Project: Rae (Lian Li V2010 Build)

[InfinityNX]

This'll be my second water-cooling project. My first one was a success, though when time came to upgrade the watercooling loop, the small case appeared to be a problem.

Solution: Get rid of it and buy a new one

Current Hardware:
Intel E4500 @ 2.8ghz (on stock cooling)
EMX P35-Pro Motherboard
2x1GB Crucial Ballistix Tracier ddr2 800mhz
250GB Western Digital SATA
MSI NX8800GT OC (Single slot)
Corsair HX620

I'm planning to get two 4870's, and upgrade my power supply. After a while, I'll upgrade both my motherboard and processor.

Here's a picture of my first water cooling project: 3D-Aurora-Zero





My new case:



Huge!! Here it is compare to a standard generic ATX casing:



Spacious I'll be putting in a 360 radiator on the bottom (bye bye hdd racks), then I'll be using (read: stealing) an hdd rack that came with a different case which I already gave to my younger brother



Lots of nice stuff inside,



I already placed my system inside the case since I was really REALLY itching to, so here it is

Removable motherboard tray:


All done!


My watercooling components:

Ones I already have
- DTek FuZion Version 1
- Nozzle Kit


- 20feet of Blue Feser tubing goodness

(I bought this item from junkun a.k.a bugkalot in XS, that's why his name is on the pic.)

- Swiftech MCP655


- HW Labs Black Ice GTX II 360


- MCP30 for my northbridge


- Alphacool Reservoir 10


- Radiator Fans: Thermaltake A2018's

I know they're not the 'conventional' radiator fan, but I like the leds.

Here's a nice picture of the Lian-Li V2010


Any suggestions as to how to order my loop? I wanted to put the radiator on the bottom, but it seems that having it above will make it closer to the processor, thus lessening the amount of tubing I would need to go from radiator to cpu block, meaning more efficiency, less tubing used, and cleaner look. I could then reserve the bottom space for a radiator for my gpu's. Any advice would be nice

[InfinityNX]

reserved

[MomijiTMO]

I don't think it really matters if the radiator blows hot air on your CPU seeing that it is cooled by the loop.

PS : We now have a wc build log sub forum so PM a mod to move it there.

[InfinityNX]

Ugh, I didn't know about that sub forum. Thanks, I'll do that then.

Wait, I seem to have phrased my sentence wrong: I realized that putting the radiator on the top of the case would minimize the length of tubing I would need to go from the radiator to the CPU, making it more efficient and making it look better. Problem is, I'm not sure if a 360 would fit on top.

[MomijiTMO]

I'm sure it will fit but you might not be able to use the top bay drive.

[InfinityNX]

I'll putting an Imon Ultra bay on the top 2 bays, so i think it'll fit, since the ultra bay is short.

[tantric]

nice! another casebuild from the philippines : D subsribed!

[disruptfam]

i like that case!!!!

[InfinityNX]

@disruptfan

thanks I saw your V2000 trip-loop and I instantly fell in love with the Lian-li v series

@tantric

lol, you'll be hearin' from me soon

[Logos]

For a LiLi, this case is not bad...

yeah...as if Lian-Li didn't belong to the very best case manufacturers...
Hey R3, forget MM sometimes (or should I say forget that you own one...just once in a while...)

[MomijiTMO]

yeah...as if Lian-Li didn't belong to the very best case manufacturers...
Hey R3, forget MM sometimes (or should I say forget that you own one...just once in a while...)

Don't even bother. MMitis has reached its final staged and nothing will save Ben [the collective identity] now

[Logos]

@ InfinityNX: may be a good idea to add "PC-V2010" to the tiltle of your thread...

[philbrown23]

more pics!!!!!! nice setup, my suggestion is mod the outta that case, lian li's are the best cases to work with imo.

[RockfordFosgate]

''The Legend is back''

2 Legend in PC Case sector;

V2000-TJ07

V2010 ATX

[MomijiTMO]

Yeah I wonder why they changed it Rockford. A lot of people bought this case just for the reverse ATX setup. I don't know any issues that were encountered other than people complaining about their psu cables not reaching the mobo but that could be easily solved.

[Pellepel]

nice I actually thought about getting one of these v2000+ back then, my friend has one, but I wanted something different and MM came along and it was just right!

Nice InfinityNX, I like to see your progress.

[InfinityNX]

@Logos
Great idea, thanks.

@philbrown
Yeah, by itself, it's very simplistic, but pretty dull in terms of bling. It's also a to cable-manage (refer to some of my pics). I'm already in the planning stage of the mods that I'll be doing. Tomorrow, this'll be going to our very own tantric. He'll be helping me with the build. He's the guy behind Project Toaster (cosmos-s build), Project Thessa(PC-A77 build), Junkun13's build(cosmos-x build) and a lot more

@Rockford
The V2000+ was a legend in it's own right, though for me, I really like the regular ATX over the inverted one.

@Pellepel & RealRedRaider

Thanks guys, hope I'll be able to please you as much as these other build logs.

[Logos]

they went back to non-inverted ATX because of users complaining about a lack of efficiency - I think it's called phase change - of stock coolers pipes on most recent mainboards that require a normal ATX position to work well, that is with southbridge at the bottom, and heat going up...

[septim]

hmm what happened to the 480gtx on the bottom idea... hehehe...

[emoners]

subscribed! this looks like an interesting build

[InfinityNX]

@septim

my..erm..funds are dwindling, lol.

[InfinityNX]

Small Update:

I took the case and PC parts to tantric's place and we planned a loop for the system. We took apart the case to get it ready for powder coating. The insides will be powder coated black







Here's the case without the rivets

[InfinityNX]

I'm thinking of painting my whole case like this:



It will be powder-coated, so the brushed aluminum will get erased. Any comments?

[disruptfam]

im not a fan of that color but whatever floats your boat go for it.

How about the inside? matte black?

[InfinityNX]

@distruptfam

I'm open to other color suggestions, but the problem is I have an IMON ultrabay on the front, which is black, and has blue lights, so i'm pretty much limited by black and blue.

Insided will be powder-coated black as well