Time for a few updates after my 2+ weeks out of town. This is a small update, but there should be more to follow next week.

Here is a pic of the case all glued together right now.



I spent a good bit of time bending, adjusting, etc. to get the MB tray mounted to the rad mount/air chamber and it all mounted into the case as intended. I used an old MB and GPU to test mount with to make sure the MB tray and back panel line up right. It of course isn't staying there yet since there is more sanding to do and it has to still be stained, etc., but these had to be placed to make sure it is all fitting as planned, and so that I could make the reservoir mounts.

Reservoir Mounts

I made two mounts out of 3/16" cast acrylic to support the res so that there is no weight on the top fittings but on the mounts. Granted this is not a big reservoir (2 1/4"dia x 5"L), but I still want to make sure it is properly supported and secured.



This is what the res looks like mounted.



I've next got some sanding to do on the top of the case, and then get the top and front edge trim pieces glued down.

Dual Pumps

I've made a slight change in how I think I am going to do my watercooling loop. I have been running a DDC1 now for 2yrs and 3 months, so I bought a new DDC3.1 with XSPC top. However for the sake of redundancy should my faithful DDC1 die, I think I am going to use both pumps in the loop. There is a slight difference in the head pressure between these two (the DDC1 has about 1'-2' higher head pressure), but I don't think that it is enough to matter. The way I plan on routing them both, if one should fail, it would be very easy to remove and bypass.

This is the new routing with both pumps. The bottom pump will be on some foam, and I will have to make a mount for the top pump, probably out of acrylic.



This is how it will look still with the hard drive cage installed.