Watercooled, modded NZXT Phantom 530 (1st build BTW)

[chos5555]

love the way you have gone all ham on that cable management ,looks beast ...

Thanks

[chos5555]

Update:

Ok, so finally after like 3 days of work it is here 

I got the covers from my grandpa, the plasti dip and put everything together!!!

 

Let's get to it shall we?

Look at the covers 

From the other side

I just put it to the case to get an idea what am I dealing with

I removed the protective foil or whatever it is called  and already drilled 1 hole for the screws that will be holding it down

From another angle

I got all the holes for the screws that will hold it drilled 2 at the top, 2 at the bottom

The tube is pretty badly crooked though

I was bored so I made a model of how the loop will look(made it in school )

Also I will rotate the flow of the water... that means rotate the CPU block, I made an arrow on the drawing

I cut a piece under the mobo tray out... you will see why on next couple pictures

The hole from the front

Now you can see what I will do with that hole

And from the back... the hole comes into play 

I mounted the HDD with 4 screws so it holds even in an angle 

Closeup on the holes and screws

I got this in mail... what can it be??
If you guessed plastidip, you guessed right

It is rebranded performix plastidip

One of them didn't have a fat cap?? LOL? What if I ordered one and they game me a one without it? I of course have some from the time I was into graffiti LOL

You remember the crooked tube? I won't leave it like that of course

The hole was perfect for my tube this was just a scrap piece, not the actual piece in the build

I messed up the first few coats I will have to add few more so it is even and without any cracks or holes in the paint

Though I had to try if the HDD looks good

I just put it into the PC to see how it looks

This mess was in my room when I was doing it

Perfected coating... it is better if you do not count the massive crack in it... though you won't see it, so I didn't want to spend another 2 hours on it 

And I even took apart the loop and poked the tube through the hole when all the paint dried and I installed the HDD

It looks pretty nice I'd say, but it is not the end

Just showing the back with the wires attached

Do you see anything extra in the case now?? Yes I painted and put the cover next to the silver rad in there

Closeup  It is nicely hiding all the wires I had there... just does what it is supposed to do... "covers" it

The back of the cover... do you see all the cables in there?

Now comes the hard part... look at my messy cables... I won't be able to do much with those... there is just so many of them, it won't look really good, but I will try

I've done my best, I swear... at least I can close up the panel without problems

Better look at the cable management

Final look at the nearly finished build, pretty sexy hah? BTW did you notice the cover for the bottom fans next to the PSU cover? I will leave that shiny and reflective, I think it will look good with the pump and res on it

 

So, this is all I have for you for now 

Let me know how do you think it has turned out....

I will get the rest of the parts 7.4.2014(day/month/year) so stay tuned and do not forget to follow if you like the build and you would like to see everything 

 

Cheers, Chos

[AMaleWhale]

I really love this build ;D

 

The only thing that bothers me is that you have your mouse up on the desk and keyboard on a little thing underneath

[chos5555]

I really love this build ;D

 

The only thing that bothers me is that you have your mouse up on the desk and keyboard on a little thing underneath

Haha, I didn't think of that but on the slide out shelf isn't space for the mouse and the mousepad, still it is more comfortable like this

Thanks though

[chos5555]

Tommorow I will get the rest of the stuff :3 Stay excited

[chos5555]

Quick update: better plan of the loop

and: my appologies for that the logistics company is late... the stuff will be here today or max tommorow

[big_lilo]

I would of made it a sleeper build and put it all this in the HP Case haha Nice work!

[chos5555]

I would of made it a sleeper build and put it all this in the HP Case haha Nice work!

haha yeah thanks