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Classy Machine - Still Sexy

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Table of Contents:

0: The Plan
1: Cable Management Part 1
2: Cable Management Part 2
3: Color Test
4: Sleeve is Here!
5: Prep for Painting and Sneak Peak at Sleeveing
6: Sanded, Primed, and First Coat
7: Changed Plug On Fan Controller and more Sleeving
8: Final Coat of Red and Tape Removed
9: Beginning to Re-Assemble
10: Sleeveing Done and Some Painting Updates
11: Completely Reassembled After Painting and Sleeving
12: Pci Slot Covers
13: Replaced Stock TIM on Video Cards
14: Stealth One of the DVD Drives
15: Water Blocks Are Here!
16: New RAM!
17: Stealthing the DVD Drives, Take 2
18: Internal pics of CPU and Mobo waterblocks
19: Rest of CPU loop unpacked
20: Installed the Top Radiator and Fill Port
21: Under Water At Long Last
22: Re-assembled w/ First Loop
22: Tri-SLI done quick and dirty
23: Two of the Three GPU Waterblocks are Here!
24: Third GPU Block Is Here and A Bit Of Side Project
25: Wall Project Gets Test Fitted
26: Wall Side Project Complete
27: Back in business for real - Last big box of parts unboxed
28: some explanation and thought
29: Disassembly for the final stretch of modding! (07-10-10)
30: Cleaning, Swapping, and Test Fitting (08-10-10)
31: GPU Blocks Installed w/ Backplates
32: Drive Bay Radiator Cover
33: lower section radiator mount
34: Improving the false floor
35: making the false floor sexy
36: painting random stuff that is left to paint
37: GPUs with waterblocks and backplates installed
38: DVD Drive, Fixing Issues, Electrical, and Reservoir Pictures
39: Mounting the Pump
40: Reservoir Mount
41: Issues, Filling the Loop, and More Issues
42: Fixing Problems and Getting the Loop Filled and Leak-Free <almost>
43: Fixing the Res, GPU Block, and Dusting
44: loop back together, final two cables sleeved, and final cable management done

current state of the project (updated with every project update):



 
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#8 ·
Looks nice and is a good improvement, good job.

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Originally Posted by ShtBrix View Post
Nice.
I need to do this on my v2000/BP. TBH the stock cable management sucks. You'd think they'd have more space behind the mobo tray in such a huge case.
Well they aren't very fat so you wouldn't get much room. There's like a half inch with my new atcs 840, great case.
 
#12 ·
thanks for the compliments and rep guys!

all the lian li's i have seen have been really good blank canvases for stuff, i think they intentionaly leave them so that you can put cuts were YOU need them. every build has different needs and it is ugly to have a bunch of unused holes. :)
 
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Truly, nicely done. I am nervous about hitting my V1000 with the dremel, but I know it needs it for proper cable management. Seeing yours makes me feel a little better.
Plus one to ya.


dont be nervous, it can only get better. lian li's are meant to be made your own. :) and even if your cuts are not perfect it will be better than having wild cables. (you can see that none of my cuts were very good, but it eded up looking decent anyway)
 
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You can check out my album for blacking out your case. It will look even better with some UV reactive clear/blue and a UV light.

i was planning on sticking with the red/black theme of the motherboard instead of blue but thanks. :)

do you think i should paint all the insides black or red?

I intend to go water when i get the money and i will get red dye with clear tubing and some of those awsome batwing fans for the radiators

as to the UV lights, it is not to my taste, i do not like flashy stuff, i prefer the simple beauty. no lights for me, just simple and clean.
 
#19 ·
nice job on the case but an off topic question. Does your 920 really need 1.39 for 4.0 cause that is really high for DO 920. Crappy overclocker?
 
#20 ·
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Nice work - now to continue to hack apart my V2010b....

I used the top corner hole for the fan controller cables also - but dont have anything else going down there - now i just need to find a cheap 8pin extention cable and i'll be good


http://www.frozencpu.com/products/75..._CB-8M-8F.html

why does your sig say you have a coolmaster case if you have a lian li?
 
#21 ·
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nice job on the case but an off topic question. Does your 920 really need 1.39 for 4.0 cause that is really high for DO 920. Crappy overclocker?

well, i got instability in linx with anything lower. i am not very good at OCing, this is the only comp i have ever overclocked. i am open to suggestions of other things to increase so that i can lower that. (vid is 1.21v btw)
 
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whoops - havent updated that sig yet....
im in australia also - cheapest ive found so far is ~$7AUD - so i think i'll just get it....

i thought stuff was normally more expensive in Australia?

anyway, at least you did not have to buy 2. :) and it defiantly helps the look.
 
#25 ·
normally your right - normally aussie prices suck - but the AUD is going well (~87us cents atm) and these sort of things are hand made here maybe?

everything else here is expensive though.....but it has been getting better - hopefully the AUD = USD for christmas for some nice 5870/5870x2/5890s
 
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