The White Ghost of Watercooling

[Black Magic]

Its the phantom 820, neverbackdown, are you on about placing the rad ontop of the chasiss? If so, no, my cover wont go on, & itll look rather odd with no plastic top, & a plastic front fitted.

I think if nzxt made the top part of the chasiss inverted, it would fit. Right now, its indented in, pushing the rad down, which gives good clearance for the fans, but I think if it was reversed, so it was raised, i still think the fans would fit, although very close to the mesh, it would give the clearance i would need to mount the Montsa rad.

Ive also sent a message to Aquacool, see if they can make up me a 1-off 240 60mm thick rad in white. heard nothing back yet, im not holding my breath....

 

[Black Magic]

a new goodie arrived today, amongst other goodies for my cars. I have a feeling this isn't going to fit....

EDIT: well, its in, weather itll be watertight is a different matter altogether!!

 

[Black Magic]

look what the post man has just delivered today!

No.1 of 2.....

I suspect card No.2 will arrive when aquacomputer decide to send out more stock of their waterblocks, as that card was ordered before anything else on separate orders. Being the first order in & the same order as the waterblocks, it seems its going to be the last order shipped out.

Oh and a NexXxos 360 UT60 has been ordered to replace my unused Monsta

If anyone want to buy it, hit me up, otherwise its going on an auction site lol

 

[Permafrost]

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[Black Magic]

Motherboards in....

And some cutting of the drive bay, so when the new rad arrive, its not fouling anything.

 

[Permafrost]

Motherboards in....

are you not painting it?

 

[Black Magic]

well, I probably would of it was metal, its plastic, plus, I aint 100% sure how its stuck on.....

the thought did cross my mind.... think ill leave it for now. Get it up & running is my first priority!

 

[Highlander89]

What a shame with the rad! Weren't you able to return it and get money back? If it was unused and all.

Agree with Permafrost, you should paint the mobo. Something to do while you wait for the rest of the hardware.

Nice hardware. It's coming along nicely

 

[Warchild]

well, I probably would of it was metal, its plastic, plus, I aint 100% sure how its stuck on.....

the thought did cross my mind.... think ill leave it for now. Get it up & running is my first priority!

Its just attached by screws on the back. about 6 or 7 small ones.

 

[Black Magic]

Well, after reading what ive just read, ASUS are releasing a damn white one!! Talk about bad timing, but its ok, ill wait till thats released & get that.

Cant return the rad, ive had it for about a year even tho its new!!!

Sucks man

 

[Warchild]

Well, after reading what ive just read, ASUS are releasing a damn white one!! Talk about bad timing, but its ok, ill wait till thats released & get that.

Cant return the rad, ive had it for about a year even tho its new!!!

Sucks man

Well you cant go wrong with your one. The Mark S thats being released will be sold at an overpriced premium (which I still want )

If you are patient and careful, you can still make yours look professionally, done (if not well done). Just stick to spraying the armor. I have yet to see a single motherboard that has been sprayed a custom colour without making it look tacky. Furthermore, if you arent satisfied you can always strip it down again.

 

[Black Magic]

Yea, but that white board man.....!

Ill see when it arrives & at what cost. Im hoping its sub £200!!

 

[Bartacus]

Paint the armor with Plasti-dip man!! It's easy, and it peels off if you don't like it. If you want to see a good example of a white painted board, look up some builds/logs by the user Snef. He did the armor in white at LEAST once, and it looked absolutely amazing. Then again, EVERYTHING Snef does looks amazing. I think he even sprayed the entire motherboard, without issue too.

 

[Warchild]

Yea, but that white board man.....!

Ill see when it arrives & at what cost. Im hoping its sub £200!!

No chance. Its a limited run board each individually numbered. You are looking at price in the range of the top end ROG boards if you ask me. One source quoted between $275-300 so for me that like 300-350quid :S

 

[Permafrost]

have a look at my build log dude, if i get a broken sabertooth i'll do a guide

http://forum.overclock3d.net/showthread.php?t=65619

 

[Warchild]

Ah good stuff. I'm in the process of spraying my gear white, but I am trying not to make it over powering. I'm intending to use UV green coolant but toying with black and white components. Nothing has been put together yet so I dunno if it will be a good choice.

Time will tell

 

[Permafrost]

the only reason why it looks overpowering on my build log is the photos was taken with an old Samsung S2 lol

 

[Black Magic]

Well, even if its.$300, ill buy from states, & get it shipped over here. There is no plastidip services that i know of over here, but ill look into it!!

Just a quick question, & i know its dependant on how big your loop is, but generally speaking, how much or how many ml or litres does one need to fill their loop? I dont want to buy like 5 bottles & only needing 1-2.....

Oh, & an update, Aquacool got back to me regarding a white 240 rad one off. They are unwilling to accomodate my request. Not very customer pleasing are they, dispite me offering more wedge.....

 

[Highlander89]

Well, even if its.$300, ill buy from states, & get it shipped over here. There is no plastidip services that i know of over here, but ill look into it!!

Just a quick question, & i know its dependant on how big your loop is, but generally speaking, how much or how many ml or litres does one need to fill their loop? I dont want to buy like 5 bottles & only needing 1-2.....

Oh, & an update, Aquacool got back to me regarding a white 240 rad one off. They are unwilling to accomodate my request. Not very customer pleasing are they, dispite me offering more wedge.....

My loop takes a bit over 2 litres. I bought a 5 litre bottle and it's sufficient for two fills atleast.

 

[Warchild]

My loop is big and takes 2 litres almost. I always buy 3 incase of mishaps or spillages.