Black 'n' Blue MK2 - Watercooled Bitfenix Prodigy

Good luck with the bleeding process, one the advantages of using a tube reservoir over a bay res is that their easier to bleed out any trapped air bubbles but just how are you going to let out the trapped air with the res in that way around? Is there a bleed hole on the side (on you with it stuck sideways that would be the top)?
 
It wont bleed like that, Thats why i ditched that pump/res combo when i went into my Prodigy.

Unless you bleed it when its Upright till all air is gone first you wont be able to place it on its side.

Also that tube going into the GPU is badly kinked, that wont allow any water through.

Some major issues with this build that you need to address.

Also are you able to put the Side with the USB connections attached back on with that rad?
 
I bled it upright :)

So the pump didn't start.....I checked it again and again and couldn't figure out what was wrong :(

Though I was going to have to RMA it until I checked the wires and it was on 5v which isn't enough to start it....So a quick wire switch and it was ALIVE :D

....but it leaked....
 
As for the side panel nope it wouldn't go on with the rad so I ordered a replacement from OcUK and cut a bigger window into it.

I got a USB 3 front header and modded a nice switch for the power and once for the cathodes but we'll get to that ;)
 
Leaky computers go to the shower...
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A bad rotary fitting caused the leak, it was pretty bad, I dried up what I could and left the rest in the hot press overnight to dry it out

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It dried out nicely and I changed the tubing a little to remove the bad rotary and voila!!

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It was a nightmare to get the power button connected XD this is a bitfenix panel, I used the original side panel for the other side so it wouldn't have holes where the power buttons and usb ports used to be.
 
Ok so the power buttons and the USB 3.0 side panel doesn't fit with the rad where it is. Not a problem ;) a couple of holes drilled out of a bitfenix usb front panel and voila; a switch for the cathodes and the power :)

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To seal the top with the fans etc I used a koolance fan shroud :) I love the result :D

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MOAR pics reiyu!

Looks great so far... Not usually a fan of coloured fans and builds but this works well! The fluid even matches the blue of the USB3.0 port! :D

bloooooooooooooooo!
 
Indeed, more pictures please.

Amazing to see what can be done with these smaller cases, takes some commitment too when starting to cut up what isnt exactly a cheap case anyway - fair play to you :)
 
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