[sswilson]

This is actually a very simple mod, but is a good example of why we should never throw anything out.... :)

Here's the motherboard tray out of my old lian-li case. The case top has been cut up (was planning on a top mount rad w/ plexi window on top to view inside but never finished) and it uses 80mm fans so I wasn't sure what to do with it.....

Bottom mount techstation with everything removed, and fans moved from the bottom to the top. One thing I did notice was how great the deck material was to work with. I've heard many a complaint about the high price of "a few pieces of plastic" when purchasing this case, but, this stuff is great for drilling and tapping screws in the holes you've drilled. You wouldn't be able to do that with lower grade material.

Motherboard tray mounted to the top... all I did was drill 4 holes through the tray into the top deck, and secured them with self tapping screws.

Starting on the WC.... I was concerned that using just 2 screws to secure the rad might give way over time, so I built up a third mount to secure to the side column.

Rad secured to the case... 2 screws up top, and 2 on the post seems to make it rock solid. I know I'm giving up a bit of airflow having it installed that way, but it is going to be a push/pull, and mounting it completely up top would have made the case fairly top heavy.

That's it for today.... I've got the motherboard / pump / tubing left for tomorrow.