[Buildlog] GAME HARD, FOLD HARDER
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I have two very good Dutch friends, they are already fighting over me whos team I will join. Please don't make it even harder for me to choose 
Thanks man, really thanks! It is exactly what I was aiming for with this build.
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Time for an update. Actually my first actual sponsored update (more to come).
The very kind people of Coolermaster I had contact with and I explained my goal. They agreed I needed something powerfull but efficient. So they offered me a Silent Hybrid Pro 1050W. Now who in their right mind would say no to that? Not me anyway!
I used to be all Corsair when it comes to PSUs, but I have come back from that. Recently I have been working on sleeving PSUs for others and I have seen quite a lot of different brands and I have really started to respect Cooler master for their PSUs a lot. I still don't understand why their Silent Pro Gold series has such a huge bundle of non modular cables. But their recent M2 line up is amazing value for money. And this Silent Hybrid Pro series is exactly what we want from them. Fully modular. No silly colours. Complete package. Strong single rail performance. That amazing brushes aluminum panel around the fan. 80+ Gold certified. And last but not least the 5,25 bay panel to have access to a fancontroller for both the main fan and the added fan power connections. I mean you get extra fan power connectors and a fancontroller with your PSU. A lot of builds can use them because there aren't enough fan power connectors on the mobo itself. I am very pleased with this amazing piece of tech.
Thank you very much Coolermaster! And thank you Marco for being so kind to sponsor this project with one. It is an amazing help.
I will post more pictures once I have fully sleeved the wiring to match the build.
That PSU looks different gravy! I moved away from Cooler-master following a water leak which made it go BANG and I simply went for the best model out there, which happened to be the HX1000 at that time. All manufacturers seem to have upped their game in terms of design and stability, and this looks a nice piece of kit.
Think I'll go have a root around for some reviews...
Good luck with the sleeving....
Think I'll go have a root around for some reviews...
Good luck with the sleeving....
Yeah the top Coolermaster PSUs are really a match for the big names out there. Especially now they upped their game and started selling this full modular version. It's always a mystery to me why producers don't get the full modular PSUs for years. I mean Seasonic does, Silverstone does, Corsair does. But lots of others didn't.
Thanks btw, I have sleeved many PSUs already. This should be my home turf
I just need to wait for my mobo to arrive. Because I will make the wiring the exact right length. Doing the same with fan cables.
Thanks btw, I have sleeved many PSUs already. This should be my home turf
I just need to wait for my mobo to arrive. Because I will make the wiring the exact right length. Doing the same with fan cables.
One big update coming right up!
So I received the custom grills and they are :drool:
The package arrived from Portugal. Ricardo did an amazing job. Here is one assembled and one in pieces. Each grill is made up from 3 plexi pieces and a dustfilter. Plus a bunch of screws to keep it all together.
It is actually completely flush with the sidepanel. The round edges on the panel itself make it look like otherwise in the picture, but it is.
The fun thing with these grills is you see more orange the more diagonal you are looking at it. Looking at a 90 degree angle you hardly see any orange. I absolutely love them.
Finally started on the top panel one. Again it consists of 3 plexi pieces with a dustfilter (and a spare dustfilter). The other plexi plate is for measuring the hole that needs to be bigger on top of the case as it originally house 2*120mm fans and I want it to house 3 and maybe a radiator. Not an easy feat since it is 4mm thick aluminum. One extra strong grinding wheel was completely gone after 4 cm. So I brought out the jigsaw again. Like a knife through butter. Spent about 1 hour filing the hole to the correct shape and fit. It is being fitted from the inside like the original. But with extra strong holding points near the 5,25 inch bays.
A few pictures of all 3 grills in. The top one NOW isn't flush with the top. It will be eventually. And that looks WAY better. At some point a rad might hang from the grill making the top sqeeze the dustfilter flat and making the grill lower into the case. I also have some washers to use if needed for an extra 1,5 mm. I am even more happy with the top grill than the side grills. In real life it looks absolutely amazing. Later on with better lighting I will get my neighbour with his SLR to make far better pictures. But for now you will have to do with this sadly. Sorry.
So I received the custom grills and they are :drool:
The package arrived from Portugal. Ricardo did an amazing job. Here is one assembled and one in pieces. Each grill is made up from 3 plexi pieces and a dustfilter. Plus a bunch of screws to keep it all together.
It is actually completely flush with the sidepanel. The round edges on the panel itself make it look like otherwise in the picture, but it is.
The fun thing with these grills is you see more orange the more diagonal you are looking at it. Looking at a 90 degree angle you hardly see any orange. I absolutely love them.
Finally started on the top panel one. Again it consists of 3 plexi pieces with a dustfilter (and a spare dustfilter). The other plexi plate is for measuring the hole that needs to be bigger on top of the case as it originally house 2*120mm fans and I want it to house 3 and maybe a radiator. Not an easy feat since it is 4mm thick aluminum. One extra strong grinding wheel was completely gone after 4 cm. So I brought out the jigsaw again. Like a knife through butter. Spent about 1 hour filing the hole to the correct shape and fit. It is being fitted from the inside like the original. But with extra strong holding points near the 5,25 inch bays.
A few pictures of all 3 grills in. The top one NOW isn't flush with the top. It will be eventually. And that looks WAY better. At some point a rad might hang from the grill making the top sqeeze the dustfilter flat and making the grill lower into the case. I also have some washers to use if needed for an extra 1,5 mm. I am even more happy with the top grill than the side grills. In real life it looks absolutely amazing. Later on with better lighting I will get my neighbour with his SLR to make far better pictures. But for now you will have to do with this sadly. Sorry.
Soldato
ive just been reading through this build log thinking "im sure ive seen this before...."
got to the last pictures with the custom gril and drooled again
Tim the Dutch Lion
got to the last pictures with the custom gril and drooled again
Tim the Dutch Lion
Impactful,especially when all said and done it's an air filter
To me it is what it is all about. I mean 99% of all TJ07 mods ahve used the standard grills. It is something people didn't think about using to modify. I think it can be a perfect modification and can impact your build a lot.
Thanks for the comment by the way
ive just been reading through this build log thinking "im sure ive seen this before...."
got to the last pictures with the custom gril and drooled again
Tim the Dutch Lion
Hahaha sup man. Thanks for your nice words.
Do you have a clue what you're doing with your mod by now?
Got me a nice package I was waiting for
Yep a package from Nils. Not just for me this time as I was also working on a PSU of a friend. But I finally got my crimping tool. AND some orange (in your face) sleeving and some nice shade 19. I already have black so now I think I have all the colours I will need.
I also received 12 of these. Yes 12. I love these fans and have always wanted to use them in a build for me. They will be used for the radiator(s) as well as general use.
Yep a package from Nils. Not just for me this time as I was also working on a PSU of a friend. But I finally got my crimping tool. AND some orange (in your face) sleeving and some nice shade 19. I already have black so now I think I have all the colours I will need.
I also received 12 of these. Yes 12. I love these fans and have always wanted to use them in a build for me. They will be used for the radiator(s) as well as general use.
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This is incredible... honestly 
I have a friend wanting to build in this case, I will point this build log his way.
I have a friend wanting to build in this case, I will point this build log his way.
Thank you
Haha cool. If you also invite a friend I bet we can get this topic to a 1000 pages xD
Later on I received a package from Samsung. They were so kind to send me a desktop kit of a series 830 64GB SSD. I have bought another one just like it to put into RAID. But I am also trying something different with one. More pictures of that later on.
These things are not only very fast and reliable, but also fit my build perfectly in colour. I love them (and bought one for my regular PC as well).
Thank you very much for arranging this SSD for the project Arafeh! :thumbsups
These things are not only very fast and reliable, but also fit my build perfectly in colour. I love them (and bought one for my regular PC as well).
Thank you very much for arranging this SSD for the project Arafeh! :thumbsups
completely forgot about one package and I had to still make decent photos of another one. I will add them here both.
First off the package from Xilence. They have a lot to offer but I already had a lot at the moment in time. But Bastian hooked me up with one (well accidentally two) HDD coolers to fit in a 5,25 inch bay. They are really nice looking. Stealthy and clean. And he sent me a few 92 mm fans for the back of the case. I will spray them black probably or black with a touch of orange. Then I can tell more about how silent they are. They look like quality fans though. Especially the single fan with the complete red inside. Looks very well put together and has kind of a cool design to it. Here are the pictures. Something went wrong in the warehouse so I ended up with 3 packages. 3 fans and 2 HDD coolers :thumb:
Thank you very much Bastian for your efforts to help this build out and with your great communication :thumbsups
I also received an amazing box from Logitech. I did not know what they would sponsor the project with. Gladly Ben, Loes and Gezinus recognised this PC needed parts to operate it and since the hardware will be strong enough to play some serious games on it they provided the project with some serious gaming gear. A G19 gaming keyboard, a G35 surround headset and a G9X laser mouse. Needless to say....I was stunned :drool:
The mouse comes with a changable cover which means I will probably mod the looks of it to suit the build even more. I also cannot wait to get the keyboard to show the CPU Mhz and other important information. I am still thinking about the headset. I think it is moddable...but ruining it is amongst the possibilities so I might just leave it alone.
They will work with the project very well as I also am planning to do a bit of benchmarking with games and in general to test this baby. Check out the pictures! (like I said I didn't have time to make decent pictures yet so I made a few today, there will be FAR better pictures made by a decent photographer later on in the end of the build).
Thank you very much Ben, Loes and Gezinus for helping this project out!
First off the package from Xilence. They have a lot to offer but I already had a lot at the moment in time. But Bastian hooked me up with one (well accidentally two) HDD coolers to fit in a 5,25 inch bay. They are really nice looking. Stealthy and clean. And he sent me a few 92 mm fans for the back of the case. I will spray them black probably or black with a touch of orange. Then I can tell more about how silent they are. They look like quality fans though. Especially the single fan with the complete red inside. Looks very well put together and has kind of a cool design to it. Here are the pictures. Something went wrong in the warehouse so I ended up with 3 packages. 3 fans and 2 HDD coolers :thumb:
Thank you very much Bastian for your efforts to help this build out and with your great communication :thumbsups
I also received an amazing box from Logitech. I did not know what they would sponsor the project with. Gladly Ben, Loes and Gezinus recognised this PC needed parts to operate it and since the hardware will be strong enough to play some serious games on it they provided the project with some serious gaming gear. A G19 gaming keyboard, a G35 surround headset and a G9X laser mouse. Needless to say....I was stunned :drool:
The mouse comes with a changable cover which means I will probably mod the looks of it to suit the build even more. I also cannot wait to get the keyboard to show the CPU Mhz and other important information. I am still thinking about the headset. I think it is moddable...but ruining it is amongst the possibilities so I might just leave it alone.
They will work with the project very well as I also am planning to do a bit of benchmarking with games and in general to test this baby. Check out the pictures! (like I said I didn't have time to make decent pictures yet so I made a few today, there will be FAR better pictures made by a decent photographer later on in the end of the build).
Thank you very much Ben, Loes and Gezinus for helping this project out!
Yeah I like them as well. Can't wait to try them out.
I think P67 already had it, maybe even earlier chipsets
http://www.intel.nl/content/www/us/en/chipsets/mainstream-chipsets/p67-express-chipset.html
Very high end motherboards have added a chip for bigger arrays. The ASRock Extreme 11 X79 is super crazy in that area.
And then FINALLY something arrived for the United States of Americana. Unboxing whooooooooooooo exiting!!!!
What will it be?
It is .... it is.... YEAH it is my DWOOD Murdermod style radiator mount he made for me. It is gorgeous.
It is not a 100% copy. Mudermod also had the rad being removable from the bottom mount. This one is not removable. The idea is to have a low tunnel under the rad and fans. Together with the holes you can now put the fan wiring directly through the hole and cables are gone. They come out as one bundle at the end of the case / tunnel. So clean. Great design.
I love it so much. Such a great idea by Murdermod and DWOOD does very good quality.
Only .. it doesn't fit my TJ07
Due to my amazing measurements. I will need to take a few mm off the top to make it fit. I am such a dumb*ss
Man I was upset with myself. Oh well at least it will then fit. But now I have to work on this beauty.
Then I couldn't stop myself anymore. I just HAD to see how it would end up. Grabbed a 3mm thick XSPC radiator I had laying around, 4 orange Xigmatek fans and the mount.
I love it so much. That black with orange.
What will it be?
It is .... it is.... YEAH it is my DWOOD Murdermod style radiator mount he made for me. It is gorgeous.
It is not a 100% copy. Mudermod also had the rad being removable from the bottom mount. This one is not removable. The idea is to have a low tunnel under the rad and fans. Together with the holes you can now put the fan wiring directly through the hole and cables are gone. They come out as one bundle at the end of the case / tunnel. So clean. Great design.
I love it so much. Such a great idea by Murdermod and DWOOD does very good quality.
Only .. it doesn't fit my TJ07
Due to my amazing measurements. I will need to take a few mm off the top to make it fit. I am such a dumb*ss
Man I was upset with myself. Oh well at least it will then fit. But now I have to work on this beauty.
Then I couldn't stop myself anymore. I just HAD to see how it would end up. Grabbed a 3mm thick XSPC radiator I had laying around, 4 orange Xigmatek fans and the mount.
I love it so much. That black with orange.
