Heres my Newest Case/Mod a lian li V2000 in silver.



All Stock on the outside...







All water cooled on the inside

3x120 Danger den Stealth gt 360 rad
Swiftech micro resivior
Swiftech mpc 655
swiftech Apogee GT Cpu block
Zalman GWB8800GTS Gpu block

Internal mounted 360mm radiator, C striped and Grommeted
about 5 hours into the case so far, not nearly done as you can see the wiring job looks like a 5 Y/o did it, due to the fact that not one of my Power supply cables are long enough XD such a big case. so thats my next project is to Probably modularize my power supply and make my own Extended cables with exactly what i need on them.

tell me what yall think

you should really wire manage. That looks bad.

Otherwise nice case.

Nice case and I LOOOOVE spaghetti.

Better pics please

Are you using 3/8" tubing throughout the loop?

firstly, im open to critisism but atleast read the post before you open your mouth, as i stated im going to modularize my power supply and make new cables to get the entire reach in 1 shot.

secondly yes i do have the pump converted down to 3/8" with a piece of 1/2" going from the resivior to the pump. the entire loop is on 3/8" otherwise and its works great, im sure 1/2" is better but i dont feel the need to change it all over and have to buy a half dozen new 1/2 fittings if it were worth the small gain id already have done it

3050mhz Opteron 170 1.5v under dual prime hits 35'c
thanks to IHS removal and Liquid pro thermal compound.

first part: sorry I didn't read that part.. I scimmed the pics cause I was in class and didn't want to get caught. My bad.

Second part: I cringed. I just cracked a core on an opty 170 with no IHS

No problem sparky, it totaly looks like a pair of hairy B@lls in there, as much as id love to clean it up, ATM im trying to get everything else installed firstly as so i dont end up short on connectors when, i cut the power supply cables off, going to leave 4" on every one of them except the ATX connector that i will prolly leave alone and reroute, but the rest are getting cut down to 4" and pluged with male plugs, then im going to make up new ones with a female on one end, as much cable as i need then the proper amount of plugs on each. for example i have 2 cdroms and a Floppy in the front as well as a
Rheobus controller coming so that will be on its own line with 3 Molex 4 pin connectors and 1 floppy drive connector

the motherboard and my sound card will be one connector 1 molex 4 pin and 2 floppy drive connectors.

as of yet i havent found any female 6pin connectors (for PCi-e) but i did find a place that sells theyre own custom 12" extention cable with a female end on it for 12$ with any color heatshrink and sleaving you want.
what i might just do is get one and hide it well or steal the ends from it and just lengthen the wires.

but like i said before im trying to get everything installed so that i know exactly how many connectors i need to wire in and how long the wires need to be so on and so forth its gunna be alot of work but well worth in the long run.

Btw sorry to hear about your Opti
Great chips but i just wish mine would do 3ghz with a little less voltage. lol but who am i to complain alot of them out there wont even do 2.8ghz on more voltage than that XD

Could you by any chance post some clearer/higher resolution pics?

i sure could! i even managed to clean up the wiring pics coming in a few mins

[img]http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o77/Franzkefka/Lian%20li%20modding/Lianlimodding001.jpg[/img]

As much Wiremanagement as my Power supply and short cables would allow for, also going for a Blue, and Blue UV color scheme inside going to window it once i get everything done, but not with a lian li factory windowed panel, as i hate the fact that they make the window so damn big that it shows the 5 1/4 racks looks like Arse. so im going to cut a window to show just about the motherboard tray.

Just a suggestion:
Line the holes you cut for the water cooling lines, before the sharp edges cut the lines. It may seem OK but moving the case will cause problems down the road.

Rgr that, i have grommets but havent installed them yet as the holes are a slight bit off might just c-strip them dunno yet

This is Very Very Very far from done, but i really do appriciate all comments/ suggestions/ critisism

Grommeted up! ended up cutting the grommet, and installing them with the tubing on, went well no leaks and rebooted up looks a bit better and one less worry XD

Ok.. looks really nice and a lot better than I could do. But I have a general question. If the Rad is below the MOB and the fans blow down, is there enough exhaust from the front and rear fans to move the heat out of the case? And is one fan in the upper MOB section enough to draw out the ambient heat?

Well mike, the majority of the case is made up of mesh, the front panel, a good portion of the back panel, and the bottom of the case are all made up of mesh, so the configuration im running, causes the Radiator to draw air through the case from the front and back exhausting the air from the radiator downward, to be expelled through the bottom and rear of the case by the power supply and dual 80mm fans. so yes its very well ventilated, even if the Outflow of the lower compartment isnt as many CFm as the radiator is pushing in, it has enough ventilation to allow for free flowing exhuast.

the temps arent as good on the air cooled components as my old case, but i never expected this case to cool those better than my old case, which had 3 120mm fans stacked on the side panel in a pyramid config blowing air in, 2 120 fans in the front on a 2x120 radiator flush mounted in the bezel aslo blowing air in, and another 120 fan drawing air in through the top

had around 350-450 CFM of inflow on the old case
my temps are as follows, readings from Everest 23'c room temp

Just got done with a bit of wire management, looks good for now i think, ordering my new Radiator fans and 6 Channel Baybus from Frozencpu today should be here tomarrow
from the looks of it im going to need to make an extension cable to go from one of the plugs that goes into the Cdrom to make the reach to the Front panel so i can plug the Baybus in. Just temp. as i still need to figure out what im doing for Wireing once i get all the lights and fans, mounted up and installed

just a little update, ordered a couple of the fans im going to be using, a few of the cold cathodes, a 6Channel baybus from frozen cpu.
more coming next week as well, currently i am using the stock Switches and wireing harnesses for the cold cathodes, ill be switching those over to a different wireing harness and Led'd Military switches with cromed Switch covers that im going to mount in the front panel. wireing is a mess again, couple more weeks and that will be taken care of. still waiting to get everything were its going and finished before i even consider cutting the power supply apart to make new cables.

the fans are Aerocool 12cm Xtreme turbine 89Cfm 32dB. Trust me on this one if your looking for a sweet looking Blue Led fan these are probably the nicest ones iv come across in a while, 16Bladed fan is a beauty in a raw Aluminum case.

went with Logisys cold cathodes cheap and dirty, drilled one of the Covers for the power inverters already doing the other in a few mins. as these are rather cheap and have a good tendancy to burn up :mad:. But as you can see from teh pictures below those Blue logisys cathodes are Quite bright and match my Baybus's LED's very closely.

and i went with the Frozen CPu baybus as i was already planning on Re-tailing every one of my fans to i could plug them all in in 1 place
so that theres no extension cables or connectors, they will be 1 piece of wire from the fan to the baybus, and because instead of it using Fan connector 3pin it uses a screwdown method which would require either that i what i have on there now and those are just tailed connectors or long enough fan cables to cut the ends off it
so ill just cut my own short, solder on some new wire so theyre long enough to route cleanly sleave them and attach them to the bay bus. done

Blue Cold cathodes in front panel


Shot of the fans


the Wireing mess of the year award goes to...


Inverters attached

I'd say sparkyftw is a better candidate for the recipient the Wiring mess of the year award
http://diy-street.com/forum/showpost.php?p...28&postcount=35

I hate you rado. I wish death upon you.

My case looks bad right now too.... Every cable is just a little too short to get wire managed.

holy jesus sparky!

lol..

This case has a real opportunity for "Best Before and After Pics"
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Thanks sound Updates will probably take place on sundays from now untill completion, ill stop in a every few days to check in on the post and check out what everyone else is doing. i have alot of ideas. and alot of stuff im going to work into the case, ill sit down tomarrow maybe and throw some of my idea's on the table to see what everyone thinks. Thanks all Keep watching for updateS!

Alright guys be prepaired! bunch of new pics coming in a few just Rewired a bunch of stuff, got my soldering iron out and went to town today been sitting on the floor soldering and cutting and sleaving and heat shrinking for 8 hours straight and im not even close to done still need to make 2 new lead's for the 4pin and 3pin Floppy connectors. one lead will feed one side, ( CDroms, fan controller, floppy drive [ so out dated but very useful]) and the other one will feed the 4pin and floppy on the board and floppy to the sound card. I used UV reactive 18Awg wire along with uvblue heatshrink and uv blue sleaving for as much as i could only ordered 1/8 and 1/4. theres also now 2 sets of 2 UV coldcathode lights and 4 aerocool extreme turbine fans (16 blade)

some other things i forgot i made up a quicky Bios reset switch from one of the lighting harnesses i cut apart previously. alot more to come!

More neatness and, changeing the entire cooling loops tubbing with Primoflex 3/8 uv blue new coolant alot more rewiring and a custom side window, still debateing weather or not to do a triple 120 blow hole on the top

questions comments opinions please!

Alright Guys, Thankfully Christmas has been Kind to me this year, and I just dropped damn near 500$ on my case this go around and this is where we're at today


3x120 Bricky Grill with 3 Yate loon UV Blue fans
Lian Li Window Kit
DD fillport



Another Shot of that nice lookin Radgrill



A few New cables (lost that Fuggly Yellow Dfi one)
Also Note the Thermalright HR-05 (which is not supposed to be able to be installed in that direction but on A Ultra-D board apparently it works perfectly
as my Chipset temps are about 30'c While idleing and 35'c durring Dual Prime @ 3ghz 1.475v 1.6v chipset)
also note the Additional Heatsinks that have been attached to the Chips Directly right of the PWM chips.



Shot of the new 1/2" UV Blue Tubing along with the new EK 8800gts Full coverage Block.



Just Another shot of it



With the Flash on, Can see theres some loose ends in there still, Still need to rewire one of my Lighting harnesses so i can hook it to a switch to match the front panel. and i also have a second FrozenCpu Baybus going in the front.

The wire management is looking lots better now.

This rig is really getting there!

It looks much cleaner and better organized. Blue and silver is always a dandy color combination.

heya Guys my new Piece of acrylic came in today, god guys i cant say it enough but i love Frozencpu, i called them friday, and told them about the window panel i recieved, and how the Acrylic was smashed, with out any hesitation or need for proof of defect they packed and shipped me out another Window to fit that panel, which is something they dont even carry on the website, (at least not with out fan holes already in it) dunno what the deal is but that company is doing it right. so needless to say that looks great now, still gotta do more rewireing since i just added those fans ontop i also hooked up my second baybus so thats pretty sweet looking
just gotta sleave up some fan wires solder on some longer lead's and rewire one more light wireing harness thing. BTW if anyone is looking for a Better Cooler for the NF4 Sli or Ultra-d chipset look no further because that Thermalright HR-05 SLI chipset cooler fits like a glove with any Videocard, atleast on the Ultra-d board it does and as far as i know the Chipset is in the same place on the SLI-d so its a match if so and lemme say that a 1'c difference between Idle and load on the chipset with nearly no added noise is a welcome thing, and a must have if you like to keep things cool when your overclocking, and thats with the chipset voltage at 1.6v 300x10 @ 1.5v its idleing at 32'c and loading at 34'c. well ill get some more pictures up in the coming days as i work on it, have the next 12 days off of work so we'll see how it goes

I had an HR-05 SLI on my Ultra-D. While it worked fine, I ended up getting some chipping around the edges of the core. Be sure yours is tight and don't go bumping around it while it's installed.

Frozencpu did the same thing when i called them about the non-functional Bulgin switch I got...the guy jerked my chain a little, which was funny in hindsight.

He asked me how many switches I had ordered, I said "three" and he goes...."Well, 2 out of 3 ain't bad."

Had me goin for a minute.

But he shipped me out a new switch, no charge, it was pretty sweet.