The Yin and Yang
A white build and a black build, one liquid cooled and one air-cooled but both of equal components.
Specs are:
Components
Case:Bitfenix Prodigy
CPU:I7 3770k
Mainboard:ASRock Z77E-ITX
RAM:Corsair Vengeance LP 16GB 1600 mHz
GPU: 6970 Reference
PSU: Silverstone 750w full modular
SSD: Kingston Hyper X
HDD: a whole bunch of 2.5" drives
Optical: Sony BC-5600s Blu-Ray
Watercooling
Pump: MCP35x
Pump Top: Alphacool Clear Acylic
Res: TBD
Rads: Alphacool Nexxos XT45 240 and Nexxos45 140
Fans: Debating between the new Corsair fans, Noiseblocker, and AP-15s
Tubing:TBD
CPU Block: EK Supreme HF Nickel/Plexi
GPU Block: EK Nickel/Plexi with backplate
Sleeving
MDPC Shade 19, Vanilla Sands, Titanium Grey
And a few surprises.
Unfortunately, the black was sent back for RMA, but a new one should arrive back in a couple weeks...
As always, comments, questions, critiques are highly valued and will make this a better project!
Table of contents:
Preview Pics
White Case Disassembly
Motherboard tray and Hotswap bays
Continuing with the motherboard tray...new workbench!
GPU side window
Motherboard tray acrylic FAIL
Starting on the front panel
Second attempt on the motherboard tray acrylic
Continuing on the front panel
Second attempt on the front panel
Almost finished with the front panel!
Sleeving the power cable
Test fitting some of the components
AQ5 faceplate change / CPU block install / test fitting success!
Shaping and sanding the top blowhole fans for Yin
Mobo tray protoype completed
Continuing on the Mobo tray, HDD bays, and starting to plan the wiring
USB 3.0 Sleeving Guide
Edited by longroadtrip - 4/6/13 at 11:40am
A white build and a black build, one liquid cooled and one air-cooled but both of equal components.
Specs are:
Components
Case:Bitfenix Prodigy
CPU:I7 3770k
Mainboard:ASRock Z77E-ITX
RAM:Corsair Vengeance LP 16GB 1600 mHz
GPU: 6970 Reference
PSU: Silverstone 750w full modular
SSD: Kingston Hyper X
HDD: a whole bunch of 2.5" drives
Optical: Sony BC-5600s Blu-Ray
Watercooling
Pump: MCP35x
Pump Top: Alphacool Clear Acylic
Res: TBD
Rads: Alphacool Nexxos XT45 240 and Nexxos45 140
Fans: Debating between the new Corsair fans, Noiseblocker, and AP-15s
Tubing:TBD
CPU Block: EK Supreme HF Nickel/Plexi
GPU Block: EK Nickel/Plexi with backplate
Sleeving
MDPC Shade 19, Vanilla Sands, Titanium Grey
And a few surprises.
Unfortunately, the black was sent back for RMA, but a new one should arrive back in a couple weeks...
As always, comments, questions, critiques are highly valued and will make this a better project!
Table of contents:
Preview Pics
White Case Disassembly
Motherboard tray and Hotswap bays
Continuing with the motherboard tray...new workbench!
GPU side window
Motherboard tray acrylic FAIL
Starting on the front panel
Second attempt on the motherboard tray acrylic
Continuing on the front panel
Second attempt on the front panel
Almost finished with the front panel!
Sleeving the power cable
Test fitting some of the components
AQ5 faceplate change / CPU block install / test fitting success!
Shaping and sanding the top blowhole fans for Yin
Mobo tray protoype completed
Continuing on the Mobo tray, HDD bays, and starting to plan the wiring
USB 3.0 Sleeving Guide
Edited by longroadtrip - 4/6/13 at 11:40am

























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as I have had this particular saw for about 10 years...The good news is that it gave me an excuse to order
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