Hello!

This will be my first worklog for my first water cooled PC. I've already got most of my parts in, and have been waiting a long time to do something like this, so here goes.

The Specifications,

AMD's 955 BE
Gigabyte's 890GPA UD3H MSI Z77 MPower!
8 GB Corsair Memory 16 GB Patriot Intel Extreme Masters Memory Kit
MSI's R7950, reference edition
WD's 500 GB Green OCZ 128 GB Vector and WD 500 GB Scorpio Black
WD's 1 TB Green
Corsair's TX 650M
Lian Li's A05NB

The Loop,

Laing's DDC 1T Plus + Phobya light black top Aqua Computer's DDC Delrin Top + Swiftech MCP 35X
Alphacool's NexXxoS XT45 240mm radiator
Alphacool's NexXxoS XT45 360mm radiator
Koolance 370 CPU block

Noiseblocker's XL2s

*more to come

The Aesthetics,

Bitspower 360mm Radiator Grill Watercool Heatkiller 360mm Stainless Steel Hex Guard
Vandal resistant switches, blue dot + ring LED, stainless steel
Clear acrylic panel for side window

Just two photos to kick off this post. "Project: Rebirth" begins next week!

The case that I will be cutting up, already removed the USB + 3.5mm headers to make way for the 360mm radiator!



Just got these goodies today!



This post has been edited by pristine: Jan 23 2013, 12:08 AM

You can fit a 360mm on the roof?

I intend to stuff one there!

That's going to be a tough one. I sure hope you did some measurement. With an MATX board you most likely can fit the XT45 + Fans in there while still probably can SLI. But the board you chose is a full size board

Btw, paint that sucker up.

hopefully I didn't miss any measurements.

definitely planning on painting it up, later on when I'm finish cutting it up. haha

This post has been edited by pristine: Sep 8 2012, 01:35 AM

Excellent. Had an A05N sold it with little regrets. The anodized layer is rather thin with LL's products and stains + oils can burn in.

any tips on how to remove the anodizing?

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Added on September 9, 2012, 1:37 am08/09/12
Issue:

Bitspower 360mm Radiator grill won't accommodate my 360mm XT45. Seems that the Bitspower grill is meant for radiators with wider fan spacing.

This post has been edited by pristine: Sep 9 2012, 01:37 AM

necessary for grills??

won't affect the progress of my build but I want to put just so it looks more polished. haha

This post has been edited by pristine: Sep 10 2012, 07:11 PM

Project: Rebirth begins today!

Did a test fit for the 240mm radiator at the bottom of the A05NB,



Hardly any space left! Just enough to seal the ports at the end.



Top panel ready for cutting, to accommodate a 360mm radiator.



Weapon of choice:



Fin!



Only used one regular cutting disc (small) for the panel. Didn't break till when I finished and wanted to remove it.

Will properly finish it and pop the fan holes tomorrow when my drill comes in.

great work, 2 thumbs for lianli user

Thanks bro!

This post has been edited by pristine: Sep 11 2012, 10:19 PM

Update!

Popped some M3 holes in the chassis today, with this!


And made the 240mm radiator opening, with a dremel.


You'd think it'll be less work than yesterday, but for some weird reason, I broke two discs, changed two discs, totalling FIVE discs. I think the chassis aluminium is different from the panels. I'll find out tomorrow when I cut my side panel.

As you can see the dust from cutting the 240mm hole. It's more than yesterday!


Also cut out a hole for CPU mounting plate change.


Took a break from all the cutting and drilling, made measurements and drawings for tomorrow's session:

Going to swap out the power and reset switches for delrin switches.


And make a windowed side panel! Still haven't drawn out the design. Have to make a few more measurements.

Interested on how it'll turn out ...



Good luck !

Had to make more measurements yesterday for the side panel,

I got inked.


Worked on cutting up the front and side panels today, along with cutting out an acrylic sheet for side window.

Front panel:


Issue with the hole I made, not big enough. Gotta go file it down some more tomorrow.

Side panel, complete with acrylic window!


Perfect fit when fixed back on the chassis! Quite literally. And I need to get more screws. HAHA!

Cutting the acrylic was ridiculous. Did it with a dremel, got showered with acrylic dust. I was covered with acrylic dust.


After that everything I saw had blur spots.

Should be able to put everything together soon. And file down/finish the cut sections if required.

This post has been edited by pristine: Sep 29 2012, 09:45 PM

Bro, got clearance for ODD with this rad? Planning to use this casing too...

The 360mm? definitely not on the first bay. Maybe on the second 5.25" bay. I'm not using an ODD. .

Will post a photo for you when I test fit!

Thanks bro, appreciated it. Looking forward your nice build...

Just did a test fit since I just realise I haven't test fit the 360mm rad after I cut the top panel!


and it works! holes all properly aligned and spacings estimated/measured are correct! I just need to do some finishing for the top panel.

Here's your answer!



It fits! Just don't go using deltas/push-pull (maybe if thinner rad can).

The space left is JUST NICE for an ODD or whatever you wanna stuff in. Also, depends on how you mod your case, you might still be able to use the top bay for something, depending on how big that something is.

Thanks bro...maybe can fit shorter body fan controller there...