Water cooled Corsair Carbide Series Air 540

It looks like I'm good to go - some last parts arrived today.
Time to disassemble the loop and start little modding :)
I will do some preparation, but actual progress will be made over the weekend.

Last (for now, with fittings you never know ;-) 2 fittings sent from Specialtech by Royal Mail

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Some screws for rad panels (probably enough for next 5 builds) :lol:

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I plan to use this for panels - first time using this stuff, so I will have fun learning.

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The case is ready :cool:

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This is ultimate cable management ;-)

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Color is slightly different, but as panels won't be very visible (bottom and front from inside) this will be OK. Very easy to work on the edges.

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Awesome build. These are such good looking cases. The square form factor reminds me of some of the old SGi Workstations. If Tom says your cables are messy I pray he never sees mine :S
 
Nice, clean cut there by the looks of it. Good job. Looking forward to seeing how it all turns out when completed.
 
I will probably not get my alu sheets before weekend. That's all right. Let's do some PC PR0N then :cool:

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Out of interest, would it have been more effective to have sacrificed push/pull for push or pull and had a 360mm ST30 in the front instead with the fittings at the bottom?

Nice build though, was seriously considering this case to replace my CM690-II until i found that the only 3.5" bays were the 2 hot swaps in the bottom.
 
Kei said:
Out of interest, would it have been more effective to have sacrificed push/pull for push or pull and had a 360mm ST30 in the front instead with the fittings at the bottom?

Nice build though, was seriously considering this case to replace my CM690-II until i found that the only 3.5" bays were the 2 hot swaps in the bottom.
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thanks :) yes, I think so, it would be more effective.
 
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it seems like overkill for just one gpu, do you plan on adding another? looks nice so far anyway mate
 
I wouldn't add a second gpu with how much room those rads take up, it would look mighty cramped with a second. Well, without push/pull it would be pretty cool but all that aside, its coming together pretty nicely as it is. I'm interested in how you're gonna hose this up!
 
Tripp said:
it seems like overkill for just one gpu, do you plan on adding another? looks nice so far anyway mate
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not at the moment, I'm OK with my 670 for HD gaming
the whole project is about fun and overkill (as much as you can 'overkill' with 4 year old CPU) ;-)

in reality - I expect to have great temps and quiet PC with fans @900rpm
 
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