This is my first real attempt at a custom water cooled case, it isn't finished yet (a monetary issue) but hopefully I will finish it before too long, school may put a damper on it for a few months. The case details are in my rig builder on my profile. I know these things are usually an updated log but I didn't decide to do one till I was done so sorry for the crappy log. The goal was a sweet looking water cooled pc that had upgradability and was quiet. so the cooling could probably be a little better, but so far it keeps my cpu at 4.8 under 83 on prime 95 for about 14 hours.
The case, paint (rustoleum), saw, paper, etc.
My drill job didn't go as well as it should have so I decided to use the grill below. (should have found a drill press)
First coats of paint, green exterior with white flames from the front with a white chasis, before some sanding
Clear over the white front (semi gloss hoping to avoid some fingerprinting)
Clear over the side panels
First reconstruction of the case
FrozenCPU order and Microcenter parts all thats missing is the parts I ordered from newegg
Final construction
Grill hid my crappy drilling well I think
Hoping to add my 7950 to the loop in the future, and possibly a 2x140 radiator. There is a chunk of the lower drive bay that I cut out to allow for the radiator to fit well (can't be seen I'll take a picture sometime) but Ill pry have to move my drive bay stuff around a little bit. As well I know the tubing looks kind of unorganized, but I'm hoping that adding the gpu in my loop will make it look better, and that drain port I put in has been a godsend since I just moved from Wyoming to California two days after putting the rig together
So far after about a week it runs awesome. it would be completely silent if I had my video card in the loop (damn money).
I'll add some more pictures and such in updates as I hopefully add to this rig before too long!
Edited by oldmud - 10/7/12 at 5:42pm
The case, paint (rustoleum), saw, paper, etc.
My drill job didn't go as well as it should have so I decided to use the grill below. (should have found a drill press)
First coats of paint, green exterior with white flames from the front with a white chasis, before some sanding
Clear over the white front (semi gloss hoping to avoid some fingerprinting)
Clear over the side panels
First reconstruction of the case
FrozenCPU order and Microcenter parts all thats missing is the parts I ordered from newegg
Final construction
Grill hid my crappy drilling well I think
Hoping to add my 7950 to the loop in the future, and possibly a 2x140 radiator. There is a chunk of the lower drive bay that I cut out to allow for the radiator to fit well (can't be seen I'll take a picture sometime) but Ill pry have to move my drive bay stuff around a little bit. As well I know the tubing looks kind of unorganized, but I'm hoping that adding the gpu in my loop will make it look better, and that drain port I put in has been a godsend since I just moved from Wyoming to California two days after putting the rig together
So far after about a week it runs awesome. it would be completely silent if I had my video card in the loop (damn money).
I'll add some more pictures and such in updates as I hopefully add to this rig before too long!
Edited by oldmud - 10/7/12 at 5:42pm
Emerald Wizard Rattle can project
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Emerald Wizard Rattle can project
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and yea the fact that cool things cost money really sucks.... 
