A+ Black pearl , dual loop

[yokomo]

ive been hankering for sli for a while now so finaly started getting the extras togther.
got the second 8800gt, abit IN9 32 (flashing went bad so thats got one last try this weekend to get it going again , long story), block for the second card was a score on ebay as i got the card and full cover block together
yesterday my new case and 800watt psu arrived along wiht 2 bottles of uv coolant.
things still needed
1:second pump
2:second micro res
3:more tubing
that will all be orderd this weekend
4:posibly new mobo if i cant get the in9 to flash (not to botherd if its dead as i got that cheap too)



the A plus is basicly a slightly smaller lian li v2000 , was looking to for a v2000 but couldnt find one that was instock and not being sold for silly money so went out on alimb got this.
in the background you cna just see my current sig ...whihc looks like ...

the side panel is mesh but i may swap this out for plexi.
the plan is now that i ave the hdd cages out and the psu flipped to tack my king of cool aka thermo 3*120 to the bottom and stack my dual 120 on top.

[yokomo]

reserved for first update
looky what arrived today (or rather at the depot 15miles away in one case)



time to strip my rig and get to work at last!

[Darkatom]

Looking forward to your updates as I too have this case, I thought it was the same size as the v2000 but just rebaged ?

[[XC] NetburstXE]

Subscribed!

[RockfordFosgate]

I'm waitng the update

[yokomo]

Looking forward to your updates as I too have this case, I thought it was the same size as the v2000 but just rebaged ?

so did i then i re hecked the measurements when i noticed the rad wouldnt quite fit how i thought it would. its a timy bit smaller, about 1 inch less tall and half inch as long.
not much is ogignt o happen over the weekend as i have to wait for rst of the bits to come mainly just cutting stripping bits out.
as it stands i have just stipped out the hdd cages and started adding the fans .
Im going to cut a hole in the middle divedier for extra tube/cables holes today aswell as get the mounts for the rads done.


pus is flipped , hope it can breath ok .

wel here we go ...

rads in omfg what a tight fit any tighter and it would be no go !



adn the mobo is , note for anyone thinign of buying this case the board holes are not well drilled !!
was a reall squzee/bend to get them to line up . to the point i was worried for the mobo !




it lives !!

few minor things to sort like cabling neeed a little tidy , top fans dont have clearance with sli so i need to get some slim 120mm fans 9think scythe do them in 120*20mm)
elevate case for air flow with a second deck of feet oh and take some decent pics with a real camera !

[Eddie3dfx]

Which radiator doesn't fit?
I felt 4 radiators in my black pearl.
Mcr220 on the top fits perfectly.

It is the v2000.

[yokomo]

my thermochill 3*120 doesn qute fit on the bottom wiht the psu there so its as in the pics now.
yeah mcr220 will fit in the lid but not wiht room for sli (shame the holes are too close to use)
little update ... orderd the rest of me bits , asus p5n-t , 10 feet of tube , another pump and a second res.

[Plastek]

yokomo I'm wait for your update becouse I'm have Black Pearl. It great case.1

[Eddie3dfx]

Are you 100% sure that you can put 2 watercooled cards in sli with the mcr220 and 25mm fans on top?

This is what I was going to do with the 680i and pickup another 8800gt, since they are so cheap.

It does look like you should have enough room for both.

The cards you are using, are they with waterblocks, or plain coolers.

[yokomo]

not going to put the second rad in the top , its going stacked on top of the first on in the space at the bottom
it will be getting air off the first rad but that should still be plenty cool enough and yes both cards are going to be on water.

[yokomo]

bumpy bump , now all but finished

[Plastek]

More photos please!

[yokomo]

you want mroe you got more



this i think has to be the way IO shields should be

no more stupid prongs to bend or short and much easyer to get the mobo mounted ! il take some more soon after ive removed the rats nets at the back !

oh yeah dn the mesh is being swapped for plexi and and moved down to allow more air to the rads

[Jamesrt2004]

very nice pretty well thought out ideas
-waits for rats nest to be done to get some ideas about cabling -