hello this is my first mod, during the course of this mod i will paint my case black and install a custom dangerden watercooling loop. so far i have stripped my case
tonight i will hopefully paint it and get some pics of that up.
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hello this is my first mod, during the course of this mod i will paint my case black and install a custom dangerden watercooling loop. so far i have stripped my case
tonight i will hopefully paint it and get some pics of that up.
well that was quicker than expected,:banana:
yea i know its not the best job ever
heres where im working from, thats my dad bending over
now all i have to do is get paid,get a motherboard and order my watercooling parts, so thats going to take a while
do you want this moved to the "works in progress" forum?
nice work, i never realized this but thats exactly the same style (front fan, hdd, dvd mounting style) as my old enermax case.
+rep for so.
yea it might be better in that part of the forums, so if you could move it please
Edit: thanks for moving it
Yep, another "Chenming"-style case, identifiable by its circular holes in the drive bay sides, toolless installation, and (usually) side-mounted HDDs. (These are great, as you can hide the ribbon cables behind the drive, where they'll be practically invisible.)Quote:
Originally Posted by Spawn-Inc
In black, this'll be particularly fine. My backup PC is a silver Ultra Aluminus, basically the 5x5.25", aluminum-bodied version of this. I love these things.
tomarow after work there is a slight possobilty i might be able to cut out the hole for a 120mm fan in the top of the case to blow some air through the rad
YAY another LEXA mod lol. Looks good so far.
I noticed something different about my LEXA. The alu used was raw not treated like yours.
Can't wait for more.
+rep for being another brave LEXA modder lol
EDIT:
Just warning you that you may have trouble fitting a 120mm radiator on the roof of the case. I have an 80mm rad up there on mine and it finishes less than 1 inch from my PSU (Antec Neo) and pretty close to the disk drives. Perhaps a rear mount would be better, like my config.
Yay for update,
first thing i did was marked it off and drilled holes
then used a jigsaw to cut it out
and finally smoothed it out with my knock off dremel (thats me) and drilled the holes for the fans screws
Afterwards i gave it a fresh coat of black paint.
I will hopefully be getting paid this friday so i might be able to order a good chunk of my stuff. Till then all feedback is welcome.:devious:...By the way my dad thinks im Nuts!
in response to tb4o: yes i know that room is goin to be tight, im installing a dual 120mm rad on top of the case not a single.
Then it will be even harder for you. If you are mounting it on the inside you may get away with not using the top drive bays, otherwise it will have to be mounted externally.
yes it was my plan from the beggining to externally mount the rad and have the nozzels poke through into the case
Edit: i problably wont get paid and order my stuff till july 18th so im going to try and get as much done without my wc supplies as i can
Mounting the Rad on the bottom of the case also works, like I have done. I would have mounted the rad on the top of the case but I didn't like the idea of seeing it and didn't want to make a cover for it lol.
Brief me on this; Lexa is the case's brand, not just a name The boy 4rm oz pluck from the air for his worklog?
The case is an NZXT LEXA. NZXT is the brand, LEXA is the model. Like a Thermaltake Armor (Thermaltake is the brand, Armor is the model).
*EDIT*
Here are links.
Mine (the Original LEXA)
http://www.nzxt.com/products/lexa/
and the Blackline (985323's LEXA):
http://www.nzxt.com/products/lexa_blackline/
damn.. it just made a noob out of me lol XD
Haha na a good question. I always refer to it as a LEXA and my mates say the same thing lol.
unless if you wanna pronounce NZXT all the time.. or.. nezixet... bahhhhhhhh
lol im his mate and i talk to him and say stuff like hows lexa and we treat it like a person lol
acey got owned lol (just kidding)
Lol not you, my other mates who aren't computer savvy lol. But yes we do refer to her as a person lol.
DF: how's lexa?
TB4O: oh fine, i'm rubbing her every nite before going off to the world youth day thing
Stranger: *wtf*
Basically lol.
At least I refer to her as a girl. DF refers to Moditor as a boy :eek:. Jokes
lol
but i dont rub him... yet... lol rofl
thats cuz mines manly and urs is girlish lol
just kidding have fun at world youth day
*laughs under breath sucker*
yea My LEXA is is a she, although "she" wont be getting any new parts until i get paid and the idiots at XFX finally give in and send me a new motherboard, lol
Just a tiny update for the moment being, i waited for the fresh paint to dry
then i installed the fan with four nuts
i test fitted the psu and it fit in perfectly, i think the fan looks nice but then again in the end you wont see it due to the fact it will be covered by the radiator. thats all for now
Good to hear you were able to fit a 120mm fan in there.
yea, on a sadder note though yesterday my 700watt powersupply quit on me so looks like i need to add anouther thing to my list of parts i need for this build, was able to save the blue led fan and grill though so i put them in the top.
heres a pic of the red led fan in place with the grill from my ex psu
and a pic from the side that shows the fan being powered by my old spare computer
Oh and when i looked at this pic i realized the door was still grey so i quickly went out and painted it, unfortunately i didnt have any black so i used a dark grey, sorry forgot to take pics
lookin good!
Thank you very much! sorry I havent updated in a while I just turned 18 on monday so ive been a bit busy, cant wait till I get paid on friday so I can finally order my parts and get this mod goin again. On a small side note I have been collecting plexiglass from work (its amazing what they throw away) and have enough to build a midsize tower so I might have a second worklog for that popping up soon.
As always leave a comment I love to see your points of view.
Update: my paypal account just came through and i have money expect parts list
Edit: trurns out some sights namely tigerdirect,jab-tech,xoxide, and frozen cpu dont like my paylpal so the only thing ive bought so far is the dangerden res
ok i realized i could buy most of my stuff from dangerden.com, so thats where i bought the rad, coolant, chipset, cpu, pump, tubing, fillport, basically everything except mcw60 vga blocks
Great, can't wait to see the stuff.
Yea i vant wait to see them either... still waiting for them to ship the parts out, Damn you E-checks, but after the payment is cleared the parts will be here in 1-3 days
Good News everybody, all the parts have been ordered and should be here by the end of the week, the only thing missing is the motherboard witch i am still waiting to replace
Great news. Can't wait for the pics.
What do you want the title of your mod to be in your header? I don't think "Watercooling my lexa" makes for a title, and the banner may look a little weird. But if that is what you want, I'll use it.
Jon
umm...good point, lets go with watercooled Lexa
okay
ok so three parts came yesterday, the power supply yay and the two Swiftech mcw60 waterblocks, problem is i cant get the waterblocks to fit my XFX 8600 Gt xxx cards can anyone help me Please
