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Define R3, modded and now watercooled! Check page 2 for the latest pictures!

MysteriousHaider
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My Rig:


How the rig looks like right now:

As you can see I have a mid-plate, sleeved cables and a black piece of aluminium covering the 5,25" bays. 
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Specs:

Case: Fractal Design Define R3 

GPU: Asus GTX 670 CUII 2GB

Mobo: MSI Z77A-GD55 

RAM: 4 x Corsair Vengeance LP 4GB 

Cooler: Antec H2O Kühler 620 

PSU: Corsair AX 750 

SSD: Samsung 830 128GB 

HDD: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB

CPU: i5 3570K 

 

If you have any questions or suggestions, please comment!

 

MORE PICTURES ON PAGE 2!!!!

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how do you like the antec 620

Cpu:I7-3770|motherboard:msi z77 MPower|Ram:G-Skill Sniper 1866|Graphics:Evga 650ti SSC|Boot drive:128gb Samsung 840|Data drive:2 tb Seagate 7200 Case:Fractal Design R4|Power supply: corsair cs 750m|OS:Windows 7 home Premium|keyboard:Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2013| mouse: Razer Death Adder chroma

 

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how do you like the antec 620

The pump is a little bit too noisy and the fan that comes with it is absolute garbage (have been replaced by an Corsair SP120 Quiet, using low noise adapter). The cooling performance is okay, but not amazing. After playing BF3 for a couple of hours my non-clocked i5 3570K, usually gets around 70 degrees hot. 

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I actually love the wooden front. Looks great with the paint

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The wooden front is sooo cool!

And nice sleeving man. The whole rig looks great. I hope mine will ever look at least half as good...

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Did you use a dremel to make the window? How does it stay in?

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Did you use a dremel to make the window? How does it stay in?

I used a jigsaw to cut out a hole for the plexi window (may or may not be replaced by glass) and clued it to the side panel with, some silicone. 

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I actually love the wooden front. Looks great with the paint

Thanks! 

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The wooden front is sooo cool!

And nice sleeving man. The whole rig looks great. I hope mine will ever look at least half as good...

Thanks! I'm sure you can make a better looking rig then mine. 

However you think I should make the front a little bit darker (adding some more paint)? In real life it's a little bit too grey and I would like to match its colour with the rest of the case. You think that is a good idea or should I keep it as it is. 

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hahaha ännu en SWEC:are, alltid kul att se Svenskar på dessa sorts forum =D,. trevlig mod med träpanelen, passar riktigt bra

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Not really my cup of tea, sorry. :/ 

But I like the idea and execution. :)

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Not really my cup of tea, sorry. :/ 

But I like the idea and execution. :)

Danke!

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hahaha ännu en SWEC:are, alltid kul att se Svenskar på dessa sorts forum =D,. trevlig mod med träpanelen, passar riktigt bra

 

Tack!

Har gjort panelen lite mörkare, så nu ser det mycket bättre ut.

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hahaha ännu en SWEC:are, alltid kul att se Svenskar på dessa sorts forum =D,. trevlig mod med träpanelen, passar riktigt bra

  

Tack!

Har gjort panelen lite mörkare, så nu ser det mycket bättre ut.

Jag tror man måste snacka engelska här

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Looks awesome nice job!

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That actually suits the r3 alot better than I thought it would, top job mate :)

Thanks!

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Jag tror man måste snacka engelska här

hehe well might be soo but still nice to see a swede hehe ;D

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Watercooling components:

Rad: Alphacool NexXxos UT60 240mm
CPU-block: EK Supremacy Black + Nickel
Pump: Alphacool D5
Fittings: Blandning av EK PSC fittings 
Tubing: Masterkleer PVC Clear
Res: Alphacool Repack - Single Laing D5 
Fans for the rad Rad: 2 Corsair SP120 Quiet Edition

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Pictures of the system finished will be posted, soon as I've bought the last fittings and assembled everything.

 

Any questions? Please post them bellow!

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Pictures of the system finished will be posted, soon as I've bought the last fittings and assembled everything.

 

Any questions? Please post them bellow!

Sorry to bump this ancient post, but how'd you do the wooden front? I have a Define and I think that looks AWESOME.

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Sorry to bump this ancient post, but how'd you do the wooden front? I have a Define and I think that looks AWESOME.

 

I started with removing the original coating with some sandpaper. Next step was gluing a piece of veneer on the front. In my case I used double sided tape. Next step is using some wood stain to colour the veneer, last step is coating the veneer with some clear lacquer.

 

Sorry for such a delayed answer. 

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