Project: ATCS 840 Black & White

[Ced-G60]

Hi !

This is my new liquide cool project.

After spending much time on this forum looking at other peoples great work, i decided to do myself something cool !

Am one of those that like simple black and white colors

The parts that will go in this system will be (i did not buy them all yet, no points getting everything while work as to be done before, and i could save a fews $ in a fews weeks too )

Case: Coolsmaster ATCS 840 Black (the color was easy guess)
MB: Asus Rampage II Extreme
CPU: i7 920
Memory: Corsair Dominator 12800. 2x3ghz
Video: GTX285 (brand not set in stone yet)
PSU: Corsair HX850
Disk 1: Intel X25-M 80go (or OCZ Vertex as Intel are not in stock at this time)
Disk 2: Samsung 7200.12 1to
DVD: my old black Samsung Lighscribe DVD burner

The cooling parts.

CPU: Apogée GTZ
Video: EK Acetal
NB/SB: EK acetal block
Mosfet: EK acetal
Pumps: DDC 3.2 x2
top: EK X white x2
Rez: EK 150 rev2 x2
Rad: Swiftech MCP 320 and 220

Tubing: Black and white but am not sure about size yet... i was thinking going 1/2ID 3/4OD, What do you think ?

Ok, now, some photos.

The box (had a hard time in transport, but she is fine)



I really like this case




Inside the beast



Removable tray with ball bearing, this is cool stuff !



Time to dismantle it all



That is mucho rivets


The other beast


The tray all done, looking good



The rest of the case done.



Who's that ? that did not ship with my gears...



Sleeve ! sexy



hum, Coca !



Voila ! that is all for today, i will starts sleeving the case cable and i received my Corsair PSU, so i start on that too.

Thanks for watching

[ShArKo]

looks nice.........

[wondergod]

good start!! The ATCS 840 is a fun case to work with.

[XKaan]

I'm using the same case for my new build. It's cavernous!

[X47]

nice paint there. give us more pic

[Ced-G60]

Thanks for the feedback

I used a Matt black paint for this. I wanted to get it powder coated, but it cost way to much (the price of the case) so 20€ later, job done :p

I got some white electrical tape during my lunch brake at the local DIY shop. I did not like the fact you could see the color of the cables with the white sleeve. I want them white !

More photos tonight while i worked on those sleeve

[Kayso]

Nice job man
I love the case, it is very easy to work with it !
Keep the good work

[hale88]

keep it up

[canadiantire]

for tube size, 3/8 with 1/2 fitting is best for black/white

check the murdermod style

[Ced-G60]

for tube size, 3/8 with 1/2 fitting is best for black/white

check the murdermod style

Hi,

You mean 3/8ID tubing then ? what OD are those, 3/4 or 5/8 ?


Some more news

I started the sleeving. As predicted you can still see the color of the cables behind.



So i used white electrical tape on it. (look at those self power fan )



Done job (not to bad for a first try)



The fan back inside the box



Next up, i did the frontal case SATA cable. I cut the sleeve too short . But one side of it will be hidden inside the case, so that wont be too much of a problem.

I put white tape on this one too. Looking good



That all i did for now. Am having trouble removing the HD Audio, USB, Firewire and mobo connector cables Any tips on how to do them ?

[XKaan]

They are a pain in the ass.

I was actually able to spread the sleeve wide enough to sneak it over those headers.

[Armitage]

White electrical tape is a must

[PsYcHoNo0b727]

Very interested to see how this turns out. I am considering doing a water cooling system for my i7 build around the holidays when I have time off from classes.

Looks solid so far. I have a question about your paint job though, did you take apart the entire inner shell, or did u just remove the the inner part from the casing and paint it without taking the inner parts?

[Ced-G60]

Hi,

thanks for the feedbacks

I have tried forcing the sleeve over the USB/firewire plug, but its a no go (its 1/8 sleeve).

White tape make this look a lot better... but just thinking about doing all those PSU cable + sleeving

For the painting, i dismantled the whole case before painting. I just didn't post all the painting stage

[D0BR0]

hey looking really nice! love the black & white!

[PsYcHoNo0b727]

For the painting, i dismantled the whole case before painting. I just didn't post all the painting stage

Thanks for the reply

Was it a pain in the ass taking it apart completely? I don't have a lot of tools here that can it easily, but my friend works a lot w/ cars and has a whole lot of tools and hes pretty sure hes got stuff that will be able to fully dismantle the case.

Its a shame that CM doesn't either just make the interior black, or offer a model besides the standard one with a black interior. Love the white sleeving too!

[Ced-G60]

The only 2 tool you gonna need are a screwdriver (+ one) and a 5mm drill size to removed the rivets. You will of course need to buy news ones :p i got mine from MDCP-X they are black and perfect match !

[PsYcHoNo0b727]

The only 2 tool you gonna need are a screwdriver (+ one) and a 5mm drill size to removed the rivets. You will of course need to buy news ones :p i got mine from MDCP-X they are black and perfect match !

I figured as much, I was going to get sleeving from there as well

[Ced-G60]

I managed to remove the USB/firewire plug with simple staple trick ! it worked wonder. I still have 1 USB and Audio cable to do in order to finish the top panel wiring. Then i can put back the case together.

I need to order more sleeving (a lot more actually).... and putting white tape over those cable is a real pain is back side but i really don't like the look of it without it !

I will have some photo later on today.

[Oskaliber]

I love this case (didn't know it's delivered in so cute carton ), and seems something serious is going on here, so i'm waiting for results

[Ced-G60]

Here we have some more news.

I finished sleeving the top usb/audio cables.






That what the case look like back together







A fews parts arrived also.

The PSU, i can starts the sleeving once a get the news sleeve i order



The rez + top




more stuff coming next week

[dro]

owh im soooooooooo loving this
i wanted to buy this case but ended up buying TJ07
but i still have a soft spot for this caseee

[jpm804]

White Top ... Haven't seen in the US yet... might have to pick one of these up.

[Ced-G60]

Yes, i did not see those for sale on any of the US shops. i got mine from France. (Docmicro.com)

[millertime359]

PPC has them: http://www.performance-pcs.com/catal...ducts_id=26235

build looking good too