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    hello this is my first mod, during the course of this mod i will paint my case black and install a custom dangerden watercooling loop. so far i have stripped my case




    tonight i will hopefully paint it and get some pics of that up.
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    Default Re: watercooling my lexa blackline

    well that was quicker than expected,

    yea i know its not the best job ever

    heres where im working from, thats my dad bending over


    now all i have to do is get paid,get a motherboard and order my watercooling parts, so thats going to take a while
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    Default Re: watercooling my lexa blackline

    do you want this moved to the "works in progress" forum?
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    nice work, i never realized this but thats exactly the same style (front fan, hdd, dvd mounting style) as my old enermax case.

    +rep for so.
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    Default Re: watercooling my lexa blackline

    yea it might be better in that part of the forums, so if you could move it please

    Edit: thanks for moving it
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    Default Re: watercooling my lexa blackline

    Quote Originally Posted by Spawn-Inc View Post
    nice work, i never realized this but thats exactly the same style (front fan, hdd, dvd mounting style) as my old enermax case.

    +rep for so.
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    Default Re: watercooling my lexa blackline

    tomarow after work there is a slight possobilty i might be able to cut out the hole for a 120mm fan in the top of the case to blow some air through the rad
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    Default Re: watercooling my lexa blackline

    YAY another LEXA mod lol. Looks good so far.

    I noticed something different about my LEXA. The alu used was raw not treated like yours.

    Can't wait for more.

    +rep for being another brave LEXA modder lol

    EDIT:
    Just warning you that you may have trouble fitting a 120mm radiator on the roof of the case. I have an 80mm rad up there on mine and it finishes less than 1 inch from my PSU (Antec Neo) and pretty close to the disk drives. Perhaps a rear mount would be better, like my config.
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    Default Re: watercooling my lexa blackline

    Yay for update,
    first thing i did was marked it off and drilled holes

    then used a jigsaw to cut it out

    and finally smoothed it out with my knock off dremel (thats me) and drilled the holes for the fans screws

    Afterwards i gave it a fresh coat of black paint.
    I will hopefully be getting paid this friday so i might be able to order a good chunk of my stuff. Till then all feedback is welcome....By the way my dad thinks im Nuts!
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    Default Re: watercooling my lexa blackline

    in response to tb4o: yes i know that room is goin to be tight, im installing a dual 120mm rad on top of the case not a single.
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