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Purple ‘Project Violet’

bassdominator

Posted in on June 15, 2008 at 9:41 pm

Project Violet Introduction:

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I named my rig ‘Project Violet’ in May when I purchaced 6×30cm UV CCFL’s and 20×3mm UV led’s,
it seems to have spiraled from there.

Rig spec :

Q9450 @ 3.47 Ghz
OCZ Flex XLC 2×1GB @ 1151mhz
700W OCZ Sli PSU
74GB Raptor
2x 320GB HDD’s
Zotac 8800GT AMP @ 756/1164
X-fi Audio Sound
Liteon 20xSata Drive
Zalman ZM-MFC1+ (Fan speed controller)
PCI-E Exhaust fan

Loop 1 : Swiftech MCP655 Pump -> Thermochill PA120.2 Rad -> Blackice GTS240 Rad ->
D-Tek Fuzion WB -> D-Tek Fuzion quad injection nozzle -> Swiftech MC30 N/B WB ->
Swiftech MCRES Reservoir : Masterkleer 7/16″ tubing : 2x Scythe 110cfm fans :
2x Tt Thunderblade fans : Feser Blue Fluid.
Loop 2 : Swiftech MCP350 Pump -> BlackIce GTS120 -> ASUS 3a Mosfet WB ->
ASUS 3a Mosfet WB -> OCZ Flex PC8500 -> OCZ Flex PC8500 -> XSPC Reservoir top :
Tt Thunderblade fan : 3/8″ Masterkleer tubing : 1/4″ UV Blue tubing : Feser Red Fluid.

Firstly a few piccys to show where I have got to so far…

Might make my next case from scratch using some wood and alu, not going to be a conventional pc case shape though…

The list below will show some of the mod projects that I have done to the case, not in any order

<Second loop>

All working so far… <fingers crossed> had a major hassle finding some 6mm barbs, not yet got the right size smartcoils for the 3/8″ ID tubing (mosfets) but couldnt wait to plug it all together. Found 2 very slow leaks from the mosfet blocks but all sealed now.

<Going Purple>

Okay finally decided to do something about the drab matt black paint on the Stacker, half yay through spraying it at the moment ‘Fiesta Metallic Purple’ (thought it was a fitting color).

Sanding powdercoating is not fun, it takes ages, hard as sanding steel, takes about as long too…

<Mirrored Internals>

I Brought some mirrored styrene from ebay for £3 removed the back mesh, cut out the shapes required and then stuck it to the inside of the case. Redone as wasnt happy with the finish around the fan.

<Top Radiator, now another twin fan rad> - Dropped temps by 4-8 Degrees C

~~I have seen people fit twin fan radiators in the top of the Stacker 83* series but with the sole purpose of cooling mosfets and ram i thought a single fan rad was more than enough…~~

Scrap that put the small rad on the back fan to make way for a twin rad to cool CPU, Northbridge and soon the Graphics card.

Mods:

<Fan led switching>

I found which cable supplied the led’s only with the + supply and ran new cables to a switches, then supplied the switches with 12v from the molex supply. I did this with all 4 fans and wired my blue CCFL’s to one of the switches.

<Tidier Sata cables>

Removed the black tubing, cut the cables and soldered then taped around the wires to tidy.

<Improved front fans airflow (x2)>

Its the origonal 5.25″ surrounds with polycarbonate fronts, holes cut and sanded using 1500 grit wet and dry, took ages to make both but has much better airflow now, Raptor HDD dropped by 3/6 Degrees C!

<Replacing side panels with polycarbonate>

Using the origonal inserts I drew around and cut out the polycarbonate to match sizes and then used existing screw holes to fix, wet and dry used again to 1500 grit.

<Custom filter for Radiator>

Stacker 83* cases with base mounted rads suck up dust like you would not believe so because no filters are commercially available to my knowledge I made one using polycarbonate and cloth mesh, just removed the filter to see how much dust it stopped from entering my pc after 2 months (see 3rd piccy)

Nice…

<Noise reduction>

Watercooled rigs are quiet and thats one of the main benefits but I decided with some leftover Dynamat from my car, I could improve on the noise levels.

<Mounting the Radiator>

The hole in the base of the stacker is nowhere big enough for a thermochill radiator so I had to carve up my nice new £150 Case <cringe> The Rad holder is Alu from B&Q with silicone washers.

<illuminated UV Reservoir>

5×3mm UV leds in Poly again, stuck to the base of the reservoir, the effects were pretty impressive I thought for a random experiement… (piccy shows old purple fluid)