Project: Rocketfish In Dark Water

[rider_2hip]

First I don't have intention to create a worklog for these project, But I realize I should share the idea so Other could learn

and also to gain so room for improvement of design.



Here it is my rocketfish came around 2nd week of july





Disassembled:



first mod was the top panel


:to created a blowhole for triple radiator



I used aluminum tape to protect the surface during cutting





the result was not good enough

[rider_2hip]

next mod I did was the side panel

[rider_2hip]

Tried to fit the side panel



then I make the divider to separate the lower part

its very hard to find aluminum sheet here in UAE so I have to use a thin GI sheet





another part of the design is to fit a 480's raditor on the lower part
to do this I must flipped the psu(same in the dual psu design).

so I enlarged the the psu slot

[rider_2hip]

most of the parts for this project

[rider_2hip]

I'll use my new asus striker formula which I got from rma replacement of striker xtreme

so I tried to hooked it up on air only the cpu dipped in water



@ first i used my lapped e6600 and two 9800 gtx


too bad after working 12 hrs sli stopped working and I found out 2nd card are having artifacts



so I registered the card and claim for an RMA on EVGA.com and I found out their customer support suxxxxxxx!!!
they did not accept my rma application just because the card is bought in ebay.

another lemon on the run

[rider_2hip]

So I have to accept it
that I bought a wrong brand of cards
Shame to EVGA


I installed the MOtherboard block set and have it leak tested





after leak test I laid the parts and think their arrangements

until now Im still thinking how I can show up those raptor x I like to see them in action on the window panel



divider also pre installed

[MomijiTMO]

Nice job thus far. I'm liking where this is going

[rider_2hip]

I tried also the mcw6500 with meanwell 320 but it consumes a hell of electricity. I still prefer dtek or ek supreme




Back to the case

I cut a slot on the motherboard tray for wire management



also the divider was cut for the radiator and air vent on the top



480's and psu pre installed




2 ek 150 res was hold down by velcro tie down



installed a thermo sensor on ek res

[rider_2hip]

pinturado



side by side with my dark skull project



another shot on psu area



Thermochill PA 120.3 with 3 s flex fan and kickboxes grill installed

[rider_2hip]

and this





Im still want these case to be powder painted unfortuantely it is not ordinary here in uae

[pcaddict]

looks amazing, *subscribed*

[WhiteFireDragon]

very sexie. so many bends for the mosfet, SB, and NB! how is the PSU being supported? in the last pic o the psu, it doesn't look like it securely screwed onto the case

[YMAA]

Subscribed! Looks nice!

[Kaane]

Looks great

[mussafry]

salam :P Lol, very nice work! Mashallah!

Bil tofeeg :P Lol!

It mustve cost alot to get all those parts shipped to UAE :P i have experience, lool.

[leo_bsb]

Really nice mods and finish on the 480 rad.

[dr.noob]

Looks great

yep, more pictures

[lyl]

I need to get my hands on one of these Rocketfish cases.

A few questions:
Your cuts are very clean! What tools are you cutting w/?
That midplate is SWEET. How did you mesh the horizontal part?
Whats the plan for the HDDs?

[Spoobs]

wow, i am impressed, seriously

[Pellepel]

Very nice configuration and cutting skill, hope to see more

[dho]

Looks fantastic! Sorry to hear about your ebay/evga experience. Your attention to detail and planning are inspiring. Keep it up! I bet it took a ton of patience to get all that gear out there.

how is the PSU being supported? in the last pic o the psu, it doesn't look like it securely screwed onto the case

I think he has a bracket for it after enlarging the slot and was just demonstrating clearance/layout. His pic:

[mit78]

nice rig
keep it up,more pictures!!!!!!!!!!!

[N3it1]

lmfao they wont RMA cause it has been bought from eBay?What that has to do with anything?If guarantee time is left even a day they gotta RMA if you got the receipt.Dont matter if you bought it from normal PC store,eBay or a man who sells camels for a living.
Anyways to the worklog itself,looking nice.Gonna keep my eye on this log.Nice job with cutting also!

[mpower1001]

Excellent cutting skills

[Riggs]

Awesome looking setup there!