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Hi guys I have started to reassemble the case and its looking really good. First of all the cooling towers, originally I would have liked theses gold plated but the cost of doing that for such a big items was massive! So I gave it a really light spray of brass spray paint. Hopefully this won’t disrupt the cooling too much.
To get the fan power and rpm single line to the case I had to feed the cables down one of the screw holes but I had to widen it just a little to give me a better change of not getting the delicate contacts.
Took a little time but managed to feed through the cables.
Simple bolt together and towers are almost finished. Just a few finishing touches like these bolts I don’t want them sticking out so I have ground them down flush.
There we go looks much better now.
Now to attach the water block (with a PET Chiller between) and the mounting plate.
Same again for the other cooling tower
Now to start assembly of the rest of the case... So many bolts!
Really pleased with the paint i think the color is just right.
I turned the case upside-down to assemble the lower res and attach the lower cooling tower. Theses Koolance quick connects are really well engineered items. There just the perfect items for the aqua computer res.
Next was the hard drive bay this was tricky to attach mainly to the weight of it and I still didn’t have it fully loaded with drives I used some wire to hold it in place so I could attach it without sheering any bolt threads. I was so worried about the weight I even added an extra brace at the bottom just in case it slips out of the rubber bolts.
Quickly attached the front fans for a quick check. There is even room for another 2 120mm fans if I need them.
As I haven’t finished the stand yet this box will have to do for now.
Lower extractor fan attached and ready to also attach the second PET chiller.
Really tricky to attach as there are 4 bolts that are on the outside and I can only turn them a little bit at a time due to the limited space. And now for a quick test of the chillers top one ok! But the lower one isn’t cooling as much as the top chiller wonder if its faulty. I will check it out tomorrow as it will take me ages to remove it but luckily i have a spare.
That’s all for today I will get some more photos for you sometime next week.
Hi guys I have started to reassemble the case and its looking really good. First of all the cooling towers, originally I would have liked theses gold plated but the cost of doing that for such a big items was massive! So I gave it a really light spray of brass spray paint. Hopefully this won’t disrupt the cooling too much.
To get the fan power and rpm single line to the case I had to feed the cables down one of the screw holes but I had to widen it just a little to give me a better change of not getting the delicate contacts.
Took a little time but managed to feed through the cables.
Simple bolt together and towers are almost finished. Just a few finishing touches like these bolts I don’t want them sticking out so I have ground them down flush.
There we go looks much better now.
Now to attach the water block (with a PET Chiller between) and the mounting plate.
Same again for the other cooling tower
Now to start assembly of the rest of the case... So many bolts!
Really pleased with the paint i think the color is just right.
I turned the case upside-down to assemble the lower res and attach the lower cooling tower. Theses Koolance quick connects are really well engineered items. There just the perfect items for the aqua computer res.
Next was the hard drive bay this was tricky to attach mainly to the weight of it and I still didn’t have it fully loaded with drives I used some wire to hold it in place so I could attach it without sheering any bolt threads. I was so worried about the weight I even added an extra brace at the bottom just in case it slips out of the rubber bolts.
Quickly attached the front fans for a quick check. There is even room for another 2 120mm fans if I need them.
As I haven’t finished the stand yet this box will have to do for now.
Lower extractor fan attached and ready to also attach the second PET chiller.
Really tricky to attach as there are 4 bolts that are on the outside and I can only turn them a little bit at a time due to the limited space. And now for a quick test of the chillers top one ok! But the lower one isn’t cooling as much as the top chiller wonder if its faulty. I will check it out tomorrow as it will take me ages to remove it but luckily i have a spare.
That’s all for today I will get some more photos for you sometime next week.
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