White Knight - Lian Li Q08 Watercooled Build

fireisdangerous

fireisdangerous

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Hi All,

This project came around because I was bored and wanted to mod something and I happend to have a lian li q08 lying around that I used to have as my server case.

This is how it looked as stock and as my file server.

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The mod started by sending off my silver stone sf450w psu to get sleeved at a shop I cannot list here, it will be braided grey but with light and dark blue braid to act as a contrast. This place also powder coats cases so I decided to get the case powder coated in white as they had another case being powder coated in white so offered me a cheaper price so I went for it.

The case is currently with them and when its finished the inside, outside, hard drve cages and dvd besel will be powder coated white. Since they already had my psu that will also be powder coated. They will also be cutting a window in the side panel as well. So the case is getting modded but not by me :)

Cant wait to get my hands on it once it is finished.

This case is going to be my extreme HTPC and will be going pride of place in my living room (if the misses permits it!!!)

Going into the case will be:

MotherBoard: Zotac h55 itx wifi
Cpu & Water Block : Intel i3 with xspc rasa block
Ram: 4gb kingston ram
Hard Drive: 40gb ssd
PSU: 450w silverstone sfx psu (currentley being sleeved)
Radiators: 120 & 140 Black ice rads
Pump: laing ddc 10w pump
Fans: Undecided!!
Tubing: UV Blue
Fittings: XSPC black nickel compression fittings

GPU: Undecided, as it will be mainly used as a HTPC but would like to be able to play some games so i would like to get the KFA2 550TI white PCB addition as it would go perfectly with the white case.

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More updates when i get the case back :)
 
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I finally have an update on my project. Below is a pic of the case which is being reassembled at shop I sent it to. I think it looks amazing. Just waiting for them to received my braided PSU back then they can ship it back to me and I can finally get around to putting this project together.

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Some more updates.

I have fitted my white EK top to my DDC pump and have braided the wires.

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It may not be the quickest card in the world but my new KFA2 550 ti White edition is the best looking card I have seen. Will look even better if I decide to put an EK VGA supreme block on it.

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Pic of the card on my motherboard. Wish they did white motherboards and a white version of the rasa CPU block.

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Loving the white powdercoating and that KFA - the crazy white PCB is ace! :)

What fans are you using? I think Enermax clusters would look good with their white frames and matching white led's.

Can't wait to see more updates.

gt
 
Thanks for the feedback, im not 100% sure on the fans yet. My psu is being braided mainly grey but with light and dark blue braid also so should look real nice. So the colour palette will be blues/white and grey with black from the 2 rads and motherboard. I currently have some blu mayhems fluid to use but might get some of his blue pastel fluid not sure yet.

Fan wise i have one of those enermax fans and its loud as hell even when put on a fan controller. I also need to decide wether to use UV on led as the lighting in the case. Its going to be going into my living room so i need it to be a bit subtle.
 
Is that a window? If it was mine I would have wanted a smaller window so I didn't have to see the optical drive and hdd'a. But apart from that, abso fab!! :D
 
Here are some pics of the case before I filled it up with kit.

Only time you will see the hard drive cages

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In the buff!!

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You cant have the white knight without the dark knight!!

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Mobo, 140m rad and fans and my kfa2 550i white edition

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Closer shot of the awesome white pcb

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Psu installed, flash on camera doesn't do the braiding justice as it makes the grey look shiny when it is actually matt.

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Pump mounted at the bottom of the 5.25 bay, and the res at the front, just working out where to put everything. You can also see the psu extender, didnt want my psu to take up most of the space in the case.

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Some angled shots

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Just need to work out tube routing, need to flip the 140 rad onto its side. Not sure whether to water cool the gpu, not sure if there is enough room for the tubing! we shalls see.

Let me know what you think.
 
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