Caselabs SMA8 - Monochrome
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Then go for it and continue modding.
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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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?
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?
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.
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
Very nice. Not sure about the colour of that coolant though. It looks a bit too translucent.
Curious about the loop because...nosey Also, the block Needs more pumps! 
Route to the CPU and graphics cards should have been obvious and yet....nope, didn't see that coming!
Curious about the loop because...nosey
Also, the block Needs more pumps! Route to the CPU and graphics cards should have been obvious and yet....nope, didn't see that coming!
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This is looking really good!
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