Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!


I went to LYP for Uglyvamp's BBS5 today. Bought lotsa fans n nice accessories from him. Then I thought y not go upstairs to LYP for sum window shopping. BAAAAAAADDDDDD idea! Ended up spending even more $$$$. I walked by ATE n saw that they had the Lian Li V1000 on display which is a pretty rare occurence. They usually dont haf stock for it n u hafta place an order for it without actually seeing, feeling, touching it, n that plain sux coz when u buy such an expensive case u definitely wanna see, feel, touch b4 putting down ure cash for it.

So I proceeded to molest the case. I picked it up off the display shelf to haf a much closer look at the internal structure n build quality. All I can say is it was loooooooooooooovely. My only complaint is that the V1000 is really puny n wudn fit all my hardware nicely. Anyway, that V1000 just wasn't meant to be as it even bit me when I picked it up. The side panel has a nice looking serrated edge for looks. The serrated edge sure looks good but I tell u, that edge sure is like a Rambo knife n feels like it too when it bites u. My finger was so badly cut, I jokingly told the boss I was gonna sue him for bodily harm.

Anyway, I then asked if they had the V1200B which is my all time favorite case. I've never seen ATE display it. That's the main reason y I never bought it until now coz I only buy things after I get to see, feel, touch n molest!
N then, holy, moly, momma of cases, the boss answered me by saying "Yes I haf the V1200B in my storeroom". Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee, I was elated, I was practically jumping up n down with glee. So I immediately asked for it to be brought out. Saw, felt, touched, molested, n bought. Hehehehe.

N here we are, a new Worklog with a new case. I shall call it Project King Kong. I'm in the midst of doing another complete case mod for sum1 so my own King Kong will only be done while I'm waiting for parts for the other mod to arrive. So it's gonna b slow n steady for King Kong.




Here's a pic of the new stuff going into King Kong for now.



This post has been edited by ianho: May 12 2007, 01:35 PM

wah ianho, use this 2 replace Ch3@psk8 case ah?

if yes then u rig is a real 1337 liao!

Ya bro, this is to replace the Ch3@psk8 case. I will remove everything from Ch3@psk8, do a new style side window + add a top window n respray it to new condition again. Then I'm gonna find a new home for it.

how much is ur new lovely case ya?

as with all great casing modification threads, i hereby put my name here for easy reference

just wondering. y king kong? was it name out of the blue?

rm818 from ATE.



U ar. Always free parking.



I named it King Kong coz I actually bought this new case to suit my new gfx card. My old 6800GT was watercooled so the internal case temps were really cool. The CPU n GPU both watercooled so there's no heat in the case. Now with the 7950GX2 which is air cooled, it dumps an incredible amount of heat into the case n it's very hot in there. My mobo oso suffering. Mobo temps hitting 50C on idle!!!! The 7950GX2 oso very, very hot even on idle. The bottom card idles at about 55C, the hotter card at the top is idling at an incredible 70C!!! N my gaming sessions go on for 6-7 hours a day. Just imagine the peak temps for 6-7 hours a day, everyday. Everything's gonna die a premature death from heatstroke.



Anyway, my 7950GX2 is from Asus n the box looks like this.




That's y I call it King Kong.

Finally, u bought new case. Looking forward to seeing it rock!

Brother Ianho is rich boh...RM818....For me it very expensive for a case....

Waiting bro for your worklog....Keep u nice job bro...

if u sell the case, wanna sell it how much??

Well, let's c the new mods on it 1st. Ch3@psk8 is not dead. Just being adopted by new parents. Hehehehhe. I will post it in the Garage Sales section when the time comes.

Whatever happened to the Ferrari idea?

Well, when I saw the V1200B at ATE, my knees just went weak n I cudn resist it. I've been wanting the V1200 for the longest time but ATE never had it in stock. Today got stock n being the compulsive buyer that I am, I just cudn resist. Kakakkakaa.

Anyway, I've been doing a lotta research on the heatpipe being upside down n I've come to the conclusion that my A8N32SLi mobo's heatpipe shudn b too adversely affected by being upside down seeing as how new heatpipes dont really rely on gravity nowadays. Besides I reckon that the current situation of the 7950GX2 dumping all that heat into the old case makes my mobo temps worse than being upside down in a superbly well ventilated case. Plus my GX2 is gonna b a whole lot cooler now with the blower fan right next to it expelling all that hot air straight out the back.

There's a bonus to y I like this new upside down layout too. Now my biggest concern of water leaking onto the gfx cards is solved. The gfx cards r now on top. So if ever I'm unlucky again, it'll just drip onto the lower part of the case which houses things which r very much cheaper compared to the gfx cards. I'll b changing my water loop layout to keep everything at the bottom of the case. Radiator, pump n everything will b at the bottom. The only things going up will b the hoses to the CPU block. I will also be making an acrylic tray for the bottom of the mobo section that is above the PSU. The tray will b able to contain any slow leaks so as not to short out the PSU by dripping into it. U can never, ever b too careful when it comes to water cooling n u know it well too. BTW, what's the news on ure 7800GT RMA?

This post has been edited by ianho: Jul 16 2006, 02:28 AM

In ur mod, got cutting at Lian-Li?

Open the damn box!!!!!!!!!!!!

Of course cutting lar. No cut where can call mod? Kekekekekeke.




Not time to unleash King Kong from the cage yet.

can't wait to see it..

is it just me or is it the box full of grammar and spelling errors and doesnt sound right?!

All New Generation

Aluminum Case

Design to be cool!

PLUS version with special Cooling Kit build-in.

if u still dunno, aluminum is spelt aluminum.

ALUMINIUM is BM spelling

and grammar mistake? nah... we've seen them on each and every made-in-china stuff.

and u know what, u ph4il3d to copy the original grammer nazi

ph4il3d troll you are.

BTT.

Is ATE the only shop bringing in Lian-Li cases?

This post has been edited by jcheong: Jul 16 2006, 02:51 PM

so far i think only ATE is the shop that bring a plenty stock of Lian-Li stuffs..not only the cases, but oso the accessories..
neway,free bump 4 ur nu case bro ianho..
cant wait to see the 'mod process'..
well,if u plan to sell ur Ch3@psk8,plz do tell me ya..

hehe bro u n i are the same man compulsive buyer.... saw one chieftec dragon super tower and bought it on the spot.... hahah maybe will give u to mod ..aint got anyideas for the side panel ....neway as always if ianho is modding it sure look chun chun one

Ngaaaa. I did not see this coming wor... no wonder u got 1 big vehicle parking in the carpark last saturday.. to angkut this kingkong ar... ic.. ic...

Ian! You are tempting us to spend even more now

Hahahha

Can't wait to see the results man!

Project King Kong with a kingkong budget.......i wish i can have a kingkong project also

This post has been edited by AllnGap: Jul 17 2006, 12:14 PM

bro ianho is having fun modding now...
let him concentrate.....

i think have to change name lar...
king kong die at the end...
not good call it king kong...

dup! dap! dup! dap! bro ianho's heartbeat just move faster.u made him nervous jk
letz wait for ianho's reply on the name-change or be the KING KONG hero

Hahaha. Ya lor I brought my lorry to angkut Uglyvamp's things that I bought then ended up angkut back a King Kong oso.



My King Kong clever fella lar. He aint going anywhere near New York city n he sure aint gonna die. He shall remain in the jungle n be King of the Jungle.







Updates!!!!!!!!! Finally opened the box. King Kong is coming out from the cage.



This post has been edited by ianho: Jul 18 2006, 02:08 AM

woo...black King Kong o_0 Sexay

cant stop drooling over the black ah lian!

brother ianho..cepat open the box...i think im gona drown i my pool of drool..... dam so sexy ...neway r u thinking or watercoolng ur stufss?? v series are the best for wc imo......neway hope u update soon....

This post has been edited by lolhalol: Jul 18 2006, 07:30 PM

i think air cooler enough oledi when u using this casing...

This post has been edited by koie: Jul 18 2006, 08:01 PM

oi oi .... poisoning me to get a new cae
shouldnt visited here. ... anyway nice case u got there black colour

This post has been edited by sherren: Jul 18 2006, 09:06 PM

Eh, temptations eh taiko ianho.....faster update, wanna see more of it.

wow.. really nice casing ... Black, so cool

He going to use air-cooling for temporary...

Hehehehe. N how did u find that out I wonder. The little birdy outside ure window told u all my secret projects kar? Hahahaha

wahlau eh... climaxes all over the pages... but yeah, itz betta 4 u to concentrate one at a tym ryt? it helps to maintain originality too... wheee~ thank God I only haf 1 casing to concentrate on.. wahhahahaha

dei, i have a proposal for you regarding this mod. IM me when ur free yah. this involves potentially mucho fame and fortune.

Well, here we go, a tiny lil update. I've decided to go air cooling with this rig since it's 1 of the best air cooling cases around. I tried the stock AMD HSF n King Kong was choking on hot air. The stock HSF just can't handle King Kong's heart pounding at 2.7ghz. Hehehe. The load CPU temps with the stock HSF was 65C! I'm not about to let King Kong suffer like that so the next day I went out n bought the best air cooler I cud get my hands on n here it is.







What a wonderful heatsink it is. Perfect build quality n it just looks so sexayyyyyyyyyyy with all those heatpipes. I dunno y, I've developed a heatpipe fetish. Hahahaha. Now I've got heatpipes everywhere.

This post has been edited by ianho: Jul 19 2006, 07:31 PM

ianho very clever, everyday upload 1 or 2 pict. make me keep on checking this forum everyday

wa bro....



8 thums up for you, your project cannot finish one ? one better than another one, macam macam ada, now project king kong.... lolz

by the way, the king king at page 1 look cute.... hahaha

errr....why not SI-120 or the HR-01 or the Scythe Ninja?

Looks over function?

^ I've had enough of that.

This post has been edited by seveneleven: Jul 20 2006, 12:56 AM

Sry lar. Not on purpose 1. I really dont haf the time to do so much. Hafta finish Project Hypoglossal first. Will update as much as I can everyday.




Hehehehe. Ure Wavemaster how? Found it yet? I saw a yellow 1 at LYP. It's at the floor above All IT.



I actually prefer the XP120 coz it has the fins coming right off the CPU block. The SI120 just hangs above the heatpipes. I reckon the fins coming right off the CPU block is gonna help dissipate a lot of the heat too. HR-01 is more of the Silent Gang HSF I think. N the Scythe just plain looks ugly to me. I wanted sumthin that looked sexayyyyyy. I've always liked only Thermalright HSF as the build quality is 2nd to none. Looks sexayyyyy too. Hehehehehe. Here I go with my heatpipe fetish again. Anyway, I did try looking for the SI120 coz teh XP120 is an extremely tight fit on my Asus A8N32SLi mobo. Couldn't find it in LYP plus I like the XP120 more so I just bit the bullet n went for teh 1 that's a hell lot harder to install.

This post has been edited by ianho: Jul 20 2006, 07:08 AM

Sum updates.

Released King Kong from the cage at last. Hehehe.
Took the case out, studied the case for a while coz it's quite different from normal cases. The fan mountings, HDD cage, Plus Kit all need to be studied b4 doing anything. 1st thing I did was to change out the fans.



Here's a pic of the new rear LED fan installed.





N now the front fan's turn to be changed out. C how it's mounted? It's got a fan cage plate, filter n all that. Also take note of the manual I haf under the case. Haha. I actually used a manual for once.




That's all for today folks. Been a loooong day. Gonna sleep now n hopefully haf sum spare time to update sumore 2moro.

there's a fan filter i see.. i wan... ianho, where u get them? did u make it ur self or wat? pls tell me.. i've been searching for there for a very long time

It's come together with casing.

Dude, posting at 4am in the morning? You need some rest man!

Gonna replace the front fans with LED fans as well?

u can always DIY it using ianho's infamous pantyhose method

The fan filter in that pic comes with the case. That's the beauty of this case. A lot of fantastic touches, it's almost like a pre modded case. Don't need to do any mods for ventilation, HDD mountings n so on. All I need to mod is the looks.

If u really cant find filters n dont mind a DIY look. U can refer to my Ch3@psk8 worklog. I showed how to do a DIY pantyhose air filter in there as pointed out by zooloo.





Ya man. C that clear fan next to the stock fan in the pic? That's going in. It's a lot slower n quieter than the stock Lian Li Adda fans which is already very quiet.





Wah! U remembered my infamous ghey air filter eh?

next monday come.....

need some powerfull fan to suck out all the hot air from the PCI-e slot

This post has been edited by edison92133: Jul 20 2006, 06:20 PM

For cooling the proc, I must recommend the CM Aquagate 12cm. Keeps my X2 4600 at a steady 34C and all hot air is expelled out of the back of the case. MUCH better than the XP120 that it replaced.

Mac, I already haf a really nice water cooling set up. In fact I was gonna buy a nice new water pump for this project too. Then I thought about my extremely hi mobo temps. I'm using a Asus A8N32SLi which needs lotsa air to cool the heatpipes. N since I just bought 1 of the best air cooling cases around, I've decided to use air cooling on King Kong. Besides, the XP120 is really fantastic, I never expected air cooling to be this good. It's only running 2C more than my water cooling at max load.

Updates!!!!!!!!!!!!
Finally got sum free time today to write. Anyway, here's sum updates.

Installing the PSU. The PSU still needs to be completely sleeved. Last time I didn't sleeve all the wires coz most of it was hidden. Now with this case, the wires r all exposed at the bottom section. Hafta sleeve them all nicely in black later coz LYP now all got no stock of black Vantec sleeves.






Installing the mobo n HDD.








1st pix of King Kong up n running. C the ugly mobo wires at the top? N also no USB n Firewires at the top most PCI slot. Just wanted to boot up to make sure the XP120 was seated nicely n working well. This is bcoz the XP120 heatpipe is touching the mobo heatpipe. It's a very, very tight fit. It took me about 2 hours to carefully install the XP120 without damaging anything on the mobo, the CPU n everything else around it. Anybody who's installed an XP120 will know what I mean. Most difficult HSF install I've done so far. Also note the rear case fan is sucking in air for use with the Plus kit. I installed a stainless steel mesh filter on the stock Lian Li fan. The temps I got were not so good as I didn't install the Plus baffle to deflect intake air onto the XP120.









Current set up for now. I need it up n running so I can do my daily work on it. So it's a temporary set up. Basically sorted out the wire management for the top compartment. I sleeved all the USB n Firewires at the PCI slot black n installed it right at the top so I can hide the wires. Can't c it now from the side. Also sleeved the CCFLs switch wires black n hid it at the top. I'm gonna rewire the CCFLs later n make external switches at the bottom of the case.

Very nice n clean top compartment now. In fact too clean until it looks plain n boring so I added the blue UV IDE cables to gif it sum bling, bling. I've also just bought UV blue wires for the floppy drive, haven't had time to install that yet.

Will need to sort out the bottom compartment later, I've already got all my plans for it ready. Just need the time......................









Close up pic of the XP120 sitting right up on the mobo heatpipes. It's actually touching! No worries, it's a known issue for the XP120 on a Asus A8N32SLi mobo. Thermalright has it listed as a compatible HS but with known issue of the heatpipes slightly touching the mobo pipes. No adverse effects on temps though.

MMMMmmmmmmmmmm................. nice sexayyyyyyyyyyy heatpipes. Now my CPU, mobo n graphics cards r all cooled by heatpipes. Hehehehehe.

Oh ya, u can also c how I sleeved n hid the USB Firewires at the top in this pic.








Nightshot with UV look. The vertical CCFL tubes behind the IDE cables will b repositioned to the roof of the case later after I sort out the CCFL wiring. Right now the CCFL wires r too short so I just stuck it there for the time being. Once it's hidden at the top, the UV effect shud b a lot brighter. I've actually got UV slot protectors on the PCI n RAM slots but they're not even showing now coz not bright enuf. The only thing glowing nicely is the 120mm fan on the XP120. I'm still looking for a proper UV blue fan for the HSF. The blue UV fan now is using only molex, not connected to the mobo. I need to get a blue UV 120mm fan with speed sensor so I can use the smartfan controls instead of blowing at 12V all the time. Any1 knows where I can get sum blue UV 120mm fans?

When I get down to completely sleeving the PSU, I'm also gonna change all the molex, floppy, PCIe n ATX plugs to UV blue too. May also add 2 more tubes of UV CCFL but again, LYP is all out of stock. Damn.................. so many things out of stock n delaying my project. I've also got sum blue CCFLs there for a brighter look when the mood strikes. When I'm done with the lighting there shud b 6 tubes of CCFLs in there!






That's it for now. Lotsa plans n mods comin up just need to get the UV CCFLs n black Vantec sleeves. The UV PSU plugs r on the way, just ordered them. Also need to get sum other cool stuff for it b4 I get down to the mods.

@ianho
Wah taiko, making me drool as if see it, love the colour combination.

walao... ur casing very nice... but RM818 abit... swt...

Well, the price of the casing is not a problem. The problem is most of the time, after ppl pay so much for a case, they're worried about cutting it up with mods. They're worried that they're own plastic surgery may turn out disastrous. Then Beauty Queen Ah Lian become transvestite Ah Lian.

U dun haf to worry mar coz u r da sifu edi. Wont turn out disasterous one XD But if u give me that casing, phew u can might as well say high to Chow Kit Ah Lian lor

bro did you face any problem with the a8n32 sli in the case? the heatpipe heatsink will sorta flow back wards if u mount it upside down...

Haha. Good question there. I was actually really worried about this factor b4 deciding on buying this case. I did lotsa reading on the A8N32SLi n there r many users who haf it in V Series cases n also the Stacker 830 using the upside down format. There r sum reports of the mobo overheating but it's a minority, probably caused by bad batch. Most ppl din haf probs with it upside down. I also did a lot of reading on modern heatpipe tech. New heatpipe tech allows it to work in all directions.

Anyway, from my own experience now, no probs at all.

I'm dripping with envy...

man..i need to get a job to satisfy my ianho induced lust for shiny new hardware

but am glad to see such beautiful things put together by the master himself

Actually, when it comes to L337 rigs, I'm beginning to think a crack habit may be cheaper...

That's very true Mac. So........................ r u on crack yet? U haf lotsa access to pure lab grade stuff.

Direct me to your nearest Columbian pharmacists!

So, has ch3psk8 found a new home yet? It'll be intresting to see how much you'll get for that old case after all that work

//offtopic:

mac, where's ur G5 case mod gone? suda change ur mind over xfire or still waiting for a good pair?

//offtopic:

Truth be told, I'm procrastinating with the completion of the G5 casemod...

On one hand, it would be tempting to start over with a Conroe/DDR2/n7950 configuration. Have some ideas on how to stealth the PSU too.

But....

It's a matter of time before Apple completes the Intel switch by releasing the desktop line of Macs and you can bet that it will be based on the Core2Duo processor. With Bootcamp and the ability to dual boot MacOS and Windows: perhaps that's the rig to lust after?

wah.... still not yet start cut ur ah_lian arr...

hmm... fast fast ler...

yalor uncle ianho, so long no update!

GF uncle... fast fast update ler...
anyware... i planning to mod my ah_lian too

Bugger all waiting for me to chop chop ah lian b4 u all do oso.

u r ur taiko mah... need to view ur result 1st before i cut my ahlian

mana ada, u are an expert, cho chop also can sambung lagi larh.
cupat cupat! i wanna see ur mods, maybe i also wanna become an Ah Lian then copy ur mod
who noes?

Haiyooooo. All oso no patience 1. kakaka. Good things come to those who wait mar. I'm chopping other ppls Ah Lian at the moment lar. Finished chopping that Ah Lian d. Gonna write the story for that 1st. Hehehe. After that I hafta finish up Project Hypoglossal, then King Kong shall roar again. He's sleeping at the moment.

wat lah.... ur Project Hypoglossal oso no update...

relax aaa... maybe he realy busy ler

but i also very excited.....

my wave master will come this few day, will look for bro ianho soon

damn! that's my dream case. i still love my ex v1000, but sold it bcoz of its size, too small for me..

and i thought this v1200 cost around rm1k

btw nice job.. cant wait to see ur final product

yeah big is good...

wei wei.... uncle ...is time to update update smth loh...
i ak sempat sempat tungu lah

lol.. kamon bro, dont make us waitin' again
btw, dya have the design for ur ah lian ady??
im pretty sure u wont apply the square windowed to ur ah lian rite??


yaww boss, get the bigger wan lehh, the V2000 series

eerrrr...........last i saw mid valley IT centre still has 3 sets of black vantec sleeves on the shelves

When was that n which shop? Pls tell. Though I haf just received my new set from the mail, I still wanna go sapu all the remaining 3 sets coz I only use black sleeves n will keep them for my other projects.

Wah! So many ppl impatient to c the continuance of Project King Kong. Well, sry for the big delay guys. Even if I had the time to complete it, the parts I want n need for the mods r still not completely in yet.

I've almost got all the things I need for Project King Kong to start modding. Managed to get sum black sleeves ordered from the internet. Malaysia still dont haf black Vantec sleeves until now. Also managed to buy the 120mm UV Blue fan with mobo plug for the XP120 at last. Been wanting to get another set of CM UV CCFLs but again Malaysia got no stock. I got lotsa Sunbeam Laser LEDs in UV though. That'll hafta do I guess. Another major stumbling block was my old camera which is only 2 megapixels with no macro mode. I wanted to do a really nice worklog with hi res pics n lotsa macro shots too so I can get up close shots n show u guys the detailed work. Also the lighting in my hse is really bad for nice pics n the old camera just cudn cope. So..................................................



Tadaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa................................. here's 1 of the major items I had to buy for Project King Kong. Just bought it yesterday. I'm still learning all the manual modes I can use to get much much better pix of King Kong. When I start up Project King Kong in about a week's time, all pics will b in hi res mode. No more pixellated, under n overexposed shots.


Here's the nice lil juicy camera I just bought. It's even got the same theme. All black King Kong color.

its at the mid valley IT centre... the shop is the only one with the concept like ALL IT one... and its placed at the entrance on the hanging thingy...

saw this before i came to singapore which was about 2 weeks ago? and if u sapu....keep one for me...i wan 1 oso....

OK set. I go sapu all 3 sets from them. 1 set I sell to u at rm100.

hmmm.. still no update hoh?

cant wait to see...

uncle ianho, sure is taking his own sweet time...

hurmmm.. 4 days pass de, still no latest progress hoh??

[out of topic]
bro ianho, how much is ur camera?

ur king kong runaway?

reason

btw... good camera

cepat lah update

Wheeeeeeeeeeee. All things required for my mods haf arrived. Mods will commence soon. Pix coming right up. Taking pix now.

This post has been edited by ianho: Aug 27 2006, 11:26 PM

ouchh.. still no update yet arr??
awaiting for more picture

The rest of the parts I've wanted haf finally arrived. Well, at least for now. I may add more stuff later but it's enuf to start for now.











Here's the highlight of all the things in there. Ultimate RAMs with ultimate bling bling. Just perfect for a bling bling interior plus really nice performance too. Just look at those timings! 2.3.2.5 on a 1gb stick.
The KVR I'm using right now is just a 512mb stick n even then the timings r at 3.3.3.8. Best thing about the new RAMs is the super bling factor.

N.I.C.E. Me them beri beri much.






Mod updates will b coming soonz. Hehe. I've been resting n chilling the past few days. Been lazy.