Frost - CaseLabs M8 build

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It's been a while since I finished this build but, I never really had a lot of time to make some pictures, and make rig gallery. Well bit busy with life and other stuff, but now hopefully I will have a little more time for the forum and for my rig:D
For this that want to see pictures from build log, the link is in my signature.


Full Spec:

CaseLabs M8
i7 2600k- 4.9Ghz
MSI Mpower Z77
16GB Corsair Dominator Platinum 1866
2x AMD Radeon 7970 (1150/1500)
Asus Essence STX + AKG K550
Corsair AX 850
120GB OCZ Agility 3 + WD CB 500GB


WaterCooling:
2x Alphacool NexXxoS 360mm UT60 + EK XTX 360mm
EK Supremacy Nickel/Plexi CSQ
2x EK 7970 Nickel Plexi CSQ + 2x EK backplates
2x Laing DDC ultra + EK dual top
EK RES X2 250 Advanced
Monsoon + EK fittings
6x GT A15 + 5x Noiseblocker e-Loop B12-3

Let me know what you think in comments.
Thanks.




















I will be doing some update by some point( well at least 2 updates) one coming in about month time maybe little over... and the other one will be a little bit sooner than that:)
 
That main chamber looks so big :o :lol:

I like myself some Caselabs goodness, nice build. With tidiness and everything :)
 
That main chamber looks so big :o :lol:

I like myself some Caselabs goodness, nice build. With tidiness and everything :)
Thanks:) To be fair, now that I have the case for couple months it doesn't seems that big for me anymore:D But its really heavy, with all that stuff inside, I was really struggling to put it on the desk from the floor on my own, but somehow I did it, next time I will definitely call somebody for help:)
Lovely rig mate, how you finding them noiseblocker's ?
Thank you:)
The fans are really really good, they are nice a quiet, you cannot hear the motor at all, which for me is really big thing, high quality, and you have nice accessories.
 
Nice build mate, looks awesome on the desk too :D
Thanks:)
I love the look of it as well:D
Shame the hose looks cloudy. Looks so much nicer when the hose looks shiney
Yeah hose did get a bit cloudy, well I'll be changing them to some other one's SOON. I'll be using clear coolant, and there will be some other shiny stuff around (cus recently I discovered that I like chrome/nickel/silver shiny finish). My aquatuning order is on its way, and... specialtech order is still not completed since tuesday, i've sent them message but so far no replay.:(

Edit:
Manage to get contact with specialtech and they had my fans out of stock so I had to remove them from my order and order them from aquatuning.
 
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Looks sweet! Looking at that pedestal, I'm jealous! That was too rich for my blood, so I skipped it. Kinda regretting that a bit now!
 
Looks bloody amazing! :)
Thanks mate:)
Looks sweet! Looking at that pedestal, I'm jealous! That was too rich for my blood, so I skipped it. Kinda regretting that a bit now!
Thank you:)
I just had a look at you build log:) Yeah the pedestal is really handy, and it makes case look a bit better as well. You can stick inside 2 rads, pump's, etc. And you make the other 2 chamber look cleaner.
I've seen that you have hard drive bay for the main chamber, and personally I wouldn't use it because it will just make a mess( especially if you have XL window) , use this one on the PSU side.
 
Thanks for the tip! I'm still planning the build, waiting on parts, etc. Biggest pain in the arse is that I have 4 HDDs, and 2 SSDs, and I really don't want to use both HDD cages. I'm leaning towards the ghetto route, and just velcro-ing the dual SSD mount to the bottom of the HDD cage, but on the back side of the case. I have a rather large tube res + 2 pumps that I need to fit on the mobo side, for the bling. :D
 
Thanks for the tip! I'm still planning the build, waiting on parts, etc. Biggest pain in the arse is that I have 4 HDDs, and 2 SSDs, and I really don't want to use both HDD cages. I'm leaning towards the ghetto route, and just velcro-ing the dual SSD mount to the bottom of the HDD cage, but on the back side of the case. I have a rather large tube res + 2 pumps that I need to fit on the mobo side, for the bling. :D

I have my ssd mounted with double sided tape:) I'll be using now(well in about 2 weeks) dual bay res, as its easier to mount it and you don't have to drill anything. If you have your old res I will stick with it, sometimes is better to go for something that is more convenient for you, rather than for bling.
 
But but but the Aqualis 880ml tube is just so pretty, and it has a waterfall effect. :D

I'm more worried about stuffing 2 more 360 rads on the PSU side, above and below the HDD cage. That's the driving factor in not using 2 cages. I'd love to stuff a pair of 80mm Monstas back there, but I can't see them fitting. Oh well, I'll find a way to make this work. I'm a water noob, and this will be another learning experience!

Funny you mention a bay res. I have my 2 D5's in an XSPC bay res right now, and it makes the tube runs a bit messier IMO. If you put it in the pedestal, that might not be the case though. I'm ditching it in favor of a D5 mount to the tube res. I'll be keeping an eye on your log to see how YOU do it though, since you seem to know what you're doing, unlike me. :)
 
But but but the Aqualis 880ml tube is just so pretty, and it has a waterfall effect. :D

I'm more worried about stuffing 2 more 360 rads on the PSU side, above and below the HDD cage. That's the driving factor in not using 2 cages. I'd love to stuff a pair of 80mm Monstas back there, but I can't see them fitting. Oh well, I'll find a way to make this work. I'm a water noob, and this will be another learning experience!

Funny you mention a bay res. I have my 2 D5's in an XSPC bay res right now, and it makes the tube runs a bit messier IMO. If you put it in the pedestal, that might not be the case though. I'm ditching it in favor of a D5 mount to the tube res. I'll be keeping an eye on your log to see how YOU do it though, since you seem to know what you're doing, unlike me. :)

I think that its possible to have bay res without mess with tubing, at least i'll try to do that:)
I will have to use quite few 90 degree fitting for that but you will see in about 2/3 weeks, unless I'll fail with that;)
Also I think that you should be able to put 2x360 monsta at the back. Make sure that hard drive cage is in the middle mount, and PSU is in second. I just measured the spacing and you will have no problem fitting both of them in push/pull, you will still have about 15/20mm spare.
I play with watercooling for nearly 2 years, and now I fell bit more confident with this what I'm doing, but on the beginning I was panicking quite a lot:D
 
Awesome, thanks so much for the tips! I'll stop cluttering up your thread now! :) Can't wait to see what you do this build!
 
Awesome, thanks so much for the tips! I'll stop cluttering up your thread now! :) Can't wait to see what you do this build!

You not cluttering dude:) Feel free to ask me if you have a dilemma with something, I'm not expert but I'll try to help.
 
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