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Posted 19 February 2013 - 04:46 AM

this is the older lian li case. it is a pretty mini box, and should shoehorn nicely:
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Posted 24 February 2013 - 03:20 AM

driving me nuts as to 'best' rad placement/port penetrations. i love this case, but don't want a 'remote' rad...water cooling is such an expensive undertaking (not these instant kit things, but a 'real' loop(s)). looking at the 'komodo' total block for my 7970 atm...

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Posted 27 February 2013 - 03:59 AM

View Postm.oreilly, on 24 February 2013 - 03:20 AM, said:

looking at the 'komodo' total block for my 7970 atm...

All that 'gaming' really heats it up, you really need water? :giggle: :devil: :giggle:

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Posted 27 February 2013 - 04:16 AM

nah, but i bench it with linx with the new xeon test files. going stainless for the exterior pipes. simple, but durable, as i tend to kick (sometimes on purpose)/spill beer/knock over my rig, and that's even before miller time...
man, if games looked like that heaven test, i'd be an avid gamer!

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Posted 27 February 2013 - 04:30 AM

rad and fans:
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Posted 27 February 2013 - 04:43 AM

incoming ek full cover block and single slot pci bracket, plus a backplate, for the 7970...

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Posted 27 February 2013 - 05:24 AM

I fully understand Patty now.

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Posted 28 February 2013 - 08:16 AM

...and a koolance pmp-500, with the single slot fancy tnk-501 rez

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Posted 28 February 2013 - 08:17 AM

stainless steel 12mm OD (yay amazon!) and bitspower pipe fittings on the way too!

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Posted 03 March 2013 - 02:39 AM

spent the day planning and then finally drilling for the rad passthroughs, and mounting wheels!. i'll put up pics when the koolance TNK-501 rev 1.1 rez and rad mounts arrive...

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Posted 04 March 2013 - 01:20 AM

went ahead and sorted the fan controls/leads (each fan has a cabled switch for high/low speed...not cool). warranty? who needs a warranty? cut all the fan leads, sealed up the low voltage leads, and spliced/soldered the remaining mass into two thin hot/ground, to couple with an exterior mounted molex (looking atm...).i'm satisfied in how it turned out:

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case still a bit rough, but at least got most of the cutting done:

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Posted 05 March 2013 - 04:51 AM

the case intake fans are going to be typhoon ap-30, with modded pwm leads, which will be split cabled to the cpu pwm mobo signal header, so when things get hot, they will spin up...if you have ever heard them full blast ...gpu block arrived today. pretty. waiting on the rez so i can position the pump, and ordered moar 90 degree to make sure i have all the fittings i need when the final push to transfer the existing mobo into the new mini case happens.

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Posted 06 March 2013 - 06:39 AM

rez arrived. pretty kit indeed. after looking at the penetration fittings, and my cutting, i decided to forgo the exterior fittings, as the holes are pretty tight re circumference. waiting on bitspower rad mounting kit before i can plumb the exterior...

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Posted 09 March 2013 - 03:41 AM

phobya 1080 case mount:

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i used some copper pipe to beef up the rad supports, which are really meant for single 120mm rads, and made a bumper for the extra set of mid mounted wheels to keep the rad from tipping everything over. fan power lead passes through a grommet in the rear. i was going to use stainless steel for the exterior connections, but decided against it: while the bitspower pipe adapters seem to be pretty tight, i felt that there could be an issue re leakage if the system was bumped in that area, an area that would generally be out of line of sight.

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Posted 09 March 2013 - 10:39 PM

can't wait to see what the grill and headlights look like on it :)




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