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Hello members and friends of our great mod community.

 

Here the beginning of my attempt to do some nice things to a great system: A beautiful ASRock Z97 M8. The challenge is to transform it into a barebone mod with water cooling.

 

When ASRock contacted me and asked me the question "do you see potential in modding this one" I couldn't say no off course. Then they did me an offer to actually do this, when I said I wanted to put this one under water :)

 

Big thanks goes out for this beautiful deal to Red Hung "ASRock HQ" and Peter "ASRock Benelux"

 

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Also big thanks to Niko and Peter from EKWB

 

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And big thanks goes to Harry from Corsair

 

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It all started with the ASRock box that was delivered at work and was transported safely by me to the MbK modcave.

 

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First unboxing on the dining table

 

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And a great case emerged designed by BMW Group DesignworksUSA

 

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The M8 is sold as a barebone system, which only includes a chassis, power supply, mini-ITX motherboard, fans and optical disk drive.

 

- Intel® Z97 Motherboard Inside

- Supports 5th, New 4th and 4th Gen Intel® Core Processors

- A-Command with G-sensor integrated

- Creative SoundCore 3D 7.1 CH HD Audio with Nichicon Fine Gold Audio Caps

- 2T2R WiFi 802.11ac + Bluetooth 4.0

- SFX 600W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply

- XSplit 3 Months Premium License

- ASRock Cloud, ASRock Key Master

 

 

Nice specs:

 

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And time to open the small beast :) Rear side is already great

 

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The front and quickly installed a GTX780 TITAN... see if it fits

 

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Perfect!!! And still space left

 

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Beautiful semi-modular 600W power supply in it

 

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Then it was time to disassemble everything

 

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Good overview at the heart of the M8... The Z97-M8

 

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Looks good!!!

 

It's possible to install a total of 5 SSDs, or 1x 3.5 "HDD and 4 Pcs 2.5".

In this one will come 4 SSDs

 

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After a night of brainstorming I decided to go up. For this I've used aluminum tubes with acrylic tubes and made a bracket in the middle. And not to forget placed some custom sized acrylic plates.

 

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Also used some Banchetto rubber feet.

 

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And there it is!!!

 

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To be continued!!!

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Update!!!

 

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http://i759.photobucket.com/albums/xx233/kier1976/NEW/Alienware/Banner/EKWB.jpg

 

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First of all, a few nice shots of a new CPU block from EKWB: The EK-Supremacy EVO

 

A very nice block onto a not too big mobo :) looks like a full cover block, so saves money !!!

 

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Looking for the right color regarding the bars: Titanium gray or glossy red

 

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What do you guys think?

 

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Remember there will be rigid tubing, with red liquid (no pastel this time) in it.

 

I was also trying some stuff with a custom cover for the section beneath and in this an aquatube....

 

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But don't like this. So delete!!! :( Bottom remains open now, with all the WC stuff in sight.

 

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I did drilled some holes in the aquatube to place red LEDs. What gives a pretty nice effect.

 

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Finally I want the PSU turned the other way for future ideas

 

Original position:

 

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Made a custom plate which is mounted onto the bracket for the optical drive.

 

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Turned the PSU, made another bracket to secure the PSU.

 

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More to come!!!

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Update!!!

 

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http://i759.photobucket.com/albums/xx233/kier1976/NEW/Alienware/Banner/EKWB.jpg

 

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A new update with nice progress. First I made a cover of acrylic 5mm to keep the focus on the mobo.

And I used the M8 box for cable entry from the back for a nice effect

 

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Placed some LEDs

 

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And more LEDs

 

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Then came great packages from EKWB and Corsair

 

Beautiful memory: the Corsair Vengeance (CMSX16GX3M2A1600C10)

 

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A great block for my GTX780. De EK-FC780 GTX Ti

 

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And a backplate

 

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Once installed...

 

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Placed and looks perfect

 

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Received 4 new Corsair SSDs, placed and made some SATA power cables.

 

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The Corsair Force Series™ LX 128GB SATA 3 6Gb/s

 

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Everything fits like I want, so started with the loop.

 

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Placed the reservoir again, but now with a drain port attached to it.

 

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The radiator I'm going to use is a EK-CoolStream PE 240

 

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With Corsair AF120-LED Quiet Edition red fans:

 

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Placed like this

 

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And a nice shot to finish this update.

 

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Update!!!

 

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http://i759.photobucket.com/albums/xx233/kier1976/NEW/Alienware/Banner/EKWB.jpg

 

http://i759.photobucket.com/albums/xx233/kier1976/NEW/Carbide/Project1.jpg

 

It took a while, but here's a new update.

First special thanks goes to Corsair for sending a great game gear set

 

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Among this a great keyboard. the Corsair Vengeance® K70 Anodized Black — Cherry MX Brown

 

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Super nice keyboard

 

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Swap the buttons is first thing to do

 

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Looks pretty sexy

 

http://i759.photobucket.com/albums/xx233/kier1976/NEW/ASRock%20M8/M8%205/DSC00254.jpg

 

http://i759.photobucket.com/albums/xx233/kier1976/NEW/ASRock%20M8/M8%205/DSC00251.jpg

 

Also there was a great dual-sided Gaming Mouse Mat MM600

 

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More about this set later!

 

We left off with connecting the rigid tubing. Connected the CPU with right angles going down.

 

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Which comes out by the radiator and from here it goes to the GPU.

 

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Going from right to left

 

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And so comes out to the left from the GPU while the right goes to the pump.

 

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On the right side also a link from the radiator to the inlet reservoir and created a fill port from the middle inlet reservoir. The lower outlet from the reservoir is going to the pump inlet.

 

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Then it was time to fill it with my favorite red: Mayhems Pastel Red

 

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Testing went well, so next: Small adjustment + final photo shoot.

 

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Happy new year my modding friends!!!

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Final Update!!!

 

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Final pictures are there.

 

Enjoy my friends!!!

 

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Big thanks goes to:

 

ASRock

 

EKWB

 

Corsair

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