Luciel

Im not sure yet, I think I will make one rectangular hole as a circle hole wouldnt look good on that grill, if it doesnt look good ill have to look for an alternative grill

Time for an update. Unluckly the new GPUs didn´t come on friday so I couldnt do much on the weekend, but they came today and as luck would have it, it was only a half day at work as I did overtime on Friday. Right, time for a test mount. The frontal bay system does not close by very little, so I´ve trimmed down one of them so it does. As for the watercooling, I will be using a full copper pipe system for this project, which while it looks really good is rather complicated for two reasons, first, I need plumbing fittings, luckily I found out that 3/8 is a common size for that, so i got some G1/4 to 3/8 fittings and problem solved. The second problem, or not really problem just, complicated fact is that there´s no flexing, here, so all the measurements have to be exact at every point, so once all the liquid cooling bits and bobs are in their place I will get the pipes and cut them to size so everything fits, nicely. Meanwhile, here´s a preview: Right, now the case modifying for the GPUs. I trimmed this section a bit more to make sure there´s no contact, tomorrow I will clean up all the cuts: Right, because the fittings are so big, my original plan of taking the pipes out the back is scrapped and I have to come up with an idea to take them out the side panel and still be able to open the case as needed, so here´s the solution. I cut the side panel so I can unlock and slide downwards in order to open it. And to cover it up, and old school grill which I´ll cut to let the pipes through, this way in order to open it, I just unscrew the grill and slide open the side panel. Problem Solved. More tomorrow hopefully.

thanks guys!

thanks for the add to the list : )

All in good time my friends, I hope you like it Today´s work. Power suply finished. More tomorrow hopefully, also, last minute change, the MSI graphic cards where no longer avaliable so have settled for 2x Asus GeForce GTX 560 Ti DirectCU II TOP 1GB GDDR5, it seems that fate always brings me back to asus for one reason or another. In any case, hopefully delivered tomorrow and can fo more body work over the weekend.

Thanks guys! Yes I know it seems impossible but I did a concept test a couple of months back while I was still thinking out the design and layout and believe it or not, it fits, and the temps are ok too! : )

Now I´m going to start customizing the PSU. I´m going to be using a wood "look" vinyl, mostly as a design base so I have the lines and typical look of wood to work on. And now the first stage of it´s paintjob, which in this case is mostly a mixture of inks, and ageing effects. Here´s the first stage: And the final stage: And the brass detail on the side that will be poping out of the case. . The camera flash shows what it actually looks like: And finally a comparison shot between the standard vinyl and the "modified" one: More to come soon!

Hello everyone. This is my new "Main" project, after two small projects, one for a client and the other one being the tutorial project, this being the first main project since Fallout Cause SP back in December 2011. I´ve had this idea in my head for years now, and you could say all of my projects in the last year and a half have simply been "tests" for techniques, both paint and structural modification in order to get ready for this one. The concept is as far as I know something that has never been done before. Mixing the post-apocalyptic style with the steampunk style in a small slimline case (the same model in fact as I used for the fallout cause sp project). The reason for this is that it gives me a compact canvas to concentrate details and because the parts do not fit, they give me a modular look that I´ve always liked since I saw the original thermaltake Level 10 case (the first one, not the redesigned GT version). Edit: Here are the final pictures for the voting stage: This project is being sponsored by: Some are new and some have been with me since the begining, either way I´d like to thank all of them for their support and amazing products! I don´t normally list the hardware I will be using on my projects, but for the first time, this project will actually become my main PC so here are the basic details. ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z/GEN3 Intel i7 2700K Kingston HyperX 16Gb DDR3 1866Mhz 2x Kingston HyperX SSD 240Gb in RAID 2x MSI GeForce GTX 560 Ti TwinFreeze OC 2Gb in SLI NZXT HALE90-M-850w B-Move Slim II Case As for the rest of componentes, cooling and accesories, you´ll see them as they get mounted. Let´s start then. I´ve started with the structural modifications I need done on the case, the B-Move Slim II. I really like this case, it´s small, simple yet stylsh. I´ve taken it all apart, I won´t be using any of the frontal conectors (except frontal USB & Audio) nor buttons or led. For the design I have in mind to work, I need to cut the cover in parts, fit the upper and lower parts permanently to the case so the door is just the side, so here goes. First part done: And the second: And now a test mount of the side panel: It all fits fine, mostly because they have grips underneath that grab the frontal side of the case. This way it doesn´t become flimsy or weak. Now the frontal of the case. I´ve removed everything from it as it has to be cut down in order to be made completely square and straight (which will later be filled to suit my frontal design). First, cutting the left side so that a drive sized device can fit through it (originally it´s designed not to as it has a trap door with a open close button). Second is cutting all the elevated parts in order to make everything perfectly staight and squared. It will later be sanded down, and filled up to make it a solid block. Now I´m going to be modifying the lower part of the case to suit the power suply, I´m using a used PSU for refference as it´s exactly the same size as the NZXT psu that will go in. In order to accomplish this I need to cut part of the lower section and modify the grip on it so I can still be fitted without the rear screw. And done. and the PSU fits nicely now.

I might do one if I have leftover colors from my current project : )

Sure, send me an xbox and I´ll do it!

As the first few lines on the original post say, it was done for my gf´s birthday, she loved it Thank you very much! ^^

: )

I can say it appeals to me, I tend to try and do things no one has done before : (

Do you mean a pc in an xbox tom? It´s been done so many times though

Yo he estado en la Murcia Lan Party del año pasado y la anterior, es en la que mejor me lo suelo pasar : )

Thanks DjinnVale! Of course! What lanparties do you know normally go to? Gracias tio! Y por supuesto, a que partis sueles ir?

Hi Everyone, I wasn´t planning on doing a worklog on this project as it was made as a pressent for the missus who loved her playstation 2 to play the tekken games but unfortunately it broke a few months back. So for her birthday I decided I would buy one and combine it with her other passion, corsets. Now I´ve never owned a PS2 before nor have I opened one so I had to look it up and so on. Luckily I quickly found out that they are quite simple to take apart so that made my life easier. I also found out that the plastic they are made out is rather bad, and it was extremely hard to sand it down to get smooth edges. I´m not entirely happy with how the back window cut came out but I am extremely happy on how the final thing looked. So here are 27 pictures from start to finish, most of them from the finish as I didn´t plan to do a worklog out of it, I hope you enjoy them, thanks for reading. PS: The missus was delighted and loves her birthday pressie : )

And here guys is the final post of the tutorial. I´m sure some of you will have different ways of doing certain parts of such and if they work for you then that´s really what is all about, right? For the rest of the people I hope this helps you with any doubts you had about doing certain things and for people that have never tried, I hope this entices you to join the fun world of customizing your PC : ) Following you will see a mix of pictures, each of them has a flash and non flash version (camera flash). I didn´t see any point on making a tutorial on how to put all the parts togueter as I assume that if you attempt pc customizing you know the basics on how to put one togueter. Thank you for reading and I hope you´ve enjoyed it. Once again I´d like to thank this project´s sponsors; Lamptron, Antec, B-Move & Benchmarkhardware.com

Final post before the end result : ) Today we´re going to do the windows. The material you need to use is plexyglass, it´s cheap enough to buy and you can normally find it in any building supplies or DIY store, I payed for a piece big enough to do 3 side windows on this case 12€ Have in mind there are two types, the normal one and the one prepared for exterior which is a lot more expensive and we don´t need so go for the first one. Do not cut it with any sort of power tool as it will melt like plastic and make an awfull mess and you´ll find you will spend more time cleaning the piece up than if you cut it using a different method. A cutter for example (a decent one) will do the job. I find that to get a straight line, a metallic ruler does the job but of course feel free to use anything you feel comftable with to get a straight line. So yeah, do a few runs with the cutter until you can see from the plexy border that you´re about at least half way there. Then you can bend it both ways (with care) until it snaps and you will have a clean cut. If need me you can sand the border down. It goes without saying that you will have to measure the piece before you cut it so you know how big it needs to be. Have in mind to leave a decent space on each side if you´re going for as big a window as possible or you´ll find it prevents the side from closing on the case. Once we have our piece ready we need to attach it from the inside side of the side panel. There´s several ways of doing this but I find the cleanest way is using decent double sided tape, for example, the 3M one is extremely strong and will do the job just find. And we´re done, we can repeat the process for any and all windows on our case. On a final note, if you decide you want to mount a fan if your sidepanel has the grill to do so, I would suggest you fit the window first (without the tape) and then measure where you need to cut to fit the fan. Personally I won´t be fitting a fan, I checked I didn´t need to temps wise and as a personal taste decision, I preffer it without one.

thanks tom!

Thanks tom1 and you´re welcomed! : )

it´s actually been done since 3 days ago, just spreading the posts to give it a bit more exposure : D I hope you guys will like it! If all goes well I´ll be starting the new main mod this week coming, running out of time for the mod n roll contest!!!! :S

* RESERVED FOR PSU GUIDE TUTORIAL * ----------------------------------------- With this we finalize the how to paint components thread and we continue here on the main thread with the build.

Added the Antec 620 H2O CPU Cooler Tutorial to the components thread: http://www.xtremehardware.com/forum/f51/tutorial_project_n_2_how_paint_components-31445/index2.html Here´s the finished look:

* RESERVED FOR PSU GUIDE TUTORIAL * ----------------------------------------- With this we finalize the how to paint components thread and we go back to the main thread to continue with the build. http://www.xtremehardware.com/forum/f51/tutorial_project_n_2_a-31265/index5.html