Project Mercury - Caselabs S3 | Watercooled | GTX Titan - Completed!

[Raboo]

Sweet 

[manoli13]

Absolutely amazing work, love that mITX case looks really clean.

[sperkowsky]

talk of the lan parties right here

[Akula]

Thanks for the replies everyone, have to say the positive replies helps me get motivated to complete this build

Little shocked when i woke up today and saw no packages had arrived, i was expecting my EK RAM Block & Radiator

 

Maybe Tomorrow...

[Akula]

RAM & Secondary Tubing Route

Quite a large update today compared to normal, well actually it should be larger if everything went right today..

So i bought myself a cheap graphics card so i could mount my waterblock on the Titan, but the card arrived dead, so i'll have to go through the process to get another one

 

Decided id pull the trigger and buy myself the EK Monarch RAM Waterblock - Good choice i think, adds extra detail to the tubing route once completed in my opinion.

This is the basic tubing route i intend to go with, i'll still have to spend a bit of time perfectly the tubing lengths once the build is nearing completion.

 

Also made myself a Himuro Mini 2.5" mounting bracket and once again sprayed with Matte Black paint, fits nice and snug

 

Finished sleeving all three of my current fans, two more to sleeve and route and then the fans are completed.

Few things still required to finish this build, the installation of the Titan Waterblock & I still need to create my PCIE cables

 

You might notice, I'm not much of a fan of too much color The red coolant & Plexiglass blocks will be more than enough once filled with EK Red Coolant.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Homicidium]

This build is getting better and better, and the amazing photos add to the classiness of the build! 

And no worries, I like my builds to be as minimalistic as possible, too. 

 

Nothing more sexy than a build with just a few colors!

[Raboo]

Every time you take pics it gets better

[Akula]

This build is getting better and better, and the amazing photos add to the classiness of the build!

And no worries, I like my builds to be as minimalistic as possible, too.

Nothing more sexy than a build with just a few colors!

Thanks mate

Yeah never been one for overusing colors within a build

[Homicidium]

Thanks mate

Yeah never been one for overusing colors within a build

 

Less is more sometimes  

[eslagrassa]

dude this... ohhhhhhhhhhh.

[jscho]

Do you edit your photos before upload? As in colour correction etc. And what camera do you use?

[Akula]

Do you edit your photos before upload? As in colour correction etc. And what camera do you use?

 

I do a little photo editing prior to upload, mostly with brightness/levels.

I just use a average point and shoot Sony Cybershot.

[jscho]

I do a little photo editing prior to upload, mostly with brightness/levels.

I just use a average point and shoot Sony Cybershot.

Really? Those pictures look way too professional for a point-and-shoot. Good job Sony

[Akula]

Titan Installation

Install the graphics card waterblock, one of my pet peeves is cutting all those thermal pads for the memory chips, shame the Titan has 16 of them

Overall I'm stoked with the result, i think the block looks excellent within the Mercury S3, and will look even better with Coolant

 

As you can see the majority of the build is black, but with the Polished Plexiglass you'll see massive amounts of red once filled

 

One thing i wasn't happy about was the tubing route from Radiator to GPU - I had to use Bitspower Crystal Link, which i personally hate using, i prefer curved lines rather than straight lines..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[jscho]

Beautiful :wub:

[CyBaNeTiiKz]

Really like how clean this looks, cable management and simplicity in colours. Really striking! So looking forward to the coolant

[Akula]

Really? Those pictures look way too professional for a point-and-shoot. Good job Sony

 

Just good lighting and a steady hand, some of my pictures are from my Galaxy S4.

 

Really like how clean this looks, cable management and simplicity in colours. Really striking! So looking forward to the coolant

 

Thanks bud

[Raboo]

Titan Power

[Homicidium]

Really? Those pictures look way too professional for a point-and-shoot. Good job Sony

 

A Point - and - shoot can be a little power house  

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsOxwsFF50c

[Akula]

Small Update

Finishing the last of the PCIE cables today & SATA Power cables and then all complete

Awaiting my radiator which I'm expecting sometime this week and then this weekend i'll be filling the loop if all goes to plan

 

Already planning my next build, let's just say it's going to be full of color

[WunderWuffle]

 planning my next build, let's just say it's going to be full of color

Color? I like colors...

[Akula]

Color? I like colors...

 

Still need to decide which colors

[Akula]

Toight like a Toiger

Ok so I've installed my second 240mm Radiator, along with all the cables.

This is the tightest case I've ever had to work with, doesn't help that I've completely filled the thing.

 

I've had to completely change my tubing route, which you'll all get to see tomorrow when i fill the loop, let me just say i wouldn't recommend the S3 for beginner's

 

Pictures of 95% completed build tomorrow night

[Akula]

Third time lucky?

Here is another attempt at tubing this up, adding the second radiator made the tubing route impossible at the bottom unless i done some form of magic, so i decided to reroute the radiator inlet/outlet ports to the top.

I've also changed the tubing from some of the blocks to give a better flow to the build.

 

Take note this is just a mock up tubing route, I'll decide my final design & cut appropriate lengths tonight prior to filling.

 

I'll be swapping the pump around so the Inlet/Outlet ports are on the other side, in which i'll route my Radiator & GPU Outlet to these ports.

 

Oh And don't worry, there is no Kink in the tube, it's just the angle

 

[jscho]

If PCs had sex appeal...