aeon.x2 - water cooled lian li v1200b

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Top Fillport ring installed.

I got my shipment in from mnpctech. A black ring. I also received a few surprises in the form of Diamond plate film, carbon fiber film, and the aluminum brush film. Quality stuff! Thanks Bill. :thumb:

I quickly traced out the area I wanted to cut on the top of the case.

Then I cut it out with my trusty jigsaw.

With the normal aspect done I moved to the unique part. This will not be for a fan, but for my fillport. My ring fillport sandwich.

I next measured and cut a circle the same size as the total ring in white acrylic. Its not totally solid, it lets light through.

Next I measured a center point.

Then I drilled a hole and inserted the fillport for a test

Then I did the same thing for the mesh

Finally I put the three together for my sandwich

With all of that set I was able to install it in the top. Here is the results:

Under-

Above-

*Ignore the one screw sticking out. Forgot to screw that one in before taking pics. :duh:

In this shot I stuck a flashlight inside facing up to show how light goes through the acrylic.

The fillport is now complete. The very last detail is the metal screw in part. I am going to paint the top silver, or something along those lines. I hate the goldish color. Got to change that. :dremel:

[FynexFox]

Wow man, I just looked through this, I love that fillport idea, it gives it that extra umpf. very elegant indeed. I am going to be watching this, keep us updated!

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Thanks Fynex. Updates coming!

[FynexFox]

Yeah NP, I like how your going with slick, savvy, and elgant casemods here. Sometimes simplicty is whats best. Nice case choice BTW. I hope to see more fabrication!

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Teensy Update:

I worked on the template for my T line holder. I didn't want to see the T line at all so I worked it into a non visible spot. But to keep it there I needed something to hold it.

First off, here is my loop plan so it can give a better idea:

You can see the T line. It is behind the frame on the other side.

Here is the pump sitting where it will be installed:

The top tube in that picture leads to the T behind the cage. And here is the T installed with the template holder.

The final one will probably be black or white acrylic. As you can see from my diagram the top will be an IN from the rad, and the bottom is the OUT to the pump intake.

Starting now on the window cut out and planning.

[crenn]

I would recommend putting the fill port on that line. Water is more dense than air so the air will raise. Using that logic you know where to put the line

[Hammerhead]

Looks very good Invalid, everthing is nice and clean...the way it should be. I like
your choice of hardware so far.
DangerDen has good stuff so I'm sure you will come out fine with the water cooled part.
Keep it up.

[public_eyesore]

nice, very clean

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Finally an update:

I got all the wiring sleeved and lengthened to how I need it. I installed a switch underneath for the lights. There are 3 uv cathodes.

Also in the mail I got my custom logo fangrill just have to shine this baby up and get some mesh behind it:

Anyways, the first thing I did was cut a piece of black acrylic to cover the bay areas:

I will remove the covering later on of course.

I also cut another black acryl piece for next to the motherboard. Later this one will have an applique of the name on it full size.

in its spot

The window itself I was going to go normal with. A top and bottom area with no molding. I made the initial cuts and then started filing and sanding the edges

A test fit brought some problem areas to my attention which I then focused on fixing

Once all done I had to get rid of the ugly silver in the window. Basically even when you cut black cases, the edges underneath are silver. This is fixed with a sharpie permanent black marker.

With that done I installed the acrylic. I am using black tint acrylic. Here is with some of the doublesided tape in place

Top installed

Bottom installed

On the case with no lights

On the case with light on behind

I also did all the tubing and its ready for a water test starting tomorrow.

Pump and T Line placement (The tubing is not how it is in the final):

Other side view of same area

This was before I finished though, so the route of the tubes is different.
Here is how it is now ready for the test tomorrow:

Things should be totally done sometime this week/weekend. All depends on work as usual. While it seems I am a slow modder, the truth is time just isn't there.

[crenn]

At least we know there is a man behind the camera XD

Good work so far. Interesting fix for the window...