Project: Black Silver -- Stacker 831

[johnp1983]

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Project: Black Silver
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Available HW:

Cooler Master Stacker 831 LE silver
Intel Core i7 920 C0
DFI Lanparty X58 T3EH8
OCZ Blade 3x2GB 2000Mhz
eVGA GTX280 Super Overclocked
2x 150GB Western Digital Raptor
1x 750GB Hitachi
Corsair HX750W
LG H20L BD
1x 128GB SSD Super Talent Ultra Drive GX
1x Shintek External enclosures for 3.5" sata II disk


Cooling components already available:

CPU blocks Ybris Eclipse Chrome #484
GPU blocks Ybris Eclipse-G Chrome #02 (beta edition for testing)
Ybris Passive Heatsink for GTX280
Enzotech BMR-C1 heatsink for GTX280 ram
Feser Xchanger 360
Ek Multioption reservoir 150ml
Swiftech MCP655
3x Scythe Ultrakaze 3000RPM
Zalman MFC-1
4x Feser Compression Fittings 45° 11\8mm
8x Feser Compression Fittings straight 11\8mm
EK-D5 X-Top rev.2
3x Tygon R3603 clear tube 11.2\8mm


Modding components already available:

1x SmartMod Green UV Cable Sleeving kit
3x Green UV fan grills "Galaxy"
2x Sunbeamtech UV cold cathode
2x Phobya Green UV pre-sleeved 8pin 45cm cable extension


Working utilities already available:

Dremel
Drill
Pendulum acrtion jigsaw
Screwdriver set
Various hole saws
Black spray paint
Primer
Dremel accessories kit
Various type of sandpaper


HW ordered:
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HW to order:

1x GTX4x0 or HD5x70






The ideas for this work (surely the most difficult to me) are schematically as follows:

• First, to paint with a black tones the structure of the case ... (excluding the side walls, the front and the top... so the "silver" in the project name)

• Then I reverse the mainboard tray... going from standard ATX to reversed ATX... due to the fact that I want to remove the case from above the desk and place it under the desk

• Remove the grill on the bottom of the case and widen the opening already present to insert the TFC 360... though I have not yet decided whether to put fittings part to the area of the HDD or to the area of I\O shield... but I decided that I want the fans on the inside of the case, anche the rad on the outside... so the fans will be setted on extraction mode

• Pierce the tray, creating the space for cable management

• Full sleeving of cables inside the case

• Swiftech MCP655 top replacement... going from the original top to the EK D5

• Transition from the tube holder fittings to compression fittings

• Transition from the 12\17" Crystal tube to 11.2\8" Tygon R3603 clear tube

• Total removal of the 4in3 block containing the 2x150 raptor and backup disk in favor of the SSD and the external backup drive

• Maybe a passage from GTX280 to GTX4x0 or HD5x70