Project "Impossible Modding"

[rigormortem]

Let's start a new project!
This is my very first time to keep a detailed worklog in english, so don't blame me if my english is poor...
For this project I've made a lot of research and planned a lot of things to do, let's begin!
The main concept is to DON'T mod the case itself :-]
Shocked?
Let me explain somethig, this project is a challenge between me and Antanio, the creator of this beatiful case called CABE. My main goal is to add a water cooling loop inside the case without modding it in the outside. He told me that nobody was able to do that, and I've decidet to try to fit a water loop inside this little case...
Let the picture talk for me : the victim is a Cabe with smoked plexy top from Modd.it :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05600.JPG

Rear view :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05599.JPG

Lateral drive access :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05601.JPG

The guideline of my project are described above :

- No external modding
No outside rad, no extra holes, nobody have to imagine that the case is water cooled!

- Keeping the original look
The Cabe is made from steel , plexy and black trim so I've decided to mantain the same material and colours for the inside.

- Using a lot of italian water cooling gear
Here in Italy we have some guys that produces wb, so I've decided to use the most "Made in Italy" gear as possibile.

Lots of people in all the italian forums helped me with photos, measure, ideas and a lot patience, tnx guys!
But the biggest thank fly out to my wife AralT3, she is the best to support me!

And now, let's take a closer look to the Cabe to see exactly the amount of free space to play with :-]

[rigormortem]

First of all, the overall dimension are really small, ony 30 cm each side, less than 12 inches...
Taking apart the top, I can see the fantastic mirror finish of the steel, do you agree?

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05603.JPG

As you see, the fans and the motherboard tray are 45° rotated relatively to the base. This means more work to do, but let's take a look to the device tray :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05604.JPG

Even this tray is made from steel, Antanio planned to have the dvd drive accessible from the side of the case, but I need to have it in front, so a little bit of work in this area... As you can see, the two front bay are designed only for short device like fanbus or cardreader. Anyway,, the total number of drive bay is this : 1 floppy , two slot for 3and1/2 device, two for 5and1/2 device , one short 3and1/2 and one short 5and1/4. The other PITA will be the psu, I would like to use my Enermax Liberty but the modular connector don't allow me to use the dvd...

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05605.JPG

Here is the motherboard tray (fully removable with yust two screw) and the control panel with two usb ports, reset and power button, led, and the mini speaker. I need to modify this piece, is too naked for me...

[rigormortem]

Let's begin removing the motherboard tray and taking some pics to see how it's polished :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05607.JPG

Dont'forget those sexy bay cover :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05608.JPG

Starting to remove the device tray to measure the free space for the psu :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05612.JPG

Considering the molex and the ide cable, considering that I want the drive stealth, the free space is about 11.5cm , 4,5 inches. Near to impossible to find a good PSU with this measure... The only psu that I found was a poor 180w, chinese brand, I'm considering to keep my Enermax and changing something for the dvd drive.

[rigormortem]

We will consider the psu issue later, now I want to speak about the fans :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05606.JPG

As you can see the locking mechanism is easy, just a laser cutted steel frame and I'll keep this piece.

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05701.JPG

Here is the temporary fan with the rad, the trick part is to find a method to screw togheter this items :-] Due to the less free space, the rad will be mounted horizontal, but the fan remains at the default inclination , 45°.

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05702.JPG

A little search point me to Bill, at MNPCTech where I found the template for the fan holes, after a few minutes playing with coreldraw I've print two of this to paper and glued to a piece of alluminium.

[rigormortem]

And now the cutting :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05703.JPG

I've made two of this, for two rad :-] Then I marked the spot for the holes :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05705.JPG

I've drilled all with a 4.15mm bit, then screwed together and marked the center for the cup bit :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05710.JPG

And now, a lot of patience, grease and vertical drill...

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Here is the setup:

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05714.JPG

The Alu goes hot really quickly, so I've used this piece of ice, is made with an Ikea mould, they sell this to put the ice on the bottles, but why don'te be creative?

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05715.JPG

Here are the finished pieces, now I have to use a file to smooth all the side :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05718.JPG

Some comments about this work? :-]

[rigormortem]

After about an hour of work, I want to see how they work :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05721.JPG

This fan is not the one that I'll use in the mod, it's just a spare fan :-] :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05723.JPG

I want to use the silicon pad, so I'll mount it to see the effective dimension. But, a little surprise, the holes in the rad are not ready for the screw! I've made the correct hole, M4, and this is the result :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05725.JPG

A bit strange, but is exactly what I have in mind to have !

[rigormortem]

This is the correct position :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05727.JPG

Wow, it fits perfectly! Now let's go on with something different, the paint process of this little part is not so interesting ... Stay tuned for the next update, and please give some comments , but don't blame me for my poor english :-]

[xmastree]

Interesting... that's a cute case, and it's gonna be tight in there.

Welcome aboard!

[Bucko]

Welcome to TBCS!

Nice work there. Your English is fine. In fact it's a lot better than some people here who only speak English!

[jdbnsn]

Welcome Rigormortem! I love those cases, very sleek. Looks like you are going to have fun with this one and we'll enjoy watching you work. Thanks for posting!

[DaJe]

Welcome to TBCS!

Nice work there. Your English is fine. In fact it's a lot better than some people here who only speak English!
Same thing I was thinking. Your English is actually quite wonderful. There are some native speakers here that I have no idea what they're saying sometimes.

[jdbnsn]

There are some native speakers here that I have no idea what they're saying sometimes.

Oh Lord ain't that the truth...

[chaksq]

This should turn out well. It looks like you have a good idea going for the radiator mounting. Keep it up, I bet you will pull this off.

As for the english issue. A lot of people are too lazy to figure out what they are saying. You sound great!

[Cagedconnerman]

that case looks way cool, maybe i missed it but what case is that?

[rigormortem]

Let's do some reply-work, and wait 'till sunday for the update :-] Some WC gear are arriving to my home :-]

@xmastree : you're right, it's so tight! but I love to challenge myself :-]

@Bucko, DaJe : tnx a lot, so you say that my dictionary and Google works well? :-]

@jdbnsn : yes, I'm gonna play some tetris-alike game to fit everithing inside. Tnx to you to partecipate to this poor thread!

@chaksq : I try to turn out well :-]

@Cagedconnerman : the case is a Cabe, from www.modd.it , and will be one of the last model made in steel, the next release will be only in alu :-[

Tnx to all, your support is fantastic, and if sometimes I'll without the necessary words, please suggest me... BTW, tnx a lot...
And now, I'll go to the chrome guy, he's working for me :-]
Stay tuned, more update on week end!

[xmastree]

the case is a Cabe, from www.modd.it
Whoa! Click awards, check out that V8 case! Any good pics of that?

[rigormortem]

Now it's the time to speak about the hard disk cooling method. Lot of Cabe user have reported the hight temperature of the disk, so I've decided to water cool them :-]

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05565.JPG

This wb is called Ma.Er. and is produced by an italian company. The system is pretty easy, two copper bars , two fittings, a piece of tube to connect the two parts and that's all! The funny part is bring the fittings out and the four alu spacers :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05574.JPG

After a quick mail with Lunasio, I've bring out all with the help of a bench vise, the glue that he use is strong! Finally, the result :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05579.JPG

And now, to the chrome guy!

[rigormortem]

A quick shot :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05625.JPG

Now it's time to do some extra work, then polish :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05672.JPG

This is the way that I want the final result, the O-ring is 10mm but is only for estetic...

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05792.JPG

Here you can see the four Ma.Er. coming back from the chrome guy, now I can begin to play!

[rigormortem]

First of all, a quick tapping (is the correct word?) to 1/4 GAS ,

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05798.JPG

Then, 8 tube fittings, O-ring and Loctite 55, here is the partial result :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05799.JPG

Now I have to remount the spacer and the caps :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05800.JPG

Luckily, Lunasio sent me 4 new end caps, mine was damaged by the vise...

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With a n°14 key and some Loctite 55 I've replaced the end caps :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05801.JPG

Here you see the near ready pieces :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05802.JPG

With an hammer I've put the spacer and now I've to measure the tubing to link the two part...

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05803.JPG

It seem so good!

[rigormortem]

Family shot :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05806.JPG

End result :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05807.JPG

From the front :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05808.JPG

The final look is fantastic for me, and for you?

[rigormortem]

Some extra shot :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05809.JPG

Ma.Er without disk

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05810.JPG

Both Ma.Er. , now I'm ready to do a leak test...
Some comments? Questions?

[DaveW]

This is nuts dude, go for it! I don't know how effective that will actually be at cooling the drives but it looks great anyway. +Rep for originality.

-Dave

[rendermandan]

yeah, does most of the head from a hard drive come from the top or sides. I've seen coolers for both.

[DaveW]

There's a larger surface area on the top, and it's closer to the motors and so forth, and as heat rises...well, i'd probably say that the largest percentage of heat will be at the top. But the body of the drive is a solid piece, so if you cool it from the sides, the whole thing will cool down. However, that would rely on the water being passed through being pretty cool, in order to chill the drive a bit.

-Dave

[rigormortem]

You're right, but this is not the only method that I plan to use to cool the drives :-]

[DaveW]

Oh, you got me intrigued now...


-Dave

[chaksq]

Oh, you got me intrigued now...


-Dave

I couldn't say my thoughts better.

[rigormortem]

LOL!
I'll try to don't disappoint you, guys!

Now let's talk about the first ideas for the wc setup ...
I would like to add to the loop this passive dissipator like that :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05594.JPG

I'm in love with this , but I'm in doubt if and where place this item.. This is just a try, remember...
Now I'm working with this :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05644.JPG

It's the setup for the distribution of the fluid in the passive dissipator, but it's too close to the hard disk, sorry for the odd tap, but I've only this one at home :-]

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05668.JPG

This is one more idea to use the dissipator, assuming that the pump position is under the psu, but I'm not convinced...

[rigormortem]

Even speaking to the "test session" here is the setup that I would like to obtain for the GPU wb :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05670.JPG

The inlet and the outlet will be angled, to minimize the space. For the pump, here is what I have in mind to split the flow :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05671.JPG

But everything is in the "benefit pool" in my mind :-]
Let's talk about the B3 connector assembly , here is some of the connector that I've in house now...

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05639.JPG

The O-rings are here only for aesthetic reason, in future I'll need some... more... a lot!

[rigormortem]

The wb that I've choosen is this B3, bacause is chromed and I like the look, and even bacause a lot of friend told me that Oclabs do a good job and I want to give it a try :-]

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05734.JPG

For the assembly , as usual, I've used some Loctite 55, it's a quick way to seal and the cost is ridicule!
Just to familiarize withi this product, I0ve started with the B3 connector, angled connector, but in future I'll see if the straight connector will work better...

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05735.JPG

The Loctite use is really easy, just cut a piece, roll up to the connector and screw :-]
A friend of mine, professional plumber, use only this, even in air tubing, with a 4 bar pressure .
Now I need to translate a little bit more my worklog, it's not easy for me, but if I can , tomorrow you'll have more things to read :-]

[NocturnaL]

Wow thats a very odd case design, but i like it. And the water cooling is definately a bit more strange then most I've seen, looks good so far man. Keep it up.

[rigormortem]

It's just for test, the final result will be so different!
Now that I have the wb connector in place, I want to see it on motherboard!
First, bring out the plastic frame , then two M4x40 screw, inox , obviously.

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05751.JPG

Not so bad, not so good... I can do it better, beginning with the polish work on the OCLabs clip, that is really strong! Important info : the center hole is threaded M5 (correct word? I hope so...)
I've planned to insulate the screw with this hard plastic rounders :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05752.JPG

Tapping to M4 :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05753.JPG

One rounder under the mb, one to the top, now how can I proceed?

[rigormortem]

Here is the screw with his spacers installed :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05754.JPG

But I don't like to see the bare screw... Let's take a toru to my junk drawers searching for something... Here is the reasult :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05755.JPG

I like it, but I found even this two piece :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05756.JPG

Even chroming the brass piece, I don't like the final look... The first solution is ok for me, and for you?

[rigormortem]

I've decided to add a little "cabe look" using this gummy rings, they are originally panel led holder. The last adding is ... mmm, google don't help me... what is the correct word for the top fixing ?

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05760.JPG

BTW, I love the final look! Now I've to work to the main screw that control the force applied to the wb...
The original screw look so odd, so I've decided to use this :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05764.JPG

Hex head screw ,inox , M5x50 , a led holder, a pipe from an old SMA connector and a SAT cable connector, from my fabulous drawers :-] After playing with some configuration, the final result is this :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05772.JPG

I like the final look, and you? Now that the wb is in place, I can cut the tubing in exact lenght, the Tygon is really expensive and I don't want to waste it...

[rigormortem]

Family shot :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05768.JPG

The next work to do is some filling work with the Ma.Er. connector, the nipples for the pump and all the connectors for the vid card wb...

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05684.JPG

Now, to the chrome guy, 5 euros and a week to wait... I hate to wait...
Now, it's all, asap I'll do more! Stay tuned!

[rigormortem]

Talking about the pump, here is an idea for the placement:

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05747.JPG

Nipples, T and compression fittings :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05748.JPG

It fits, but I have really less space to work... But if I change somethings...

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05749.JPG

In this way is better, but, repeat, it's only a test!

[rigormortem]

Other idea :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05778.JPG

I don't like this placing , but this allow me to have the reservoir and the pump without talking the most important fact : the radiator is really near! I hope to place finally everything here, but I need to modify the reservoir!

[rigormortem]

But the most important thing is the hardware placing, to be sure to have some free space , here a pics of the motherboard tray :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05773.JPG

Talking about the screw to fix the mb in place, I've chose to use this screws :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05774.JPG

They are bigger than usual, but I love this!

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05775.JPG

This is the critical point, but it fits well! And now I can begin the hardware mounting!

[rigormortem]

The fans that I've oredered a lots of time ago are arrived! I've choosen the Enermax UC-8AEBS , really interesting, magnetic motion, easy detaching of the fan blade and trimmer to regolate the speed...

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05825.JPG

Tnx to all the people at www.officinainformatica.it to found there delicious fans!
After a few works, here is the result :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05827.JPG

As you can see, I've used other led grommets as anti vibration between the fans and the rad :-]
More upload have to come, I'm always too late in translation works...

[rigormortem]

Now it's the time for the usb port :-]

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05616.JPG

Take out the cover and working to the fixing method, I've used this spacer, they are threaded M3 , so for the Cabe side they are ok:

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05626.JPG

But fot the screw side are too small, so I've decided to tapping one side to M4 :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05627.JPG

Only one side, remember...

[rigormortem]

Here are the ready spacer :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05632.JPG

Searching for something to cover the cable mess I've found this :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05677.JPG

A bit expensive, 12.40 euros, but it fits well...

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05680.JPG

Marked the holes, then drilled with a 4.2mm bit.

[rigormortem]

Here is the first fitting :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05681.JPG

Now I need to find something to cover the sides...

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05692.JPG

The grill will be ok for the testing pourpose, let's bend :-]

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05694.JPG

Fot the bottom I've used some alu bars to help me to obtain the correct bend...

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Slowly it comes up....

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05695.JPG

I need to work more with this piece, but this is only a test piece...
SLeeving the cables :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05906.JPG

I've used this, it's a MicroDip tube from Gardena, you csn find it in near every gardening store, the pirce is really low, 6 euros for 15 meters, ID 4mm and OD 6 mm.

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05687.JPG

The final 5 cm are without tube to allow me to do a lot of test and bending.

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Now all the cables are sleeved, it's time to cure the side of the grill with the irrigation tubing :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05699.JPG

For the first try it's not too bad, mounting in place :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05728.JPG

Side view :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05729.JPG

I like it, but now it's time to stop joking , it's time to made the final release!

[rigormortem]

I was searching for a piece of smoked plexy, and I came across this :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05952.JPG

The cover of an old Corsair Hydrocool :-]

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05953.JPG

Marking the cut and cutting with the diamond cutter from Dremel, it's not cheaper, but cut the plexy like an hot knife in the butter!

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05966.JPG

First piece ready.

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Second piece is held in place with a strip of double sided tape :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05968.JPG

Comments? Questions?

[rigormortem]

Now that the mb is near ready, the rads are ok and the usb cover is ok, test fitting!
If anything goes ok, I'm the first in the world to reach this result...

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05828.JPG

WOW! It Fit perfetly!

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05830.JPG

Rad, B3 and video card... And now, more USB madness!

[rigormortem]

My idea was to place a cheapo pci 4 port usb card, but I have only free space for a single pci card...
I must choose between 4 usb or my lovely Pinnacle PCTVSAT... I've choosen Pinnacle...
But I need more USB plug, so , moddin a cheap usb hub :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05426.JPG

Here is the hub, without his original plastic skin, I've mapped all the joints to do, then I've begun to dissasemble all the plug, except the mini one :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05781.JPG

All without ports... As you can see , it's possible to power up this little boy with an external +5v source, lovely!
Now I need more space to play with :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05786.JPG

I've used some strip pin (right term?) , they cost near 1.50 euro for 20 piece.
Don't blame me for the cords color, at home I have only this :-]

[rigormortem]

The sacrifical victim :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05780.JPG

An old DIN keyboard "vampire" to hook up an old webcam... But the necessary plug si present, I need this :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05789.JPG

Here is the necessary cable, a male white molex with all the pins, and a new uv green molex tha I want to use:

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05790.JPG

With this tool (I don't know the name in english, can someone help me?) I've secured the cable to the molex then I used a lot of heat shrink tubing to insulate all...
Now I need to build the box for the hub.

[rigormortem]

The only free space that I have is the floppy drive bay, here are the necessary items :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05854.JPG

I use only he bare chassis of the floppy to have an idea of the whole space, then I used an old memory card reader :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05856.JPG

Ok, it fit, now the 4 port...

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05863.JPG

My idea is to place the usb port here, at 45° degrees. Strange, I know, but keep in mind that on the top I have the psu, at the same degrees, and even the motherboard is slanted in the same way...
Not that I have some measure, let's build all in alu!
Stay tuned!

[rigormortem]

Firt, I must say a big tnx to Redemptor, owner of the Project Stardust (http://www.italiamodding.it/site/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=340&forum=4), that made this big transaltion for me...

Now that the motherboard, the radiators and the usb port cover are ready, has come the time to see if my measures were right. If something has gone wrong I’ve just lost moneys, a bet with a friend and more than all I’ve made a bad figure with you all.

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05828.JPG

Oh yeaaaaahhh!! Everything fits in correctly!!!

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05830.JPG

Closeup of the radiator, B3 and the videocard.
And now let’s spend some other time on the usb port.

[rigormortem]

Now that the volume tests have been done it’s time to make everything in aluminium.

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05877.JPG

After some cuts and biadesive ribbon, here’s the box where will go the 4 usb ports and the memories reader.
Yes, biadesive ribbon…
I use it a lot for my projects when I’m in testing phase. I think that it’s really useful to hold in place all the pieces to be drilled, to take measures and evaluate spaces without the needing of glues that take a lot of time to solidify, and more than all it can be removed in really few time.
Usually I use the classic biadesive for moquettes, the roll that I’ve is of 50 meters and costs about 4 euros, and in four years that I’ve been using it I still havent’ reached its half length.
But let’s proceed talking about its shape. How you’ve seen it’s longer than a normal floppy reader, and has a final part with an L shape. This has been made to simplify the exit of the cables and more than all to don’t hide the bottom of the case that is mirrored and really beautiful to be seen…

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05880.JPG

Here is how it should look after some cuts and sanding, it starts taking shape and now it’s time to cut the cover….

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05887.JPG

The cut has been made obviously with the Dremel, and the cover frames with all the other L profiles in the base… Everything fits millimetrically…

[chaksq]

Wow looking like you can win this bet. I haven't looked at this in a while and I must say I am throughly impressed.

[rigormortem]

I suppose that I have already win this bet, the major issue was the rad placement and the free space from the the rad to the vid card :-]
Not it's time to mod more the usb ports, then the wc setup need to be done!

[b4i7]

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05790.JPG

With this tool (I don't know the name in english, can someone help me?) I've secured the cable to the molex then I used a lot of heat shrink tubing to insulate all...
Now I need to build the box for the hub.

the english name for this tool is a "wire crimper/ stripper"




your project is looking very nice!

[rigormortem]

Tnx a lot for the comments and for the translation!

First fitting test:

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05888.JPG

There are still a lot of things to do, but this is what i had in mind…
First modify: the usb ports support must be cutted to permict the memory reader’s cable pass through:

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05889.JPG

The cable seems to be straight, but it’s an illusion! Here’s the trick:

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05890.JPG

On the cable there’s the anti-disturb ferrite cylinder, so I hide it under the L profile of the usb ports, and it fits in nicely…

[rigormortem]

Now it’s time for polishing, i already know that i won’t obtain a perfect result but never surrender:

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05895.JPG

How you can see there’s difference of reflection, on the left there’s the steel piece of the Cabe, on the right there’s my polished aluminium piece, not that orrible but not comparable to the original piece of the Cabe. I will decide if to leave it as it is, or cover it with some mirror DC-Fix vinyl.

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05897.JPG

After cutting the leaning out pieces of the usb ports’ bracket, I’ve mounted all and it’s like I wished it!

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05904.JPG

Comments?

[Eclecticos]

Amazing! Real Clean Work. Attention to Detail +Rep

Did you buy that Passive Dissipater or make it? Interesting!i!

[rigormortem]

I buy the passive rad, but I wish i have some space for a lathe or for a mill...
But here the free space is equal to zero... or less...
Tnx for the comments, they are the fuel for my mod!

Let’s give a look to a nice thing that Roby has given to me to be tested…

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05956.JPG

Leds…
High Intensity…
3mm Height…
White…
Osram Brand…
On biadesive ribbon 3M…
COOOOL!!!

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05959.JPG

I’d say that their effect is marvellous…

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05961.JPG

Here’s where I’d like to place them, but there are still a couple of things to be revisited…
These are the white light model, 5 leds every 10 cm, but alimented at 24v.
There are also the ones with more space from led to led, till the model that has 1 led every 10 cm, they’re divisible in strips with the only use of a scissor, but there’s something cooler…
There are also models alimented at 12v, and there’s also the RGB version, that can change colour by choosing from an infinite palette, and this model can be piloted through USB, so my USB port that actually is not in use should be used for that aim.
Actually I still dunno the right price, but I should know something soon.
Any comments?

[Tech-Daddy]

Amazing!

I have *GOT* to know where you got that LED ribbon!

Loving the log, keep up the great work!

[rigormortem]

ASAP I'll know where to buy this leds I'll tell you , and if I can I'll send you some , ok? :-]

Tnx for the log, it's not easy to keep the log in two language... :-]

Here’s another add to my project:

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05974.JPG

A K5 Keops to liquid cool also the mobo chipset… Obviously it’s Italian! But copper in this project doesn’t seems to fit well, so I’ll take it into pieces:

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05977.JPG
The staff that you can see is made of stainless steel, but the screw holes are for screw at maximum M3, so I will have to modify them…
And now obviously to the chrome workshop!

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06008.JPG

Oh yeah, now I like it, and more than all I like the fact that it has been made for free!

[rigormortem]

The fittings are still missing!

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06009.JPG

For the moment I’ll place the 90° ones also there… Another picture:

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06011.JPG

The base hasn’t been sand finished before chroming, and luckily there’s no sign of the production machinery. Great!

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06012.JPG

Here’s how it should be placed, but now I’ll take apart the mobo and mount the waterblock on it, so I could finally cut the pipe to make the first tests!

[rigormortem]

Before everything i want to make some test to take confidence with the compression fittings, the corner ones and the straight ones just arrived thanks to Picio:

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05847.JPG

For the corner fittings there has been no problem, instead the straight ones are just a bit harder to be inserted, and I want to see if they sign the pipe:

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05849.JPG

As I could imagine they signed the pipe! After some meditation, like preparing some plexy washer to obtain a certain thickness, I opted to use some O-rings that luckily I had in big quantity…

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05852.JPG

I hope you can see it… Now the pipe won’t be signed and let’s see if there will be some liquid loss…

[Drew]

Looking amazing, fair play for getting all that lot in!

+rep for that man :up:

[rigormortem]

Now I'm in need of an explication...
Can you tell me what does means "+rep" Drew? I'm italian, and my english slang is equal to zero...
Tnx in advance, I see that some use this expression, but I can't understand...
:-( Am I too noob?

Now i want to spend again some time on the air-trap that needs to be shortened up a bit. I still dunno where I will place it, but I know for sure that I don’t like the holders on the side.

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05836.JPG
Diamond cutting disk and here we cut…

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05839.JPG

Now let’s polish it with 1200 sandpaper with water and soap on the sides to smooth them…

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05840.JPG

It’s obvious that it need some more polishing, or not? Big quantity of Iosso, old shorts made of sponge and a lot of sweat…

[rigormortem]

After 15 minutes here’s the result:

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05844.JPG

Quite good, and now let’s see some possible position tests:

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05846.JPG

Here it should be nice, also if I have to think if and where to place a tap for the draining of the tubing…

[.Maleficus.]

+rep means he is adding to your reputation. See the green box you have, and how everyone has green boxes? That shows your reputation. The more boxes the higher your reputation, and Drew liked your work on the case, so he clicked the black icon at the bottom of your post, and added points to your rep.

This thing is coming along great man, keep it up! This thing is going to be killer when you're done. In fact, you get a +rep from me too.

[rigormortem]

Tnx a lot, .Maleficus. , it's the first time that I see this "rating" method, and I think it's really useful!
Tnx even for your comment, I'm very happy that some other modders like my little project, stay tuned for more pics, today the dvd drives finally are arrived!

[Tech-Daddy]

ASAP I'll know where to buy this leds I'll tell you , and if I can I'll send you some , ok? :-]

I have *finally* located some suppliers of that type of LED application!

I'm actually trading email with several manufacturers in China, as well as sourcing locally in the USA!

Thanks to you for showing that sweet piece of technology! I am looking forward to getting my hands on some of that stuff!

:banana: :banana: :banana:

[rigormortem]

You're faster than the light!
I'm glad to show you something new :-]

Finally i've decided where i'm gonna place the pump and reservoir:

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05955.JPG

And here i'm testing to see if the pump works well:

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05963.JPG

Great, it works!

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06054.JPG

To fix the pump to the mobo tray i'm gonna use this material that is kinda of velcro but with better holding qualities. It also reduces vibrations and a simplier removal of the pump in case of manutention.

[rigormortem]

Let's go back to the usb ports...
It's time to prepare some cables that will carry the signal from the motherboard usb to the box i'm gonna make...

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05905.JPG

This is an old rack connector that has been sleeved, this is my wiring idea:

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05907.JPG

Obviously i havent straight pin strip, but i will buy them today... Here's how i think to hold the cables of the 4 usb ports that go from the mobo to the box:

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05908.JPG

Nothing else than O-rings and pipes... Obviously black as all the other plastic components of the Cabe... And then will come the boring part... mapping all the cables...

[rigormortem]

I didn't like that much the idea of the memory reader in that position, so i've decided to leave it away from there... So now i've to place there the usb-hub instead of it, but there are some modifies to be done too...

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05985.JPG

In the meanwhile i've bought some pin-strip with a double lenght than the traditional, and by compriming them i've obtained a strip with standard lenght from a side and on the opposite a longer one, thing that will make ironing simplier...

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05989.JPG

Then i've ironed all the pin-strip to the wires that come from the mobo by signing with a bend the red pin of all the connectors.

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05992.JPG

And i've made the same thing with the internal usb-hub, and this is the wiring i'm thinking about...
Four usb on the mobo, ok?
Two will be placed on the fron ports, onw to the internal usb-hub and one free.
The four internal usb-hub ports will link the four ports of the ali.
The one that will remain free may be will be used for a bluetooth-key, but it's still all to be decided...

[rigormortem]

Let's test if everything still works:

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06019.JPG

Everything has gone well, now i will isolate it:

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06020.JPG

Strip of adesive neoprene 15mm thick ( i think i won't risk shortcircuits :-] )

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06023.JPG

And here is where it will be placed. It's more logical than having the usb-hub external...
But the ferrite dongle on the connector is boring me...

[rigormortem]

Let's take apart the ferrite...
After cutting the plastic here it is the ferrite:

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06025.JPG

Light shot with an hammer:

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06026.JPG

And now the cable is free, but i've to change the screws to the 4 ports because they touch a bit...

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06028.JPG

And here we go...

[rigormortem]

Mmm, let's see...

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06030.JPG

I'd say perfect!

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06031.JPG

Note the reflection of the stainless steel ... btw now everything is ok and i just have to prolong it under the mobo to the rear..

[rigormortem]

Let's work on this piece...

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06033.JPG

For first thing i've signed on a paper tape the shape that the piece will have, it will be placed between the base and the front of the Cabe. One side will be on the motherboard rack, and the other on the extractible rack of the periferics.

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06036.JPG

I hope you've understood thanks to the picture... Btw after cutting the piece that i've designed before with the pencil, with a diamond disk, i've reduced the lenght like you can see here:

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06038.JPG

Now it's time to make the hole for the female Usb...

[rigormortem]

Here it is where the usb port will be placed:

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06040.JPG

After a bit of work with the driller and a thin file here's the partial result:

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06044.JPG

And now i'm gonna finish it to the perfection and polish all the borders, here's the result:

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06045.JPG

For now it's all... Next we will see something different...

[Bucko]

Looking very good so far. It will be nice to see when finished.

+rep from me too!

[rigormortem]

I'm in love with this "+rep :-]
Tnx to all, guys, asap I'll post 4 videos!

[rigormortem]

Now let's take a closer look to the wc setup :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06046.JPG

At this time, the vid card will be this X550, pull out the original heat spreader and pull in the waterblock :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06048.JPG

Sorry, shaked picture...

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06050.JPG

But... A little trouble with the K5, it touch on the capacitor...
Solutions?

[rigormortem]

Belt sanding the angle :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06051.JPG

Now, let's go on :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06056.JPG

This is the free space between the vid card and the sat card...
Now let's go with the tubing!!!

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC05804.JPG

Tygon R3400, 8mm ID , 5 meters, and some stainless stell springs. I've buy Tygon in France at 5.75 euro/meter , here in Italy cost near 15 euros at meter...

[rigormortem]

Little by little , everything goes in his place...
Tygon isn't easy to fit, but I've found a method :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06064.JPG

First I place the connector, leave in place for 15 seconds, then I put the tube on his connector. It works really well!

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06062.JPG

Here you have a quick shot of the delirium area : wb, chipset, rad, too much items...

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06063.JPG

Here is the near-final shot, it's missing only the link to the hard disk, but I'll do later... Now I have to pull out everything from the motherboard and test all to the bech.

[rigormortem]

Before unmounting all, I nedd to testfit the usb cable :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06079.JPG

And now I place even the button cable I don't want to discover some trouble here :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06080.JPG

Ok, mockup perfect!

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06081.JPG

Final shot, now let's take apart all and place all the water loop to the table!

[rigormortem]

Here we are... I'm really happy to finally test the wc loop!

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06082.JPG

As I told you, here is the video (italian speaking):

Filling process http://frame.revver.com/frame/170x128/266475.jpg (http://one.revver.com/watch/266475/affiliate/87701)

And here I try to pull out all the air :
shake the rad!http://frame.revver.com/frame/170x128/266906.jpg (http://one.revver.com/watch/266906/)

Other videos on next post!

[rigormortem]

Quick vidz about the pump in action

pumpshttp://frame.revver.com/frame/120x90/266501.jpg (http://one.revver.com/watch/266501/)

And the final vid, with the fans and the pump in action

fans whisperhttp://frame.revver.com/frame/120x90/266459.jpg (http://one.revver.com/watch/266459/)

Comments?

[rigormortem]

Pain...
After 1 hour of testing I've noticed that the wood was wet....And even the waterblock!

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06093.JPG

S**it! After switching off and unscrewing the connector I realized that I've used less Loctite 55 that the necessaty...
More Loctite, and remount all ...

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06095.JPG

I've got even some trouble with the K5, but this time I'm stupid... I've forgot to put the Loctite... Tnx God for the test session!

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06098.JPG

Little air bubbles are flowing around, but now we have to work on the real flow of the pump. I need to verify some things...

[rigormortem]

Now the pump goes with this water turbolence :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06099.JPG

Not so bad, but I'm not satisfied... I try to change the psu with the Enermax Liberty :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06103.JPG

With the multimeter aid I've checked the +12 rails output, it's 12.08, now let's see the flow :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06106.JPG

Yes! Increased!

[rigormortem]

In real condition the pump si sitting in highter position relatively to the air trap/tank, so I've tried to raise the rad and lower the tank in this way :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06108.JPG

And now let's take a look at the water flow :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06110.JPG

For me it's ok, consider that from the K5 to the pump I've placed 1.5 meter of tubing to simulate the two missing hard disk dissipator...
And for you how is the water flow?

[rigormortem]

Now that the wc loop is ok, I want to fix the wb screws better...Lest's start with smoked plexy :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06111.JPG

I draw 10 squares 1cmx1cm then I cut all with the diamond disk from Dremel:

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06112.JPG

Making a hole and tap to M4 :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06114.JPG

Boring....

[rigormortem]

Then I screw all :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06115.JPG

And now, vertical drill, abrasive of 60 grit and go!

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06118.JPG

I've used a lot of paper... Before the final shot, a little polish with Iosso :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06119.JPG

Two pieces are oval, but the other 8 are ok!

[rigormortem]

The final placement :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06121.JPG

Ok, a washer go down to the tray side, one on the top and the screw is fastened! Perfect for me!
Now I need to do the same work for the chipset screw, and che gpu screws, but tapped M3 :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06125.JPG

Ok, now the muonting phase :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06130.JPG

Shaked picture... Sorry... The bit PITA was the mess of capacitors and small smd components around the chipset, I filed down near all the washers, but now they fit perfectly!

[rigormortem]

This is the final look of the wb setup :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06132.JPG

Sat cable connectors and black tubing. Tnx to _eEnmaSs_ to suggest me this solution.
If you take a closer look, you'll see that all the holes on the mb near the cpu are closed with four screws, I can't resist to use that!

[rigormortem]

Let's go back to the hard disk ...
As someone have supposed, I don't stop to only liquid cooling...
Now take a look to what is arrived to my home today :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06014.JPG

A big amount of old p2 dissipator :-]

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06015.JPG

Only 113 pieces, big amount, little price : 27 euros shipping included, less than 24ct each one!
But I need to say a big tnx to Tursas with his HedgeBox project fot the inspiration!

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06135.JPG

I was thinking to use 3 of this and to fix with two sided thermal tape.
Mmm, I wil try to use the Chomerics Thermattach® T411, or do you suggest the 412 model?

[b4i7]

only problem i see is the little hole in the top that you arent supposed to cover on the hard drive...

if you do itll cause it to burn up

[FrooP]

then he just drill a hole in the cooler ;)

[The boy 4rm oz]

Holy crap that's a lot of heatsinks!

[alphastryk]

holy heatsinks batman! ;D +rep

looking good... i wish I had a bunch of random heatsinks...

[rigormortem]

If you search on ebay, you can find a mess of heatsink, and even a big amount for cheap! Anyway, tnx b4i7 to point me to the hole to do in the heatsink, I've forgot to mark the right position , now I've done!
Tnx a lot!

[alphastryk]

If you search on ebay, you can find a mess of heatsink, and even a big amount for cheap!

o rly?... *searches ebay* thanks!

{/thread hijack}

[rigormortem]

Or in this way is better?

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06148.JPG

I don't know what solution I'll use, but the dissipator is 4mm highter ...

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06150.JPG

A quick belt sanding with an unusable dissipator :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06151.JPG

Ok, the dimension is correct, now let's work on the other :-]

[rigormortem]

After a lot of waiting, the crucial pieces of this mod are arrived :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06169.JPG

Now I have a little trouble, I need an adaptor! Let's take a look at this comparision :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06173.JPG

Some centimeter less in width :-]

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06176.JPG

This is the ideal position, but now I need to cut a little bit the hard disk cage...

[rigormortem]

After a quick pass with Dremel and 409 disk here is the lightened cage :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06184.JPG

As you can see, I've also cutted one of the flip from the 5,25 hole, I want to take out easy the hard disk tray!

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06186.JPG

A little test to see if everythings fit, I suppose that this will work....
But from the front?

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06188.JPG

Ok, and now let's go with the rear side...

[rigormortem]

Here is the free space that I have :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06189.JPG

Mmm, this is really tight fit, and I need to mount even the adaptor, the ide cable and the power cable...

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06192.JPG

Finally even the adaptor are arrived, they cost a lot! Drive with adapter mounted :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06197.JPG

Mmm, s*it... I must change the power plug!

[rigormortem]

Final test :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06200.JPG

All the cable are in place, now let's do the final mockup with the two drives :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06203.JPG

After changing place to a connector, everything is ok, but I have less space thet I've imaginated... But now I have a big PITA....

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06205.JPG

The optical drives are only MASTER , no chanche to configure as slave...
So I need to use two ide channel, and I don't want to set the tow optical device as master and the two hard disk as slave. I must change my hard disk, searching for a SATA drives.

[The boy 4rm oz]

That looks a bit messy. Hope you get it to work.

[rigormortem]

I hope so!
Now I must wait to gain some money to change the hard disk...
In the meantime I've decided to change some little items in psu :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06219.JPG

I want to change the original fan with a chromed fan... But , I want to make a little test, let's take a look on how to bring out the VDE and the switch :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06220.JPG

Looking to the internal cable :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06221.JPG

I need to to do a little soldering/desoldering work, let's start!

[rigormortem]

My idea is to create some prolongue between VDE and the switch, so I can put in place everything without soldering...

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06222.JPG

I've choose to use the faston connector :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06224.JPG

Here is the first faston on place, now let's go with the other pieces :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06227.JPG

Here is the first piece, between VDE and switch, now I have to do the other end of VDE.

[rigormortem]

Here is the final (blur) pics :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06229.JPG

Now I can extract the VDE and the switch without solder or desolder anytrhing...
But the next step is to chrome the psu chassis...
:-)

[The boy 4rm oz]

Cool, I just did a simalar thing to my PSU. But with mine I just needed to remove the switch intirely.

[rigormortem]

Can you tell me why?
I'm so curious....

[rigormortem]

It's the time to show some new hardware that I want to use :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06311.JPG

Four slim optical drives to test, tnx a lot to gattonero that was so kind to send me all for free!o!

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06312.JPG

Two stick of ram from Corsair, model XMS2-6400 1024mb 800Mhz, timing 4-4-4-12 , I soppose I'll have some trouble to fit all inside, the modules are so hight that will touch on the rad, but I hope to find some solutions...

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06314.JPG

Videocard MSI NX8500GT with 256 mb ram, not so bad, al least better than my X550 :-)

[rigormortem]

More little items :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06316.JPG

Two pieces of Thermattach T411 from www.Microcool.it, I'll use to join the passive P2 heat spreader to the hard disk. This tape consists of a high bond strength pressure-sensitive adhesive with an expanded aluminum mesh carrier layer. The mesh carrier allows the tape to conform to curved surfaces of plastic molded IC packages, continued providing a high adhesive strength attachment for heat sinks. The high per-formance silicone PSA allows adhesion to silicone-contaminated plastics and other low energy surfaces.

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06317.JPG

This is the board that I'm in love with! DFI Infinity P965 Dark, a real good looking board! This board is bigger than my old one, so I need to change the pump position. Finally, I must change my plans for the optical drive because I have only one ide connector...

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/protouvfront1.jpg

Now I'm planning to move the pump near the reservoir, but I neet this new top from OCLabs.This pics it to show the difference between my top and the new one, it's smaller and this will give me the chanche to try some different place...

[rigormortem]

Last items :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/idetosata.jpg

Ide to SATA converter directly from Hong Kong, I'll use for one optical drive. Or I hope so :-)

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06318.JPG

New keyboard, Aurora from Enermax! I'm really happy with this item, and I'm planning to mod even the keyboard! A little feature that is really important to me :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06319.JPG

Usb, with tho usb replicator, but with mic and headphone plug, I hate to see a lot of cables on my desk, so this feature will help me to keep the desk clean.
Now, what do you say for my new hardware?
:-)

[rigormortem]

Here is the bare psu on my desk :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06231.JPG

Now I need to change the original fan with a chromed one , but the original connector is smaller than the one that I have...

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06232.JPG

Quick solutino : cut the receptacle that is on board :-)

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06236.JPG

In the meantime I've pulled out the four blue led on the fan, and I suppose to don't put any light inside the PSU... And now, what more? Exchange the grill!

[rigormortem]

But, first of all, let's cover the Sunbeam logo with some adhesive mirror :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06238.JPG

Here is the completed fan, and now, a little news :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06253.JPG

The chromed PSU chassis :-)
It's not perfect, but it's the best that the chrome guys can do...

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06254.JPG

Rear view, not so bad... And 20 more euros to the chrome guys...

[rigormortem]

Re.assebling the psu, and changing the grill with a stainless steel one :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06259.JPG

The fan is mounted with hex head screws, like all the the other little items in this case :-)

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06263.JPG

PSU in place, i have to say that's ok for me, but it's not true... I would like to have a real mirror psu, but this is the best that I can obtain, but now I'm planning some solution to cover all...

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06265.JPG

Complete view, comments?

[rigormortem]

no comments at all?
:-(

One little more chromed item :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06267.JPG

Motherboard spacer, chromed :-]
I know, near useless, but I love to see the chrome under the motherboard tray, I hate to see the yellow of the spacer protunding...
ASAP more up, sorry for the upload delay, but the real life, and the real work , is killing me...

[AMD_TaT3rs]

i cant wait to see it all assembled. i hope you can get all those little problems figured out. but it looks sweet.

[Sakker]

Wow, just wow. This looks really good so far. I just went through the entire thread, and am really impressed by all the work you have put into a bet :P I've been trying to find out more about the Cabe Case, but cannot find anything in english :P

[The boy 4rm oz]

Those spacers look great.

[dgrmkrp]

Very very neat design :) The original case is beautiful and the way you made it better is also amazing. Keep up the original work and rest assured once you finish up the case, comments will appear (tons and tons of pages ;) ). For the PSU to look better, if you didn't do it before, a paint stripping and a nice several hour sanding and cleaning the metal will make for a better support for the chrome.. I bet you can make it look just the way you wanted, of course, with a bit more time and euros ;)
Good luck!

[Remy]

Great Job on this project thus far. I agree with you on the PSU, it definitely needs to be shiny like the rest of the chrome.

+rep 4 you. Can't wait to see it finished

Jeremy

[|NQ|Squelsh]

Yeah! Cool project. The aim to not modify the exterior is something outstanding.
+rep for the great job so far! Must be quite hard to work with such a little room in the case...

[rigormortem]

Tnx a lot , boys!
The rep is important for me, I'm a newbie on this forum , so, belive in me, it's really important for my ego :-)
For the PSU, I've found a solution, now I've ordered some sheet of copper to cover the psu, then I'll chrome the copper. I've tried to clean at my best the psu, then I give it to the crome guys that have cleaned well, but the result is really poor... So I've decided to cheat with the copper sheet ...
The Cabe is an Italian product and design, the mand that produce this (for me ) beatiful case don't have the necessary money to produce a lot of this and to export overseas, but now, with the new release (that will be ready in semptember) I hope he can export this beautiful piece of hardware. Now he's going to produce a cnc for modders, at 400/450 euros maximum. I hope he can do that, a little cnc Dremel-based will be a good new tool in my lab :-)

Some shopping from my favourite shop :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06279.JPG

Scrap alu pieces, 10 euros all the pieces :-)
Now it's the time to take some measure for the optical drive box :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06281.JPG

Now I have all the measure, it's time to cut!First piece :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06284.JPG

Not so bad, now I have to do the other pieces...

[rigormortem]

This is how I want to secure the box :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06287.JPG

3M Dual Lock, I love it!

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06288.JPG

This is the side, you can see the two red stripes, they are the protection for the double sided tape that I use, it'an other 3m products, it cost a lot, near 6 euros for 2 meters..

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06290.JPG

A little question...
Nobody is wandering why the relative position of the two drives is so important? It's to fix in place the original bay cover!

[rigormortem]

First of all, 3 U-shaped pieces of alu, 8mm each side:

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06298.JPG

Some holes, tapped to M4 only from one side...

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06302.JPG

The other side, more holes, but this time tapped M3 like the original screw of the bay cover. One last work is missing, the polishing!

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06303.JPG

It's not good, but I can polish more in future, this part will be recessed, so I don't care a lot now...

[rigormortem]

Let's go on to the box :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06306.JPG

the lower angle are in alu, 3cm each side, the top ones are 2cm, the overall height will be 5 cm and 2 mm, for the base and the top..

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06308.JPG

The top... I've managed to obtain a quick opening method, so I've used normal M4 stainless steel screws :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06310.JPG

Not so bad, now I have to polish it, but will be the work for next modding session!

[b4i7]

i really like the amount of fab work you are doing with this case....past the point of just tryin to do that impossible watercooling set up.... you are an inspiration

[rigormortem]

Yes, b4i7, now the bet for me is to make a clean looking case, the fab work is the major time consuming task, but if I'm an inspiration for someone, the time is nothing :-)

[Crazy Buddhist]

... if I'm an inspiration for someone, the time is nothing :-)

They say Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration ... you definitely have the inspiration ... and from the amount of work you are doing I'd say you just scored Genius :D +rep ... amazing build .. can't wait to see this fly.

Matthew

[rigormortem]

Tnx a lot, Mattew, you're so kind!

Here is a little up...

http://www.bit-tech.net/content_images/2007/07/mod_of_the_month/imp_09.jpg

Take a look at the left lower corner...
Yes, is the Bit-Tech logo , the Project Impossible Modding is in contest for the Mod of The Month, as you can read HERE (http://www.bit-tech.net/modding/2007/07/30/mod_of_the_month/1).

If you want to give me a vote, CLICK HERE (http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=137032) .

I'm so happy!!!

[b4i7]

i saw that...congrats man....i voted for you

[rigormortem]

Tnx a lot, man, every vote is a pleasure for me!

[rigormortem]

Now It's time to work on the power supply for the optical drives :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06332.JPG

I've used some floppy cable from old psu and I've crimped to a male molex connector :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06333.JPG

I've used 3 connector, two for the drives, and one for the IDE to SATA card, I hope to put even this card inside the OptiBox.

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06336.JPG

Here is the final result!

[rigormortem]

And now, let's go to the PITA part of this box, the real free space that I have...
This is the SATA converter :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06431.JPG

This is the way I want to use it :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06434.JPG

I've also tested the slim dvd to ide adaptor thay I buy from Hong Konk, it cost me less than the 1/5 than the one that I buy here in italy :-(I suppose that the big trouble will be the SATA cable, and even the floppy cable for the SATA card..
I have even a little trouble : the converter is too hight! But now I must test if it work!

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06437.JPG

YEAH!!! It work, but now I need to work on a little bit...

[rigormortem]

The two adapter that I have :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06445.JPG

On the top the Hong Kong one, as you can see the IDE pinout is not the same, they are mirrored. The center pin is in the top row in one adapter, in the other is in the bottom row...
I hope to have some lucky putting the SATA card on the bottom dvd drive...

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06447.JPG

It fit perfect! And I have even the space to power up the upper drive!
I'm happy, I've 0.01 millimeters of free space between the SATA card and the power plug :-)
I have to say a big tnx to _FAX_ for giving me the SATA 90° cable, without this cable I was unable to mount all!

[The boy 4rm oz]

Looks great mate. Good work.

[rigormortem]

Tnx a lot!
Let's go back to take a look at the hard disk heat spreader... A little use of an angle grinder and here is the first prototype :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06273.JPG

Here is the final result , now I have to use the belt sander to smooth the edges :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06274.JPG

Taking apart the original thermo pad :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06276.JPG

A scraper, a simple scraper...
In future I must polish with 1200 grit sandpaper but... Now I have some free time!

[rigormortem]

I've polished one heat spreader by hand in about 1 hour of work...
Then I realized that I can use the vertical drill with some items attached...
The final result and comparision is here :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06403.JPG

To the left side, drill polish, to the right, hand polish...
Ok, drilled heat spreader is ugly, but I've saved 50 minutes, now in 10 minutes using 1200 grit sandpaper and a little bit of polish I obtain the same result....
If you want to see the polish video using a vertical drill, here are the links :

Part 1 (http://one.revver.com/watch/330275)
Part 2 (http://one.revver.com/watch/330509)
Part 3 (http://one.revver.com/watch/330533)
Part 4 (http://one.revver.com/watch/330562)

Let's go on....

[rigormortem]

Now I need to test the hard disk water block externally, I need to be sure that every items is waterproof!

http://frame.revver.com/frame/170x128/321745.jpgVideo del test (http://one.revver.com/watch/321745)

S**t, some water spills!!!
Detailed pics :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06350.JPG

I MUST fix it!

[rigormortem]

Here is how I've choosen to be sure and TOTALLY waterproof, teflon and silicone :

http://frame.revver.com/frame/170x128/351064.jpghow to use silicone and teflon (http://one.revver.com/watch/351064)

then to be REALLY sure, I've put some sealing silicone externally :

http://frame.revver.com/frame/170x128/327584.jpgExternal sealing (http://one.revver.com/watch/327584)

Now I'm sure that it's totally leak proof!

[jdbnsn]

Looking great man! Couldn't understand a word of what you said but it sounded cool!

[rigormortem]

I know, the vidz are only in italian... Sorry...
Here you can see my supervisor that analyze the drive structure searching for bad cluster :-)

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06358.JPG

He told me that the drives are ok, so I can start working...

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06465.JPG

Here is what I'll use : Thermattach T411, heat spreader , x-acto knife and time...
Let's start removing the hdd sticker :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06466.JPG

Some minor scratches on the surface, no problem, I'll cover with the heat spreader!

[rigormortem]

I've cutted 6 pieces of Thermattach T411 they measure 46x62 millimeters , family pic :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06467.JPG

Take a look at the T411, so strange!

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06468.JPG

Now the final part, the placement, as you can see I've used a piece f plexy like a guide for the side :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06469.JPG

It seem it's not so bad...

[rigormortem]

Here is the hard disk with the heat spreader :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06470.JPG

Not so bad, now the waterblock :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06472.JPG

The first one is ready, now I have to work on the fans support :-)

[rigormortem]

Long time has passed since the last update...
The work is killinkg me, and the translation isn't quick...
BTW, I would give you a little preview :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06589.JPG

Please, be patient...

[The boy 4rm oz]

It's really coming together, can't wait to see the finished product.

[rigormortem]

Let's begin with a scrap piece of alu, 0.8mm tickness

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06458.JPG

This is the near perfect measure, for two 40mm fans. Let's do some hole :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06459.JPG

the alu is a little bit bent, but for this reason i do some test before the final piece... This is the tool that I use :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06455.JPG

Can anyone suggest me the correct name in english?

[Jim Beam]

that would be an Adjustable Hole Cutter. Neat tool never used one before but I just ordered one after seeing that.

[rigormortem]

This is the final result :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06460.JPG

Bending with an hammer :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06461.JPG

Near finished :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06462.JPG

Now let's test it for the measure !

[rigormortem]

Not so bad...

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06463.JPG

Now I have to redo this piece, moving a little bit up the fan holes and preparing the fixing holes, but the protype is done!

[The boy 4rm oz]

Looking good.

[rigormortem]

Tnx a lot!
Let's continue with the fans support :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06543.JPG

Two scrap pieces of alu, I must polish it!

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06545.JPG

And now, the holes:

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06547.JPG

I've decided to prepare two pieces in one time...

[rigormortem]

Ok, here we are :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06548.JPG

Now I have to bend all, here is a little vid :

http://frame.revver.com/frame/170x128/364668.jpg How to quick bend alu (http://one.revver.com/watch/364668)

I hope that is easy to undrestand even with italian speaking...

[rigormortem]

Here are the choosen fans :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06557.JPG

Manufactured from Titan, specification :

Model : TFD-4010M12B
Voltage : 12V
Ampere : 0.07A
Power consumption W : 0.84W
Speed : 5000 RPM
CFM : 4.93 CFM
dB : 21DB
Dimension : 40mm
Height : 10mm

I know, a little bit noisy, I would like to have the 20mm model, but won't fit at all...
Preparing the fans :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06560.JPG

This tape gives the best result if is clamped in sme way, so I've clamped!

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06562.JPG

After 4 hours of wait I'm ready to continue!

[rigormortem]

First test :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06563.JPG

Ok, I'm quite satisfied!
Here is a little add on for the fans :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06567.JPG

It's a cooling extender, this can help the system temps to go down at the shout off .
When I switch off the pc, this little extender will prolongue the fan action for 5 minutes, switching the 12v to 5v. As you can see, the 5v are taken from the psu +5 with a supplied connector, that I don't use :-)
I've picked up 3 of this devide, 2 for the hard disk, one for the rad fans, each device can drive 2 fans.

Working on Titan coolerhttp://frame.revver.com/frame/170x128/373049.jpg (http://one.revver.com/watch/373049)

A little vid for explaination...

[The boy 4rm oz]

I looked at getting one of those but I thought it would be just something to hide away in a corner of my case. I am interested to see how well they work. The fan covers look awesome by the way, great work, keep it up.

[rigormortem]

Even I hide this little "dongle" at the rear of the hard disk, but can be even interesting adding a front bay with the led and all the connectors for the fans on the rear...
Just an idea...

Now that I've tested all, let's do more :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06571.JPG

And now, the power lines :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06573.JPG

Two original cables was cutted in half to give power to 2 device, on the right you can see the two cables for the rad fans... Let's crimp all toghether :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06576.JPG

It's ready! now, you remember the usb hub that goes under the psu? the molex used have the 12v pins free, so I reuse this connector, less molex and cables around :-)
Finally, the two hard disk :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06578.JPG

Now I have to think about whent I have to change the disk or pull out the disk tray... I need a long piece of tubing...
But I'm in pain, if the tube get shrinked? I've at home this springs, so I can use in my mod :-)

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06579.JPG

Let's take a look with the spring attached...

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06581.JPG

It's ok! But taking apart the mobo tray you can see the mess :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06589.JPG

Now the hard disk part of this project is ready, let's continue with more pieces :-)

[p0Pe]

i like the projekt alot and im sry that i havent said this before, and im not sure if you know it already.

with that perticulary harddrive watercooling device, you should put thermal pasta in between the hdd and the cobber coolerblok (the grey thing that you also have put onto the cpu and cpu cooler:P)

this vil dramaticly increase the effeciency of the coolers:)... saw a test were the result was about 5-10C :O tryid to find the test but could not.

but as i said i dont know if you already have done this:D

otherwise +rep for the tight fits!

[rigormortem]

Opps...
Forgot to take the pics, but I've used the Artic Silver between the hard disk and the waterblock :-)
and yes, this will increase the thermal distribution!

Little preview of what is on the road to my home :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/mosfet3.jpg

The famous waterblock for the mosfet for my DFI! they are made in pure copper, created on my measure, because nobody have this kind of waterblock in shop... So I've asked to Lunasio if he can do this work... Really a kind person!

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/mosfet4.jpg

The base of the waterblock, non so bad! Consider that are in a "working" phase, as soon the arrive here I'll do some polishing job, that I'll give to the chrome guy...

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/mosfet5.jpg

The joining between the top and the base, hand soldered, this need some hard polishing to make it invisible! I need even to make the mounting holes , but it's not a trouble!
Really tnx to Lunasio, www.lunasio-cooling.com
Comments?
Questions?

[The boy 4rm oz]

Those blocks look great so far.

[rigormortem]

The will look better when the chrome guy will finish his magic touch :-)

[rigormortem]

Taking a look around, I've noted this :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06407.JPG

This is one of the mobo bracket, I can't leave this scratch!

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06408.JPG

An old toothbrush, medium grane polish , drill and plastic brush. After 30 minutes of work :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06410.JPG

Not so satisfied... Go on!

[rigormortem]

Now I want to use my favourite polish, Iosso. I've changed the plastic brush with a soft wheel, first pass :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06412.JPG

After one hours of work, here is the final result :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06416.JPG

Mmm, not good as I would like, but it's ok, when the mobo is locked in place nobody will see this :-)

[rigormortem]

Little trouble on my way : the chipset hheat spreader is locked in place with a spring, no holes to secure the waterblock :-(

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06337.JPG

Not so easy to plan how to do....

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06338.JPG

After talking to some friends, I've decided to reuse the original spring :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06340.JPG

Not fantastic, but it works, considering that the waterblock is highter than the orgininal heat spreader...

[rigormortem]

Comparative pics :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06401.JPG

At the left : orginal mounting accessory from the Cabe : iron bolt, iron washer, hard plastic washer.
At the right : stainless steel bolt, stainless steel washer, soft rubber washer.
Ok, now you can tell me that I'm mad :-)

[rigormortem]

Now it's the time to work on the pump and on the reservoir.
The new mobo is bigger than the previous ASrock, so I have to find a new place for the pump... First solution :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06483.JPG

Let's prepare something to keep the reservoir in place :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06486.JPG

L shaped alluminium, 3cm and 2cm in size, pvc tubing and here is the first prototype :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06487.JPG

Mmm, not good...

[rigormortem]

Here is the place where I put this piece :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06488.JPG

On the top I've placed a little plate of alu, to give a bigger base to the raservoir :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06490.JPG

Ok, res in place, and the pump?

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06494.JPG

Seems ok...
But in this position the mobo tray won't fit at all!
Oh, my god....

[rigormortem]

Solution?
Exchanging the top with the new one from OCLabs!
Here is the vid of the entire process :

http://frame.revver.com/frame/170x128/364653.jpg Top exchange (http://one.revver.com/watch/364653)

After the sostitution here is the clearance between the mobo tray and the pump :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06503.JPG

Do you think I'm lucky?
Even I :-)
Pump and res in place :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06504.JPG

Not so much free space, but now I can have the pump and the res not so distant...
More up to come, I've to try a new position...

[The boy 4rm oz]

Gee, you have been busy, fantastic as always. Can't wait to see what it all looks like together.

[dgrmkrp]

Did you test the pump? I wanna buy one like that and I'll be using it in a tight space too.. not that tight, but I was wondering about the noise characteristics.. I wanna make my system as silent as possible and right now the pump is a bit noisy.. so are the fans, but those are easier to change.. :)
Also, project is coming along great! +rep

[rigormortem]

I've tested with the original top (too noisy for me) the XP and the new top from OCLabs, with the new top the pump is really silent , trust in me!
Keep always in mind that the air bubbles are responsable of the noise!
Tnx to watch this log!

[dgrmkrp]

Well.. hmm.. noisy you say.. I'll keep that in mind :)
Your log is a pleasure to watch. Mod on!

[rigormortem]

Trust in me, the pump with the new OCLabs top is really silent, even two friend have changed the top and reported me that now the pump is like a whisper...
To gain some free space, I've cutted a little piece from the Cabe , here is another mockup of the pump :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06519.JPG

Just an idea, too curces for me, maybe in this way is better ?

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06511.JPG

We will see in future, at this time I'm happy that every items fin in the case :-)

[rigormortem]

Tnx to Vecchiop a week ago are arrived the big spacer for the fan/rad mounting :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06506.JPG

Two different size, one is 8mm little than the other, so I have the right space for the M4 screw. The main concept is this :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06241.JPG

But having two size, the finished design is this :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06508.JPG

Not so bad...

[rigormortem]

Mounted in place :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06509.JPG

In this way the screws works better than the old release, they are embedded in a sort of binary and the joint is stronger!
So I told to VecchioP to do the real pieces, in two days they arrived here :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06554.JPG

This is the raw piece, I need to sanding a lot this baby, but will be a really time consuming task, it's stainless steel...
I hate me, he suggest to use alu, but I want stainless steel...
A big thanks fly out to VecchioP, be sure to check his worklog !

[rigormortem]

Even using this big spacer I've a trouble, a major trouble :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06601.JPG

The rad can't be rotated, it touch the ram...

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06605.JPG

Whitout the spacer everything fit ok, so I'll use the spacer only for the rear rad, but I don't see any other solution...
Maybe cutting the ram... :-)

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06606.JPG

This is the rad from the outside of the case...
I'm a lucky man, really lucky!

[The boy 4rm oz]

Mate looks great, I wouldn't cut the RAM, mabye leave the spacer off and get a RAM cooler? Just an idea, it's your choice.

[rigormortem]

At this point, cutting the ram is only the last solution...
I would love to have the ram stick perfect, but in case the pumps don't go well with this intricated setup I'll cut to try to see if with the rad in the right position the loog go better...

[rigormortem]

After the vid card work, now it's the time for the cpu!

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06593.JPG

Screws and bolts, not so good looking...

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06597.JPG

No, I don't like this setup...
I'll redo later, now I want to test the mosfet wb!

[rigormortem]

Tapping to 1/4 GAS :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06661.JPG

then, working with sandpaper from 400 grit to 1200 grit :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06663.JPG

First positioning test :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06664.JPG

Ok, now I can do the holes for the screws!

[rigormortem]

This is how I'm planning to fix in place :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06665.JPG

M3 stainless steel screws, stainless steel spacer and rubber grommets ...
First mockup :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06667.JPG

The assembly scheme is easy :
screw-spacer-grommets
motherboard
grommets-spacer-bolt
Now I have to wait the chrome guys, in the meantime I have to change the look of the cpu waterblock...
Taking all apart :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06669.JPG

Now, let me think about the best looking way....

[rigormortem]

First, flat head screw, M4*40mm .
Then, the assebly scheme :
screw-spacer-grommet-plastic spacer
motherboard
plastic spacer-grommet-spacer and bolt.
Best to show you an image :-)

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06670.JPG

I've reused the SAT calbe connector, I love the look that they give to the wb!

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06672.JPG

The finishing touch is an hex bolt and an M5 allen screw to secure the wb in the middle.
Now, what do you think about this setup?

[The boy 4rm oz]

Looks nice mate, great work.

[p0Pe]

i like!... especially the custom made mostfet blocks!

[rigormortem]

Even I like this block, the idea that Lunasio spent his time to make this block only for me drive me crazy!
New toy to play with!

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06624.JPG

Tuning style remote control, 4 channel, 36 euros shipped.
I must give credit for this idea to Domy15, Dialmo and TheX.
Little cabling scheme :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06627.JPG

the mini control :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06631.JPG

I love the little antenna! 007 Style rulez!

[The boy 4rm oz]

Hmmm, what are you going to use that to control? I can't wait haha.

[rigormortem]

Package content :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06628.JPG

Double side tape : plugs, screws, base unit and remote control. The dimension are 13cm * 10cm and the height is 3cm at the top.

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06634.JPG

Taking a look inside, not so fantastic...
Mini test :

http://frame.revver.com/frame/170x128/373086.jpg Test del radiocomando (http://one.revver.com/watch/373086)

I'm in love with this little gadget!
I suppose I'll use the four output to contol the internal light, but at this time I don't know...

[The boy 4rm oz]

Nice vid, I does the job and in style haha. I love it.

[rigormortem]

Tnx for the comment!
Now, one step backward...
Let's do more wring for the titan extender. do you remeber the special axt extension calbe that is shipped with the cooler?

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06639.JPG

I need to have 3 separate lines , and I don't want to have 3 extension.
So, afer a quick search in my favourite electronic shop, I've found this :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06638.JPG

I don't know the name in english, in italian is "rubacorrente".
With this little item you can split a wire without cutting it, only a little perforation on the rubber shield and you're ready!

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06640.JPG

This is the GND line, after this I've done even the +5v line.

[rigormortem]

Final result :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06641.JPG

Testing all :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06642.JPG

Ok!
Now this extension cable will be splitted in 3 little cables using a faston connector :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06712.JPG

And now, an other piece of the mod is ok, let's go on...

[rigormortem]

Remaking the ide/sata block for the optical drive, I need to re-arrange all to accomodate even the remote.
I suppose to place the remote on the top of the unit, held in place with velcro or double sided tape ...:

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06643.JPG

To have more space to play i've reduced ( a bit ) the drive box :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06644.JPG

Now, meditation, some beers and lots of mars with my dog...
This is the result of my meditation (or I'm too drunk?)

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06647.JPG

Please note the free space...

[rigormortem]

Now let's talk about the light inside of this CaBe...
At this stage I don't have enought time to order some mini white neon, so use some white led...
I want to use 12 leds , in groups of 3, every group linked to the radio control.

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06683.JPG

A mess of cables.... First mockup :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06695.JPG

At this time, only black tape to have an idea about the placement :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06699.JPG

A lot of hot glue, faston and minivice :-)

[The boy 4rm oz]

Nice mate, never thought of doing anything like that with the mobo power cable.

[rigormortem]

Need more hot glue on the top of the faston, but this is near the final result :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06701.JPG

Really first night test :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06702.JPG

Ok, not so bad, but in future I want to use some strip led end maybe even two mini white neon. Now let me see if any screw of the wb touch the led, cables or faston...

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06706.JPG

Only this side is a little raised, a quick fixing? A longer screw and some rubber grommets :-)
At the end of this mod, nodoby can see this angle, so it's not a matter !

[jdbnsn]

I'm loving this project man, you are doing some detailed work here! Great job!

[rigormortem]

This piece of the CaBe is near ready, I've only to prepare the molex connector , here you can see it :-)

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06710.JPG

Take a look at the mess of cables :-)

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06716.JPG

Particular shot ...
Mobo in place, finally :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06717.JPG

Now I can plug in all the tubes :-)
Firts items : mosfet wb, chromed!

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06713.JPG

Other "money shot" :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06714.JPG

Good chroming, 10 euros, not so much expensive...
All the compression fittings mounted, I've to use a curve joint, because the rear rad touch a bit...

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06718.JPG

Not so bad, 24 hours of testing and they will be ready!

[rigormortem]

Until the end of the test, I must work to the mini tank...
Sacrifical tank, for free from _FAX_ , let's start by tapping the filling hole to 1/4GAS :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06721.JPG

Two more holes, tapped 1/4GAS :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06724.JPG

This is the main idea of the placement :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06726.JPG

I was insipred by the ideas of Nikos, the OcLabs guy, this is his product :

http://www.oclabs.com/res/articles/1329/xpresproto.jpg

I suppose that some modder will pick up this res, it's really interesting!
You can download even a video from here (http://www.oclabs.com/pfocus.php?docid=1334) , it's amazing!
Now that the test are ok, I do the same work on my res .
This is a close up of the tapping :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06731.JPG

As Cheapskate told in his worklog, I've used some vasel grease to let the tapping go well, it's really useful!

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06735.JPG

In place, but without the connector ...

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06742.JPG

I suppose it's ok for me!
And for you?

[jdbnsn]

Wow, this is one complicated mod, I can't wait to see the results. Love the remote idea!

[rigormortem]

Lots of guys love the remote idea, I suppose that Domy15 gave us a super big new idea!
Really, tnx a lot, Domy!
Let's place some tubing :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06739.JPG

Mosfet :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06750.JPG

And more tubing :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06751.JPG

It's like a jungle inside here!
Going on with tubing :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06752.JPG

Now the last piece of tube is the main tube, the one that go from the pump to the top mosfet block, but I want to do a test to see if the pump can work with this tube in place :

http://frame.revver.com/frame/170x128/431466.jpg Testing the pump (http://one.revver.com/watch/431466)

Ok, it works, so it's time to connect the last piece of Tygon...
May we try the rig? (poor light condition, sorry)

http://frame.revver.com/frame/170x128/431474.jpg Last filling (poor light condition, sorry) (http://one.revver.com/watch/431474)

Ok, it work! So, now I won the bet with Antanio!
LOL

It's about 1 year that I want to write this phrases extracted from the CaBe forum :

antanio : nessuno ci fa stare il liquido perchè non ci sta (translation : nobody is able to put liquid inside because it won't fit at all)

F1R3BL4D3 : Integrato è impossibile! (translation : integrated is impossible!)

febrone : il liquido nn c'entra .... (translation : liquid won't fit )

A big tnx fly out to F1R3BL4D3 because the name of this project is inspirated by his comment...

[rigormortem]

Now that I show to all that the Liquid CaBe is possible, and it's real, let's tale a closer look at the flow of the water in the res :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06756.JPG

Ok, it works well! Now, I've told to someone that I want a lcd display inside this case... I've choosen a little one :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06758.JPG

Alphacool, graphic lcd, 240*128 pixel, blue light, usb link, 100 euros used...illuminato blu, connessione usb, bella bestia!
First, take apart the frame :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06761.JPG

Perfect! Now I have only to fabricate something to hold it in place...
See you soon!

[The boy 4rm oz]

It is a bit cluttered in there isn't it? lol. Looks great mate, this has come a long way and never ceases to amaze me.

[|NQ|Squelsh]

Gets more and more stuffed. Really impressive! +Rep
I think I would have gone crazy already if I had so little space in my case...
Keep on!

[rigormortem]

I'm going crazy with zero free space inside, trust in me :-)
Last week I was on holiday, so I pick up my wife and the dog and went in Trentino.
Beatiful landscape, beautiful people and good food :-)
We have even the opportunity to meet one of my idols, G69T, and the opportunity to take a look to his workshop...
Amazing!
He even gave us a piece of his Dark Blade, I'm really proud of this piece, is part of myth!
Im future I will put some pics of the meeting, if you like to see more...

Anyway, go on with the mod!
Raw cardboard model :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06764.JPG

Same design, but in a piece of alu :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06810.JPG

I've tried a new way to bend alu, because I need a 45° angle...
Let's use the Dremel with this bit :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06811.JPG

My idea is to trace a line in the alu, really tick, about 2/10mm that allow me to bend it easy...
Here is the line traced :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06813.JPG

Now I have only to bend it...
Not so easy, I've used two school rulers (ok, the word is incorrect, I know...) to help me to reach the correct bend :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06820.JPG

The angle is perfect, I'm really happy with this way of bending!

[rigormortem]

First test :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06821.JPG

Not perfect, but it can go well...
Now let's take some more measure with the lcd display :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06829.JPG

Now let's cut with the electric saw :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06831.JPG

More work with the file, but I'm on the right way :-)
Now it's the sponsor time!
I would like to say a big tnx to every sponsor that help me to make this mod real and not only in my mind... I've prepared a big sticker with all the logos to place inside the CaBe, here is how I've picked up the right measure :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06808.JPG

I must say a big tnx to Dual, LaFelpa and Ettina , I hate Illustrator and they have spent some time to redraw all the logos in AI for me...
First placement test :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06823.JPG

After the test, the stick on phase!

[rigormortem]

After a good cleaning of the surface, I'm ready to stick it, but I need some ingredients :
Xacto knife, spatula and soapy water :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06822.JPG

A big amount of soapy water :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06824.JPG

Placing the sticker :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06825.JPG

Now with the help of the soapy water you can place the sticker in the place that you like :-)
Taking off the water with the spatula :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06826.JPG

Take a good care to use a piece of protective paper on the spatula, and gently press the sticker to pull out the soapy water.

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06827.JPG

Side view and top view :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06828.JPG

Now the sticker must dry for at least 24 hours...
See you soon!

[p0Pe]

this mod sure should have been imposible:D amazing work dude!
the stickers might be a bit visible in the edges though:/

+rep!

[Xperiment]

Got to be one of my fav mods ATM. I love mods that fit loads of detail and hardware into small spaces and this mod takes that to the extreme.

Keep it up!

[Darth Dad]

Nice work!:)

Great attention to detail...

That is the difference between a good mod and a great mod!:up:

[dexaroni]

This has got to be one of my favorite mods. I have always been more a fan of what is on the inside rather than the outside, and this mod emcompases just that. + rep!

[rigormortem]

Tnx a lot for the comments, I'm a little bit embarassed..
Now it's time to put the lcd panel in place :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06834.JPG

It fit ok, but I need to polish it!
First, a quick use of CFG, high grit polish :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06835.JPG

Then a long use of Iosso :-)
After the last use of Iosso with my banchdrill, I've used some cotton by hand, here is the result :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06840.JPG

Not so bad, but I can do more...
The borders are horrbile!

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06841.JPG

Self adhesive protective borders for car doors, like the C-trim , but less flexible and more cheaper!

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06843.JPG

Display cabling :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06842.JPG

I have room for the two usb key that I want to use...
This is a little add-on :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06748.JPG

It's the AcRyan Backy, a bracket with a molex, a ESATA plug and a fan-type plug, I won this on the MoM contest, so I want to show it :-)
Cleaning the floor I found this scrap piece :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06832.JPG

I hate to throw it away, so ...

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06833.JPG

Not the best, but with a piece of T411 I've glued it in place and for the moment I keep this piece in, but in future I suppose to remove it...

[rigormortem]

Last works, I need something to help me to fill the loop :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06844.JPG

This is a Thermaltake spare parts from my bin, it's an adaptor from 6mm to 9mm, this is what I was looking at! I hold it in place using a o-ring joined to a spring.
Now let's plug all the mess : usb, power, reset, led, backy and so on :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06846.JPG

I suppose that everytinh is in place, some more pics :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06847.JPG

And now, the final photo session!
In my garden, for the first time in 8 months outside the labo :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06848.JPG

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http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06849.JPG

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http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06850.JPG

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http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06851.JPG

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http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06852.JPG

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http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06853.JPG

[rigormortem]

More pics :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06854.JPG

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http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06855.JPG

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http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC06856.JPG

Next upload will be the photo session at SMAU show, are you interested?
Comments?
Suggestions?
Remember, this is not the end of the mod , it's only the end of the mod to show it at SMAU, after that I have in mind to change something...
Well, more than something :-)

[The boy 4rm oz]

Very nice mate, has turned out great. +rep

[dexaroni]

Congrats man, I have been watching this from day one and it was definitely worth the wait.

You also need to get pics of the look on Antonio's face :P

And I would DEFINITELY like to see the photo session, and I'm sure I'm not alone.

Again man, congrats!

[jdbnsn]

Wow! I wasn't real sure about the look until the plexi cover went over the top. That looks awesome having the smoked-clear cover and the busy insides visible. Great work and keep the photos coming after the show.

[Darth Dad]

Good luck at the SMAU show... :up:

We are all pulling for you...

[rigormortem]

Long time is passed...
In the maentime I've maged to go to G69T home to see the Dark Blade and talk about modding ...
He is showing an extra piece of the tak "fins" on the side :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/100_2756.jpg

And then he gave me like a gift :-)

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/100_2757.jpg

I'm a little bit happy :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/100_2758.jpg

Really cool mod, and really cool guys, but this is not the thread of the Dark Blade, this post is only to show you that I'm alive, and between some days I'll show you some big-little modding to my mod :-)

[p0Pe]

really like the outcome of this mod:O... so much stuff in so little room xD

+rep dude

[d_stilgar]

Very cool mod. Have fun showing it off. + Rep!

[jiggiwiddit]

Ive just read the whole worklog- amazing. Imagination and attention to detail really makes a diffrence. With the plexi cover off it kinda looks like an engine (or something). +Rep

[rigormortem]

Tnx a lot for the comments!
It was a long time that I don't update this thread...
Sorry guys, but real world stuff hit me...
Now I'm near the end of this modding, do you want to follow me again?
The motherboard was dead, so here is a new mobo and the liquid loop on the table :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC07229.JPG

At this time, I need to take out even the psu and the optical drive :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC07244.JPG

And the hard disks? Take apart...
I need to improve this mod, I need more room :-)

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC07245.JPG

As I used the space is not bad, but it's not really good, so I manage to have a better space occupation :-)
At the first time I was wandering to have the disk in this way ::

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC07247.JPG

The bit trouble was that thay touch with the psu connectors, driving me to use angled joints for the water loop.
The second idea is this :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC07248.JPG

Using this disposition I can mova one of the two optical drive, and have a free 5and1/4 bay. This can allow me to use a normal size dvd :-)

[rigormortem]

But I need to take a closer look at the height, because the straight water connector can touch the motherboard plate...
To gain some millimeters I've decided to take apart the Ma.Er. screw support :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC07249.JPG

Without this little piece of alu I've gained 2cm of space, not bad!
At this time, this will be the definitive setup :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC07251.JPG

The original soldered screw don't allow me to put in place the slim dvd, so I've removed quickly :-)
This is the free space between the two hard disks :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC07255.JPG

The alu bar is 15mm plus the two velcro strip to hold it in place and allow me to take apart the drives without screws.
The fixing part begins :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC07261.JPG

After 30 minutes of works, it's the time to see if this solution is ok, but I need to wait 24 hours because the adhesive reach his maximum potential.
After 24 hours /to tell you the truth, 27 hours) here is :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC07264.JPG

Ok, the hard disks goes out quickly and they are firmly in place.

[rigormortem]

Now I want to change the gpu waterblock retention screws :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC07296.JPG

I want to use a single bracket instead of the double, take apart the springs and cover the screws with some black tubing, now I like it more!
I forgot to order some ram heatsink, but I have on my desk this :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC07297.JPG

Let's cut it!
A quick deblurring with a file and here we go :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC07299.JPG

Some T411 adhesive and they hare in place :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC07300.JPG

And now even the videocard is ready. After moving all the waterblocks to the new motherboard, first quick test :

http://www.italiamodding.it/rigor/impossible/DSC07301.JPG

Ok, now I can add all the waterblock...
Boring task... So boring....
At this time, I stop here, some comments?

[p0Pe]

nothing worse than a compact mod where a vital part dosnt work:/... but keep it up!... its a very nice mod m8:D