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Postman came today with not one, not 2, but 3 parcels :clap:
  My remaining fittings       Quickly got everything connected, carried out a few hour flush and then filled the system. Done some leak checks just bleeding it now:   Love that block!     Had to take the fittings out from the CPU > Chipset as there just wasn't enough room to bend the hose:       Reservoir filled (well the cpu loop)         Just gotta get the EK Block now for the 970GTX, but that is going to have to wait as I have to go away with work tomorrow :waah:

Got the second card installed last week and fully flushed both loops and had a bit of a clean up:      
The EKWB FC Terminal Bridge. Took me a while to work out how the #### this would fit, got there in the end!  
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So i decided to paint the reverse of the PCIE adapter for the Samsung XP941 as the green wasn't really fitting with the colour scheme
 

 

 
and my assistant (or so he thinks)
 

Sponsored by:     So, turns out I really enjoyed modding my Antec 902, but annoyingly the way my living room is set out and the fact the window is on the right hand side of the case, no one can actually see the work I did without leaning over the side of the Sofa/Desk to able to view inside it     Step up the Thermaltake Core X9      Now Purchased :clap:      For this I will be gutting the main components out of my sig rig:    Intel i7 4790K  Asus Maximus VII Ranger  EVGA 970GTX SC ACX 2.0  SoundBlaster Z  Gskill Ripjaw X 4 x 4GB  Samsung XP941 256GB PCIE SSD  Corsair 620w  Asus ROG Front Panel    EK-DDC 3.2 PWM X-RES 140  Alphacool UT60 240mm radiator        For the moment everything is purely in planning phase, at this time I am considering the following:    Watercooling to be Pastel Red for CPU Loop and Pastel White for the GPU Loop    The following components form my "planned" watercooling shopping list:    Chipset waterblock for Motherboard - EK-MOSFET ASUS M7G - Acetal+Nickel http://www.ekwb.com/news/521/19/EK-i...-water-blocks/    CPU Waterblock - EK-Supremacy EVO - Nickel (CSQ) http://www.scan.co.uk/products/ek-su...el-water-block    GPU Block - Bitspower VG-NGTX970ESACX Acrylic http://www.bitspower.com/html/produc...3453&kind2=109    360mm Radiator - Alphacool 35273 NexXxoS XT60 Radiator 360 White Edition x2 http://www.scan.co.uk/products/alphacool-nexxxos-ut60-full-copper-360mm-white-special-edition Purchased    Reservoir + Combo - EK-DDC 3.2 PWM X-RES 140, Water Cooling Pump (This matches the one I currently have) http://www.scan.co.uk/products/ek-dd...r-cooling-pump Purchased    Monsoon White Fittings - ModMyToys 19/13mm (ID 1/2 - 3/4) Compression Fitting - Six Pack - White + Red Carbon (For the white loop) http://www.watercoolinguk.co.uk/p/Mo...bon_37248.html        Fans, open to advice here, I want 3x white LED for the white loop and 2x red for the red loop      White - Enermax T.B.Vegas 120mm Single Fan White LEDs - Purchased http://www.scan.co.uk/products/120mm...ister-bearings      Extras:    White caps - Monsoon x5 http://www.scan.co.uk/products/monso...lug-g1-4-white      Tubing - Primochill Advanced - Purchased http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...30&subcat=2579    Coolant - Mayhems Pastal Red http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1l-ma...el-red-coolant    Coolant - Mayhems Ice White http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1l-ma...-white-coolant    Fan Controller - BitFenix Recon - White http://www.bitfenix.com/global/en/products/accessories/recon/   Additional Comment:    been planning this a little more after i came up with an idea whilst playing Wildstar. Im thinking of a small section using some 3g fake grass with a small anime figurine inside the case using the 2x reservoirs as a back drop   http://www.artificial-grass-online.co.uk/thirsk-artific...    and something along the lines of     
http://kotaku.com/5871156/the-tekken-figure-of-your-pin...    I've finally made my mind up on a few things, and whilst I don't have the Thermaltake case yet (delays from supplier) I have actually managed to get started.   I've decided to keep the RoG Front Base for the Asus Ranger Motherboard. Now as the case is going to be sprayed white, I figured I should make the front base as white as possible:     First thing I need to do was get the #### off (no puns!) what a pain in the rear this was, but eventually it came off allowing me to fully strip down the electrics from the case/cover:     Once that was stripped I went out and picked the brightest white I could find which is useable on both plastics and metal. Once the screen was masked up I got to work with the primer:             I've finished applying the top coat now, i'm going to let it dry over night, check for runs and hopefully remove the tape tomorrow evening, by which time I should know if the case is in stock at Scan    Got the RoG Front Base fully painted and re-assembled:         So today the Thermaltake case arrived and oh boy, its big!         I took a picture of it here on my desk in between an Antec 902 and a Zalman case, both are mid towers, but it does show the scale of the Core X9.     Heres a few pictures of the case before I stripped it down for painting:         Top view with cover removed and rad/fan mounts still fitted:     Motherboard tray:     PSU Area (one of two!)     Front lower and drive cages, I won't be using these in my mod unless I need 6TB in the future : )     And here is the stripped frame, when they said this was modular they weren't joking!       I have started painting the internal parts of the case and the front mesh, I really under estimated how much paint I would need to do this, however heres some progress:   Front fully painted      PSU Blank/Grill     selection of other parts:     Transferred the 200mm Red Fan from my Antec 902 mod to use in the front of this one.     Here's some pics of things so far:                 UPDATE 15th Feb 2015   So I finally got around to finishing the painting today, I had the roof and side panel to paint and a few imperfections to address. So now I can say that the case is fully painted, now need to work out where I want to placed the 2x 360mm radiators and whether or not to go push or pull with the fans:      

So i decided to paint the reverse of the PCIE adapter for the Samsung XP941 as the green wasn't really fitting with the colour scheme
 

 

 
and my assistant (or so he thinks)
 

Slight change to the cpu > chipset blocks
      Loving that PWM plug there   So i'm about to go away with work for a while which puts this build on hold for a little while, so heres my to do list (for me as much as others!)   Ek 8mm extender needs fitting to the Chipset block as you can see in the picture its not quite parallel.   Order and fit EK 970 ACX + Nickel Backplate.   Order 1x XSPC Chrome 90 degree fitting (not in stock at the moment). This is the final fittings for the GPU loop.   Figure out a way to either make the bitfenix recon work with the pwm hubs and ek pwm pumps or buy a new fan controller. Or buy 4x fan pwm splitter cables for the 8 fans and find another way of controlling the pumps (must avoid connection to motherboard)

Sponsored by:     So, turns out I really enjoyed modding my Antec 902, but annoyingly the way my living room is set out and the fact the window is on the right hand side of the case, no one can actually see the work I did without leaning over the side of the Sofa/Desk to able to view inside it     Step up the Thermaltake Core X9      Now Purchased :clap:      For this I will be gutting the main components out of my sig rig:    Intel i7 4790K  Asus Maximus VII Ranger  EVGA 970GTX SC ACX 2.0  SoundBlaster Z  Gskill Ripjaw X 4 x 4GB  Samsung XP941 256GB PCIE SSD  Corsair 620w  Asus ROG Front Panel    EK-DDC 3.2 PWM X-RES 140  Alphacool UT60 240mm radiator        For the moment everything is purely in planning phase, at this time I am considering the following:    Watercooling to be Pastel Red for CPU Loop and Pastel White for the GPU Loop    The following components form my "planned" watercooling shopping list:    Chipset waterblock for Motherboard - EK-MOSFET ASUS M7G - Acetal+Nickel http://www.ekwb.com/news/521/19/EK-i...-water-blocks/    CPU Waterblock - EK-Supremacy EVO - Nickel (CSQ) http://www.scan.co.uk/products/ek-su...el-water-block    GPU Block - Bitspower VG-NGTX970ESACX Acrylic http://www.bitspower.com/html/produc...3453&kind2=109    360mm Radiator - Alphacool 35273 NexXxoS XT60 Radiator 360 White Edition x2 http://www.scan.co.uk/products/alphacool-nexxxos-ut60-full-copper-360mm-white-special-edition Purchased    Reservoir + Combo - EK-DDC 3.2 PWM X-RES 140, Water Cooling Pump (This matches the one I currently have) http://www.scan.co.uk/products/ek-dd...r-cooling-pump Purchased    Monsoon White Fittings - ModMyToys 19/13mm (ID 1/2 - 3/4) Compression Fitting - Six Pack - White + Red Carbon (For the white loop) http://www.watercoolinguk.co.uk/p/Mo...bon_37248.html        Fans, open to advice here, I want 3x white LED for the white loop and 2x red for the red loop      White - Enermax T.B.Vegas 120mm Single Fan White LEDs - Purchased http://www.scan.co.uk/products/120mm...ister-bearings      Extras:    White caps - Monsoon x5 http://www.scan.co.uk/products/monso...lug-g1-4-white      Tubing - Primochill Advanced - Purchased http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...30&subcat=2579    Coolant - Mayhems Pastal Red http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1l-ma...el-red-coolant    Coolant - Mayhems Ice White http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1l-ma...-white-coolant    Fan Controller - BitFenix Recon - White http://www.bitfenix.com/global/en/products/accessories/recon/   Additional Comment:    been planning this a little more after i came up with an idea whilst playing Wildstar. Im thinking of a small section using some 3g fake grass with a small anime figurine inside the case using the 2x reservoirs as a back drop   http://www.artificial-grass-online.co.uk/thirsk-artific...    and something along the lines of     
http://kotaku.com/5871156/the-tekken-figure-of-your-pin...    I've finally made my mind up on a few things, and whilst I don't have the Thermaltake case yet (delays from supplier) I have actually managed to get started.   I've decided to keep the RoG Front Base for the Asus Ranger Motherboard. Now as the case is going to be sprayed white, I figured I should make the front base as white as possible:     First thing I need to do was get the #### off (no puns!) what a pain in the rear this was, but eventually it came off allowing me to fully strip down the electrics from the case/cover:     Once that was stripped I went out and picked the brightest white I could find which is useable on both plastics and metal. Once the screen was masked up I got to work with the primer:             I've finished applying the top coat now, i'm going to let it dry over night, check for runs and hopefully remove the tape tomorrow evening, by which time I should know if the case is in stock at Scan    Got the RoG Front Base fully painted and re-assembled:         So today the Thermaltake case arrived and oh boy, its big!         I took a picture of it here on my desk in between an Antec 902 and a Zalman case, both are mid towers, but it does show the scale of the Core X9.     Heres a few pictures of the case before I stripped it down for painting:         Top view with cover removed and rad/fan mounts still fitted:     Motherboard tray:     PSU Area (one of two!)     Front lower and drive cages, I won't be using these in my mod unless I need 6TB in the future : )     And here is the stripped frame, when they said this was modular they weren't joking!       I have started painting the internal parts of the case and the front mesh, I really under estimated how much paint I would need to do this, however heres some progress:   Front fully painted      PSU Blank/Grill     selection of other parts:     Transferred the 200mm Red Fan from my Antec 902 mod to use in the front of this one.     Here's some pics of things so far:                 UPDATE 15th Feb 2015   So I finally got around to finishing the painting today, I had the roof and side panel to paint and a few imperfections to address. So now I can say that the case is fully painted, now need to work out where I want to placed the 2x 360mm radiators and whether or not to go push or pull with the fans:      

Slight change to the cpu > chipset blocks
      Loving that PWM plug there   So i'm about to go away with work for a while which puts this build on hold for a little while, so heres my to do list (for me as much as others!)   Ek 8mm extender needs fitting to the Chipset block as you can see in the picture its not quite parallel.   Order and fit EK 970 ACX + Nickel Backplate.   Order 1x XSPC Chrome 90 degree fitting (not in stock at the moment). This is the final fittings for the GPU loop.   Figure out a way to either make the bitfenix recon work with the pwm hubs and ek pwm pumps or buy a new fan controller. Or buy 4x fan pwm splitter cables for the 8 fans and find another way of controlling the pumps (must avoid connection to motherboard)

Radiators all fitted now, 8 hours work and it doesn't look much different
        Hopefully the remaining compression fittings will arrive on Monday with the EK chipset and CPU Blocks

Sponsored by:     So, turns out I really enjoyed modding my Antec 902, but annoyingly the way my living room is set out and the fact the window is on the right hand side of the case, no one can actually see the work I did without leaning over the side of the Sofa/Desk to able to view inside it     Step up the Thermaltake Core X9      Now Purchased :clap:      For this I will be gutting the main components out of my sig rig:    Intel i7 4790K  Asus Maximus VII Ranger  EVGA 970GTX SC ACX 2.0  SoundBlaster Z  Gskill Ripjaw X 4 x 4GB  Samsung XP941 256GB PCIE SSD  Corsair 620w  Asus ROG Front Panel    EK-DDC 3.2 PWM X-RES 140  Alphacool UT60 240mm radiator        For the moment everything is purely in planning phase, at this time I am considering the following:    Watercooling to be Pastel Red for CPU Loop and Pastel White for the GPU Loop    The following components form my "planned" watercooling shopping list:    Chipset waterblock for Motherboard - EK-MOSFET ASUS M7G - Acetal+Nickel http://www.ekwb.com/news/521/19/EK-i...-water-blocks/    CPU Waterblock - EK-Supremacy EVO - Nickel (CSQ) http://www.scan.co.uk/products/ek-su...el-water-block    GPU Block - Bitspower VG-NGTX970ESACX Acrylic http://www.bitspower.com/html/produc...3453&kind2=109    360mm Radiator - Alphacool 35273 NexXxoS XT60 Radiator 360 White Edition x2 http://www.scan.co.uk/products/alphacool-nexxxos-ut60-full-copper-360mm-white-special-edition Purchased    Reservoir + Combo - EK-DDC 3.2 PWM X-RES 140, Water Cooling Pump (This matches the one I currently have) http://www.scan.co.uk/products/ek-dd...r-cooling-pump Purchased    Monsoon White Fittings - ModMyToys 19/13mm (ID 1/2 - 3/4) Compression Fitting - Six Pack - White + Red Carbon (For the white loop) http://www.watercoolinguk.co.uk/p/Mo...bon_37248.html        Fans, open to advice here, I want 3x white LED for the white loop and 2x red for the red loop      White - Enermax T.B.Vegas 120mm Single Fan White LEDs - Purchased http://www.scan.co.uk/products/120mm...ister-bearings      Extras:    White caps - Monsoon x5 http://www.scan.co.uk/products/monso...lug-g1-4-white      Tubing - Primochill Advanced - Purchased http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...30&subcat=2579    Coolant - Mayhems Pastal Red http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1l-ma...el-red-coolant    Coolant - Mayhems Ice White http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1l-ma...-white-coolant    Fan Controller - BitFenix Recon - White http://www.bitfenix.com/global/en/products/accessories/recon/   Additional Comment:    been planning this a little more after i came up with an idea whilst playing Wildstar. Im thinking of a small section using some 3g fake grass with a small anime figurine inside the case using the 2x reservoirs as a back drop   http://www.artificial-grass-online.co.uk/thirsk-artific...    and something along the lines of     
http://kotaku.com/5871156/the-tekken-figure-of-your-pin...    I've finally made my mind up on a few things, and whilst I don't have the Thermaltake case yet (delays from supplier) I have actually managed to get started.   I've decided to keep the RoG Front Base for the Asus Ranger Motherboard. Now as the case is going to be sprayed white, I figured I should make the front base as white as possible:     First thing I need to do was get the #### off (no puns!) what a pain in the rear this was, but eventually it came off allowing me to fully strip down the electrics from the case/cover:     Once that was stripped I went out and picked the brightest white I could find which is useable on both plastics and metal. Once the screen was masked up I got to work with the primer:             I've finished applying the top coat now, i'm going to let it dry over night, check for runs and hopefully remove the tape tomorrow evening, by which time I should know if the case is in stock at Scan    Got the RoG Front Base fully painted and re-assembled:         So today the Thermaltake case arrived and oh boy, its big!         I took a picture of it here on my desk in between an Antec 902 and a Zalman case, both are mid towers, but it does show the scale of the Core X9.     Heres a few pictures of the case before I stripped it down for painting:         Top view with cover removed and rad/fan mounts still fitted:     Motherboard tray:     PSU Area (one of two!)     Front lower and drive cages, I won't be using these in my mod unless I need 6TB in the future : )     And here is the stripped frame, when they said this was modular they weren't joking!       I have started painting the internal parts of the case and the front mesh, I really under estimated how much paint I would need to do this, however heres some progress:   Front fully painted      PSU Blank/Grill     selection of other parts:     Transferred the 200mm Red Fan from my Antec 902 mod to use in the front of this one.     Here's some pics of things so far:                 UPDATE 15th Feb 2015   So I finally got around to finishing the painting today, I had the roof and side panel to paint and a few imperfections to address. So now I can say that the case is fully painted, now need to work out where I want to placed the 2x 360mm radiators and whether or not to go push or pull with the fans:      

So i decided to paint the reverse of the PCIE adapter for the Samsung XP941 as the green wasn't really fitting with the colour scheme
 

 

 
and my assistant (or so he thinks)
 

Had a chat with Mick over at Mayhems today and he confirmed that the coolants and Blitz cleaning kit will arrive tomorrow along with an added special as a bonus....

Just ordered the remaining 2 red compression fittings and the chipset and CPU waterblocks and as some people have asked how the case looks externally at the moment i figured I should add some pictures. These were quite difficult to get right as the lighting in my room is quite dim and the flash seems to over power the colours in the case:      
Excuse the Intel Cooler, need something to keep that chip cool while she's been snapped!

Today I got the partition wall finished and the LEDs fitted to the acrylic back drop, so now the wires are hidden. Some of the fittings also arrived, mainly the 90 and 45 degree angles and tubing so I could start some routing. The cpu loop is almost complete, but I'm still waiting on funds to purchase all the water blocks from EK.
 
I decided to drop the motherboard and PSU in the case tonight as a temporary fit just to see what extra cables I'm gonna need and basically to see how the fans look, and I love them lol 
      For a start i need a braided 8 pin tax extender, cable is just long enough!        
  I got the partition wall finished with LEDs fitted to the acrylic, so now the wires are well and truly hidden! I also had a delivery which was made up of the primachill tubing, and the 45 and 90 degree fittings (12 of). I got most of the CPU loop complete but i don't have the white compression fittings yet for the GPU and I'm still waiting on some funds to buy the EK CPU, GPU and motherboard chipset block    

Should have the LEDs for the lit back drop to go behind the "Iced Blood" text tomorrow, will be glowing frosted red. Then thinking about a white psu to carry the theme on. Will be bugging the wife to allow me to buy the rest of the compression and angled fittings next 

Today I got a couple of in house engineers to help with the partition. Hopefully have it end of this week/beginning of next week with the lettering machined out 
 
Today I had some treasures arrive 
           I unboxed a few things and tried a preliminary fitting of the rads and fans and I think I'm quite happy, just gotta make sure it tallies up with the partition wall.
 
I love these fans
           
    Got the partition wall back today and I think the guys did a great job! I need to take it in again tomorrow for tweak to make it fit perfect before spraying it white, but it looks pretty good. Once the acrylic arrives I can stick the centres of the B, D and O's.     Heres the trunking im going to use to hide the cables going to the Asus Rog and Fan controller        
I may have to reconsider the rad positioning for the CPU loop as the D will be covered if it goes where it's planned at the moment