Project: Rage

[Fuganater]

I got to have a bit of a "modding marathon" this weekend. Got loads done so here we go! (Some of the pics came out crappy and I'm sorry for this. IDK what my camera was doing)

EX360 rad installed and all the fans installed.

You can still see the 140mm rad on the back. I really really hate externally mounted rads but it was the only way to get it to fit. It will go away now. You will also see a MCP220 rad in the middle of the case. The plan was to mod the HDD cage to put my Phobya 280 rad in but its way too big for the bottom of the case. Luckily I have some rads sitting around that I bought.

Since the EX360 is thinner and sits further towards the font of the case. I can now fit the MCP120 rad inside the case.

240 rad with fans

Once I hid all of the cables it was time to start the tubing! The CPU gets the 240 and 120 rad. The GPUs get the 360 rad.

Now the GPU loop starts.

The rad and T fitting are zipped until I can find a more permanent solution. I'm thinking a rad stand would do the trick.

As you saw in my previous post, I got some MDPC sleeving. I redid the ATX Power and the 8 pin CPU cable.

Some of the front I/O plate.

I'm a big fan of custom cables now. You can make them exactly how long you need them to be. So I made 4 PCI-E cables.

1 done

4 done

2 sleeved

and installed

Next 2 sleeved

all 4 installed

Now sure if you all know how to get sleeving perfect. I mark where the sleeving needs to stop with a white paint marker. That way all my sleeving stops right at the connector.

Random shot of my res. This think was a nightmare to bleed. Took probably 4 hours of running for all the air to get out.

If you remember I had to mod the water temp sensor to be red. Well I did another so I have the temps of both loops handy.

You can also see I unstealthed the Blu-Ray drive. It was annoying and was sticking out the back of the 5.25 bay so it made running the tubing harder.

And finally here is how it looks at the end of the weekend.

I got some new LEDs in so I will be installing them soon.

Cheers till next time!

[Aldersan]

Looks good!

[Fuganater]

Thanks!

Forgot to say that the fans that are on the 120 and 240 are just temp. I ordered 6 more shark fans for them. Also ignore the unsleeved fan cables. Since they are temp I'm not wasting sleeving on them.

[Aldersan]

Hah yeah good choice, those sharks are pretty awesome fans

[Stonerboy779]

Hmmm, three sticks of ram??

[Fuganater]

Hmmm, three sticks of ram??

HA! Good catch! I think the other DIMM is dead Not sure what the warranty on the board is so I haven't contacted ASUS yet. 10GB of RAM FTW!

[Stonerboy779]

HA! Good catch! I think the other DIMM is dead Not sure what the warranty on the board is so I haven't contacted ASUS yet. 10GB of RAM FTW!

I hope you realise you are slowing yourself down and unless you need the capacity just drop the 2GB DIMM :lol:

Build is looking great btw

[SXRguyinMA]

Nice work! 'bout time we got a real update!

[Fuganater]

Nice work! 'bout time we got a real update!

Haha thanks man! Just got some new rads today and I may start the LEDs tonight.

[Fuganater]

So I picked up some White SMD LEDs

I'm going to cut it every 16"... well close to it.

I installed 2 the the top and one in the bottom of the case. They light it up quite nicely.

And with the side panel on

While I was taking these pictures I noticed the case was quiet and felt hot...

OH CRAP!!!!

Somehow I hit the molex connector to my fans on the 360 rad and they didn't come back on. Once that was fixed it went down.

And finally I installed 3x 5mm red LEDs into the res.

Almost done. I think I will take a break and save a bit of money for the plexi bender. Its like $150. Expect more as soon as my new rads come in. I bought a new XSPC EX120 and 240. I'm also trying to score some Pastel Light Red Mayhems fluid and some Red Dye. We'll see how things go.

Cheers till next time.