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Hurro!
So,as you would expect,this is another build log but this time (for a long time) its for me for a change!
I am working away on a scratch build in the ITX flavour but got held up trying to get stuff actually made up,so i decided to do a build anyway while im ironing out the wrinkles in it.
You can see my scratch design here
So i started looking at cases,nothing really caught my eye until i saw the S3 from Caselabs.......well,it ticked all my boxes and,even though its not cheap once its imported,I was sold on it.
No expense spared on the naming as usual.
The basic hardware will be as follows:
Asus IMPACT Z87 ITX mobo,on pre order.....still waiting.
i5 or i7...not sure yet as this will be a LAN box/daily driver while the SR2 gets its upgrade,i7 is a bit overkill for this purpose. Plus im delidding it,i5 is a bit less of a hit if my hands of meat ruin it.
780 of some description...
Corsair Platinum 2400 ram,Scan have a good deal on this right now. http://www.scan.co.uk/products/8gb-%282x4gb%29-corsair-ddr3-dominator-platinum-pc3-19200-%282400%29-...
Couple of SSDs...The new Samsung EVO drives look a bit tasty.
WD Caviar Black for the pron and pizza pics.
Obviously wasserkooled,this time acrylic rather than my standard copper tubing (I dont think Magoo would let anything else happen tbh)
So,shall we have a mooch around the case?
I went for the full fat S3 with pedestal,windows all round and the vented IO panels
I bought the pedestal as a precaution in case my cunning plan doesnt work out like i want,i did mention its going R-ITX rather than horizon right? No? Sorry.......= )
The finish is in primer grey as its having a custom paint job......airbrush work not done by myself so it should look good!
Whats in the box Mr Parker?
Instructions...thrown away....Im asserting my manliness today.
All the nicely wrapped panels in a pile.this is the case bit,the pedestal is an entirely different pile....
First panel and the one that is not being used in the mod (R-ITX remember? Im making my own)
I did mention to Caselabs about selling front and back blanks and it was well received so maybe I wont have to make one.......
Base panel.
A bent piece.....nothing a pair of pliers cant sort tho.
And the 2 panels fixed up.
Another piece im no likely to use...except the mounts for the SSD and HDD
Pick of it inside.[...before it all gets hit with the mod stick.
Front panel. Nice mesh.
More assembly......
And panels on.
Thats all im doing today,the light is going and my hand hurts,tomorrow i will be assembling the ped and then showing roughly what im doing inside before breaking it all down again.
If you were wondering how easy is it to build this case......
Im doing it one handed....
So,as you would expect,this is another build log but this time (for a long time) its for me for a change!
I am working away on a scratch build in the ITX flavour but got held up trying to get stuff actually made up,so i decided to do a build anyway while im ironing out the wrinkles in it.
You can see my scratch design here
So i started looking at cases,nothing really caught my eye until i saw the S3 from Caselabs.......well,it ticked all my boxes and,even though its not cheap once its imported,I was sold on it.
No expense spared on the naming as usual.
The basic hardware will be as follows:
Asus IMPACT Z87 ITX mobo,on pre order.....still waiting.
i5 or i7...not sure yet as this will be a LAN box/daily driver while the SR2 gets its upgrade,i7 is a bit overkill for this purpose. Plus im delidding it,i5 is a bit less of a hit if my hands of meat ruin it.
780 of some description...
Corsair Platinum 2400 ram,Scan have a good deal on this right now. http://www.scan.co.uk/products/8gb-%282x4gb%29-corsair-ddr3-dominator-platinum-pc3-19200-%282400%29-...
Couple of SSDs...The new Samsung EVO drives look a bit tasty.
WD Caviar Black for the pron and pizza pics.
Obviously wasserkooled,this time acrylic rather than my standard copper tubing (I dont think Magoo would let anything else happen tbh)
So,shall we have a mooch around the case?
I went for the full fat S3 with pedestal,windows all round and the vented IO panels
I bought the pedestal as a precaution in case my cunning plan doesnt work out like i want,i did mention its going R-ITX rather than horizon right? No? Sorry.......= )
The finish is in primer grey as its having a custom paint job......airbrush work not done by myself so it should look good!
Whats in the box Mr Parker?
Instructions...thrown away....Im asserting my manliness today.
All the nicely wrapped panels in a pile.this is the case bit,the pedestal is an entirely different pile....
First panel and the one that is not being used in the mod (R-ITX remember? Im making my own)
I did mention to Caselabs about selling front and back blanks and it was well received so maybe I wont have to make one.......
Base panel.
A bent piece.....nothing a pair of pliers cant sort tho.
And the 2 panels fixed up.
Another piece im no likely to use...except the mounts for the SSD and HDD
Pick of it inside.[...before it all gets hit with the mod stick.
Front panel. Nice mesh.
More assembly......
And panels on.
Thats all im doing today,the light is going and my hand hurts,tomorrow i will be assembling the ped and then showing roughly what im doing inside before breaking it all down again.
If you were wondering how easy is it to build this case......
Im doing it one handed....
LukeeVassallo wrote:
An i5 with a 780 beats any game but unless you are doing intensive cpu work such as movie encoding and other programs that make use of multi threaded cpu, an i7 would be useless.
An i7 is never useless.......
Anyway..
Because Ayd wants one,i resized it for 3 bays and went a little mental on the window....
Now to send the design off to a few people for quoting.
Left the screen off till i have one in my hands,I really need to check the dimensions of the screen itself
I was feeling a bit brave this morning so i went to bend me some metal for the rear of the case.
Mark out the total width and height of the back panel,+20mm each side for the bends,remember to allow material for the bend so it doesnt come up short.
Because i dont have a press bender or tooling for the top 90,these will be fabbed on afterwards and screwed on.
2.5mm Alu
Oops....broke teh workbench.
Anyway,the panel is a solid fit,very happy how it came out.
Im a Magoo....hear me RAWR!!!
Todays modding soundtrack has consisted of..
So after breaking teh workbench,rain has stopped play for today.
Mark out the total width and height of the back panel,+20mm each side for the bends,remember to allow material for the bend so it doesnt come up short.
Because i dont have a press bender or tooling for the top 90,these will be fabbed on afterwards and screwed on.
2.5mm Alu
Oops....broke teh workbench.
Anyway,the panel is a solid fit,very happy how it came out.
Im a Magoo....hear me RAWR!!!
Todays modding soundtrack has consisted of..
So after breaking teh workbench,rain has stopped play for today.
Because its funny,I thought i should post this too.
EPIC form factor v the pocket rocket
EPIC form factor v the pocket rocket
Some progress but not of the great kind.....
I made the replacement backpanel and have it fitted,unfortunately I cant go R-ATX like i first wanted,there is simply not enough room.
So it back to square one.
No bad thing as now i get to use the pedestal and have a LOT more room to do stuff.
As you can see here,its so tight,I could 'force' it in but it would just look cramped...
No fan could be installed there and the rad would be on the floor.squashed right in with no room to work on it other than by removing the backpanel.
So,I need to get some paint on soon so it can start the cure now for mop polishing in 3 months time.
Also need to get over to the PARVUM guys for a day of mill action for the res.....
All in all,a bad month...broke finger,a small ding in my car and now my lovely plan for this build has gone slightly south.
Reminds me,I must play the Lottery......
I made the replacement backpanel and have it fitted,unfortunately I cant go R-ATX like i first wanted,there is simply not enough room.
So it back to square one.
No bad thing as now i get to use the pedestal and have a LOT more room to do stuff.
As you can see here,its so tight,I could 'force' it in but it would just look cramped...
No fan could be installed there and the rad would be on the floor.squashed right in with no room to work on it other than by removing the backpanel.
So,I need to get some paint on soon so it can start the cure now for mop polishing in 3 months time.
Also need to get over to the PARVUM guys for a day of mill action for the res.....
All in all,a bad month...broke finger,a small ding in my car and now my lovely plan for this build has gone slightly south.
Reminds me,I must play the Lottery......
Im excited!
My paint has arrived!
Off to the spray booth this weekend for some splashing!!
And a nice little touch up gun,there is not enough flat surface area for my full size and this is a great little gun for feathering......as will be explained tomorrow when i video it in action.
If i told you that these 2 liters of paint cost more than the case (not including shipping)...would you believe me?
Yup,it did.
I need to get this started now,before i start with hardware,so the airbrush work can set before i clearcoat,this is all time consuming so its getting done first
Got some nice 2 component clear coat coming for this,its going to be.....MmmmMMMMMMmmmmmMMMMMMmmmmmMMMMMMMmmmmMMMMmmmmmmm........*
XD
My paint has arrived!
Off to the spray booth this weekend for some splashing!!
And a nice little touch up gun,there is not enough flat surface area for my full size and this is a great little gun for feathering......as will be explained tomorrow when i video it in action.
If i told you that these 2 liters of paint cost more than the case (not including shipping)...would you believe me?
Yup,it did.
I need to get this started now,before i start with hardware,so the airbrush work can set before i clearcoat,this is all time consuming so its getting done first
Got some nice 2 component clear coat coming for this,its going to be.....MmmmMMMMMMmmmmmMMMMMMmmmmmMMMMMMMmmmmMMMMmmmmmmm........*
XD
Paint day!
Time to break out the trusty rusty...24ltr tank,all you need to spraying cases.
The amount of panels for a Caselabs becomes apparent when its all laid out.
And the first few coats of paint are done.
Drying in the sunshine.
Not bad,will buff up nicely.
And the frame all back together.
Doors/Panels have had the base coat done,next weekend they get the ICE FX and Spectra coat top coat.
You get to see what i have in mind then!
Maybe some shots with the board in....after dinner i think.
MNPC case feet that i won for Bittechs MOTM
Time to break out the trusty rusty...24ltr tank,all you need to spraying cases.
The amount of panels for a Caselabs becomes apparent when its all laid out.
And the first few coats of paint are done.
Drying in the sunshine.
Not bad,will buff up nicely.
And the frame all back together.
Doors/Panels have had the base coat done,next weekend they get the ICE FX and Spectra coat top coat.
You get to see what i have in mind then!
Maybe some shots with the board in....after dinner i think.
MNPC case feet that i won for Bittechs MOTM
Well it time to start unveiling what im trying to..
Today is the turn of the Spectracoat top coat.
Key the exterior panels ready for spraying,key,tack rag then a wipe over with a panel wipe to get rid of any fingerprint grease etc.
Then we apply the Spectracoat..
I know what you are thinking...doesnt look like much right?
How about now?
And smooth as a babies bum.
The pics dont do it justice,the panel shimmers thru all the prismatic spectrum,looks awesome.
When its clearcoated and buffed,it should pop out really well
And to top off my day..
A glorious MIPS Iceforce HF block!
Last of the breed and very possibly the block i will use in this build,unless i can find another then it will be going in the SR2
Thanks Namron!
Now i need to ask myself,does that awesome machined retainer need painting to match the panels....
Today is the turn of the Spectracoat top coat.
Key the exterior panels ready for spraying,key,tack rag then a wipe over with a panel wipe to get rid of any fingerprint grease etc.
Then we apply the Spectracoat..
I know what you are thinking...doesnt look like much right?
How about now?
And smooth as a babies bum.
The pics dont do it justice,the panel shimmers thru all the prismatic spectrum,looks awesome.
When its clearcoated and buffed,it should pop out really well
And to top off my day..
A glorious MIPS Iceforce HF block!
Last of the breed and very possibly the block i will use in this build,unless i can find another then it will be going in the SR2
Thanks Namron!
Now i need to ask myself,does that awesome machined retainer need painting to match the panels....
