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[Case Gallery] Tensa I

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Specs:
Intel Core2Quad Q9550
Zotac Geforce 9300 ITX Mobo
4GB DDR2 1066 Kingston
Sapphire 4870x2 2GB
2xIntel 80GB SSD
EK Supreme LT 775/1366 Water block
Koolance 4870X2 Waterblock
Liang DDC 12V Pump
Black Ice Thermochill 120.2 Radiator
Custom Acrylic Case

Mods:
Custom Built Acrylic Case (by hand, no milling machines or laser cutters used),
Custom Water Cooling,
Custom Built 1000W Power Supply(using 2 electrically modified 500W PSUs)

I wanted to attempt to build the smallest water cooled LAN box possible, think at 10400cc, I nailed it!!! The system temps are around 30 degrees celsius at idle and 45 degress celcius at load.
Hope to build a much smaller one (7000cc) soon!!
 
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Memory Viper 3 Black Mamba (4x4GB)
Video Card(s) Powercolor LCS 5870
Storage 1X 128GB OCZ, 2 x 1.500 Gb Seagate
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Case custom MDF case (I BUILT IT) check sig.....NOW
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Power Supply Tagan 900 watt
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you had a clear target and it looks like you got it! well done! I really like the mod... 9/10
 
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Memory 6 gig G-Skill DDR3 1600
Video Card(s) GTX 285's (SLI)
Storage 500GB Western Digital
Display(s) 3 Asus 23 in inchers
Case Lian Li A77B
Audio Device(s) on board 7.1
Power Supply Corsair 1000
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I normally do not give clear cases a look, but yours really stands out. Very cool looking rig! 9/10
 

mdsx1950

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Memory Corsair DOMINATOR-GT 12GB (6 x 2GB) DDR3 2000MHz
Video Card(s) AMD Radeon HD6970 2GB CrossFire [PhysX - EVGA GTX260(216SP) 896MB]
Storage 2x Corsair Perf. 512GB | OCZ Colossus 1TB | 2xOCZ Agilities 120GB SSDs
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Case Cooler Master HAF-X + NZXT Temp LCD
Audio Device(s) ASUS Xonar D2X | ONKYO HTS9100THX 7.1
Power Supply Silverstone ST1500 1500W [80 PLUS Silver]
Software Windows 7 Ultimate X64 (Build 7600)
Benchmark Scores Heaven 2.0 with Extreme Tessellation at 1080p - 96FPS
Very nice mod mate. Its a 10 from me.
 

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yo,mate although im not a fan of small casing but by looking at ur rig.....stun and amazed me till im speechless.super great job on the modd bro i really like seeing the gfx were bigger than ur mobo and some is watercooled.....superb
 
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I normally do not give clear cases a look, but yours really stands out. Very cool looking rig! 9/10

Very nice mod mate. Its a 10 from me.

yo,mate although im not a fan of small casing but by looking at ur rig.....stun and amazed me till im speechless.super great job on the modd bro i really like seeing the gfx were bigger than ur mobo and some is watercooled.....superb

Thanks guys, I appreciate the comments.

Any ideas where I can get the THINNEST 120.3 radiator possible?
 
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Very nice and exact!

very clean, clever tube routing and placement of lc components. Liquid cooling Sokoban

Only thin ad that is good is a swifty mcr 320
 
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im not sure how thin it needs to be but have you looked at hw labs black ice stealth radiators ? those are about as thin as it comes. if you need something even thinner than that i'd recommend looking at oil heater cores in your local automotive shop to find something with the same length as 3x120
 
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Very nice and exact!

very clean, clever tube routing and placement of lc components. Liquid cooling Sokoban

Only thin ad that is good is a swifty mcr 320

Thanks, I checked them out, they come in at 34mm which is 2mm thicker than what I already have.

im not sure how thin it needs to be but have you looked at hw labs black ice stealth radiators ? those are about as thin as it comes. if you need something even thinner than that i'd recommend looking at oil heater cores in your local automotive shop to find something with the same length as 3x120

I was looking for a radiator under 30mm. Automative oil heater cores are thin? I didn't know that...will certainly check the auto garage nearby, thanks.
 
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Not bad.. A lot of work were done =) Vote 8/10(Want to see some better photos for details).
 

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Nice Work

I remember when U were modding the case n the psu.it was a dream then I saw the Koolance water cooling block for the ATi 4870X2 gpu n wow.went crazy 4 that card.superb work!!!!!
 
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Storage Samsung 850 Evo + 2xWD Black 500GB in RAID0
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