Project: Lian Li A01 - HTPC - Watercooled - 56k Warning

[Tremeloes]

Hi there!

currently i´m building a little htpc which will replace several single components like music, tv, vcr...
basis for this build is the Lian Li A01. some people call it the ugliest Lian Li case ever but i like it:




Hardware:
MB: Asus P5E-VM hdmi
Cpu: e2180
Video Card: Onboard
TV card: ???
PSU: NesteQ 400W
HD: 2,5" with a Scythe Quiet Drive

cooling:
the important parts of this case will be watercooled
pump: Laing 12V
reservoir: OC Labs
radi: Cape Cora passive
tubing: feser 13/10 mm
cpu, nb, sb: AnFi Tec cooler

first of all i removed everything from the case i will not use later like hd and dvd cage. after that i painted the mb tray white (i want to have i nice black and white contrast for the wohle case).




i thought this would be a nice idea ... but i changed it later again.


the water cooling parts arrived from AquaTuning:
my fittings:




pump Laing 12V:




OC Labs reservoir for Laing:




both together:




lets go on with the Cape Core 442:





i will only use two fans for venting the case. if i really need both i´ll see later.
Sharkoon Silent Eagle 80mm






at this point i sent my MB to AnFi Tec Germany. it is a little company which produces verry nice watercooler and in my opinion the most beautyfull 775 cpu cooler which you can find at the moment. but you will see them later.
in the time i had no mb i was walking arround the case and after a few days i noticed that the white mb tray is not really beautyfull. so what could i do? exactly - i stripped down the case and painted it black.

stripped down


after 4 layers of black paint


i´m so glad i did it. it looks so much better in black (in my opinion)

still waiting for my mb i had time for other things. first i sleeved the laing and the case

wasn´t easy to find a good white sleeve....

next i painted the front connectors: