Love the photos, this project will be stellar when it's finished.
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Love the photos, this project will be stellar when it's finished.
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Some nice pictures as it stands now should be up in a week or so.
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...rrior/nzxt.jpg
Also I am glad to announce NZXT is sponsoring the build! They have sent some FN120RB/FN140RB fans (perfect for this build!), 6-pin PCI-E power extensions, the IU101 internal USB expansion (interesting plans for this...), and the Sentry 2 touchscreen LCD controller.
And as always, a big thanks to MNPC Tech as well!
http://www.mnpctech.com/CaseModStore.jpg
Congrats! NZXT is great company :up:
Subb'd :D
Here's two more teasers. Front fascia done, LCD poster placement.
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...7-IMGP0556.jpg
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...7-IMGP0554.jpg
Ignore the tape around the LCD poster, I am making an acrylic/brushed aluminum cover right now.
As always, a HUGE thank you goes out to Bill Owen at MNPCtech and NZXT!
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...rrior/nzxt.jpg
http://www.mnpctech.com/CaseModStore.jpg
Well, I opened the case up after ~2 weeks of use and I found a bit more than I bargained for....
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...0-DSC_8203.jpg
Dead spider. How does he get in there?!!? WHY does he get in there?
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...0-DSC_8204.jpg
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...0-DSC_8207.jpg
Ohmygodthedustkillmenowowningacatisamistake
After about 20 minutes of work with compressed air and brushes, it was more or less now dust-free. To work!
First order of business, reservoir placement. Right under the DVD drive and next to the mobo. The usual spot :/
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...0-DSC_8208.jpg
It's pretty simple installation. Just drilling 2 holes (in my case, widening 2 existing holes) and adding a few nuts/washers. There were no instructions provided however, and it took me a few minutes (and improper assemblies) to get it right. Not super impressed so far EK.
It was hard for me to get the clamps on because I had to get the washers/nut or whatever it was on between two sheets of metal. I had to squeeze the bits down carefully and manage to get them over the bolt. That took a bit of figuring out! Would have been MUCH easier on a single sheet.
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...0-DSC_8209.jpg
Mounted up.
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...0-DSC_8218.jpg
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...0-DSC_8216.jpg
Pump goes here...
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...0-DSC_8213.jpg
Sweet jebus that's a tight fit! This isn't gonna be fun...
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...0-DSC_8222.jpg
About 1 hour and a few cups of boiling water later, we have success! Remind me NEVER to try that again. In case you are interested as to how I did it, here's my step-by-step method.
1. Get tubing on pump barb (don't screw the pump barb in ALL the way, leave it a little bit loose) .
2. Put other end of tubing onto barb for res use, but don't screw it into the res yet (just leave it on the end of the tube)
3. Remove res clamps.
4. Rotate reservoir to thread onto fitting on the end of tubing, which should be easy now that the clamps aren't in your way.
5. With the extra rotation left from 1., you should be able to get the pump vertically (I recommend doing a bit of a dry fit to see how the res lines up. You can fix ~20 degrees of tilt but can't flip it a whole 180 or something. Just get it in the right ballpark).
6. Put the clamps back in (may be a bit tricky).
7. Put res in clamps, pat yourself on the back, go take a well deserved nap :)
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...0-DSC_8215.jpg
Infinitely useful MNPCTech 120.2 radiator template in place where rad should go.
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...1-DSC_8224.jpg
Rad in place just to check it fits OK.
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...1-DSC_8226.jpg
A little close to the PSU....
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...1-DSC_8229.jpg
Very tight fit once you add a fan! Phew.
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...1-DSC_8230.jpg
Aluminum cover being added to the front triangle. It was rather simply to make and I didn't have my camera with me - I just cut the aluminum to the rough shape of the plexi (give or take 5mm - leave a decent amount of room), glue as shown, and file into the exact shape. This technique works for a LOT of stuff actually.
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...1-DSC_8232.jpg
Ugly glue residue... oh well, you can't see it. I wonder what this will make the light reflections look like?
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...1-DSC_8235.jpg
Back to the rad. Bottom piece removed (a few rivets were all it took) and taped up. Just tape the template in place and make your marks!
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...1-DSC_8237.jpg
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...1-DSC_8238.jpg
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The results speak for themselves! It works MUCH better than a print-out template as you can make your marks right onto the painters tape (no worries of paper ripping, ripples, etc.) and they are nice and accurate. Not even my horrible mis-measurement and other problems can mess me up here :)
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...1-DSC_8242.jpg
Slight modification... I'd rather have one continuous hole than 2 with that little divider in the middle.
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...1-DSC_8244.jpg
Ready to cut!
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...1-DSC_8246.jpg
Sparks, pretty sparks...
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...2-DSC_8247.jpg
Boom, done. Don't think I have any pics of it after filing.... we will see...
And that's it for this update. Another round of huge, huge thanks go out to...
Bill Owen and MNPCTech
http://www.mnpctech.com/CaseModStore.jpg
And Victoria from NZXT! The next update (shouldn't be far away) should have some details for the excellent package I got from NZXT.
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...rrior/nzxt.jpg
Oh my god MDPC-X is awesome. Nils was kind enough to even throw in some extra MDPC red - accent colour anyone?
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...s/P1030463.jpg
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...s/P1030464.jpg
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...s/P1030465.jpg
Awww yeah, that's me alright!
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...s/P1030466.jpg
And sleeving the NZXT sentry fan cables.
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...s/_IGP2206.jpg
Very, very simple lighting "setup" this time - little white glass tile on a white window sill (which is roughly 6 inches wide too!). Sorry for no high-quality macro shots, as I don't have any pentax macro equipment.
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...s/_IGP2210.jpg
MDPC sleeve makes anything look sexy (although the IU101's black PCB and excellently sleeved cable not shown were hardly lacking in the first place).
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...s/_IGP2216.jpg
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...s/_IGP2217.jpg
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...s/_IGP2214.jpg
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...s/_IGP2224.jpg
Overall I am extremely happy with the MDPC-X sleeve. And for $50 for 100+ feet it was cheaper than the stupid techflex from Performance-PCs I bought in the first place!
I am working on finishing the Sentry as we speak. MDPC sleeving is much more time consuming than Techflex because it takes some work to get tension on the sleeve which gives you that non-see-through look.
Sorry for the rather short update! You can thank the following for making this eye-candy possible...
Bill Owen and MNPCTech
http://www.mnpctech.com/CaseModStore.jpg
And Victoria from NZXT. My plans with the IU101 should start coming into fruition soon!
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...rrior/nzxt.jpg
Awesome update Sushi! It's really coming along now. btw: Your camera takes nice "low light" photos, I'm impressed! :)
Not quite teasers, not quite full shots!
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...9-_IGP2231.jpg
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...9-_IGP2245.jpg
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...9-_IGP2238.jpg
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k..._IGP2234-1.jpg
None of this would be possible (well, maybe just a bit) without the amazing folks at NZXT and Bill Owen and MNPCTech!
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...rrior/nzxt.jpg
http://www.mnpctech.com/CaseModStore.jpg