scottath

Hey all,

As of the end of the HSC (end of school exams in NSW Australia) i have a project of my case.....
I finish the HSC on the 5th - but as of the end of todays exam i have nothing till next tuesday - so i thought i would get started.

So far my case looks like this: 2 images will be slow to load - host is having issues.....






So far i just downloaded googles sketch up nad made some quick sketches of possibilities that i have internal wise.
the sketch in the background is my current layout basically





not sure on the quad rad at the top either....


Im thinking of either black, red or a combo inside
Sig rig will be going in there
i have an idea for a res made from some tubing wound around a CCFL to look cool also.
Will have lighting in there also - like a pinstripe sized led strips or similar/underboard lighting i hope.....

HDD space - i only have 2 drives atm (looking for another to add to my raid)
and i have the 5 3/4" drive bay adapter thing

im not sure about single/dual loops yet - will be WC'ing the CPU at least
chipset maybe nad depending on what gfx cards i get possibly them also (if i get 2 5870s i will - or a 5900....hmm)

the board im using dosent have any high heatsinks on it - the ram is the first tall thing (about 1cm from the top edge of the board) (for top rad)

Any further ideas or comments at this stage ?

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JaCkHoLe

looks pretty good so far, can't wait to see how this turns out

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scottath

should be good - just what to do.....so many options

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JaCkHoLe

the custom res sounds like a great idea, and as for dual vs single loop it just depends on which components you end up picking. If you end up doing multiple gpu's i would opt for giving them their own loop. Otherwise a single loop would be fine for cpu+nb+gpu. and i would just throw a triple rad in the top and another triple in the bottom just like your sketch. should give you PLENTY of cooling no matter what setup you use

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scottath

well thats the design of the case.....overkill

thinking maybe getting a HD59** when it comes out - or dual 5870s ($$$ permitting)
Will be doing CPU defiantly - not sure with the rest of the board, 790FX is rather cool......mofets have never been hot on this board either

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T3h_Ch33z_Muncha

free bump

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scottath

thanks muncha - could of posted a hint/idea.....lol

Also - i would love any sponsors of watercooling/modding gear - if any vendors see this - annoyingly im in Australia though......still - worth a try

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scottath

bump?

I got some more ideas from the OCAU forum - they said about *everyone* getting black/red internally painted - and suggested polishing it to a mirror (mobo tray mainly)


I like the idea......

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/Fail

Move the HDD's to the 5 1/4 bays, and mount a quad in the bottom.

I love the look of a red interior on a black case, but IMO It'd look odd on such a simple, classy case. I'd go Satin black for the majority, but with red accents. Like the 5 1/4 bay shroud made with red acrylic.

scottath

ive already run a cm690 that was matte black with red highlights
turned out well - but the case became too dark i think



And that pic was taken with a flash and 2 lights on it

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