PROJECT LOG TOXIC CHROME (modded Corsair 250D)

[alexciobanu]

Hey guys,

Here's another update on this build! Most of the fittings and cables are now in and it's ready for tubing up! Just wanted to give you guys a quick look inside before tubing up.



That chrome colored fittings is the only straight rotary fittings that I had. Once the front radiator is in that fittings is not seen.



You can also see the LED strips are in, these are UV LEDs from Icemodz.









Not sure if you notice but I bent a piece of acrylic around the 80mm fans and also around the 140mm fan, thought it cleans things up a bit.

















Thanks for checking it out!

Cheers,

Alex

 

[bartx]

Tubing will be hard in such cosy case. Good luck

 

[Silver_Pharaoh]

Awww yeah!
Now come the fun part

 

[alexciobanu]

Tubing will be hard in such cosy case. Good luck

Thanks but it should be pretty easy with the way I've set up all the fittings

Awww yeah!
Now come the fun part

Yea should be ready soon

 

[alexciobanu]

Hey guys,

Quick look at the case from the outside, tubing should be all done tonight. Next update will be that and finished build by the weekend!!!





























Cheers,

Alex

 

[Xaotic]

This looks insanely nice.

 

[Silver_Pharaoh]

I love it alex

That's the best cube around, the Corsair logo really looks great!

 

[alexciobanu]

This looks insanely nice.

I love it alex

That's the best cube around, the Corsair logo really looks great!

Thanks a lot guys

 

[alexciobanu]

Hey guys!

Here it is, tubing all done! The hard tubing used is 1/2" Primochill PETG. First time I've used PETG tubing over acrylic and it's awesome!

So easy to use, heats up and bends much quicker and then can just cut the ends of with a tube cutter

Let me know what you think of the bends, tried to keep tubing to a minimum.











So tight for the 24pin!



Pretty much leaning on the fan. Lucky it's on the back of it so, it's still able to spin.



Thanks for checking it out! I should have final pics up in a few days, will get it filled and install Win 10 on it. Will be my first PC with Win 10 on it.

Cheers,

Alex

 

[ATMINSIDE]

Looks sick Alex!

 

[Blaylock]

I love it Alex! The tubing looks good considering the size of this spacious case LOL. I was wondering if you'd even be able to manage it. Glad to see it worked out. That's allot of rad for such s small package.

Questions:

The tubing coming out of the pump, is that a different size than the rest? It looks a little smaller but is probably just the angle of the shot.

I haven't used the rigid tubing yet, but I understand filling and draining can be quite a task. How do you fill/drain this set-up?

Do you think you'll add a fan guard near the 24 pin plug? I'd be concerned about it stopping the fan after moving the case around a few times.


Awesome job. I love the color scheme and as usual great aesthetics.

 

[Silver_Pharaoh]

Oh yeah! That looks amazing Alex

 

[alexciobanu]

Looks sick Alex!

Thanks mate

I love it Alex! The tubing looks good considering the size of this spacious case LOL. I was wondering if you'd even be able to manage it. Glad to see it worked out. That's allot of rad for such s small package.

Questions:

The tubing coming out of the pump, is that a different size than the rest? It looks a little smaller but is probably just the angle of the shot.

I haven't used the rigid tubing yet, but I understand filling and draining can be quite a task. How do you fill/drain this set-up?

Do you think you'll add a fan guard near the 24 pin plug? I'd be concerned about it stopping the fan after moving the case around a few times.


Awesome job. I love the color scheme and as usual great aesthetics.

Thanks a lot mate

The tubing from the pump is the same

Filling it is quite easy, same as any other system. I usually use a syringe and a small tube going in the reservoir and fill that way. To drain it I do the same, take everything I can from the reservoir then flip the case to make more fluid come in the res. Do this until you can start taking out parts of the build . If it would be a larger system I would have done a proper draining system somewhere.

The 24 pin is all good like that, it rests on the back of the fan motor and on the 4 bars behind the fan, there is still about a cm or 2 before it could reach the actual spinning blade so will be all good like that, even when moving the build

Oh yeah! That looks amazing Alex

Thanks a lot mate

 

[Blaylock]

 

[alexciobanu]

Hey guys,

Here it is, last update! The build is finally finished!

Hope you've enjoyed this build logs and like the finished build!

I would like to say thanks again to all my sponsors for this project! Primochill for the awesome fittings and PETG tubing, MNPCTECH for all the modding supplies that came in very handy and of course Icemodz for the custom sleeved cables and LED strips, without them all the neat cable management would not have been possible! Also thanks to GGF Lan Party for kindly donating the Corsair 250D case

The coolant used is Mayhems X1 Clear UV Blue, love the effect it gives, completely clear under normal light and blue under UV!

















































Hope you guys like the UV effect and if anyone is wondering about the red light, it's from the motherboard and can be turned off in the bios. I took these pics before hooking it up to a monitor and tinkering with it.

Time to start a new project for the Thermaltake CaseMOD Invitaional Season 2, hope to see you all there and here is a sneak peak!



Thanks for checking out my build log!

Cheers,

Alex

 

[ATMINSIDE]

Great job Alex, post a link to the new thread in this one so we're sure not to miss it!

 

[Blaylock]

 

[Silver_Pharaoh]

YEAH!

Sweet build Alex! Glad it turned out fantastic!!
Great job man

 

[alexciobanu]

Great job Alex, post a link to the new thread in this one so we're sure not to miss it!

YEAH!

Sweet build Alex! Glad it turned out fantastic!!
Great job man

Thanks a lot guys

Will be posting the new build log shortly and I also have the Parvum Formula build to finish

 

[alexciobanu]

Hey guys!

Check out Corsair sharing my build on their page and also a nice article on Ocaholic

https://www.facebook.com/Corsair/posts/1049511311755623

http://www.ocaholic.ch/modules/news/article.php?storyid=13166

The new build log is up as well - http://www.overclockers.com/forums/...-Core-X9)-Thermaltake-CaseMOD-Invitational-S2

Cheers

Alex