Project: Gold Rush

[MT Mods]

Today, i've almost finished the shroud, need to let the glues fully dry before i continue with it.
Need to fill some gaps and then seal the pyrite nuggets into the shroud.

Fred as always helping out.

And a video here, showing you exactly how it was done

here's another video of the paint effect up close

 

[MT Mods]

Minor update today

Using 24ct gold leaf, i covered the front logo to make it stand out more.*
It's a little rough due to the gold leaf*being incredibly difficult to work with on an embossed logo.
Will be much easier for sponsor logo's later.*

 

[OJ46]

Looking great so far dude, that paint finish is stunning! Definitely better with the Cooler Master logo done in gold leaf as well, it needed something on a panel that large. Can't wait to see how this one progresses

 

[foop]

The pyrite nugget infill of the logo is a brilliant idea. Something a little out of the ordinary compared to the usual case build finishing touches.

 

[LePhuronn]

Can't say I'm in love with the pyrite logo in the flesh, but it's great to see something different and unusual in a build.

Great stuff!

 

[daveyb]

Flicked through this lastnight and forgot to leave a comment, but oh my god that finish on the paintjob is beautiful. Is the tubing or liquid itself going to be all white or will some gold be thrown in the mix too? Just imagining a loop similar to Smirnoff Gold Flakes although that would clog pretty quick

 

[OJ46]

Is the tubing or liquid itself going to be all white or will some gold be thrown in the mix too? Just imagining a loop similar to Smirnoff Gold Flakes although that would clog pretty quick

Now that is one pretty damn sweet idea, I'm imagining pastel white coolant with some of this added... Not sure if it would work but gotta be worth 10 minutes testing

 

[LePhuronn]

Pastel White + Aurora Gold is fate, surely?

Do it. DO EEEEET

 

[MT Mods]

The pyrite nugget infill of the logo is a brilliant idea. Something a little out of the ordinary compared to the usual case build finishing touches.

Thanks

Can't say I'm in love with the pyrite logo in the flesh, but it's great to see something different and unusual in a build.

Great stuff!

That's okay, not going to be everyone's cup of tea

Flicked through this lastnight and forgot to leave a comment, but oh my god that finish on the paintjob is beautiful. Is the tubing or liquid itself going to be all white or will some gold be thrown in the mix too? Just imagining a loop similar to Smirnoff Gold Flakes although that would clog pretty quick

I'm going with mayhems pastel white, with 24ct gold plated fittings. You won't see too much of the 16mm PETG tubing, so it should SHOULD look good lol.

Now that is one pretty damn sweet idea, I'm imagining pastel white coolant with some of this added... Not sure if it would work but gotta be worth 10 minutes testing

i did originally want the concentrated gold, but it contains a gold dye too, which would just turn the while pastel to gold Too much gold if i did that.

Pastel White + Aurora Gold is fate, surely?

Do it. DO EEEEET

Pastel white and 24ct gold plated fittings.

 

[slick rick]

Just go full on mental and put Krugerrands in the centre of the fans

Seriously though its a cool build and that pearl white paint job is fantastic!

 

[tyler_jrb]

Very nice looking so far, some very nice ideas and workmanship. Really like the idea of the pearl/gold paint and set in pyrite, 24ct gold etc.

Looking forward to how this turns out

 

[MT Mods]

Just go full on mental and put Krugerrands in the centre of the fans

Seriously though its a cool build and that pearl white paint job is fantastic!

Sure, just let me save up another 6 grand for the fans haha
Thanks, hope you like the final look

Very nice looking so far, some very nice ideas and workmanship. Really like the idea of the pearl/gold paint and set in pyrite, 24ct gold etc.

Look forward to how this turns out

Thank you, i'm eager to see the final look myself, at the moment it's all up in my head

 

[MT Mods]

Watercooling is finally in the UK, got an actual date now, (Monday)
So i thought i'd share some pictures of the painting at it's white coat (before the gold was added)
and some other pictures of the finished stuff in a more accurate lighting.

And these with some sunlight and a white flash

off to enjoy ''For Honor'' for the weekend, will check back on monday with some updates and some watercooling

 

[MT Mods]

Today is a good day! Alphacool delivery has arrived
Huge thanks to ModMyMods, Alphacool and AquaTuning for the support.

let's kick things off with a picture of everything together in all it's glory!

And onto the individual parts (some will have GIFS)

Video unboxing here

Alphacool 45 angled adapters

Alphacool NexXxoS XT45 280mm Radiatior

Alphacool NexXxoS ST30 280mm radiator

Alphacool VPP665 PWM Pump

Alphacool GPX SLI Connector

Alphacool Eisbecher 250mm Reservoir

Alphacool Eisrohr 16/13mm fittings

Alphacool Eisbaer Solo (CPU Block / Pump Combo)

Alphacool Eisblock XPX CPU block

There are some other stuff here too, i'll update as and when i can, going to be very very busy over the next few days while i wait for the GPU block to arrive, i will be gold plating around 20 fittings.
Anything extra will be put into my partners guardians of the galaxy cooler master 25th anniversary project. Logs should be up soon for that too

 

[MT Mods]

Updates!!

i've begun work on the parts i want gold that cannot be gold plated.

So first things first, i stripped down the CPU block

I then prepped the block with a white coat before going over with gold. This was to allow the gold to be lighter.

i then went ahead with the gold on the block head

Once dried, it cleaned up really nice

i kind of liked the stands in white, so i've kept them white, will need another white coat later tonight, but not rushed

I also done the reservoir top and bottom using the same technique.

Radiators are up next, but will need to do this another night.
So far i'm impressing myself with this.

Clear silicon mold will be made for the ''ACOOL'' logo on the CPU block to allow it to really brighten up.

 

[MT Mods]

BIG UPDATE!

This weekend i spent 7 hours, gold plating all the fittings from Alphacool.
7 HOURS!!! I was feeling exhausted by 2am this morning.


So here's the fittings

Chrome stripping took the longest, so i didn't video the whole process.

After chrome stripping them, we left them in water to avoid oxidisation.

We got bored doing them 1 by 1

So once they were all stripped properlyt and the chrome had gone leaving a yellowish nickle colour, it was time to start the exciting part

 

[LePhuronn]

Holy mother that plating!

Also interested in seeing the silicon mold bit too. I have some logos cut into SSD covers and am thinking about filling them in for when they're lit up.

 

[MT Mods]

update: Watercooling

It's been a little while, but everything is here now and i can crack on and get this build finished over the next week.

GPU Block arrived

I started getting the loop lined up using scrap tubes, to get the size right.

Next thing i done was re-spray the GPU block to a nice shiney gold to match the CPU Block.

i then messured and cut a 20mm hole out of the shroud for the passthrough.

Now that was done, i needed to fill the loop and test for leaks.

 

[MT Mods]

Been working with the block, and loop to perfect it.
Here's what i've done last night.


Added White to the logo's on the GPU block to make it stand out a little better.

Shined everything up

And made the fools gold passthrough a little deeper

Today i will work on the window frame, and currently marking the progress at 65% complete.

 

[David230]

Nice theme.

System looks good.