Welcome to project not another watercooled 800d.
Say hello to my HAF-x, it was bought fairly recently however I've never really liked the case that much. Sure it's cool and seemingly roomy, but it has always felt cramped and I didn't like how they organised the cable routing.
When I started seriously looking into watercooling I found it really lacking for what I wanted to do:
So just before christmas I cracked and ordered an 800d! Obligatory box shot (although most of these are the original boxes from the first build!)
I have to say this case is massive, it's noticeably bigger in dimensions and because it's not wrapped in plastic it feels truely cavernous inside.
Unfortunately the H70 has to stay for a few more days until the nickel plexi arrives, so that got a clean:
And was bolted into the roof where the 360 will be going:
Now after the haf I have a pathological hatred of visible cables, I like nothing more on show than is absolutely necessary. In the 800d the hot swap drive cables are hidden behind a little cover, but the cables for any 5 1/4" devices are on display to the world. A quick job with the dremel solved that though:
Not as neat as I'd have liked but, i've barely slept in the last few days...
Anyway, the reservoir (sorry for the darkness) has already arrived:
Then the rest of the cables and parts go into the case:
All the cables are beautifully hidden well out of the way:
Then, when removing the window plastic, disaster:
The window is scratched and I didn't notice because of the plastic on it. I'm going to try and rma it with corsair.
But it does look sick!!!
And some nighttime shots:
Finished taking the photos around 4am, and then ordered the rest of the watercooling equipment. Splurged a little on some bitspower fittings
I have to say that this is a lovely case to work in, tonnes of space, loads of cutouts for cables, ample space behind the mobo tray and enough gaps throughout the structure that you can hide cables from anywhere. That said, I'm not entirely happy with it; there is nothing on the back of the mobo tray to anchor cables to (which the haf had and it was a godsend!) and the toolless 5 1/4" bays aren't the nicest i've used, tbh i'd prefer just to use screws! More importantly they're a pig to remove.
I'll be updating this once I've slept and the rest of the watercooling gear is here.
Say hello to my HAF-x, it was bought fairly recently however I've never really liked the case that much. Sure it's cool and seemingly roomy, but it has always felt cramped and I didn't like how they organised the cable routing.
When I started seriously looking into watercooling I found it really lacking for what I wanted to do:
So just before christmas I cracked and ordered an 800d! Obligatory box shot (although most of these are the original boxes from the first build!)
I have to say this case is massive, it's noticeably bigger in dimensions and because it's not wrapped in plastic it feels truely cavernous inside.
Unfortunately the H70 has to stay for a few more days until the nickel plexi arrives, so that got a clean:
And was bolted into the roof where the 360 will be going:
Now after the haf I have a pathological hatred of visible cables, I like nothing more on show than is absolutely necessary. In the 800d the hot swap drive cables are hidden behind a little cover, but the cables for any 5 1/4" devices are on display to the world. A quick job with the dremel solved that though:
Not as neat as I'd have liked but, i've barely slept in the last few days...
Anyway, the reservoir (sorry for the darkness) has already arrived:
Then the rest of the cables and parts go into the case:
All the cables are beautifully hidden well out of the way:
Then, when removing the window plastic, disaster:
The window is scratched and I didn't notice because of the plastic on it. I'm going to try and rma it with corsair.
But it does look sick!!!
And some nighttime shots:
Finished taking the photos around 4am, and then ordered the rest of the watercooling equipment. Splurged a little on some bitspower fittings
I have to say that this is a lovely case to work in, tonnes of space, loads of cutouts for cables, ample space behind the mobo tray and enough gaps throughout the structure that you can hide cables from anywhere. That said, I'm not entirely happy with it; there is nothing on the back of the mobo tray to anchor cables to (which the haf had and it was a godsend!) and the toolless 5 1/4" bays aren't the nicest i've used, tbh i'd prefer just to use screws! More importantly they're a pig to remove. I'll be updating this once I've slept and the rest of the watercooling gear is here.
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So with only 5 hours to watercool I started:
