Custom build - Thermaltake core x2

CONSOLE_BUTCHER · 15 Nov 2017 at 15:58

This is my 1st attempt at doing some acrylic modding so bear that in mind lol. Obviously the cut needs to be “perfected” before i sand it then apply some printed vinyl and then paint.

CONSOLE_BUTCHER · 15 Nov 2017 at 16:10

Just pulled the acrylic out and found this crack, gonna have to do two seperate pieces. One for the main piece and one for the bend.

famas · 15 Nov 2017 at 18:17

Why not acrylic weld it rather than bending it?

CONSOLE_BUTCHER · 15 Nov 2017 at 18:22

famas said:
Why not acrylic weld it rather than bending it?

I have thought about joining two pieces but it would only break if i had to take it out. Gonna try to figure out some kind of jigsaw thing so it would come out and go back in easyer.

CONSOLE_BUTCHER · 30 Apr 2018 at 15:27

After not being able to get the other piece in that i wanted in there, i decided to put a larger piece across the whole of it.

Although it doesnt span the whole of it, when the panel is on you cant tell.

The square marked out is for the screw that goes into the ssd mount.

CONSOLE_BUTCHER · 30 Apr 2018 at 15:29

I didnt want it mounted by screws so i used velcro instead, for ease of use when ever i need to take it out.

CONSOLE_BUTCHER · 30 Apr 2018 at 15:32

This was my first idea for mountings the lcd temp displays but it didnt seam as appealing.

My next idea was to mount them side by side.

The square marked off to the side is where im putting a geforce logo.

CONSOLE_BUTCHER · 30 Apr 2018 at 15:34

After cutting the holes i put the lcd screens in for a test, to see how they look. Then i sanded down the acrylic for when i apply the paint.

CONSOLE_BUTCHER · 30 Apr 2018 at 15:37

After finishing the sanding and the lcd screen mounts, i fitted the screen and the acrylic to the pc, i know there are some visible cracks but they wont be noticable when it has been painted.

CONSOLE_BUTCHER · 30 Apr 2018 at 15:47

This is a view of my pc from my view when im sat down. On my screen is a vally benchmark that has been running for about 10 minutes at the time.

With the sensor for the gpu( display is on the left ) being on the backplate, on idle it is fairly accurate( not going to be 100% with it not being directly on the block ).

As vally starts the temps on the gpu sensor is 10 degrees behind with the plate still being fairly cooler. Then at about the 10 to 15 minute mark as the backplate has heated up and leveled out with the block, it is accurate to within 2 to 5 degrees, depending on the demands of what is being displayed.

The cpu sensor is pretty much right on the back of the motherboard where the cpu is located, the display is on the right and is acurate to within 1 to 3 degrees at all times.

The displays themselves look orange in the picture, but the red matches when you look in person.

CONSOLE_BUTCHER · 30 Apr 2018 at 16:28

Just removed the other temp display that i had in there as it isnt needed anymore, along with the sketchy modded mount lol

CONSOLE_BUTCHER · 2 May 2018 at 10:38

The beginning of the logo, cut the geforce piece seperate from the green stripes before tediously scraping away the white parts, ready for painting.

CONSOLE_BUTCHER · 2 May 2018 at 10:38

The beginning of the logo, cut the geforce piece seperate from the green stripes before tediously scraping away the white parts, ready for painting.

CONSOLE_BUTCHER · 2 May 2018 at 10:43

Before applying the stripes, i roughly traced the shape of the sticker onto some green acrylic, before removing the white parts.

CONSOLE_BUTCHER · 2 May 2018 at 10:44

The logo with all white parts removed, before applying the green acrylic to the back.

CONSOLE_BUTCHER · 2 May 2018 at 10:49

The morning after, left it in my mums summer house over night with the clamps on.

An upclose of the logo with the green acrylic on it. I have tested it with a light behind and it does show through with the right shade. Just hope it turns out proper when its painted and the stickers are removed.

Going to be using a white led strip to put behind it.

CONSOLE_BUTCHER · 2 May 2018 at 17:02

This is the first coat of paint, i applyed a few more before letting it finally dry and then putting it in my pc.

CONSOLE_BUTCHER · 2 May 2018 at 17:03

This is it after its finished.

CONSOLE_BUTCHER · 14 Jun 2018 at 18:50

My most recent idea for things to do in my rig was put a back plate on the back plate with a “GTX 1080 FE” logo.

Rather than do it with printed vynil i wanted to do it with transfer paper, after making a thread about how to use transfer paper, @Disco79 offered to shoot me a sample for free.

I shown him a picture of what i wanted doing and after a bit of back and forth he sent me a logo that i did this with ...

The actual transfer went well after damping it with a cloth and then using a bus card to make it stick.

As you can see there are two holes in the acrylic, which is 6mm thick. Im going to be using some green 3mm led’ to iluminate the logo .

Here is the front and back after 3/4 coats of gloss red.

After the stickers have been pealed.

I never actually thought of how to put it in the case untill i got round to doing it, had to take the front pannel off and carefully move it into place.

Here are two different angles of it, when its in place. To keep it in place i used some velcro on the seperate ends of the acrylic piece, aswell as some on the back of the EK plate.

I was going to do the soldering for the led’ and hopefully have that done tonight aswell but i dont have the right pins for the connectors.

Let me know your thoughts on it. (Y)

Disco79 · 14 Jun 2018 at 22:15

Looking good so far fella.
Looks like the vinyl transfer has worked a treat and given you nice clean edges for the backlit logo.