[Project] Black&Green TEC PC and HTPC (ALOT OF PICS) - 56K WARNING!

Well been QUITE alot of changes to the plan so here goes:


Case: MM Enteded Ascension

• Front: Standard - Thermochill Spacing
• Back: Standard - Black Ice Spacing
• Side1: Big Window
• Side2: Solid Alu panel
• Side3: Big Window

Case addition: MM Pedestal 24

• Front:Triple 120 - Black Ice Spacing
• Back: Triple 120 - Black Ice Spacing
• Bottom: Smiley
• Side1: Quad - Black Ice Spacing
• Side2: Quad - Black Ice Spacing

Mobo: EVGA 790i SLI FTW
CPU: E8400/E8500
RAM: G.Skill 2 x 1GB DDR3 - 1600
GPU: BFG GTX 280
PSU: Corsair HX1000W
Aux PSU1: Meanwell 600W
Aux PSU2: Meanwell 150W
HDD1: 150GB V-Raptor
HDD2: 500GB WD
HDD3: 500GB WD
DVD Samsung DVD burner
keyboard: Logitech G15
mouse: Logitech G9

WaterCooling for Black&Green PC:

TEC loop:

• Pump: Iwaki RD30
• Reservoir: EK multi RES 250mm
• RAD1: Black Ice GTX 480
• RAD2: Black Ice GTX 480
• CPU block: Stinger V8 (custom) w/ 437W TEC
• Coolant: Feser UV Green

Loop setup:

EK RES -> RD30 -> V8 < each outlet to its own GTX 480 > EK Res

GPU loop:

• Pump: MCP355 w/ XSPC REStop
• RAD: Black Ice GTX360
• GPU Block: AquaGrafx 280
• Coolant: Feser Black

loop setup:

MCP355 -> GTX360 -> AquaGrafx 280 -> REStop

Chipset loop:

• Pump: MCP355 w/ XSPC REStop
• RAD: Thermochill PA120.2
• NB/SB block: Bitspower Black Freezer 790i NB & SB block
• Mosfet Block 1: Bitspower 790i Mosfet Part 1
• Mosfet Block 2: Bitspower 790i Mosfet Part 2
• Coolant: Undecided

loop Setup:

MCP355 -> PA120.2 -> Mos 1 -> Mos 2 -> NB/SB -> REStop

Radiator cooling:

• 2 x 480GTX: 4 x Panaflos 103cfm pushing
• GTX360: 3 x panaflos pushing
• PA120.2: 2 x 110cfm Scythe pushing and 2 x 110cfm Scythe pulling

Case: Modded Cosmos S
CPU: Celeron 430 / E8400
RAM: OCZ 4 x 2GB
GPU: Force3D HD4870
GPU HS: Scythe Musashi
Mobo: DFI Blood Iron P45
DVD: Sony Blu-ray drive
PSU: Corsair 750W
HDD1: 150GB Raptor X
HDD2: 500GB WD
Aux PSU: Meanwell 320W
Keyboard: Moshi Celesta ( got it for free )
Mouse: Razer Copperhead


Watercooling Setup:

TEC loop:

• Pump: MCP355 w/ XSPC top
• RES: Micro-RES
• RAD1: Thermochill PA160
• RAD2: BIX 360
• CPU Block: MCW6500T
• Coolant: Feser UV Green

loop Setup:

Micro-RES-> MCP355 -> PA160 -> MCW6500T -> BIX360 -> Micro-RES

well thats the new setup hope you guys enjoyed
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- Day 1 (part 1) - this post - showing components

- Day 1 (part 2) - showing more components

- Day 1 (part 3) - EVEN MORE components

- Day 1 (part 4) - and the last components

- Day 2 - sleeving, cutting, lapping and setting up the 4870

- Day 3 - sleeving done and most of the Cosmos S mocked up

- Day 4 - new Cosmos Lighting

- Day 5 - WCing leak tested and some work done on the case

- Day 6 - BIG box

- Day 7 - small update

- Day 8 - new box and test fitting before powder coating

- Day 9 - powder coated Cosmos S and fully fitted

- Day 10 - small box

- Day 11 - testing all components on air on my 790i and little stock cooler MOD

- fstfrddy custom V8 stinger Waterblock update #1

- Day 12 - Cosmos S lighting done and mini update

- Day 13 - BIG update - BIG box arrives and I found the HDDs for my HTPC build

- Day 14 (Part 1) - HUGE box of goodies(480s and Ascension arrived)

- Day 14 (Part 2) - showing more components off and got my E8400 stable

- fstfrddy custom V8 stinger Waterblock update #2

- Day 15 - some work done and a new box

- Day 16 - fitting the Ascension with test loop to OC on water

- OC screens

- Day 17 - working on the htpc and a little on the pc

- Day 18 - Almost done with the HTPC

- Day 19 (Part 1) - small update got a new box

- Day 19 (Part 2) - showing some components and resleeved the 24pin one by one

- Day 20 - HTPC done and Extended Ascension/ Pedestal 24 assembled


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alright well ive been out of the Computer modding/ making scene for a while now and well I wanted to come back with a bang well Ive come up with a great Idea since ive already done a triple loop in WCing I wanted to go to the next step. sooo here it is my idea of the next step is using a TEC to cool my cpu a big thanks to ira-k for all his GREAT help and for standing my insistent questions well heres the setup:


I love the look of this case it just looks soo sexy


what I have to work with


marked off what is going to get cut


and its been stripped


and the chassis is NAKED!

680i LT[DEAD] - the first go on this then i go to my 790i


how all the screws are being saved for when i put the system back



test fitting


the GPU




i love how they write AMD down low




test fitted


the clearance


680i LT NB


awesome E8400


Sony Blu ray drive


Nothing more I can do till more stuff arrives so all put away neatly

and more stuff arrives (im posting pics taken from last week)

small box computer stuff big box ROCK BAND 2 DRUM SET!!



My PSU


Conformal Coating and Dielectric grease
Edited by omaryunus - 12/15/08 at 9:08pm

Continuing Pics:



one of my fan controllers


my memory

well here is where i got creative I wanted to save as much bay space as i could and I didnt want to place my three hard drives in 3 slots so i drew up some plans and i came up with something that would only take up 2 slots and holds 3 HDDs nothing is sold that is able to do this most of them are 3 bays and hold 4 HDDs... so here is the prototype:



i sent that to my friend and he made a few changes to it and finished both sides:




and yes he added the fan good touch keeps the HDDs cooler since they are so compact

here is how it works:





it is placed in the bay with 2 Sycthe Antivibration 3.5" to 5.25" converters


and the fan moves

so since it was ready i send it for powder coating and... it is back in 2 hours




i love the finish


testing the system


on my 40" tv


love the look of this ram


WHAT A MESS!


and everything is packed up and again waiting for more packages

and again PACKAGES are here (just got this about 12 hours ago )



the small package




BP compression fittings




chrome LED holders


green fan for my custom HDD holder


pump relay using it for the relay for my auxiliary PSU for now gonna change it with a better one soon.


Green and UV LEDs
Edited by omaryunus - 10/30/08 at 5:45pm

I have 2 of these to get a before and after temp for my TEC loop so I know how well my loop is cooling


on to the big box


thats everything


two meanwell auxiliary PSU (one is a spare just in case)



pumps and tops


ALOT of sleeving


for my 4870


more mem and my V-Raptor is here yay!


two lapping kits (again one as a spare just in case)


my pride and joy this thing looks really nice its got this somewhat AWESOME industrial look






the base looks pretty flat


and my tripod which is gonna help me throughout this log


all my panaflos


for my custom HDD enclosure


awesome looking fan controller might be using these


my NB cooler


my second loop's reservoir


NEOPRENE!! yay


more fans just in case


my colors


Edited by omaryunus - 10/30/08 at 5:46pm

a bunch more TEC stuff


I got all three UN designs


lil tid bits


more tools


WCing stuff


for the PA160


for the temp sensors


the black ice GTX360

my first thermochill EVER!






putting together my HDD holder


heres a little gif so you can see a 360 view of it


and just a good look at it
Edited by omaryunus - 10/30/08 at 5:47pm

still more pics coming and your very welcome and I wanna do this as fast as possible so that I can use this for a few months atleast

hey man its a GREAT case for watercooling if you see WC viper in my sig you will see that ive done a triple loop in this case b4
Edited by omaryunus - 10/30/08 at 5:48pm

oh you dont know the half of it ... yup going to run the board for a bit once i get my monitor the insulation will wait... im gonna run the board with my 8600 GTS since its just sitting around i already removed the stock cooling on my 4870... and well i got an XFX and they dont take it back after insulation too so it really doesnt matter... thanks for the complements