Finally time for the first update in this log...
First out a little bit of watercutting action in a familiar pattern. The 4mm thick aluminium front was very close to the limit for 2mm holes though.
This is one half of an array block cut in 3mm copper. As you can see it shouldn't have any problem keeping eight harddrives nice and cool.
A quick assembly to show how they will be installed. It is in total 3.2kg copper in that pic
JB Weld will be used for final assembly since the amount of heat needed to solder is out of my reach.
Last but not least, a big box of fun arrived
Thermochill PA120.3 radiator
Thermochill 6" reservoir
Laing D5 pump
Pabst 120mm fans
Swiftech Storm block
12' 1/2" Tygon R-3603
2' 3/8" Tygon R3603
DangerDen fillport
Analog T-Balancer for PCI slot
Zerex additive
A crapload of hoseclamps
2 sheets of 50mm corrugated sound dampening foam (also useful as backdrop for now)
That's it for now, time to start planning the layout of the radiator box.