Silverstone TJ11 Carbon

Sleeve Update:
Today there's rain in the netherlands, a lot of rain, so a good excuse to go sleeving
For this I'm gonna renovate my Be quiet my 1200w power. This was one of the first PSU I've ever sleeved. And in the meantime, I've learned some things to do a beter sleevejob
Renovation work includes: giving cables the same size, heatshrink equal size, tighten the sleeve on the wires and add a color.

Just a little tip, if you start using a light color sleeve, it is best to use same color electrical tape around the wire as the sleeve color
This is because the color of the wire always stands out. Orange, black etc. you can see the color through the sleeve
Not shocking but "no compromise"



Yellow sleeve............ yellow insulation tape



Now you see no other color through the yellow



All black heatshrinks renovated



And the wires of the PSU are finished, did also extend the wires for this big case



placed and arranged







Now the modular cables, with the same color scheme

More to come

looking good, with the bays sorted you can really tell the true size of the case, epic!

Absolutely gorgeous. At least you know you could be a sheet metal worker if things don't pan out!!!

Update: First cut in the TJ

Hi my modding friends. Did my first cutout in the TJ
For the cpu power, needed to make the hole bigger for the connector



Now it fits trough



Also did some nice things for the midplate. Second cutout in the TJ







There goes the midplate :naughty: second part for the midplate is the aluminium cover
Made some slots for all the cables







Third part is the yellow acryl, also made some slots in it. There's gonna be more, but for now only where the cables goes through





And the last layer......... the black acryl







Still need to do little adjustments to the acryl, but looking good allready
Put some cables through.









Today my next GTX480 was coming in, so placed it. For now without the WC block
EK has given my the third block with some other beautifull stuff, so this one is still coming



So made the last gpu slot



I know, a lot of black and yellow............hope you like it ;
Hopefully my EK products and the MNPC Carbon is coming in this week, to let you show some more great stuff.

love it

very nice build, very nice log and very good quality,

Love the colour scheme also, I'm a bt of a fan of bold colours.

love the build log,and as g-dubs said,stunning picture's and log.

love the black on yellow and im also a big fan of bold colour's.

****** sexy!

Looks to be a stunning build. Great choice of colours (you need a motherboard with yellow slots!).

Gloss black and yellow yum!

w3bbo said:

Looks to be a stunning build. Great choice of colours (you need a motherboard with yellow slots!).

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i know it seems the everything top end is all red and black doesnt give much choice thank god for gigabyte with some of there new colour schemes

wow, this is awsome.
i wish i had your modding skills

sexy

Wow, looking good

Thank you very much guys, the red on the motherboard is gonne be black





Sponsor Update: EKWB



This week I received a very nice package with even beautifull products in from EKWB

The package (always nice to receive packages)



Containing a fine collection of WC stuff



First a nice Coolstream360 radiator.
EK-CoolStream RAD XT (360)



3x EK-FC480 GTX Backplate Black





2x EK DCC Top with 140 reservoir
EK-DCC X-RES 140





The last Block for the GTX480
EK-FC480 GTX





Placed the DCC tops on the MCP355



Instead of 140mm reservoirs I’m gonna useEK-Multioption RES X2 - 250 Basic





Like this



The GPUs will be connected to the front res, need to adjusting the black acrylic to get a straight line to the inlet of the reservoir



The outlet of the pump is going down through the midplate to a draining point, and so on to the radiators



I also have placed the back plates and installed the last block on the GPU's. Always looks nice



And placed everything





EKWB thank you for making this update / build possible

looks so neat and polished to perfection. Cant wait till its done!

*is looking frantically for the sub button*

may i ask how much this all cost..?
it looks simply fantastic
and the motherboard is sideways..?
*edit* wait, it actually is sideways? how are you going to route the cables..?

acme15 said:

*is looking frantically for the sub button*

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Sponsor Update: Mnpctech



This week was a special week, received the package from Bill from Mnpctech
With a an important part for the TJ11.

3M Di-Noc CARBON FIBER FILM



The package



To begin I’ll need to cover the air intakes from the sidepanel. Dont want these to be seeing.



So cut a strip of 1mm aluminium



And put thin double sided tape on it







After this I’ve cut two pices of 2 mm aluminium, exact the size of the slots



3M Scotch Clear Mounting Tape #4010



Used the tape of the gods to put these pieces on the strips and also to increasing the pieces





Put them in



After this I want it all to become flat without cracks, so I did use some silicone sealant



Next measering and cutout, what did I use:

-3M Di-Noc CARBON FIBER FILM
-X-acto knife with sharp blade
-Cutting surface
-Heat gun/ Hair dryer (heat gun is to hot so take distance with this)
-About 60 minutes of time

Measured the sidepanel



Cut it out and left about one inch on all sides.





Here we go………….. I’ve cut about 5 inch of the paper off and past the first half,



After this the other half
Make sure the sidepanel is clean and free of any grease or dirt.
Align the vinyl with the case, remove the backing and then place it on as smoothly as you can. I used a credit card to smooth any bubbles out
For the round edges I’ve used my heat gun. Turn the heat gun on and proceed to slowly and evenly heat the vinyl, whilst doing so, smooth it outwards with your thumb and down around all the edges.



Take your x-acto knife and use the lines as your guide. Go slowly and make sure of where you’re cutting before you cut, hopefully preventing any miscuts or scratches to the side panel.





And one side panel finished



Also did the other panel with the slots for de aquaero displays





Cut out the window, displays and the fanholes



And the front of the TJ. Again cut a piece larger then the front





Paste it



Just a little heat



And cut it out



Also did the radiator bracket



Everything placed back



And installed it in the TJ



So did a lot of pasting this week. Here some pics how this is becoming a real carbon TJ
Left side





And the vertical lines from the TJ and from the carbon



Other side, the most important side















Some detail shots











That´s it for now my friends………see ya and keep on modding