BUILD LOG - Project: Stealth X - The Rebel Appliance

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Before I start I'd like to give a big thank you to everyone in the community here for all the help and advice in getting me this far. I've always owned pc's although just got others to build them for me. The last 3 months I've done my first build and first ever over clock so thought I'd go for the hattrick and get some watercooling and really how far I can push this chip. :D

Now, with the thanks out of the way...I curse you all for giving me this bug. :p




PROJECT: STEALTH X - The Rebel Appliance.

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Wallpaper by Draxian Dezigns here http://draxiandezigns.deviantart.com/art/Rebel-Alliance-Wallpaper-56937665




I give to you the styling of the new pc

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Actually, no.....it's going to look more like a darker Cosmos S with watercooling. :p


The main hardware going in will be

Q9650
Gigabyte EP45 Extreme
4gb Corsair Dominator
Ati HD4870 512mb

On the cooling side there will be

D-tek Fuzion v1
XSPC 4870 full cover block
Laing DDC 12v (with plexi top)
XSPC RX360
XSPC RS120
XSPC Dual Bay Pump/Reservoir
EK Multi Option 250 Reservoir
Tygon 1/2"
Feser Tube - Light blue
Xigmatek - White led fans
Noctua - Vortex Control Fans
Scythe Kaze Master
 
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First off was to take this annoying case to bits...no quick task, I can assure you.

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Now to start the masking and painting.

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I've been using Hycote Acrylic spray for this. It seems to be best for the plastic parts rather than the metal ones though.


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After lapping the CPU it was time to wash out the rad. Thanks to those of you in the Cooling section for all the stickys and advice. After seeing what came out my rad I'm glad I read through it all. :D


The rad
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The gunk. :eek: The other 2 bowls are the 2nd and third rinse.
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I knew I'd have a few schoolboy errors along the way and this was the first. The rad fits in the case fine although the fan won't attach there due to the end of the heat pipe and heatsink. It doesn't look too much although it's enough to make even modding the heatsink a bit of a nightmare. Looks like the fan will have to be mounted on the other side of the case now.

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I seem to have misplaced my tape measure amongst the chaos that is in here just now but I'll need to check that out. If there was a fan that could fit there then it would be much better.
 
It dont look far off. The slim yates are 25mm i think and should get you over the problem.

*Edit* just looked and there actually only 20mm.
 
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Just got one of them ordered now. I didn't even know about them. Cheers for that. :)




Decided to mount the rad the other way now. It doesn't solve the proximity of the fan to the mb but it does get the barbs and tubing a bit more of out the way and will make for a neater loop in the case.

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Changed the front fan, without managing to snap the stupid plastic fan screws off. There surely had to be a better way of them attaching a fan to the HDD module. :confused:

Xigmatek fan under the UV (no power to fan)
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Fan with power and without UV
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Looks nice, but not sure about the luminous fans on the front! Not very stealth ;)

Did you paint the steel of the case? Show!
 
Yeah. I'm just going for a watercooled Cosmos S with a few decals now rather than anything "stealth". Haha! I really have stuck to the original plan although hopefully it doesn't look too much like an arcade when it's done. :p I decided not to paint the inside. The cost of either powder coating or even buying that much paint just wasn't worth it when I'm going to have a smoked/black acrylic panel as the window.

Bradley8988, I was coming from Noctuas to this fan so the noise is pretty noticable. Having said that it is a 1500rpm fan and I've yet to put it on a fan controller and see how much quieter it will be. At full whack it's still quieter than the Tricools I had before the Noctuas.

I'll report back on the noise when I get the fan controller installed.
 
Cheers!


Got a bit more of the tubing hooked up. I'm now going to be held up waiting for other hose clips. I'm not feeling those Primochill clips at all. Couldn't get them as tight as I wanted. Still going to have to sort out the tubing going to the rad at the back.

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Up next, while I'm waiting for the hose clips.

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Managed to get the side window fitted now. For anyone else fitting a window to a Cosmos S, the AC Ryan Acrylpanel is the exact length of the fitting...only need to cut 1 side and then drill the holes. :D

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I'm now wishing I had just done that. At the time there wasn't much choice in the way of 7/16" tubing for sale. Next time I'll definitely be going with 7/16" as all these clips are a PITA.
 
for what its worth you don't NEED as many fans on a rad as it will tak, if the slim fan you get doesn't fit for whatever reason I would be tempted to go with a thicker, higher CFM single fan rather than put one on the outside.

I expect you'd be surprised by how little difference lots of fans make.

For example I normally have the fans on my 120.3s off.. completely off and its fine.
 
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