ZdMods - Project 720

[papeles]

mother of god *_*

[loony979]

ground up build from scratch this will be a great build to see ,as it gets built keep up the fantastic work ...

:)

[theABCshop]

Interesting case.

[lazerphazer21]

wow this build is gonna look sooooooooooooooooo good, can't wait! :lol:

[One Who Craves Souls]

This, I got to follow.

[Monty007]

Incredible work bud! Love the tiered aluminum like steps inviting your eyes to look in at the mobo!!

[Meelobee]

Its different from most other builds, but I like it.  Quite a lot. Looking great

 

 

mother of god *_*

Thanks guys

 

ground up build from scratch this will be a great build to see ,as it gets built keep up the fantastic work ...

:)

Not a real scratchbuild actually, it's based on a Dell XPS 720

 

Interesting case.

Yes, I thought so too., great canvas for a build

 

wow this build is gonna look sooooooooooooooooo good, can't wait! :lol:

Thanks lazer

 

This, I got to follow.

Welcome, enjoy the show

 

Incredible work bud! Love the tiered aluminum like steps inviting your eyes to look in at the mobo!!

Thanks man, that was partially the idea behind the multi midplates

[TheLordofMoisture]

Looks good so far mate, what size fans are those on the front?

[Giancarlo124]

i have one of these cases. you posting this reminds me that i need to finish working on it. And nice work so far, its gonna look great.

[Stadiz]

You are killing this forum with your build.

 

Anyone for a poll for best builds on linustechtips year awards? 

[Meelobee]

Looks good so far mate, what size fans are those on the front?

Thanks man, the fans are 120mm, Corsair SP120's 

 

i have one of these cases. you posting this reminds me that i need to finish working on it. And nice work so far, its gonna look great.

Thanks, these cases deserve some love, they're one of the best looking stock models.

 

You are killing this forum with your build.

 

Anyone for a poll for best builds on linustechtips year awards? 

Not sure if that is a good or bad thing, should I be worried?!  

[Father Fuzzy]

Great work Meelobee

 

Fantastic idea with the stepped bottom

[Meelobee]

A while ago I came into contact with Asus Benelux. When they saw this build and heard about the plans for the rest of the build they decided to step up and sponsor the project with not just one, but two of their Radeon R9 280x cards! A pair of very awesome cards, that will take this build to a new level hardware wise! Thanks alot Asus!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ofcourse both cards go in the build, so I had to make the holes for them:

 

 

Both cards just in

 

The left sides of the cards hang a bit because of the weight of the heatsink, the waterblocks weigh less, so it should be ok then.

 

Made a simple lock for the videocards

 

 

 

Took the midplate assembly apart and drilled a 10mm hole (biggest drill I have) through all the plates (18mm thick in total) and filed the hole to 25mm

 

 

 

Made a ring from 3mm alu sheet, inner diameter is the same as the inner diameter of the tube

 

 

Ring is epoxied to the bottom of the lowest midplate, preventing the tube to fall all the way through.

 

 

 

The tube will be used for the 24Pin wiring, it should be just big enough to hold 24 sleeved cables, but it's going to be a tight squeeze

[alpenwasser]

Update? UPDATE!

 

Looking mighty awesome if I may say so. :wub:

[ObeseWalrus]

This is awesome.

[One Who Craves Souls]

Looking great! I can't wait till is done!

[Meelobee]

 

Oh man I couldn't be happier right now, after some talks Corsair decided to sponsor this build too and wow when they decide to help, they do it good.. They have send me a big box full of parts, way more than I could imagine!

 

 

The box was filled with:

 

16Gb Corsair Dominator Platinum (CMD16GX3M4A2400C10)

 

 

 

2x Light bar upgrade for the memory modules

 

 

2x  Neutron GTX 240Gb SSD

 

 

 

10x Corsair AF120 LED Fan White

 

 

 

Thanks so much Corsair! Harry you rock!:thumb:

 

 

Even though the 720 is a big case I still managed to run into a problem with the space. Below the midplate there is not enough room to put the pump and reservoir next to eachother, both are quite big (D5 pump with Aquacomp top & Aqualis 880Ml res) so I've ordered an adapter that allows the pump to be installed directly onto the reservoir. 

 

And to complete the hardware I've also ordered the following parts:

 

- Aquaero 6 XT USB Fan-Controller :cooldude:

- Aquaero Flow sensor "high flow USB" G1/4

 

These and the adapter should arrive somewhere next week

[Monti]

Do the light bars light up or just have the blue inserts? Also this looks really cool

[One Who Craves Souls]

Corsair rocks!

[CJPowell27]

Do the light bars light up or just have the blue inserts? Also this looks really cool

They light up I believe

Edit:

Yep

[Meelobee]

 

on with the show, it's been a while again and in the mean time I bought a better backdrop for my pictures. So from now on some of my pics will look a bit more decent (Not all, cause it's quite some work to setup the 'photoboot')

I've used the backdrop to make some pics with the current state of the build

 

I've added 2 angled pieces in the top of the case, they will hold a 360 slimline radiator and they add to the structure of the case. This alows the top top come off which will be usefull later on when filling the loop.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Aquaero Controller also needs a place, in the front of the case isn't an option, so I came up with this

 

Measured the controller, put it in Sketchup, exported it to Layer and printed it on a sticker so I could cut/file it into shape

 

 

 

[imghttp://www.zdmods.com/builds/720/120.png

 

And after some cutting and filing this is the result

[Monti]

That is a cool location for the controller. You can still see it even though it is inside the case. What does it control?

[SageC]

What you've done to this case is really impressive.

[NotSoEpicMods]

Looks amazing, one of the best OEM case mods I've seen.

[Enderman]

Should have called it 420...