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DnA – a casemod by p0Pe
Sponsored by
www.coolbits.dk
&
www.matronics.dk
Hello again fokes:) this is the newest projekt i have begun.
The project is going to be build apon an antec P190 case wich I recently got my fingers on (needed a powersupply and since the case comes with 1200 Watts of power, 650W & 550W that was another reason to buy it)
The plans is a following:
1: Make cover plates for most of the interior stuff
2: maybe cut a window beside of the big 250 mm cooler
3: place reservoir on the top
4: watercool the hell out of the punk!
5: make a black & white colour scheme. black fluid, white light.
So what do I need for this? Well… lets start with the BIG thingie!
I got my hands on this lovely thing:
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/Mora.JPG
The MO-RA 2PRO radiator! 9*120 mm! that’s 1080 mm of cooling dudes! So I hope that this ting can passive cool my system which consists of following:
AMD phenom X4 9850 BE
Ati X1950XT-X
In these 2 things is about 300 Watts of heat that needs to be dealt with. In my current setup (scrapheap challenge) this is done by a 120,3 mm radiator with idle temps @ 40/45 C. so I hope to keep these temps, or beat them:D
and for the case i got the P190
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/P1962.jpg
Lets begin
First of all.. there is some smaller damage on the case because the previous owner had a leak in his system, which he blamed on the huge MO-RA radiator, because his pump literally blew up xD.
http://www.tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01271.jpg
I did prove him wrong though. In the same system as he had the MO-RA raddy he had 2 of the little handy things called quick connectors (the things that closes the waterflow when taken apart).
http://www.tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01270.jpg
Now, I knew that these would restrict the waterflow, I just didn’t knew how much, so I made a test, which can be seen here:
http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15352
as you can see they absolutely KILL the flow of the system, so I decided to put them in the “keeper” box:D
the first thing I did was of course a lot of thinking but I have no pic´s of that sry:/
then I made up cardbox models of how I wanted the whole thing to look:
http://www.tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01257.jpg
I put a model in the top to cover the two 140 mm fans. IMO they were way to visible.
Then I made some for the 5.25 bay, and both hdd cages.
Then I made some sketches for how they could possibly end up looking:
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/sketch1.jpg
The big plate is the one that has to cover up the 2*140 mm fans, and some wires. The other ones is the three you also see in the cardbox models at the bays.
Then I mounted the radiator on the left side of the case. Since I cant get the radiator off without bleeding the system, I didn’t wanted to have it on the right side so that I couldn’t get into all the hardware easily.
The thing is mounted with something that looks like mother board spacers. Ill maybe post a pic later on, but here it is on the case side:
http://www.tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01259.jpg
(the case side, and the radiator has a weight of 7.2 kilo´s alone!!!)
This fan will make sure that my system don’t overheat in any circumstances lol:
http://www.tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01264.jpg
Just a little comparison to and ordinary P182 case (the P190 is almost 10 cm longer xD)
http://www.tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01266.jpg
And here you see the whole the previous owner made for the radiator. He had it on the side with the huge fan. Don’t know how ill hide these… ill find out xD
http://www.tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01268.jpg
This is how I plan to mount the pump. I am using a ddc+ pump and am gonna pair it with a XSPC reservoir top:
http://www.tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01275.jpg
And a little overview. You can see the pump, and another cardboard at the rear fan. Ill post sketches of this later on:)
http://www.tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01277.jpg
You might notice that I have taken the included fan holder off in the PSU section. I did this because I think its big and clumsy. So I threw it out, and mounted some fan grills on the fan because I didn’t wanted to have the cables from the PSU´s conflicting with the fan…
http://www.tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01279.jpg
As seen in this picture of an P182 the cables from the PSU comes very close to the fan :S
http://www.tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01282.jpg
http://www.tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01284.jpg
That’s it:) ill update… yeah.. when I get something done lol…
All that’s left to do is to show this pic of the whole mombo with the raddy on the side… damn that thing is big!
http://www.tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01285.jpg
Have fun!:D
then just try to save it from this link:) its the one named flow test in the bottom:)
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/
should work
(what browser are you using? i remember firefox 2.0 had that fault)
yeah the raddy is a tad big;) but ill need it XD or not lol
Back again with new parts:) (sry for crappy pics, only got cell atm:/ )
I ordered a fan for the raddy, and a reservoir top for my ddc pump (this is the best top for the ddc pumps atm!).
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC00061.jpg
And as you see there is 2 fans behind the pump! This is because I wanted a window in the side, but there was a big fan in the way. So instead of cutting and filling to my hands started bleeding I used the hole that was already there.
First I removed the fan and the dust filter
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC00062.jpg
And then, a nice window with a fine mesh that will fit the rest of the “mesh” theme. In the place where there were a dust filter before I plan to put in some acrylic. Black, or white wich is the overall color scheme.
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC00063.jpg
As you see this is 400 mm of cooling potential:D 2*200 mm fans!!! This should keep the temps down. I will make a cover for them which will sit on top:) will look something like the other fan holes I made in previous sketches.
This is a little view of how big the raddy and fans actually are xD
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC00059.jpg
And how the tubes are gonna enter the case. This will look rather hot IMO!
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC00060.jpg
Did I mention the color of the fluid? ;)
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/F1-0009-2.jpg
BLACK! And with white light this should look AWSOME! (I hope lol)
That was all for now:) next will be finished sketches of the parts that needs to be cut!
Stay cool!
-p0Pe
Sketches done!
I have made some files that I’m going to send to laser cutting soonest possible. I haven’t made any mounting holes to get the plates to sit on the case, since I will take a closer look at this when I get them. Possibly make them stick with something non-visible such as tape/glue etc. I hope to be able to get them painted blank black, and put some white light in there to shine the whole thing up, should look cool with the white fluid.
On to the sketches. I have made the sketches from these cardboards so it should be easy to see what belongs to where:D
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01257.jpg
And here is the final sketches.
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/sketch5.jpg
And a view of the top/rear fan covers. The think long line in the metal is where it is going to be bend to cover up the fan sides.
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/sketch4.jpg
It all lying down
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/sketch2.jpg
And wireframe from the top:)
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/sketch3.jpg
That was all for now. I will see if I cant get a hold on the dude who is going to cut the stuff, and see if I can find some sponsors!:D
All that’s left to say now is: have a nice weekend!
this is were the raddy is gonna sit if you didnt see it:P
http://www.tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01285.jpg
the boy from oz -
i dont know? i dont hope so:D i havent:P
Another update (little one, this time with proper pics:D)
okay lads!
from now one things are gonna get VERY interesting i hope
the awsome news:
GOT SPONSORED!
watercooling and light!!!!
to look who the sponsors are, view first post!
The watercooling! Ohhh the sweet watercooling!!!
This is the things that have to happen!
Dual loops
A harddrive loop with a 120,1 radiator
And
A cpu/gpu loop with a 120,9 radiator
One with black fluid, one with white (oh yeah)
Parts:
1 x MO-RA 2 PRO 120.9
1 x black ice pro 120.1
1 x XSPC bay reservoir pump
2 x Koolance PMP-400 (Laing DDC )
2 x XSPC Laing DDC top
1 x D-Tek Fuzion v2
1 x D-Tek Fuzion v2 Quad Core Mid Chamber
2 x Koolance Inline Reservoir 80mm (225ml)
2 x Koolance HD-57
2 x Feser One - Black (1L)
1 x Feser One - UV Clear/Blue (1L)
1 x CoolLaboratory Liquid Pro
3 x Tygon R-3603 1/4" [9,5/6,4mm] - 50cm
1 x Tygon R-3603 1/2" [19/12,7mm]- 50cm
4 x Koolance G1/4" [6mm, 1/4"]
4 x Koolance push-on G1/4" [9/6mm]
2 x Koolance G1/4" [13mm, 1/2"]
And again, oh yeah
Since I have 2 loops I naturally needs another radiator (120.1)
Where is that going to sit:S?
1
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01359.jpg
2
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01362.jpg
And three
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01363.jpg
The reservoirs are going to sit ontop of the mod like this:
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01379.jpg
And ofcourse made some cover plates for them
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/res2.jpg
And talking of cover plates, this is what I have made all this time!
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/overall sketch.JPG
And the plate for the 2 200 mm fans
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/raddy side2.JPG
And the sponsor list plate
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/plate55.JPG
ill be back soon:D
now for the fun stuff!
Update. Agian again:) we like them!
Got the laser plates! Sadly 2 of them didn’t fit all that well:(… but they are redrawn and will be here in a few days.
But… teasers! Got all of the watercooling stuff! Thx again coolbits:D almost all watercooling in this case is provided by them! And this is quality stuff!
How all the plates are going to sit! Enjoy, the image will speak for themselves
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/HPIM1331.jpg
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/HPIM1333.jpg
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/HPIM1334.jpg
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/HPIM1336.jpg
Oh and if you are wondering what will circulate the hdd system:
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/HPIM1327.jpg
And a tiny bit of the stuff I got from coolbits! Hdd coolers, and a d-tek fusion v2. !
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/HPIM1337.jpg
And the fan cover plate for the mo-ra. This will be redone because strangly the lasercutter didn’t cut the DnA text. But this will be done next time:D
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/HPIM1338.jpg
And a little teaser of the reservoirs.. this will ofc. Look just like the drawing but didn’t have the spacers so for now its just like this:D
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/HPIM1341.jpg
Thx for reading:)
thx! now look at this:D only managed to take one picture before the camera went dead on batteries:(
has been filling all day to make it a perfect fit, and now it is! just need to make the spacers for it.
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/IM005064 (1024 x 768).jpg
hope you like it;P
thx!
i worked on the wholes for the resevoirs today:O and DAMN... this is the first and last time i mod a antec case! this is quality made and damn hard to drill in! 5 mm hard plastic on the top and 1 - 1.5 mm alu underneath... went out of dremel tools:( so have to buy some tommorow.. didnt get the change today as i was stupid enough to forget my visa card -.-
but i can show you this:) a teaser of the new parts that will organize the hoses:D
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/Unavngivet2.JPG
cu:)
Okay, now some work on the res!
Got to make some spacers, so bought a 5 mm ID alu tube.
Tool of choice:
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01512.jpg
Made a test
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01513.jpg
And a little place to fill it on
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01514.jpg
The result:
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01515.jpg
And the wholes I cut in the top of the case. These have to be filled to fit better. Just bought some tools for that today, the others were worn down :/
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01521.jpg
Fitted the thing on! And am actually quite happy with the result. Cant wait to get this painted black!
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01517.jpg
Some of the spacers is a little off, and will fix these
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01518.jpg
And a little teaser of the raddy cover plate with fans on ;P
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01516.jpg
And some random parts
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01522.jpg
The final lasercut parts will be here tomorrow I hope, and hopefully also a little package from the last sponsors;P
Until next time! enjoy
thx m8´s!
And the lord said
”Let there be light!”
And p0Pe said
“say plz”
Got my goods from matronics.dk ! and what a package!
So.. got the god ol’ soldering tools on the table “bed” and started getting the diodes on the pumps.
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01523.jpg
I haven’t soldered that much so I think the result was quite good! (not much to see though but it looks good aight? :P)
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01528.jpg
And light, with the flash
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01524.jpg
And without!
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01525.jpg
Money shot
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01533.jpg
And the remote control for the light:D
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01535.jpg
And the LED strips that’s gonna be the main light of the mod
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01538.jpg
And the last diodes will be places here (this is the 3 mm ones) I am thinking of ordering someone in a different colour in case I get tired of black and white. And since there is 4 holes to diodes, and the remote has 4 chanals I could mix another colour in (just cant decide wich:S)
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01543.jpg
My soldering skills = fail
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01550.jpg
Got the last filling on the res holder done
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01553.jpg
My workplace lol…
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01554.jpg
And cleaned:D
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01555.jpg
And as usual I messed it up after 30 mins;P
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01556.jpg
Got all the wholes drilled
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01557.jpg
And got the things drilled away that made the raddy a very tight fit… fits better now
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01558.jpg
Looks good:D
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01563.jpg
The dvd cover plate:D a damn nice fit!
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01565.jpg
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01566.jpg
Its hold in place by these 2 rivets in the one side
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01574.jpg
The cables from the Leds. Don’t look that bad:D
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01575.jpg
And got some holes drilled and tapped for the cover plate.
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01581.jpg
And some more spacers:D
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01584.jpg
To the cover plate hose entrance
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01585.jpg
And light! Got it all rigged :D most of it:D
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01587.jpg
Only one led in the res´s atm and still lights up pretty good:D
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01588.jpg
Placed one of the 10 cm led strips beside the fans
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01592.jpg
And looks quite good:D
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01593.jpg
I almost cant wait to get the last things drilled in place. Since I got my worktable cleaned everything has been a lot easier:D
Probertly wont get my laser stuff before Monday since there is some problems with the engraving:(
haha:P i might actually got some leds in spare;P
So… got some more laser cut parts and guess what?
Some fits, some don’t. measured once, twice and triple… hell.. I even quadro checked !
But this is what I got:
Loot
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01636.jpg
Can you guess what they are going to be used to:D ill show later
Along with the small parts I had another part made, because the other one I had didn’t fit well enough. (this is one of the parts that fits to the mm.! man I love when things turns out well
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01631.jpg
Got another back plate bend
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01634.jpg
Put in place:
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01667.jpg
And got the whole drilled for the led wire’s
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01644.jpg
Now back to these:
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01635.jpg
Taddaaa… got some of the hoses in place. This will look awesome with the fluid inthere!
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01645.jpg
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01647.jpg
This looked kinda messy:/
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01648.jpg
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01649.jpg
So moved it around to look like this:
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01652.jpg
The hoses has to end somewhere… in this case, under the res’s xD
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01655.jpg
And this is how it looks. The hdd loop is done, and is going to sit like shown in the pictures, and the gpu/cpu loop will go like, red pump (red impellar) – raddy – cpu – gpu – blue pump – res – red pump
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01660.jpg
After dark
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01661.jpg
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01663.jpg
Notice the little feature in the side of the front:P
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01664.jpg
Duo to this xD put another light in front. It looks awesome in the dark when the front is opened and closed!
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01665.jpg
thats about it! next up is paint xD... and some more parts.. when i get the last friggin parts remeasured 20 times to be sure... dont get it, they should fit:D
cu until next time lads!
thx:D the hose routing was also something that took me a while to figure out xD
Paint… paint paint paint:D
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01671.jpg
Managed to paint the test plate somehow reasonable and continued with the rest. A flie ruined one of the plates sadly:( so have to redo that one…
But that said it looks quite good
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01673.jpg
And now to put it in place and see how it looks
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01704.jpg
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01705.jpg
Wuhuu:D
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01735.jpg
And another cover plate I also got painted
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01741.jpg
And got these painted ;P
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01713.jpg
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01716.jpg
So… lets see how they fit and look!
Oh damn! With fluid and light this will be epic!
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01718.jpg
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01723.jpg
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01724.jpg
The bottom plate looks kinda wird, but that’s because the paint hadn’t dryid probertly. And its getting another layer or 2.
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01738.jpg
And with the raddy on!:D
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01737.jpg
thats about all until i get the last parts painted and when they dry i can start assembling it:D
until then! - cu
thx:D
now THIS is the result i wanted:D
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01743.jpg:twisted:
finally an updata again ay?:D a small one, and not with all the little parts ive done in all this time, but time is short and ive torn apart the main pc so that i could put it into the case itself!
i got the last parts home, and sanded and painted them and fitted them on! and what a job.. took me whole day -.-
to start with! DnA !:D it looks awsome IMO!
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/IM005069 (Large).JPG
and got the plates fitted on! wuuuh
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/IM005070 (Large).JPG
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/IM005071 (Large).JPG
and how much you can see through the window
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/IM005073 (Large).JPG
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/IM005074 (Large).JPG
look at the raddy reflecting in the paint:P
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/IM005075 (Large).JPG
and last, i got handles installed:) quite usefull since this thing already weighs a tonne!
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/IM005077[/url] (Large).JPG
sry for the lack of pics, and the crappy pic quality. i am hoping to get my hand on a decent camera in a week or so, but until then you have to settle with this:D
next up is routing hoses and finishing the light setup. i got some cool bouble lights that i have a plan with.
have fun!
-p0Pe
a quick update with hose routing:D
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/IM005079.JPG
i might have more in a little while;P
and another!
so... i got all the light installed + i installed 2 bouble ccf.
and i installed the remote control8):up:
so, solderd on wich took me a while and then hocked it all up, and guess what?
IT WORKS LIKE A CHARM! cant tell you how absolutely awsome this remote is:D 4 chans!
chan 1 - bouble ccf
chan 2 - res & pump leds
chan 3 - led strips front and inside
chan 4 - free
and ofc, i took some pics but they dosnt really do the mod justice:(as always it looks so much better IRL.
the remote:
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01885.JPG
and the bouble light
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01816.JPG
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01887.JPG
the res & pump leds:
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01888.JPG
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01889.JPG
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01894.JPG
the main light led strips:
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01891.JPG
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01892.JPG
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01895.JPG
and a with & without flash:D
with
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01898.JPG
without!
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01897.JPG
i am very satisfyid with the light results! came out better than i hoped for.
more hose routing:
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01899.JPG
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01900.JPG
and the messe backplate that will be hidden by the side, and thank god for that;P
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01901.JPG
thx for watching and reading:)
-p0Pe
Looking way cool mate, water loop is looking really good. I love black with white LEDs, my next major mod will incorporate both lol. Looks like cable management is gonna be fard for you mate lol, good luck.
hah thx! as said i think the black and white fluid will be a neat combo;P
only thing i can suggest is have channel 4 for the on switch?? other than that.. i love it man very nice..
heh.. i actually thought about that and was quite hyped. then i came to think of it and the answer is: i cant
the controller runs on a 12 volt line from the psu:P wich requires to be off before it can be turned on:D off equals no power to the remote xDDDDDDD
so.. threw the black mesh window on again beacuse it fitted the theme better than the black acryllic window i planned (and the window wasnt as cool as intended -.-)
glory shots:
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01912.JPG
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01913.JPG
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01918.JPG
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01920.JPG
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01923.JPG
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01927.JPG
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/DSC01929.JPG
and ooh i like it;P spend 15 min in bed in the total dark last nigh and played with the remote controlled light:D i dont think ill ever get tired of that xDD
until next time: :banana:
Looks hot pope, very clean build!
thx alot jon:) that was also the main point of this mod:D your comment means i havent failed hard!;P
The mesh looks nice in the window. Good choice.
thx:) i also decided to put a dust filter to cover it. i got 2*140 mm fans and a 120mm on the outtake, and only a 120mm intake, so there will be pulled alot of air through that window! and i really wouldnt want the whole thing to be covered in dust:/
Phenomenal attention to detail. Very nice! +rep
thank you very much:)
so... i think i figured out what to do with the last remote channel.
fans!
only problem is that i arent actually sure if the controller puts out enough power to run all the fans
2*200 mm
2*140 mm
3*120 mm
(yeah... lots of fans lol...)
actually i hocked all the fans up to a spare psu together with the light last night, and DAMN they throw some air out of the case @ max! and makes about the same noise as a jet:P
but when turned to medium or low speed, the whole case is actually very silent! still, it would be awsome to could turn off all fans beside the ones in the psu´s:P
I dunno if you could use the controller to mount the fans. However I do have an idea for you to contemplate.
I was thinking you could install one of those Scythe fan controllers to the top of the case. After having a look at the pics you are very pressed for room there. However you could mount a fan controller above the reservoir (in one of the empty drive bays) if you can find a fan controller than can control 7 fans lol.
would be a good idea. but as it is now, there isnt room for anything underneath the resevoirs:D the hoses inthere takes up 2 5.25 drive slots -.-
all i really needed was to turn off the fans if posible since all of the antec fans comes with a standard of 3 settings, low, med, high. and dont really give any noise at the low setting:P but a almost passive pc of this size would be neat:D
now... 1200 Watts of cable organizing... took me quite a while lucky the 550W psu is 50% modular:D
ill let the immages talk
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/PA040182.JPG
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/PA040188.JPG
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/PA040193.JPG
dont wory, the back plate has PLENTY of room to fit!
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/PA040195.JPG
have in mind that this system contains:
2*psu´s (550&650)
4*sata drives
1*sata dvd drive
2*200 mm fans
2*140 mm fans
3*120 mm fans
1*remote controller
3*pumps
mobo, gfx & and lights
water loops contains no less than
2*res
3*pumps
4*waterblocks
2*radiators (9*120&1*120)
all in all i think its a pritty big system that almost looks like it isnt hoocked up at all:D
only thing to do know is to do the last hose routing, and connect the on off swithc!
thx man!
got a very big thing done tonight! filled the loop!
and... i f####d up.. the cpu block has a inlet and outlet.. guess what i misplaced?... yeah.. thats right.. got the loop filled and turned on the pump and a wierd sound came from the cpu block..
nothing else to do than to whine about my missery to a few people and then drain the loop, and start over:P luckyli it didnt took to long! so within no time i had the loop up and running again to discover ONE thing
2*18Watts pumps might be a tiny overkill:/
so i just ordered 2 koolance pump controllers, since the pumps are waaaayyy to strong:P
but. here we go with some pics:) theres alot since i just fired away with the cam:D there seems to be alot of dust on the mod lol... have to get on it with some cleaner;P
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/PA060219.JPG
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/PA060220.JPG
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/PA060221.JPG
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/PA060223.JPG
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/PA060225.JPG
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/PA060229.JPG
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/PA060232.JPG
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/PA060236.JPG
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/PA060240.JPG
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/PA070222.JPG
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/PA070225.JPG
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/PA070227.JPG
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/PA070230.JPG
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/PA070231.JPG
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/PA070232.JPG
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/PA070236.JPG
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/PA070237.JPG
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/PA070238.JPG
thats all fokes:D hope you like what you see!
next up is... getting theese pump controllers in place so that the pumps arent trying to create a tsunami or something... and then get all the air out..
and not to forget:D complete the hdd loop!
as it stands right now i can actually just plug it in and start the BEAST up!.. but i want to leak test it for a few hours before i do so;P
have fun lads!
That looks sick with the black fluid in there. Great job. +rep
thx:D im quite satisfied with the koolance myself to! ill recommend it indeed xD
So not only am I jealous of the very slick system and phenomenal build quality but also I'm jealous of the Lego Millenium Falcon under the table. They're hard to find these days at a reasonable price. The black fluid is a stunning effect.
haha:D thanks alot.. and yeah.. its one of a kind:P they released a newer model but its just a cheap knockoff.. all the new models are:D
The black coolant really sets the water cooling off mate. A very good outcome to a fantastic mod. I can't wait to see those pump controllers.
pump controllers are ordred:D should be here the day after tommorow!
this is the punks:
http://www.koolance.com/water-cooling/images/more/pcb-pwm10p_p0.jpg
http://www.koolance.com/water-cooling/product_info.php?products_id=324
and a few extra hoses and some other stuff that i just need to complete this beast:D
Dame that's a nice temp running passive mate.
thx! i got the beast up again this night and am running on it atm!
did some temp tests
NOTICE that theese tests is with one pump running and no hdd cooling yet.
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/dna temp test.JPG
sadly i couldnt get the cpu under 31C :( but the second pump might help on that:P and if i took it down to stock speed it definetly would get it under i think:D
its currently running @ 2.8
imho its some nice temps:D but cant wait to see what they will end up with when all of the boubles is out of the system and with both pumps!
wow...
hehe;P just wait until i get the other 2 pumps running!:D
i dont get it why you did all that work and then just covered it up with that side panel. if i were you i would put a big ole window right there. i dont know if you planned to do that or not but it looks good. +rep.
thx man:) i didnt make a helluva big side window beacuse with my old mod i got tired of being able so see everything. i think its more stylish to have a little side window and that you have to get close to really see whats inside. the light and 2 res´s alone will attrack that attention, so that people would wanna come and have a closer look:) they are gonna think that it looks good on the outside, but if they look through the window, or i take the side panel of they are gonna go "wow" ;P
That is some really good temps, even as passive. Personally I would just keep the fans running at low or medium permanently.
well... its gonna end up like this:
140 and 120 mm fans at top and back are gonna be controlled by remote since they are the noisiest
200 mm fans on raddy are gonna run on low permanently
the 120 mm fan for the hdd radiator is also gonna run permenently to get a little air flow into the case. not much is needed since the passive cooled chipset really is the only beaf.
and with 200 mm fans running along with the other 2 120 mm thats gonna be permenetly (the other is the one in the psu section) the whole thing is as good as silent:P and i love it! just hope that the pump regulators will reduce the noice from the pump... im not that worried about preasure drop since its 2 18Watt´s pumps lol...
only think im not sure of at this moment is how much the xspc bay pump noises... but ill see soon;P
EDIT:
ill have the pump regulators tommorow, and then i will have the change of bleeding the system completely!
also i set some money aside for a new part i am dreaming:yellow: of
well.. i tryid to put black acryllic on the side window, but it didnt look that good... the mesh is giving a better finish:)
did a test run last night. check theese temps out;)
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/max temp test4.JPG
and i got about 52C passive on both cpu and gpu:D
Slick as hell mate. Especially the coolant. Turning out real classy and clean. +rep!
thx man:D
yea i personially love the 2 coolant lots..... very.... unique? is that a good word to describe its awsomeness?
just wait till i get the last coolance into the system:D tommorrow, or the day after that! then semi final pics are up!
That!!!! Is One Of My Favorite Mods. You Have Great Computer There. It's So Simple, Elegant And Great Looking (Sounds Like A Girl Were Talking About lol). Keep Up The Good Work I Might Do The Same With My Mod. Cover Up All The Things (Disk Drives And Things) How Would You Get The BLACK Colored Coolent?
wow, thanks:D
the coolant is "feeser-one" :) easy to find, easy to use:D and works like a charm! its nice as he## and dosnt fry your hardware if leaked
i apriciate all of your comments and you all helped me get through this mod!
i can say its running like a dream! cpu temps is 31C idle atm! and have been all day:D all at low xD probertly beacuse i got the loop drained for air! so now the pumps are running more silent, and effecient:banana::up:
and your gonna get it! not as cool as i hoped though.. the pics dosnt do the loop justice since the water in the res looks AAAWSOME with the light in dark!!!
this is the res with the clear water up to about half. i messed filling the loop and dropped some fluid so i didnt have enough to fill it:( gotta order another L :/ but its only 30$ soooo...
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/PA170252.jpg
and the pump bay thingie
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/PA170254.jpg
with led light
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/PA170258.jpg
black & white!
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/PA170260.jpg
not the sharpest pics.. but it will do:P
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/PA170270.jpg
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/PA170272.jpg
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/PA170277.jpg
i personally like this one
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/PA170279.jpg
and this one
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/PA170280.jpg
erm.. and this one lol
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/PA170282.jpg
okay... i like most of them:
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/PA170287.jpg
the gfx
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/PA170289.jpg
and the res´s again. its hard to get a prober shot with this light source -.-
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/PA170253.jpg
proper shot of the whole loop
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/PA170257.jpg
the pump controllers:
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/PA170260.jpg
and another few eye candy shots
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/PA170262.jpg
a shame that tygon have to put numbers all over their tubes:( it totally destroys the last touch! curse them
the awsomemememe pumps! i turned them down to lowest speed and they are decent quiet... (everyone who has a ddc pump knows the noise they can make at full blow:P)
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/PA170268.jpg
so.. there you had it:) now all thats left to do is fixing the radiator fan cover... i have bend it and such but its just hanging on the side for now. need to paint it, and maybe put some light under the "DnA" logo.
enjoy, and have a nice weekend;P
Those pics look amazing. I wish I could see that in real life because it's gotta look twice as good. +rep
yeah, it really does:P but most mods do:D and thx alot!
Hey pOPe! Just got a chance to check out your puter and awesome job on the wc'ing and cable management! The whole thing looks fantastic! Props & of course +rep
thx for reading:P and the cable manegement was one of the things i just wanted to do perfect! i cant stand comps with cables everywhere:D amazing what you can do with a little patience:twisted:
well... as i turned off the pc yesterday, the last water in the hdd res just went down to the pump, so now there is excactly not enough fluid to make the thing run -.- .. so i have to order another L for like.. only fill up the res lol...
i might order someting else while im at it:D just got my hands on some cash i didnt expected :up:
this little 24" sucker:smoker:
http://www.benq.com/products/LCD/?product=1313
http://www.markpascua.com/wp-content/benq-v2400w-1.jpg
okay! a small update.
the reason that this mod has been on stand by for a while was beacuse the reservoirs leaked:( sadly...
it went so bad that fluid was going in between the plastik and the metal on the top, so had to find new reservoirs... only problem, they had to be 60mm in diamiter to fit in. and such reservoirs is hard to find
asked xspc if they could make costum reservoirs but sadly no.
so only thing to do:
1: make them myself.
2: fizzle around with some premade
i choose nr. 2
took 2 of the 150 ml xspc reservoirs and since they were 70mm in diamiter i had to cut away some. but only so they just fitted into the top whole:
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/Unavngiv23et.JPG
so i went ahead and killed the little buggers!
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/IMG_0063.jpg
dismantle the old ones:( i loved them:( but cant use something that leaks -.- i thought about buyin a pair of new ones, but i just dont think that they can manage the preasure and passive temps, which i want to play a bit with :/
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/IMG_0066.jpg
and here to show the leaky part:
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/IMG_0067.jpg
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/IMG_0070.jpg
and how it fitted (with a little violence with the dremel)
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/IMG_0071.jpg
one down another one to go
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/IMG_0072.jpg
im probertly gonna end up doing a litle cover plater to make a smoother "edge" between the res and the case top
with modyfied top (originally to wide)
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/IMG_0073.jpg
light from the blue bouble light (think this is gonna look cool in the dark:D)
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/IMG_0074.jpg
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/IMG_0077.jpg
note that in theese pics fluid already has been filled in
so how its gonna look compared to the old. a big bigger and not transparrent but... ill survive.
and its alu i know, but i hope to be alright with the amount of anti corrosion fluid thats in lol
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/IMG_0083.jpg
i dont know when ill have the time to do the other one, but for now:
marry christmas and happy new year!
:santa: :santa: :santa: :santa: :santa: :santa:
So.. a small update.
Its been a while but ive had a thing or two between my hands :D (or on my feets should i say…)
Rules are made to be broken lol
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/CIMG0423.jpg
That’s me, with the baby size ski´s
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/CIMG0427.jpg
For some reason this route was closed and called “the murderer” we had to find out why… took us an hour to get to the bottom of the valley xD on normal routes we could run that trip in 5 min.
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/CIMG0625.jpg
Well.. on to the mod!
As you can see I already installed one of the new reservoirs. And I did not have the time to start on the other one since I knew it was going to be a b#tch to install
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/CIMG0945.jpg
Had to take the back plate of again. What a mess:/
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/CIMG0946.jpg
Note the bracket I used to keep the wires in the hole made for them to slip through xD the little whole all the sata cables are going through is the one that’s barely visible on the other side.
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/CIMG0950.jpg
This is the space I have to work with :/
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/CIMG0963.jpg
Now this little thing is going to be hard to get out xD
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/CIMG0969.jpg
“working it”
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/CIMG0980.jpg
And as usual the watergods didn’t thought nice of me, so on of my fittings went mental.. but I don’t belive in gods so on with it
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/CIMG0981.jpg
And a little neat feature I made on the raddy fan cover;)
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/CIMG0984.jpg
And a very very bad pic of how it turned out. I have a few plans on how to make a smooth erm… “melting”? between the res´s and the top. But that’s gonna be later:D
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/CIMG0978.jpg
I have talked with one of my friends about getting some nicer foto´s of the whole case, (he´s a camera geek) so I hope to get some better pics up soon:D
Don’t know how much I will be able to work on the case the next amount of time though… my car just broke and at the same time some sh#t f#ckers decided to break the rear and front window and steal my sound system:( but life goes on:D
Ill cu!
Comments and stuff are as always greatly appreciated!
-p0Pe
a little teaser on the sponsor plate:
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/CIMG1019.jpg
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/CIMG1024.jpg
this is not the final version though
thx man:)
a update, sort of... got tired of the old desk and got myself one from work! you dont belive what they threw out :S
old desk:
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/CIMG1030.jpg
and 5 min after then WRUAM! and the nuclear vacum cleaner had it torn apart!
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/CIMG1031.jpg
starting to asemble the new table. look at the size of that thing :O
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/CIMG1033.jpg
how high it goes,
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/CIMG1036.jpg
how low,
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/CIMG1037.jpg
and with the pc in place! damn there is a lot of room on this sucker xDDD
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/CIMG1044.jpg
that was actually what i had to show lol...
sleep tight:D
I tryid to take a few decent pics of the pc on the desk. On this on it actually looks quite standard except from the side window and the top res´s
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/CIMG1050.jpg
And how it looks with the side panel off. I didn’t like the looks of the psu compartment, neither did I like the harddrive compartment so I decided to see what I could do about it
This was how it looked to start with
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/CIMG1054.jpg
And after I worked a little with a black piece of acrylic
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/CIMG1059.jpg
And gonna make another one for the hdd compartment… just have to dremel it into shape first:D
Like this:
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/CIMG1060.jpg
Sooo… I wanted more light in the case as the single led strip wasn’t enough
Couldn’t find space in the case itself though:( the strips would either be to visible or to invisible!... so I mounted them on the side panel with a 3 pin fan connector so when I have to take the side panel off, I don’t have to cut it all up:P
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/CIMG1066.jpg
Now I just have to get the wire that goes the remote control and find channel 2 on that one ó_ò
Luckily I remembered wich one it was;P sort of
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/CIMG1067.jpg
A soldering station really eases things up lol!
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/CIMG1068.jpg
Weight -.-
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/CIMG1074.jpg
And some bad night shots:( I want to have some really god pictures taken soooo baaad! You cant see jack of the light on these ones:/
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/CIMG1075.jpg
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/CIMG1077.jpg
Okay.. this one sort of does it
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/CIMG1079.jpg
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/CIMG1088.jpg
And some blurry overall pics:)
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/CIMG1056.jpg
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/CIMG1058.jpg
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/CIMG1063.jpg
Enjoy:) comments and questions is as always welcome:D
a little teaser. couldnt resist!
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/CIMG1140s.jpg
and tommorow your in for another suprice;)
lady´s and gentlemens
a few shots since i didnt have time to go trough 150 pics @ 20mb. but better might come;)
i give to you
DnA
ill let the pics speak
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/Computer.JPG
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/Computer_3.JPG
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/Computer_2.JPG
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/Computer_1.JPG
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/Computer_4.JPG
for better quality click the pics;)
hope you like it:D more will come and then ill put this in the chest of finished mods!
best regards /0/
-p0Pe
very nice.. i like it... good on ya mate... very well made
thx:D always nice to hear:)
So fokes. This will be my final update on this mod.
It have taken its time, and had its trouble but I think it came out quite nice! I am already looking forward doing another one, with all I’ve learned on this xD.
Not much to say, so I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves. Beware, there’s going to be a bunch;)
some of the previous pics are showed one more time, but thats just to keep all the finished together:)
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/Computer.JPG
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/Computer_3.JPG
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/Computer_2.JPG
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/Computer_1.JPG
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/Computer_4.JPG
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/IMG_1010.jpg
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/IMG_1001.jpg
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/IMG_1004.jpg
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/IMG_1013.jpg
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/IMG_1021.jpg
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/IMG_1028.jpg
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/IMG_1038.jpg
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/IMG_1040.jpg
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/IMG_1051.jpg
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/IMG_1055.jpg
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/IMG_1058.jpg
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/IMG_1064.jpg
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/IMG_1081.jpg
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/IMG_1103.jpg
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/IMG_1108.jpg
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/IMG_1114.jpg
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/IMG_1120.jpg
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/IMG_1124.jpg
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/IMG_1126.jpg
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/IMG_1129.jpg
http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/IMG_1130.jpg
Thanks to everybody who has watched, commented and helped me with this mod! As usually the world wide web has a lot to offer and so have the people behind it!
and many many thanks to my sponsors!
www.CoolBits.dk
&
www.Matronics.dk
Furthermore would I like to thank Dennis from flex skilte for the help he did in the last hours, and Bo from Skjern Fotoklub
www.flexskilte.dk
www.skjernfotoklub.dk
I herby declare this mod, finished :)
Best regards
-p0Pe
Link To Original Worklog (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15377)
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