FINALLY! srry but that was deserved been trying to post and get my account activated since the 22nd of december. been following this case mod, as i did manage to grab one of those black pearls from newegg for 99$...(to those who didn't take comfort....i recieved the case new....a wrench...that didn't fit anything for the case, some rubber belts about 3inches in diameter and all the standoffs for the mobo tray were meant for graphics cards...i also built this one in the dark seeing how the apartment i was living in at the time had horrible electricity...let's just say taking my girlfriend's jeweler's saw to the standoffs on the back of my crosshair III formula mobo was...scary to say the least.)(it also didn't come with the antivibration rings for the hdd's) ok now that my rant is over....

i'm wanting to mod the black pearl now, little scared as it'll be my first mod, working on getting all the tools and supplies now it'll be a while before i can actually do anything with it. but i plan to attempt to either do a dual or tri-loop watercooling design, mostly bc i want the case to be completely watercooled, but don't want any loss in performance for cooling the mobo and ram.

so i'm going to get 2 120.4 rads for the bottom adn then just a dual for the top, the dual will be for the mobo/ram. and then the bottom rads although agreeably more then i'll ever need one for cpu and one for gpu. hoping to upgrade gpu to 5870/5970 by the time i get everything together. or the 2 5870s...just depends how lucky i am. and i'll be using the 355(times 3) for the pumps.

don't know my colors yet, i like the dark red and i'm wanting more of a metallic grey on the outside. but thanks to asus/rog design i have a white light glowing brightly on my mobo, and a blue lit audiocard...so i might go for a more mild and "cooler" look of brushed aluminum and icy blue.

then i saw your idea for a built in display...pure brilliance...perhaps in the future i'll add one in. but that wont be for a long while still. and i kinda like it top mounted...gotta love popups :P

idk those are just my ideas for a build...i'll have to find some replacement covers...no. 1 best thing about having a mostly-goldsmith for a gf? she's great at cutting/working side panels

can't wait to see the finished product for your build it looks AMAZING!!! and please if u have any suggestions pm me or post them, i'll start my own worklog once i can get all the mats in. (p.s. have considered if i'm putting that much of my own money into this build might go liquid chilling...let me know your thoughts ^^)