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Hey Guys! Been a while since I posted a new worklog. I guess time really flies when you are that busy. But anyway, I've got another project, and I wanted to give a huge shout out to EVGA, Thermaltake and Zadak for supporting this project again. Being a huge fan of Mini ITX systems, it's about time for me to start a new mITX project. Been a while since I did one, I think the last time that I did was a scratch build 4 years ago. Back then, when I built my very first mini ITX system, I was using a Bitfenix prodigy computer case. I was happy at first when I completed the build, but then I still wanted something smaller or slimmer than the prodigy. A few months after I finished my build, EVGA released they very first mITX case, the Hadron Air. After seeing a teaser video of it, I immediately grabbed one thinking that I'll try to chop it off and do a full, custom water loop system inside of it. I did started the project but ended up shoving it under the carpet for a little bit since my brain changed and wanted to do a scratch build first. So I had the Hadron Air computer case for quite a while now. The poor thing was collecting dust for years, so I decided it's time to get it done. First off, EVGA was kind enough to send me some awesome goodies that I will be using in this project. A year or two ago, EVGA sent me one of their Hadron Hydro computer case. When I got the case, that was the time when I remembered I still have my Hadron Air in the basement. I then decided to keep the Hydro and continue the work on the Air. One of the main reasons why I grabbed this computer case before was that it had a different power supply form factor included. My curiosity got tickled more since I was only used to seeing atx and sfx power supplies. Now, this was the Hadron Air computer case that I was talking about. I kinda dismantled it years ago and just left it like that. So after taking some dimensions for the case, I then proceeded on making a render drawing for it. I ended up coming up with an of tearing the front and back panel out, make a new one and completely changer the internal layout of the case to accommodate a full custom water loop inside. Original plan was to use the included power supply but it'll not work as I have originally thought. So I went back to the drawing board and altered some parts of the back panel to fit a sfx power supply. So after taking the dimensions, making a drawing out of it, time to throw some aluminum sheet and my not-so-leveled-bed CNC. Wasted a lot of sheet on this one, but it was all worth it in the end. Top (left) and bottom (right) panel. Front and back panel. Sometimes, since the bed is not leveled correctly, i'll end up murdering a cutting bit in the middle of the cutting job. Which means, i'll end up with a broken cutting bit and a wasted portion of the aluminum sheet. Sometimes, when the machine only needs to do 2 more passes to finish the cut, the cutting bit will break. Which means i'll need to cut out whatever I was cutting manually and hand filing the edges. Which is not that bad. Aaaaand, time to chop the Hadron Air off a little bit more. Test Fit time! That's all for this update for me right now. Next update, MORE chopping! See you on the next update! Ciao! P.S Here's a few of the photos that I was able to find when I was attempting to do a case mod for the Hadron Air years ago. Sleeved power supply Bending a piece of sheet metal to become the front panel Was trying to bend the metal sheet using a bed frame. Don't ask me why because I don't know either. Top panel attempt And for some reason, I ended up doing the top panel in acrylic. I think that was the time when I stopped and decided to shove the Hadron air somewhere in our basement.
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Hey folks, quick question for anyone running one of these cases with the water-cooling kit designed for it… I want to do a Hackintosh with the Hadron Hydro case, & I want to use the water-cooling for both the GPU & CPU. Core parts list: ASUS ROG Maximus VII Impact motherboard Intel i7 4790K CPU 16GB Crucial Ballistix Elite RAM (2x8GB DIMMs) 250GB Samsung 850 EVO 2.5" SSD (OS & apps) 2TB Seagate Barracuda 3.5" HDD (Stuff) EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti (baseline reference model) For water cooling, I want to stick with EK parts: EK-FB ASUS M6I monoblock; acetal + nickel EK-FC Titan X full-cover block; acetal + nickel EK-FC Titan X backplate; black EK-XRES 100 DDC 3.2 PWM reservoir/pump combo EK-DDC heatsink housing; black EK-Uni Holder w/DDC add-on Asst. EK compression fittings & 45/90 degree angle adapters; for 3/8" ID x 5/8" OD tubing; black PrimoChill PrimoFlex Advanced LRT tubing; 3/8"ID x 5/8" OD; clear PrimoChill anti-kink coil; for 5/8" OD tubing; black Now that we know what is going into this system, the real question… What are the dimensions/measurements of the two extender fittings that come with the Hadron Hydro water-cooling kit…?!? I want to replace them with fittings from EK, just to keep everything uniform, and to keep the black fittings thing going… I would LOVE to be able to use an EK rad as well, but the way the Hadron Hydro case is set up seems to lock you into the EVGA rad unless you want to start cutting up the case; which I do not. The thing that really sucks is that I am basically paying about 160 bucks or so for a simple 240mm rad with 'special snowflake' fitting locations. The rest of the kit will not be used at all! I wonder, if I can get EK fittings to make the connection between rad & cooling loop, maybe I can get EVGA to sell me JUST the rad…?!? Cross-posting this around the web, looking for answers…! ;^p
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So, I am going to be downsizing and upgrading in a while, and I am trying to sort out a final parts list. Here is what I have settled on: Intel Core i7 4770K/Intel Core i7 4790K ASUS Maximus VI Impact/ASUS Z97I-Plus 8GB Crucial Ballistix Sport (already own) Corsair H100i (already own) Gigabyte NVIDIA GTX 770 2GB (already own) Cooler Master Silent Pro M 700W (already own) 120GB SanDisk Extreme + 1TB Seagate Barracuda (already own) and I want to know which case is fundamentally better for this setup. I personally prefer the 250D, but I want to know your thoughts.
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Hey guys, i was wondering if any of your know if i can fit a Alphacool NexXxos XT45 240mm Radiator in the top of the Evga Hadron Hydro? For those of you that don't know what this case is, here it is: http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=110-MW-1002-K1 Radiator is this one: http://www.specialtech.co.uk/spshop/customer/product.php?productid=15353
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There are a million case reviews out there for the case here is one of them I have watched a lot of them but none I found actually built a water cooled system in it so I’m going to tell you about my water cooled build and what I thought about building in the case and the kit you can buy for it. Thing that I didn't like about the case the cords. The front IO is not sleeved and they need to be an inch longer. The PSU sleeving is not good at all it needed to be longer and denser or just make the ALL the cords black. That is about all about the case I didn't like. It’s supposed to be small and you know if you want or you don't want a small case. Now I’m no expert water cooler but have built a few water cooled systems before and here is a link to the one before this one that I have built (InWin D frame old set up and new set up). say that this is what I had problems with in the water cooling kit the tubing and fittings were the two biggest problems with the kit if they sold the kit without them I could see buying it again and getting your own. Now they do give you everything you would need for tubing up a CPU loop but not a CPU and GPU loop. If you want to do that find and extra 90 degree fitting and two more compression fittings I had two evga compression fittings around and an extra 90 degree. The tubing inner diameter needed to be a hair bigger but that would have made the tubing thinner and the tubing already kinked easily. the other thing was that the compression ring was a bear to get on I cracked my skin on my finger trying to put those rings on, they were too small or didn't have long threads on the barb to cache the ring. the two fittings that I used not from them kit I had to stretch with hot water and needle nose pliers to fit and found that the tubing will rip if not careful when having a ruff edge from cutting. The tubing didn't cut very well and I had tubing cutters that are very sharp and the anti-kink coil didn't cut nicely ether. The loudest thing in the case after I has done was the pump and the fans are corsair SP 120 on low (700-800 RMP I think) but the pump you couldn't heir over a game being played or typing or a movie. It’s being used for a home media/ steam games/ web browser on the couch about 7 or 8 feet away and they can’t even heir it. when filing the res it has thick plastic walls and I was watching the sides of the res not the fill port and I over filled a bit the first time. hints start at deepest part of the case when staring your loop, it’s a waste but might consider buying different tubing and compression fittings, keep with a short video card it supports longer one but might be harder to find a place for the extra cords, the side panel window scratches easily, if you go with the fittings that are provided hot water and needle nose pliers will help and for the compression fittings if it in a hard to get to spot maybe use the fitting as a barb fitting with a zip tie or tubing clamp, the case and the water cooling kit are not cheap at all but if you like the idea, looks, and size of everything might be something to look into. Where it is now? I built the computer because I really liked the idea, I have a few parts lying around (hard drive, watered cooled GTX 660, and AMD 760k), and wanted to sell it. I found a fiend that wanted me to help him build a system with a ok GPU, SSD, hard drive, quad core CPU over clockable, in a really small form factor, and the case had to be nice and simple. first told him I was building this and I would be done in a week and I had no one to buy it but he was did not what anything to do with water cooling at all so I gave him a few other list of builds and walked him threw them didn't like any of them. so a week later sent him pic of this build and he said "I want it now how much" and then " wait what’s the specs" I told him " AMD 760K, GTX 660, 256 GB SSD, 750 GB laptop HDD, 8GB corsair RAM, MSI A88XI AC motherboard, and evga water cooling kit of $______" he didn't want the price to be told but he agreed right away and I told him what he needed to watch for with water cooling. Now here the build
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There are a million case reviews out there for the case here is one of them (EVGA Hadron Hydro Unboxing - Unpacked) I have watched a lot of them but none I found actually built a water cooled system in it so I’m going to tell you about my water cooled build and what I thought about building in the case and the kit you can buy for it. Thing that I didn't like about the case the cords. The front IO is not sleeved and they need to be an inch longer. The PSU sleeving is not good at all it needed to be longer and denser or just make the ALL the cords black. That is about all about the case I didn't like. It’s supposed to be small and you know if you want or you don't want a small case. Now I’m no expert water cooler but have built a few water cooled systems before and here is a link to the one before this one that I have built (InWin D frame old set up and new set up). say that this is what I had problems with in the water cooling kit the tubing and fittings were the two biggest problems with the kit if they sold the kit without them I could see buying it again and getting your own. Now they do give you everything you would need for tubing up a CPU loop but not a CPU and GPU loop. If you want to do that find and extra 90 degree fitting and two more compression fittings I had two evga compression fittings around and an extra 90 degree. The tubing inner diameter needed to be a hair bigger but that would have made the tubing thinner and the tubing already kinked easily. the other thing was that the compression ring was a bear to get on I cracked my skin on my finger trying to put those rings on, they were too small or didn't have long threads on the barb to cache the ring. the two fittings that I used not from them kit I had to stretch with hot water and needle nose pliers to fit and found that the tubing will rip if not careful when having a ruff edge from cutting. The tubing didn't cut very well and I had tubing cutters that are very sharp and the anti-kink coil didn't cut nicely ether. the loudest thing in the case after I has done was the pump and the fans are corsair SP 120 on low (700-800 RMP I think) but the pump you couldn't heir over a game being played or typing or a movie. It’s being used for a home media/ steam games/ web browser on the couch about 7 or 8 feet away and they can’t even heir it. when filing the res it has thick plastic walls and I was watching the sides of the res not the fill port and I over filled a bit the first time. hints start at deepest part of the case when staring your loop, it’s a waste but might consider buying different tubing and compression fittings, keep with a short video card it supports longer one but might be harder to find a place for the extra cords, the side panel window scratches easily, if you go with the fittings that are provided hot water and needle nose pliers will help and for the compression fittings if it in a hard to get to spot maybe use the fitting as a barb fitting with a zip tie or tubing clamp, the case and the water cooling kit are not cheap at all but if you like the idea, looks, and size of everything might be something to look into. Where it is now? I built the computer because I really liked the idea, I have a few parts lying around (hard drive, watered cooled GTX 660, and AMD 760k), and wanted to sell it. I found a fiend that wanted me to help him build a system with a ok GPU, SSD, hard drive, quad core CPU over clockable, in a really small form factor, and the case had to be nice and simple. first told him I was building this and I would be done in a week and I had no one to buy it but he was did not what anything to do with water cooling at all so I gave him a few other list of builds and walked him threw them didn't like any of them. so a week later sent him pic of this build and he said "I want it now how much" and then " wait what’s the specs" I told him " AMD 760K, GTX 660, 256 GB SSD, 750 GB laptop HDD, 8GB corsair RAM, MSI A88XI AC motherboard, and evga water cooling kit of $______" he didn't want the price to be told but he agreed right away and I told him what he needed to watch for with water cooling. Now here the build
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