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Currently the best picture of my PC:
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Nixing the water cooling part of this because it's $400 to cool a $300 card. Instead, I'll do some other cool stuff and void some other warranties.

What I'll be doing instead:

-Painting the case white
-Painting a Corsair AF120 white
-Painting a Silverstone AP181 white
-Sleeving my PSU cables if I can get some sleeving + shrink
-Removing the front mesh of my case
-Sanding and painting a Twin Frozr III shroud

Pics + update tomorrow.


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Good good. Log everything you do. Everything!

Good luck!


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I was literally wondering the same thing, if its worth water cooling my overly-toasty GPU. Let us know how it goes & best of luck.
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Good luck r00t! Can't wait to see the update!
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first off, I have to say something on my chest here. That cable management gives my OCD an erection, god its so perfect .-.

On a normal note I look forward to checking in here and seeing how this goes for you, good luck.
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Nixing the water cooling part of this because it's $400 to cool a $300 card. Instead, I'll do some other cool stuff and void some other warranties.

What I'll be doing instead:

-Painting the case white
-Painting a Corsair AF120 white
-Painting a Silverstone AP181 white
-Sleeving my PSU cables if I can get some sleeving + shrink
-Removing the front mesh of my case
-Sanding and painting a Twin Frozr III shroud

Any more ideas are welcome. Pics tomorrow!
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Motto: Godbless Radric Davis and all the McDonalds workers
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Black and white them, really liking the idea of this be sure to keep us updated, Water cooling a small case is a real pain in the ass but perfectly manageable if you have lots of patients (think that's how its spelled)
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I finally got around to sandblasting the case and it took about all day, only to be cut short by the rain. Here are a few pics taken with my phone. Sorry about the quality; I'll make up for it with glamour shots when everything is finished.


Removable (!!!) motherboard tray.
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Some close-ups of the texture.
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And the blaster.
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Work on the chassis was cut short by a clog from moisture.
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Twin Frozr III shroud. Natural light works wonders.
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The blasted metal looks very cool in person and I will not be painting the case white initially. I'll still be painting the fans white, though, which is happening tomorrow. Hopefully, I'll have pictures of a white AP181 and AF120 up on this post tomorrow along with the finished sandblasting job on the case.
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That is so sexy! the sandblasted case looks sick! Keep us updated on this r00t, I'm sure everyone here is waiting to see the finished product.
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r00t I can't handle the amount of organization in that case
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