My Watercooling/Case Mod Project (pics)

[sandman001]

i dont know if i'm just stupid or tired, but the rad on the top is pullin in? why not go with a double fan setup and have the exaust going out the back , not in the computer. and the shroud is on the wrong direction?

peace

The rad in the top is an exhaust.

There will be two shrouds for each radiator, one sealing it to the case, and one for the fans.

Or atleast that's how I understood it.

 

[pwnt by pat]

What kind of tubing is that and where can I get some? How hard is it to bend like that?

 

[sonicdrive]

good work guy gives me a tear of joy to see a hard core man doing that kind of work one question what does your wife/gf say about that ??

 

[Legion2005]

That tubing is from directron.com, and its really easy to bend like that. I do have the feeling it will harden up some day though.

sonicdrive.... I am just a high school student right now... dont have a gf, and definately dont have a wife.

 

[Bugsmasher]

Alrighty...guess I was jumping the gun a wee bit.

Looks great...the funny part being that that is exactly my case and dang near exactly my two radiators (I have 1 - '86 Chevette and 1 - '77 B-ville). Might just have to take a look into getting both into action

 

[Legion2005]

Got some updates on my thought to be little project. This thing is taking me forever, now I just wanna get it done.

Got the window cut out on the side panel. I let sandman use the jigsaw to cut it out though. Its not a perfect cut, but cutting a straight line with a jigsaw cant be easy. I am thinking about putting some kind of trim around the window. Any suggestions on what to use would be appreciated.

 

[Legion2005]

What my stuff looks like before sanding......

 

[Legion2005]

This is the hole I cut for the top fan. Used a 4 and 1/2 in. holesaw. That thing was hard to handle. Thats why you see it dinged up in places. This should be good after the sanding.

 

[Legion2005]

The sheetmetal goddess has been helping me with this shroud. I hate sheetmetal. I could do this whole project except working with sheetmetal. We still have to use that 4 1/2 in. holesaw to cut 2 holes for the 120mm fans. I think the sheetmetal goddess has an exceptionally good shroud design.

 

[Legion2005]

As of right now, I only have 1 thing sanded. This ends the second stage. The next pictures I will post will be when I get everything painted.

 

[=ACID RAIN=]

Awesome dude, absolutely awesome

I'd host LANs too if I had the time and space. Instead I just host gameservers

Paint the tabletops dark and give them a thick laquer coat, it'll look sweeeeet!

 

[Legion2005]

I dont know about painting OSB. If some of it chips off it would look bad, but black tables would look good.

Right now I am working on building a wall, and insulating our "game night" area up. Its getting cold out, and I got our heater working, but we need some insulation so we dont use up all the propane.

 

[Legion2005]

I got a lot done last week, but I didnt have a computer to post the pics. This weekend, possibly this evening... I should have everything up and running.

Here is my window side sanded and put on the side of the case. I still have to fill in those holes, that will probably be next weekend. Also, I am still planning on auto trim around the edges, since they are quite straight.

 

[Legion2005]

Here is the other side sanded....

 

[Legion2005]

Sandman had an old AT powersupply. I took the switch and the power input plug. I cant really think of another way to explain that . Well, here the the hole for that plug that I am gonna wire up to my pump.

 

[Legion2005]

Heres the holes my dad and I cut out for the big heatercore.

 

[Legion2005]

Heres the hole for the small radiator. The radiator will be just a little above the powersupply with the shroud holding it up. Once again, the genius of the sheet metal goddess.

Sorry about the glare.... not a good photographer.

 

[the garynator]

lookin real good man, keep up the good work... btw, those fans are great, very good cfm to noise ratio... although they do get relatively loud when you're running a lot of them, my friend has like 3 and it is somewhat loud...i'd just run them at like 7 volts or something... great lan setup, i wish i had the room to do that... good luck with your project, i can't wait to see this weekend's progress

 

[Legion2005]

Thanks, in the future I am thinking on getting a fan controller... then I can control the noise, and I can have my USB and Audio plugs on the front of my case.

 

[pwnt by pat]

Did you sand blast that or just like belt sander or somthing?

Also, I'd recut the hole in the front to the exact find dimensions of the rad and have the fans pull air into the case, not push into the rad. You can use calk or foam to seal around the rad.