this is a log of my build with its various revisions
it has taken me roughly a month to complete
special thanks go to my employer, OcUK for helping me get the parts i needed
the OcUK forum members who suggested changes/improvements
especially Smirnoff and Locky for all their help and advice
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the case i will be working with is a silverstone FT01 B-W
the aim of this build is for silence
the case, cpu loop, and VGA cooler have all been carefully chosen to cool my hardware down whilst keeping the performance i am used to
i chose the case for its black interior, solid build quality and because it would provide a challenge to watercool
after working on a large watercooling project at work i decided that i would implement a similar theme with my new case
the case looks like this
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i3...l/DSC00332.jpg
i was originally going for a lian li v1000z and my final choice was between lian li and silverstone
this caused split decisions at work where we have all been weighing up the pros and cons of both brands
the silverstone won in the end after i built a few lian li's and decided that they werent as 'solid' as i expected a £150+ case to be
i have also ordered some parts in - after doing a very special build at work i decided that some of the parts we chose for the front panel were going to fit well into my new build.
we had trouble sourcing these parts at work so i had to do a lot of hunting around the net for alternative sources as the parts were hard to find
lian li 120mm fan grille [this had a built in dust filter]
lian li drive bay radiator mounts
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i3...ianlistuff.jpg
as well as picking up some readily available bits from work
sharkoon 120mm silent eagle fans
black 7/16" tubing
zalman fan controller
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i3...l/683697-a.jpg
i plan on having the front panel look something like this...
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i3...oneill/fff.jpg
now the rad will be bolted in place using the lian li rad mounting brackets i have ordered
the problem being is that i have a bay res/pump at the moment
i am wondering if i may be best going for an alternative due to the lack of free drive bays
