hey thanks for all the compliments!!
Yes, that is a res in the rear. I made it myself out of acrylic. I used a 5" piece of 1/4" thick square tubing and capped the ends. I even beveled 45 deg corners on them. Then I polished them as best I could. I tapped the top to accept a 3/8" NPT brass plug.
I wanted to be able to fill the system on the outside of the case and also be able to monitor water flow. I could even put one of the temp sensors from one of the CoolDrive 6's in it if I wanted.
both my blocks I made myself. here's some pics of the cpu block. I made it about 2 yrs ago.
here's an internal pic of the block -
I soldered it together. Also, the 1/4" plexi plate on top was for my XP2500 back in the day. All I did was make a different adapter plate for my A64.
The gpu block is very similar to the cpu. It has pins over the gpu core but the barb inlets are on the side so not sure if it makes any difference in temps...just that's how I ended up making it. Holds my 7900GT to 34C steady.
The ramsinks on the vidcard I made myself out of an old P3 heatsink...pretty easy to make but time consuming to polish the bottoms and exposed sides.
as for the shroud, I built that myself, too. here's a pic of what I used -
3/8", 1/4" and 1/8" acrylic sheets.
the fans are Yate Loon LED 120s. I bought 2 from a member on ATTforums and I bought the last one here -
http://www.petrastechshop.com/12yalod1blle.html
really awesome fans. sooo quiet.
The rad is a 2-342 single pass rad. got it on ebay $1 + $7 shipping. I cleaned it real good then I tried polishing the sides and end tanks.
The psu is ok. It's my 1st time with this one. I wanted a 600w sli psu and got a good deal on this[not as good as your $30!!!] It's not as quiet as I'd like. I can hear the 80mm fans in it loudest compared to Yate's and the 80mm led fans on the rear...I may have to look at a 120mm fan psu down the road. The 'Flex Force' wiring really helped in hiding them on the backside of the case, tho.
It took some time to get it all together as I was saving up for the 7900 then I had to wait an oblivion to catch the Egg when they had them instock. But it was definitely well worth it!! Lovin' that card!
I'll have pics of the backside tomorrow. I didn't get to work on it much today...had to do some real work..while at work this time...