Project: Lian Li PC-A77

[fadetoblack]

updated

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...77&postcount=5

[fadetoblack]

some pics with the uv cathodes








now for the graphics cards...

[amopresunto]

Looking very good. Especially for a first time mod. You have given me hope for when I can afford to build an extreme system of my own.

Can't wait to see when the vid cards are WC'd.

About your ghetto solution retention mechanism for the Thermochill PA120.2... If you ever decide to change it, I have a possible alternate solution. The "Silverstone RadSupport09". Although Silverstone made it for mounting a radiator in the top of their Temjin TJ09 or TJ10 tower chassis, it looks like it could work for your front mounted PA120.2 (with some possible minor case modification). At minimum, it would provide a more solid mounting. FrozenCPU sells it.

Please post pics when you have more work done. So far, this system looks kickass!

[SeanB]

Impressive mod, i love your style.
subd.

[rafwlkp]

Nice, but PSU colours destroy all. This Tagan l00ks like Christmas Tree

[Ashraf]

Wow, very colorful. You did a great job.

[fadetoblack]

updated.. almost there guys

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...84&postcount=6

@amopresunto
thanks for the link. if i had known about that mounting bracket before i probably would have tried it out.

@rafwlkp
hehe.. yeah i guess the tagan is a little colorful for a psu, but i don't mind it

[fadetoblack]

well i was too impatient to wait a full 24 hours for leak testing on the gpu loop so i turned it on after about 10 hours and checked out the gpu temps. idle temps were 38c on both cards compared to ~65c before.. then i ran a bunch of different progs like several runs of atitool and several loops of the crysis gpu benchmark (first at 1920x1200 then 2560x1600 to stress it even more). then i overclocked the cards and ran them again. max temps i saw on both cards was 49c vs ~85c before . honestly, i was not expecting such a considerable improvement but am obviously very happy with the results.

anyway all thats left now is to clean up the wiring behind the mobo tray. it's such a mess right now i can't even get the back panel on. will post some final pics when i get that done.

Wow, very colorful. You did a great job.

thanks, how's yours coming along?

[AtlasShrugged]

Photos please?

I'd like to know if it's possible to use three of these blocks in a tri-SLI setup like mine.

Thanks

[fadetoblack]

Photos please?

I'd like to know if it's possible to use three of these blocks in a tri-SLI setup like mine.

Thanks

oh, all the pics are on the first page

[fadetoblack]

finished..

[HaCKs]

that looks great!

I feel your pain with the whole small apartment thing! I live in hollywood and have a one bedroom. Luckily I have a small back yard area for cutting and painting.

[fadetoblack]

I feel your pain with the whole small apartment thing! I live in hollywood and have a one bedroom. Luckily I have a small back yard area for cutting and painting.

heh yeah a backyard would be nice.. i couldn't do any of the cutting at night either cause i didn't want to disturb the neighbors.

[Ashraf]

Great work! Tell us your good/bad experiences with your first water cooling system.

BTW, I see too many fingerprints all over the interior.

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thanks, how's yours coming along?

Ah, I haven't worked on my project lately. I am still working on this project for mussafry: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=192512

[fadetoblack]

thanks! hmm.. im not sure there were too many bad things about it. the only negatives that come to my mind were the hassles involved with assembling the loop, messing with tubing, etc. especially when i had to readjust a tube, it was a pain getting it off the fittings because they are a tight fit and when the components are installed you can't just yank them off. i think the hardest time i had was when i discovered the leak in the 2nd loop and had to drain it (luckily it wasn't full at that point) and then take out the card, replace the bad fitting and put everything back. other than those things, i actually had a great time, especially with the dremel and case modding. now im kind of bored as i dont have a project to work on anymore .

heh, as for the fingerprints yeah i should clean those off. one thing i kinda wish i had done was to paint the interior black..

[Ashraf]

Thanks for sharing. I've never put water cooling system in my rig before, but I did play around with it once. I agree with the part that it was a pain getting tubings off the fittings.

I am glad to hear that you had a great time case modding. Are you planning to get another case to play with? Hey, don't worry about the interior. You can always paint it when you plan to upgrade your system.

[fadetoblack]

I am glad to hear that you had a great time case modding. Are you planning to get another case to play with? Hey, don't worry about the interior. You can always paint it when you plan to upgrade your system.

hehe, no i think i'm done for quite a while now. no upgrades for a few years.

[marcus000]

Hiya mate, nice build!

Do you reckon you could squeeze another PA120.1 or PA120.2 on top of that PA120.2 in the drive bays?
&
Is the fan controller in the top bay the same size as a normal 5.25" bezel?

Cheers

[fadetoblack]

yes, you could put another pa120.1 on top of the 120.2, or just put another 120.3 up at the front. but then you would have no room left for 5.25" drives or hard drives. as for the fan controller, it actually doesnt take up any space in the top bay and is directly above it - and its mounted directly to the case frame using 2 screws.

[seba84_2005]

Hi All this is my cace lian li pc-a77

[Kibbler]

That looks nice but maybe you can start your own thread rather than stealing the thunder from fadetoblack.

[Razor_Blade]

That looks nice but maybe you can start your own thread rather than stealing the thunder from fadetoblack.

Seriously, Holy Thread-Jack Batman!

[MomijiTMO]

Lawls that was hilarious.

Great job fadetoblack.

[fadetoblack]

That looks nice but maybe you can start your own thread rather than stealing the thunder from fadetoblack.

hehe.. no worries..

awesome job seba.. very clean - do you have a build log for yours?

[seba84_2005]

thanks, your project is also great work! I do not have unfortunately build log it did not want me to take photo, and regrets now