Antec Twelve Hundred with surprise inside (worklog) ;-P

[piotres]

Hello

Some weeks ago mr Carsten asked me if I'll be able to build one but untypical unit . He already has one Antec Twelve Hundred case with whole PC, and he decided that it's good time to buy second same case and fit inside it phase-change coolers. Yes two units . So I'm making now Single-stage for Cooling CPU and later in same case,over system which I'm building is plan to fit waterchiller (by another builder) to cool down GPU and chipset . Ambitious plan, isn't it ? That case with only cooler inside will be standing near "real PC case" so they'll be "twins" .

Specs :

Compressor: Aspera NE2134GK
Evap: steeper 42mm diameter, braided DN10 suction flex hose
XV: captube 0.9 mm
Condensor: cold-ice custom "deluxe" 0.5kW with riffled tubes cooled by 2 x 120/38 mm Scythe Ultra Kaze 3000 version
Refrigerant : R507
Case : Antec Twelve Hundred (brand new)
Others: none ? (in future waterchiller inside too)



First I want to said that I'm totaly amazed how PC case nowadays can be "complicated and pimped" . Those antec have in stock 5 pcs of 120mm fan plus one BIG fan on top (sth like 220 mm) . Most of fans have speed regulation by potentiometers and LED lighting . Side panel have nice plexi window . According to all those adds which we have stock in this case that's really good investition .

First I want to show why I'm amazed by this case (no, I'm not working for Antec ) :




Nice, good looking packing





Look what I've found on bottom of case - piece of special paper which prevents corosion during magazining/transport (case is steel) . First time I see sth like this .





Over 220mm fan on top .





Fan speed regulation on front and light regulation on rear panel of case .









I must cut much of plate inside case to fit all without problems .





uppppsss ..weight reduction Antec twelve hundred "ultra-light" by piotres



Yes it was too fat ...even more plate was removed .



Painting on black matt for cutted parts .







Case is ready to mount phase-change inside . Please notice new power switch on front panel, proper for SS, not PC .

Now I'm waiting for proper condensor - Unseen's big cube 120mm condensor is too wide to fit this case, so I've ordered Deluxe 0.5kW condensor from Cold_ice .

We'll see if I can fit SC18CL and this condensor inside ...and I'm also thinking will 0.5 kw condensor with 2x 120mm fans will be enoght for SC18CL and 260W heatload - what do You think ? If not Aspera NE2134GK will go inside.

With Kindest Regards,
Peter