Cm-haf-xl

[Church]

There was another recent build here with nice idea that can be reused - to use similar plate for waterpaths to make tubing more neat. But otherwise i wouldn't go for such. Looks are superb & top notch, but there are lot of small electronic details on motherboard that might cool worse with all air-flow covered to them.

[kier]

Simply awesome.
Personally though, I think you should go with the black bitspower rotary fittings instead of the sliver, the mix just doesn't clash well in my eyes.
Other than that bravo

Thnx,
The fittings gonna be exchange, the silver fittings are just to get everything in place

There was another recent build here with nice idea that can be reused - to use similar plate for waterpaths to make tubing more neat. But otherwise i wouldn't go for such. Looks are superb & top notch, but there are lot of small electronic details on motherboard that might cool worse with all air-flow covered to them.

Thnx,
I'm gonna make something for the airflow, underneath the acryl

[kier]

Update: Midplate & Noise reduction

Last days did some thinking about the hdd/ssd bays. used for this the original Haf bay, cut it in 2 pieces

One for the ssd's and one for the hdd's

Bay 1 for the ssd



Bay 2 for the hdd
Hmmm my new friend, Mr. Gorillatorch, helped me a lot lately with my build



Again bay 2



Gonna place them like this



Bay 2 installed



And bay 1 beneed the slimeline dvd drive.



Have made a bay for the slimline dvd-rw



fits perfectly



just about this, need to do some little things to it, to make it look better, but for now.....



Cut out a piece for the dvd



Fits also



The opening for the power cable to my gpu's



For the noise reduction i used some isolation tape



And grind a piece of my ceiling plate



Vry nice piece i think



This is all beeing covered with a midplate 5mm black acryl



like this



Replaced the original rivets for countersunk rivets.

The original rivet






countersunk rivets with tape for protection





Whole back is finished for another idea

For this update i wanna thank Mr. Sammie from cK-leds



He has given my some very nice led strips



Green silicone strips



Green Smd strips



Uv purple Smd strips



And he's given my a nice suprice..... a nice RGB strip






Not gonna use them in this mod, but maybe the next one to come


also did some nice things with my pumps. Sawn 4 pieces of acryl.

2 x uv green acryl 5mm



And 2 x Black acryl 5mm



Need to polish them



Sawn the green acryl one more time with 4 feet instead of 2





black acryl under the pump



my 2 pumps ready to go





Looks nice i think on my black midplate. and placed a single led in it



Placed in the Haf with the led



And some pics in the dark





Thats it for today

Grtzzz.

[Johnny87au]

some craftmen skills you have there! loving the dvdrom

[kier]

Update

I've frosted the uotside from the acryl, and put some led strips around the motherboard



Placed the cover, still need to get the strips right



But it's a nice effect already



Have some disappointment about the solid tubes

"Old" Tube



"new" Tube



doesnt fit anymore in the Bitspower fittings, so need to change plans. So i put the new solid tube in the Tygon tube



Have tested it first, and looked really nice

So did some sawning and fitting, and here,s the result



Everything almost straight



Have to exchange some silver for black fittings



Lights out please.......nice, but need to buy some extenders for a straight line



But the most lines are straight



Total shot



Pump 1 plugged in, only pump 2 now



Reservoirs also nice with the green light



Next step, buying BP black fittings and the acid green fluid



So did some shopping by Highflow.nl
Black and silver again for a new idea
And i bought 6 BP zilveren L-Rotery,s second hand for a really good price



For the link between the cpu and the motherboard i used silver fittings andextenders, this looks really good woth the nickel blocks from the gpu



still need to put a small link between the cpu and the NB



Did some cable managment, looks messy, but first things first



The inside is better looking



Mdpc sleeving always nice



And the cpu power, 4 x 4 blocks



a good friend have helped me with my slotloader dvd-rw
He was really fast with putting this together again......... respect



2 wires soldered on it, and tested it





looks really nice, i think



My reset button is now the eject button for the slotloader on the aquaero

Mr. wwwicked thanks a lot, i owe you one

Some stuff from my favorite shop HighFlow Computer Cooling Shop - Uw shop voor PC waterkoeling, luchtkoeling, modding, behuizingen en gaming!

I,ve seen this fluid by the L3p desk, what looks really good


Feser One Cooling Fluid - UV ACID GREEN

Black extenders, have bought a lot of these


Bitspower G1/4 Matt Black IG1/4 Extender BP-MBWTP-C40

A rally nice rotery


Bitspower G1/4 Matt Black Dual Rotary 90 Degree IG1/4 Adapter BP-MB90R2

And more rotery's


Bitspower Matt Black fittings

And some shiny silverware


Bitspower Silver Shiny Fittings

I had to extend my Aquaero from the dispaly.



Power on, and works fine



And placed all the new fittings



straight behind the powercables



New black rotery's on the EK bridge



And the pumps connected



1 tube underneed the radiator bay





The only thing now is to connect everything togheter and do some more wiring



But have space enough for this.



I hope to put the acid green fluid this weekend in, and show you some pics of this

Grtzzz.

[arkadur]

i like the idea of green theme for the EVGA Classi board.
but, i didnt make a choice myself about my sr-2 build.

nice work with the tubing! keep it up!

[Crankyhobo]

My god man, i'm blown away by this work, looks amazing.

[Johnny87au]

wow sex on water! Are you actually using those 6x bp rotarys??

[kier]

Update: filled it up and cables

Did al the wirring voor the aquaero
And some updates for the firmware and software for the aquaero

The 140mm fan works fine.



The other fans also



filling loop 1. No problems





Tubes on top



straight to the pump





The fan is really coming out nice with the uv light





Because there is a solid tube inside the Tygon tube, there's a lot of air inside





Uv strips are really nice , and a good effect



Uv acryl is very nice also





and filled loop 2



Beautiful pomps i think



Looks good with the green acryl under need the ppumps



And a total shot



Grtzzz.

[felix_w]

Awesome...love the black sticker on the green plexi...lets only the right amount of UV-plexi to be seen...

[RCG_Bex]

Absolutely stunning! Taken my breath away!!!

~Bex

[Elusid]

I love how you covered the mobo! It ties the whole case together and gives it a nice flow. I'm not to thrilled with the motherboard color in my build so I think I might use that same idea. Amazing build so far! Subbd*

[Sgrios]

Stunning build, Kier! One question for you though. Do you know where one could source the glowpads that you used in your build?

[barfastic]

BRILLIANT job kier!

VERY WELL DONE!

[kier]

Thnx y'all for the nice respons

Stunning build, Kier! One question for you though. Do you know where one could source the glowpads that you used in your build?

You can send an email to Recom.nl. the can help you with the glowpads.

I have searched the net for the glowpads, but couldnt find them anywhere
so i,ve had send recom an email, and there respons was to order them straight by Recom

good luck

[kier]

Update:

Hi there, like promised pics by daylight







Was a lot of pushing and pulling







For the airflow behind the acryl and the motherboard i have placed some nice small fans
witch blow air up



They blow air against a small metal stripe, and bend the flow down, behind the acryl



Works perfectly



And i have placed some green strips for the frontbay



everything placed in order



Have sawn small pieces of green 3mm acryl



think it looks nice with the black top



But need to frost it some more







Cover the behind also



Gonna think it over some more

And last but not least, the side panel



Sawning time



Used a 5mm green acryl again



Need to be shappen some more



And placed it back



Looks fine with uv led strips



But needs to be placed it in the right direction



After this i did some thinking, and think it's a shame that the gpu's are not fully in sight
So did some sawning again.



Better like this, i think. The idea is to use the green acryl piece i've made, to place it in the other side panel

so, to be continued

Greetings

[Elusid]

Looking awesome! I think it was a wise choice to nix the green piece over the GPUs. Looks much cleaner without it there.

[Johnny87au]

looks insanely nice!!

[skeyo]

This build is SICK!!! Good job man i relay love your work.

[kier]

Update

Hello everybody,
the other side of the case,(other sidepanel) did some sawning and grinding



It took some time, but almost finished



Have used the green acryl from the other side, never throw something away

Recycling again



Need to shappen the slots some more



And did some more small things. Maked the cover for the display again, but now with aluminium
Better then the 3mm black acryl



some more grinding and sawning



put the grey display in



only paint the cover again and it's finished



Have used the same black aluminium for the sli cover



Mdpc bolts in it



nothing more for this cover, think it's finished like this



Also did the final placing for the led strips
Placed with the uv strips a green stripe, just to remove the purple color

Looks nice on the mesh panel





Lines on the motherboard cover are very good visible now





Need to shappen the cables some more, but almost there




Thats it folks, see you next time

grtzz.

[ScottALot]

What if you painted the Dominator fins in alternating between no paint and neon green?

[Johnny87au]

1 word, godly!

[KingOfsorroW]

[kier]

Update: Up and running!!!

Before i will show you the final pics, some more modding
To turn the lights on and off i'am gonna use a multiswitch
Made a cover for this



Multiswitch Behind



And the location where it's gonna be




CM-HAF-XL is now up and running. So here some final pics for you guys
Only need to put a piece acryl in the side panel, but it's delayed, and not really important for the pics



































Pics by night coming up, dont want to bore you with to much pics

Grtzzz.

[kinghong1970]

LOVE your clean straight tubing!

amazing log!