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The buildThe build is almost done, so let us take stock of all the work put into this mod, first up the panels.
Motherboard side panel, check
Custom roof and front panel, check
Ati Ruby etch panel, Check
Now it was just a simple case of putting it all together, so lets begin shall we?
The first part of the build was getting the front, and mobo side panel into place, as well as the HDD’s, the fans, a couple of the CC lights and the radiators. As you can see from the photos above the mobo panel now has the smoked tint over the etch, which almost hides it.
Once that was done it was time to place the mobo in place, of course we mounted the CPU block to the motherboard first.
Next in was the ATi 2900XT with its EK water block, of course this was going to get interesting now, with a PSU, memory, 2 pumps and 2 loops in the system, acrylic cases are a bit on the small side, so even with only 2 120mm radiators this was going to be a thoughtful process.
As you can see we got their in the end, even though we got our own spaghetti junction thing going on, but the good thing is none of the tubes are touching each other, bloody tight though especially at the front.
Now as most experienced water cooled pc enthusiast will tell you, its always best to top the system up and fill it with out any power going to the mobo, so the first thing we done was connect up the green and the black, filled the reservoirs and flicked the power switch.
Holy… sh** that’s not good is it, a leaky black ice pro, damn, removed the radiator to find this.
Now as it was leaking from under the screw holes, it looks like a puncture, which is very bad judgment on my side, but then I thought hang on the screws barely get through to the radiator so how the hell… so out came the pliers and I ripped open the screw mounts..
No puncture holes behind any of the screw mounts, which is strange, never once have I seen a black ice radiator spring a leak without any abuse… Thankfully WatercoolingUK stepped in an supplied a nice shiny new replacement for us., now to get the loop in and get this rig set up.
Finally we had all the lights in and the two water loops ready to go, it was just screwing all the panels in left to do.
Next Part – Final Pictures
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