MODZERO JUICE - NFC SYSTEMS S4 MINI #80

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This is gorgeous my man. I'm guessing that the big window is completely exposed? I'm sure it's perfectly fine and you take proper precautions but do you ever get worried about something getting in there where it should or like sneezing in that general direction and your snot causing a short of some kind? Haha oddly specific but let me tell ya shit happens..
 

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He's gonna put tempered glass on it :) From the searching I've done, it's a bit involved to get it custom made so the turnaround time might be a bit.
 
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Wouldn't glass choke the CPU cooler?
No because it'll be going on the outside, providing enough clearance to actually fit the darn thing in the first place. The stock side panel wouldn't go on in this configuration. Now I'm not certain if the glass will be ventilated or not...
 
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He's gonna put tempered glass on it :) From the searching I've done, it's a bit involved to get it custom made so the turnaround time might be a bit.

I hope to put tempered glass on it. Initially, the quotes I'd gotten were just daft! So I put a pin in it for now. However, as this is the smaller sibling to my next project that'll be requiring glass too. so I'll revisit the idea then.

No because it'll be going on the outside, providing enough clearance to actually fit the darn thing in the first place. The stock side panel wouldn't go on in this configuration. Now I'm not certain if the glass will be ventilated or not...

That's pretty much what I had in mind, the glass would provide enough clearance for ventilation. However, I'd use the OG side panel and turn it into a frame to mount the glass on to. The glass would be mounted using four/six standoffs.

Followup to this thread, to let the OP know I've just finished reading through all posts and the build log thus far. Epic work, nonetheless! Kepp it up buddy ;)

Thanks dude, life has been crazy of late. I'm back on it, with a log update coming tomorrow (hopefully) . For now, I'll leave these here.



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Log update will be a brief bit on the side panel, then once Gigabyte shares the final images, I'll post them here.

Thanks for sticking with it guys.

J.
 

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UPDATE 6.5

I'm back folks, quick build update before the final shots go live on Monday. JUICE had always planned to have a tempered glass side panel. Josh kindly hooked me up with a couple extra panels to aid my development a way to mount the glass.. which was easy enough. The vented portion of the panel was to be cut out leaving a frame (as the side panel makes up part of the chassis structural strength it had to be the basis for the tempered glass mod) to mount the glass. Which, was to be attached using six standoffs to provide enough clearance for ventilation. Easy right? Well, yeah... finding somewhere that could make the glass turned out to be far more expensive then I'd hoped. it's a small piece that needed to be tinted, tempered and have six mounting holes. When each of my quotes came back in the hundreds I decided to put a pin in it.

As I'm using the Noctua NF B9 REDUX, the fan sits just a few mm too high for the stock side panel to fit. This wasn't to be an issue with the tempered glass approach, so instead, I opted for a simple side panel cut out.


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Using one of the powder coated panels Josh sent ( I still have a beautiful BMW estoril blue side panel which I may give away to another S4 mini owner) I masked it off and marked out how I'd like it to look. The centre-left hole meant a clean, straight square frame wasn't an option. But that would have been boring anyway. So I left the vented section above that hole in place and kept a single vent down at the bottom right (a little nod to my love of Parvum Systems chassis).


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It was the first time using my oscillating tool and wow, for cutting at least, I've retired my dremel.


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I re-masked it and used some small hand files to clean up the lines.


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Then it was a couple primer coats (grey) and a couple more in a satin black automotive paint (It was all I had in my shed, left over from my old FT03 3D printed Matrix Orb mount, who remembers that?).


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Removed the tape and job done. you can see where the satin finish is still reflecting some light... I'd use matt black if I were to do it again.


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Really happy with how it turned out (sorry you guys have already seen this one). With the panel in place the whole chassis is rock solid, zero flex.

So that's it. The final shots go up on Monday once Gigabyte shares them, soon after I'll do the final build log update. I'll post all the photos and talk a bit more about the Matrix Orb display.

Thanks for checking it out.

J.​
 

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UPDATE 7.0 - FINAL SHOTS

Hi folks, well it's time to wrap this project up. JUICE came from a strong desire to build a LAN rig in the NFC Systems S4 mini chassis, to running it 24/7 as my daily driver. I'd have never thought I'd get so much performance from a 250 watt PSU. I've some plans to move to an i7 and GTX1080 using the HD-PLEX 300 Watt PSU and my current 330 DELL brick. But for now, it's finished and I'm delighted with it.

I want to extend a huge thank you to Josh from NFC Systems, the team at E22, my boys at Gigabyte UK and my eleventh-hour hero Victor at Open Box Studios. Without your help and support, it would never have happened.

So,

SPECS:

  • NFC SYSTEMS S4 MINI CUSTOM CHASSIS
  • INTEL CORE i5 - 6600K CPU
  • GIGABYTE GA-Z170N GAMING 5 MOBO
  • GIGABYTE GTX 1060 ITX OC 6G GPU
  • HYPERX FURY DDR4 2400MHZ 16GB (2X8GB) RAM
  • HYPERX 3K 240GB SSD X2
  • SAMSUNG 960 EVO M.2-2280 250GB NVMe SSD
  • HDPLEX Hi-Fi 250W DC-ATX PSU
  • NOCTUA NH-L9i COOLER



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I'll be back in the new year with two projects, MODZERO JABBA and MODZERO 42. The later being my sequel to MODZERO FORTY. I've some exciting and originals plans underway for the HEX GEAR R40 chassis and can't wait to show you guys. Around the same time, I'll be doing another buddy build, MODZERO JABBA has been over two years in the making down at Parvum Systems and stands to be quite the eye turner when complete. JABBA is a SFF build so I'll be sure to post the logs. It's not tiny, but it's ITX, fully water cooled with a custom pass-through panel and a one of a kind Parvum X2.0 chassis.

This forum is awesome folks! I joined when I came across the S4 mini and its community is simply wonderful. I post my build logs on six other forums and SFF.net have some of the nicest, enthusiastic and engaging members. Thanks for all your input and help with this project. It's taken me a year! The older you get, the harder it seems to find the time. This place captures what it is to be an enthusiast, so thanks for that too.


J.​
 

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UPDATE 7.0 - FINAL SHOTS

Hi folks, well it's time to wrap this project up. JUICE came from a strong desire to build a LAN rig in the NFC Systems S4 mini chassis, to running it 24/7 as my daily driver. I'd have never thought I'd get so much performance from a 250 watt PSU. I've some plans to move to an i7 and GTX1080 using the HD-PLEX 300 Watt PSU and my current 330 DELL brick. But for now, it's finished and I'm delighted with it.

I want to extend a huge thank you to Josh from NFC Systems, the team at E22, my boys at Gigabyte UK and my eleventh-hour hero Victor at Open Box Studios. Without your help and support, it would never have happened.

So,

SPECS:

  • NFC SYSTEMS S4 MINI CUSTOM CHASSIS
  • INTEL CORE i5 - 6600K CPU
  • GIGABYTE GA-Z170N GAMING 5 MOBO
  • GIGABYTE GTX 1060 ITX OC 6G GPU
  • HYPERX FURY DDR4 2400MHZ 16GB (2X8GB) RAM
  • HYPERX 3K 240GB SSD X2
  • SAMSUNG 960 EVO M.2-2280 250GB NVMe SSD
  • HDPLEX Hi-Fi 250W DC-ATX PSU
  • NOCTUA NH-L9i COOLER



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I'll be back in the new year with two projects, MODZERO JABBA and MODZERO 42. The later being my sequel to MODZERO FORTY. I've some exciting and originals plans underway for the HEX GEAR R40 chassis and can't wait to show you guys. Around the same time, I'll be doing another buddy build, MODZERO JABBA has been over two years in the making down at Parvum Systems and stands to be quite the eye turner when complete. JABBA is a SFF build so I'll be sure to post the logs. It's not tiny, but it's ITX, fully water cooled with a custom pass-through panel and a one of a kind Parvum X2.0 chassis.

This forum is awesome folks! I joined when I came across the S4 mini and its community is simply wonderful. I post my build logs on six other forums and SFF.net have some of the nicest, enthusiastic and engaging members. Thanks for all your input and help with this project. It's taken me a year! The older you get, the harder it seems to find the time. This place captures what it is to be an enthusiast, so thanks for that too.


J.​
We are all happy to have you over here J you're builds are all phenomenal and I know it can be hard to juggle that many forums for sure. I wish I could engage as much in modding as I'd like to but time and money just aren't there so it's nice to see work at least it gives me ideas when I finally get the time. Your stuff is inspirational and I'm looking forward to seeing the x2.0 build
 

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Hi Folks,

It was great to have been included in this year's Bit-Tech.net Mod of the year awards! Great to have received not only a nomination but an honourable mention in the final results too. Thanks for the votes chaps. I'll be back with two new builds this year (at least). Starting mayhaps with my MODZERO JABBA (custom Parvum System X2.0) build.

J