This is a cleaned up re-post of a project that I started back in December. Quite a few things have changed since then so I thought it best to start over. Here is the original log if your interested.
 
This build started out as a replacement for my SR-2 build that I parted out last year. During the part out I traded some of the parts for a Rosewill Blackhawk Ultra. The Blackhawk Ultra shares the basic chassis design with the Xigmatek Elysium, and the Enermax Fulmo GT. First off this case is HUGE. Room for 4 5.25" devices, and 10 yes 10 3.5" hard drives. It also has support for up to a 360mm or 420mm radiator in the top out of the box. Which is really nice IMO. Well lets get to it.
 
Current hardware list (subject to change):
Motherboard: EVGA P67 FTW
CPU: Intel 2600K
GPU's: Undecided (originally was going to go with 660TI's)
Memory: Undecided
PSU: EVGA NEX 1000W platinum or not yet released 1300W
GPU blocks: Alphacool
CPU Block: Alphacool NexXxoS XP3
Radiators: Alphacool NexXxoS UT60 420mm, and Monsta 280mm
Reservoir: Alphacool RePack quad DDC dual 5.25" bay res
Pumps: Koolance PMP 400
Fans: Rosewill Hyperborea 140mm (highest static pressure 140mm fan I could find)
Cable Extensions: Made by a good friend {uZa}DOA in black widow para-chord
 
I'll start with the original pics and then move into the current state.
 
Stock boring case:

 
 
All in all not a horrible case. Just too boring for me. For size reference, this is my 1 1/2 year old and 5 year old modeling the case:
 

 
A shot of the inside holding the E-ATX P67 FTW motherboard.
 

 
I honestly think that my kids could curl up inside this thing. But I don't think that the inside is "open" enough. So I set out to removed some excess metal. The hardrive bays are ugly and a little overkill for me. I'm not going to be running a server in this chassis so out they come:
 

 
It was about 16 rivets in total and a couple were a pain to get out because of where they put them. But the final result is a wide open space:
 

 
Now I know my kids could fit in there. I then set out to figure out what options I had for radiators. Once it's all done There will be enough hardware in here to heat a small house. I already knew that a 420 was the max in the top due to the top panel and the way it fits together. And in stock form a single 140mm could fit on the bottom and the back. And I also knew that there was no way I was running any radiators outside the case. So I did a just for fun test fit and found if I really wanted I could have fit a 560mm rad in the bottom as long as the bottom tank was short:
 

 
The down side to that was the PSU would go on the top and that would knock me down to a max 140mm rad up there. So a 420mm was going in the top. Then because I removed the front drive cages that opened my up to two 140mm fans. Knowing that I wanted maximum cooling but I was trying to stay close to the depth of the 5.25" drive bays I decided to stack two of the Alphacool XT45 280mm rads. And yes I know that it isn't the most efficient setup, but it let me fit the most rad surface area in the space that I wanted. Here is the pic of the setup:
 

 
Here is the setup with a 140mm fan on it:
 

 
And here it is installed in the case:
 

 

 

 
Plenty of room top and bottom. There was going to be a couple of drain ports drilled into the bottom but since I did this Alphacool released the Monsta radiators. Now I'm pretty sure I'll sell these and switch it over to a single Monsta 280mm radiator to cut down on one set of fans and also cut down on a little bit of plumbing. I also got the top 420mm radiator and decided I was going to do a push pull configuration with the fans. But since I went with the 60mm thick UT60 radiator space between the radiator and the fans inside the case was at a premium. See here:
 

 
So whats a guy to do? well lets put the pull fans on the outside of the case:
 

 
Problem solved... Or is it?
 

 
Well that won't work. There are a set of supports for the top panel right where the fans go. So out come my trusty cutters and bam:
 

 
We have fan clearance:
 

 

 
And there is still plenty of room in the 5.25" bays for a fan controller of another small bay device. But not so much on the back of the case.
 

 
 

 
Well now I just need to install hardware right? Well originally that was the plan. Do a couple of quick and simple "Mods" if you will and be done with it. Then I found a nice little website called The Mod Zoo. Thanks mostly in part to a guy that some of you may have heard of. His name is "Overkill" Bill Owen. The awesome mad genius from MNPCTECH. While I still haven't found a way to incorporate any of his products into this build I'm looking constantly for an oppourtunity to do so. I started following Bill on the Frozen CPU build, and Andrews Cosmos II build. After chatting a couple times I checked out The Mod Zoo and also bought some awesome MNPCTECH parts for my ITX build that I did a little while back. So thanks Bill, your the best.
 
So back to the build and where I'm at now. I decided that the side panel was a little boring. All it was, was a plain panel with a mesh grille capable of supporting 9 120mm fans. I'm not sure who in the world would actually use 9 fans on the side panel but what ever. Maybe someone like the sound of a jet engine, IDK. So the stock panel which looked like this:
 

 
 
Became this:
 

 
Now I have to give props to Performance-PC's here. I will admit that I was too chicken to do the side window. I didn't want to mess it up and then be out of a case because the side panel was destroyed. And I will also let you know that I decided to put the logos of a couple of manufactures and PPC's on it because they have all done right by me. PPC's has always had excellent communications and customer service for me be it a question on a part or a problem with an order. The same goes with EVGA and Alphacool.  So if the person who did the side panel ever visits this forum and see this picture and says "hey that looks familiar". I owe you a great big thank you, and a sorry if I was a PITA.
 
Well again I thought I was done. But after doing my ITX build and seeing some of the awesome Mod Zoo builds I thought well heck, this case is a bit boring being all black. Maybe we should add some color. And yes before anyone says it I realize I was too chicken to do the side window and now I'm talking about paint, lol. Since the board is the standard EVGA black and red I decided that a red and black case would be the ticket. So I broke down the entire case. I didn't take any pics but after drilling that many rivets and pretting surfaces for paint I wasn't really up to it. But here are the pics.
 
Here's the top 420mm rad a little after painting:
 

 
And yes the Jeep is off camber for those that asked the other day. The radiator covers the 1 1/2 foot drop from a pile of gravel. The red ended up being a dull semi-gloss red. I didn't want a high gloss clear. I was really shooting for a very matte finish but I actually ended with the semi-gloss and I really like it. Here's the fan controller all done:
 

 
And the top and front panels:
 

 
After snapping those back together really quick I set out to the fun task of reassembling and riveting the case. I have to say thanks to Mr. Bill Owen again here. I couldn't find any countersunk rivets for the corner reinforcements. I asked at a couple places and the people looked at me like I was a crazy person. So when bill say in the Zoo chat that I couldn't find any we messaged back and forth a couple times I ended up getting some from him. So thanks again Bill. You really are one of the best people I've met on the internet.
 
And here is the big reveal of the case. Some of the colors look a little off due to the lighting. We had bad lighting conditions yesterday with partly cloudy off and on bright/low sunlight changing literally constantly. But so far I love it.
 

 

 

 

 
(Not sure why they thought someone needed 7 water cooling cutouts)
 
And my favorite view after the paint job:
 

 
And a quick inside shot:
 

 
When I get the front radiator situation figured out I'll get it painted to match as well. The it'll be black tubing and black fittings. Also working on some LED motherboard back lighting, and some LED side panel lighting that will go around the window  on the side panel to illuminate the internals. I think I'm done for the most part with the case modding/building. I know it's not as insane as some of the builds here. But it's something that I'm proud of and really like. Hopefully I can afford the rest of the parts I need to finish it off soon. But with the way things work for me we'll be looking at Nvidia 800 series before I get that far lol.
 
Thanks for looking and please feel free to leave comments or suggestions on what you see.
 

Very nice work!

That is one cool mod and some great work.

Looking stylish!

Awesome job!  I really like the way it is turning out.  You and I are about 180 - I'm not afraid to cut up some metal - but am terrified about painting my case.  One of these days. 
 
Can't wait to see it all finished!! 

I did something similar to my 700D.  I ended up cutting out two 120 slots and a window in the side panel.  The fan holes weren't bad since I just used a hole bit - took some practice on the first one, but the second one was like butter.  I took my time on the window.  Putting in the U-Channel really helped to hide some of the 'minor' imperfections in the cut lines. 
 
You cut a window and I'll paint one of my rigs! 

Nice work done!!!! Man, I can't still believe all that space you have in that case. I want one to play with!!!! Can't wait to see the final results!!!

A literal WoW, as I seen the result of the paint. Very nice work man!

that stuff is awesome I like the big case. awesome.

Thanks everybody. Trying to come up with a little extra cash to pick up some more parts.

Well I decided to look into my options and decided to change to these for my red back light. They should be a LOT  brighter that the others. And on the plus side they are located on the other side of the state from me. So hopefully I'll have them when I get home Saturday.

That's really cool.  I like those light strips.  Right now I just have a light bar - but keep having trouble with the weight of it pulling it off the Velcro. 
 
I'm looking forward to seeing everything together - gonna look sick! 
 
Great job.

Nice build!

You can find a whole roll of those on amazon going real cheap too.
Great work on your custom build so far!

Well, haven't had much time to do anything lately. But I did get my new faceplate for my reservoir. I had a great guy by the name of Kirk Carpenter (A.K.A. Gone Crusin) do it. Here is some of his other work http://lazerwerx.com/services.html. He's had several cases featured in CPU magazine.
 
Here is the old faceplate:
 

 
Let me start by saying that I like the Alphacool products I've gotten. But their finish quality leaves a little to be desired. The radiators had some runs in the paint, and a couple corners that weren't completely covered. And the reservoirs faceplate had the emblem sticker half peeled off, and the black is painted on and some of it had flaked off when I received it. So that's why I decided just to do a new faceplate. So I'd buy from Alphacool again, but hopefully they will get things straightened out on quality control.
 
And here's the new faceplate:
 

 
It's a lot nicer piece and I think it looks a lot better. Haven't gotten to install it yet, but I'm not worried about it. Hopefully I can get some time this weekend to get the other two radiators installed, and get the holes drilled for the motherboard LED's and the radiator drains.
 
Thanks for looking.