Redemption

[Hero1]

Hello everyone. How is it going? I hope that all is well. I am new to this thread but some of you know me through the Hardware Canucks forum. So,lately I decided to get into water cooling. Lo and behold it's so addicting (Daz can attest to this by the amount things I have bought). I started WC several months ago and I decided to mod my case. My current case is a Fractal Design Define XL R2. I am modifying it in order to fit 2 x 360 mm radiators (one top and another on the bottom). The colour of the build will be red and black (I intend to leave the Koolance rad shroud black).

Here's the list of what I have for the build and I will post pictures of what I have done so far.

Parts:
Case:Fractal DD XL R2 Titanium Grey
PSU: Silverstone Strider Evolution 1000 W Gold (MDPC Black, Red and White Sleeves)
CPU: TBD
Motherboard: TBD
RAM: 16 GB G.Skill Ripjaw Z 1866 MHz (Red)
GPU: eVGA GTX 780 Hydro Copper
Storage: 256 GB Samsung 830
Sound Card: Creative SB Z
ODD: Samsung DVDRW
Controller: NZXT Hue RGB Controller and G-Vans Legion 4 Channels Fan Controller
Monitor: Dell U2713HM
Keyboard: Logitech G710+
Mouse: Corsair M60
Headset: Sennheiser PC 350
Others: Logitech G27 Racing Wheel

Water Cooling Parts:
2 x 360 mm EKWB XTX
13 x 120 mm Noctua NF-P12 (need to buy 2 more to keep the theme going)
2 x 140 mm Noctua NF-A14
EK-D5 Vario with Plexi Top
EKWB X3 150 mL multioption res
EKWB Intel CPU Block- Copper with Plexi top
Koolance radiator mounting shroud
Bitspower rad guard

Tools Used:
MasterCraft Jigsaw (Maximum Edition)
MasterCraft Drill/Driver (Maximum Edition)
Dremel 4000
and others

[DazMode]

I don't think we had Fractal build here as yet!

Welcome to the forum!

[Neo182]

Sounds like an interesting project!

Welcome to the forum.

[Bartacus]

I'm in! I haven't seen many Fractal cases either, and I'm VERY partial to this color combo.

[Hero1]

I don't think we had Fractal build here as yet!

Welcome to the forum!

Sounds like an interesting project!

Welcome to the forum.

I'm in! I haven't seen many Fractal cases either, and I'm VERY partial to this color combo.

Thanks guys. I promise to not disappoint.

[Hero1]

The Old Setup

So I got into WC by buying the starter kit from Daz. Then everything went crazy. I simply got addicted. I joined HWC forums and I got a lot of help from there. I will always be a fan of that site and forum. So here is the system prior to me going crazy and my wife warning me not to ruin or disappoint her with the mod. She is in love it atm and I am glad.

Somehow I can't seem to get the attachment section to work. It shows up as blank when I click manage attachments. Any idea on how to get around this?

[Bartacus]

Most of us use Photobucket. PB provides forum links for your pics, tags and all, so you just cut / paste the links from PB. I've never understood this forums attachment doohickey.

[bungwirez]

PB is widely accepted on all forums via BBcodes.

[Hero1]

Awesome. I will be uploading tomorrow. Stay tuned.

[Hero1]

The Last Setup before tear down

This is how my rig looked like before I decided to go ahead and start modifying my case. I loved but I had to do what I always wanted. Tear it up and customise it

[Father Fuzzy]

to the dazmode Zone Hero1

bring on the pron i'll get the

[gdesmo]

I'm patiently waiting for the porn myself !

[Hero1]

to the dazmode Zone Hero1

bring on the pron i'll get the

Thanks FF. I am awaiting approval for my last post. I like to start with my last WC setup. Then I will bring everyone up to speed to the last bit of work. And then comes the painting

I'm patiently waiting for the porn myself !

I hope I don't disappoint, and bear in mind that it's my first mod

[Hero1]

This is how I started. Here's the top panel ready for cutting.


And this is the the panel cut and filed

[Mupp1t]

Nice build man. Looking forward for more pictures soon