my p180

[b4i7]

as for the cooling system on this...i plan on usin blue 5/8 ID hose...and some 5/8-1/2 fittings........gonna go with a top mounted blackice 2...and ill find somethin nifty to do with than intake on the top.....sound good?

[The Modfather]

Sounds great to me. We just ordered in a Zalman Reserator 1 Plus for one of our projects, I've never done a water cooled rig myself so this will be a first attempt. I've been scared to try until now but since this rig is for my dad, oh well, his loss if I screw it up. <lol>

[b4i7]

so ive done some idea brewing for this case... and i think ive got a few to come...the main thing i came up with is usin an aircleaner cover to in clost the radiator...then cut 2 holes for the 120mm fans for it...the for the bottom part of the cleaner cover...pretty much cut it all away around the radiator...making some custom mounts to hole the radiator/cleaner cover up away from the case about an inch....then covering that with some mesh.......ill try to get a drawing up to help explain it a bit

[The Modfather]

I know exactly what you mean. I actually used an Edelbrock breather (similar to an air cleaner like you're talking about) as part of a HSF I built. Here's a neat trick though, put LED's inside the filter (if it's the kind with the white filter liner around the sides) it looks SICK!

[b4i7]

i think the only problem i have with usin the airfilter to cover up the insides....the thickness of the radiator and fans....i guess ill see about that once i get that far...but as of right now.....im thinkin ill use something like metal flashing and just bend it around to fit....or mebbe i can just mod the air filters:p

either way...i still need to get me a new work bench...my dad donated mine when we moved...so i havent been able to mod for about 4 months now...and its startin to drive me insane....so now im workin my ass off cleanin the garage so i can have a place to put in a bench

[The Modfather]

Well that's what I did, I modded the breather to work as a heatpipe HS. It worked just fine. Of course this isn't a car filter, it's just a small breather. Similar to this but with the filter on the sides visible.

[b4i7]

alright...ive pretty much hit a wall as far as ideas......ive got my cooling and such all down....
i just dont know what to do with the left side panel....anyone got an idea as far as a window shape that would look good for a hot rod theme?

[b4i7]

ok so i got a window design drawn up... tell me what you think....im open to suggestions for other ideas for windows to match the theme

gotta love Paint

[m4gnum]

The problem with having such a large window on a P180 is that you actually see very little: http://www.antec.com/productImageIns...p?ProdID=81800 Unless you decorate/hide/mod the side of the cages and bays, I don't think having such a large window will add to it. As the mobo is top left, you might just restrict the window to that area, just my thoughts though.

[Canadian Eh?]

i would make the window with a flame design. also it would be super cool if you would make the resevoirs look like Nitrous Oxide Tanks