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Project - Yet another 800D
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yeah I have just bought one, on air cooling and a h50 atm but watercooling is planned and there is no way im cutting holes in it, everything will fit as is I know this means I will be limited to certain product choices but I would rather have that than butcher the case 
Oi, Im not butchering it! Im moddin' it
Anyways, wait till you see the finished article, if it goes anything like the picture in my head. Its gonna be sexeh, imo atleast.
Sir Sexy legs? Moi? Why thank you, good sir.
I have bought the tubing, went for blue in the end
Anyways, wait till you see the finished article, if it goes anything like the picture in my head. Its gonna be sexeh, imo atleast.
Sir Sexy legs? Moi? Why thank you, good sir.
I have bought the tubing, went for blue in the end
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makes me want to butcher/ mod my case to get a rad in the bottom hdd area, but I will start where no one will see if I make a pigs ear of it !
So, the case is now stripped and ready to go to the powder coaters, Mastercote UK will be doing the work, and it should look sweet.
Pics are crappy, as I used my phone:
The front panels had quite a fair bit of plastic on them that needed removing, but it all cam off the main unit:
The annoying thing is that the 5.25" covers and the panel at the top holding the power, reset switch and the front audio, USB etc have very thin pieces of alu glued into plastic. These will be no good for the powder coating, and I tried to remove it from one cover and ruined it :/
The side window proved to be more trouble than I anticipated, as for some reason 2 of the bolts are set flush with the perspex, making them difficult to remove
But I got it out.
So, my D5 XTOP rev.2 has arrived and I had a dry run of mounting that and the res, and that went well, so Im pleased with that. Once its all back from the Powder coaters Im all set to build it.
Which brings me to colour, I have a lovely deep blue feser tubing, but my favourite colour is green. So, Im having a slight problem nailing a colour. but heres the short list:
RAL4005
Or RAL 5002 - which about matches the tubing
Pics are crappy, as I used my phone:
The front panels had quite a fair bit of plastic on them that needed removing, but it all cam off the main unit:
The annoying thing is that the 5.25" covers and the panel at the top holding the power, reset switch and the front audio, USB etc have very thin pieces of alu glued into plastic. These will be no good for the powder coating, and I tried to remove it from one cover and ruined it :/
The side window proved to be more trouble than I anticipated, as for some reason 2 of the bolts are set flush with the perspex, making them difficult to remove
But I got it out.
So, my D5 XTOP rev.2 has arrived and I had a dry run of mounting that and the res, and that went well, so Im pleased with that. Once its all back from the Powder coaters Im all set to build it.
Which brings me to colour, I have a lovely deep blue feser tubing, but my favourite colour is green. So, Im having a slight problem nailing a colour. but heres the short list:
RAL4005
Or RAL 5002 - which about matches the tubing
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I thought abt keeping with the vw theme ;
but having put it together I cba to change from black
my 2nd loop arrived just now so will follow your bottom bay cut out later, hoping a triple will fit
( colour is jazz blue )
but having put it together I cba to change from black
my 2nd loop arrived just now so will follow your bottom bay cut out later, hoping a triple will fit
( colour is jazz blue )
Fitting a triple is tight down there. I had to cut out the front for the rad to extend out. But it all depends on your PSU really. Mines 7" long which makes it super tight to fit the triple in.
But, its doable
But 2nd loop eh? Im in 2 minds about having 2 loops. The original plan was for 2 loops, so I bought a second pump. But then I decided with a 140.3 and a 120.3 they are ample for an i7 at >=4GHz and my 5870. I keep toying with the idea of cooling the chipset. but I dont think Ill gain anything in terms of overclocking, so would rather sink the money into an SSD.
But oppinions are welcomed, as I do have a spare pump and res.
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Also, a little FYI, in my pics of the bottom rad cut out, the feet are on. Incase you didnt know, under the rubbers on the feet, if you push a screwdriver down the edge of the rubber on the outsides of the case, youll hit philip head screws, one each side. Taking the feet off will make it all a lot easier. I did mine with the feet off.
But, its doable
But 2nd loop eh? Im in 2 minds about having 2 loops. The original plan was for 2 loops, so I bought a second pump. But then I decided with a 140.3 and a 120.3 they are ample for an i7 at >=4GHz and my 5870. I keep toying with the idea of cooling the chipset. but I dont think Ill gain anything in terms of overclocking, so would rather sink the money into an SSD.
But oppinions are welcomed, as I do have a spare pump and res.
EDIT:
Also, a little FYI, in my pics of the bottom rad cut out, the feet are on. Incase you didnt know, under the rubbers on the feet, if you push a screwdriver down the edge of the rubber on the outsides of the case, youll hit philip head screws, one each side. Taking the feet off will make it all a lot easier. I did mine with the feet off.
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Just looking at stripping it out..
reason I as going for 2 loops, in this build
I worried fitting the 5970 to loop after the CPU wouldnt be enough, I also couldnt think what else to do with the bottom space, also to try without the case 140mm fans.
My HX620 PSU is only 150mm, so a bit more room, I think I will try to leave the cage support near the wiring side in place to support
and I had a 360 rad spare..., else maybe a 280 would have been better
reason I as going for 2 loops, in this build
I worried fitting the 5970 to loop after the CPU wouldnt be enough, I also couldnt think what else to do with the bottom space, also to try without the case 140mm fans.
My HX620 PSU is only 150mm, so a bit more room, I think I will try to leave the cage support near the wiring side in place to support
and I had a 360 rad spare..., else maybe a 280 would have been better
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At least I can blame u if it doesnt go back together !!
thanks for the feet heads up !
looking forward to making a mod log for it when its done, have you seen the one of the corsair site ?
thanks for the feet heads up !
looking forward to making a mod log for it when its done, have you seen the one of the corsair site ?
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the sticky ;
http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showthread.php?t=81698
his loop ;
[URL="http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showthread.php?
1st loop with deeper rad is back in, thought I would test it to see if the deeper rad made any difference to temps..
http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showthread.php?t=81698
his loop ;
[URL="http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showthread.php?
1st loop with deeper rad is back in, thought I would test it to see if the deeper rad made any difference to temps..
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bling !!!
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I guess 100% gloss is a mirror !
how long to wait ?
how long to wait ?
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Subscribed can't wait to seehow this turns out.