My first all out case build worklog (56k warning)....

[serial099]

Hello everyone. Been reading these forums for a long time and been a member for a few months now. I've gotten some really good info and ideas off of here and while it's going to be a bit before my new beast of a computer is done, I figure I'd start with my worklog that I have so far.

The things I still have to purchase (there is a bit, BTW). I'm probably going to get after some Christmas shopping gets done, but hopefully this will be done (or mostly done) be the 1st of the new year.

Main stuff:
Thermaltake Armor case /w 250mm fan side. DFI LanParty UT 790FX-M2R (still have to purchase)
AMD Phenom (have to purchase)
4GB RAM (you guessed it, have to purchase)
ATI 3870 (have to purchase)
1x 320GB Seagate Sata hard drive
2x 40gb hard drives
2x dvd-rw drives
Antec TruePower II 550w power supply (would like to get PC power & cooling PSU...I'll see if Santa thinks I was good enough this year)
2x 92mm Sharkloon Golfball
5x 120mm Sharkloon Golfball
Alphacool Multi-Power Port fan controller
Two monitors (one 19" lcd and one 17" crt....want to toss this piece o' crap out, but it still works for now)
Logitech x530 5.1 speakers
X-raypad for mousepad
Need to get a good gaming mouse, but low on the list of priorities right now

Watercooling:
so far I have a Thermochill PA 120.2 with a Swiftech Radbox mount.
I have a DangerDen MagII LE pump (going to get Ehiem 1250 to add in series with this and I have a Criticool relay card to trip the Ehiem up)
~15ft Tygon 2603 3/8 ID tubing.
Smart coils
Swiftech MicroRes
DangerDen Fillport
that's pretty much it on the watercooling side so far. Going to wait to finish off my loop until I have all the rest of the computer set up (m/b, ram, processor, video card, etc.) That way I know for sure what kinda stuff I'm going to need for the rest of this. Definetly going to watercool the cpu, video card and *maybe* northbridge (still debating that last one, want to see what temps are like without it first.

Now on to the good stuff...the pics so far....


this pic shows what my case looks like in a millions pieces and unpainted (not too exciting)



Showing speakers, monitors, keyboard, PSU, the 250mm fan, x-raypad, and the thermochill rad with the radbox and fans already hooked up...



More pieces of the case....amazing how many pieces it breaks down to when you totally strip it



hard drives, box of new parts (so far) and PSU side-shot

More to come.....