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

[shazza]

Fine, metal tape, whatever! haha
Some sort of fastener that allows the cables to hug the wall...

Gotcha ... will do.

Hey there Shazza,

I love this build, I'm using the same color scheme and your is very inspirational. I am also using the micro x58, my question to you is how are you going to run that pesky 8 pin power connector for the board power?
That is my only real gripe for that MB, and the fact that is was damaged on arrival

Thanks, R32. If you look at the pics that follow, you can see where I'm running the 8-pin up in front of the board through a hole I cut (not yet the final version, but gives you an idea).

I don't have much experience but that seems like a logical way to make it perfect

cant you ad a few Saturdays to you building days

good luck with your build. I will be watching and enjoying

Oh yes .. . I try to do a bit each day. Just a lot left to do! Thanks for helping me.

Hay Shazza I suddenly felt a little insecure when I saw that you had brought my comment about the black midplate to everyones attention. ...

All good points, Graeme - never be shy about posting criticism or ideas. Keep following, and perhaps you'll see why I'm not concerned by the res at this time. And, about that palm - she's not doing badly, considering the week of almost-freezing temps we had here ( I do smile at the fact that you guys think I would actually be trusted to care for plants of any kind )



More mocking up:


What's it look like with the front panel on?






No, no, no - the stock mesh panel just won't do. We get something like this when the mesh is replaced with acrylic (readily available online). This is with the back panel on as well:






Don't worry about the crooked res - you already know I don't like it much. Here's why ... I'd like to incorporate something like this display into the side panel. So, I'd have to cut a custom window for the mobo section, adding an opening for the display. I haven't shown the display before, because I'm not sure I'm up to executing it (meaning framing it properly, I'm sure I could kill it in a heartbeat):




And yes, I should be wearing gloves when working with the panels - or at least washing my hands after making a pastrami sammich