[Build Log] {SWITCH 810} "HELLA" Adventures into water cooling (FINAL PICS!!! 4/2/2012)

Letterkilled

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Today I am going to show you my build log of the project I am currently working on. It is going to be a water cooled project that I have been planning for quite some time now. And as the pieces come in, I will update the log of what came in and where its going. First off, I would like to thank the people who have sold me some of their gear and a BIG thanks to EliteGeek91 over at the EVGA forums. AND A REALLY BIG THANK YOU TO DAVID FROM KINGSTON TECHNOLOGY for everything he has done and giving me the opportunity to work with him.

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Today I will be showing you the case that came in today. I was using the Cooler Master HAF 912 and came to the conclusion that this would NOT suffice. So for this I went with the NZXT Switch 810. This is my first Full Tower!

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I was afraid because when the box came, it was completely annihilated. But in fact the case itself was in tip top shape. Right away I noticed this thing was massive!!

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and I thought my 912 was big!! I put this all together at my work and I dont even know if its going to fit in my truck!!

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I said my goodbyes and started gutting out the case.

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This case pretty much swallowed up my hardware and made everything look so small

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How ever I did run into one problem. the drive bays for the ssd and hard drives are a little funky.

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as you can see there was no room to fit my SATA and power cables to it. After taking too much time on it I decided something had to go....

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and that worked perfectly.

cable management looks great, the back panel was a female dog though. but got everything just right.

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Everything is working perfect and the airflow in this bad boy is amazing. So until my parts come in which is pretty darn soon, this is all I got for you guys. hope you enjoyed it just as much as I did. Soon the case modding will be up!

LK

A few updates.

Got some of the water cooling parts in. I am waiting for the RAD and the pump and the GPU block to get here in the mail.

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And now the modding begins!

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making a rough cut

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this is why I hate cutting plastic...it smells so damn bad! my Dremel was busted so the only speed it works on is #2 so when trying to cut, it melts the plastic..and it sucks! haha

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Now, this is right when I figured out I was missing my sanding bits. And at first I was like "meh, no one will notice" jk jk.

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Tomorrow I will start cutting some more and finish this little piece and then head to the plastic store to get some more things.

Today I thought I was going to be able to get a lot done but right after I finished a little part...it started raining. and had to put it on hold
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Next is the top section. I have to cut this outside because of the smell and the crap that flies around. Rain rain go away

]Finally it stopped raining long enough for me to get this darn panel done.

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and a big thanks to my little helper! Bear

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Hello hello! I finally got to a computer to do some updates. I took apart my computer for the 90th time and started some cutting and some mods. I also got a few goodies in the mail.

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I figured if I'm going to go water cooled then I might as well do it right. Got some noiseblocker fans. 1800rpm. These are going to keep everything nice and cool.

I notice a lot of pics of other peoples Switch cases that when they were going W/C there is a bay drive that gets in the way and blocks more then half of a fan....so it had to go. this is where I'm talking about:

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and the crappy part is, you cant just remove it...so:

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WE CUT IT OUT!

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with all that said and done; right after I submit this update it's time to work on this part

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LK
 
Alright!! now here is yet another update.

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Knocked out them teeth.

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annnnnnd finished!!

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now I just need to figure out what to do with that "chevy" sign lookin hole
 
Nice job with this front cover
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BTW I need to get this top of the drive bays out as well to make my loop looks better, and to run proper push-pull.
 
yeah exactly. Kinda weird that NZXT would not catch that error. I'm going to be using a bay resi and its not that long, so with that cut out it will make the tubing easier to work with.
 
Thanks Mang! I was just looking at your Switch. It's pretty epic. quick question: what did you use to cut your tubing?

scissors
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really sharp ones well they were when i got them lol. Some day in the near future I'll have mine apart again for removing that top optical bay and redo push/pull plus running 2 gpus now I need to redo my tubing as its kinda hitting the cards I'm sure its not helping my temps any lol
 
thanks guys! I always notice when you wait for something to come in the mail, the days go by way too slow
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yeah its brutal lol. My second 6950 was due yesterday and still even today I'm in doubt it'll be here even though it arrived in my city 4:07am on the 22nd that should of put in in my hands yesterday today it still does not show out for delivery.
 
I'm going through that as well. I see that my gpu block is at the ups place and its seriously a 3 minute drive from my house. Says its out for shipping since 4 am, but still no show. I feel like a little kid that keeps looking out the window for the ice cream man to drive by or something.
 
well I got hosed again today
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I'm so stompin pissed it aint funny I even filed a complaint with the postal service.

you need to help me out mate give me more to drool over please
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AH finally I can update now that I'm at a computer. I tell you what...it sucks not having a computer! It's like I'm going through withdraws. Anyways, I got some more updates for you guys!

Finished the top part. I am still waiting on the sheet meddle I orders.

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I got all of my orders in finally!!! Take a look!

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I also got my GPU block in and installed it!

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started to install stuff now.

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for some reason I counted wrong, and I'm short a fan

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I also got acrylic white pieces for the final mod I'll prolly be doing.

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and here is a rough put together of where the acrylic is going. Just need to make some holes and take off the brown stuff.

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stay tuned for the next update and thanks for all the nice comments and thanks for looking.

Also, I like to thank Kingston again for helping out!

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