Yet another external watercooling project!!

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stryder2720

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Okay I'm currently running a external WCing rig but It's not as slick(looks, portability, size, ect) as I would like. So I went to the local Lowes and picked up about 18ft of 1/8in angled aluminum and made two frames. One of which is a little off but I'll correct it later.
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I'm also going to add a PSU to the rig so I don't have to have wires running from my PC case to my watercooling case. The old fan was loud and not so cool looking so I switched it w/ this red LED fan and cut out he stock fan grill, replacing it w/ the gold one.
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Next I cut off the 20pin ATX mobo header and used heat shrink to bundle them up.
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I extended the green wire so I can rig the PSU up to a LED switch I will mound on the front of the watercooling box.
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Then I added some of this spiral wrap stuff to make it neat.
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So with the frame done and the PSU ready to go the next step is to get some sheet metal so I can put it all together. I had this handle laying around so I'm going to install it on the top to make hauling it around easier.
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Updates might be kind of slow but it will eventually be complete :p
I'm going to explore my metal options tomorrow.

Done:
Make frame
Mod PSU to fix my needs.

To do:
Get metal
Install rads, res, and pump.
go wild.
 
guess I'm not the only one liking aluminum angle for a base frame for ext water cooling :)
 
We have sheet metal :D
Picked up three 12"x 24" sheets of 26 gauge sheets for.......$9.00 at Lowes :cool: . It would of been more but the cashier and I where oogling at some girl and he didnt see the 3rd piece.
I have the top and bottom pieces measured out and ready to cut. I just need to find something to cut it with. My frames measure 19" long and 10" wide.
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Any suggestions on how I should cut this? I have a table saw and was going to see if I can get a metal cutting blade for it.
 
a skill saw with metal blade, or even a hand hack saw will cut it.
 
Top and bottom done, they just need to be cleaned up a little.
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:edit:
Handle is in! Just need to add some cross support to take the load off the sheet metal.
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Almost three years and you guys bring this back from the dead.WTF
This problem is getting bad now. I have seen at least 4 or 5 of these very old threads being bumped in the last month or so. Watch the dates.
 
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