Quoted from "DerrickD"

looks good nurse.... im working on a project my self based on the the same case.

Well I think you will find that case to be excellent in watercooling. Lots of room for whatever your heart desires. I have been thinking more about adding a third Aquatube for my HD circuit instead of using the Aquainlet.

Well I am waiting on parts to show up hopefully by Wednesday. Got some G 1/8 valves, Mazzer tubing, Bulgin lighted switch, and some miscellaneous push-fits so I can finish my fill and bleed system along with my wiring.

I'm surprised that no one has asked why I called this project Feeding Frenzy. The name came to me one day when the subject of Aqua Computer products were being delivered into the USA. I seem to recall more than one person talking about the feeding frenzy that a new shipment of AC parts seemed to cause. Since this computer is almost 99.9% Aqua Computer I thought that would be a suitable name. There is also another reason, but I will leave that for another update when the side panel comes back from being watercut.

Hi guys and gals

Need some help here. Getting ready to start the plumbing of Feeding Frenzy and been thinking of making some changes. Here is what I have been thinking about:




The original plan was to run from the CPU to the NB and then back to the Aquatube. However, then I would have to put tubing up and over the VGA card and the ram with the return line coming down between the two ram modules to go though the middle case wall. Now I have been thinking of putting the NB on the GPU circuit as then I would have very little spaghetti running around in my case. All the top mounted stuff would be through the top rad , pump, reservoir. The way I have it in the pic it the CPU comes after the rad and then goes back though the middle case wall. This would leave me room to attach the MOSFET cooler to the CPU circuit as it is relatively free flowing.

Any comments appreciated.

Quoted from "DerrickD"

I NEED THE RIBBON CABLE SO I CAN RUN TWO PUMPS AND SOME OTHE MISC STUFF BUT ENOUGH WITH MINE AND ON WITH YOURS.

Did you see the mod I made so you can mount two Aquastream controllers on one Aquaero?


Decided that with the heat dropping back into the 70-80's it was time to start modding again. So today I have some pics of my TwinPlex's that go on the NB and GPU's.

These pic's shows what I started out with a stock Aqua Computer block on both the bottom and sides.









And here is the after lapping pic on the bottom. I had originally done them to about 1000 grit a few pages back, but decided that a little bling never hurt anybody and lapped them up to about 3000 grit. ;D





Of course my name being Top "bling" Nurse I figured that it wouldn't hurt anything to do the same on the sides of the blocks.

Quoted from "Nitrix"

the aqua-computer shark comes to mind

Perceptive


[quote author=Der Jogibär link=board=7;num=1123402670;start=60#73 date=09/05/05 um 22:32:35]awesome!
great work tn! :o :o :o [/quote]

Thanks for the nice words. I'm hoping to be done by Christmas. ;D



Well decided last night that if I was going to do quality work I needed some better quality tools to do things with. ;D





Also thought you might like to see my treasure trove of watercooling fittings. I just hate it when I don't have the right fitting to do the job I want to do. :'( I figure what I don't use will either go into the next project or I will sell it off to some other AC modders.




As you know I have been trying to come up with something to coat the outside edges of my copper TwinPlex's so my mirror polish will stay looking nice all the time. Have tried a lot of stuff with less than satisfactory results.

However, I decided to try something tonight that came off the top of my dresser and it appears to be working extremely well. Unfortunately the stuff I have is fast drying and it looks like I have to go to the drugstore tomorrow to get some slower drying stuff. Also need to go to the art supply and get a brush that will allow me to coat the whole side in one sweep. Will post pics and instructions tomorrow.

One of the fun things about modding computers is that the old saw about the best laid plans of men and mice really comes home. I can't tell you how many times I have gone back and forth about how I was going to do my HD circuit. Just put myself through another gyration because the Koolance Hydra-Pak coolers use 6mm x 9mm tubing. That is a total screwy size in the general industry. My AC stuff runs on 6mm x 8mm tubing which is standard all over the world. No problem getting my AC tubing over the Koolance HD cooler, but the compression fitting is too large by 1mm. :sigh: So off I went on trying to figure how I could use some Aquadrives somehow. Unfortunately to do that makes it all look like BS IMHO. I did this thought process because to make the Koolance coolers work well it appears I will have to make some custom compression nuts. SO now I am back to the inescable conclusion that the fast and cheap way out of this problem is to have the custom nuts manufactured to my specifications. So that problem is fixed for now.

Now after giving this some more thought (see what I mean?) I also think I don't like the look of the Aquainlet hanging off my Aquastream. So what to do now? Well I decided to put in another Aquatube instead. But the real problem isn't where to put it, but what color I should use. It has to be either black or silver and will go in right above my HD's.








Silver to match the other Aquatube right next door with another black faceplate or a black Aquatube with a Silver faceplate? Need some input here.

Silver Aquatube is here, but unfortunately has to be returned due to some problems in the anodized finish. If I was going to put it up in an Aquabay I wouldn't care as much, but this one will be in plain sight and it's not acceptable.

New toyz have arrived!

Picked up an Aquastream off eBay and it included the straight fittings, Eheim G 1/8 adapters, 1.30 controller, pump feet, a FMJ, and a silver aluminum faceplate for only $41 USD. Got an Evo Airplex 240 and a matching AC grill as well for only $26 USD. Both items were never used. :o :o Other stuff from Sharka as well.





For those who don't know what a FMJ is here it is. It is a pump cover for the Aquastream or Eheim 1046 pump. It eliminates any chance of electrical interference brought on by use of an AC pump inside the case. Yes the Aquastream is really an alternating current pump that is run from a 12 Vdc source and is converted into a 9 Vac signal. This is how the Aqwauastream can be easily changed to increase or decrease the flow as they just increase or decrease the cycles per second basic electrical signal. If you paint it (coming soon) then you have a very nice looking mod as well. ;D






Also got on this shipment an AC G 1/8 ball valve. Was originally planning on using these for part of my fill and bleed system, but since have decided to use them as part of a drain line for each of my three loops.





And last but not least this one is for all you Lian-Li V2000 owners. A perfect place for putting a 120mm rad is in the middle compartment where the back exhaust fan is located. While it is easy to use an Evo grill to mount the rad it is a bit oversize for the area you have to work with and ends up looking a bit less asthetically pleasing. So the solution was to get the grill milled to a size that would look nice and fit nicely. It is pictured here laying on top of a stock AC grill.





Here it is on the back of my V2000 case as a trial fit. Now I have to work on getting the edges finished and rounding the corners a bit.








For those of you who would like to do this I machined off 0.150 inch of the right and left sides and 0.100 inch off the top to get a very close fit with a little bit of black case showing. The case is drilled and tapped for the grill mounting.

I have been trying to come up with a way to preserve my lapping *bling* job on the side of my copper waterblocks. Lots of stuff failed for one reason or another. The most promising was acrylic nail polish, but it dried to fast and was difficult to get a uniform thickness. However this led me to the Art Supply Warehouse not too far from my house. The staff here are really helpful for modders who are trying to "beautify" their boxes. Seems "beautify" is an art term for adding bling to your functional parts.

I also tried some Krylon Crystal Clear acrylic spray coating, but that isn’t clear when it dries and there was a tendency for it to cause orange peel. I want something that dries crystal clear for real!

Anyway I was almost getting ready to go buy an air brush to shoot some clear acrylic on seeing as how I needed one anyway to do my side panel in a few months. Then at their suggestion I tried some Jurek Medea Top Coat (# 3051 4) and brushed it on. I got a separate small glass bottle and poured some of it in and let it settle for a while. Applying this to metal is really tricky with a brush as there is a tendency to pickup air bubbles as you brush. Anyone got any ideas on how to get this applied without picking up air bubbles short of buying a Badger airbrush?


Made another trip to the Art Supply Warehouse today and cornered the resident paint specialist about all this. Came back with some very pure thinner to thin out the Jurek Top Coat a bit (Grumbacher Odorless Thinner) and new daVinci series 112 synthetic brush (coincidently made in Germany) so will try this out tomorrow. Also was told that prep was everything when putting clear on anything so I was advised to scrub the part with alcohol (just happen to have some 99.9% pure Isopropyl alcohol I use in making a special blend for cleaning my astronomical optics). So after doing some more lapping to get a nice clean non-oxidized surface I will try tomorrow...again. If this doesn't work I am giving it up as a lost cause and just bite the bullet and forget the whole thing. Hopefully I will have something good to report about this tomorrow.

On another note you might have noticed a gigantic push-fit bulkhead fitting in my fitting box a few posts back. I had originally planned to use it for another wiring job but it ended up being to big for what I wanted. Then I got a PM from Grumblemarc today and started thinking more about it and decided that it would really work great for an ATX power loom. So thanks guy for the good thought! I took the collets out, cut it with a hacksaw to size, drilled out the center part, and it is being used to run my ATX power loom through the midfloor. Will post some pics when the paint dries. ;D

Quoted from "Stefan"

Hi,

please edit your posts when nobody posted anything new. This will help people getting better overview on your topic. To inform everyone there is something new only edit the name of the topic.

No problem So are you saying it is appropriate to edit post #1 to let people know that something is new or not to edit the post #1 topic?

Quoted from "Ze@lot"

TN with the res for the 3rd loop y dont u run both loops out of the lower aquatube that is already in place. this will leave you room for additional hard drives & save a bit of money.

Nice idea, but it is style I'm interested in and three Aquatubes is definitely styling. ;D The other issue is that then I would have to run a lot more spaghetti in my case to make it all work and would then start to look too busy IMHO. Besides if I don't use the third Aquatube I will just end up spending more moula on more hard drives. : So I figure three hard drives should be plenty and I can always add a fourth drive if I want to mod the case a bit.

Quoted from "Anakin"

Hi,
i like your project very much. Really nice work. Especially the pictures show many details ;D
Please continue, i am very interested in it.

Thanks for the interest. I like detail so I shoot pics to include as much as possible. I figure the more clearer I make it the easier someone else will be able to try it themselves. ;D

Quoted from "DerrickD"

TN maby you can help me out here is a link to my build up. its much like yours in many ways. it seams i have ran out of room and i havent installed my rads yet and im shy one pump any ideas on how i can set this up ....
http://subsonickustomz.mywowbb.com/forum2/2012.html[/quote]


I replied in your linked forum.