crimp connectors

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans014.jpg


to get here

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans015.jpg



to see if it worked with the button

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans013.jpg


I needed to do the psu mod (geez these pics were blurry)

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans012.jpg


It worked, LED and all! I cut out the LED from the front panel, so I could use the one on the Bulgin, and then I drilled a hole out the back panel to hide the wires and make it look 'factory'. And so we have a finished dvd.


Not really.


I thought, ok, I have this cool mod, but ugly ass case which will look out of place in the black interior.


SO I took the covers off the DVD, and did a light sandpappering with 1500 grit

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans068.jpg



talked to my friend here

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans067.jpg



borrowed the wife's morning paper (look, Tito got 2 years LOL)

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans065.jpg



did 3 coats with some light sanding with 2000 grit

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans063.jpg



Here's where I got the connector I mentioned earlier, it's a 4 pin connector (2 LED, 2 PWR)

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans066.jpg


sleeved the wiring and did a little shrinking

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans062.jpg


I think it came out allright :up:

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans061.jpg



So know I have some other little stuff to do, before I get to the WC bit. But I have a question first, I know I've seen recently someone take the pin off the DDC3,2 and wire it into a single 3 pin connector, but why? What's that blue cable for anyway? I might have to do this, because it's a cleaner connection.


And then after seeing the countless Murderbox copies with the PSU sleeving (and really getting most inspired by Mekrel), I'm going to try that too. It'll either end in disaster, or look really nice. I'm hoping for the former.

[NysoO]

Wow man, nice work on the sleeving there!
Just a question, where did you get that shrinking tube? Looks like it has great great shrinking capacity. Elfa? What article number?
Thanks

[Nate P.]

Great job on that mod man!

[InfamousChu]

loooks good.. i love black themed cases. cant wait to see final product.

[Vargher Warg]

Hey! this case is going to be beautiful!

I hope you don't mind me for asking, but WHERE did you get your stuff
powder coated in Stockholm?

I found these beautiful socket/button head screws in titanium:
http://www.kullagergrossisten.se/product_info.php?products_id=1316&osCsid=3e355ef49bbc51831f9622a673433227

http://www.kullagergrossisten.se/index.php?cPath=47_91_94&osCsid=3e355ef49bbc51831f9622a673433227

http://www.kullagergrossisten.se/index.php?cPath=47_91_92&osCsid=3e355ef49bbc51831f9622a673433227

They are expensive as hell, but I just love the titan color!

And your wife already know now! how much all nice screws cost
so she will not be in chock if you go ahead and buy some more! :ROTF:

I'm getting these beautiful screws for my next build! :up:

[dj.oxa]

nice work man
must buy some lian li,the cases are beautiful

[Systemcepe]

Wow it looks great! Keep up the good work...and nice to see this being made from a viking :)

[Vargher Warg]

do you know anyone in stockholm selling regular 2mm aluminium sheet?

I was looking for this myself, but had a hard time to find any
that was not so expensive, so in the end I made an order from
Studiedata/Danmark and bought AC Ryan's MeshX & Hexx
and an alu-sheet and some black acryl.

But the alu-sheet is only 1mm thick! and you wanted 2mm? :(

I made an order for these Items:

http://www.studiedata.dk/shop/ac-ryan-alupanel%99-349p.html

http://www.studiedata.dk/shop/ac-ryan-meshxpanel%99-345p.html

http://www.studiedata.dk/shop/ac-ryan-meshxpanel%99-321p.html

http://www.studiedata.dk/shop/ac-ryan-acrylpanel%99-313p.html


Logan! Sorry for hijacking your thread!

[Jedda]

Blue wire from the DDC is the signal wire, RPM. If you plug it into your cpu socket fan header, it gives you pump rpm read out in Everest etc and what ever bios protection your board has.

[LogAn'sRun]

thanks for the support guys!!

@NysoO, I couldn't tell you the part number as I walk into the Solna shop and just buy it straight outta the box. But I also have bought some random sizes in a mix package I found at Bauhas the other day. It may be the Bauhas stuff. . .BTW, ALU Platt 2000mm*1500mm*1mm was 749:- or something like that there. Could be a little wider, but I know it was 2000mm long and only 1mm thick.

@Vargher Warg my PC'ing was done here (http://http://www.lackcenter.se/), but see if you can get a better price than what I got. And let me know how much that shipping was from DK, and how dark that Ryan AC plexi is, I'm interested in that!

[NysoO]

I'm going to visit CGT in my sportlov så we'll se what the 2000 * 1000 * 2mm sheet will cost. Through mail he said that it would cost 486kr + moms which is ~600kr for us. Think it's a really nice price.

[yonton228]

I love seeing build like this, inspires me to make a custom case with all the bells and whistles.




-yonton228/timmy

[Vargher Warg]

@Vargher Warg my PC'ing was done here (http://http://www.lackcenter.se/), but see if you can get a better price than what I got. And let me know how much that shipping was from DK, and how dark that Ryan AC plexi is, I'm interested in that!

Hi!

I just received the Acryl and the MeshX I ordered last week.
(the Alusheet and the Hexx-mesh is coming soon - i had to split the order)

OK! the acryl is not black 'per se', I'd rather call it a smoked grey tint.
But that's allright with me, now you could see some of the interior of
your PC without a light behind the acryl - I really like this smoked grey tint! :)

(If you're looking for 'no see through' and really black acryl - this is not it)

It came well wrapped with cardboard around it.

The shipping from Denmark was 170 DKK
to the front door of my house - for these two Items.

1 DKK is about 1.25 SEK so I paid 214 SEK for the shipping.

(Visst fan va titanskruvarna snygga?)

Regards!

[LogAn'sRun]

I just received the Acryl and the MeshX I ordered last week.
(the Alusheet and the Hexx-mesh is coming soon - i had to split the order)

OK! the acryl is not black 'per se', I'd rather call it a smoked grey tint.
But that's allright with me, now you could see some of the interior of
your PC without a light behind the acryl - I really like this smoked grey tint! :)

(If you're looking for 'no see through' and really black acryl - this is not it)

(Visst fan va titanskruvarna snygga?)


Could you do me a favor and take a picture of the Acryl with a) normal lighting in the room and b)with some sort of lighting behind it (if you had CCFl's or LED's that would be perfect) so I can see how grey and/or dark it is? Those prices are pretty good compared to what Simglas takes locally for something similiar. I am interested in black or darker Acryl, but I'll wait and see what you got.
How's the mesh?

And yes, those screws were nice, about the same price as I paid for the domeheads -lol

[Vargher Warg]

Unfortunately I don't have any camera at home for the moment - sorry! :(
But I found these pictures when I did my research before I bought mine :
http://www.watercoolinguk.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1635

http://www1.acryan.com/_acrylpanel/index.shtml

As you can see It's not very dark, I would not call it black.
The acryl is a translucent blackish/dark greyish panel, and it may not be
what you're looking for - but it has a nice price.

Right now I'm looking for a more "black acryl panel" to put
as a window on my TJ07, so I'll tell you if I find one in or near Sweden.

Akriform in Sollentuna has all sorts of plexi, and a friend bought last year
from them, a very nice dark and more black acrylpanel .

http://www.akriform.se/ (r&#246;kf&#228;rgad eller r&#246;ktonad acryl)

It was also translucent so you could see through, but the color was
more dark and more blackish than the AC Ryan's panel.

I think he bought it for around 500 SEK, you could give them a call and ask!

I'm planning to visit them myself in a near future to see if they have some?

The MeshX is perfect for my plans, you could bend it at the edge of a table
and have any form you like to have, this mesh don't have any good airflow though!

For a good airflow I recommend the HexxMesh which has 75&#37; free airflow.
The MeshX only have about 50% of free airflow, so It's maybe better off
to be used as building material or similar.

Regards!

[LogAn'sRun]

LOL- I think those guys are up the street from me!! I'll have to drive by there. . .

[LogAn'sRun]

Got some new screws!!!! 16cm!!

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans072.jpg



Get a load of those teeth baby!

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans071.jpg


hehe, sorry, not really for the build, but they're brand new and were hard to get a hold of them in the EU as they're the '08 series. Going to Rjukan, NO next weekend finally!


anyway here's a few pics of what I did tonight. . .


http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans070.jpg



and tapped out to M4 thank you very much. . .

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans069.jpg



more later. . .

[LockBreaker]

So you are going Rjukan? The place in Norway? :)

Well if it's that place, I gotta say. It rocks man. :)

Norway rocks for skiing if thats what you're lookin for. :)

I'm sad, cause you are leavin. That means no more updates for a while. Sad, but true.

Gonna miss you and your V1000 case. :)

Great work man. Carry on. Love your work. And your case. :) !!!!!

[LogAn'sRun]

So you are going Rjukan? The place in Norway? :)

Well if it's that place, I gotta say. It rocks man. :)

Norway rocks for skiing if thats what you're lookin for. :)

Not really skiing. Take a look at those screws again and that will give you a hint. . . :D

[Vargher Warg]

Not really skiing. Take a look at those screws again and that will give you a hint. . . :D

Climb carefully and don't fall! for Christ's sake! - we need to see this case finished! :ROTF:

[LogAn'sRun]

Small update


I've been collecting some fittings for some time, trying to decide what to use with the blocks that I own.

On friday, a long awaited package came straight from China (thanks Vincent!).


Are these not beautiful???


http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans085.jpg


http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans083.jpg


Shame that I learned also on friday, that they won't fit any block I own!!! So the big, moral dilema came down to spending another 800-1300kr on new blocks to make these fittings work, or just using the barbs that I have. The blocks that I own are the D-Tek Fuzion and the MCW-60; the rad is the PA120.2 (which would need reducers to fit the BP's). I can post pics of the blocks and rad (which I have a special treat for you there) later, when I get closer to set-up, but here's barb pics for now, so you can see the difference between them and the BP's.


Dtek 3/8"

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans082.jpg



Dtek 3/8" compared to the 1/2" (which I tried to use, but with 1/8" walled tubing, forgedddaabowwwtit)

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans081.jpg



3/8" BSP 3/8" Barb - Nickel (rad fittings, shame I have to use sealing tape)

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans080.jpg




Here's some custom fittings/elbows/T's that Martin made for me, which I'm very proud of, and hoping to use somewhere, as they are just so damn cool!

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans079.jpg


Some fittings mounted on the MCW-60 to show you clearance

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans077.jpg



Same block, with BP's

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans078.jpg

Can you say clearance? Nope. There isn't any. I thought, well you could use the BP's, if you cut away the delrin under the metal hold-down plate in the front, but then what would that do to the overall integrity of the delrin, if I shaved off 1-2mm for clearance? Usch, not worth it.

So it's either buy new blocks, or use the barbs instead. I'm really torn on that, because it comes down to looks vs performance. And that's a whole can of worms right there. I might wait to see what the results of nikshub1's testing of the EK is compared to the fuzion, before I make my mind up. It's only money right??


Anyway, I had 4 hours of mod time last night, so I spent an hour taking pics (that you've seen), and trying to get the BP's to fit on anything I have, and then roughly three hours doing the sleeving on my ATX. Yeah, I know, it's been done before, but I really like the look of it, and think it came out pretty good.


It was about here though, that I said, what the hell am I doing???? Do I really want to go down this path. . . .


http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans075.jpg

One brand new Seasonic PSU warranty just voided. . .


But I have to agree with Mekrel when he posted this 'I've re-sleeved my PSU, as I don't like the fishnet stuff most PSU's come with'. Even Seasonic didn't have the best quality sleeving. Which makes you wonder, I paid over 1200kr for this PSU, the least they could do is use decent sleeving. Oh well.


Getting the pins out was no easy feat. I used the Sunbeam (http://http://www.petrastechshop.com/supsumotokit.html) tool kit for pin removal, and they have a handy tool for 24ATX pin's, and even with that, it was an extreme PITA. It wasn't until the 6th or 7th pin that I discovered a little trick that made it easy peasy. Push harder. :rofl:

Anyway, it was still time consuming and I'm still stressed over the job and wondering if I got all the wires in the right place. We'll see.


Here I realized that it was going to be a long night. I cranked up my ipod (10,000 songs on shuffle I was bound to hear something I liked) and started chanting 11 more to go. 11 more to go


http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans087.jpg



Ahh, the finish line was in sight!!!! I not only wrote down a spec sheet with a drawing of every wire placement on the pin, but I took pictures of the ATX pin before the job. And used tape to number the overall placements. Hence the blue stuff you see. . .

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/LOGANS073.jpg


Looking better


http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans074.jpg



3 Hours later (damn, no speed record), and I was done!!!!!


http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans086.jpg


Not too shabby eh? I guess it will look a lot better in the case.


That's about it for now. Still lot's to do. . .

[Yeknom]

Nice sleeving job, your patience has paid off :D

[disruptfam]

these bp fittings are good yeah ? :) i love mine it's a shame i can't use them on my fuzion though :(

[headala]

I like the sleeving job!

Where did you order the stuff from in China? I live in China, and can only find that stuff at a few stores. :(

[LogAn'sRun]

Did you try here? (http://www.bitspower.com.hk/catalog/index.php)

They seem to have almost everything. .

[LogAn'sRun]

Well,

my mini-vacation ice climbing in Rjukan was a total bust. For various reasons. But the biggest reason was 8c weather and rain making it the warmest winter in like 250 years or something.

I blame this:

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/local_warming.jpg



so, bad news for me, good news for you. I did some work (2 mini projects)last night and I'll post pics later tonight after work. . . .

[LockBreaker]

Sorry to hear about your vacation.

But anyway it is good for us. Good to see you back on track Logan. :)

[LogAn'sRun]

AHHHHH!!! Had written a really long post, only to fubar it before posting. AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! Makes me want to cry. . .


Starting over:

After my trip to Norway was ruined (1600km and 20hrs later) due to bad weather, I came home early and decided to alleviate my sadness with a little work.

Got these in the mail today, and can I say they are beauts!!!

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans095.jpg


Fine craftsmanship!

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans094.jpg


Have to give a big thanks to my friends in China (Vincent and the gang) for sending me these connectors which solves the MCW60 problem. Now the fittings will work, no problems! Check out this thread (http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showpost.php?p=2804250&postcount=48) as it gives you a better idea with the end result.



So my next dilema is this. And I wouldn't mind you guys weighing in a little here as I need some opinions. I'm torn between what I should do with the front panel. I have three idea's, ranging from easy to hard in difficulty in accomplishing them. Here they are:


Idea's

1. Use Lian Li bay covers to stealth front. Use bay cover over DVD, and cut up a cover to use for Fan Control Panel. Difficulty- easy.
2. Use a smoked grey/black acrylic piece as the front panel. Would have to have the DVD slot door Laser/water cut for perfection, and then could do the FC panel myself. Would not sit flush w/ case. Difficulty -medium.
3. Use a 1mm alu panel (sanded and polished) for front cover. Use 1-3 led's to light behind panel allowing you to see into the front of the case. Would expose DVD and FC wiring (not sexy). Would need to do same laser/watercutting for the DVD door slot as number 2. Would want it to sitt flush with case. Difficulty - hard.

The difficulty ratings are based on my skill sets, which are none. :)



Moving on. I wanted to uniform the color a little more inside the case, and decided that these (http://www.petrastechshop.com/enddpufocome.html) would do nicely to replace the stock heat spreaders on 4GB's of Crucial Ballistix 8500's that I have.


I got the pure copper spreaders to match the heat sinks on the Mobo. The directions seemed simple enough.


Take this:

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans030.jpg



Add this:

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans031.jpg



Strip it:

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans029.jpg



Get this:

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans028.jpg



Not bad eh? Too bad that efter doing 3 sticks with no problems, I was feeling confident and either A)pulled too hard, or B)the glue was too strong on the spreaders resulting in C)me pulling to hard. Because I ended up with a Micron D9 in my palm. Long story short, there was much crying because I realized that I voided the warranty by touching the spreaders in the first place. After balling like a small baby ( and I know what that sounds like because my son reminds me all the time), I manned up and did the only thing I could do - order another set.


Amazingly DDR2 prices and Crucuial having been falling through the floor, and overnight I watched Komplett drop the price by a couple hundred crowns. I got another set pretty cheap. So now I have 5GB's of ram and one 32bit OS. Looks like I need to upgrade my OS soon. . .


My next project involves the Thermochill PA120.2. I originally wanted to chrome it, and after calling, and calling, and calling around, I found someone who would only charge me a leg (allowing me to keep my arm) to do it. If I did the prep work my self. IE sand and strip.


Now I wish that I had taken pictures of stage 1 and 2, but i didn't. Stage 1 involved me taking an old baby bum rag and some handy paint remover, and applying said remover to said rag to said rad. And after a few wipes, it was done. No kidding. I literally applied the remover to the not so thick TC paint, and it came off faster than I could get my camera on. Literally a 3 minute job.


Feeling enthused, I moved to stage 2. Stage 2 involved my sanding the rad to a mirror finish. Why mirror? Because that's what the chromers said I had to do.


I started with 320grit and worked my way up increasing the grit size (or really decreasing) by 200 or so all the way to 2000 wet/dry. I did this all by hand. By hand because I don't have a sander. I wish I did now. All in all, I thinkit took me close to 10 hours of sanding and polishing. I didn't take any pictures here either, because by the end, I was so tired in the arms, that I couldn't lift the camera.


Stage 3 involved me polishing the rad with some Autosol. Here I found an attatchment buffer for my drill which I took advantage of. And when I was done, I said to myself - 'self, who needs chroming? This thing puts the bad in bad-azzzz!!!!!! '



BEHOLD THE VIRGIN PA120.2 IN ALL IT'S GLORY!



http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans089.jpg



Do you get a twinkle in your eye?

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans088.jpg



Can you say mirror finish??

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans092.jpg


More:

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans091.jpg


Little in-thread advertising:

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans090.jpg


And a last shot of the sides w/flash:

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans093.jpg



I love it!!! It came out so much better than I hoped, and I really like the copper ends. Schwiiiiiing!


Now I just need to decide on the front and I can come closer to putting the whole system together.

[[XC] NetburstXE]

Looks good. You've put a lot of effort into this project so far. I can't wait to see how it turns out.

[Aldy402]

damn that rad is bad ass!

[joecop120]

that is hot! I wonder how much time it would take me to polish my black PA120 and strip the paint...

[FallenCow]

Do the Swiftech ramsinks fit underneath the adapter and the fitting?

[64dragon]

way to save some money on the diy chroming job. cant wait for the next update

[LockBreaker]

That radiator kicks ass! :woot:

Love-, love-, lovely. :D

[LogAn'sRun]

Well Well Well.

I have to admit, I feel very guilty that I haven't been updating this as regulary as I should. I could make all sorts of excuses as to why, but I'll just sort it out with "life". Doesn't life always seem to get in the way of things that we want to do?

Anyhoo, I commented in another thread (http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=179619) here on XS, how we haven't had any snow this year in Stockholm, or at least any to really talk about. And what happens?


http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans110.jpg

Happy Easter!!

Somebody obviously thought it would be funny to dump some snow on us this late in the season. BTW, that's a frozen lake you're looking at, not a field of snow.


Been having some complications in the modding world. Mostly because a)fear of failure (very philisophical here as the closer I get to the end, the more the outcome will be undeniable and proven whether or not it's a success); and b) seeing so many insane mods around that I see an idea and think, man I need to incorporate that into my mod. But alas, I think all of B has a lot to do with A. So I need to get myself in gear and just finish the damn thing.


If it hasn't been said before, this is my first time modding, and my second computer build. So everything that I've done, or am doing, is trial by error and asking amny many mannnnyy questions. One important axiom that I've learned is "measure twice, cut once". In my case, I need to start doing this. because honestly, I've just kind of winged it, and eyeballed all my measurements. :shrug:


But let's get on with some modding!!!

I wanted to put some lighting in the case, and I bought one set of the short CCFL's, but I may or may not use them. But in the meantime, I thought I'd try and wire up some LED's. Go look at one of those earlier posts, and you'll see some resistors in there :)

Having never done LED's before, I spent like an hour grilling the poor sap behind the counter at ELFA as to the best way to do it, and what size resistors I would need. To be honest, he may have been right in what he said, but man, there has to be an easier way to do it!

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans106.jpg


He explained that I needed to run them in parallel, and that I would need basically 2 wires running off of every leg of the LED into the next LED. 2 wires + 2 wires + 2 legs X 4 LED's was a lot of wiring and made my head hurt. Add to that mess that I've never ever in my life soldered something besides carving my intials into my grandpa's work bench when I was like 6, that meant one huge headache. This strand took my hours. So many hours, I don't even want to talk about it.


http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans107.jpg


You can see how the positive/negative wires run from every leg and sure, it may look all right, but it was one royal pain in da ass. If anyone can give me better advice, including pictures!!, I'm all ears.

To continue, the ELFA assitant explained that I would need power to the strings, and did I want them on all the time, or some of the time? Damn good question. Considering that I wanted a little bling, and not 24/7 in your face pimp, I said correctly 'some of the time!'. He said I would need to wire them into a rocker switch, and not a momentary. I was like 'huh'? Seeing that there was a massive line of customers that has now backed up behind me, he gave me a simplified explanation and diagram of the difference between the two. Plus, when I told him about the CCFL's, and how I wanted one switch to rule them allllll (sorry, couldn't help myself), he explained I would need a relay to trigger one when I turned on the other. We'll see if I do this right later when I get closer to deciding where I'm going to be drilling poor 18mm holes in my case for the rocker.

But here's the molex:

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans104.jpg

That ugly white molex has got to go. This next pic may explain a little of the wires coming out of that molex:


http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans105.jpg


I know it's a little blurry, but what I did was solder a smaller wire onto the male pin of the molex which I'll be bringing back to the rocker later on.


After a week of rest from this trial, and some bottles of amnesia (hyuck hyuck), I decided that wiring LED's wasn't so bad and perhaps I should do some more. When I drove down to the guys who sold me some Acrylic (and dammit if I haven't forgotten the name, but when I remember it, I'll post it here) I got some really nice 4mm clear scraps for 20kr which is like nothing. I also bought a nice piece for my window, which we'll see later. The smoked window piece was pretty cheap as well, at least as far as other prices I've heard. I picked up a 4mm 50cm*52cm for 200kr. Not bad eh?

Anyway, with the scrap pieces I made this:

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans108.jpg


http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans103.jpg


Not bad for a little dremel and file work? I can see why people recommend a scroll saw for this, but meh, don't have one.

Now that was done, I needed to set about getting some more LED's. I began the slow work of soldering and putting on the resistors.

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans109.jpg


I thought I would try and do something a little different, and instead of having a mess of wires like in the other string, I thought I would solder together 2 strings of 2 led's in series. But in parallel if you follow what I'm saying. Of course, I wanted to sleeve them, so it looks a little like this. . .

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans097.jpg

A little cleaner. ;)

Now I needed to get the acrylic piece wired, which meant that I needed to to drill 4mm holes into the case and the acrylic cover, and shove the LED's in there, and then put a little hot glue to protect and keep them in place.


http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans096.jpg


I did that 4 times, ran the wires behind the mobo, and into the other string just for fun. It all worked!!!!


Here's the money shot


http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans098.jpg


When I get a better camera other than my Point 'n Shoot, I'll post some cleaner night shots. Otherwise, squint your eyes a little, and immaagginne the bliing.

Lastly, having bought the super Bitspower fittings, I needed to shelf my fuzion (may be a mistake, but oh well), nozzle kit and pro mount. Which meant I needed to find a low restrictive cpu block that would fit the BP's. I really had my eye on the EK, but given the restrictive nature of it, I had to look elsewhere. Which meant. . .


http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans102.jpg


Thanks to Martin's testing, looks like I won't need that AC top either. I got me some nice packages in the mail from the UK. And those little packages had these:

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans101.jpg

Pretty Sweet!



BP's fit!!

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans099.jpg


The only complaint that I have, is that the base isn't a mirror finish as seen in some other posts. Given that it's flat, I may just try and polish it and see what difference that makes. But take a look at this pic, should I be worried about these microscratches, or is this standard?


http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans100.jpg


What do you guys think?


That's it for now. I have some other minor stuff to do before I start assembling, but it feels like it's getting closer to the end, or maybe I'm just delusional. . .


Now I need to decide between an Aquaero or a mCubed, and if I really need one :rofl:

[LogAn'sRun]

Do the Swiftech ramsinks fit underneath the adapter and the fitting?

Sorry I haven't gotten to this, but I suspect that they may not. . .

When I mock up soon, I'll post a pic with the result. Is that cool?

[Polizei]

Don't polish it. Metal polish has oils in it that fill in the micro grooves in the surface of the metal, preventing the TIM from getting in there and doing its job.

TIM is supposed to get into those cracks to fill them.

[LogAn'sRun]

Here's my Acyrlic guys (http://www.fermprodukter.se/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=63&Itemid=104) that I promised earlier. Talk to Choke ferm, super friendly.

[kinghong1970]

Bro... you make me wanna buy another LianLi case!!!

wait, so you did not chrome it? just removed paint and DIY'd it?
amazing results...

couldn't you have asked TC to sell you a non-painted one?

also, now that you've removed all paint and such, no need of any oxidation or adverse effects of it being nekkid?

thanks!

amazing build bro!

[Blundie]

So you're about to sell your Fuzion later on?

Very nice build you got there to, I'd like to try WC my P182B but I'd rather buy a V1000 or V2000. Especially after seeing this build.
Unfortunately I'm still doing the school bench so I think I'll stay with my Antec, at least for now :rolleyes:

And what from what store did you order your UK-stuff?

[LogAn'sRun]

@kinghong1970 Thanks man! Those are some good questions, and to be honest, I haven't thought about the adverse effects paint removal will have on the rad. Yes, I should have asked for a non-painted one, but I originally thought I would have an all black case, so I wanted a black rad. Judging by how easy the paint came off, I don't know how much it protected the rad to begin with. Should I worry about oxidation?

@Blundie Läget? Always nice to see a little more Norden flavor here.

To answer your question would be unfair to all the indespensible help I've recieved.

CPU+Gpu Blocks, fans, fittings, misc (http://www.petrastechshop.com/) - Top three Vendors I've dealt with. Could easily have bought everything from them, if they had it. Same day answers to almost every email.

Sleeving, cabling, molex, vandals + more (http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=index&zenid=2b41ce84c0d667e3e455a452d6c5c552) - Awesome selection of almost everything. Hank always answered my emails within 2 days. Don't know why ppl complain about their service.

GPU Block, rad grill + more (http://www.chilledpc.co.uk/shop/index.php?osCsid=38ecece885fc504df4a4ba37bf06453d) - Another vendor that takes it personal. Tom is very helpful and got back to me in the same timeframe as Hank. Plus he hooked me up on shipping several times.

GPU, CPU, hard drives (http://www.newegg.com/) -was in the states on vacation and got a bunch of stuff cheap. no int shipping sorry.

Got my Prelude from these guys (http://www.ncixus.com/vendors.php/3604/AuzenTech/) - but their whole customer service section left a sour taste in my mouth and I can't really recommend them. I just hope there's nothing wrong with the card as I haven't had a chance to test it. Others think they're good. No int shipping.

PA120.2 (http://www.over-clock.com/) - good service, lot's of personal advice from Marci himself. :up:

Bitspower Fittings (http://www.bitspower.com.hk/catalog/index.php) -straight from HK baby! Lot's of personal service from the man himself, Vincent.

Looking at Aquaero (http://www.aqua-pcs.co.uk/aqua-computer-shop-1-c.asp) -trying to get an Aquaero from these guys, have been pretty fast with responses, and are very reasonable with shipping.

I've bought a bunch of small misc things from the big dealers in Sweden, komplett, datorbutiken osv, I think I got my chassi from db's. Service fast and efficient. Pricing is a little high considering moms, but hemmaplan eh?

That about covers everything. Oh, almost forgot, got my Tygon from Mcmasters, super cheap in comparison to here, but they dont ship int anymore. Change in policy. Sucks.

I may have dealt with some other websites, but the ones listed are the majors.

[Blundie]

jodå det funkar! Nordic all the way! (exept WC-gear of course) :D

About that Fuzion, if you do want to sell it later just send me a PM and we can probably work something out. :buddies:

[LogAn'sRun]

haha, sorry m8, I'll behanging on to that block for a while. May not go in this project, but doesn't mean it won't go in the next one.

I have a brand new in the box Scythe Kama Meter that I won't be using . . .

[sobih25]

polished thermochill looks nice, gj!

[Blundie]

Well I'm in a need for a fan controller so why not? ;) I'm just wondering if it is possible running 3 fans in one channel by soldering?
I was looking into the KAZE MASTER which is enable to deliver 1A or 12W per channel. This would be able to handle 3 Yates if I'm not mistaken.

And how much would this deal cost me? :rolleyes:

[LogAn'sRun]

PM sent :up:

[disruptfam]

hey mate any updates? how are those transfer fittings working out?

and where did you get all the led/resistors etc?

cheers

[LogAn'sRun]

Usch, sorry everyone for the lack of updates, the project isn't dead.

I've spent 2 modding days trying to make an acylic cover for the DVD drive so I could stealth that in the front - to no success. I'll tell ya, I have new found respect for everyone that mods in acrylic, I found getting the piece to fit perfect was near impossible for me to do with a hand drill, dremel and a big file.

I'm leaving on a business trip to Asia next week, so I'm trying to get some more stuff done before I go. I'll post pics and text as to what I've been up to.

@disruptfam the LED's and resistors I picked up from a local electronic store called ELFA, which is where I've been getting most of my el supplies. However, with the dollar so low, I just ordered a mass quantity of LED's from frozencpu and shipping be damned! ;)

[teko]

Damn you swedish people for having snow, cheap cars and apparently to much spare time :p Looking good, I really like the plexi plate under the rad grill (and the mirror rad) :)

[kinghong1970]

Damn you swedish people for having snow, cheap cars and apparently to much spare time :p Looking good, I really like the plexi plate under the rad grill (and the mirror rad) :)

not only that, i hear they have state provided medicals and such...

seems like a nice place to live...

[teko]

So do we, we just pay more for it :p And yes, scandinavia isn't to bad, it's just expensive.. But sweden got the girls as well, we haven't got that many..

[LogAn'sRun]

Hej Hej!

I had been hoping to get more done then the little that I did, but with the pressure at work and the ongaing trials of a 14mo old son who has not only learned to walk, but walk fast. Everything in the house needed to be moved above 53cm that was loose or any way fragile. This month has been lot's of 'Aj Aj Logan!' (kind of like saying 'no no' in english I guess).

Anyway, I'll start you off easy. I, once again did a mock up of the system (and I really should get around to taking pics when I do it), and decided that I perhaps had more room than I thought. Or more room to get myself in trouble :rolleyes:

So I called up the good folks at thermochill, and spoke to the main man Steve, and asked if they could send me an unpainted 120.1 as I seemed to have found room in my case for one more rad.

He sent this:

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans117.jpg


Kind of plain. But I knew what it would look like later. This time around, I took some pics of the different sanding stages so that you could see the work involved.

Stage 1 - a little 320 grit


http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans116.jpg


AS you can see, not a lot happening.

Stage 2 - 400 grit

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans115.jpg


Getting a little better.

Stage 3 and 4 : went up to 600, then 800

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans114.jpg


Stage 5 and 6: 1000 grit and then 1200 wet

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans113.jpg


Stage 7,8,9 (I combined all these last stages because the differences were minor and it's more dramtic to see end result) : Used Dremel Buff tool, then 2000 wet and then my metal polish of which you've seen the pics earlier of -

Ain't she a beáuty??


http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans112.jpg


The sides never polish to perfection, and I don't know if it's me, or the metal, but this is the best I can get it:

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans111.jpg


Remember 90% of this is done by hand.


Moving on, and I know that I'm rushing this bit (sorry, my plane leaves in 1,5hrs and the taxi will be here soon, damn business trip) and it feels like all action and no foreplay, but here goes.

The mailman came:

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans118.jpg


Left a shiny can in my box. I said what the hell is that? Gotta get me a can opener. . .

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans122.jpg


I began to pry open that baby like a nice juicy clam, and when it was open, the pearl came tumbling out!

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans125.jpg


http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans121.jpg



Like Public Enemy, 'How about some BASE in yo FACE!?


http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans124.jpg


Now that's flat.


And of course the million dollar question. . .


http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans120.jpg


ANSWERED. Thanks to AnFi for such a rad looking block. It will look very nice in my system. .


Finally, I leave you with the shape of things to come. . . (if you get the reference, I'll send you godis, first person only :rofl: )

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans119.jpg

[NoobCake]

looks great!

are those compression barbs 1/2" or 3/8"?

[LogAn'sRun]

3/8" ftw

[Eddie3dfx]

That is the best cpu waterblock I have ever seen. It's absolutely gorgeous.

[disruptfam]

lovin it

[septim]

nice...

maybe get some ideas from your trip... inspiration...

[LogAn'sRun]

Usch,

Somethings I've learned is that balancing life work family and then hooby's always is more complicated than you think.

It's been a hectic time and I'm trying to get back in the swing of things when it comes to modding. I've learned something though (since this is my first mod) that I should never, never paint first before I have everything figured out. What a nightmare this has been. To top it off, I found a window design I absolutely loved and then went and had watercut (which I have the guys email at work, and as soon as I go back on monday I'm going to link his business, because of all the places that I found in Stockholm, this guy gave me the time to listen to what I wanted and was courteous and respectful, and charged me a price that I was more than happy to pay. A couple hundred crowns and little drive got me a perfect window. He's awesome and totally respects crazy modders. All 08's should email this guy.)

Anyway, what I discovered is that since I bought the 1000b+ model, it had a fricken cut-out in the panel which LL thought people would want. Well, I figured I could just swap the panels and be done with it. How wrong I was. That little mistake has cost me so much time and dremel work that I will never show you what the insides of my panels look like, you'll only see the outsides. I had to do a lot of cutting of rails, taking off rails and reapplying them with 2 step epoxy and so on that they're a mess. Nothing I can do at this point. :shrug: I thought about starting over with the whole thing, but then was like 'meh'. Live and learn. I'm already thinking about the next one and looking to use this case as a big learning project.

So let's get on with some pics eh??


my sponsor:

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans137.jpg


Updated my 8800GTS that I started this thread with to a 9800GTX (only to have bought it when it still cost 379USD, thankfully Tigerdirect was more than understanding and gave me the difference in credit when the prices fell through the floor)

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans128.jpg

had to take the stock cooler off for a little WC action

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans130.jpg

damn, that's a mess. And to continue the mess

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans129.jpg

makes you wonder if they put on the paste with a butter knife.


This looks a little better:

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans131.jpg

Now I needed a new GPU block for this card (oh by the way, I'm thinking about the step up program and moving into the 280GTX unless someone can convince me otherwise. . .) and hands down the sexiest block on the planet has to be this (and of course it fits my black and silvver/chrome theme)

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans127.jpg

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans126.jpg


I'm a little concerned that the ALU plate rises at a slight angle:

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans133.jpg

and I emailed Eddy about it and showed him this pic:

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans132-1.jpg

and he assured me that it's ok and not a problem. I don't know, it's my first full cover block and I didn't think that it should bend the card, but it does a little. But Eddy said it's no worries, what do you guys think?? I know that Charles H of Murderbox had a similar issue and he changed his out, I'm wondering if I should do the same.

chaotic life:

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans139.jpg


Distilled water from the Apoteket (govt. pharmacy, cost me an arm and a leg for a 5 lt jug)

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans138.jpg
got 10 ltr :)

Decided to add a PA120.1 where the front fan sits, so I needed a base to rest that on (felt the weight was too much for the front fan brackets alone). Here's a little acrylic bending in process :

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans134.jpg

it'll look much better and you prolly won't see it when I'm done. It'll be just a U bracket for the PA to rest on.

Of course now to the door:

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans136.jpg

Have some nice dark acrylic behind it with some super sticky thin double sided tape I found at an art store.

Little pic to see how it looks through and through:

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans135.jpg
ignore my big foot :ROTF:

So I think that's it. I've picked up a BigNg and sensor bus, have a sweet spot to put them in (gonna utilize that window panel from the other door), and can't think of a single thing left to buy. In fact, when I'm done, I'll have WC parts for 2 more rigs as I have bought so many blocks, hose, fittings, everything that I just need to find a case now. LOL

Lastly, if this thread is in the wrong section , admin please move.

[Arni]

I like it :up:

[Xilikon]

For the FC block, don't worry. Mine also bend a bit around that part and it still run great after 8 months.

[LogAn'sRun]

ok, well that's good to know at least. I'm still wondering if I should take advantage of the step up though, I have 30 days left and rumors are Nvidia will drop prices again. . .


EDIT: As promised , here are the links to the watercutters and the acrylic shops that I found, used and think highly of their service. Perfect for those in the need in SWE 08.

Choke Ferm (http://www.fermprodukter.se/) - Super Nice guy, willing to help, they have a fyndhörna where you can buy all sorts of 'scrap' for nothing prices. I found almost a panel sized 4mm clear acrylic piece for 20kr here. Bought my shaded acrylic but that was cut to specs, 4mm boat window the darkest they had, still cheap!

Arvid Linden (http://www.uppvatt.com/) Another hero, listened to what I wanted and was wiling to help out for extremely reasonable prices (my door cost less then 300kr to cut). One of the only shops that spoke to me like a real customer and didn't just quote me 1000kr to blow me off. of which there were many 08 shops. :down: But these guys are champs.

[LogAn'sRun]

Since I feel like I'm winding down to the end of my mod (and the strong feeling that I'll be completing this soon, I mean, my god haven't I procrastinated enough?), I've been doing some small things to kill time. Must be the fear of failure in me that I need to find other projects instead of just completing the one that I have - lol.

Anyway, I had picked up some of these (http://petrastechshop.com/12yalod1whle.html) as a good way to add a little wiring to my case, and I figured, what the hell they're YATES! Right? In my mind, my concept originally started as a more BLING and less ZING, but as time has progressed, I've come away from that and want to be more low key.

But why the LED fans then? Well, what if I could turn it on and off? With a little help, I was able to make a simple LED fan mod that I figured I could share with those here: so here goes.

LED FAN mini guide

When you peel the sticker off of the Yates, you're left with this:

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/LedFan008.jpg

It's a circuit style LED fan which means that I have to connect the wiring together and then bring the power to an external switch that I can control. Here's the idea:

borrowed from Lost-Modder-thxs!
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/fanwire-1.jpg


STEP 1

I began by cutting all the black wires as instructed that connected the LED's to the PCB board. The picture shows a wire cutter being used, but this was for illustrative purposes only; I ended up using an Art Razorblade Knife (or Exacto or whatever it's called) as the wirecutters would not fit into the small area's that were not covered by plastic.

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/LEDFan7.jpg (pic A)


STEP 2

After cutting all wires I began on the side just after the main connection area so that I would end there. I began by soldering the 2 ends together, and then using the smallest heatshrink that I had. A Heat Gun is highly recommended for this. I next coupled the middle of the wire to the next end, thus saving solder steps. To do that, I cut the rubber off with the razor exposing the bare wire (pic B). I then used a slightly larger heat shrink to safeguard this coupling and moved on to the next junction. Progress is shown in pic C. and pic D.


http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/LEDFan6.jpg (pic B)

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/LEDFan5.jpg (pic C)

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/LEDFan4.jpg (pic D)



STEP 3

After completing all the LED's, I ran the wire down the fan channel by the main circuit area. I then connected a new ground wire to the main connection where the LED wire was earlier. I also ran this wire down the same channel. I used a very slim piece of electrical tape to hold the wires in place. I may substitute this for hot glue later. At this point, I connected the two black wires to a non-led rocker switch. With the wires connected, I turned on the fan via my PSU (also jumping the PSU by connecting a wire from the green connection to a black/grnd connection on the 24 wire molex). It worked and the LED's were off (pic E)! I then put the LED's on using the switch (pic F), and that worked as well! I then turned it off and on for the next few minutes while patting myself on the back. Very happy with the finish here.

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/LEDFan3.jpg (pic E)

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/LEDFan1.jpg (pic F)


STEP 4 - GO NINJA!

Here's my semi-lame attempt at hiding my work, and I may change this in the future with just black elect. tape, or whatever I may find. But for now, I think it looks good from outside the case, but if you were right up on the fan, you would notice that something wasn't quite right.

What I attempted to do was burn a groove in the plastic to tuck the wires in. The problem that arose was I was nervous about going to far and dripping plastic onto the circuit board. So I only went down about halfway which left the wire slightly on top of the cover. Also, my wiring itself had been a tad too short, so that the loop isn't perfect or a perfect circle, it pulls a little in.

After the groove was cut, I reapplied the sticker and that's what you see in the last picture (pic G). What's left to do is sleeve the exposed wires with black sleeving, and then decide where the switch will go.


http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/LEDFan2.jpg (pic G)


I didn't take any pics of the rocker switch, but this is simple to do if anyone wants to see that. If there are other pic requests, just ask as I may do 1 more fan and can take more pics.


Again, thanks for the help, and I hope this mini guide helps you! :up:

[LogAn'sRun]

HiHi,

I've been busy with the build, so busy that I stopped taking work pictures and feel that you all may be more interested in a final pics instead. TOO BAD! Not today anyway. Here's a few work pics to show a little of what I've been up to, and hopefully final pics will be this week (or next week at the latest).

In no particular order:

the calamity of a busy workspace

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans126-1.jpg

wiring

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans128-1.jpg

more wiring

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans127-1.jpg

even more wiring

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans135-1.jpg

Evil-98 inspired mod (thanks for the advice btw!)

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans134-1.jpg

a small step in the lid

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans133-1.jpg

needed one of these (talk about expensive)

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans130-1.jpg

and a little glue

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans131-1.jpg

and we got this

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans132-2.jpg

but that wasn't until after I used this

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans129-1.jpg

so that's it. For now. You wouldn't believe how much time I've spent wiring, shortening and lengthening and sleeving and finally routing of wires.

Soon, it will all be done :clap:

[Arni]

Mcres was small now is tiny :) but still nice looking ;)

[LogAn'sRun]

some more random pics


like I said, the calamity. . . (note to self, never put heat gun in lap directly after use)

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans137-1.jpg

the crappy sleeving which started the problem in the first place (problem = lost days to sleeving and wiring)

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans136-1.jpg


I sleeved so much, I broke my sunbeamtech pin remover tool and had to dremel me a new one outta a razorblade. . .

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans138-1.jpg



I wonder where this will go. . ..

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans139-1.jpg

[mpower1001]

I like what you did with that micro-res...Great work

[SpazBoy357]

LogAn - I've been thinking about doing something exactly like this so I can put my whole rig into "stealth" mode with all the lights out. I've been hesitating because I didn't want to trash a fan. Thanks for showing how it's done and giving me the push to 'just do it'.

[evil-98]

w00t! the micro res looks good! better then mine :up:

[sdsdv10]

Finally, I leave you with the shape of things to come. . . (if you get the reference, I'll send you godis, first person only :rofl: )

I didn't see an answer to this, were you refering to this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shape_of_Things_to_Come

Nice job!!! :up:

[LogAn'sRun]

I like what you did with that micro-res...Great work


Good Work... Looks very nice:up:

Thanks!!!!!!!!


LogAn - I've been thinking about doing something exactly like this so I can put my whole rig into "stealth" mode with all the lights out. I've been hesitating because I didn't want to trash a fan. Thanks for showing how it's done and giving me the push to 'just do it'.


If you need more help, let me know, it was actually quite easier than I expected and my 'job' isn't perfect by any means (I was too scarred to create a deeper channel in the plastic with my soldering iron to hide the cables - I was afraid of going through the plastic :p: )



w00t! the micro res looks good! better then mine :up:

Thanks d00d! You're my inspiration for that :yepp:

I didn't see an answer to this, were you refering to this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shape_of_Things_to_Come

Nice job!!! :up:


Well, that wasn't exactly what I was looking for, but I'll give you bonus godis for that. PM your address to me and I'll ship em out :up:


What I was referring to was an oblique reference to a great Swedish Band (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shape_of_Punk_to_Come) which if you knew them, you might have gotten the clue. . .

[Cralle!]

Tja svenne;)

Nice build going on here:up:

[Martinm210]

You're attention to detail is amazing! This is an awesome reference, the photos are excellent!!

[JaYp146]

Keep up the good work! (subbed)

[pcaddict]

insane pc. subs'

[MomijiTMO]

Wow lovely photos. It's good to hear that this build is almost complete.

[LogAn'sRun]

Thanks for all the comments guys!!!!

I've had a slight hiccup with some electronics and I'm trying to figure it out. My BigNg isn't playing nice with the LED fan and seperate lighting switch and before I short out the BigNg I need to see if there's something wrong somewhere.

Sadly, no pics will posted this weekend , sry :(

[septim]

micro res to mini res... nice work. keep the pictures coming...

[LogAn'sRun]

well, I got my electronics issue solved, so I thought I'd post my diagrams to give you a sneak peak at what's to come. . .


Complete system:

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/bittech10.jpg


JunctionBox Closeup:

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/ComputerBuildSept08098.jpg


Cablehell:

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/ComputerBuildSept08081.jpg

[TI66ER]

Very nice.

Heres a pic of my modded v1000b,its not as good as yours will be but i like it.

http://img.techpowerup.org/080930/IMG_0020.jpg

Ti66er

[LogAn'sRun]

6 hrs of modding this weekend, and I get this. . .


http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans142.jpg

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans140.jpg

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/logansfar/logans141.jpg

[.Logic]

Ooooooo, perrrdy...

Nice job, need to see this build finished :up:

;)

[MomijiTMO]

Yeah good job. So forgot where this build was going, it's been that long XD

[LogAn'sRun]

Ooooooo, perrrdy...

Nice job, need to see this build finished :up:

;)


Yeah good job. So forgot where this build was going, it's been that long XD


Yeah I know what you're saying too! When I started this build I thought it would take me 2 months tops, ROFl!
If it hasn't been obvious, I've never WC'd before, nor modded a case, so I'm learning everything as I go, and just trying my best, as well as sticking to the ideals.

I feel like I should be done soon as I can't think of anything more that needs to be done, other than trying to hide some cables on the mobo (since temp sensors from the BigNg will be visible), but that may not be feasible.

With my current workload, and then a business trip to Asia at the end of Oct., it may be 1 month more before final pics are posted.

Thanks for hanging in there and staying with the log, even though it's not the flashiest kit, nor the quickest build, but it's mine. ;)

[BlueAqua]

Looking really good. I like the time you put into the diagrams, makes it a lot easier to visualize what you're doing. Keep it up. ;)

[MomijiTMO]

Well you have to start somewhere. :D. I think it's better if you take a year to do it right than doing it in a day and messing up. I remember this one guy who posted his wc rig at OCN had done so many things wrong. He thought the outlet of his pump was the inlet [omg poor pump is toast due to pumping air], screwed into his feser rad, no clamps. . .yeah.

Well my little project was the first time I ever did anything by myself and the first time wc [my last kit was pretty much done my a mate]. It was so fun fun fun.

[sdsdv10]

With my current workload, and then a business trip to Asia at the end of Oct., it may be 1 month more before final pics are posted.


Not a problem for me, I'm just looking forward to seeing the pictures when it's done. As others have said, take your time a do it right! :yepp: :up:

[LogAn'sRun]

so, I have some development news. . .

I think I'm Done!!!! WOOT

Just got back from my business trip and took a free day because of 'jet lag' *cough cough* So I felt super motivated (read awake) and got hustling on my build. did some more wiring, some moar drilling, polished some acrylic, and then put in all the tubes.

Now I just need to fill, leak test for 24hrs, and then install Vista.

Then take some jaw dropping pics!

maybe I'll take a teaser tomorrow. . . :)

[sniperbob]

can't wait to see some finished pics man!!!

[twwen2]

Go go go man!

I can't wait to see the finished result.:)

[LogAn'sRun]

usch, small hitch.

During my leak testing, I saw that my BP G3/8 to 1/4 converter was slightly leaking from the connection to the PA120.2 That was a bummer as the tygon 3404 is so unbelievably stiff that there was really no way to tighten it without taking the tubes out.

Soooo, I had to drop the rad, replumb the lines, and as a precaution I added another O-ring to all the BP converters, I just felt that they were'nt sitting right/tight enough. Now I'm in hour 4 of leak testing and everything looks good.

Buut, another slight hiccup- and I don't know if I screwed the pooch or not on this one. During the re-plumbing I bent a capacitor outta place on the mobo (under the 24 pin connector), but not off the board. So very delicately I bent it back into place. I'm hoping that the connection is still good, but I won't know until I fire up the computer. Which by the way, has me sweating profusely as I feel I've come so far and would just break down and cry if I had to pull everything out to replace the mobo because of user error (read fack-up).

I guess now it's just wait and see as tomorrow or the next day I'll be flipping the switch and powering up this mutha! Pray for the best!

[MomijiTMO]

LOLOLOLOLOLOL. I'm sure it will be fine buddy. I remember CD found a capacitor in his case and the board in question is still crunching and rock stable. I myself shorted out something around my pwm area as the Heatkiller thermal pad contained some metal flakes [I didn't check =p. There was a string of something metalic under the sticky paper.] and my board is fine without that mosfet ;).

[LogAn'sRun]

well, at least that's some good news (holds fingers crossed)

Thanks Momi!



EDIT: the Good news is I'm up and running Baby!!! Got 4 gbs crucial 8500's locked and loaded, raptor is purring, Vista is burning and Panda is on fire.

The Wife was not impressed with the lighting effects, but unless it sparkles and sits on platinum, she seldom is :rofl:

Now to track down a good camera for pics. I promise to have pics updated by this weekend!!!

[LogAn'sRun]

Well, my system is up and running now :) , but man I have a ton of bubbles! I thin k it has to do with my mini mini micro-res. If you don't know what I'm talking about, go look at some of the pics (I think page five).

Anyway, I have tilted this damn thing, ran it with the cap off (on the res), ran it for 24hrs or more, but I just can't get the bubbles out.

Any suggestions?

BTW - pics coming Sunday. . .

[MomijiTMO]

Yeah I do recall some guys saying days for the normal micro res so . . . . good luck =D

I guess you have danced the case tango right? [shake it]

[FrostyPanda]

You could put some gas-x in the loop :D

[LogAn'sRun]

I've been doing the tango so long with the case my wife is getting jealous :)

But seriously, I think the issue may be the water level + there seems to be a micro vortex happening in the res. I see the bubbles come in and then they spin around but never go over the separating plate before they get sucked back in the 'out' hose.

I'm thinking of lowering the water level so perhaps the bubbles just filter out when they hit a half empty res. . .

[LogAn'sRun]

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More to come. . .

[hmmisee]

I like i like!
I cant wait to see motherboard !
Top effort :)

[LogAn'sRun]

Well, it's finally done!

I learned alot along my journey as a first time modder/builder. I know now next time around that I'll be able to accomplish my builds in less time although half the fun was in the tinkering!
I'm quite pleased with the final results and my only regret would be the 'top end components' that I bought last year (when I started) are now obsolete :rofl:

Oh well, here's to a year öre saving and I'll be planning an i7 upgrade in 2009!


Onwards and Forwards!!

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THANKS!!!

[Henrik Pejer]

Skitbra, vackert!

Great work there! I might ask for some tips later on with my build...

[BigJoe]

Excelent man :wave:

[j.almonte]

great job !!!!!!!!!!!

[HESmelaugh]

Who else is seeing MDPC material here?

[Breezyjr]

OMG!
I totally forgot about this, till I saw it on the first page today... went back re-read the entire thing... (ok, almost all of it)...

I'm in a relatively same boat,5am except I have FOUR kids, age 7, 5, 3, 2. And, I'm the one who stays home with them. Whenever I go into my office/workspace/store room/ get away from the family room, the baby (the two year old) go in and starts pushing every button he can reach, and some he can't....

I'm stuck trying to finish two computers with what little time I have at night, since I wake up at 5am.

I remember seeing this build awhile back, and I have to admit it inspired me to do more. Yesterday I took my first attempt at soldering 3 fans together for one fan header, and turned out pretty good. But, it was the only thing I had time to do. I plan on sleeving my PSU some night.

Anywho... It looks great. Your wife reaction is 'bout the same as mine... "yeah, so" hehe

darn nice work. Thanks for all the pics. I now feel like I can tackle a few things I would have never tired before....

later
breezyjr

[MomijiTMO]

Nice pics dude =p. It was so worth the effort right? I say yuppers.

[shazza]

I say yuppers.
I agree! EXTREMELY nice build.

[AlucardCasull]

Thats bad, very nice!

[LogAn'sRun]

Who else is seeing MDPC material here?

Wow, I'm honored to be even mentioned like that, never in my wildest dreams would I have thought so (ok, maybe my wildest) :)

@everyone else -- A Big Thanks! Wonderful comments and much appreciated, I had hit a real low in this case. For a long time I kept encountering problem after problem and solutions were a long time coming. Plus it felt like I had lost interest in the project log it was hard to be positive and post updates when there really weren't many.

There are a slew of mods that I did that aren't documented in the log and the some of the best praise must be they go unnoticed. Which was my aim, for nothing to appear 'modded'.

I must point out one thing though, and I thought about posting a video about it , but the switch for the DVD player is the same Bulgin Black switch (with white LED) that you see on the front of the case. The DVD switch is located next to the pump, and when I showed my wife she again wasn't so thrilled 'I have to stick my finger under the case now to open the dvd?? was what she said. But she thought the LED blinking as Data was read was a nice touch :D

[BlueAqua]

Nice work LogAn'sRun! Very nice cable management throughout the system. You really finished it off nicely.

[Arni]

rly nice

btw check pw plz ;)

[LogAn'sRun]

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[PradaG]

wow!

really awesome job - i love the white lighting - very classy!:clap:

[norim_13]

great job!
that lian-li is very beuty.
I love that raptor on the front :)

Continue the good job ;)

[LogAn'sRun]

I lost some pics and comments in this thread, does anyone know what happened? Was it because of the SSD changeover and data move?

/sadface

[kgtiger]

I'am sorry to read that you have lost some of this worklog champ.
However, Exellent work there mate. I have been reading your worklog from start to finish and even found myself waking up my wife when I started to laugh out loud about the chrome bolts, dam I know how you feel, I have been there before myself.
Love your sence of humour and your quick witt.
As a father of two, I think you have the right stuff to make an exellent dad, best of luck mate from way down under in OZ.

[shazza]

Funny that kgtiger should bring this work log up today - I was just reviewing it yesterday, trying to see how to put the radiators internal in this case. Again, nice job on this build!

[dreamaxx]

Hey this is a great bump, I'm just in the process of collating ideas for my V1000 :) I like the way the 120.1 fits in the front, but I was thinking of mounting a 120.2 along the bottom...

[LogAn'sRun]

wow, thanks for the bump guys and gal!

I changed out my tubes for some white ones about a month ago, but have been too lazy (with all the good weather here) to take some updated pics, but I'll do that this weekend!

[Aerou]

just saw this ...
A wonderful outcome I must say. Nice ideas, nice touch on some details, nice craftsmanship but together it's more than nice. Could take a final overall shot?
Congrats on a piece you should be very proud of :toast:

[markpg28]

these bp fittings are good yeah ? :) i love mine it's a shame i can't use them on my fuzion though :(

I know its a bit late as its an old log, but if you use the Bitspower 45s you can use the compressions on the fuzion.

Nice sleeving job but to be honest it could be a little tidier.

[markpg28]

lovin it

Yes its a beautiful block, I just love the sending it in a tin idea.

Love the raptor on show, very very nice mod & if this is your first one I nact wait to see your next ones.

[LogAn'sRun]

it was a fuzion v1 adn I never could get anything on there, even with the 45's.

As far as tidyness goes, ya well, the space behind the mobo is absolutely minimal and as said, it was my very first water build and I did the best I could. You reach that breaking point of patience and as the build was approaching 1 year already, I couldn't spend anymore time than I had, especially since I made the mistake of buying all parts at the beginning (so that by the end they were outdated). There is a whole mess of wire management that I went into that isn't detailed in the log like that I re-wired every cable from the PSU so that they were the exact lengths needed and even so there was still the lack of space to hide stuff. I even bolted a bunch of cables into the midplate of which you can see the domeheads next to the res in some of the pictures.

oh well, I learned a lot from this build and I'm hoping to start a new one Q1 2010. We'll just see which direction I go and what the case becomes now as I originally planned on a G5 mod(and have two G5 cases waiting at home) but teh more I look at that case and this v1000, I think I want to go bigger so I have more room to play with. Staying small is hard!

I appreciate that there's still interest in this mod! Thanks for the comments.

[Rob_B]

LogAn'sRun, I really like that mirco mirco res you made. :) And the rest too, ofcourse.

EDIT: Sorry about bumping an old thread back up. This should have been a reply to this thread: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showpost.php?p=4411582&postcount=82