Insomnia I55 Thermaltake project

For this project HyperX again showed their support by putting in a set of 4*8GB 1600Mhz DDR3 HyperX BEAST modules. With the nice black PCB they are rocking nowadays. :thumb:
And 3 of their 3K 120GB SSDs. Both fitting the colours of this theme perfectly.







Thank you very much HyperX! :clap: And especially K.J. and E.B. for this amazing set of hardware.

 
This delivery I received later. The waterblock to use and fittings for 16mm hardline tubing and about 6 meters of Thermaltakes own 16/12 mm PETG tubing.





















I am arriving at the point where I can finally start fitting some hardware. :thumb:

Thanks Martin for the emergency package.
 
Onwards with some more plexi work :)

First off the small window for over the rear SSDs. This is there to protect the SSDs from people that like the ones too much that are fitted to the rear of this project. I tried to somehow keep some lines from the inside involved in this.
I polished up all edges of the window.







Next up another piece of acrylic. This time for the mounting of a single HyperX SSD. I tried to make the shape of the paintjob resemble the X on the SSDs. This will be mounted behind the motherboard tray with a doorwindow so it is always visible.



 
This is a short video of the new front of the case.

The stock front is black plastic and has a sound dampening layer behind it.
Like I showed in my first update in this log I took the front off and sawed out the sound dampening layer. I replaced the front big panel with a special LED black plexiglass one that changed colour based on the light behind it. I then painted the rear of it black and lasered out the gfx Django drew for me (big thanks like always Django). Then put a clear plexi panel behind it with a pattern lasered into it and a red LED strip around it.

This makes it so that when the PC is turned off the front is just about black. And the gfx only show up when the PC has been turned on.

For those that might see it directly. Yes I have been influenced by the new In INWIN case with the red hex front. The technique behind it is different, but I liked it a lot and I thought it would suit this system a lot. Especially with the TT esports logo and the TT in the bottom end. The front stays clean like this, no opening for fans or grill. But still it looks different :)


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how do I get this video to work????
 
I made some sleeves for this system. 24 and 8 pin EPS rainbow extensions. For the GPU I redid the stock cables. Had to shorten them considerably. They will run stright up from the PSU to the GPU through the PSU shroud.





 
Luggs said:
wow, so much epic progress made since I last checked in!!

Love the GPU, KFA make some of the best looking cards out. Really like the CPU block too. And the lighting effect, yeah that rocks too. Really nice work mate.
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Thank you very much Luggs :)
Very nice to read.

faheemrazzaq said:
cables go very well with the theme.
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Thanks Faheem. I have tried to follow the theme and not make them attracting too much attention.
 
As always Mayhems was kind enough to provide this project with their coolant. This time I wanted to try Aurora for the first time. I went with Aurora red (duh). The colour was pretty much spot on from the bottle.







Thank you so much Mayhems and especially Michael for helping me out with projects. :clap:



I spent 2 evenings creating the loop by cutting and bending the Thermaltake PETG. I made no photos of that :wallbash:

But here is the finished loop.

 
Teuton said:
Awesome clean looking interior.
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Thank you Teuton :)

johnnyrotten665 said:
That looks awesome. I really like the horizontal mounting on the reservoirs.
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Thanks Johnny. I felt the same way especially with the pump placed in the middle like this.

traveyb said:
Such a clean looking build, love it. Also love the way you have sectioned off the bottom.
Also am I being thick or have you not put the GFX in yet?
That Mayhems fluid looks amazing, can't wait to see the loop filled
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The GPU will be added later to the build. It will be aircooled and in front of the left section. So without it in I can reach all the pipes easily.

P.B said:
Sorry for the dumb question where is the gpu going ? :eek:
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On the left side vertically with the cooler facing the window.

ALXAndy said:
Very nice and top work dude.

I always love your builds !
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Thanks for the vote of confidence Andy :)
 
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