Project Watermaster (Started Oct 30th)
Hi gents and ladies,
I ummed and arh'd other whether to even display this project as its a bit old school really and I like to think I've moved on from those days but I decided to show it and let you lot comment anyway.
On that note I should explain what I am wanting from this project, it is based on the Coolermaster ATC 500 case. This is one of my all time favourite cases. It looks ace and is a very well built case. I know they have been discontinued so I took the opertunity to get one while I still can.
The only drawback with the case is that the psu goes over the cpu bit this will not matter with this project. My aim is to have a completly water cooled system so only one fan is required.
Here is a few shots of the case (Click on them for full sized shots)
http://www.gordonhandley.co.uk/php-c...1028.thumb.jpg
http://www.gordonhandley.co.uk/php-c...1029.thumb.jpg
http://www.gordonhandley.co.uk/php-c...1030.thumb.jpg
http://www.gordonhandley.co.uk/php-c...1025.thumb.jpg
The full gallery is here http://www.gordonhandley.co.uk/php-c...ry/Watermaster
I have stripped down the case removing any parts I am not going to be using, these include the 60mm and 80mm fans, the case speaker and usb cables.
I've not had a chance to get all the parts for the project yet so I will leave the wc kit as a surprise for the time being.
I have sourced a couple of bits though:
http://www.gordonhandley.co.uk/php-c...1049.thumb.jpg
http://www.gordonhandley.co.uk/php-c...1050.thumb.jpg
http://www.gordonhandley.co.uk/php-c...1052.thumb.jpg
The grill is a lovely bit of ally and the fan is a 120mm ally fan, for some1 used to 80mm fans its huge. This is the second one as the first was broken in transit, but thanks to http://www.kustompcs.co.uk/ I got a replacement 8am the next day.
Its going to be a squeeze to get everything crammed in but if my scribbling and measuring are correct it should go in.
Here is a rough idea of where the rad is going to go
http://www.gordonhandley.co.uk/php-c...1057.thumb.jpg
I've taken stacks more piccies of the case so if you want to see more pop along to the gallery here http://www.gordonhandley.co.uk/php-c...ry/Watermaster . As I've said at the start this project is a getting back to my roots mod for fun. I'm hoping to make it nice and clean and not spoil the lines of an already bootiful case.