Project Fluid Media - Liquid-cooled Gaming HTPC

[dejanh]

Edit: Since I noticed from some other threads that people are asking how and where I got the plated MIPS blocks, if anyone is interested in some MIPS blocks (plated or standard) let me know (send me a PM) and I may/should be able to hook you up. I may be able to do plated HeatKiller blocks as well

Edit 2: The Bitspower 45s did not pan out since I did this over the holidays and shipment from Sidewinder got delayed for 3+ weeks at customs (Country of Origin: Taiwan, tsk, tsk, tsk ...what was Gary thinking) so I decided to go without the 45s. Now I have a spare set of 12 or 14 Black Sparkle 45s lying around. Oh well, another build another time.

Just wanted to make a small build log to showcase what I am doing now. First, the list of key system components

ASUS Rampage II Gene mATX LGA1366 DDR3 X58 2PCI-E16 PCI-E4 PCI GBLAN CrossFire SLI Motherboard
Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping Quad Core Processor LGA1366 2.66GHZ Bloomfield 8MB LGA1366 -SLBEJ-
Corsair XMS3 Dominator TR3X6G1600C8D 6GB DDR3 3X2GB DDR3-1600 CL 8-8-8-24 Core i7 Memory Kit
Radeon HD 4850 625MHZ 512MB GDDR3 1.9GHZ PCI-E Dual DVI-I in CrossFireX
Nmedia HTPC-5000B Desktop Media Centre Case mATX Black 1X5.25 4X3.5INT Card Reader No PS
Corsair TX750W 750W ATX 12V 60A 24PIN ATX Power Supply Active PFC 140MM Fan

And now a list of key water-cooling components, but before I do that I want to send a special thanks to Doc MIPS for taking care of my requests and parts with first class service. Thanks for getting the plating done for me and handling everything smoothly!

MIPS ASUS Gene Series COOLER Set POM Black MCH2436
Watercool HEATKILLER® CPU Rev3.0 1366 LT w/ LGA1366 Backplate
Watercool DDC-Case LT for Laing DDC
Swiftech MCP355 12v DC Pump
Swiftech MCR320-QP Quiet Power 3X120mm - Black
Swiftech MCRES Micro Revision 2 reservoir
Primochill Primoflex Pro LRT White 1/2IN ID 3/4IN OD Tubing (10 Feet)
Premium Bitspower BP-BS45R and BP-BSWP-C01 Black Sparkle 45deg Rotaries and Barbs

Here is the case I will be working with...



...and a link to the case with more pics...

http://www.newegg.ca/product/product...82E16811204035

I got mine from NCIX, but Newegg.ca has better pics

And finally, the grand finale (for now ) here are the initial pics of the water blocks, motherboard, and DRAM...

















I will be posting more pics as I do more.

Edit 3: See post #9 onwards for more pics of the finished product