my deep black Silverstone with "power rails"

yeah, while i've been reading the [H]-forums since the beginning (march '00 i think ) i really never had something to show off - until now


here's my watercooled opteron box (175@2,84gig) with copper power rails which are in fact the main 12v, 5v, 3.3v and 0v lines for the mobo. all the other atx rails are soldered to the back of the mobo. i went for a sata dvd burner because the cables look so much smoother and are a lot easier to route nicely.

the watercooling stuff is a from german shop, alphacool, i'm not sure if they sell that stuff in the us too. the pump is a laing ddc+ and its hidden beneath the water reservoir, well not really hidden because its connected to it.

the two pipes at the bottom and out of the back will be used for external cooling, maybe some active "watercooling"


questions and critics are welcome

killer rig and killer work bro! love the power rails idea!

drool love the idea of the power rails any accidents yet

That's ridiculous!! Nice work on the rails. I think UV Green liquid is over-done, but your's takes the XBox feel and accents very nicely. Added with the background pictures, the XBox type controller, and the Chameleon Green Razer and you have yourself a nice looking rig. Good work on the Rheobus as well. Are those LED's still multi-colored or green only? All in all, very good work.

Yes, Alphacool is sold here in the states. We carry alot of their stuff at Performance-Pcs.com Oh, by the way everyone...

Papst Fans are HERE!!

damn, nice rig man

Very nicely done. Tasteful, and not overdone like alot of cases seem to become.

great job man. wish i could do justice to my tj06 like that. did you have to sand the inside of ur case to paint it or did you just spray over it?

Wow dude. Just wow. That is really really well done. I agree with Steelgrave; a lot of people go really overboard with their mods, but yours is perfectly executed and looks cool and classy at the same time. Keep up the awesome work!

damn, that's hot.

the power rails are deff very cool, rock on

That looks AWESOME.

I think I just found my next case. I love it.

that looks sic, any chanche we could get some shoots of the side pannel of and some wider angle shoots, id like to get the whoel picture


love the power rails, i hope you dont ahve pets or kids though

thx, while it took me damn long it still made a lot of fun to build it


@levellord: "Are those LED's still multi-colored or green only?"
yeah, their changing vom green to red if you turn down the fans (the left dims the lights)


@sn85: "did you have to sand the inside of ur case"
no, no sanding. but i had a lot of problems with dust so the surface doesnt look so good i think


@lozaning: "any chanche we could get some shoots of the side pannel of and some wider angle shoots, id like to get the whoel picture"

ah sure, but what do you mean with "whole picture" ? my room ?


just found some other pictures from the psu mod and the power rail unit:





the last two were made before polishing, the first one is already polished!


and here some more pics from the work in progress:






















and finally something that i planned earlier but never went realized:

that should also explain the color theme

I LOVE IT, immaculate work.

thx man..


and as requested, a shot of the pc with the panel open. well thats somewhat a pants-down shot, because i didnt root the cables that good in the spots you wouldnt normally see. but then again, thats the worst it gets in the whole box

good work fitting the 120mm under the PSU. i tried to cram one with the drive cage but i had to settle for 2x80mm. is ur psu held up by anything other than the 4 screws after you took the cage out?

the rails with the cables attached are quite stiff, but probably ill have to rethink that..

Very clean looking with the rails. That was a great plan.

Now all you need is a light the pulses with phat beats.....hehe.

One of the cleanest rigs I have ever seen! BTW, what are the copper power rails, I mean, how do they work? Did you simply route all the cabling through them and solder to the board or what?

Probally the cleanest looking case I have ever seen. Great Job.

I dub this sexiest/cleanest case mod on the forums.

EDIT:: What is the name of that resevoir?