HP Resurrection 1 -Resurrected-

[Defyant]

Ive been hanging to watercool my new AMD/Quadro system, ive been runnning it as a stock air cooled setup in a "CoFF CoFF" TT shark case

Finally brought a BIXII rad and already having all the other parts decided with a spare afternoon it was time to do some plumbing!

Well i got the System out to the shed and thought...... F ck this shark case is a joke!

Deciding to use an old fav, i pulled out HP1 dusted her off made one minor mod to the rear for the pumbing and the old girl was set to beath life again

The old HP1 box.

Still got shine on her that makes me proud today, so i dusted her off and got to work!

First off was to work out a way of mounting a BIX2 rad without any major modding,

i came up with a awkward but solid way to "piggyback" the rad!


using an old gutted 120 sunnon fan this would be the new mount.

and without having to drill or mod the case (accept for 2 small hose feeder holes) the whole setup bolts right on to all the existing points.

for now im just using shitty antec 120's but i can easily upgrade these later.

Heres how it bolts on! almost tooo easy

I've beeeeeen hanging to bolt this DD nv-68 on to my quadro for ages now!!!!! finally got it done

 

[Defyant]

Next was to bolt the board in with the card and fit up one of my very own made "fatboy" res's!!

felt great finally getting a reason to use this res

The pump of choice for this proggy is a swifty mpc 650, a bit wineeeee but a good pump.

Time to "plumb-up" , i love this part of any water cooling mod

its always a challenge to find a way of making the hoses flow, while the look isn't as good as Zak's SLB mod r HPR2 it's not too bad, the NV68 always adds a challenge!

 

[Defyant]

Time to add some funky green fluid and water leak test

Choice of PSU is a OCZ powerthingy, damm good psu! worth the stretch on the hip pocket.

Heres she is as i type this now

not too bad for an arvo's work and it felt great to drag out the old girl and breath some fresh life into her

I'll add some funky lighting soon and crank up the MHZ and let you guys know how it goes


for now! it back to some serious modding! :wink:

 

[Homer]

Your post deserves one word. pimp.

 

[Defyant]

i did rush it a bit wanting to get it all up and running, and noticed the weight of the DDNV68 and the water is making the quadro bow

with that in mind and armed with thought that anything that can be done with metal can be done better with plex! i made a neXXo bracket

Cut and checking for clearance.

Holes

A bit milling to miss vital caps

Sanded edges polished and fitted up.

Card sits nice and even now.

 

[Defyant]

Cheers Homer tyvm


while i had it out on the workbench i decided to add a vent and some light effects and some batter cooling.

picked these up for 2 bux @ the local auto shop the other day.

for now im just sicking it on to see if i like the idea,

Does it work?

Also decided to turn the side fans around and put them to good use.

Some new centers were cut to hide the ugly white paper ones and chrome grills added.

They now blow air in and across the pump.

Light moods!


thought i'd also add some internal UV's and a CCF to make the side fan and grill glow cool.

The end result

 

[Defyant]

Some final lighting shots with some UV

ATM HP1 is my currrent desktop

Specs are
AMD 64 3500
Asus SLI
2 GIG DDR400
Quadro FX3400
Audigy
Pioneer 109
OCZ 550w
Cathar G4 CPU Block
MPC 650
DD NV68
2 x 200 WD JD Raid 0
BIX2
Defyant home made Fat Boy Res. i havnt over clocked the cpu as yet, but the quadro will run 430/1180 almost ultra speeds!

 

[Homer]

Very very very nice work.

 

[rogue_jedi]

awesome case. nice clean work on this one. i like the reflective paint a lot.
<- add about 6k to that, the numbers are off

 

[FaultySanity]

Oh...my...god.

Flawless.

Very nice work.

 

[soulsaver_8229]

JEBUS that is one hella shiny case!!!

oh, and something, i dont know if you did or not....
but something i notice a lot of watercooling modders do, is connnect everything and do a few passes of water, to make sure there are no leaks before putting the blocks on the componets maybe keep that in mind next time, i wasnt able to read it cause the pictures were to nicccccccccccccccccccccccce!!!!

amazeing work my friend very nice


soulsaver_8229

 

[illgiveumorality]

Wow, good work.

but how do you get to your video/sound card? Is the radiator out of the way? I can't tell the width of the case

 

[Troney1169]

Man i love how clean everything single thing you do is. Great work.

 

[Borgschulze]

How much does the plexi cost that you milled?
That looks like something I want to do but didn't know where to get the material.

 

[revenant]

your work is... freaking inspirational. wow...

 

[AaronP]

Nice dude, it's simply beautiful, makes me want to work on my Tux Project...but then I remember Fedex still has my computers

 

[Borgschulze]

Nice dude, it's simply beautiful, makes me want to work on my Tux Project...but then I remember Fedex still has my computers

You should work on a FedEx project, consisting of a Gun and Ammo.

 

[Majin]

Very Nice.
HP Case Mod!
Very Nice!

 

[harmlesskils]

Wow..love the case.
Excellent work

 

[codeflux]

probably one of the cleanest WC setups. excellent work, great detail.

What water additive did you use, exactly? - can you post a link?

 

[Defyant]

How much does the plexi cost that you milled?
That looks like something I want to do but didn't know where to get the material.

i buy it locally here , downunder , your in the usa?

probably one of the cleanest WC setups. excellent work, great detail.

What water additive did you use, exactly? - can you post a link?

thats just good old car radiator coolant! any gas station will sell it, i just mix it till its the color green i like


Well guys! a tru mod never ends......... well i had to come up with a saying that justifies me taking the pc back out onto the work bench


it all started here! i was working on this idea for a PLEX FLAME MOD, basically just flames cut from clear 3mm plex and sanded for a "frost" look...

some lighting ideas and combos!

I decided to try some RED and YELLOW!

i made up some custom spot lights

Time to light up!

 

[Defyant]

So it was time to take the pc out back and tinker!!!

first i made a custom grill to cover and finish the back of the case off

Next was the top divider, using 2 layers of green plex, top layer

 

[Defyant]

With the divider in some outside shots

Also decided to add some green light to the custom VGA bracket and the GPU cooler block.

 

[Defyant]

Time to add the flames!!!

some subtle blue lighting

and some mid range red

 

[Borgschulze]

Well I do have my Location filled in

And I liked the mod before you added the flames.. now it's just.. not as nice

 

[rogue_jedi]

it does look kinda busy now... bit too much going on IMO. too many colors...

flames look cool, but seem kinda out of place.

definitely some quality worksmanship, though.
mwhahaha

 

[AndyMac]

One color (green) all the way through might make it come together nicely.

 

[TheAcorn]

Love it, great work!

The water system looks great - Really clean, the tubing layout seems different, and looks very effective. It's a shame the flames are hiding that, actually.

This being inside an old OEM case refurbished to [H] standards... Is what makes this a [H]ard Case, IMHO.

You know what I'd like to see, and the cool factor is huge here - Ever considered replacing the area around the drives with clear, lit plexi? Further, ever considered the possibilities of making the WC system's resevoir inside that space?

Oh, can't forget about the video card bracket - That's teh win!

 

[poopypants]

man i really dig the green dividers, that is a great idea. i think the flames are a bit much but everything else looks amazing.

 

[Mayhs]

that case is immense

 

[Defyant]

thanx guys decided to remove the divider... wasnt sure it added to the mod.

i think it looks cleaner without it.

 

[macrospect]

Damn thats nice! What a flawles job, everything down to the plexi flames is excellent. Not only did you manage to manage the wire, you even managed the WC pipes!

 

[legcramp]

WOW!!! very nice.... and what kinda of paint and how did u get it so glossy? is it that clear gloss paint?

 

[HurtMeP1nty007]

WOWZZA

 

[MattWeb]

Absolutely Beautiful.