Project X-343B-WC (Lian Li Cube) Completed [WARNING: Lots of Pics! 56K Beware]

[mjassbong]

Glitch4583: Bring on the questions

no_n|ck: The PSU sucks air from the bottom of the case and exhaust through the back. Nothing was done to the PSU or LL PSU mounting.

Turtle1: It was very warm in the garage that day when I took the pic. Those temps are core temps of Intel Quad 6600.

[mjassbong]

Interestingly enough he uses the Mountain Mods Hard drive brackets! Without them he'd be HD less with the Rads. Unfortunately he still has to use external optical devices - what a bummer! As for the non thumbscrew look, Looks way to flat to me. I like the 3D to the MM cubes the thumbscrews and removable bays. This LILI looks like a black flat square box, but the OP did an awesome job with this build. Very nice job with the tubing and coloring, and the modifications needed to fit the thermochill inside. Me though I'd of opt for this for a lot less money-

http://www.ocia.net/reviews/mmduality/page1.shtml

Can hold everything you got there plus some.

Thx! You're right about my HD mounting. I was stuck for awhile figuring out how to mount them. I've tried various brackets but none seem to work until an XS member suggested the MM bracket. It's a Godsend!

As for the lost of bay devices, I didn't care too much having it installed in the case. Infact I find it more convenient with an external USB.

[IanY]

Never mind the computer and the water cooling... look at his raid set !!! The water cooling is cool and neat... but I see other things about this machine that blow me away.

mjassbong,

If it makes you feel any better, I went through four sticks of ram hell myself and I settled on the mediocre Corsair 8500C5 5-5-5-15 ram. I burnt through two sets of Dominator 8888C4 hot rod hyper expensive ram, and Corsair got mad with me with the RMAs lol I like that OCZ Flexx ram though.. and I heard they just released a PC2-9600 version that has the same exact problems with the Striker lol

[ANP !!!]

WOW man.. thats some Awesome work i have seen since a long time

[mjassbong]

whered you get that remote?

ill say it again, WOOWOWOOWOO@O!@O!OOO!

This is the one: http://www.xoxide.com/remote-12vdc-relay-kit.html

[IanY]

mjassbong,

Can you share why you chose to dremel out the holes at the top of your optical bay cages rather than just drill out the four pop rivets and remove the entire optical bay top panel ?

Would you believe I found an adapter to mount an optical drive in that case? Except that you can't access the optical drive from the front, obviously. If you have a plex window up top, I think a slot loaded DVDRW may work in vertical mounting mode.

[AndyM]

Wow, now that is a computer! Great work!

[NaeKuh]

nice work indeed. Very clean setup.

However each time i see one of your 90's it get a slight twitch.

Definitely nice build tho.

[Termite617]

Why bother watercooling the ram if you're only running it at 1066mhz? heh

[mjassbong]

IanY: For the majority of people who chose the Striker, they will go through some form of nightmare. Am glad mine wasn't eXtreme.

As for the bay top panel, I did removed it first by drilling out the 4 rivets. After removing it, I realized the cages were a bit flimsy. I then proceeded with the cutting in order to install it back on. However, once the rad is installed, the bay cages is very sturdy once again, even without the top. So my mod was really unnecessary, really. But it does look nice with it on

[IanY]

Did you use a dremel to cut ? I don't mean to sound ridiculous, but in your opinion, is the top edge of the case frame friendly to joining two cases.. as in flipping a second case upside down and bridging two cases with 6-32 bolts and nuts, or using pop rivets. ? The reason is, with full respect to you and everyone else, everyone's machine ends up very very cramped with very little space left. This is true with both LL and MM.

On the other hand, is the ceiling and the floor of the case perfectly smooth? One option is to remove the case ceiling top panel and then cutting a similar hole in the floor of the top case. Is the underside of the case floor aluminum colour or is it black ?

[mjassbong]

mjassbong,

Can you share why you chose to dremel out the holes at the top of your optical bay cages rather than just drill out the four pop rivets and remove the entire optical bay top panel ?

Would you believe I found an adapter to mount an optical drive in that case? Except that you can't access the optical drive from the front, obviously. If you have a plex window up top, I think a slot loaded DVDRW may work in vertical mounting mode.

Where did you find the adapter? I still have one more HD that got left out because of space issue. I am done with adding any devices but if you have an idea for me to mount another hard drive, I'd buy you beers, if you're local to me LOL!!!

[mjassbong]

Did you use a dremel to cut ? I don't mean to sound ridiculous, but in your opinion, is the top edge of the case frame friendly to joining two cases.. as in flipping a second case upside down and bridging two cases with 6-32 bolts and nuts, or using pop rivets. ? The reason is, with full respect to you and everyone else, everyone's machine ends up very very cramped with very little space left. This is true with both LL and MM.

On the other hand, is the ceiling and the floor of the case perfectly smooth? One option is to remove the case ceiling top panel and then cutting a similar hole in the floor of the top case. Is the underside of the case floor aluminum colour or is it black ?

I used a dremel and it was a pain to replacing the cutting wheel very often. In my opinion, the LL cube frame is very sturdy. I really think it's possible to stack 2 cases and joined them with bolts or rivets like you mentioned and also add extra support at the frames. That would make one awesome tower case.

If I recall, the underside of the case isn't completely smooth but not impossible to trim or sand the rough surfaces. And it is aluminum silver.

[mjassbong]

nice work indeed. Very clean setup.

However each time i see one of your 90's it get a slight twitch.

Definitely nice build tho.

With the amount of 90s I have installed, you must be having ALOT of that slight twitch, Naekuh LOL!!!! j/k

Thx for the compliment

[IanY]

Where did you find the adapter? I still have one more HD that got left out because of space issue. I am done with adding any devices but if you have an idea for me to mount another hard drive, I'd buy you beers, if you're local to me LOL!!!

Yeah baby lol Beer not necessary.. just glad to help

I found a way for you to have eight HDDs... yes 8 HDDs... up from your current five. I hope your extra HDDs will all be additions to your scsi raid

These are called Coolermaster 4-in-3 drive bays, typically used in the Stacker case but can also be used in any other case.

Buy two of these suckers and dump the fans (actually, they're not bad, so keep them lol)... mount the fan to the PA120.3 radiator. That mounting alone would be strong enough to support the weight of the drive cage, but the drive cage itself can be screwed onto the optical bay cage as well.

http://reviews.cnet.com/storage-acce...-30995795.html

As for the extra optical, that's a different product

[IanY]

Ya.. I forgot.. you may have to decide between using 1.5 inch x 6-32 self taping screws (assuming you are using close cornered Nexus aka Yate SLs) and 1.625 inch x 6-32 self tapping screws. You see the screw has to be fitted from the inside of the drive case and has to pass through the fan into the rad. Of course, if the fans are open corners, you have no such concerns. Its just that messing around with Thermochills is like messing around with a bomb. Don't want to puncture that radiator core.

[mjassbong]

nice work indeed. Very clean setup.

However each time i see one of your 90's it get a slight twitch.

Definitely nice build tho.

With the amount of 90s I have installed, you must be having ALOT of that slight twitch, Naekuh LOL!!!! j/k

Thx for the compliment

[IanY]

mjassbong,

Please do me a favor. Can you please confirm that the latest iteration of the 3007WFP-HC uses the LG/Phillips S-IPS LM300W01 panel and not the Samsung PVA LTM300M1 panel. Many thanks.

[mjassbong]

ANP and AndyM: Thx very much! The actual work wasn't so hard but it took alot of planning.

[dekruyter]

How did you, or did you, get the soundblaster fatality to work w/ Vista x64 and 4GB of ram; most people are having problems; are you using Alchemy?

That is one nice build, by the way. The cube seems like it's made for WC and radiators, unlike some builds that are forced into a standard air case.

Nice!

[Grinch]

very nice build you have there...I see you shot the pics with a 5D...very nice camera as well..you use a tripod with the dark shots?

[mjassbong]

Holy crap! I have one of these right now. I could have easily used one, mounting with the middle rad fan allowing for 4 drives instead of 3 with MM bracket. Mounting at the top will be in the way of the PA120.2 and at the bottom might be in the way of all the cables and tubings. Thx again for the suggestion. Now tell me where to send beer LOL!!

The Dell 3007-HC uses S-IPS panel from LG. Here's a few sources:
http://www.hothardware.com/articles/...ch_LCD/?page=2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dell_monitors

There is a long thread or toward the middle of this long thread about this monitor here:
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1017391

It's a gorgeous monitor. The only negative is the lack of multiple inputs.

Yeah baby lol Beer not necessary.. just glad to help

I found a way for you to have eight HDDs... yes 8 HDDs... up from your current five. I hope your extra HDDs will all be additions to your scsi raid

These are called Coolermaster 4-in-3 drive bays, typically used in the Stacker case but can also be used in any other case.

Buy two of these suckers and dump the fans (actually, they're not bad, so keep them lol)... mount the fan to the PA120.3 radiator. That mounting alone would be strong enough to support the weight of the drive cage, but the drive cage itself can be screwed onto the optical bay cage as well.

http://reviews.cnet.com/storage-acce...-30995795.html

As for the extra optical, that's a different product

[mjassbong]

How did you, or did you, get the soundblaster fatality to work w/ Vista x64 and 4GB of ram; most people are having problems; are you using Alchemy?

That is one nice build, by the way. The cube seems like it's made for WC and radiators, unlike some builds that are forced into a standard air case.

Nice!

The only thing I did was installing the latest SB driver for Vista x64. Maybe it is working for me because I have not or did not enable EAX? I was playing COD2 and a few other games all day without and problem, without EAX.

Thx!

[mjassbong]

very nice build you have there...I see you shot the pics with a 5D...very nice camera as well..you use a tripod with the dark shots?

Thx
It was all hand held shots with the 24-70 lens, which has no IS. I may have gotten better results using a tripod with a little longer exposure.

[SiGfever]

Excellent job!

That is one classy build.