Cm-haf-xl

[kier]

Hi there, greetings from the Netherlands
What better place to start my new build, with a very nice case "The Haf X"
Called the CM-HAF-XL
I started this build begin december, and i am half way now, so i wanna share it with you guys.
But before i start, i wanna thank some sponsors




Mister Freddy from Highflow.nl
And
Mister Ruud from Coolermaster.nl

Want to thank you for the trust and products
Coolermaster has send me a very nice case, and a beautiful psu
The HAF X and a 1200W Silent pro gold
The hardware that i'm gonna use:

- HAF X
- PSU Coolermaster Silent pro gold 1200W
- EVGA Classified E759
- I7 930
- 6x 2GB Corsair DDR3
- Tripple GTX470
- Aqua-computer Aquaero
- Sony Optairc AD-7670
- 2 x SSD Intel 160GB
- 2 x 1 TB HDD

De components are gonna be cooled wih EK blocks and:

- 2 x Swiftech MCP 355
- 1 x EK Radiator XT360 (maybe 2 x instead. the 240)
- 1 x EK Radiator 240
- Tygon slang clear. 1/2
- 3 x EK GTX470 waterblock acetal/ nickel
- Bitspower Fittingen Black
- EK-FB EVGA X58 Classified
- EK Supreme CPU block Black
- 3 x EK Link Geforce
- EK Bridge serial tripple
- 2 x Aqua-computer cover MCP355
- 3 x EK Backplate GTX470 Black

for the reservoirs i have more options, but still hasn't decided

- 2 x EK-Multioption RES X2 - 150 Advanced (Round 60mm)
- 1 x EK-Multioption RES X2 - 250 Advanced (Round 60mm)
- 2 x EK-Multioption 250 (Round 50mm)
- 2 x EK-Spin Reservoir- plexi

some pics, before i take the case apart
the package from Coolermaster



The big one from Coolermaster









Inside beautiful black



Enough space for the components



Sata dock, always easy



A lot of space for the reservoirs or radiators





What i really like for modding is the air duct for the gpu's





For so far the case. Also there was a nice psu, the 1200W silent pro







Enough cables for my tripple gtx setup
Gonna be a lot of sleeving

Next step is to take the case apart, and fit some components

The Haf XL, sad to see him like this.



Yesterday i had a little brainstorming session, I will reveal you some ideas

A 360 rad in this case is almost impossible, except for the top, but for the top I've got other ideas,
now it,s going to be 2 x 240 rads






Both sides 2 x 120 mm fan



For the top a have some nice ideas



Here comes 2 x EK spinbays







I'll have to do some grinding for the spin Bays



Gonna make 2 x square / octagon 3 mm plex fan bays, which will be the lid of the spin Bays



Like this,



In the cover is coming a aquaero, and in the flat side i,am gonna make a slot for a slimline DVD-RW





i Am not sure where and if i place the airduct voor the gpu,s



The last idea for now., Gonna make a hood from the front to the back of the case over the psu, on top of this 2 x MCP 355 pump, all in sight
Under the hood i gonna place my hdd, s



Hello again, new update



Cut 2 holes for the 240 rad



removed some plastic



Cut a piece of uv-green plex



Drilled the holes for the screws from the spinbay



And installed the spinbay, only need to order 2 black impellers



Yes, it fits



One to go



The color for this mod is black/green



some Umzug von der Familie MDPC



Sata and small green sleeve



Black for the sata and psu



The total family package



heatshrink



Heatshrink for the sata en small



Black rivets, ad to drill a lot when i took the case apart



Mdpc M3 screws



Some special parts from mdpc, countersunk Black-Oxide screws



And snap-caps, nice for over some ugly screws



The second spinbay





Put it all togheter



Did some small grinding, to make it fit



Sawn some little pieces of uv-green acryl.



Gonna be sanded and polished



The idea is to put smd led strips behind them



pics in the dark



nice effect

[badbaker`]

wow, very nice mate. kinda did something similar to the top, but a 260 rad and a res. looking forward to seeing whats possible with the dvd bays.

[arkadur]

so far so good,
keep up the good work!

[kier]

Update !!!

Received some nice stuff from Highflow.nl and EK

To begin with tje black EK impellers


Always nice to receive a package



Pump number 2



The third nickel block



with three times a nice black backplate



put everything togheter with a tripple bridge


and three Link force,s



An extra 240 Radiator



And 4 beautiful Nanoxia 120mm Fans, uv green, same color as the green acryl i used



+1 140mm fan



To control the fans and pumps i'm gonna use a Aquaero VF display.



And some small stuff to try out some nice ideas



2 nice fillports from Danger den





And 2 shiny nickel tops for the Mcp-355 pumps


Put them together



Think it,s gonna be perfect in this case

And the first Bitspower fittingen



Impellers already placed, looks better like this. Fillports coming up





I have made the midplate from a piece of mesh panel, gonna be painted black and some nice ideas in it





Made the radiator bay
The first thought was to put the in/outputs of the rads turned to the inside, like this



But i want the pumps in one line



That's why i,ve turned one radiator



Putting al together



I love the color of the fans, really nice



Other side



Painted the bay and fitting it together



flip side



Made the fillports into the spinbays



And in received a package from Coolermaster, some beautiful flatcabels. The idea is to
sleef the psu cables and to use flatcabels for the gpu.





Coolermaster thnx!!!

bought myself a new cpu block


EK-Supreme HF - Acetal+Nickel

Replaced the red plexi cover for the black acetal for the classified



EK-FB EVGA X58 Classified - Acetal+Nickel

Looking good i think



A new set of rams, 6x 2 GB





placed on the board



Also looks nice. And i bought my third GTX 470, Nickel block placed on it



And the backplate.



Conected all together with the EK tripple bridge



I'm in love, but it,s real heavy now



Backplates really nice like this



I think i need to make something for the weight, but that,s for later
Have played with the Aquaero, and was real happy with the color of the display, with the green filter it was even better



Perfect, just the right color for this build



Started with the top, and placed the display in it



Little test



Had sawn a small plate of acryl, need to polish it, but looks good for now



Again little test



And again, the green filter placed back



The place where the usb and other stuff was is now for the buttons for the aquaero and some other nice ideas i have. But this is for the weekend, so.... be continued

Greetings to you all.

[arkadur]

very nice update and parts you got there - keep it up - again!

[ScottALot]

Oh baby this is sweet! The first post was somewhat nice, but this new update made my jaw drop!

[kier]

Thnx, this is my first build on XtremeSystems, hope you like it

[Johnny87au]

awesome buddy, first hafx ive seen modded like tis, subb'd

[kier]

And another Update

For the aquaero buttons the idea is to place them vertical and place two extra buttons for the power and reset

In the past i had destroyd an aquaero, what is now very handy for spare parts, sawn the two buttons out of the old one. For the power and reset



Different sizes from the old and new aquaero



drilled and sawn a piece of acryl





And placed the two extra buttons





the pushbuttons at the same height



And we have a " X "



Removed the frontcover



Sawn a piece out of the case



Horizontal mounting is not an option, because the aquaero is to long and i want the " X " in the middle, thats why vertical



Fits nicely between the 2 radiators



Gonna light up the buttons with green uv acryl



Covered this with black acryl. I need to make this black acryl over because the holes aren't that good, but just for the idea



And light it up



Tried some things today, and i removed the black acryl. Instead of this i have placed a sticker and cut out the stripes



Better like this



And some shots by night







Have replaced al the rivets and screws, before the hardware is placed





have made a solid tube between the reservoir and the Ek bridge

From Reservoir to....



Ek Bridge.



Connected



Placed the green nanoxia-140mm



Back of the case is not finished yet



The Msi bracket is gonna be replaced



From the gpu to the pump is gonna be a solid tube also, and the same for the pump to the radiator



The right shape



The curve is for to get the right angel for the tube but also for the flatcables of the gpu,s



Just like this, the tube between the pump and gpu needs to be longer, but just to give you an idea



And the last thing i do this weekend, pimping the fans. Nanoxia sticker has to go



Made my own stickers



The famous snap-caps



All fans are finished



I hope i,am not going to fast. Like i said in the beginning, started this build begin december
so i have about three more major updates, before I am on today,s level.
If you guys like it, i can place the three right away, or place them in a later stadium.


Grtz.

[barfastic]

amazing.... i lvoe your dieas, and craftmanship!! Good job on everything!

[kier]

Update-------------------Sleeving, sleeving and more sleeving

This week it's sleeving time. The Silent pro is an easy psu to sleeve i think. Lots of space

The original flatcables had a bridge in it, really ugly so that has to change



sleeving meets flatcable.



2 x modulair pci-e



And 2 x non-modulair



Placed the flatcables but need to straigt it, just for the idea



Nice green sleeve, same color as my Nanoxia fans




Green is finished, now it's time for the black sleeve



Ready to plug in



Had to make the cpu cables longer



These wil be black



split the green and black as much as possible



And finished



Placed in de Haf.



Green color of the sleeves are really the same as the fans



Cpu cable black sleeved 4 x 4 pins



Nice curve in it



And a total shot with flatcables and sleeved cables. Need to straigten al the cables



Also made a mesh cover for the front panel out of a ceiling plate. This ceiling plate has a filter glued on it, so perfect for this purposes

The ceiling plate



Filter on the inside



Beautiful mesh i think



After some sawing and bending






And the filter on the inside



Placed a light on the inside to show you the filter



And this little project is finished



Greetings and till the next update

[Johnny87au]

Nice sleeving done mate oorah , How hard was it to sleeve the PSU? I noticed when opening mine the same way you did i can never get the dam thing shut lol because the sleeving combines are quite big..

[barfastic]

Amazing work... and the colour of your sleeving is amazing!

[kier]

Nice sleeving done mate oorah , How hard was it to sleeve the PSU? I noticed when opening mine the same way you did i can never get the dam thing shut lol because the sleeving combines are quite big..

Thnx mate,

I must admite, this psu was the easiest one i have ever done
the opening is larger then the one from Corsair or a Be quiet
the secret is to stack all the cables one by one and push it
leave no space between them

[kier]

Update-------------------Recycling

A friend of mine has given my a broken Logitech G15. The idea was to use it for the lcd screen, but when i dismantel it i saw the small plex for the illuminated board

Idea !!!




Used a bigger piece for the cover



Sawn a piece out of it and drilled 3 holes for the bitspower fillport



The three Bitspower fillport





Swan the acryl from the G15



testing with a green ledstrip



Looks like the matrix



Put a black vinyl sticker over the transparent acryl and cut small pieces out of it





Place it in the haf



Shot in the dark



3 fittings installed





Everything is gonna be replaced for black fittings and solid tubes

And a little Sponsor Update

Today a nice updat for the sponsors (and you offcourse)

First i wanna thank the people from Letterop Ijmuiden, who had made the perfect sticker.


Letterop Reclame uw specialist in de IJmond!

And i wanna thank mr. D hard, he also made this update possible

Logo number 1


HighFlow Computer Cooling Shop - Uw shop voor PC waterkoeling, luchtkoeling, modding, behuizingen en gaming!

Logo number 2


Cooler Master

The sticker



Sawn a piece of uv-green acryl, and made a slot for the slimline dvd-rw



Very carfully placed the sticker and cut the sides



To have a nice illuminated cover, Mr.D. Hard has given my 2 nice glowpads



Color is blue, thats why i had placed the uv-green



You can cut the glowpads any shape you want



placed on the back of the cover



Illuminates Highflow



Illuminates Coolermaster



And illuminates the hole cover, nice effect i think



Placed back in de Haf



The front almost finished



In the dark............



Grtzzz.

[zalbard]

Some very interesting ideas here... I look forward to seeing the final result. Keep it up!

[miahallen]

Best HAF mod I've seen....good work so far

[Johnny87au]

wow brow those pads look rad, Where exactly did you get those? I've seen similar AC ryan's one but dont look as good as these!!

[kier]

wow brow those pads look rad, Where exactly did you get those? I've seen similar AC ryan's one but dont look as good as these!!

Did have this question a lot lately So i've did some research to find a shop.
But there,s not much info about these Recom gloplex pads.
I've send an email to Recom.nl and they told me that they can deliver these pads. So if you want the gloplex pads, you can contact Recom.nl

And a new update....





Update: Speed modding

Did some nice things these days. Finally received my Acryl and aluminum panels



1mm black aluminum



and the panels i was waiting for Uv green 3mm



And 5 mm



A little idea i had, drawing a mold



Then cut out some cardboard



Shapping the cpu



And the Corsair memory



The gpu's



and the mold is finished



And now the nice part, when i screw this up, i have a big problem, this came out of a hole panel, so really cant screw this up. But with same patience it came out very well, i think



Cut out some openings for the cpu cables and motherboard cables



And the cover is finished



there,s gonna be black stickers on it, and cutting these for a green outline



Some places have bubbles, so need to rub them out



And the I/O blocks (or how do you call them?) also black



Smd strips where ordered today, and iam very curious how this looks
Ordered green smd strips, smd Uv strips and some other led strips to test

The whole thing...



By the way, there's gonna be an airflow behind the acryl and the motherboard, so dont wurry

grtzzz.

[Liderc]

Holy

[ScottALot]

Freaking perfection in a case you've got there. If anything, maybe darker acrylic?

[Okda]

awesome idea for covering the mobo

[matt220]

Simply awesome.
Personally though, I think you should go with the black bitspower rotary fittings instead of the sliver, the mix just doesn't clash well in my eyes.
Other than that bravo

[zalbard]

awesome idea for covering the mobo

Agreed, the build's getting better each day!!

[Johnny87au]

holy , looks amazing man!! For a seconf i thought you were gonna use the cardboard plate hahaha