Hey Guys,
Its time to write my own project log This mod is inspired by many other mods I have seen here and on other forums. After seeing a great mod like Dark Desire go unfinished, I decided that I had to take it into my own hands to finish a nice rocketfish. Credits to Sum0n3 at OCN for many of the great ideas!
The goal of the mod is to mod this $47 full tower Lian Li rebadge that I picked up at clearance at best buy into a custom clean watercooled rig. The case itself is huge, which leaves plenty of potential for watercooling. Anyways, on with the modding!:dremel:
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Sketched up a logo and some plans for wiring/ tubing (sorry for the bad pic)
The chinese character LI means Strength, which fits perfectly in ELITE and is part of the name Lian Li. Perfect
It'l go on the case somewhere.
The case itself (Thanks for the pic, skyline889)
Its huge!:eeek:compared to my old 900
Hole drawn out; lets cut with my new jigsaw
Crap! I learned that this jigsaw likes to curve to the right. Good thing I cut inside the lines just in case this would happen. Notice how the edges are not straight:nono:
Time to file
Not bad after working out my arm.
I can make it better, though
I went to the hardware store and picked up some of these allenheads:
Look what came in the mail from sidewinder :clap:
At this point, I was like wtf? Apparently radgrillz holes don't line up with the radiator holes.
After some filing to enlarge the holes, it fits. But I need to shorten the screws.
For some reason, I had the sudden urge to yank off part of one screw that didnt get severed.:duh: I ended up getting a 6/32 tattoo on my middle finger :hehe: Hurt like hell!:hehe:
But the sacrifice was well worth it rad mounted:
More comming in a bit, hang on!
Its time to write my own project log This mod is inspired by many other mods I have seen here and on other forums. After seeing a great mod like Dark Desire go unfinished, I decided that I had to take it into my own hands to finish a nice rocketfish. Credits to Sum0n3 at OCN for many of the great ideas!
The goal of the mod is to mod this $47 full tower Lian Li rebadge that I picked up at clearance at best buy into a custom clean watercooled rig. The case itself is huge, which leaves plenty of potential for watercooling. Anyways, on with the modding!:dremel:
Sponsored By
Sketched up a logo and some plans for wiring/ tubing (sorry for the bad pic)
The chinese character LI means Strength, which fits perfectly in ELITE and is part of the name Lian Li. Perfect
It'l go on the case somewhere.
The case itself (Thanks for the pic, skyline889)
Its huge!:eeek:compared to my old 900
Hole drawn out; lets cut with my new jigsaw
Crap! I learned that this jigsaw likes to curve to the right. Good thing I cut inside the lines just in case this would happen. Notice how the edges are not straight:nono:
Time to file
Not bad after working out my arm.
I can make it better, though
I went to the hardware store and picked up some of these allenheads:
Look what came in the mail from sidewinder :clap:
At this point, I was like wtf? Apparently radgrillz holes don't line up with the radiator holes.
After some filing to enlarge the holes, it fits. But I need to shorten the screws.
For some reason, I had the sudden urge to yank off part of one screw that didnt get severed.:duh: I ended up getting a 6/32 tattoo on my middle finger :hehe: Hurt like hell!:hehe:
But the sacrifice was well worth it rad mounted:
More comming in a bit, hang on!