Antec Twelve Hundred with surprise inside (worklog) ;-P

Hello

Some weeks ago mr Carsten asked me if I'll be able to build one but untypical unit . He already has one Antec Twelve Hundred case with whole PC, and he decided that it's good time to buy second same case and fit inside it phase-change coolers. Yes two units . So I'm making now Single-stage for Cooling CPU and later in same case,over system which I'm building is plan to fit waterchiller (by another builder) to cool down GPU and chipset . Ambitious plan, isn't it ? That case with only cooler inside will be standing near "real PC case" so they'll be "twins" .

Specs :

Compressor: Aspera NE2134GK
Evap: steeper 42mm diameter, braided DN10 suction flex hose
XV: captube 0.9 mm
Condensor: cold-ice custom "deluxe" 0.5kW with riffled tubes cooled by 2 x 120/38 mm Scythe Ultra Kaze 3000 version
Refrigerant : R507
Case : Antec Twelve Hundred (brand new)
Others: none ? (in future waterchiller inside too)



First I want to said that I'm totaly amazed how PC case nowadays can be "complicated and pimped" . Those antec have in stock 5 pcs of 120mm fan plus one BIG fan on top (sth like 220 mm) . Most of fans have speed regulation by potentiometers and LED lighting . Side panel have nice plexi window . According to all those adds which we have stock in this case that's really good investition .

First I want to show why I'm amazed by this case (no, I'm not working for Antec ) :




Nice, good looking packing





Look what I've found on bottom of case - piece of special paper which prevents corosion during magazining/transport (case is steel) . First time I see sth like this .





Over 220mm fan on top .





Fan speed regulation on front and light regulation on rear panel of case .









I must cut much of plate inside case to fit all without problems .





uppppsss ..weight reduction : Antec twelve hundred "ultra-light" by piotres



Yes it was too fat ...even more plate was removed .



Painting on black matt for cutted parts .







Case is ready to mount phase-change inside . Please notice new power switch on front panel, proper for SS, not PC .

Now I'm waiting for proper condensor - Unseen's big cube 120mm condensor is too wide to fit this case, so I've ordered Deluxe 0.5kW condensor from Cold_ice .

We'll see if I can fit SC18CL and this condensor inside ...and I'm also thinking will 0.5 kw condensor with 2x 120mm fans will be enoght for SC18CL and 260W heatload - what do You think ? If not Aspera NE2134GK will go inside.

With Kindest Regards,
Peter

Hi

Some more work has been done :





Naked 41 mm tall/40 mm diam. evaporator core and brazed evaporator based on this core .









Deluxe condensor 0.5 kW - maybe performance is "deluxe" like for 120mm condensor - but stock look - for sure NOT . So I've to tune it a little by polishing and coating with clear lack (to make good look more durable) .


I've at home already boxed brand new NE2134GK compressor , now I'm waiting for one more surprise .

Regards
Peter

Progress :



Compressor first time out of box .



Compressor and catpressor together .



NE2134GK vs NL11F





New vision of condensor's look .





I've bought Supco VG-64 during last few weeks .





and also bought some small sleeves for cables ...



That's result of first charge with R507 .





And that's 260W load in 5C ambient temperature , in 20C ambient it's warmer (-30C-32C from first tests)...



Rest of painting - Pipes are gloss black this time .





And small suction line holder ...





Insulation must be thin becasue of side panel ...



:-P



And surprise

More during next few days ...

Regards
Peter

Very nice, as usual

But the case isn't supposed to contain both system and cooling?

By the way, what the sound level of this nice compressor compared to nl11f?

No, this case is only case for cooling stuff (chiller will be also in this case), on the left side of this case will be standing identical Antec Twelve Hundred with PC setup .

Aspera NE2134GK for me is SAME silent as Dan NL11F .

And last portion of photos for this unit :



















-49*C is final unloaded .



and -31*C@ 260W load .







I put corosion protect again .





Case like from factory .



Cardboard wasn't enought .







Best Regards
Peter

The "warning it's brittle" stickers

Well done, again

Those stickers are from GLS (But I use another company now) - so for sure those stickers SUXX .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc-Qi2jsVDE