Watercooled LEXA

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hello this is my first mod, during the course of this mod i will paint my case black and install a custom dangerden watercooling loop. so far i have stripped my case

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm81/895232/comp/DSCF2672.jpg
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tonight i will hopefully paint it and get some pics of that up.

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well that was quicker than expected,:banana:
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm81/895232/comp/DSCF2675.jpg
yea i know its not the best job ever
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm81/895232/comp/DSCF2678.jpg
heres where im working from, thats my dad bending over

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm81/895232/comp/DSCF2679.jpg
now all i have to do is get paid,get a motherboard and order my watercooling parts, so thats going to take a while

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Yay for update,
first thing i did was marked it off and drilled holes
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm81/895232/comp/DSCF2687.jpg
then used a jigsaw to cut it out
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm81/895232/comp/DSCF2692.jpg
and finally smoothed it out with my knock off dremel (thats me) and drilled the holes for the fans screws
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm81/895232/comp/DSCF2689.jpg
Afterwards i gave it a fresh coat of black paint.
I will hopefully be getting paid this friday so i might be able to order a good chunk of my stuff. Till then all feedback is welcome.:devious:...By the way my dad thinks im Nuts!

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Just a tiny update for the moment being, i waited for the fresh paint to dry
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm81/895232/comp/DSCF2695.jpg
then i installed the fan with four nuts
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm81/895232/comp/DSCF2694.jpg i test fitted the psu and it fit in perfectly, i think the fan looks nice but then again in the end you wont see it due to the fact it will be covered by the radiator. thats all for now

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heres a pic of the red led fan in place with the grill from my ex psu
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm81/895232/comp/DSCF2698.jpg
and a pic from the side that shows the fan being powered by my old spare computer
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm81/895232/comp/DSCF2702.jpg
Oh and when i looked at this pic i realized the door was still grey so i quickly went out and painted it, unfortunately i didnt have any black so i used a dark grey, sorry forgot to take pics

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yea it came with the g80 adapter plate but ugh...if im going to just take a picture i might as well update heres some pics ill update my other worklog aswell if anyone checks that one
heres one of thecard with the g80 plate on
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm81/895232/comp/DSCF2754.jpg
heres one still has the plate on but you can see the holes for the block
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm81/895232/comp/DSCF2756.jpg
heres all the parts on the floor
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm81/895232/comp/DSCF2751.jpg
heres one of my Beautiful 700watt modular Kingwin powersupply
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm81/895232/comp/DSCF2758.jpg

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yea i know its a wicked psu, anyways heres the pic
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm81/895232/comp/DSCF2760.jpg

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ok my hunch was right and i got the block on the card
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm81/895232/comp/DSCF2766.jpg

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Well wait no longer its here individual photos
My dual bay res
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm81/895232/comp/DSCF2779.jpg
my 16 feet of tubing...oops
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm81/895232/comp/DSCF2780.jpg
2 liters of black feser one
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm81/895232/comp/DSCF2781.jpg
a fillport
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm81/895232/comp/DSCF2782.jpg
my cpu and northbridge waterblocks
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm81/895232/comp/DSCF2783.jpg
pump
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm81/895232/comp/DSCF2784.jpg
and rad
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm81/895232/comp/DSCF2785.jpg

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Small update: i have done what i can without my motherboard, speaking of i just got n email saying the folks at xfx have recieved it and is being tested .
top of the case
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm81/895232/comp/P1040627.jpg
front with res
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm81/895232/comp/P1040628.jpg
side with unfinished tubing and installed pump
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm81/895232/comp/P1040629.jpg
Please comment

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I decided not to spend any money on the rad grill so i got creative
some nice mesh
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm81/895232/comp/P1040758.jpg
cut to fit
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm81/895232/comp/P1040761.jpg
with some tubing so i dont scrape myself on it and painted black
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm81/895232/comp/P1040764.jpg

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Its DONE...
the motherboard arrived today as planned
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm81/895232/comp/DSCF2786.jpg
so i put the blocks on
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm81/895232/comp/DSCF2787.jpg
heres a pic of it assemled
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm81/895232/comp/DSCF2789.jpg
heres one of the nice black back
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm81/895232/comp/DSCF2794.jpg
another with the rad and fillport
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm81/895232/comp/DSCF2792.jpg
and finally of the front (crappy camera wouldnt turn off flash so you cant see it but the blue of the power supply shines through the res, its really nice)
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm81/895232/comp/DSCF2793.jpg
thank you for following along hope to see you again next mod

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also does that look clear to you?
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm81/895232/comp/P1050044.jpg


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