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Hehehehe.... what is the difference between Italy and a teabag? A teabag stays in the cup longer! *BUH DAH BUM.... CHING!*

It's kind of a double whammy in my book.... when you bundle sleeve the cables into one unit, they are thicker, harder to flatten. And unless you have a case with an a$$load of cable space, you have a 1/4-1/2 inch thick space behind the motherboard to route through. If you break the bundle open...

Ya.... been there many times! I either find inspiration or drank an a$$load of energy drinks.... the latter usually kicks the creativity up a notch or two! ;) Been putting off doing this, so I figure, if I get started, the momentum will carry the project forward... ;) disassembling PCI-E...

Started bright and early in the morning before it got hot in the garage, so this update is brought to you by Sobe No Fear Sugar Free! ;) DON'T MOD TIRED! Here we see a Swiftech 655 pump that needs to have it's power and RPM leads sleeved. Always try to have the proper tools ready for use...

Thanks Kougar! I'm out of town until this weekend, so I have not been able to work on this any more, but I am going to change one of the tubing lines which will isolate the pump and hide it back behind the 5.25" bay walls. :)

Tonight I mocked up the loop, to get a feel for the layout and take a reality check on my plans... ;) Now, you will see why I wanted that cross flow rad! The flow will go from the pump > GPU > CPU > top rad > front rad > pump Obviously I have done nothing with the fan leads yet...

Ok, So this update is going to likely be a bit underwhelming after the gap in time between updates. But, I've been purchasing stuff, and sketching stuff out in my notebook, and finding inspiration on the web for unexpected challenges! ;) The Hard drives posed a bit of a challenge in that my...

YAY HABS!!! Living tha dream!!!!

Blackhawks clinched the Western conference finals last night! Now it is San Jose vs Chicago... GO CHICAGO! And tonight.... likley an amazing game to be played.... #8 Montreal Canadians vs #4 Pittsburg Penguins 09 Stanley Cup champs). The Habs pushed back to a game 7! They were not even supposed...

So, it's going to be a little bit before I get my 1TB drive, so I employed a dead laptop drive and put it in as a place holder, seeing as the SATA connectors are all I really need in order to gauge cable placement and such.... so, I put the 3 drive kit together: And bolted it into place...

So.... after much gnashing of teeth and pursuit worth of a cheetah with its prey... I landed the UN bracket that I was looking for, and had to go back straight to the builder/manufacturer to get it! Dave W. over @ http://www.undesignsbrackets.com came through in a big way, after attempting to...

@ Tharic-Nar - Yep, even slow rotary tools cause problems. I had a friend that used a special wood bit: with good success, as it apparently helps to minimize the heat that causes the melting. http://www.dremel.com/en-us/AttachmentsAndAccessories/Pages/AttachmentsDetail.aspx?pid=543 As is...

Well, I'm about done filing on the top bezel: And to assist with the load of fans that I will have in there, I have enlisted the help of a Kaze Master PRO 6 channel fan controller. There is going to be some cable management obviously required in order to get all 6 fans on the rads...

Not a big update, but just a little something to let you know I'm not comatose somewhere... ;) While I am waiting on other parts to come in, so that I can make my final placements and start actively working the tubing and the cabling, I started working on the top bezel. Plastic is one of...

Never done LED mods on the 360, but I'll bet those look great! I saw the sparkle in the silver in the first pic... immediately saw the metal flake. Nearly impossible to get a picture that shows that stuff properly! ;) Always looks better in person! Get yourself a cheap tripod to take pictures...

Optix is right on the money.... micro sleeving the powersupply, but not just because of space issues behind the motherboard, but for cable presentation when it is routed into the motherboard area. ;)

yep, some will be under the mobo tray, and some will be routed elsewhere, but I cant have them bundled in order to achieve the effect I want. A 4 pin extension should not be difficult to find at all. If I remember correctly, you can pick up an 8 pin motherboard extension and just use the...

I'll give a not so subtle hint.... there is no way I could do what I wanted to do with those power cables with those in place...

So, today, I started working on the awesome Antec 800 power supply, but the 1st issue to pass is the heavy grade industrial cable management! Those are not chokes, those are plastic cylinders that are reinforced with a metal band at the cable level, and are then either glued or heated so that...

Yeah.... that's better.... ;)