Bad Boys of Case Modding Clubhouse..

[Chicken Patty]

Nice to see you posting CD great job with that case so far

 

[DaMulta]

I'm still lurking. Home life keeps me pretty busy.

I tried to retire from Pro Modding but during the Summer Break I took on a nice little job.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5Usk2Le-fA

http://a.imageshack.us/img96/6609/wired040.jpg

http://a.imageshack.us/img230/7376/wired027.jpg

Had to chop away at the optical bay to make the 3 x 140mm rad fit. Perforated the floor. Routed a hole in the side panel with a mesh grill and a high flow filter. Filter for the case floor and other openings. Powdercoated everything (even the DVD casing) Raven Black. Made risers for the feet. Made a pump mount. Used button head black hardware throughout. Mounted all moving parts on isolators (fans, HDDs, pumps). Made a custom harness for the 11 fans. Sheathed a few wires.

Loop is very nice stuff: EK Dual DDC Pump Top V2 with EK 250 Reservoir, HW Labs GTX120, GTX280, GTX420, EK Supreme High Flow Copper CPU block, EK FC 5970 Nickel and Acetal GFX blocks with Acetal Bridge, BP Matte Black fittings throughout, Koolance Quick Disconnects for the CPU/GFX blocks, Noiseblocker 140mm fans throughout, Ultra Kaze 120mm x 38mm for the GTX120 Rad, all controlled by an mCubed BigNg and miniNg via my custom harness.

Hardware isn't bad either...Asus "SuperComputer" with too many PCIe slots and 6 sticks of pretty Corsair Dominators with the fancy red heatsinks, Xeon 3550, 2 x ATI Black Edition 5970s, OCZ 1000 Watt PSU, OCZ SSD PCie Card, 3 x 1.5TB Seagate 7200.12 HDDs, Plextor DVD, mCubed controllers. Pretty muching.

Had some issues with a leaking BP rotary and a leaking EK Pump Top. Other than that no drama.

One of the best tries to retire on us SHAME:shadedshu

Sweet looking rig as always!

 

[CyberDruid]

Thanks guys. Yes the bike is still my daily obsession. I keep tinkering and adjusting...she's pretty much got me wrapped around her crankshaft

I redid the cabling to mo betta satisfy my OCD.

 

[DaMulta]

So do you have that wired into the back of the motherboard??

I've seen your videos on youtube with your bike. I really really been digging them, even tho I really never learned how to ride past a normal human powered bike

 

[copenhagen69]

I'm still lurking. Home life keeps me pretty busy.

I tried to retire from Pro Modding but during the Summer Break I took on a nice little job.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5Usk2Le-fA

http://a.imageshack.us/img96/6609/wired040.jpg

http://a.imageshack.us/img230/7376/wired027.jpg

Had to chop away at the optical bay to make the 3 x 140mm rad fit. Perforated the floor. Routed a hole in the side panel with a mesh grill and a high flow filter. Filter for the case floor and other openings. Powdercoated everything (even the DVD casing) Raven Black. Made risers for the feet. Made a pump mount. Used button head black hardware throughout. Mounted all moving parts on isolators (fans, HDDs, pumps). Made a custom harness for the 11 fans. Sheathed a few wires.

Loop is very nice stuff: EK Dual DDC Pump Top V2 with EK 250 Reservoir, HW Labs GTX120, GTX280, GTX420, EK Supreme High Flow Copper CPU block, EK FC 5970 Nickel and Acetal GFX blocks with Acetal Bridge, BP Matte Black fittings throughout, Koolance Quick Disconnects for the CPU/GFX blocks, Noiseblocker 140mm fans throughout, Ultra Kaze 120mm x 38mm for the GTX120 Rad, all controlled by an mCubed BigNg and miniNg via my custom harness.

Hardware isn't bad either...Asus "SuperComputer" with too many PCIe slots and 6 sticks of pretty Corsair Dominators with the fancy red heatsinks, Xeon 3550, 2 x ATI Black Edition 5970s, OCZ 1000 Watt PSU, OCZ SSD PCie Card, 3 x 1.5TB Seagate 7200.12 HDDs, Plextor DVD, mCubed controllers. Pretty muching.

Had some issues with a leaking BP rotary and a leaking EK Pump Top. Other than that no drama.

what do those long silver fittings do?

 

[Cold Storm]

what do those long silver fittings do?

Their quick connects from Koolance. It allows you to disconnect the loop at points with out worring that their is going to be water on the parts.


CD. Glad to see that you are "stalking" around. Love to see your builds since it breaths life into my thought pattern.

 

[copenhagen69]

Their quick connects from Koolance. It allows you to disconnect the loop at points with out worring that their is going to be water on the parts.

interesting ... they seem like a great think to have just an eye sore

 

[Cold Storm]

interesting ... they seem like a great think to have just an eye sore

Well, A lot of times they have a bracket.. it connects the loop from the PCI bracket.. you connect and such from there... So it goes.. Loop inside, connect bracket, loop outside..

It's a eye sore in some since if one is to make it up as a "show rig". It would be Blah in everyone's eyes.. But, for someone that doesn't really know about loops, or one that knows about loops to the extent of CD, it's one of the easiest ways to work on a loop.. If your doing it for show, Just add a bit more tubing to route the connectors where people can't see it.. Just all depends on who's wanting it, and so forth..

If they made "smaller" quick connects, then it would be so much better.. IMHO

 

[CyberDruid]

QDs are not pretty exactly...but then again it's in the eye of the beholder.

As usual I am given a set of specifications and hardware to use by a client. I often make suggestions or try and steer my client toward what I consider an ideal arrangement, but ultimately the decision is made by the guy that pays me. In this case the client was adamant that no 90 degree fittings be used (so lots of 180 degree loops in the tubing for me to make the point to point connections) and the CPU and GPU blocks would have QDs to facilitate service.

There are no matte black QD fittings so I did what I did.

 

[CyberDruid]

So do you have that wired into the back of the motherboard??

I've seen your videos on youtube with your bike. I really really been digging them, even tho I really never learned how to ride past a normal human powered bike

The break out connector block just facilitates wiring the 11 fans to the mCubed device. Otherwise all the cables end up massing together at the edge of the mobo tray. It also helps when servicing the fans, the wires are easy to trace and disconnect. I am used to leaving a "service loop" on any wiring or plumbing I install on boats, this allows the tech to pull the device and inspect it without having to remove other "layered" devices or parts.

For instance I routed the tubes to the top rad in such a manner that the top panel can be lifted up off the chassis and the plumbing and fans accessed. I made the notches for the top rad so that they actually can support the rad in position if the top fans need to be serviced...just undo the screws and lift off the top panel...the rad and fan package remains in position.

 

[CyberDruid]

Once again I am slipping back into retirement. Kids and Wife are back to school and I am back to grocery shopping and scrubbing toilets. Beats sleeping in a cardboard box.

My little "Brett Farvre" moment is over

 

[Cold Storm]

Once again I am slipping back into retirement. Kids and Wife are back to school and I am back to grocery shopping and scrubbing toilets. Beats sleeping in a cardboard box.

My little "Brett Farvre" moment is over

Well at lease its to help the family and not getaway from them! Don't be a stranger. I need to throw you a pm, Best of Luck, & hope your family is well.

 

[CyberDruid]

 

[Cuzza]

Hey modders, just checkin in to say that I've been caught up with other stuff in my life recently and not getting much fun stuff done, or finding time to post here. It seems you guys are still on form, keep it up. I should be back to my current project (the Mac LCII) in a couple of months. until then don't stop the dremels.

Cuzz out

 

[Super XP]

Does my MOD'd case pass the requirements to join this thread

 

[CyberDruid]

Cool paint job Bro

 

[Super XP]

Cool paint job Bro

Thanks,

WOW, I just looked at your PC setup, and I love it
Though I would upgrade to Windows 7 x64.

 

[CyberDruid]

Oh crap I need to update that stuff. I sold just about everything PC related I own and now share my son's i7 rig.

 

[MT Alex]

Does my MOD'd case pass the requirements to join this thread

http://www.techpowerup.com/gallery/2442/__1.jpg

I like the red. Great execution.

 

[Chicken Patty]

Does my MOD'd case pass the requirements to join this thread

http://www.techpowerup.com/gallery/2442/__1.jpg

Very nice looking case there

 

[copenhagen69]

Does my MOD'd case pass the requirements to join this thread

http://www.techpowerup.com/gallery/2442/__1.jpg

so much red

nice for sure, just not a fan of that much red

 

[p_o_s_pc]

so much red

nice for sure, just not a fan of that much red

ok then have some blue
(posted these pics in other threads but thought it would be nice to post here)

 

[copenhagen69]

did you add the blue panels yourself or come like that?

 

[p_o_s_pc]

did you add the blue panels yourself or come like that?

they came black. I painted them black(cleaned,primed,painted)

 

[MT Alex]

Looks clean and sharp, P_O_S