9ine04

Shawy · 30 Dec 2013 at 21:56

Ever since I saw the In-Win 904 I knew I had to water cool it. The aluminium shell and glass sides make it the nicest looking PC case I've ever seen, and the complete lack of any air flow makes it quite a project.

I'm still not entirely sure how I'll be watercooling it, but I do have some ideas floating around. Once I've finished 3D modelling the case, I'll have more of an idea what will and what wont fit.

I should probably stress that I'm not going for ultra low temps with this build. Hell, I'll be happy if the whole thing doesn't melt into a sticky puddle.

Anyway, the case is bought:

and the hardware is coming straight out of my current rig:

i7 3820 @ 4.625GHz
16 GB Dominator Platinum @ 2000MHz
GTX 680 SLi
etc etc.

T345 · 30 Dec 2013 at 22:11

This will be good

Ohlawll · 30 Dec 2013 at 22:26

Goooood

hakank68 · 30 Dec 2013 at 23:15

looking forward to this

NoustieChris · 31 Dec 2013 at 08:34

Looking forward to this Shawy. The G5 build was awesome

Mole. · 31 Dec 2013 at 14:07

I did love that case the first time I saw it as well! Looking forward to this!

Shawy · 31 Dec 2013 at 16:42

T345 said:
This will be good

Fingers crossed. :cool:

jonnyp1993 · 31 Dec 2013 at 17:57

Cant wait for this

Good luck!

colinmcr · 31 Dec 2013 at 19:28

Oh nice I like the look of the case, subbed

kaku · 1 Jan 2014 at 02:09

Can't wait to see this. I too loved the 904 when I first saw it; I just cringed at some of the awful usability choices they made.

Shawy · 2 Jan 2014 at 19:33

kaku said:
Can't wait to see this. I too loved the 904 when I first saw it; I just cringed at some of the awful usability choices they made.

I think if they made it about an inch taller, longer, and wider, it could have been the perfect case. But it still looks amazing and, considering the materials, it's a very good price.

hardkore · 4 Jan 2014 at 17:20

I love the look of the 904, looking forward to see your work mate.

Berkerk · 5 Jan 2014 at 00:53

Is it copper on the outside or is that the reflection of your floor?

Shawy · 5 Jan 2014 at 12:44

Berkerk said:
Is it copper on the outside or is that the reflection of your floor?

It's aluminium. It's a crappy photo I took on my phone using indoor lights - I'm quite limited for space atm to take photos, but I'll try to take some better ones as the build progresses.

Shawy · 14 Jan 2014 at 21:12

It's about time for an update I reckon!

I haven't really got anywhere in terms of modding/building, but the planning is pretty much complete.

The case itself is great to work with. The external aluminium frame detaches by a dozen or so screws, and then the internals have been stamped out of a large sheet of steel and folded into place.

The only major change will be removing the HDD bays, and then I'll have to cut some holes for the tubing and cables - and possible make some blanking plates to hide some precut holes.

Now onto the main update - the plan!
I've spent quite some time measuring everything and testing different layouts to find out what fits - and I'm not exaggerating here when I say that everything will fit exactly. There's not a millimetre of space left over in any direction around the radiators.

The rads and fittings will be touching the glass doors, as well as the front of the case. The fans between the rads will be touching the graphics cards. There is literally no room left over.

The colour scheme, if you hadn't noticed, is monochrome and pink. Not everyone's cup of tea, but I like it. The coolant and the cables will be bright pink, everything else will be different shades of grey. I think I'm gonna go with acrylic for the tubing due to all of the straight lines and only needing to bend 4 pieces - two of which might prove to be a bit difficult, but I think I'll give it a go.

kaku · 15 Jan 2014 at 11:26

Where's the pump?

I particularly like the idea of the radiator setup - do they make radiators where the fittings go straight out though? Usually there's a tank on the end with perpendicular threads.

Krony · 15 Jan 2014 at 11:34

Some nice ideas, will be watching this one.

Shawy · 15 Jan 2014 at 12:48

The pump will sit behind the reservoir, I'll upload a picture when I get home.

The rads will be alphacool, they have 6 ports in total, I could use straight tubing between the rads but want to make more of a feature of the tubing by using the 90°s.

CharlieRich · 15 Jan 2014 at 13:25

Just curious, what software are you using to make these plans? I need it...

Also looks like an epic build, got an old Apple G3 at work that I'm tempted to rip out and use

Rainagul · 15 Jan 2014 at 13:52

CharlieRich said:
Just curious, what software are you using to make these plans? I need it...

Also looks like an epic build, got an old Apple G3 at work that I'm tempted to rip out and use

Looks like good sketchup? Could be wrong though

Can't wait to see how this turns out, really like this case!