Well…I got the magnets in. That was not fun. Lots of clean up due to the adhesive. A few lessons learned:
1. Use a bunch of magnets stacked together and jam the last one into placement hole, otherwise it won’t work.
2. Have a roll of paper towels and some wet ones nearby.
3. have Cotten balls and acetone to clean up the glue residue.
4. this takes about 30 minutes and it’s mostly cleaning.
5. you can cut the time down if you use masking tape (several layers) to protect the case first.
6. always wear gloves and do this in a very well ventilated area. I did the former but got a headache from the later. Room wasn’t ventilated enough.
7. You may need a hammer to fully tap the magnets in. Slate logo should include some sort of hammer at this point.
The side panel is on. All that’s left for this build are cables. Still waiting on them. I’m also going to make a cover to hide the cables on the GPU side. Not sure if I’ll do metal, 3D print, or repurpose.
Excuse the RGB ram. It’s normally blue.
Things I wish I did differently: ordered a second glass panel and second black panel, and used an AIO with the tubing on offset to one side.
Full specs:
I9-13900K
MSI Z790i Edge
64GB of G.Skill DDR5-6400
Samsung 980 Pro / WD SN850
EVGA XC3 RTX 3080 10GB
NZXT 280mm AIO
4X Phanteks D30-140 fans in a front to back flow through config.
Corsair 1,000 watt SFX-L
