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[Msidia Edition] Case Mod by Pinwmpires


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Hardware

MOBO: MSI Big Bang Marshal B3

CPU: 2600k

RAM: 8GB Corsair Dominator GT 2133

GPU: 2 x MSI NGTX560 Ti Hawk

SSD: OCZ Agility 3

HDD: WD Raptor 74 GB RAID 0

 

Watercooling

Pumps: 2 x Swiftech MCP655 on Dual Serial Bitspower Top

Radiators: 2 x Phobya Xtreme 400

Fans: 4 x Phobya G-Silent 180

Fittings: Compression 13mm-19mm Bitspower Fittings

CPU Waterblock: EK Supreme HF Full Copper

GPU Waterblock:  EK Supreme HF Bride Edition

RAM Waterblock: Bitspower 4 DIMM Waterblock

MOBO Waterblock: Bitspower Full Cover Block

 

 

Special thanks to Bitspower and Phobya for sponsoring the project.

 

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Lets start with some photos of the parts that i ll be using..

 

 

 

Some Bitspower Compression Fittings 13/19 

 

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Phobya G Silent 180 

 

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Ek Supreme HF - It started as full copper but i nickeled it and then powder coated the cover.

 

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Some more parts from Ek..

 

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The full cover block for MSI Big Bang from Bitspower

 

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What i love about bitspower is that in their packaging they include spare o-rings and screws etc..

 

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Naked Board getting preped for the waterblock

 

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The block is on.. it looks lovely but there is too much dust on it..

 

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Clear link from one part to the other.. it looks pretty awesome..

 

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Mayhems Awesomeness  :D

 

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So .. lets start doing some work now...

 

I took a small project box to house the power connections for the 2 pumps, so now with 1 4pin molex i power both of the pumps without any wires being uncovered.

 

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The case that i ll use is a Coolermaster HAF X, the idea is to remove all of the drive/hdd bays etc and have an empty case to modify as i want.. So i took all the 5.25 bays off and from the HDD cage i cutted out 2 slots and throw the rest of it away  :D

 

Dremel.. 

 

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Temporarilly placed it behind the pumps to check the free space that i have.. 

 

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Now i took some cardboard to make a prototype of the covers that i ll make.. 

 

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After a couple of dummies i finally made it to go for the aluminum, now everything is measured correct and i added some throwpasses for cables etc.

 

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3 mm Plexi on top of the cover.. 

 

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HDD trays accesible from the fron of the cover..

 

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Time for sleeving, i used MDPC sleeve.. Thanks Nils!

 

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I got the plastics back from painting, thanks to George ( a.k.a Kopritis ) the outcome is really what i had in mind.

 

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Fan blades at the same color..

 

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Custom made logo.. i am really happy with the result, i love the fact that it have that "Stock" look..

 

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Now.. its time for the hard part of the VGA cooling.. 

 

As we know there isnt any full cover waterblock for the 560 Ti Hawk on the market.. so i had to find a way to cool the vrm's and the memory.. 

 

This is the fatory plate that keeps the card component cool.. i measured everything and went to the waterjet  :D

 

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I took 2 pieces of Fischer heatsink

 

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Thats what is left from the heatsink.. that waterjet is a reall piece of machinery!  :D

 

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And thats what i have now!

 

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I reduced the height of some fins so the bridge of the waterblock can pass through it..

 

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After many many days of searching for someone to anodize the heatsinks.. i didnt find anyone  :( So i had to paint them, i used heat resist black matt spray, the result is really nice

 

 

 

Drilled some holes on the heatsink and open threads for 2.5 mm screws, i used little springs to tension the heatsink on the vga.

 

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Sleeving time again.. 

 

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I wanted to somehow change the fronpanel.. i decided to remove the slide panel that haf x has and replace it with 1 mm aluminum covers
 
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Black Powder coat
 
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Starting to take shape..
 
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Some cable managment on the back
 
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After many many hours of testing and testing i finally found the way to illuminate the plexi without being clear the position of the source of light.. What do you think of the outcome?
 
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The board is on...
 
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Some more assembling and we are done..
 
 

 

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