Project Worklog : Dark Side of the Moomin

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Finally got some time to start work on the Lian Li A71B I bought a few months ago.

Think I have everything I need, although I'm bound to end up adding more stuff.
Its going to be quite a short blunt worklog as I always manage to forgot to take in progress pictures as I go, far more fun just building

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Lian Li A71B
-Anodised black internally
-Fittings for PA120.3 in the top along with Brushed Aluminium rad grill
-Drive bay moved back to allow a pa120.2 in the front
-2 Fillports fitted in the top
-Smoked Side window

Dual loops. 1 fillport each, one 100ml EK Cylinder Res each. Black Feser1.
1)
-PA120.3
-DDC Ultra with Alphacool top
-Dtek Fuzion
-Swiftech MCW30
2)
-PA120.3
-DDC Ultra with Alphacool top
-Swiftech Stealth


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Fitting the PA120.2 in the front was a fiddly job. Couldn't get the screw holes lined up at first. Eventually realised I was just being dopey. The fan+rad combination is held onto the front of the case by 4 bolts. Sadly none of the original holes from the front for the 2 fans lined up, so 4 new holes were drilled in.
The Harddrive bay has had the top bay cut out, to allow for the tubing to come through. The bay as a whole has been moved back about 2" to allow for the PA Rad to fit in.

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My Cat approves of the Pump Placement. My Enermax Liberty Powersupply looks very small in there!

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Fitting the PA120.3 in the top was a far easier affair than mounting the 120.2 in the front. Well, when it was once I had found the screws which I was panicking I didn't have. Turned out it was just in a different place to expected after moving home from uni earlier in the week!

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Whilst chatting to W3bbo on msn he persuaded me to fit the Chipset block I had. The heatpipe solution came off nice and easily contrary to what I was expecting.
The main problem with removing the heatpipe solution is that I had to do something about the mosfets. Luckily I had some little memsink blocks that should do the trick lovely, along with some thermal tape that will hopefully hold them.

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Obligatory Macro close up of the mosfets. The blocks along the top seem to be on solid, however the ones along the back that were covered by the heatpipe didn't seem as solid, when pressing down they tended to shift so I have got a clamp on them which will hopefully allow the tape to do its trick


More to come later.
 
Update time!


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Overall shot of the case once everything minus the tubing was in place.

Already looking quite busy inside. Its going to end up chaotic looking once I have got all the tubing and cables in!


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Close up of the pump and reservoir's positions. Connecting up the tubing is going to be fun!

Connecting up the tubing once the hardware was in was always going to be hard work due to lack of space on not much room for error, sadly, unlike my last water build it wasn't really one in which I could connect it up outside of the case.
Initially I was going to have the barbs for the PA120.3 at the front, but on planning the loops I realised how much tidier it would be if they were at the back (despite the tight space at the back with regards to getting the tubing on the pipe - I ended up having to fit the tubing to the barbs and then screw the barbs in. Obviously this was done before the other end's of the pipe were connected up.
Whilst connecting up all the tubing I started to regret my reservoir positioning. Getting the tubing from all the connections on them, aswell as to the radiator at the front of the case took up far more room than I was expecting and thus is quite a tight fit. At the time I didn't even think about how much hassle I'd later have with getting any cables past the area. Luckily I had cut a large hole out of the motherboard tray with my dremel to pass a few of the cables through which should make it a lot easier. However there isn't room for thicker cables such as the 24pin ATX to go behind the motherboard tray comfortably.


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After a hour or so I got to this stage. Everything except the fillports connected up.

Loop order's as follows:
Pump - PA120.3 - CPU - NB - Reservoir - Pump
Pump - PA120.2 - GFX - Reservoir - Pump

In terms of loop arrangement I am perfectly happy with the cpu loop, however I think when I inevitably replace the graphics card I will likely change around the gfx loop so it is less hectic. The direction the pump is facing along with the fact that the barbs on the graphics block face towards the edge of the case made it quite fiddly to look tidy. Next graphics block I get I will likely put a lot more thought into barb positions!
Not to mention how nice and easy it is to slip my Xifi in below the graphics card (NOT)


Typing up this post on the pc all working, but not got any photos of the loop filled. Will sort those out tomorrow evening after work (first day :eek:) when the light is better. Not to mention wanting to get a decent night's sleep.
 
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The Name works for me. Will get it sorted ;)

Monkey Puzzle said:
Looking good so far. :) What's the fan set-up going to be- top 120.3 rad fans out, front 120.2 rad in and 120mm fan at top back in?
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Yup that's it :)
Need the back fan blowing in, along with some form of air directing to make sure the mosfets stay cool.
Will get some more pics up later, loops are both now setup and filled, the cpu+nb loop is being a pain in the neck to bleed, I can hear a lot of air bubbling around in the radiator. Hopefully will get that sorted though. Think it might not be helping that there is a tiny leak on a barb at the back that brings in a minute bit of air.
 
NicNac said:
was expecting more Pink Floyd bit disappointed :(
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Care to go into a bit more detail? :confused:

@ Dampcat, I guess it could have been removed due to breaking rules. Mail in trust if required.

No spraying on the outside of this case Schnippzle. Want a nice clean look (although the current loop arrangement is kinda against that, will no doubt be arranging in a month or so when I have a new graphics card ;)
 
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extremely nice, I can only dream of a PC like that. I'm only 15 so i will have to wait a few years before i can afford one :(
 
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