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Shawy
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Ever since I saw the In-Win 904 I knew I had to water cool it. The aluminium shell and glass sides make it the nicest looking PC case I've ever seen, and the complete lack of any air flow makes it quite a project.

I'm still not entirely sure how I'll be watercooling it, but I do have some ideas floating around. Once I've finished 3D modelling the case, I'll have more of an idea what will and what wont fit.

I should probably stress that I'm not going for ultra low temps with this build. Hell, I'll be happy if the whole thing doesn't melt into a sticky puddle.

Anyway, the case is bought:

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and the hardware is coming straight out of my current rig:

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i7 3820 @ 4.625GHz
16 GB Dominator Platinum @ 2000MHz
GTX 680 SLi
etc etc.

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Wow. Looks like a great project. Personally I would kill to have your old setup as it is.

My build:  Leviathan  Case: 900D  CPU: i7 3770K (watercooled)  Mobo: Z77X-UD5H GPU: EVGA GTX 780 Hydro Copper GPU: MSI GTX 780 watercooled PSU: EVGA 1300W G2  RAM: 32 GB Corsair Vengance  HDDs: 1 x 120 GB Intel 330 SSD (OS X); 1 x 256 GB Samsung 840 pro (Windows 8); 2 x 2TB Seagate Barracuda (RAID 0 Data OS X); 1 x 3TB Seagate Barracuda (OS X backups)  Monitors: 1 x 24" Apple LED Cinema (center); 2 x 23" Apple LED Cinema (surround)  Watercooling: 3 rads, CPU, GPU, GPU, MCP655 pump, Lots of fittings, EK reservoir, EK UV Blue coolant.  Updated build: Leviathan 2.0

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Wow. Looks like a great project. Personally I would kill to have your old setup as it is.

 

I love my G5 build, but I also love modding cases lol. I can't really reuse any of the watercooling stuff from that build so I might have to find some more hardware to fill it with so I can keep using the case...

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Very nice. I love this new case. Will you try to keep the inverted layout from the Mac build? It's always nice to see the graphics cards face after all the work =).

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Great case but certainly will be a tricky project. A custom pedestal may be the best option for watercooling.

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dat mac

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Very nice. I love this new case. Will you try to keep the inverted layout from the Mac build? It's always nice to see the graphics cards face after all the work =).

 

Hadn't really thought about that until you mentioned it, but I think I have my work cut out enough as it is without trying any serious modding - I'll just be sticking to my Dremel for this build.

 

Great case but certainly will be a tricky project. A custom pedestal may be the best option for watercooling.

 

In terms of performance, it would be best, but I'm almost purely going for aesthetics with this build so I'll be keeping everything internal.

 

How much you want for the Mac Pro Case? :D Nice BUILD! 

 

I was tempted to sell it to help fund this project, but I'm way too attached to it lol. I'll have to find some new hardware to stick in it at some point.

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Hadn't really thought about that until you mentioned it, but I think I have my work cut out enough as it is without trying any serious modding - I'll just be sticking to my Dremel for this build.

 

 

In terms of performance, it would be best, but I'm almost purely going for aesthetics with this build so I'll be keeping everything internal.

 

 

I was tempted to sell it to help fund this project, but I'm way too attached to it lol. I'll have to find some new hardware to stick in it at some point.

:((((( You make me sad

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Awesome, followed, I can't find a G5 case for a good price so I can't mod one for my pc...

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what ek brigde is that?? sry" :unsure: im have never done a watercooled build before and i am planning on one

 

It's for the old style water blocks, but there's plenty on EK's site.

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Tearing down that build! I Loved it when you built it! :( But looking forward to this next build.

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CPU: FX-6100 @ 3.9 MOBO: GA 990XA-UD3 RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB GPU: HD6870 PSU: Corsair GS800 Case: Bitfenix Outlaw SSD: Samsung 840 250GB HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB Cooling: Custom Water-Cooling Peripherals: Keyboard: G710+ Mouse: Steelseries Sensei Steering Wheel: Logitech G27 Sound: Speakers: Logitech x530 Headset: Razer Chimaera Monitor: Benq G2450HM, LG 32" TV

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wow this is going to be an amazing build. Your g5 build was one of the fist builds i saw when i joined this forum and it was simply amazing. I cant wait to see what you can do with that case.

Case: Phanteks Evolve X with ITX mount  cpu: Ryzen 3900X 4.35ghz all cores Motherboard: MSI X570 Unify gpu: EVGA 1070 SC  psu: Phanteks revolt x 1200W Memory: 64GB Kingston Hyper X oc'd to 3600mhz ssd: Sabrent Rocket 4.0 1TB ITX System CPU: 4670k  Motherboard: some cheap asus h87 Ram: 16gb corsair vengeance 1600mhz

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

 

 

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Hadn't really thought about that until you mentioned it, but I think I have my work cut out enough as it is without trying any serious modding - I'll just be sticking to my Dremel for this build.

 

 

The logo is the only thing keeping it from looking "upside down" .  Otherwise, if you flip it, it would be in the same orientation and position as the G5 case.  :D

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Hopefully my new build will be an upgrade on the G5 - a sleeker looking case and hopefully something similar inside: as much radiator space as I can fit along with an ultra clean looking loop. Not to mention I'll have to have some impressive cables as the back side panel is also made of glass so there's no hiding anything.

 

The logo is the only thing keeping it from looking "upside down" .  Otherwise, if you flip it, it would be in the same orientation and position as the G5 case.  :D

 

Lol it would read 'NIM NI' - but there are 2 large rubber pads on the bottom that, unfortunately, have shallow grooves cut out of the case to accommodate them, else I could just flip it over.

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It's about time for an update I reckon!

I haven't really got anywhere in terms of modding/building, but the planning is pretty much complete.

The case itself is great to work with. The external aluminium frame detaches by a dozen or so screws, and then the internals have been stamped out of a large sheet of steel and folded into place.

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The only major change will be removing the HDD bays, and then I'll have to cut some holes for the tubing and cables - and possible make some blanking plates to hide some precut holes.

Now onto the main update - the plan!
I've spent quite some time measuring everything and testing different layouts to find out what fits - and I'm not exaggerating here when I say that everything will fit exactly. There's not a millimetre of space left over in any direction around the radiators.

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The rads and fittings will be touching the glass doors, as well as the front of the case. The fans between the rads will be touching the graphics cards. There is literally no room left over.

The colour scheme, if you hadn't noticed, is monochrome and pink. Not everyone's cup of tea, but I like it. The coolant and the cables will be bright pink, everything else will be different shades of grey. I think I'm gonna go with acrylic for the tubing due to all of the straight lines and only needing to bend 4 pieces - two of which might prove to be a bit difficult, but I think I'll give it a go.

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And here's a render  I forgot to add:

 

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Due to the direction the motor spins the inlet and outlet are on the wrong side for what I need, and the fitting is too wide to fit directly into the res so 2 45° fittings are needed. as well as the 90°s and extensions.

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So it's been a long time since an update, but I decided to sell my current build and start fresh with this one - it's been much harder to sell my old PC to fund my new one than I thought it would have been, but hopefully updates will be a little more frequent now. :)

 

The new specs will be pretty similar: GTX 770s to replace my 680s, a 3930K to replace my 3820, and keeping the same board and RAM.

 

As for this update, I received a nice little package from Nils:

 

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But what's in the bag…? 

 

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A crimping tool!

and…

 

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Crimps!

 

This time round I'm going all out and making my own custom cables. With the windowed side panels on both sides of the 904 case, I want everything to be perfect.

 

As for the sleeving.. well…

 

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PINK!

 

And a nice little Ducky Shine III to match:

 

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(Still awaiting arrival of some PBT side etched key caps.)

 

Hopefully I'll have some new hardware to play with next week so I can get started on the case mods.

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Here is my watercooled 904, i like the ideas you have and hopefully you can pull it off. 

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