Project: Watery

Mankz_91

New Member
My boxes arrived, and the DDC fits fine, but I need to give it a little diet to save some space.

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And my own personal criptonite.

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just a noob

Well-Known Member
you know, i believe dfi is coming out with a crossfire ready p45 microATX motherboard around the last week of july/beginning of august. if your still looking for a mobo lol
 

Mankz_91

New Member
Some progess and some issues today:

Firstly, the Feser Fittings, allthough pretty, are HUGE. So big that they mean I've got to re-design the side panel (I had to anyway) and move the radiator 2mm down towards the back of the case.

The ABS boxes fit in exactly as I wanted them too, the read one, **snugly** between the Fans and the PSU, and infront of the PSU and the case. I've decided that having the DDC out on the bottom of the case would be a better idea. The larger ABS box will be used to hold an Aqua Computer Aquero and various other bits, prehaps a 2.5" HDD for me to put Vista on.

Anywho:

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Its going to be tight with the tubing, so I'll be using a series of 90* angled Danger Den or Bits-Power G1/4" acrylic 'thingies' to solve the problems.

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And with a normal ATX Motherboard in. I need to buy an mATX one for the case, and then make the appropriate with holes in the back and the mobo plate.

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Mankz_91

New Member
Just about anywhere.

In the US, P-Pc's, Petra's, Jab-Tech etc.
In the UK, Coolercases, Aqua-Pc's, Chilled-PC

Just about any watercooling shop.
 

aSc1@3

New Member
couldn't you mount an atx mobo slightly angled so it would remain a cube? the only possible problem i could think of is if there is an expansion car in the vary bottom slot if it is tilted this way; \, but not at such and extreme angel, it may be too high for the case. or you could tilt it this way; /, but then the only problem is if the hsf is too tall. and then you could put an extra drive bay or two under the higher side of the mobo.
 

Mankz_91

New Member
couldn't you mount an atx mobo slightly angled so it would remain a cube? the only possible problem i could think of is if there is an expansion car in the vary bottom slot if it is tilted this way; \, but not at such and extreme angel, it may be too high for the case. or you could tilt it this way; /, but then the only problem is if the hsf is too tall. and then you could put an extra drive bay or two under the higher side of the mobo.

I could, but I don't want to :rolleyes:

I spent so damn long working out all of the dimensions using a mATX board, I don't want to have to re-design it. Also, mATX adds portablility :cool:
 

just a noob

Well-Known Member
do you know anything about making whole new cables for power supplies like that one guy with the lian li cube is doing on xtremesystems?
 

lovely?

Active Member
jesus i cant believe this thread is alive again! Mankz your too slow! i really wanted to see what this looked like, back in '07, now i just want to see it to know that its done!
 

Mankz_91

New Member
Nothing really done today, bar a little problem.

I first fitted the Coolermaster 700W PSU (with love from Specialtech. Its about 10mm shorter than the original test PSU I was using. I know I have to add in the length of the modual connections, but as I will only be using one of the Molex/S-ATA power ports, and one of the PCI-E power ports, it won't be a big problem.

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It fits in at the back too which is nice.

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Here is where the problem starts. When I started designing this mod, I didn't intend to use an Aquaero, but now I do and thats one of the reasons for ze box. I didn't factor that in when designing mark two of the res.

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Ooops. (those scratches are on the outer cover film, so all is well)

Well, I'm not desinging that res all over again :p. Soo, I'm thinking that I'll dremel out part of the back of the box, and then add an Acrylic Danger Den 90* bend to take it back towards the PSU. Its a little ennoying I know, but I promise it'll look good.

Or. I could just do away with the box on its own, and have the Aquaero 'floating' or the front panel.
 
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