Hello everyone, I've decided to move on over to the SFF forums and post this build log,
As I would say this is my first heavy mod all the positive or negative criticism is welcome. I've always had a passion for modding granted I am not the most artistic person in the world I try to maintain a balance in pretty much everything I do.
As this is my main rig (I did previously have a fully watercooled s1.0 parvum prior to this build which I never did a build log for) trying to make this look as best I can is definitely the goal here since I have to be the one to stare at it every day.
I've had this case since they first became available on performance pcs, the day they went live on the site I purchased one. When I first bought the case I had every intention of it only being a lan party rig as my s1.0 weighed a good 30ish pounds. Shortly after I put it all together I fell in love with the itx form factor and decided right then and there I would never build in any other form factor.
Anyways here is a picture of my build prior to me starting on this project.
As you can see in the picture I previously owned a 980 which I actually swapped out for a 970 mini. I had cables made by pexon when I originally bought this case and this 980 was purchased after I had one made for my 970 mini.
Here is where I started to get some work done on the modding.
All these I felt needed to be painted white to match the scheme I have going
Done, now onto getting a nice vinyl cut for that I/O cover to take away from the massive amount of white going on there
Done, and all of them are now reinstalled, Next it was time to get this party started with a Fractal Design Kelvin T12
Sorry for the bad image couldn't wait till I got home to snap a picture of the box leaving the UPS center lol.
Got that bad boy installed and decided to take some beauty shots, now onto modding the kelvin
Wonder what that could be? Looks like a custom cover
which sadly.... I didn't end up using because I couldn't get the edges beveled the way I wanted them...
I did however end up making a cover for the front panel usb 3.0 cutout because lets be honest its an extra cable that always looks awful and yeah not gonna use that.
Anyways that's my progress thus far, Waiting on some new fittings and my Pastel white coolant and I should have another update for you all on saturday *crosses fingers for package to arrive on time*
but before I go, Im gonna post a poll on whether you guys think I should paint the rad white or leave it black!
As I would say this is my first heavy mod all the positive or negative criticism is welcome. I've always had a passion for modding granted I am not the most artistic person in the world I try to maintain a balance in pretty much everything I do.
As this is my main rig (I did previously have a fully watercooled s1.0 parvum prior to this build which I never did a build log for) trying to make this look as best I can is definitely the goal here since I have to be the one to stare at it every day.
I've had this case since they first became available on performance pcs, the day they went live on the site I purchased one. When I first bought the case I had every intention of it only being a lan party rig as my s1.0 weighed a good 30ish pounds. Shortly after I put it all together I fell in love with the itx form factor and decided right then and there I would never build in any other form factor.
Anyways here is a picture of my build prior to me starting on this project.
As you can see in the picture I previously owned a 980 which I actually swapped out for a 970 mini. I had cables made by pexon when I originally bought this case and this 980 was purchased after I had one made for my 970 mini.
Here is where I started to get some work done on the modding.
All these I felt needed to be painted white to match the scheme I have going
Done, now onto getting a nice vinyl cut for that I/O cover to take away from the massive amount of white going on there
Done, and all of them are now reinstalled, Next it was time to get this party started with a Fractal Design Kelvin T12
Sorry for the bad image couldn't wait till I got home to snap a picture of the box leaving the UPS center lol.
Got that bad boy installed and decided to take some beauty shots, now onto modding the kelvin
Wonder what that could be? Looks like a custom cover
which sadly.... I didn't end up using because I couldn't get the edges beveled the way I wanted them...I did however end up making a cover for the front panel usb 3.0 cutout because lets be honest its an extra cable that always looks awful and yeah not gonna use that.
Anyways that's my progress thus far, Waiting on some new fittings and my Pastel white coolant and I should have another update for you all on saturday *crosses fingers for package to arrive on time*
but before I go, Im gonna post a poll on whether you guys think I should paint the rad white or leave it black!
