New Madness!

[Utnorris]

For a second I thought your acrylic had gotten stained red, then I realized those are fittings, lol. Anyway, sweet build.

[miahallen]

I had the EK ram block stripped and replated...........

Nice who did it and for how much?

[theseeker]

Mia,
It was done locally for $40.00.

[miahallen]

Humm....not too bad, but still only a few dollars less than another brand new one.

Have you seen the new Bitspower blocks?
http://www.performance-pcs.com/catal...ducts_id=31079

[theseeker]

One of the things I have been trying to figure out is res placement. I was surprised to find that no one makes a res-res holder. After a bit of head scratching, I came up with this....





I will not be running them in serial or parallel. There is a plug in each res so this is just my latest mounting idea. I may end up going with two 400's.
LMK what you think.

[lowfat]

The entire reservoir is being held up by that fitting? If so I am not sure it will do all that well once you have the loop filled.

[theseeker]

The entire reservoir is being held up by that fitting? If so I am not sure it will do all that well once you have the loop filled.

I already checked it with a couple of old res's I have, and it works. Honestly, I did not think that it would, but it did.

[Utnorris]

loving the new case and the build looks nice and clean.

[theseeker]

loving the new case and the build looks nice and clean.

Many thanks.

This case is a H20 coolers dream!

[theseeker]

A little update today. The new fans arrived.....



These fans are high quality and the extra goodies are very nice.

The little 240 arrived too....nice quality!



Difficult to do a glamor shot of a rad......



Once you start to take this case apart, you really appreciate the attention to detail!

I installed the fans and the rads in the pedestal......



Finally! I have some room to work with.....the pumps are not mounted, just thrown in to give you an idea of how much room you have to work with.



I mounted 2 140's in the back of the pedestal....



I apologize for the bad pics! I was in a hurry and I have a date with a bottle of scotch and a Monte Cristo #2!

Cheers, more tomorrow!

[theseeker]

A small update today. I remounted the rads to suit my pump and tube routing.



While pondering the pump to rad hook-up, I remembered I had some BP crystal links...



Obviously I will have to get black fittings, but this is an easy option.



I found some permanent housing for the SSD's!



Cheers...

[theseeker]

The attention to detail still amazes me, the little things.....



Yea, we are in the penthouse!



These little rubber bushings were an unexpected surprise and very nice. Great job Jim!

I think have everything sorted out now and my final plan is in place. I had to place a few orders today, a lot of fittings, a second PSU due to all the extra peripherals, longer breakout cable and longer SATA cables. I should be back on track by Wednesday or Thursday.

Cheers and in the words of Pink Floyd, Is anybody out there?

EDIT: 4 more fans too!

[theseeker]

Just a small update today. I mounted the fan to SSD cage...



I know not very exciting. However, the next step did require a small amount of modding...



Please do not try this at home! I had to drill 4 holes in the rad and tap them to fit the CL fan holders...



I hope you are watching Jim.

More gear arrives tomorrow and Friday, which should provide for an interesting weekend.

Cheers!

[disruptfam]

nice work looking forward to seeing more

[theseeker]

nice work looking forward to seeing more

Many thanks!

I was expecting a few shipments yesterday and today. Unfortunately, only 4 out of 5 arrived, thanks UPS. However, the main parts arrived safe and sound. I have the last of fittings that I need and believe it or not I will be using some compression fittings for this build. Yep, a new one for me. This build is getting a little complicated, which I enjoy, but the thought of near boiling H20 to squeeze on tubing for 30+ fittings made my hands numb. So I will be using some compression fittings in areas where they will not be easily seen. I will not bore you with pics of fittings....

I present to you the first white Aquadrive and possibly the first white Multiswitch?



The rear....



I like it, but it will be a challenge to mount, as it weighs about 15 Lbs with 3 HDD's..
Next up, 2 A5 XT's in white and please notice that one has black screws and the other stainless....I thought that black would be a good idea, but then I would have to change everything to black...



And one with the Poweradjust faceplate...



I think I will leave the PA faceplate out and go with 3 A5 XT's and the Multiswitch. The PA looks a little boring to me. comments?

I almost forgot, another PSU too...........Yes, I am Mad!





Everything I need is here so tomorrow will be a big day. I will be mounting the pumps, BP power station, drain lines, some sleeving (which I hate), tubing from the basement and whatever else I can accomplish.

Cheers

[Orangejuice789]

That case looks great.

Wonderful work as well, looking forward to more!

[LLiH]

@TheSeeker

I think your build is absolutely amazing! Your pictures are perfect. And the hardware you are using is just so sexy! That case, I am planning to buy one soon. I can't wait to mount my radiators in it.

One question!
Those EK reservoirs, do you need to buy those inner tubes for them seperately? I am getting the big one you have there, do you know which tube that fits?

[theseeker]

That case looks great.

Wonderful work as well, looking forward to more!

Thank you!

@TheSeeker

I think your build is absolutely amazing! Your pictures are perfect. And the hardware you are using is just so sexy! That case, I am planning to buy one soon. I can't wait to mount my radiators in it.

One question!
Those EK reservoirs, do you need to buy those inner tubes for them seperately? I am getting the big one you have there, do you know which tube that fits?

Thank you and the EK advanced reservoirs come with the tubes.

[theseeker]

Welcome to the latest chapter of my Madness. I basically accomplished everything I wanted to today, but as usual with this case, a few more options became apparent. More on that later.
The basement is done, pumps mounted, drain lines in place and all of the cables are ready. I took many pictures, but it is hard to capture the pedestal pics, so I will show you what I did with the pumps out of the pedestal.





Pump-T-Crystal Link-Rad. The line out of the T is my drain and yes, I am using compression fittings in the basement (pedestal) I never knew how easy these fittings were to use.

Having accomplished that task, I moved on to the creative part. I cut some acrylic in red and black for a baseplate/midplate just for kicks. I liked the red much better.....





I think it looks sexy! LMK what you think?

As you can see above I also mounted the A5's, Multiswitch and the Aquadrive... Yep, the Aquadrive weighs in 16 LBS loaded and I was concerned that the case would not hold it. Happily, I was wrong! Way to go JIM and CL.

Full frontal..............However, the alignment of everything is not set, so don't torch me. I had to see how everything would look together!







To say the least I am very happy. This case is a craftsman's dream, especially for an H20 cooler. If you study the pics you will see that I have one 5.25 left. My original plan was to use the third A5, but I think it would look out of place. I will probably use the PA instead. Thoughts?

I almost forgot! Because this case has so many options; I could use the BP bulkhead fittings through the acrylic or route the tubing through the middle of the case. This one has me befuddled. I can see it either way, but making the final decision is tough. Once again, any comments would be welcomed.

Lastly I received this from Shoggy today.....



Many thanks Shoggy, and yes I am old, but I still drink and have a good time!

Cheers, and all the best.

[Utnorris]

I really hate you, . I love that case and even though I do not need it, I want one. It looks so spacious and easy to work with. Any chance you have another case there to put beside it so I can get an idea of how big it is?

[theseeker]

I really hate you, . I love that case and even though I do not need it, I want one. It looks so spacious and easy to work with. Any chance you have another case there to put beside it so I can get an idea of how big it is?

I can take a pic next to the MM pinnacle 24 and pedestal and the stripped down TJ07.

[zalbard]

The case looks fantastic in white. Keep us updated!

[Utnorris]

I can take a pic next to the MM pinnacle 24 and pedestal and the stripped down TJ07.

That would be perfect. Thanks.

[theseeker]

That would be perfect. Thanks.

I forgot!

The PA2's showed up today so I mounted the plate under the Aquadrive...





It looks a bit industrial, but I like it. Then I started playing around with a location for the third res. This is an I&H and it is high quality, although it may be a bit small....



I am trying everything, but this looks a little ghetto...



This is the way I will probably go....





Remember that just about everything is thrown in at this point, so the alignments are off. Rest assured that the final product will be as close to perfect as possible.

I have to decide upon the size of the res, but I have a number of options mounting wise. On a side note, the I&H res is pure quality and the mounting is the best that I have ever used, period.

Now to let a few cats out of the bag! All of my tubing will be clear Primochill LRT 3/8 x 5/8 in the viewing "section." The basement will be LRT in black and white. However, I will be using dyes, Mayhem's red for the CPU & RAM loop, Mayhem's black (custom mix) for the A5, MB & HDD loop and Ice Dragon white for the GPU loop. This should look pretty cool with three reservoirs, at least I hope!

Cheers and thanks for following along.

[theseeker]

@Utnorris...

I felt guilty....