Thank you for dropping by and welcome to the Silentium log! Long story short, this case (for those that don't know) was built in 2008 by a forum member, Syrillian, who is no longer with us. It is all hand cut and hand polished acrylic panels. Originally built for a Q9550, EVGA 780i and 2x GTX280s, the case featured dual 480 rad water loops. After Syrillian's passing, the case ended up in my hands; I had helped Syr modify the original hinges and our staff felt I should have "first dibs" on it being the only other person to actually work on it. Since then, I've slowly rebuilt the broke pieces, added new hardware, and have been getting this case ready to go to Quakecon this year in Dallas. Below you'll see my OP when I first got the case. There's also a table of contents with relevant updates and a current hardware list. Enjoy the chaos!
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List of updates:
October 29, 2011 - Repairing the HDD and PSU tray
October 29, 2011 - Some pictures of the case in the sun
October 29, 2011 - Removing the door hinges for bondo prep
November 4, 2011 - Finally getting some bondo on the hinges
November 7, 2011 - Second and third coats of filler on the hinges (almost there)
January 7, 2012 - Priming the hinges and finally getting painted!
January 7, 2012 - Installing current 775 hardware into the case and getting everything plumbed in. Pics of everything installed and on my desk!
May 5, 2012 - Purchased replacement reservoirs.
May 3, 2014 - One radiator and CPU block arrive in the mail (on the road to Quakecon 2014!)
May 4, 2014 - Installing the single rad and block into my daily use case, the NZXT Phantom 820. Misc shots of waterblock.
June 19, 2014 - New(ish) parts arrive: lapped i7 930 and Asus motherboard.
June 22, 2014 - Fans, cpu, mobo. Modding the ASUS P6X58 Premium and further lapping on the i7 930. Rest of the water loop is ordered.
June 26, 2014 - Water parts arrive (Supremacy GPU block, Primochill tubing, Bitspower fittings, etc), lapping the GPU waterblock, and starting to install pieces.
June 28, 2014 - Lapping the CPU block and CPU, mounting water blocks to board and gpu, mounting rads to front door, and beginning to plumb the water loop.
July 1, 2014 - Lutro0's sleeving donation arrives! Unboxing some goodies and sleeving a wire or two to see how good the Teleios sleeving looks.
July 2, 2014 - Radiator fans all wired together.
July 6, 2014 - Part 1 of 2: Finished sleeving all the cables, wiring in lights/case accessories, water loop goes in and is leak tested.
July 6, 2014 - Part 2 of 2: Water loop hooked up, filled, and leak tested. And NIGHT shots with lights!
July 11, 2014 - Final update for large items: how the drain system works and a special project made just for the build.
July 13, 2014 - Some HD shots of everything running and bolted down. Mostly finished at this point minus final wiring, mounting the plaque, and prepping for Quakecon.
July 16, 2014 - Officially on the road to Quakecon: packing up the rig and making a cart to carry it!
July 17, 2014 - Finally AT QUAKECON! In line at the registration for the BYOC.
July 23, 2014 - Back from Quakecon and fixing what broke on the ~1100 mile road trip and upgrading PSU and new free goodies from Qcon!
July 24, 2012Zacbrain's pictures of the case from Quakecon. So perty!
Hardware list
I decided to post some pics from across the thread here at the bottom for new lookers wanting to quickly glance through and see what's been going on. If any of these pics interest you, check the update list above to see the whole thing.
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Where is Repo sitting at for Quakecon this year? B56-1 (link goes to BYOC map)!
List of updates:
October 29, 2011 - Repairing the HDD and PSU tray
October 29, 2011 - Some pictures of the case in the sun
October 29, 2011 - Removing the door hinges for bondo prep
November 4, 2011 - Finally getting some bondo on the hinges
November 7, 2011 - Second and third coats of filler on the hinges (almost there)
January 7, 2012 - Priming the hinges and finally getting painted!
January 7, 2012 - Installing current 775 hardware into the case and getting everything plumbed in. Pics of everything installed and on my desk!
May 5, 2012 - Purchased replacement reservoirs.
May 3, 2014 - One radiator and CPU block arrive in the mail (on the road to Quakecon 2014!)
May 4, 2014 - Installing the single rad and block into my daily use case, the NZXT Phantom 820. Misc shots of waterblock.
June 19, 2014 - New(ish) parts arrive: lapped i7 930 and Asus motherboard.
June 22, 2014 - Fans, cpu, mobo. Modding the ASUS P6X58 Premium and further lapping on the i7 930. Rest of the water loop is ordered.
June 26, 2014 - Water parts arrive (Supremacy GPU block, Primochill tubing, Bitspower fittings, etc), lapping the GPU waterblock, and starting to install pieces.
June 28, 2014 - Lapping the CPU block and CPU, mounting water blocks to board and gpu, mounting rads to front door, and beginning to plumb the water loop.
July 1, 2014 - Lutro0's sleeving donation arrives! Unboxing some goodies and sleeving a wire or two to see how good the Teleios sleeving looks.
July 2, 2014 - Radiator fans all wired together.
July 6, 2014 - Part 1 of 2: Finished sleeving all the cables, wiring in lights/case accessories, water loop goes in and is leak tested.
July 6, 2014 - Part 2 of 2: Water loop hooked up, filled, and leak tested. And NIGHT shots with lights!
July 11, 2014 - Final update for large items: how the drain system works and a special project made just for the build.
July 13, 2014 - Some HD shots of everything running and bolted down. Mostly finished at this point minus final wiring, mounting the plaque, and prepping for Quakecon.
July 16, 2014 - Officially on the road to Quakecon: packing up the rig and making a cart to carry it!
July 17, 2014 - Finally AT QUAKECON! In line at the registration for the BYOC.
July 23, 2014 - Back from Quakecon and fixing what broke on the ~1100 mile road trip and upgrading PSU and new free goodies from Qcon!
July 24, 2012Zacbrain's pictures of the case from Quakecon. So perty!
Hardware list
- FX8320 @ 5.1ghz
- ASUS 990fx Sabertooth v1
- ASUS R9 270X
- Crucial 64gb SSD
- 4gb G.Skill Ripjaw 1600
- Corsair TX750 psu
- 2x XSPC EK480 radiators
- EK Supremacy cpu block
- EK Supremacy uni-gpu block
- MCP355 pump with XSPC acrylic res-top
- EK150 multi option res
- Primo-chill Advanced LRT tubing
I decided to post some pics from across the thread here at the bottom for new lookers wanting to quickly glance through and see what's been going on. If any of these pics interest you, check the update list above to see the whole thing.