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Old Jun 19, 2008, 02:51 AM   #1
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"The Dark Spider"

I know this is not the first and won't be the last Rocketfish mod on this forum, but this one is mine...

Starting with a parts list of items used in this mod:

Rocketfish case (Best Buy)
Sheet of 3/32" plexiglass (Lowes)
Wire mesh desk organizer (wal-mart)
4- 6 oz. Vulcanized rubber Hockey Pucks (playit again sports)
asst. of 1/4" screws, nuts and flat washers (Lowes)
A.C. Ryan 360 Radgrill (Performance PC)
U-Channel for the holes (MNPCTECH)

List of computer parts that will be installed in the case:

AMD Phenom 9850 BE
Asus M3A32-MVP MB
3-Visiontek HD3870 video cards
4 gigs of Crucial Balistix Tracers PC2-8500
WD 640 gig AAKS HDD
700 watt PSU

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Swiftech MCP355 & MCP350 pumps both w/Petra's tops
Black Ice Extreme 240 & 360 Radiators
D-Tek Fuzion V1 CPU Block
3- Swiftech MCW60 GPU Blocks
5- 141 CFM High Speed Delta Fans
Sunbeam fan controller




With Plixi and vent hole w/wire mesh


Vent Hole on MB side of case w/wire mesh


Hockey Pucks (I know most of you can figure out what I'm using these for eh!)


Power tool of choice for making great holes..






Yep they make great feet for a case....Talk about a solid stance..
I also needed to raise the case a little so the pucks give me that. I will have the 240 rad. sucking air from under the case.







Well thats all I have done for now... Will keep updating till its complete..



Top radiator hole cut. My tool of choice was a dremel with a cut off wheel.














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Old Jun 19, 2008, 02:53 AM   #2
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Cut the bottom hole for the BIX 240 radiator.










The case mod is almost complete now. I just installed the U-Channel I ordered from MNPCTECH (Thanks Bill) and man this stuff is great to work with..

These pic's show the window and mesh screens installed.









I decided to paint the inside of the fish with semi-gloss black spray bomb.







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Old Jun 19, 2008, 02:54 AM   #3
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Up and running...


Well here she is...

I'm not real happy with the route of the tubing, but have a order from Jab-Tech due in any day and may change it up.
Ok I changed my loop around and this seems to work much better. I used alot of the space in this huge case to run tubing as you can see.

These are so sexy I had to post a pic. of all 3 together ...





















My new 24" monitor with my setup..

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Old Jun 19, 2008, 03:30 AM   #4
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ok, so the rad will suck air from bottom and you will have a case full of hot air?
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Old Jun 19, 2008, 03:34 AM   #5
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ok, so the rad will suck air from bottom and you will have a case full of hot air?
The 360 rad. will be doing the same from the top. Thats the reason for the vent holes on both sides of the case...To let the air flow out..
Not to worry... With 5 141 CFM delta fans blowing the doors off the case the warm air will leave...
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oh, i see, now it is an excellent ventilation
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Old Jun 19, 2008, 03:41 AM   #7
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Plus both 120mm case fans will be sucking air out of the case..
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Old Jun 19, 2008, 03:58 AM   #8
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Dang man, I can't wait to see it all done! Going to be one sweet case!
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Old Jun 19, 2008, 07:40 AM   #9
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Nice! I've been toying with the idea of getting one of these cases. Looking forward to seeing how your build turns out.
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UPDATE!!!

New pic's added of top radiator hole...
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Looks good so far.
Can I take some of your ideas if you don't mind Bytor?
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very creative Bytor!

i like the direction your'e headed in

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dude. I love the feet idea....i'm jealous I didn't think of this. I have like 40 pucks lying around from various games and a few that I have bought....I think I may be stealing your idea....
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Feel free to use any idea you like....

Thanks for all the kind words everyone... More to come...
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UPDATE!!!!

Bottom rad. hole pic's added.
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That looks pretty nice man! Can't wait to see that bad boy finished!
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Three cheers for the pucks.

And hey, andbody that can a hole in solid vulcanized rubber is cool in my book.
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The rad and fans on the bottom of the case are going to be inside, right?
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Looking sweet Bytor(Awesome your a Rush fan)!!! I really like the mod your doing on top for the radiator, I was planning on doing something like that later to my CM690.

JFYI: Have you seen the video of Geddy and Alex playing YYZ with Foo Fighters? Awesome if you have the time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT7bu...eature=related
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Looking sweet Bytor(Awesome your a Rush fan)!!! I really like the mod your doing on top for the radiator, I was planning on doing something like that later to my CM690.

JFYI: Have you seen the video of Geddy and Alex playing YYZ with Foo Fighters? Awesome if you have the time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT7bu...eature=related


Oh yeah seen that a while ago.. Great song...

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The rad and fans on the bottom of the case are going to be inside, right?
Yes everything will be inside on this build. Fans on both rads. will be pulling outside air through the rads.
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UPDATE!!!

The case is almost complete...
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I like how you made the holes offset on the feet allowing them to be brought out to make the tall case more stable or in for a cleaner look.
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I like how you made the holes offset on the feet allowing them to be brought out to make the tall case more stable or in for a cleaner look.
Thanks... More stable and to clear the bottom rad. mount screws and gives me 1" clearence for the rad. air intake. The stock feet are very thin..
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UPDATE!!!

Painted inside of case... Pic's added
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