Case Mods - New custom acrylic case -- Worklog to come

[radodrill]

...just a suggestion: set your camera to Macro + play with ISO 400-600 without flash (if there is enough ambient light), set timer to 10 sec on tripod or bag of coffee beans or green peas (conforms better to whatever angle you want)
...looking forward to next pics

I'll keep that in mind

[radodrill]

Today I received the hardware I ordered from Newegg


OCZ Reaper 2x1Gb PC2-9200


Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer




BFG 8800 GTX OC (2nd coming tomorrow from ZipZoomFly)




Silverstone ST1000 iKW PSU








DFI LanParty UT NF680i SLI LT T2R/G Motherboard










Sponsors:

[noroger]

dude... unbelievable !!
I want that case when it's done

[radodrill]

Got the rest of the Hardware

2nd BFG 8800 GTX OC




500Gb SATA2 HDD


Q6600 G0 CPU




Lite-ON SATA DVD-RW





Checked the fit of the SB waterblock


Since there wasn't much clearance for the GFX cards I thought it'd be better to rotate the block by 90deg


but to get the mounting holes to line up I then had to mount the top upside-down as well



Also did a slight mod to the DVD drive to provide me with a rear connector for the elect button and status LED

Inside the DVD drive


soldered leads onto the connector


connector glued into place on the circuit board


Wiring connected to the circuit board


circuit board back in it's place


And a view of the back of the drive



Put all the hardware together on a box (poor man's tech station) to get all the software installed




Sponsors:

[radodrill]

Update time again

Installed the DVD drive




Re-sleeved the necessary PSU cabling in UV-blue


Also custom wired one cable for power to the floppy headers on the MB, the fans, lighting, and the pump.


Pulled the heatsinks off of the PWMIC, NB, and SB


Installed the mounting hardware for the waterblocks and re-installed the PWMIC block with AS5


Installed the waterblocks


Pulled the heatsinks off of the 8800GTXs


Applied the thermal pads and AS5 (if you're not confident that you won't over apply the thermal paste then you should use the ceramique that's included with the block)


Put on the waterblocks


Sponsors:

[BNDMOD]

impressived... mucho money are there :d very nice rig :d

[radodrill]

impressived... mucho money are there :d very nice rig :d

Thanks a lot

And thanks to my sponsors; otherwise I wouldn't have been able to afford all this hardware.

[TopherTony]

Hey man, mad props. Its hard to do up an acrylic case so neat because you cant hide anything. It looks like your sponsors are going to get their money's worth

[radodrill]

Hey man, mad props. Its hard to do up an acrylic case so neat because you cant hide anything. It looks like your sponsors are going to get their money's worth

Thanks a lot man

[ineedaname]

I haven't checked back on this thread in a while but everything's coming along great. Can't wait 2 see the final product.

I love ur custom fan controller.

Kinda inspires me to attempt making a case of my own too.

[radodrill]

I haven't checked back on this thread in a while but everything's coming along great. Can't wait 2 see the final product.

I love ur custom fan controller.

Kinda inspires me to attempt making a case of my own too.

Thanks a lot; will be nice when I get everything together.

[Alik4041]

Very nice job! Can't wait to see this all lit up

[radodrill]

First off; slight mod to the PSU; since the stock fan was very loud I replaced it with a 140mm Yate Loon


There were some clearance issues with the GFX cards and the rear X-Flow Radiator


So the RAD is being replaced with a standard (non X-Flow) radiator
The two side by side


Clearance issue resolved


A few shots of the case






Installed the tubing for the CPU, NB, and SB


Adding the GFX cards


And the rest of the tubing


Filled the loop; currently bleeding/leak-testing (removed the drive bays to make it easier to see the tubing during this phase)


Booting it up for the first time after installing it into the case


A gallery of the case with different lighting schemes














Now it's just a matter of finishing up the baseboard for it.

I'll also post some stock-speed benchmarks shortly and also some overclocking results later on.

Sponsors:

[rbsmontemor]

Good job mate...it's very nice

[Alik4041]

Looks Great! Good job

[radodrill]

Here are some stock speed benchmarks on this system; not the 8800 GTXs have already been flashed the speeds of BFG's overclocked/watercooled card that's using the exact same card and waterblock I am.

24hr Prime95 stable (click for full-size)


3DMark 2001 SE


3DMark 2003


3DMark 2005


3DMark 2006


Aquamark 3

[thorton3100]

awesome
So good,so good
nice system

[Fujimitsu]

Nice job man, cool to see a full tower sized acrylic case, most are small (like mine).

Amazing job, I especially love the front panel.

[Nate P.]

Wow, excellent job! It looks amazing?

So how do you get sponsored?

[Skyline GT-R]

Very nice case u made

And a sweet system u got their

Keep up the nice work m8!

[phelan1777]

I was away for a while, so I missed out on the updates..............wow she is hot..........looks really nice all lit up.

Congrats on the finishing.

[zsamz_]

verry nice job