[damninhell]

8-27-2011 GPU installed into loop:

8-7-2011 mod
I wasn't going to wait for EK to release a classified waterblock for my gtx 570, so I made my own.
The inside of the plexi was shot with a candy apple red. It's a spray can I bought at my local hobby warehouse for $5, so far this was my cheapest and favorite mod.

updates @ the bottom replies

before pictures :

no desk :

big hole i cutout were 2 120mm fans now occupy:

i used a latter and set a a long metal strip atop to hang all my parts while i sprayed them down with rattle cans, I just wished i had a spray gun but it was stolen a few years back. next time i'm going to wait for a spray gun. the inside paint has different metal lights so at different angles you'll see different colors (red, green, etc), looks cool but it wasn't my original intent I just grabbed the wrong can. The out side is a metallic black, what i had originally planned.

coolermaster silent pro gold 1000w :

corsair vengeange with ac rc pro heatsinks:

msi 890fxa gd70 :

almost done :

original:
mobo: ASUS m3a32 mp wifi ap
vga : asus 5870 (Ocn)
ram: ozc 6gb ddr2 at 800mhz
psu: fsp everest 1010
corsair h50

upgrade : msi 890fxa-gd70 (ocn)
vga msi gtx 570 oc ed (RMA

) (ocn)
ram : corsair vengeance ddr3 at 1600MHz, 9-9-9-24 OC to 8-9-8-24 t1 1600mhz
psu : CM silent pro gold 1000w

WATER cooled
EK supreme copper w/ red acrylic top
ek dcp 4.0 water pump
thermal chill 1/2 tubing
ek res x2 150mm
Dangerden xflow black ice xtreme II 240mm RAD
7x cm r4 120mm fans
EK compression fittings
Arctic cooling RC pro ram heatsinks + AC twin ram fans

same:
1tb samsung f3
2x 1 tb wd caviar black
1x 750 wd green

only regret is that i lost my asus mobo when i pulled a stick of ddr2 from the heatsink, it was really on there and once i pulled it out my board it didn't post any more

, that and i didn't take any pics while painting. all thats left is painted new screws for the plexi glass and my gtx 570 back from rma.

just moved, thats why theres a mess

 

[damninhell]

where to buy
its holding 2 crucial c300 64gb

also added some wheels to cruis'n long beach on the weekends:

and i used these pen magnets to clean up the metal shavings

powered by new k's

total cost:
$30 for the wheels "Lian Li WB-01" (also available in black)
available @ frozencpu
$30 for the Lian Li 5.25" to 4 x 2.5" HDD Converter @ frozen cpu
$10 for the drill bit and screws @ true value

up next:
may go all out on some water cooling and get rid of my h50 now that i have all this time since my cvf arrived DOA.

dislodge chip on my asus cvf

continuing the story:

top fan shield add-on, i basically made this for my newborn because he'll grow and i'll know he'll start walking around soon. I can picture him walking around with a juice box and spilling it on top of my rig(knock on wood):

the story thus far:

its back(after a month of waiting..

todays upgrade was powered by :

AMD phenom 965
Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz
Asus crosshair V formula
Crucial c300 x2 raid 0
WD black 1tb x2
samsung f3 1tb
WD Green 750gb
Samsung SH-S243N dvd-rom

ek compression fit
EK pump dcp 4.0
Ek res x2 custom mixed
thermalchill ID1/2-OD3/2 tubing
blackice xflow 240 rad

Fueled be CoolerMaster Silent Pro Gold 1000W PSU

up next shield painting

 

[SweatyTexasGuy]

Well, howdy!

I like how you have your case front and center on the back of your desk there! Mighty fine, lol.

 

[damninhell]

thanks, more updates!!

 

[damninhell]

Updates 7/16/2011
after some bondo and primer:

the finished fan cover attached with velcro :

In that gap between thecover and case you're able to see the velcro:

I want to fill the front of the cover with a LCD of some kind but can't think of anything right now.
Up next I'm adding some nzxt led led the @meter version.
and later on I might add a new plexi glass cover.

 

[damninhell]

added my nzxt led i order but i wanted them in the front of my case for easier access,so i quickly drilled some holes on 1 of the 2.5 slot shield to accommodate the led circuit board :

flash on:

flash off:

 

[damninhell]

candy red, just painted my EK gtx 580 water block candy apple red

 

[damninhell]

before pictures

original case was a silverstone TJ05:

my case stripped :

 

[damninhell]

added gpu to the loop