I was repairing my aunt's Powermac G5 and really liked the look of the aluminum chassis. I decided to buy a used one and put my PC in it, maybe going for a Hackintosh later. After mesurements, my SpinQ VT would not fit, so I decided to go with with a custom water cooling loop. Then I decided that a coloring theme was necessary, and Portal was an obvious choice.
List of Mods: (full disassembly of case)
-Cut Back for I/O and PCI
-Cut window for Portal 2 logo with a DREMEL
-Cut barrier for aperture logo with a DREMEL
-Cut holes for 2 bottom fans
-Sanded, painted case
Start:
Finish:
My components:
Asus Sabertooth 990FX Asrock z77 Extreme4
Phenom x6 1090t Intel i7 3770k
Gigabyte GTX 670
One 3.5" drive (2TB), one 2.5" drive(64GB SSD)
Apevia Warlock 750w PSU Rosewill Capstone 750w
16GB of G.skill RAM SAMSUNG RAM
For the cooling loop
Coolgate dual 140mm rad (x60mm thick)
MassCool dual 120mm rad (x35mm thick)
EK GTC 680 CSQ block
Swiftech Apogee Drive II
Swiftech Res
I will be posting images of my work on the case, but I would like to ask you guys if you think a dual 140mm rad will be enough to cool my CPU, GPU, and possibly another GPU in the far future. I could a dual 120mm rad and squeeze it in the bottom of the case.
Pre-construction! (Click to show)
Cutting! (Click to show)
Painting! (Click to show)
The Longest Phase: WC and new PSU/MOBO/CPU (Click to show)
FINAL PICTURES! (Click to show)
Edited by Legonut - 3/28/13 at 7:13pm
List of Mods: (full disassembly of case)
-Cut Back for I/O and PCI
-Cut window for Portal 2 logo with a DREMEL
-Cut barrier for aperture logo with a DREMEL
-Cut holes for 2 bottom fans
-Sanded, painted case
Start:
Finish:
My components:
Asus Sabertooth 990FX Asrock z77 Extreme4
Phenom x6 1090t Intel i7 3770k
Gigabyte GTX 670
One 3.5" drive (2TB), one 2.5" drive(64GB SSD)
Apevia Warlock 750w PSU Rosewill Capstone 750w
16GB of G.skill RAM SAMSUNG RAM
For the cooling loop
Coolgate dual 140mm rad (x60mm thick)
MassCool dual 120mm rad (x35mm thick)
EK GTC 680 CSQ block
Swiftech Apogee Drive II
Swiftech Res
I will be posting images of my work on the case, but I would like to ask you guys if you think a dual 140mm rad will be enough to cool my CPU, GPU, and possibly another GPU in the far future. I could a dual 120mm rad and squeeze it in the bottom of the case.
Pre-construction! (Click to show)
Edited by Legonut - 3/28/13 at 7:13pm
Silent Guardian
(19 items) |
Sister's rig
(11 items) |
Family HTPC
(10 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amd Phenom II x6 1090t | Asus sabertooth 990FX | xfx 6870 | g.skill ares |
| Hard Drive | Optical Drive | Cooling | OS |
| OLD 500GB | HP thingy | Thermaltake SpinQ VT | Windows 7 |
| Power | Case | Mouse | |
| Raidmax 530w | NZXT Phantom Black | Logitech G400 | |
| View all | |||
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMD A10 5800k | Asrock pro-4 m | His 6770 1GB | G.skill 2133 8GB |
| Hard Drive | Optical Drive | Cooling | OS |
| Samsung 840 ssd 128 GB | Lg blu-ray combo drive | Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO | Windows 7 |
| Power | Case | ||
| Raidmax 530w | Silverstone Temjin | ||
| View all | |||
|
Silent Guardian
(19 items) |
Sister's rig
(11 items) |
Family HTPC
(10 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amd Phenom II x6 1090t | Asus sabertooth 990FX | xfx 6870 | g.skill ares |
| Hard Drive | Optical Drive | Cooling | OS |
| OLD 500GB | HP thingy | Thermaltake SpinQ VT | Windows 7 |
| Power | Case | Mouse | |
| Raidmax 530w | NZXT Phantom Black | Logitech G400 | |
| View all | |||
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMD A10 5800k | Asrock pro-4 m | His 6770 1GB | G.skill 2133 8GB |
| Hard Drive | Optical Drive | Cooling | OS |
| Samsung 840 ssd 128 GB | Lg blu-ray combo drive | Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO | Windows 7 |
| Power | Case | ||
| Raidmax 530w | Silverstone Temjin | ||
| View all | |||
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