Worklog: 800D White, Black and Red

Scarecrow23 · 17th February 2012, 3:22 PM

Hi

Welcome to my second worklog. The first was a TJ08-E and can be found on these forums.

I am still extremely new to this but this time will be posting as I construct, rather than a full build at the end.

I am currently running a Rampage 4 with 3930X and GTX 590. It is in a TJ11 and I was keen to attempt a build in this case, but felt I would first try an 800D as there seemed to be less modding required. Plus, given what an amazing case the TJ11 is, I wanted some more experience under my belt for touching that bad boy.

This is the plan:

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I had originally planned to WC the RAM and Mobo as well but I decided against spending another few hundred of dollars for aesthetics.

I had thought of a green build but for some reason I decided to change to mostly white, with red and black highlights, probably due to the colour of my mobo.

Anyway, here is some of the gear that is going into it. Still waiting on the reservoirs and some sleeving from MDPC.

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Everyone knows what an 800D looks like but just in case:

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More to come soon.

Scarecrow23 · 17th February 2012, 3:36 PM

Ok getting started. I have decided to use a white 3m Di-Noc carbon fibre film for the 2 side panels and a couple of accents:

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The top is covering the front panel and then the middle 5.25 bay is also covered. The top 2 x 5.25 bays will be my reservoir, then the carbon fibre one, then the blu-ray drive, then the fan/temp controller.

I have something fancy in mind for the cover of the hot-swap HDD bays.

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Just some simple accents.

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Getting ready for the side panels. I was actually really nervous about this as I haven't worked with any 'wrap' since textbooks in high school, and well, if leftover in my house need glad-wrapping, it's up to the missus as I am completely useless.

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This stuff was fantastically easy to work with. Air bubbles were very easy to get rid of due to the channeled/rippled nature of the film.

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Really happy with things so far and just waiting on more pieces to arrive to start the next phase.

3th4n · 17th February 2012, 8:20 PM

The arrow linking the top of the 25cm res to the top mcp 350.... I'm not 100% sure but if you want to suck water out of the top of a res then you will need some sort of tube to reach down into the water.

Seems like potential for a problem IMO.

Spyfox · 17th February 2012, 8:21 PM

nice hardware

no real need for dual pump and dual res
would have been better off with a single d5+res combo

Scarecrow23 · 17th February 2012, 11:51 PM

I will look into the cylinder res issue, may change the flow direction as that seems to be the easiest solution. I do wonder if it will be an issue though, as the cylinder res will really just function like a larger tube.

The second pump and res are mainly for aesthetics. The areas they are both located in would have been quite bare and I'm hoping adding this hardware will make more of a visual impact.

Palthe · 18th February 2012, 1:11 AM

The film makes it look pretty slick! Looking forward to see what you're doing with the HDD bays, I'm poised to steal ideas

Scarecrow23 · 23rd February 2012, 12:09 PM

Not much new has happened in the last week, have just been waiting on orders to arrive before I can continue.

Have worked a little with the carbon fibre film and done some basic accents. Admittedly they don't look perfect but overall I'm pretty happy with the result.

Also began an annoying search to find appropriate washers for the passthroughs (as the holes are too big) but was able to find some at an automotive store. Have spray painted them and the washers black to match the theme.

Hopefully the sleeving and other items I am waiting on will arrive in the next week or so as I want to get moving on this project.

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(Top 2 for the graphics card so didn't bother covering)

FatYak · 23rd February 2012, 8:56 PM

A very neat job, I like the two-tone thing. Where did you find the film? It looks fantastic in that close up...

cbwolf · 24th February 2012, 10:37 AM

Very neat.

On a completely different topic, who's your avatar of?

Scarecrow23 · 24th February 2012, 10:58 AM

Film came from a US shop called Metrorestyling. They seem to have basically every variation of vinyl film you could imagine.

Avatar is Kate Upton

FatYak · 24th February 2012, 1:15 PM

Wow, they really do have everything

Not cheap though... you'd hate to mess it up and lose a big peice.

brayway · 24th February 2012, 5:59 PM

looks very nice

Reminds me of the Fractal Cases with the two tone

Scarecrow23 · 29th February 2012, 11:51 AM

Been waiting patiently for some more parts to arrive so messed around with a few bits.

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The fan controller / temperature / flow rate monitor.

And now with the black faceplate to match the build. (apologies about the glare in the pic)

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Flow rate monitor and water temp monitor. These will be going in the very bottom drive bay (at the front of the case).

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And FINALLY, my package arrived this morning.

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Sleeving and cable management from MDPC. Thanks Nils.

See you in a couple of days with some very sore hands I imagine.

Creekin · 29th February 2012, 11:59 AM

looking good
but if u got the male to female temp sensor u could just install it inline, instead of needing a pair of comps
http://www.thekoolroom.com/product/a...er-outer-g1-4/

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edit: just noticed the dual pump/res and ur route diagram...
NO! just NO!!!!!!

the pump under the gpu will be sucking air, and that cyl res wont work.

either dump the bayres, and put the pump under the cyl res and reverse the flow
or dump the cyl and 2nd pump

Scarecrow23 · 29th February 2012, 1:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Creekin

edit: just noticed the dual pump/res and ur route diagram...
NO! just NO!!!!!!

the pump under the gpu will be sucking air, and that cyl res wont work

Can you please explain to me why?

I may be 100% wrong on this so let me know if so, but my understanding is as follows:

The cylinder res is essentially just a widening of the tubing. As such, it will be 100% full of liquid and will simply serve as a section of wider tubing, not as a 'res'. (it is there purely for aesthetics)

The loop will be filled from the bay reservoir and the only air in the system will be at the top of that bay reservoir. Hopefully, with proper bleeding, this air will be removed and the loop will be near to 100% liquid.

I am not sure where the air that the pump (under GPU) will be sucking will come from.

As I have stated previously, I am very new to this but this is just my basic understanding of how it will work.

17th February 2012, 3:22 PM	#1
Scarecrow23 Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 36	Worklog: 800D White, Black and Red Hi Welcome to my second worklog. The first was a TJ08-E and can be found on these forums. I am still extremely new to this but this time will be posting as I construct, rather than a full build at the end. I am currently running a Rampage 4 with 3930X and GTX 590. It is in a TJ11 and I was keen to attempt a build in this case, but felt I would first try an 800D as there seemed to be less modding required. Plus, given what an amazing case the TJ11 is, I wanted some more experience under my belt for touching that bad boy. This is the plan: Click to view full size! I had originally planned to WC the RAM and Mobo as well but I decided against spending another few hundred of dollars for aesthetics. I had thought of a green build but for some reason I decided to change to mostly white, with red and black highlights, probably due to the colour of my mobo. Anyway, here is some of the gear that is going into it. Still waiting on the reservoirs and some sleeving from MDPC. Click to view full size! Click to view full size! Everyone knows what an 800D looks like but just in case: Click to view full size! More to come soon.

17th February 2012, 3:36 PM	#2
Scarecrow23 Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 36	Ok getting started. I have decided to use a white 3m Di-Noc carbon fibre film for the 2 side panels and a couple of accents: Click to view full size! The top is covering the front panel and then the middle 5.25 bay is also covered. The top 2 x 5.25 bays will be my reservoir, then the carbon fibre one, then the blu-ray drive, then the fan/temp controller. I have something fancy in mind for the cover of the hot-swap HDD bays. Click to view full size! Just some simple accents. Click to view full size! Getting ready for the side panels. I was actually really nervous about this as I haven't worked with any 'wrap' since textbooks in high school, and well, if leftover in my house need glad-wrapping, it's up to the missus as I am completely useless. Click to view full size! Click to view full size! This stuff was fantastically easy to work with. Air bubbles were very easy to get rid of due to the channeled/rippled nature of the film. Click to view full size! Click to view full size! Click to view full size! Click to view full size! Really happy with things so far and just waiting on more pieces to arrive to start the next phase.

17th February 2012, 8:20 PM	#3
3th4n Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 272	The arrow linking the top of the 25cm res to the top mcp 350.... I'm not 100% sure but if you want to suck water out of the top of a res then you will need some sort of tube to reach down into the water. Seems like potential for a problem IMO. __________________ My Rig - Core i7 930 @ 3.6GHz - Watercooled - ASRock x58 Extreme - 6GB Corsair XMS3 @ 1600MHz - ASUS GTX570 - 120GB SSD - 3TB Storage

17th February 2012, 8:21 PM	#4
Spyfox Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: SWSydney 2173 Posts: 1,265	nice hardware no real need for dual pump and dual res would have been better off with a single d5+res combo __________________ WWW.JDMWHEELS.COM.AU WWW.DUSTYCARTRIDGE.COM

18th February 2012, 1:11 AM	#6
Palthe New Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 10	The film makes it look pretty slick! Looking forward to see what you're doing with the HDD bays, I'm poised to steal ideas __________________ Gaming: AMD Phenom 1100T \| 6970x2 Crossfire \| 8gb GSkill Sniper 1600 \| Stock clock etc Media Server: In progress

17th February 2012, 11:51 PM	#5
Scarecrow23 Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 36	I will look into the cylinder res issue, may change the flow direction as that seems to be the easiest solution. I do wonder if it will be an issue though, as the cylinder res will really just function like a larger tube. The second pump and res are mainly for aesthetics. The areas they are both located in would have been quite bare and I'm hoping adding this hardware will make more of a visual impact.

23rd February 2012, 12:09 PM	#7
Scarecrow23 Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 36	Not much new has happened in the last week, have just been waiting on orders to arrive before I can continue. Have worked a little with the carbon fibre film and done some basic accents. Admittedly they don't look perfect but overall I'm pretty happy with the result. Also began an annoying search to find appropriate washers for the passthroughs (as the holes are too big) but was able to find some at an automotive store. Have spray painted them and the washers black to match the theme. Hopefully the sleeving and other items I am waiting on will arrive in the next week or so as I want to get moving on this project. Click to view full size! Click to view full size! Click to view full size! Click to view full size! Click to view full size! (Top 2 for the graphics card so didn't bother covering)

23rd February 2012, 8:56 PM	#8
FatYak Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Melbourne, VIC Posts: 46	A very neat job, I like the two-tone thing. Where did you find the film? It looks fantastic in that close up... __________________ i7 2600k @ 4.5ghz :: Noctua u12p :: 2x6870 MSI Twin Frozr :: Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-V3 :: 4x4gb G.Skill Ripjaws :: Corsair Graphite 600t White :: Corsair HX750 :: Kingston 120gb SSD :: Logitech M950

24th February 2012, 10:37 AM	#9
cbwolf Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Melbourne Posts: 1,777	Very neat. On a completely different topic, who's your avatar of? __________________ i7 2700k \| Asus Maximus V Formula \| 2x GTX 680 SLI \| 16GB Ripjaws DDR3 2133 \| OCZ Vertex3 2x 240GB + 120GB SSD \| Asus Xonar Essence STX \|Samsung s27a950d Over $4,500 in forum trades and counting!

24th February 2012, 10:58 AM	#10
Scarecrow23 Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 36	Film came from a US shop called Metrorestyling. They seem to have basically every variation of vinyl film you could imagine. Avatar is Kate Upton

24th February 2012, 1:15 PM	#11
FatYak Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Melbourne, VIC Posts: 46	Wow, they really do have everything Not cheap though... you'd hate to mess it up and lose a big peice. __________________ i7 2600k @ 4.5ghz :: Noctua u12p :: 2x6870 MSI Twin Frozr :: Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-V3 :: 4x4gb G.Skill Ripjaws :: Corsair Graphite 600t White :: Corsair HX750 :: Kingston 120gb SSD :: Logitech M950

29th February 2012, 11:51 AM	#13
Scarecrow23 Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 36	Been waiting patiently for some more parts to arrive so messed around with a few bits. Click to view full size! The fan controller / temperature / flow rate monitor. And now with the black faceplate to match the build. (apologies about the glare in the pic) Click to view full size! Flow rate monitor and water temp monitor. These will be going in the very bottom drive bay (at the front of the case). Click to view full size! And FINALLY, my package arrived this morning. Click to view full size! Click to view full size! Sleeving and cable management from MDPC. Thanks Nils. See you in a couple of days with some very sore hands I imagine.