Blackmesa II Part 1

With the water-cooling colour theme decided, I selected parts like the motherboard and water-cooling tubing that complimented the planned orange colour scheme.



The DFI motherboard added just the right splash of colour.



I collected together all the parts I needed.



Of course, since this PC will be used to show off Half Life² to visitors at Valve Software\'s headquarters, I selected some of the best components available at the time:



Specification

• Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz
  
• DFI LANPARTY PRO875
  
• ASUSTeK AX800 PRO/TD - 256 MO DVI/TV-Out
  
• Corsair TwinX 1024 PC3200LL CAS2
  
• Antec 1040 BII black w/ 400W PSU
  
• Western Digital Raptor 36.7 Go 10,000 RPM SATA
  
• Ortek Clavier Office Noir Qwerty
  
• Logitech MX500 Performance Optical Mouse

Watercooling:

• 1A-COOLING WATERBLOCK 1A-HV2
  
• Eheim 1048 pump
  
• AQUACOMPUTER Reservoir AQUATUBE REV 1.1 - TITANE
  
• AQUACOMPUTER FIX RES PANEL
  
• Black Ice II Xtreme Radiator
  
• DOUBLE FANGRILL HTF2 (for above)
  
• Tube 8X10 orange UV reactive