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Background:

(DOD, NATO) Loss of orientation with respect to the horizon caused by sun reflecting on snow and overcast sky.

This is how the Defense Technical Information Center of the US-Military describes the term "Whiteout".

The goal of the exercise was to create a case that discreetly stands out from the broad mass without looking modded all too importunately. At the same time the computer should be well cooled and as quiet as possible. The latter could be achieved by using a water cooling as well as some select and partly strongly throttled Fans.

Modifications:

Into the front door a plexiglass window was inserted, as well as a lighting for the 5,25"-Drives was added. At the lower part of the bezel the louvers were replaced by close meshed netting. The Aquatube-reservoir was build in with a self-made mounting plate behind the front door. The harddisk-cages and their mounting plates have been removed to make room for the radiator. To supply the pump with electricity, a power distributor was build into the power supply's mounting plate.
In addition there are a few undocumented little things, like the white power and Ide LED, the white lighting of the vents at the side and the intake, the quietly gemoddete Enermax power supply, etc...

Cooling:

I use a water cooling from Aqua-Computer, consisting of a Cuplex CPU-cooler (Rev. 1.3 with 4-hole mounting for Socket-A), Twinplex GPU-cooler (Rev. 1.2 with GeForce-4 baffle), Aquatube reservoir (with lighting module), Eheim 1046 pump, Airplex radiator and approx. 1,5 m 8x1mm PUR-tubing. The radiator is ventilated by two Papst 4412 F/2GL fans (119 mm) which can be adjusted by a voltage regulation steplessly from approx. 4-10,5 Volt. The rear exhaust fan of the power supply was exchanged for a quiet Papst 8412 N/2GL (80mm) and the lower fan was removed. The harddisk is ventilated by a Papst 3412 NGL (92 mm) at 7 V, for additional housing ventilation a further Papst 8412 N/2GL (80 mm) at 7 Volt is used.