Some parts came in - 
 

Thought you guys might want to see some pics of the existing hardware that will be *partly* reused as well as some of the new pieces.  Apologies that the photos aren't that great, my wife took the camera with her tonight so I had to use my phone.
 
Here's my modded Antec 300 that contains my gaming rig (i7-920, Rampage III Extreme, 3xGTX480, Xonar STX, AX1200).  When the workstation gets SB-E this will get the 990x.  Note that one gentle typhoon is stopped - I unsoldered the power wire because it's out of balance so the noise is annoying.



Here's the front of the case with the space efficient but bubbly Koolance dual D5 reservoir as well as the dual 24V controller.  I'll be using this reservoir until the 18 bay FTW reservoirs come in.  No dvd drive, I removed it after installing windows and a couple of games.  Most other games I have are on origin/steam.



Here's the interior - cable routing isn't perfect because I knew I was moving to the TX10 soon.  I'll also be replacing all the blue LEDs with reds to match the ROG theme a bit better:


 

 
Here's the workstation in it's current temporary incarnation in a DD torture rack.  i7-990x on an asus p6t.  LSI raid card, 3 ssds and 3 hard drives and a 8800gt to drive the monitors.  It has the H100 cooler temporarily and as you can see it needs some sleeving work but as I won't be using the cooler soon I'm not going to bother for now.

 
 
Here's a front shot showing the push/pull AP15's on the H100, they perform about as well as the stock 2600rpm corsair fans at max, but with a *lot* less noise
 

 
Trident + turbulence memory - back in the day this was sweet stuff 3x4gb @ 2000-8-9-8, now of course you can get better for a lot less money haha such is progress!
 
And now for some parts waiting to be installed - vintage EK gpu block:
 

 
My old rasa block - I'm hoping to not use this and instead get a second raystorm soon - note the o-rings on the barbs seem to be dying:
 

 
EK 250 res and DDC-1 for the worksation gpu and motherboard loop that will be self contained on the motherboard tray.
 

 
That's about all the fun stuff I can show for now!

HeThing

looks promising :D

Hehe thanks!

Ah I see you left a message - still getting used to the evga forums :)  Thanks!
 
On a side note I may end up going with 2xe5-2643 + SR3 rather than 1xe5-2697W + R4E.  My work doesn't show any benefit yet of more than 16 threads and the cost will be similar, but I imagine the 2643's will clock better due to the lower heat per chip.

Well guess what came today:

 
Mad props on that, best external mount I've ever seen.

wow so do you use a ladder to put that case together?   LOL can't wait to see it painted up and every thing!

Thanks!  Got a couple more parts today, gtx360 and a 2nd raystorm
 

 
gtx 560 should be here soon too!

I see you mounted the fans upwards to prevent takeoff, smart thinking.
 

stren




 

Lol thanks everyone

My testpack of monsoon fittings arrived today, these are the 3/8 ID 5/8 OD


With primochill tube:

I think Jack stoles the Giant's case?

looking good. but wheres the waterfall?
 
 I use the same razer mouse and have liked it. my only problem is after long sessions of cad I get a wierd pain in my index finger from the scroll wheel. repetative motion sort of thing.

Mind = Blown.
Looking through these pics made me realize that I just relegated my Razer Death Adder to my work computer, Steelseries Xai took its place :P