BlueAqua's SuperProject: MurderMod TJ-07, MM UFO, V2000

[SNiiPE_DoGG]

thankyou for posting the pics of the res and the card! I desperately needed an estimate of the room I would have in my build with a 4870x2 and 2 EK res

[dingdong555]

Nice work!


HAHAHAHAHA Nils/Charles! Tapping lube : DO NOT PUT ON PENIS LMAO Nice one!

[N19h7m4r3]

Haha, the message on the Lube is brilliant!

Nice cuts on the mid-plate

[j.almonte]

Is that the EK 400 reservoir??

[SNiiPE_DoGG]

looks like 250 to me

[twwen2]

Definitely the 250.

Tubes BA, don't forget the tubes!

Nice stuff man

[BlueAqua]

Yep, you guys are right, it's an Ek 250.

Twwen you weren't joking when you hoped I had steel fingers. I've been sleeving for hours and have a few sleeved cables and sore fingers to prove it.

I plan on air cooling this machine, no need for funky toobs.

It's not a very exciting update, but at least it's progress. Here are two pictures of my sleeving process. I still need to sleeve the pci-e cables, but you get the idea.

[skinnee]

I can't wait for my murdermod sleeve...

Once again, excellent shots BA!

[j.almonte]

Thanks was just to confirm the right EK reservoir Im gonna use for my next MM tower...

[bianco]

awesome sleeving BA!
i have the hx1000 as well, but gave up on sleeving them directly because those pins were soooo tight.
but you did it man! very good job

[BlueAqua]

awesome sleeving BA!
i have the hx1000 as well, but gave up on sleeving them directly because those pins were soooo tight.
but you did it man! very good job

I had a lot of trouble getting the pins loose with 2 different pin removal tools. I used Dangals staple trick with a pair of needle nose pliers and it worked out great. I was able to do it with the tools on another psu, but I'm not sure if the Corsair is different. It was very difficult until I went to the staple.

Thanks for the compliments, they're much appreciated.

[BlueAqua]

I thought I'd post a few more pictures. I'm having a little bit of Saturday fun. I hope you don't pay for bandwidth, if you do, then I'm sorry.

I tried playing with the sleeving a bit to get an idea on how it might look. DingDong555 gave me an idea with the sleeving. Here are some more pictures you requested.

[breathemetal]

Gorgeous!

[LonghornN]

Sorry if you have answered it before, but, what's that HDD cage?

Beautiful system.

[dualbrain]

A visual stun-grenade!

[PakaPaka]

beautiful!

[breathemetal]

where did u get those clips u are using to mount ur rez?

[BlueAqua]

Visual stun grenade.

Thanks for the comments guys.

Sorry if you have answered it before, but, what's that HDD cage?

Beautiful system.

Thanks. The hard drive cage is the one of the two that come with the TJ07. It's just powdercoated and has some nice vibration dampener mounts.

where did u get those clips u are using to mount ur rez?

http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/ekwaspreho.html

[Dangals]

good work BA

Those pics look awesome Looking forward to some more shots once the tray is fitted and you start routing the tubing!

Keep it up

[BlueAqua]

Approximately 96 feet of MDPC-X Sleeving, many hours of work, and a little bit of love I present to you the fully sleeved Corsair 1000HX.





A quick procedure on how I did each cable.
1. Cut 2 heatshrink lengths 20mm each.
2. Use staple in U shape, hold with pliers, put on outer edges of the pin in socket and push gently until all the way in.
3. Gently pull on wire until it pops out, sometimes this required a bit more force than I expected.
4. Slide on 1 piece of heatshrink
5. Slide the sleeving over the cable and tighten it once about 2 inches from the desired length.
6. Cut sleeving past the end of the connector.
7. Slide the rest of the sleeving into desired position.
8. Slide the heatshrink on.
9. Shink the connector side of the heatshrink so that the heatshrink is just over the first piece of metal on the connector.
10. Let cool.
11. Stretch the sleeving as tight as you can get it.
12. Shrink the opposite end heatshrink.
13. Insert new sleeved cable into connector, pops out the staple.
Repeat per cable. I hope that was detailed enough on what I did.

[dingdong555]

Well what Can I say, simply A-M-A-Z-I-N-G.

Thanks for the res pictures too BA

[emoners]

BA, didn't you get confused with the cables? since the Corsair PSU has the cables all black

[N19h7m4r3]

Maybe he did 1 cable at a time to avoid confusion.
That's that I do and it seems to work

[The[R]eaper]

simply amazing

great job man

[BlueAqua]

Thanks guys. I sleeved one cable at a time to ensure that I didn't confuse or mix up any cables. It's a good way to stay organized because after sleeving it you're never going to know what color it was.

I encourage everyone to sleeve their psu. It's an intimidating task at first, but with a little patience and perseverance you'll have a really nicely sleeved psu in just a few hours. I'm going to go back and sleeve the psu on my UFO and V2000 builds eventually. I think once you start sleeving you don't want to stop, and any colored wires will drive you crazy.