Alright so I have a bit of an update on how this is going. It's not dead by any means as I'm sure a lot of you have thought. Anyway, I cut a new divider to go in the cases that goes from the bottom all the way to the top which will seperate all the HDDs, optical drive, and radiators from the rest of the case. It also gives me more room to mount my reservoirs and just will give a much cleaner look. I also cut a front panel that will go from the bottom of the case to just under the optical drive and I need to find a place to cut vent holes in it because... well... the air from the radiators kinda needs to go somewhere. I ALSO was able to make my 5.25 to 2.5" rack which takes up the two 5.25" bays that the two original HDDs took up but now can fit 11 2.5" drives. The plans are right now to go with 5 500GB drives in raid 5 which will give me 2TB of space (and take up all my SATAII slots on the mobo with the optical drive) and then hopefully down the road get 4 SSDs and a RAID card. I'm going to get back home tomorrow so I can take some pics of all the pieces fitting in the case to give you an idea. They aren't painted yet (cut them from some metal shelving I stole from my school) but I will do that after I cut all the mounts anyway.

BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE (if you call with in the next five minutes we'll DOUBLE your offer)
I've been working non stop the last few days so I have some $$$ to get this project back on it's feet again and tomorrow I'm putting it in the bank on the way back to my house and then ordering the parts when I get there. Anyway, here's what I'm getting. The idea is to get the whole front of the case done so I can start getting components and completing loops next.

x3 EK Res 150
x2 MCP 655
20' White tube
x7 90deg fitting
x6 1/2" Grommet
50' Sleeving
10' Heatshrink
x1 Dimmer (for all fans)
x1 Sound dampening material
x2 70mm fans (to get air moving through the HDDs)

Anyway that's the plan. I'm ordering from 4 or 5 different sites so I hope with s&h it will all be under $500 It might be cheaper to order from fewer sights even if the product is a bit more just to cut down on shipping costs. Anyway, I should have stuff coming in by the end of the week or early next so I'll keep you all posted. I'll put up some pics tomorrow too of the metal I've cut when I get home oh AND of my new mobo that I got.