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Loading ...Minor Update
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Minor update……
I got another GPU in the old girl, got fed up with people saying its what lets it down, so bought my GT back off of welshy along with an aqua computer full cover water block. While I had it drained I also chucked in the new XSPC edge, its less restrictive than the fuzion and fits the theme better……
What do you guys think? I cant think of anything else to do to it now…..!
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Loading ...Final Pictures!
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Now I’m running 2 reservoirs - one for return and one for pump feed with a join in between - and there’s not much room at the top of the case so hosing it was a nightmare. This is the best I’ve been able to get it, can’t really think of it any other way?
I’m so happy with the way this has turned out, the reservoirs are much better than I could have imagined and look amazing in a dark room.
I’m a regular over at WCUK so thats why I had these made up - ****Thanks Andybones12*****
This has to be my favourite part of the case, has come out SO much better than I thought!
I’m currently working on making the cabling as tidy as possible and I have an LCD here, just trying to decide if it will work with the case….
So, what do you all think of my first build and case mod?
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Loading ...Motherboard Block Time
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Ok here’s some more, motherboard build time…..
I’ve got an Asus P5K Premium going in this, it’s an awesome mobo for the money - such a good clocker. I’ve got full mobo water blocks going in so had to get rid of the OEM heatsinks.
Now the motherboard with all the blocks on…….
I had to mod the Southbridge block slightly to miss the caps nets to it so the file had to come out for that! My PC room looked a tip doing all this - had to get a picture!
Rated: 90% (2 votes)
Loading ...Mirrors and a mockup
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Now I like the grills it’s time to start getting the acrylic in, its been ready for ages but I’ve not able to do any thing with it.
BRING ON THE MIRRORS!!!
Now I’ve fitted the floor panel loads of times in the case but on the final mock up the damn leg that goes round the drive bays cracked! 
I’m gutted, but TBH its got to stay, it took me hours to file and shape that one and it will have to stay for now.
Anyways after that little cry I took some pictures of the top section with all the mirrors in.
Still got to order my PSU but I fitted the lower floor mirror, the first set of fans and the radiator.
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Loading ...Fan Braiding, the Front, and some more from the reservoirs…
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I wanted to use chrome braid in the bottom of the case so I made up some looms for all the fans….
I aslo needed to paint my rad to match the case. I ignored some silly requests to paint it red though (you know who you are!)
With that all nice and WHITE I thought I’d bung it in to give you guys an idea before I go putting any acrylic in there. I’m really liking the way its shaping up by now 
So we are up to getting all the parts together now and and getting it all in the case. First things first the HDD caddy and the front 120mm fan mount needed sorting.
Spanking gorgeous white fans all braided and lovely
With the fans in the caddy and the mount….
Right a quick mock up in and this is what the front is going to look like. I’m really loving the white look!
I wasn’t sure if I was going to ’stealth’ the reservoirs but now I’ve seen this I’ve got a fair idea that when this is all lit up its going to look the nuts so I’ve decided to keep them like this.
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Loading ...Mirror acrylic and a 7900GT Block
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Now I decided that I didn’t like all the white, but still wanted to make the case bright and airy. So I came up with making a few panels out of mirror acrylic to cover both of the floors and the roofs, and some other bits also to tidy it all up.
Right now time for the acrylic.
I ordered quite abit, various sizes as Ive never worked with acrylic before and Im expecting some mistakes. So be gentle Im no Tribal!
The bandsaw…. This made life alot easier
The rad cuts……
I didnt take many photos whilst actualy working sorry!
But here are some shots of the pieces in place still safely covered in tape!
Some of the pics still have rough masking tape on them but the acrylic is nice underneath!
And here is some acrylic porn, slighly undressed so you know whats going to be going on!
I bought a 7900GT card from a friend as this rig wasn’t (at the start) intended for gaming. It came with a waterblock already but I got it cheap because it was full of sludge. A few hours and the missus tooth brush and look what happened….
Once the grime was off I needed to get rid of the dark tarnish of the block so I thought Id try T-Cut, its got a low abrasive in it and it came up great!
While I was there the acrylic top had a lot of little scratches making it dull so I used more T-Cut on that and its now like new!
After cleaning the block again with Articlean 1 + 2 to get rid of any residue I nailed the old girl back together.
Now fully assembled…
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Loading ...The Radiator Placement
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I needed to start thinking about getting the radiator in the bottom, so I got some Thermochill templates and masked up where I needed to cut and set about hacking into my case :O
Then got the drill out with a 114mm holesaw and set to it. The masking tape actually helped keep the pilot in place which was nice.
Now I’ve got the holes in place to mount the rad I’ll jump to me trial fitting
the radiator. These fans are just for the mock up and will not be used in the final build.
So these are just for you (and me) to have an idea of what it will look like when finished.
1500W PSU needs a bit more support… :O Lucky it’s only for testing!
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Loading ...Specs and a fan controller
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First thing I started playing with was ideas for the reservoir location and mounting…
I couldn’t decide with or with out the grill….In the end WITH was decided on to stealth the Mountain Mods reservoirs, but later on when you see the coolant and lighting in it all makes sense!
I decided on the following final spec:
Asus P5K Premuim
Intel Core2Duo E6850
2GB PC2-1066 Crucial Ballistx
7900GT
520W Corsair HX PSU
37GB Western Digital Raptor
750GB Seagate Barracuda
Watercooling Parts:
Thermochill PA120.3
LaingDDC Ultra
2 x Mountain Mods reservoirs
EK Northbridge/SB/MOSFET blocks
Alphacool 7900GT Block (full cover)
D-Tek Fuzion CPU Block
7/16″ hose on 1/2″ barbs
Now at this point I had some set ideas in place I wanted to use on the case, and I’d decided on a ‘Heaven & Hell’ theme, as the build progresses you will see it all tie in…I hope!
A dvd bezel or a fan controller just wouldn’t work in my head for the front of the case, so the drive went external but I had to fnd a place to mount the Zalman fan controller…
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Loading ...Introduction and my case
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This is my first solo swim in the waters of case modding, I’ve been around on various forums quite heavily for a couple of years now. I had started getting the parts together over a few months as money allowed but I just wasn’t happy with my case. I wanted to watercool everything I could and get it all internal and tidy so I started looking around for a case that fit the bill. The Lian Li V2000 was perfect, reading around I knew I could get a 120.3 radiator in the bottom so I placed the order and it all went downhill from there onwards! I got the case and a Lian Li 343 hard drive caddy and a 120mm fan mount all sent to my mate Marcus over at Watercooling UK, both him and Rob Creathorne the owner are great guys and can never do enough to help. I won’t buy my watercooling from any where else and recommend them whole heartedly. I arranged to have some windows cut in the side panel then the whole lot powder coated white and when it all arrived the results where great!
