I started with the project in december 2004. The mod is based on the Lian Li PC-V2000



and the side



I have done several mods before, but I always used low budget materials. This time I want to use topgear. The things I want to realize this time are:

• minimal noise level, but not to many concessions to the temperatures
  

• I want a clean look, just like the Lian Li case itself
  

• Almost no cables be visible, only the waterhoses in sight
  

The Lian Li has got a nice tray for the harddisks, but it has to be removed. I will place my harddisks in two Aquadrives that don't fit.
With.....



and without the tray



Now I will have to build a new place for those beautiful Aquadrives. First thing I do is use paper models.



The way the Aquadrives will be placed.



The HDDrack materials will be aluminium and UV reactive acryl glas. These are the raw materials. (the small aluminium strips will be used to cover up the ugly black plastic sides from the PAPST fans)



Taping in the plate and marking the places that are going to be removed.



The Dremel had some difficulties getting through the aluminium, so I decided to try it with a blade from a metal saw, that worked very well indeed.



Now the rounded corners have to be removed. I decided to use a drill, I had to do a lot of filing work anyway.



and this is how it looked after filing a couple of hours. Don't pay any attention to the scratches, they will be removed later



Let's start with the acryl glas. Here comes the paper model again  ;D



The base for the little "windows" is ready.



Those corners only have to be rounded



and then it eventually looks like this.



To give you an idea what it will look like



I've installed the Aquadrives in the new rack.



and attached the little windows.



After some weeks the watercooled Enermax PSU from Heat-trap arrived. It looks very nice, but the screws are there to be removed of course and then........



Mmmmmmmmm it would be a shame for such a beautiful waterblock not to be visible, so I will have to use my Dremel again.



Now I must make some kind of cover for the PSU and I wanted to keep using the same style that I had for the HDD rack. UV acryl glas. I wanted to see if it was easy to bend the UV acryl glas, so I heated it and tried to bend a piece.



That wasn't so hard. I made a nice piece to cover up the gaping hole.



To allow some airflow into the PSU I will install the acryl just above the metal PSU cover. Like this



The PSU will be visible in the case from this side.



A photo to give you another overview.

Yes it doesn't look the way I expected. But don't worry I will change the placing of that reservoir soon. It will be a lot of work but I think it will look much and much better.

I have made a start here with the project log. When I have more time I will post the rest. I have a question for you guys about some AC parts. I think I will use the Crystalfontz-Display grün. I don't need the the thing it is mounted in. If I buy the Ersatzdisplay LCD gruen invers SERIELL für aquabay CF and the Serielles Anschlußkabel 1,8m, is that enough to get the thing working? I believe you can download the software for it.

Yes, it's UV reactive, a acrylpanel from A.C. Ryan.
Your dutch is very good guys, Creoboter and Messi(ah)
Ich kann die Deutsche Sprache gut lesen und verstehen aber ich finde schwierig um zu schreiben, aber wenn sie hier eine Frage stellen in Deutsch isst das kein Problem fur mich. Die Namfalle sind so verdammt schwierig ;D

Quoted from "DJLuciver"

Great! Will you use 2 circular flows??? Because I've seen 2 Eheim 1048!

I'm not sure yet. I haven't decided yet between two options. One circular flow or two seperate circular flows, but there will be 2 pumps in the case. The 2 FMJ-Abschirmgehäuse für 1048 will be back this week I think, they are being chromed at the moment.

A very small update. The frontplate for the Aquaero is almost finished. I only have to sand the sides with some fine sandpaper and drill the hole for the buttons with a 'verzinkboor" I don't know the english or german word for it.

A little change off plans. After I made the front for the Aquadrive, I thouhgt it would maybe look nicer to cover all bays withe one acrylic plate. All the drives will have to installed a few mm. backwards, but that's no problem.



But before I can cut the holes for buttons and the reservoir, I will have to decide where to put all the things. The bay that on top can't be used, because it's blocked by the radiator.

I think I will place the DVD drives in the lower two bays. Otherwise it would block the airflow to much I think. Then the reservoir and above that the Aquadrive. Maybe I will also put in a LCD screen. (Or I can place the LCD screen in the plate on the side that's going to stealth all the drive bays)
Love to hear what you guys think.