Lian Li PC-A77 mod: Project[Thessa]

[knet370]

Ok..A little introduction if i may..Basically, the goal is to watercool the case all internal without ruining the case's simple and minimalistic design. Yet maintaining a cool and quite system. The system will be overclocked to its highest stable clock(3.4ghz) on stock vcore.

So i present Project[Thessa] < named after my significant other as a tribute for financing this whole project. LOLZ! ;-D

All Mods are done by tantric @http://www.tantricmodz.com
Probably the No. 1, if not the best modder in the Philippines!

Loop 1: Ek Res 250> MCP655>TC PA120.3> Q6600> NB> SB (EVGA 680i)
Loop 2: Ek Res 150> MCP655> BIX II 240 > 2 x EVGA 8800gts 512mb (Will Be changed later to BIX II 360)

Pics!
Top Mounted PA120.3




Lasercut Acrylic PA radgrill



Powdercoat done..mounted the res and top rad




front rad mounted in custom hd cage bracket


window cut


misc mods




thats it for now..some minor adjustments will be done later..

the parts i will be using

tubes will be replaced to a tygon 3400 1/2id 3/4od on compression fittings on the cpu block. the rest of the fitting will be the dangerden fatboyz

[disruptfam]

nice.

[begrip]

Ah i neeed a bigger case my lian-li pc7 isnt big enough, although that is a damn nice !

[Th3MadScientist]

I like the case cutout for the radiator, looks very professional.

[lyl]

good looking mods. I like the pump emerging out of the bottom plate.

not crazy about the mirror... to me, it doesnt fit w/ all the flat black.

[Th3MadScientist]

i didn't even notice the mirror...i like it.

[philbrown23]

nice man that case looks sick! I wish I could have mine done professionally!

[leo_bsb]

I'll modify the mobo tray in my G70 next week. I'll use most of your ideas, great job.

[Ashraf]

Looking great.

I suggest you to flip these fans.

[nsidious]

awesome work mate

[WhiteFireDragon]

wow 2 internal loops is crazy. makes it look very clean

[Hijack]

Mirror? Where? Down the side of the bays? I think that's just a piece of black acrylic to cover the metal up.

[leo_bsb]

Did you take the case apart for painting?
What tool did you use for the round holes on the mobo tray? A hole saw? Did you cut the holes without a wood support on the back of the tray?

[oerekum]

Impressive! Subscribed.

[knet370]

good looking mods. I like the pump emerging out of the bottom plate.

not crazy about the mirror... to me, it doesnt fit w/ all the flat black.

its just a black opaque acrylic just to cover the front bay cages..i can always paint it flat black to match the matte black powdercoat.

[knet370]

Did you take the case apart for painting?
What tool did you use for the round holes on the mobo tray? A hole saw? Did you cut the holes without a wood support on the back of the tray?

yes it was taken apart for powdercoating. the holes on the mobo is already there when you buy the case except for the long hole near to ek 250 res and the buttom 2 circle holes. used a hole saw for that one.

[fadetoblack]

wow.. that looks awesome. im actually doing my pca77 build currently too but obviously its no where near as good as this.

[knet370]

just a trial run of the tubes. it may be revised when better layout arises etc...final tubes will be a black 3400 3/4od tygon



comments/suggestions are very much welcomed

[Apollo4g]

cant see that second pump clearly, but is it pumping into the res?

[knet370]

cant see that second pump clearly, but is it pumping into the res?

no..that is the inlet of the pump. ;-)

[xTKxhom3r]

the tubing going to the 2nd res (small one) is to long maybe you should remount your res somewhere else to make the tubing shorter

[fadetoblack]

ive got a quick question. how come you're not putting the triple rad in the loop with the 2 vid cards and the double on the cpu loop? wouldnt 2 8800gts cards put out more heat then a cpu,nb,sb? i guess it depends on when you're swapping it out for a bix 360.

[knet370]

its "not" that hot of a card. ;-) we pre tested the rad with the cards and it idle at 27-29c according to everest and gpu-z. thats with YL Highs..

[Giannis86]

i like the routingof the tubing. Only the res to pump tubing should be shortened as mentioned above

[aoch88]

This is very nice Did you have a piece of mirror at the side?