Project: Raistlin

[BlueAqua]

Nice paintjob! That makes it look so much better. I had no idea Lian Li even made one of those, looks nice.

[bianco]

Nice work bianco

I see you've got the NZXT Sentry LX, I wonder if you can change the colours on the screen to red or another colour.

thanks Zw_Roodbaard.
unfortunately, the screen's color can't be customized. that was one thing that made me choose between it and scythe kama meter.

[bianco]

nice update! how do u like that fan controller? i was considering getting something of the sort...

thanks sniperbob.
the fan controller looks really nice and quite useful. although it would've been nice(r) if: (1) the interface/screen was customizable, (2) can accommodate more fans per channel - it only supports 0.4amp per channel.

[bianco]

Nice paintjob! That makes it look so much better. I had no idea Lian Li even made one of those, looks nice.

thanks BlueAqua!
yeah, i found those in ppcs while i was getting acquainted with their huge (and tempting) inventory. i've been looking for something like it for quite sometime.

[Jor3lBR]

Gotta love your patience with the camera!

Great job also! Why do you needs those 'microcool chip protector rubbers' for?

[twwen2]

I like the paintwork bianco, very nice!

Looks like it's coming along nicely

[bianco]

Gotta love your patience with the camera!

Great job also! Why do you needs those 'microcool chip protector rubbers' for?

thanks Jor3lBR!

you can't imagine how hard i work on getting the cam steady with my damn shaky hands for those shots that i can't use a tripod. hhaha. your compliment makes it all worth it.

the microcool chip rubbers are for the chipsets. i put it on the microchip area before i mount the waterblock on the motherboard's northbridge and southbridge. prevents the accidental chipping of the chips from uneven pressure from the heatsink/waterblock above it.

without protector


with protector on

[bianco]

I like the paintwork bianco, very nice!

Looks like it's coming along nicely

thanks twwen2!
i was actually aiming for a 2-tone. black on the outer shell... red on the inner compartment. eventually decided to go with all black:

1, must finish painting immediately because my wife will be working from home as well, since she's on the final phase of her trimester (one more month and i've got a son to play with! haha)

2, the red inside the compartment would be too overwhelming! haha.

[emoners]

i'm a bit confused with the Lili Expansion box...the heat from the hard drives is sucked & then blown to the inside of the case?

[pcaddict]

looking good

[bianco]

i'm a bit confused with the Lili Expansion box...the heat from the hard drives is sucked & then blown to the inside of the case?

yup, that's the usual configuration of the hd bays (cm and lili). suck cold air from the outside, then blow inside the case hopefully exhausted to the back. only difference between cm and lili - cm, the fans are placed before the hds.

[bianco]

looking good

thanks pcaddict.
but i have to tell you... it was one ugly mess during my first leak test.

[emoners]

thanks bro. i really love the red Dominator fan mod & awesome sleeving on EVERYTHING hehehe

[bianco]

thanks bro. i really love the red Dominator fan mod & awesome sleeving on EVERYTHING hehehe

no problem pare.
have to admit most of those i picked up from xs.
from all the wc project... i think i enjoyed sleeving the most. haha

[hmmisee]

Wow so much attention to everything
This is one A+ build.
I admire your patience for sleeving everything.
Loving the pic

[bianco]

Wow so much attention to everything
This is one A+ build.
I admire your patience for sleeving everything.
Loving the pic

thanks hmmisee.
hope my patience still holds... so close to finishing.
will post update pics later

[sniperbob]

post pics later...?????! some of us can't wait that long! haha

[bianco]

it was a pretty hectic last week. my wife's checkup, my mother-in-law was in town, my bday mini-celebration, the singapore f1, my sister flying back to manila for holiday, and best of all... getting some work done on the project.

finally got to upload the pics and have the project log updated:
starting with the point wherein i stripped the mobo off the stock cooling


someone's getting curious again... haha


...and she gets her hand on it!


southbridge


northbridge


mosfets


cpu


all upper left part of the mobo watercooled


overview


backplates


up close

[bianco]

post pics later...?????! some of us can't wait that long! haha

hhahah. just posted. more to follow

[MomijiTMO]

Cool!

Oh man the race last night was awesome. I loved the track and the buildings around it were stunning.

[MomijiTMO]

Cool!

Oh man the race last night was awesome. I loved the track and the buildings around it were stunning.

[Kibbler]

Please please tell me where you buy those neat red screws.

(Oh yeah the race was exciting. Had to watch it on TV tho...sigh)

[bianco]

first off, some pics on the re-assembly of the case


bottom fans and rad mounted


from the res


to the pump and rad below




cooling the ek supreme and ek asus nb-max


through the vipercheck back to the res


res fittings: bp t-fitting with bp temp sensor and bp comp fitting going down to pump


leak testing

[bianco]

Cool!

Oh man the race last night was awesome. I loved the track and the buildings around it were stunning.

thanks MomijiTMO
yeah, the f1 was awe-some!
earplugs are a must!
the rev like a shrill cry really gets a petrol-head excited.... even the downshifting was astounding like a deep bass drum.
will surely be watching again next year

[bianco]

Please please tell me where you buy those neat red screws.

(Oh yeah the race was exciting. Had to watch it on TV tho...sigh)

hi bro. those are the stock screws... only painted red. haha. even those black ones that i use, they're painted.

save up for next year's race. let's go watch live! it's really exciting.