Caselabs SMA8 - Monochrome

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Haha.
No, unfortunately it's not my own.
Gosumodz does the job for me.

 

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This part is done:

 

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Well I like it......even if it does remind me that I haven't finished the design for mine yet!

Then go for it and continue modding.

Really nice case look super clean and industrial.

Thanks.


Update

I got the waterplate on friday, so I started cutting the case.

therefor I printed the final design and transfered the cutting edges and drill holes to to the Caselabs tray.

Before starting to cut with the angle grinder, another part must be removed.
Therefor I just need to drill some rivets.

The rough cuttings were done using the angle grinder, small cuts by Dremel.

last step: final shaping by using some files.

Fits:

I also give it a try in the case, fits very well and looks pretty cool.

 

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Test fit:

 

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Ok, so that's in-block res, pump 1, pump 2, pump 3, pump 4 (yes, count 'em!), 480 rad, back into the block in the bottom left corner to go across and I'm not sure from there....but presumably at some point it'll connect to the things that get hot

For those of us who's block doesn't exist outside of SketchUp, what sort of dimensions are you block layers and how big have you made the channels?

Bottom left goes to the 560er + 280er radiators.
I can upload a sketch the next days if you want.
But no time at the moment.

This is an amazing build, I have said it before I know, but great job mate.

Your build will be very unique indeed; I consider myself wholly inspired!

Cheers
Ras

Thank you Sir.

Update:

I continued with a provisional mount of everything.

Mounted the motherboard tray again:

Tets fit of the four D5 pumps:

The first tubes were easy, tubes for pumps and VGAs are just straight tubes, much more demanding were the curved tubes:

If I just bent the tubes with my tool, the radius is too big, I had to improvise with bending by hand and things I've found:

After a few attempts...

it fits:

After that I dissambled everything to assamble the waterplate itself

Test with Mayhems Pastel White

Leaktest for 20h, seems to leak out .

Yesterday I polished the tubes and today I shiped them to a get nickel plated.

Thats it for now

 

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Thank you guys.
To read this, is a big motivation eyery time.

 

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I got my tubes back from nickel plating, it is sooo shiny

I give them a final polish and assembled it.
pictures of that will follow the next days.

small forecast:

 

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Haha:.

Are you ready for some hardware porn?

its all about the details, who can spot it?

memory, before:

and after:

more details on the graphics cards:

and some more random pictures

 

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Enough porn to make a man blind. Stunning.

Hehe,
wait until you see more.

Motherboard screws changed.
RAM serial number stickers removed.
Graphics card PCB edges coloured black to match blocks.
What do I win?

Gratulation, you've won a special price, ...

Spoiler

... an imaginary cookie.

Looks outstanding so far Flix - The Nickel plating is the muts nuts

Thanks.

 

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Stunning and insane in equal measure.

4 D5s is enough to blow minds.

Impressive to say the least.

Excellent choice for the nikel plating, looking amazing.

Thank you a lot for these kind words. <3

Looking good (but eyewateringly expensive!)

What fittings are you using for the copper pipe and what size is the pipe?

I used Bitspower Multi-Link Adapters (BP-MBWP-C47 & BP-MBWP-C48)

Update:

For the cable management I used some custome cable combs. Of course made by Gosumodz.

If you are at the Gamescom in Cologne at the moment, you can visit the booth of Mifcom to take a look at this project.

Some more work in progress in pics will follow.

 

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Hey,
sorry for this long waiting time.
I wasnt really motivated the last months to finish this mod and didnt check the forums.
Meanwhile I'm done

Would you mind sharing how much you paid for the nickel plating and where you got this done?

I'm going to be using copper in my next build.

What is the bending radius on your tool?

I'm going to use this...

It has a bending radius of 35.8mm. I figured that would be fine without needing to improvise...

I didnt pay that much. I think round about 20€. I think my bending radius is nearly the same.

drool drool very nice indeed ,
I've got my Caselabs SMA8 coming this week and I really like the sLight nice touch and thanks for the link I will take a look.

Day

Have fun with this nice case.

this is awesome, I thought the shiny copper looked good and suited the Monochrome theme, until you nickel plated those shiny rods! They looks absolutely fantastic!

I cant wait to see the end build

Thank you.


so here are some final pics:

Thanks for following this project.