Mod’n Roll 2012: The Theory of Everything.

Angel OD

Le085 ha scritto:

The design of the CPU waterblock is really impressive! I would like to see a performance comparison with other commercial waterblocks
But what about the reservoir? Why not a H-O-H structure with two smaller cilinder and a bigger one?

Well, since I've never had a commercial waterblock, I can't really compare it. But I can tell you that simulation has showed that it steal about ½ of the pressure a pump can give, which is why I'm donig 2 loops.

The 2 loops are also the reason for the reservoir. I didn't make the acrylic part, I actually found it while I was out shopping for tools!

Le085 ha scritto:

You have to put the sponsors of this contest, that's to say Coolermaster, Lamptron, Dremel and Aquatuning. I'm sorry it wasn't so clear from the rules

Oh, I misunderstood then. But it's fixed!

One1ros ha scritto:

This is the most amazing, astonishing and jaw-dropping customized liquid cooling system ever!
:ave: Heil to the Custom watercooling guru! :ave:

Thanks man! I'm really honored! I've been making custom watercooling since I started modding, so I just try to do better every time!

Maybe you have seen another of my creations, the watercooled wii?

momod ha scritto:

nice work man keep it up

Thanks man! I do my best!

tom1 ha scritto:

amazing bro

Thank you! I hope I can keep doing as well for the rest of the mod!

RIC3

interesting!

Angel OD

RIC3 ha scritto:

interesting!

I hope you mean that in a good way!

Now for the newest update.

I'm gonna do a dual loop, one red and one blue. And since I have the red Phobya fans I was looking for something similar in blue.

Gelid makes some, so I bought a couple.

I dare you to spot any difference except for color! I can't find any.

Why Phobya don't have them in blue is beyond my imagination, but I'm just happy to have found them!

Right now I'm looking at what I can do to mod the fan house, but you'll know soon if I mess it up!

My two ideas are:

1. Mill away some of the outside to give it a better look.

2. Create all new housing from aluminum and Plexiglas.

This will require some thinking, but there's a lot more to do so I wont' keep you waiting long for the next update!

Dot_Kappa

Oh oh oh....... Angel OD !!!!!

I' ve seen your mods on bit-tech

The res. Is simply awesome. =O

One1ros

Angel OD ha scritto:

Maybe you have seen another of my creations, the watercooled wii?

Of course I did... and I knew it was a your creation. I so many things.. that maybe you cannot imagine...

tom1

fanatastic mod , the wii project

Angel OD

Dot_Kappa ha scritto:

Oh oh oh....... Angel OD !!!!!
I' ve seen your mods on bit-tech

The res. Is simply awesome. =O

Thanks man! Yeah, I've been on bit-tech since I started modding!

One1ros ha scritto:

Of course I did... and I knew it was a your creation. I so many things.. that maybe you cannot imagine...

tom1 ha scritto:

fanatastic mod , the wii project

Thanks a lot! It was a hard mod as well, but it was worth it!

And a small update on my fans.

I was looking into the vinyl dye for them as it would be the easiest way to get them white, but it seems to be very hard to find in Denmark. And I also have no idea how the color would look against the other white!

BUT... There are ways of making it easier to get into the nooks and crannys to rough it up. I think I came up with an idea for a better look, and much easier to work with.

I had a coolermaster lying around that I used as a test. And I'll keep the lower chamfer that I removed on the test, since it actually got a bit seperated the ring from the bottom in the corners!

I made a little tapered wooden tool to hold it in place in the lathe.

Before:

And after:

And as a comparison to a real fan for the mod:

It still needs a bit of tweaking, but it's not half bad! I have a feeling I'm going to go with something like that!

tom1

One1ros

Brilliant! :n2mu:

Robymetallo95

Oh!

that's amazing.

I'm following you

Angel OD

tom1 ha scritto:

One1ros ha scritto:

Brilliant! :n2mu:

Robymetallo95 ha scritto:

Oh!
that's amazing.

I'm following you

Thanks a lot guys, I'm really glad you like it!

Angel OD

Here Is where I made my choice.

I have been thinking about what to do to the case for a while.

I had 3 ideas, and I decided to go with the 3rd and most work-heavy one. This is of course also the idea that I'm sure would be the best looking!

But first is first. Sorry for the pics, but it's dark outside!

I pulled the hdd rack out, not gonna use that at all and it takes up loads of space:

A pic from the back, just to remember how the easy option would have looked!

Back taken out:

Dead mobo fitted for purpose of overlook. It'l be rotated 90 degrees, all ports facing down:

I'm still not sure how I'm going to do this, but I decided to just take it out and let time take it's course!

My main concern with this idea was the gap (or lack of thereof) between the audio/usb/lan and the PSU. But after measuring, it seems there's loads of room!

That's it for now, I'll be back soon!

tom1

nice nice nice , another pics

One1ros

Bizarre choice the 90 rotated motherboard with ports downward... this mod arouses even more my curiosity!

Angel OD

tom1 ha scritto:

nice nice nice , another pics

Thanks a lot!

One1ros ha scritto:

Bizarre choice the 90 rotated motherboard with ports downward... this mod arouses even more my curiosity!

Thanks man. I just wanted to do something a bit out of the normal on this case! I just hope the result will be as great as the idea seems to be! :asd:

One1ros

Angel OD ha scritto:

Thanks man. I just wanted to do something a bit out of the normal on this case! I just hope the result will be as great as the idea seems to be!

It will surely be!

Angel OD

One1ros ha scritto:

It will surely be!

I really really hope you are right! I'll do my best, that's for sure!

A small update on the fans!

I started out with 2 of the Phobya ones and that was easy peacy.

I then went on the the first Gelid. I started out in the lathe, and all of a sudden I heard a cracking noise. The fan housing stopped moving but the lathe kept going... I didn't use a chuck so I new the risk was there, and I therefore did it quite carefully.

After further inspection, I found out the housing was not the same... :wallbash:

The anoying thing is that one of the Gelid's ARE identical with the Phobya, but the second was not... And that's the one I was working on...

It's not cast in a single piece as such, but has "inserts" in the corners:

Actually the design of the back is not the same either, but I just didn't notice that!

This quite sucks, but for now I have 2 red and 2 blue.

If I need more I'll see what can be done.

I'm contemplating writing Gelid and ask if it's a mistake or if they changed the design, and I just got one of each.

I'm gonna tell them that I may have voided the warranty a bit though... :lol:

I'm gonna take a break from modding this week, but I'll be back next week with more updates!

tom1

really curious to see what will come out

masbuskado

Nice looking project...

about your mobo tray config... I manage to do the same thing in an ongoing project... here is the link Un1ty that will give you some ideas... my case was tiny compare to this one... but the main key is to relocate the PSU... cheers!

Angel OD

masbuskado ha scritto:

Nice looking project...
about your mobo tray config... I manage to do the same thing in an ongoing project... here is the link Un1ty that will give you some ideas... my case was tiny compare to this one... but the main key is to relocate the PSU... cheers!

Thanks a lot! I'll be sure to take a good look at it!

I don't need to relocate the PSU though, I have enough room!