ABS/Tagan Black Pearl - evolution of a water-cooled rig

[shazza]

I liked the straight run. It made me feel more confident about a similar run I was planning.

Glad you liked it - it is still an option, but glad I know what the res will look like as well.

looking forward, an extra bottom wit 3 holes is perfect dit that once to and also for my yet to start build ...

That's it exactly, Oli4v (edit: you too, gmat). I probably saw it in one of your photos.

oh well, going from x38 to x48 for only 30$ more but my pc is out ot work for atleast 2weeks ( almost 1week passed)

Bummer - but it will be even better when fixed.

I cant get enough of your pics, Sharon.

The greenery to me isn't distracting. Me audibly going "Oh! Ah!" is.

I'm actually torn between the look of the straight tubing run and the res. They both look great.

I like the idea of red as the midplate. If the side panel behind the mobo tray is to be black, I think both the tray and the midplate in red will look like a win, maybe?

Thanks for the comment, Cpt. I think the main issue with the straight run as shown is that it doesn't stand out against the red background, but that might be okay in the end. Still mulling it all over.


Decided to get the paint out today to try and get an idea of the midplate colors -


Option A)





Option B)





Option A will probably win out, given the black from the side panel, and the fact that not all of the red midplate will show anyway, once the front is on:





And yes, that is a Photoshop paint brush (and a poor job at that )



Did a little real work - the PSU ready for a dremel attack, to allow room for the sleeving/heatshrink to fit into the case:






And, one of my dufus moves - split the blue cable when I was cutting off the stock sleeving material A bit of solder will take care of that - always wonderful to have just one more ???? about whether the thing will work once sleeving is done.



Thanks for lookin.'