Project: SR-2 STACKER

[ScottALot]

Does Mips make GPU blocks? If so... get SLI going so I can make your rig my wallpaper.

[Soul_train]

Amazing work! Keep it coming

[Mudgey]

The blocks look awesome mounted to your SR-2, seeing your set up like this with the MIPS ram blocks has made me want to go and get some for my SR-2 build, only trouble is that the blocks I am using all have acrylic tops and I don't think they are available yet in acrylic??

[pcaddict]

Does Mips make GPU blocks? If so... get SLI going so I can make your rig my wallpaper.

No they dont, but Watercool (heatkillers etc..) does and they fit very well with mips

I would loooove to get Mips blocks for my upcoming build but they are very expensive

[coolmiester]

It fits \o/

The new motherboard tray is 365 x 395mm as appose to the original at 335 x 350mm so for the tray to still remains functional and still removable i had to adjust the rails in the case slightly.

Was a pretty easy fix by simply adjusting the height of the top rail with a bit of cutting and a new little bracket riveted in which all looks a little rough at present but should be fine once its all stripped down and powder coated but all in all i’m happy with the fit.

[ScottALot]

haha! I love the backplate opening on the motherboard tray... you don't see two of them very often

[Johnny87au]

sex on fire lol, hurry up with more updates !! Rawr :P

[bundymania]

That "SR-2" in the Frontplate looks really good !

[clone38]

Like what i see so far paul mate

[coolmiester]

Hey, thanks for the kind feedback

I got to give a BIG shout out to Crucial UK who came good with a couple of 6GB kits of RAM. It wasn't my first choice kit but given the current economy, i'm more than grateful for them getting involved in the first place so thanks Crucial.

Still not sure on SSD's yet but still a little while to go before i'll be needing those.

Anyway, got all 12GB added to the MIP's RAM Freezers and hopefully should get a bit of proper case mods done over the holidays but i've been a little worried to chop the case any further until i decide on reservoirs.

[Duh]

Sean Conners voice : SHHHHEEECCCZY

[dreamaxx]

i really like what you did with the ram - how hard is that to do?

[Church]

dreamaxx: if ram modules are without heatspreaders, not too hard. Problem is if ram comes with original heatspreaders not compatible with ram waterblock like this (eg. not corsair dominator / mushkin copperhead), then it's very easily to damage ram / break off chips when removing original heatspreaders fixed on with thermal glue.

[hallryu]

This is an epic build.

[coolmiester]

Well, time to make a whole new top cover for the rad box as i won’t be needing the power/reset button and just wanted something that looked a bit different as i’ve never really been to keen on the look of the standard 840 fan grills.

Got one large piece of 7mm alu which will cover the entire top – all i got to do is round off the front to mimic the original, then cut the vent in and finally chamfer the edges.

Lets see if my little B&D jigsaw can cope with 7mm alu

















Still got to draw file all edges and put the 45 degree angle on there but time and cold beat me today

[coolmiester]

Well after humming and harring about which pump/reservoirs i was going to use, the final decision came down to what would actually fit.

Due to the placement of the bottom two 240 radiators i'm going to lose at least one drive bay, probably two and given i'm going to be running three loops it came down to a couple of RP-450X2's.

I got to say my initial impression of these is nice but those logo's just had to go so set about making them fit in with the rest of the mod.

I had to ditch the original bezels and black M3 hex bolts and replace them with slightly shorter countersink ones so once the plexi had been countersunk, the heads would be flush to allow my new hand cut bezels to mount directly to the plexi.

The last couple of mock-up shots show how they fit in with a wide screen TFT just below - obviously they will be powder coated and painted in the not to distant future

[tadzik1231]

You are nut like me

[Atragon]

Very nice, I especially like the custom motherboard tray, but I am wondering if you're planning on fabbing a new back panel for it so the IO port shield lines up correctly, and doesn't leave gaps between the shield and back panel, and between the back panel and the rest of the case.

[skeyo]

I love your work. Keep it coming.

[Dahaka]

Amazing! D:

[BrokenArrow]

Coolmiester,

Without the black front piece with logo, but with the Plexiglas, will the whole unit fit inside (slid back inside a little) the 5.25" bays?

[coolmiester]

Coolmiester,

Without the black front piece with logo, but with the Plexiglas, will the whole unit fit inside (slid back inside a little) the 5.25" bays?

Yeah, thats how i have them fitted on the last couple of pictures above

[voigts]

This is a really nice looking build. I've been watching this, figured it was high time I commented.

[hillywav]

awesomely jawdroping

[seb87]

awesome!