Update November2011: I ran into some money woes so my setup changed a bit. I no longer have the lovely 580s and the monster rx480s, but the setup has evolved to something a bit more milder. I have a swiftech mcr 420 on the top and an mcr 320 at the bottom. I'm running dye and a new res.
One last decent looking pic 

Update 8/27: Psu is done, only thing left is cable management. So this is a wrap atm. Only other item is a possible change of the mb to a MIVE but I have yet to find a seller.
Update 8/23
GTX 580s on waterr 
Update: 8/17 Just placed the order for three Heatkiller blocks and the 3rd fermi has arrived. Should be done by next week to end this thread
. Rma psu tested beautifully and its shipping to its new owner soon, my new psu is still in backorder so hopefully that arrives by next weekend too.
Update 8/9
Lol, this is never ending
. Well, after an unsuccessful venture with amd, I decided to sell the cards (two of them, one was bad, rma'ed and refunded) and go back to Nvidia. I just had too much trouble with the amd drivers and I fell much at home with nv. Still, the 6950s unlocked were beastie cards and could handle gaming on three screens. Too bad all my benchmarks were crap with them
. So, I took the plunge and decided to go with 580 with 3gb for Surround. So far, the first card has been beyond what I expected. The psu has been rma'ed due to the noise at load and I'll be selling the hopefully new replacement. Thus, I'm without a psu and can't test the second 580 that arrived yesterday. Since the new proposed psu is longer than the old one, I've sold my lovely FrozenQ reservoir and downgraded to a smaller res. Stay tuned, I don't want to lie again and say its over. Apparently, I don't quite grasp the meaning of that 
Update: 7/17
I promised my wife no more upgrades (and money) for a while. I just relocated the pump to the bottom since the HK setup is a bit different the the old EK bridge setup. I'll break down the rig in a few months and I'll mod the case a bit to relocate the pump back to the middle area.
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Phase 3 update 4/12: She's finished, btw 5th place in MOTM for March 2011 







Phase 3 update 4/8 (for MOTM):

Phase 3 update 4/5/11:


Rebirth(Phase 3) 3/16/2011: http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-wo...l#post12760282
Two RX480 480mm radiators, new OCZ 1000w modular psu (modded to the front
), more fans and tube, FrozenQ Fusion V helix reservoir 

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Phase 2 01/11: moded for 240mm radiator @ the bottom 
-Swiftech MCP355
-XSPC Dual Bay Reservoir for one DDC
-XSPC RX240
-???
Phase 2 update 1/29 complete:
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Phase 1, bolt on modsFor this build, I'm going with a straight forward build. Nothing extreme as in past ventures (click on the sig links). For the exception of the sleeve and some custom wiring, everything in this build is bolt-on. I hope anyone venturing into water cooling can get inspired and start a water cooling build.
Parts:
-Corsair Obsidian 800D (stock, for now
)
-Asus Rampage III Extreme
-Intel i7 950
-Corsair Dominators 12GB 1600
-2x Zotac + 1x MSI GTX 470 in Triple SLI (2nd Zotac pending rma)
three Zotacs gtx 470 in triple sli
-Hitachi Deskstar 1tb (sig hdd)
-Asus dvd-rw
-Lamptron Fan-Atic controller
-Viewsonic 24" lcd
-Thermaltake Toughpower 1200w psu, sleeved using high density sleeve.
-XSPC RX360
-XSPC X20 750 pump/res (harness modded for 3-pin) <-Pending sale
-Swiftech MCP355 (pending delivery)
-XSPC Dual Bay reservoir for single DDC (pending delivery)
-EK Supreme HF (round top) Nickel/Acrylic
-EK FB RE3 Nickel/Acrylic
-3x EK FC-GTX 470 Nickel Acrylic
-3x EK FC-470 GTX Nickel back plate
-EK FC Bridge Triple Parallel
-3x EK FC Link GeForce
-EK FC Link Blank
-10' Primochill White 1/2x3/4 tube
-6x Yate Loon 120mm fans
-Koolance SHR-1020BK 3x120mm fan shroud
-Koolance ADT-XUTX4 4-way fitting
-Koolance VL4 Compression QDC (quick disconnect) fittings (for drain line)
-TFC 1/2/x3/4 Nickel compression fittings (24x, but most likely it will be a dozen, I bought all these for my last build which had three rads
)
-EK Nickel Dominator Ram block
Ok, as I mentioned, the majority is bolt on stuff. This is not an extreme or dremel happy build, but something noobs or anyone can use as a rough guide to plan a bolt-on build, especially water cooling.
Edited by wermad - 11/22/11 at 1:58am






. Anyways, this thermaltake psu pcie 8 is basically an atx/cpu 8-pin male connector (the one that goes into the psu it self

