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[kempez]

Quick update to say that I'm being sent one of these from dabblet off of Kustom PC's Forums (Thanks mate - legend) so I've bought another one. Going to send some others back to Kustom

Here's what the new grills look like

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[kempez]

Well had a bit of a productive evening.

Got my SilenX fan through

Don't like the "gunmetal". But I know you can clean it off. A bit of surgical spirit and a use found for those cotton swabs women (the missus) use to clean their face and tadaa!!

Before



After



Trimmed the fan holes too. One day I'll get the hang of it. But not right now. At least it'll be covered with a grill!





Cut the mobo tray and the side of the mobo to get some wire management going on. Twas hard work but looks ok. Trim has been changed a bit and smartened up a lot but I also have plans to cover it a bit





What dya think then??

[Steve B]

tis lookin good i love the way the pump is screwed onto the bottom of the case and those tubing bends upto the res, its sweet!

[MantisCSS]

coming along nicely m8! the gun metal doesnt look to bad at all! them fan are real expencive rnt they!?!

[kempez]

Yeah well the gunmetal is a sheen over the actual silver fan and I took it off with some surgical spirit so its actually shiny silver - perfect

[kempez]

Yeah well the gunmetal is a sheen over the actual silver fan and I took it off with some surgical spirit so its actually shiny silver - perfect

EDIT: yeah they cost a bit

[MantisCSS]

so what kit r u guna be puttign in it?

[kempez]

Its on the first page of the thread mate

[MantisCSS]

lol u seem to have everything modding wise m8! dont spose u got a spare blue cathode fo r me?

[Whiternoise]

I like the watercooling, looks a lot neater than some of the other setups i've seen

[johnny02004976]

I like the watercooling, looks a lot neater than some of the other setups i've seen

agreed mate its nice and tidy, mine is a total mess at the moment, my Hiper is hotness but all of the connectors are cramping my case a bit

water cooling rocks

[kempez]

Thanks lads. I do like the tidy loop actually. I really wanted a GPU in it but that will have to wait for a bit mefinks Ah well

One knackered me today

Well: I had a day off and played a round of golf just before a nice bite + pint at the pub

But I did manage to get the rig installed into the case as both myself and the fiancee (well: mainly the fiancee ) are getting annoyed at the mess

Had to cut a hole to allow the fan to get past the PSU holder but thats another story...needless to say I now have a dremel minus about 5 cutting wheels Pics another day

Internals are ok. Wiring is a bit of a nightmare and I may have to hack around some more we'll see





Haven't put the lighting in yet. Thats for another week (maybe next week) when I'm not quite so tired and hot.

I haven't cleaned up the case yet so the pics are ok..ish





Got one fan grill through today. put it on with the bare fan for a comparison. I would like to know people's thoughts on this as I quite like the fan without the grill...but I also like the grill..



As usual thoughts and comments welcome!

Back to 2.8GHz now and temps are pretty good although the PWM IC is pretty high. Maybe I will get some replacement sinks.

Its a drop of about 7-8*C from my last setup...but remember that there's no GPU loop in there until I complete another bench PC.

[Whiternoise]

Ooh.. thats a tough one with the fans, i think that without looks better, but i wouldn't want to risk catching my fingers or something on it

[MantisCSS]

that looks real good m8! is it finished?

[kempez]

Not finished yet. Kinda together up and running but still needs some work

The grill inside the case looked cool. Stopped the fan from working tho

Going with no grill mefinks





OK so I just had to get some UV in there. Turned out well





And the front:





Haven't made the switch box yet but the switch I have works well

Also going to add a couple of white LED's to the front plexi...if it looks good

[MantisCSS]

thats looks sexy m8!! u pleaseD? u need that last fan grill