NemoTheClown

Hello and welcome to the restartet project!
- Intro
After a lot of wait, it is finally back on tracks! I promise to update frequently unlike last time. If you want to find out why I stopped, then read the spoiler underneath. But here goes it again!
I'll be building a watercooled HAF Stacker, and painting it white, alongside my little NAS server as awesome sidekick. My previous case was the Corsair 700D, which was gorgeous, but i wanted something bigger with a lot of space  The choice was between the 900D or HAF stackers, and since there is a lot of 900D mods out there, then I just wanted to try something else.
This casemod is called Avalanche. Simply because it is white, big and is gonna be terrifying heavy! I live on 1. floor and almost can't lift it down the stairs alone, even without anything inside it.
I plan to live up to the name, which I'll be doing with the watercooling, that'll be themed white and black. Fittings, res etc will be themed white, while the fluid will be black as the best contrast. I will be running hardline tubing and soft tubing in the bottom for draining and easy acces. Cables will be sleeved with white paracord which looks insanely awesome with a twist of black sleeving spinning around it. As of lightning goes, then I took it to the next level and ordered a RGBW Pure White LED strips. With that I'll be using a DX8 Touch controller, which I'll be mounting in a place which is easy to reach. We also know that a Avalanche ain't no quite thing. So i'll be taking a WAM5500 as a "built in" soundsystem. Uhh, bluetooth
For the frosted look, I'll be sanding the waterblocks and tubing. If you got wany neat tricks for sanding the tubing, please share!  
 
PS. If you want to know reason i restartet this log from scratch, and save you self 6 months wait. Then you can read it here
- Specifications
I haven't been saving on anything. That is, of the time of buying  

- Hardware
HAF Stacker 935 HAF Stacker 915R MOBO: ASUS X99 Deluxe CPU: i7-5960x GPU: 2x GTX 980 Ti RAM: 64GB DDR4 2800Mhz PSU: Corsair AX 1500w 11x SHADOW WINGS 120mm 1x SHADOW WINGS 140mm 3x SHADOW WINGS 92mm Samsung R5000 / WAM5500 For the NAS:
HAF Stacker 915R MOBO: ASUS Z87I-PRO CPU: i5-4690S PSU: Be quiet! System Power 7 600W Cooler Master Vortex Plus Be quiet! SHADOW WINGS 92mm 4xWD Red 3TB HDD RAM: Corsair 8GB DDR3 1333MHz Kingston DataTraveler Micro 32GB (For OS) - Watercooling
Mayhems Pastel Pure Black 2xMonsoon clear PETG tubing 16/12mm 4pck 2x980 Ti clear acrylic water block Intel clear acrylic water block 16xMonsoon chain gun hardline fittings 16mm 8x Alphacool D-RAM module 2xAlphacool D-RAM Cooler X6 2x XSPC D5 PWM 800-4700rpm Masterkleer tubing PVC 16/10mm 4xBlack compression fittings 16/10mm Koolance Quick Release Connector 16/10mm Koolance Quick Release Connector 16/10mm XSPC RX240 V3 White 2xXSPC RX 360 V3 White PrimoChill CTR Phase II End Cap White PrimoChill CTR Phase II Aluminium Ring White PrimoChill CTR Phase II 360mm Tube Frosted PrimoChill CTR Phase II D5 Pump Head White - Progress pictures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
And a lot more to come!

So I haven't had as much time as i wanted because of studies, so I have worked a little on it, bite by bite. But this week I'll have the whole project done! What I need to do is pretty much just the bending and fastening the cables I've managed. Here is some pictures from the progress .. enjoy
 

Okay, so today I sanded the last VGA cooler and started on the bottom loop. I had a setback because of the threadings on the CPU cooler were almost ruined. They were tighted too hard from liquid customs, so when I got to reassemble the CPU cooler, the threading were damaged. Thanks to heli coil, I can now get that past me. I just contacted coldzero for making of the backplates and custom sli bridge. This is gonna be good, can you feel it too? 
 

Hello and welcome to the restartet project!
- Intro
After a lot of wait, it is finally back on tracks! I promise to update frequently unlike last time. If you want to find out why I stopped, then read the spoiler underneath. But here goes it again!
I'll be building a watercooled HAF Stacker, and painting it white, alongside my little NAS server as awesome sidekick. My previous case was the Corsair 700D, which was gorgeous, but i wanted something bigger with a lot of space  The choice was between the 900D or HAF stackers, and since there is a lot of 900D mods out there, then I just wanted to try something else.
This casemod is called Avalanche. Simply because it is white, big and is gonna be terrifying heavy! I live on 1. floor and almost can't lift it down the stairs alone, even without anything inside it.
I plan to live up to the name, which I'll be doing with the watercooling, that'll be themed white and black. Fittings, res etc will be themed white, while the fluid will be black as the best contrast. I will be running hardline tubing and soft tubing in the bottom for draining and easy acces. Cables will be sleeved with white paracord which looks insanely awesome with a twist of black sleeving spinning around it. As of lightning goes, then I took it to the next level and ordered a RGBW Pure White LED strips. With that I'll be using a DX8 Touch controller, which I'll be mounting in a place which is easy to reach. We also know that a Avalanche ain't no quite thing. So i'll be taking a WAM5500 as a "built in" soundsystem. Uhh, bluetooth
For the frosted look, I'll be sanding the waterblocks and tubing. If you got wany neat tricks for sanding the tubing, please share!  
 
PS. If you want to know reason i restartet this log from scratch, and save you self 6 months wait. Then you can read it here
- Specifications
I haven't been saving on anything. That is, of the time of buying  

- Hardware
HAF Stacker 935 HAF Stacker 915R MOBO: ASUS X99 Deluxe CPU: i7-5960x GPU: 2x GTX 980 Ti RAM: 64GB DDR4 2800Mhz PSU: Corsair AX 1500w 11x SHADOW WINGS 120mm 1x SHADOW WINGS 140mm 3x SHADOW WINGS 92mm Samsung R5000 / WAM5500 For the NAS:
HAF Stacker 915R MOBO: ASUS Z87I-PRO CPU: i5-4690S PSU: Be quiet! System Power 7 600W Cooler Master Vortex Plus Be quiet! SHADOW WINGS 92mm 4xWD Red 3TB HDD RAM: Corsair 8GB DDR3 1333MHz Kingston DataTraveler Micro 32GB (For OS) - Watercooling
Mayhems Pastel Pure Black 2xMonsoon clear PETG tubing 16/12mm 4pck 2x980 Ti clear acrylic water block Intel clear acrylic water block 16xMonsoon chain gun hardline fittings 16mm 8x Alphacool D-RAM module 2xAlphacool D-RAM Cooler X6 2x XSPC D5 PWM 800-4700rpm Masterkleer tubing PVC 16/10mm 4xBlack compression fittings 16/10mm Koolance Quick Release Connector 16/10mm Koolance Quick Release Connector 16/10mm XSPC RX240 V3 White 2xXSPC RX 360 V3 White PrimoChill CTR Phase II End Cap White PrimoChill CTR Phase II Aluminium Ring White PrimoChill CTR Phase II 360mm Tube Frosted PrimoChill CTR Phase II D5 Pump Head White - Progress pictures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
And a lot more to come!

Hello and welcome to the restartet project!
- Intro
After a lot of wait, it is finally back on tracks! I promise to update frequently unlike last time. If you want to find out why I stopped, then read the spoiler underneath. But here goes it again!
I'll be building a watercooled HAF Stacker, and painting it white, alongside my little NAS server as awesome sidekick. My previous case was the Corsair 700D, which was gorgeous, but i wanted something bigger with a lot of space  The choice was between the 900D or HAF stackers, and since there is a lot of 900D mods out there, then I just wanted to try something else.
This casemod is called Avalanche. Simply because it is white, big and is gonna be terrifying heavy! I live on 1. floor and almost can't lift it down the stairs alone, even without anything inside it.
I plan to live up to the name, which I'll be doing with the watercooling, that'll be themed white and black. Fittings, res etc will be themed white, while the fluid will be black as the best contrast. I will be running hardline tubing and soft tubing in the bottom for draining and easy acces. Cables will be sleeved with white paracord which looks insanely awesome with a twist of black sleeving spinning around it. As of lightning goes, then I took it to the next level and ordered a RGBW Pure White LED strips. With that I'll be using a DX8 Touch controller, which I'll be mounting in a place which is easy to reach. We also know that a Avalanche ain't no quite thing. So i'll be taking a WAM5500 as a "built in" soundsystem. Uhh, bluetooth
For the frosted look, I'll be sanding the waterblocks and tubing. If you got wany neat tricks for sanding the tubing, please share!  
 
PS. If you want to know reason i restartet this log from scratch, and save you self 6 months wait. Then you can read it here
- Specifications
I haven't been saving on anything. That is, of the time of buying  

- Hardware
HAF Stacker 935 HAF Stacker 915R MOBO: ASUS X99 Deluxe CPU: i7-5960x GPU: 2x GTX 980 Ti RAM: 64GB DDR4 2800Mhz PSU: Corsair AX 1500w 11x SHADOW WINGS 120mm 1x SHADOW WINGS 140mm 3x SHADOW WINGS 92mm Samsung R5000 / WAM5500 For the NAS:
HAF Stacker 915R MOBO: ASUS Z87I-PRO CPU: i5-4690S PSU: Be quiet! System Power 7 600W Cooler Master Vortex Plus Be quiet! SHADOW WINGS 92mm 4xWD Red 3TB HDD RAM: Corsair 8GB DDR3 1333MHz Kingston DataTraveler Micro 32GB (For OS) - Watercooling
Mayhems Pastel Pure Black 2xMonsoon clear PETG tubing 16/12mm 4pck 2x980 Ti clear acrylic water block Intel clear acrylic water block 16xMonsoon chain gun hardline fittings 16mm 8x Alphacool D-RAM module 2xAlphacool D-RAM Cooler X6 2x XSPC D5 PWM 800-4700rpm Masterkleer tubing PVC 16/10mm 4xBlack compression fittings 16/10mm Koolance Quick Release Connector 16/10mm Koolance Quick Release Connector 16/10mm XSPC RX240 V3 White 2xXSPC RX 360 V3 White PrimoChill CTR Phase II End Cap White PrimoChill CTR Phase II Aluminium Ring White PrimoChill CTR Phase II 360mm Tube Frosted PrimoChill CTR Phase II D5 Pump Head White - Progress pictures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
And a lot more to come!

Okay, so today I sanded the last VGA cooler and started on the bottom loop. I had a setback because of the threadings on the CPU cooler were almost ruined. They were tighted too hard from liquid customs, so when I got to reassemble the CPU cooler, the threading were damaged. Thanks to heli coil, I can now get that past me. I just contacted coldzero for making of the backplates and custom sli bridge. This is gonna be good, can you feel it too? 
 

Hello and welcome to the restartet project!
- Intro
After a lot of wait, it is finally back on tracks! I promise to update frequently unlike last time. If you want to find out why I stopped, then read the spoiler underneath. But here goes it again!
I'll be building a watercooled HAF Stacker, and painting it white, alongside my little NAS server as awesome sidekick. My previous case was the Corsair 700D, which was gorgeous, but i wanted something bigger with a lot of space  The choice was between the 900D or HAF stackers, and since there is a lot of 900D mods out there, then I just wanted to try something else.
This casemod is called Avalanche. Simply because it is white, big and is gonna be terrifying heavy! I live on 1. floor and almost can't lift it down the stairs alone, even without anything inside it.
I plan to live up to the name, which I'll be doing with the watercooling, that'll be themed white and black. Fittings, res etc will be themed white, while the fluid will be black as the best contrast. I will be running hardline tubing and soft tubing in the bottom for draining and easy acces. Cables will be sleeved with white paracord which looks insanely awesome with a twist of black sleeving spinning around it. As of lightning goes, then I took it to the next level and ordered a RGBW Pure White LED strips. With that I'll be using a DX8 Touch controller, which I'll be mounting in a place which is easy to reach. We also know that a Avalanche ain't no quite thing. So i'll be taking a WAM5500 as a "built in" soundsystem. Uhh, bluetooth
For the frosted look, I'll be sanding the waterblocks and tubing. If you got wany neat tricks for sanding the tubing, please share!  
 
PS. If you want to know reason i restartet this log from scratch, and save you self 6 months wait. Then you can read it here
- Specifications
I haven't been saving on anything. That is, of the time of buying  

- Hardware
HAF Stacker 935 HAF Stacker 915R MOBO: ASUS X99 Deluxe CPU: i7-5960x GPU: 2x GTX 980 Ti RAM: 64GB DDR4 2800Mhz PSU: Corsair AX 1500w 11x SHADOW WINGS 120mm 1x SHADOW WINGS 140mm 3x SHADOW WINGS 92mm Samsung R5000 / WAM5500 For the NAS:
HAF Stacker 915R MOBO: ASUS Z87I-PRO CPU: i5-4690S PSU: Be quiet! System Power 7 600W Cooler Master Vortex Plus Be quiet! SHADOW WINGS 92mm 4xWD Red 3TB HDD RAM: Corsair 8GB DDR3 1333MHz Kingston DataTraveler Micro 32GB (For OS) - Watercooling
Mayhems Pastel Pure Black 2xMonsoon clear PETG tubing 16/12mm 4pck 2x980 Ti clear acrylic water block Intel clear acrylic water block 16xMonsoon chain gun hardline fittings 16mm 8x Alphacool D-RAM module 2xAlphacool D-RAM Cooler X6 2x XSPC D5 PWM 800-4700rpm Masterkleer tubing PVC 16/10mm 4xBlack compression fittings 16/10mm Koolance Quick Release Connector 16/10mm Koolance Quick Release Connector 16/10mm XSPC RX240 V3 White 2xXSPC RX 360 V3 White PrimoChill CTR Phase II End Cap White PrimoChill CTR Phase II Aluminium Ring White PrimoChill CTR Phase II 360mm Tube Frosted PrimoChill CTR Phase II D5 Pump Head White - Progress pictures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
And a lot more to come!

Sorry to disappoint you   But i am going for some acrylic waterblocks to smash on them 

#7 Update
Covers cut out! Just needs a little painting now. And just found out i can't demount the fans and paint them, so I might need to cover up the frame on 18 fans and then paint them. What a mess  :unsure: 

#7 Update
Covers cut out! Just needs a little painting now. And just found out i can't demount the fans and paint them, so I might need to cover up the frame on 18 fans and then paint them. What a mess  :unsure: 

Items arrived today! Almost though. Still need the CPU. The i7-5930K will be there soon enough. But good news, sleeving supplies should be here next week!

The name caught my eye and I'm glad it did

It is not perfectly precise cuts. A cutting wheel isn't that easy to make a precise cuts with (IMO), but it is on the other hand, easy to use.

[WARNING - BUILDING IN PROGRESS - TRESPASSERS WILL BE INVITED TO WATCH]
 

- Intro
Hello fellas!
 
This is Martin, from Denmark, here!
I'll be building a watercooled Haf Stacker, and painting a little NAS server together as a mini bro. My previous case was the Corsair 700D, which was gorgeous, but i wanted something bigger with a lot of space. The choice was between the 900D or HAF stackers, and since there is a lot of 900D mods out there, then i just wanted to try something else.
This casemod is called Avalanche. Simply because it is white, big and is gonna be terrifying heavy! I live on 1. floor and almost can't lift it down the stairs alone , even without anything inside it.
I plan to live up to the name, which I'll be doing with the watercooling, that'll be themed white and black. Fittings, res etc will be themed white, while the fluid will be black as the best contrast. I will be running hardline tubing and soft tubing in the bottom for draining and easy acces. Cables will be sleeved with white paracord which looks insanely awesome with a twist of black sleeving spinning around it. As of lightning goes, then I took it to the next level and ordered a RGBW Pure White LED strips. With that I'll be using a DX8 Touch controller, which I'll be mounting In a place which is easy to reach, maybe from outside the case or the top of part of it. We also know that a Avalanche ain't no quite thing. So i'll be taking a UE Megaboom as a "built in" soundsystem. Uhh, bluetooth
 
- Specifications
Currently arrived parts
HAF Stacker 935 HAF Stacker 915R 11x SHADOW WINGS 120mm 1x SHADOW WINGS 140mm 3x SHADOW WINGS 92mm UE Megaboom Lightning strips and controller GPU: 2x GTX 980 Ti PSU: Corsair AX 1500w MOBO: ASUS X99 Deluxe RAM: 64GB DDR4 2800Mhz Connecters and terminals for sleeving CPU: i7-5930k Mayhems Pastel Pure Black Monsoon clear PETG tubing 16/12mm 980 Ti clear acrylic water block Intel clear acrylic water block Monsoon chain gun hardline fittings 16mm Black compression fittings 16/10mm Currently on the way
Quck Release connectors D5 PWM Pump Flexible tubing Fan splitter Rubber edge trim Top cable cover and PSU cover To be ordered
360mm rads 240mm rad To do list
Cut side panel Paint cases Place acrylic window panels Sleeve PSU cover and cable cover to the top 915R Watercooling Paint fans and covers - Update view
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Update #4
Update #5
Update #6
Update #7

#2
Side panels cut for the windows! Now getting ready for the painting :thumb: I am thinking of a matt white, or maybe even satin?

#3
I have been moving for the last month and is now finally settled down. I am preparing to paint by sanding the surfaces a little, and since there is a lot, i mean, a lot, really really, a lot of surfaces, this might take some time.
This is the first half part i am preparing.

#4 Finished painting. This is the result Missing a few spots, but that will be fixed

#5 Finished a lot of small stuff from painting to side panels, and something just arrived at my door. Sneakpeak of watercooling theme res and a UE Megaboom for the pc audio. Now that most things are set up, lets reveal some specs!
 
CPU: i7-5930k
GPU: 2x GTX 980 Ti
PSU: Corsair AX 1500w
MOBO: ASUS X99 Deluxe
RAM: 32GB DDR4 3000Mhz
 
Aaaand whole load of watercooling. Watercooling theme will be white fittings etc, and black fluid. So lets give this build a kick!
 

That case looks so much better white than black lol.

I don't think gigabit is really needed, no single computer is going to use that much data... The issue you will run into is the switching capacity, but it just so happens that gigabit switches will have a higher switching capacity.
 
I'd also recommend avoiding enterprise equipment, makes diagnosing issues much harder if you don't know how to use it. I don't see any reason to get a managed switch for what you are doing.
 
I still think something like this would do you fine and keep it nice and cheap, but someone chime in if I am wrong here: http://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-TL-SF1048-48-Port-Rackmount-Capacity/dp/B003CFATU6/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1401312511&sr=8-2&keywords=48+port+switch
 
I've played online games in the woods with a generator and my phone running 3g (not rev.A, so 1.5mbps) tethered to my laptop and then bridged to a Xbox, so I doubt you will get anywhere close to hitting the 9.6gbps switching capacity.