Jaivan
09-16-2008, 07:40 PM
Hello everyone and welcome to my TJ07 Worklog.
This log is probably gonna take a while to complete since school started and everthing.
So please be understanding and remember "patience is a virtue" haha.
Before I get started would like to give my thanks to all previous TJ07 owners that have posted worklogs here at XS your countless threads have given me many of the ideas that I'm now going to incorporate into my build.
It was the many beautiful cases that I saw here that change my mind about getting the TJ09 and getting the TJ07 instead since it is basically a watercooling classic around here.
I've had my current rig for about a year.
Some of the mods to the case so far:
Painted the inside (Matte Gunmetal Grey)
Chopped up the Mobo Tray
Put in a 11x17 Server Window From FrozenCpu
And my current water loop:
2X DDC 3.2's with Petra Tops -> Pa 120.3 -> Apogee GTX -> 2X EK-FC 4870 CF -> MCRES Micro
I have also Sanded down my Pa 120.3 and then clear coated it.
Tubing is cheap 7/16th stuff I got from NCIX
Fittings are the stuff that came included with the blocks and res except for the TC rad that uses their barbs that I had to buy separately.
Current Setup:
http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/6411/cimg0522jr7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
As you can see the tubing has crap all over it which is from the Hydrx from the first time I set up my loop.
Kinda regret using that stuff now.
Now for the fun part what I'm going to do to it:
Replace most of the fittings with BP Compression Fittings
Replace the Tubing with Primochill LRT Black 1/2"ID 3/4"OD
Replace the GTX with GTZ since it has an acetal top instead of aluminum
Replace the Petra Tops with an EK DDC Dual Turbo Top to save space
Add in a Pa 120.2 in the bottom compartment after sanding and coating
Add in BIP GT 240 Stealth to the top exhaust (might sand and coat not sure yet)
Change Mobo to Asus M3A79-T Deluxe
Clean up wiring and (re)sleeve various cables
Probably think of more things along the way lol.
Now here are the pics of what I current have:
http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/2872/cimg0510gw9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/1889/cimg0526pe4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Still waiting for the motherboard to arrive with is an Asus M3A79-T Deluxe (http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=149&l3=789&l4=0&model=2503&modelmenu=1).
For the next update I'm planning to have completed sanding and painting the Pa 120.2.
Hoping to be done my next week will post some pics then.
P.S. Does anybody know if the BP 1/2" compression fittings will fit on the MCRES Micro
This log is probably gonna take a while to complete since school started and everthing.
So please be understanding and remember "patience is a virtue" haha.
Before I get started would like to give my thanks to all previous TJ07 owners that have posted worklogs here at XS your countless threads have given me many of the ideas that I'm now going to incorporate into my build.
It was the many beautiful cases that I saw here that change my mind about getting the TJ09 and getting the TJ07 instead since it is basically a watercooling classic around here.
I've had my current rig for about a year.
Some of the mods to the case so far:
Painted the inside (Matte Gunmetal Grey)
Chopped up the Mobo Tray
Put in a 11x17 Server Window From FrozenCpu
And my current water loop:
2X DDC 3.2's with Petra Tops -> Pa 120.3 -> Apogee GTX -> 2X EK-FC 4870 CF -> MCRES Micro
I have also Sanded down my Pa 120.3 and then clear coated it.
Tubing is cheap 7/16th stuff I got from NCIX
Fittings are the stuff that came included with the blocks and res except for the TC rad that uses their barbs that I had to buy separately.
Current Setup:
http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/6411/cimg0522jr7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
As you can see the tubing has crap all over it which is from the Hydrx from the first time I set up my loop.
Kinda regret using that stuff now.
Now for the fun part what I'm going to do to it:
Replace most of the fittings with BP Compression Fittings
Replace the Tubing with Primochill LRT Black 1/2"ID 3/4"OD
Replace the GTX with GTZ since it has an acetal top instead of aluminum
Replace the Petra Tops with an EK DDC Dual Turbo Top to save space
Add in a Pa 120.2 in the bottom compartment after sanding and coating
Add in BIP GT 240 Stealth to the top exhaust (might sand and coat not sure yet)
Change Mobo to Asus M3A79-T Deluxe
Clean up wiring and (re)sleeve various cables
Probably think of more things along the way lol.
Now here are the pics of what I current have:
http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/2872/cimg0510gw9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/1889/cimg0526pe4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Still waiting for the motherboard to arrive with is an Asus M3A79-T Deluxe (http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=149&l3=789&l4=0&model=2503&modelmenu=1).
For the next update I'm planning to have completed sanding and painting the Pa 120.2.
Hoping to be done my next week will post some pics then.
P.S. Does anybody know if the BP 1/2" compression fittings will fit on the MCRES Micro