Project: Back To Black

[Mekrel]

Tell me about it. Im waiting for some primer and paint to do my case (see sig) for a week now. Its a joke.

Edit: Just seen this - groan!

BTW - keep up the great work. I love the planning that went into this build.

Yup! It's a right joke.

Can't believe the aggressive nature being shown by the CWU. Hmm, I'm hoping it doesn't delay my PSU!

[Anemone]

nice look forward to more

[Mekrel]

Well today I installed the EK Rev2 reservoirs and DangerDen fill ports.

Also polished the top properly, changed the Thermochill barbs to the new G3/8 with O-Ring seal.

[kinghong1970]

are those fans pullling air through the Rad and out the case?

i thought it was better to get cooler air blown into the case?

just curious...

[stormshadow]

hey mekrel... help a brotha out!

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=153746

[YukonTrooper]

With those 2 reservoirs hanging down like that it looks like some little mad scientists lab. Or a beer hat perhaps?

[Mekrel]

are those fans pullling air through the Rad and out the case?

i thought it was better to get cooler air blown into the case?

just curious...

Yes, pulling air through the rad, but there will be fresh air right from the back fan, level with the radiator.

hey mekrel... help a brotha out!

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=153746

Humm, I don't have any of those parts sorry.

With those 2 reservoirs hanging down like that it looks like some little mad scientists lab. Or a beer hat perhaps?

Lol, I can't wait to see what it's like with two different coloured loops. Maybe more like tea pumping around being as I'm English and what not

[Jedda]

The two coloured loops I've seen so far, it's been the more diluted, subtler coloured that's looked best. Full bright coloured pairs seem too strong, imho.
Hmm, green tea and black tea?

[MaxxxRacer]

GOD DAM! That is a hot setup.

[MasterChiefElmo]

WOW Dang Man that looks amazing i cant wait to see the hole thing done!! I'm going to go with with that case for my next build. hopefully this year!!Keep going and putting a project log up! Congratzbtw hope the mail gets goign again over there!!

[The_Beast]

great looking case

[sick_g4m3r]

this is sick.

subscribed

[Patriote]

Subscribed as well! Looks good so far!

[Waterlogged]

Looking very sweet Mekrel. Keep up the amazing work.

[rdmty]

Isn't funny how you can plan out a system build patiently for weeks on end, but as soon as you hit the "purchase" button everyone wants their stuff yesterday. I am the same way.

hehe, this is the worst:

[Section8]

Yeah this thing looks GREAT. Keep the pictures coming...when the parts get in

[Waterlogged]

hehe, this is the worst:

I am sooooo guilty of that!

[Jedda]

@ Mekrel
Thinking or re-arranging your top layout?

Nothing like having the parts in hand to change your plans.
Your PSU arrive yet? Mine showed up today.

[Mekrel]

Yes, I need to re-arrange the top.

I follow one rule: Measure twice, cut once. Problem is I forgot to leave space for rear fans and the reservoir was too close to the back and a fan wouldn't fit.

So I've moved the back reservoir in closer to the 120.2 rad.

Also, the reservoir mounts for the EK reservoirs have two raised surfaces either end at the back. I drilled into these and tapped them with a M3 tap. This means the reservoir bracket now doesn't spin around, which was a problem before.

No PSU, and still no parts. Paid next day delivery and it's a week now since the order was placed.

If worst comes to worst, I'll buy another PC343B just for the top. Put the old top onto the new unpowdercoated frame and sell it on. The fill ports are fine, just out of place now for both reservoirs. New owner can use them for T-Lines.

[egraphix]

mekrel where did u order a pc343b in the UK?

im looking for one and can only find kustompcs that stock it... but they are $$

[Jedda]

mekrel where did u order a pc343b in the UK?

im looking for one and can only find kustompcs that stock it... but they are $$

OC
But not cheap anywhere, of course.

[Hefner]

I got my PC-343B from ccl

http://www.cclonline.com/product-inf...=0&tid=pc-343b

I live about 10mins away from them, so I went and picked it up.

[egraphix]

ahh thanks guys- never knew ccl stocked them :P

[Mekrel]

How much are you looking to pay?

I need to re-do the top of the case, as I've moved the reservoirs in a tad. This is because the fans don't fit in the back holes due to the reservoir being in the way.

So moving them in to fix this, caused the fill ports to be off with the top of the reservoirs.

I've contact Lian Li who just keep pointing me to distributors, with no luck.

So far my best bet of just getting a new top is with Microplex who designed the case.

If worst comes to worse, I'm going to buy another PC343B and swap the tops over.

So if you're looking for one at a good price, I might have a new chassis, with the modified top (Radiator cut with grill, fill port cuts with the fill ports themselves) for sale. Depends on what I hear back from Microplex.

Edit: SilverStone PSU arrived, but a problem











After it was custom sleeved by performance-pcs and shipped, I then read about an issue with the Decathlon/Olympia series whining. It affects Revision 1, Revision 2, but not 1.5 or 2.5.

I opened up the PSU and it has a REV1 sticker, and it does indeed whine. Problem is, I think it will have to go back to Performance-PCs which will cost me shipping again as it won't have any warranty with SilverStone due to the sleeving. Many thanks to SilverStone for being aware of this problem, and not recalling Rev1 from retailers and letting their customers pay for shipping to RMA a problem they are aware of.

[Vapor]

I think P-PCs has a very strict "no returns" policy on custom sleeved PSUs.