Hi folks, this is not so much of a case modding but water cooling instead I suppose I've never done this before and this would be my first. Everything was done in 1 day (Saturday) and it was tiring (too much of work). I'm pretty happy with the results except for some which I'd like to fix again soon. I'll do less text with more photos, feel free to ask if there's anything you'd like me to share. Anyway, here are the ingredients:

CPU:
Intel Core i7 920 @ 4.12Ghz (21x196)

Motherboard:
ASUS Rampage II Extreme

Graphics card:
XFX GTX 285 Black Edition

RAM:
Kingston Hyper-X DDR3-1600 8-8-8-19

Power Supply:
Gigabyte Odin 800W

Storage:
Intel X-25M G2 80GB SSD
WD 1TB Black Edition

Monitor:
Asus 26" VK266H LCD

Sound card:
Asus Xonar Essense STX

Speakers:
Klipsch GMX 2.1

Casing:
Lian Li PC-A77B Full tower

Keyboard & Mouse:
Microsoft Sidewinder X6 keyboard
Microsoft Sidewinder X8
Razer Destructor Mouse Pad

UPS & Power:
APC SmartUPS 750VA
Belkin Surge Protector

Water Cooling:
Swiftech GTZ CPU water block
Swiftech MCP-655 pump
Swiftech MCR-220 radiator
EK 250 reservoir
Bitspower True Silver Compression fittings 1/2" 3/4"
Bitspower 45 degree & 90 degree rotaries
Bitspower MOSII and MOS III for Asus R2E mosfets
Bitspower AIX58NSE full NB/SB water block for Asus R2E
Feser UV White 1/2" 3/4" tubings
Nucleartec 2 x 30cm UV CCFL

This post has been edited by clawhammer: Sep 18 2009, 11:32 PM

The Asus Rampage II Extreme with Bitspower full water block on the original motherboard tray


The motherboard tray has been sanded to ensure the primer would stick well on the surface




Spraying with primer. I can't get the normal ones so I had the anti-rust primer but what the heck, the point is just to ensure the black paint stays on the surface.




As I was waiting for it to dry, I started putting in some compression fittings in






Some re-arranging of compression fitting placements here and there


This post has been edited by clawhammer: Sep 13 2009, 03:29 PM

When it dries up, I've done a bit of sanding so the primer paint would not be too thick or it'll affect the overall paint job.


After that, it's time to paint it black.






At the same time, I also had the chance to paint my 120mm fan guard and other accessories black.










This post has been edited by clawhammer: Sep 13 2009, 03:30 PM

The case is now empty only with the PSU around


The motherboard tray is finally ready and the paint job is around 95% success (some minor defects but that's fine).






I had it fitted onto the case and it looks great, exactly what I wanted.


I did some sleeving on my MCP-655 wires. As you can see the quality of the sleeves are bad, colours of the wires are still visible so I ended up only doing partial sleeve. I'm going to get MDPC sleeves soon.




I mounted the motherboard onto the tray and had it inside the casing. The board is now heavy, easily 3-4KG thanks to all the blocks and barbs.




This post has been edited by clawhammer: Sep 13 2009, 03:31 PM

I've started doing some tubings on the compression fittings. Well, not as easy as I thought after all.




The durometer of the Feser UV's are pretty close to Tygon R-3603 but in this case, I feel Tygon is still softer. I'll stick with this while I order some Tygons in my next shipment. As you can see, it does good bends.








I started everything up to see if it leaked, initially it did but after rectifying, I've placed all other hardwares in and here are some shots with the lights on.




This post has been edited by clawhammer: Nov 23 2009, 05:48 PM

Here are more shots with the lights off. The UV effect is just cool.








Final shot with the side panel on. A full one day was taken to accomplish this and I went to bed straight without even surfing LY.net (too tired)


Updated: I've changed some tubing routines and included more 45/90 degrees. A lot more to be done but here's how it looks like for now:








This post has been edited by clawhammer: Oct 31 2009, 02:07 AM

That's all folks, I've still got a lot to do and would certainly make an upgrade to what I've done this time In case you're interested in any water cooling and mod products, feel free to PM me

Nice

, that's exactly the same case i use... i just wanted to get the internal parts spray in black or i don't know what to tell... -- it's like sandy texture, black or gun-metal finish...

nice rig u hv bro. im so jeles. cant wait migrating to wc but my current lian li casing refrained me frm doing so. anywy what size is ur tubing bro? izit 1/2ID 3/4OD?

Thanks bro I see you have a great mod coming too and can't wait to see the end results. Water cool it perhaps?

That's matte black, slightly rough surface and stealth black coloured. I can do it for you if you want (Terms & Conditions applies)

Thanks bro Don't worry, I'm sure you can setup WC and I can help you with it if you're interested. Yup, I'm on 1/2" ID 3/4" OD tubings.

haha...can show me ur temp?

Sure, here is my current temp everything idle (Dota running) I'll do one for full load later



This post has been edited by clawhammer: Sep 13 2009, 08:20 PM

good reading !

Thanks bro Btw, here are the load temps (Prime95 Blend)

wa, clawhammer showing off all his goodies. dont show show too much, later i go steal steal

Wow...those compression fittings really really nice and put my loop on shame Poison poison

& is all i could say n do. Really nice with all the compression fittings . . . huge sparkling buggers. . 285 . . . SSD . . . wats next??? TJ?

I can sell everything to you at RM20.1K

Thanks Victor, you've poisoned me to buy SSD so please join me with the compression fittings You need it for your loop


Thanks Felix When is your turn coming? I'm sure you'd want something than black coloured Swiftech barbs, haha

nice temp reading and clean setup