Black Suppressor

TerabyteMike · 8 Jun 2016 at 22:45

so i did the first two parts. Found it a lot harder to get the pipes in place. Had to remove the gpu and install both pipes into the gpu and flow meter and then insert the gpu back in and plug in the tube into the cpu block.

TerabyteMike · 8 Jun 2016 at 22:48

next picture is of the next two parts to the loop. I found the part that goes from the cpu block to the radiator particularly difficult but a bit of perseverance and i managed to get i it in.

TerabyteMike · 8 Jun 2016 at 22:51

and then this is a picture of the loop complete

TerabyteMike · 8 Jun 2016 at 22:52

now its time for the leak test

TerabyteMike · 8 Jun 2016 at 22:55

and this is a quick shot of the res in action while leak testing and bleeding the air from the loop. Its also a quick look at my drain port.

TerabyteMike · 8 Jun 2016 at 22:58

And now these are just a few shots of the full loop completed.

And thats it. Thats the loop complete

TerabyteMike · 8 Jun 2016 at 23:02

I Hope you have enjoyed so far.
Next up im going to build a full custom sleeved cable set for my psu. I will get that completed as soon as everything arrives. may be a little while because the parts are coming from china but are flying now so hopefully less than a week.

Stay tuned....

TerabyteMike · 9 Jun 2016 at 12:52

Cenedd said:
Looks good. Noctua colours are very Marmite so good to see if goes well with the copper theme.

The pipe from front rad to top is the only thing that looks a bit untidy and in the way. If you moved the cpu-to-top-rad pipe to the other port, could you then run the pipe from top rad like this?
90 degree bend straight up, 90 degree bend parallel with and tucked behind (or under) the rad and then bent to connect to the top rad.

Thanks. Yeah I originally was going to do that but just found it really tight getting the pipe into the cpu. I am thinking about changing it around because where the flow meter is sitting on the psu it's making a high pitched noise. I think I'm going to have to drain and change that around. So I think I will alter all of that because I'm also going to fit a heatsink to the pump so I guess when I've got everything else finished I might change that pipe you are talking about too.

TerabyteMike · 9 Jun 2016 at 12:53

Petelock said:
Looking nice mate. Any thoughts of a buff of your pipes?

Getting them super shiney would really set off the effort you've made.

I'm not sure yet. I'm going to give it a while and see how it looks when the pipes all gone brown. Depends how that looks and then might end up doing that. Not sure what to put on the pipes once polished to keep them shiny. Any ideas?

TerabyteMike · 9 Jun 2016 at 16:27

Relentless81 said:
I like it as is, function over form but still looks great in a minimalist way

Thanks I'm hoping it will look better when I get my custom cable sleeves and lights in it

TerabyteMike · 10 Jun 2016 at 00:31

bowza said:
How did you bend the pipes? did you use a pipe bender insert to prevent them crushing?

TerabyteMike · 10 Jun 2016 at 00:34

bowza said:
How did you bend the pipes? did you use a pipe bender insert to prevent them crushing?

No I didn't. You don't need to and I don't think they make one that size. The only time I crushed a pipe was when trying to bend a little bit by hand

TerabyteMike · 10 Jun 2016 at 00:37

TerabyteMike said:
Yeah I did sorry I didn't include information on that. I can post a picture of it if you want?

TerabyteMike · 10 Jun 2016 at 09:51

If anyone's reading I thought I would ask a question. Do you think it would look good spraying the front panel border grill a black nickel and also the brackets at the back?

TerabyteMike · 10 Jun 2016 at 13:21

Cenedd said:
Certainly some contrast would make it look better. Don't ask me for colour advice though, I'm a "What's wrong with all black?" kinda guy

Ha cheers yeah I love a bit of black too. Might get a metallic spray paint amd give it a go

TerabyteMike · 11 Jun 2016 at 14:29

So i decide to spray a few colour accents on to the case.
I decided to spray the front side vent/grill part and also the top dust filter and back expansion brackets.

so this is the part i decided to spray paint first

time to tape it up

im using this spray paint. its plastikote primer but i really like the gray matte colour so am going to use this as my main coat.

time for some spraying!!!!

TerabyteMike · 11 Jun 2016 at 14:30

so now i thought i would show a picture of everything sprayed while i wait for it to dry so i can fit it

now just to spray the rest and wait for it to dry .

once its all dry ill fit it all and post a picture to show how it looks

TerabyteMike · 12 Jun 2016 at 18:43

so now the spray painting is complete and everything is assembled again here is are some pictures of how everything looks

This is a picture showing the top of the case

and then this is a picture of the inside brackets

This is a picture of the side

And this is a picture to also show off the brown copper pipes with the grey.

TerabyteMike · 12 Jun 2016 at 18:44

meant to mention that the grey theme is going to match the colour of my cables once i sleeve them. still waiting on my shipment to arrive so will update when that happens

TerabyteMike · 12 Jun 2016 at 20:15

Cenedd said:
Looks good with a bit of contrast.

Thanks