Soldato
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Her begins my Christmas holiday project. Because it is Christmas I thought I would go with a religious theme for the name and because this will be based on a beastly ITX rig what better name than David.
This is my build as it currently stands:
And the case it will be going into is one of these lovely things:
It was supposed to be arriving today but the retailer I ordered it from doesn't even have any in stock yet (was supposed to be coming in on Wednesday but didn't)
However I did receive another package today from Nils at MDPC-X:
Both tools are great and I have been practising on some spare cable whilst I wait for that case to arrive.
So the plan of action. Going for a blue/white colour scheme to keep in with the mobo and RAM (oh yeah I now have the white Vengeance LP RAM rather than the XMS3
). Things I know I will be doing are shortening the cables on the PSU and moving some of the connectors around as clearly Silverstone do not have a clue. I will also be braiding the cables but I don't yet know what colours to go for could go with plain old black or blue and white or blue and black or just blue or just white aaaarrrggghhh too many choices any input would be much appreciated. Also very tempted by heatshrinkless braiding as it looks great but I really have no idea how you would do that so if someone could enlighten me that would be fantastic. Also definitely getting LEDs for the inside and painting the fans, going to go for white frames with blue blades.
Potentially could get the inside powder coated white still not yet decided whether that is a good idea or not but if I do then I will definitely be drilling all the rivets and replacing them with anodised blue rivets and replacing the rubber grommets that hold the HDD bay with blue ones also (it is the attention to detail that counts). Have also seen some case mods that put a layer of transparent coloured acrylic behind the mobo with some LEDs under the mobo to give it kind of an outline trouble is not too sure how much of the mobo you will be able to see when the cables are in, will have to see when the case arrives. That also leads me on to another idea I had which was to put some cable management holes in and route the cables under the case and build something to cover the cables underneath. Could look smart could look **** need to put some more thought into that idea. Also will definitely be getting a cover for the ODD inside the case which is very easy to do and looks great and also potentially a stealth mod for the ODD on the front of the case but I am not sure how to stealth up a slim laptop drive, any ideas? Also want to paint the PSU but not sure whether to do it in blue or to send it off to the power coater's with the rest of the case to get it done in white.
The thing I am really unsure of is what to use as a cover. Now I could stick with the stock cover and it be a lovely stealthy box that looks awesome on the inside but what is the point in that? I could cut out windows in the existing cover or I could do a whole new cover from scratch. I just don't know. What do you guys think?
Hopefully the case will be arriving early next week so we can get down to business.
This is my build as it currently stands:
And the case it will be going into is one of these lovely things:
It was supposed to be arriving today but the retailer I ordered it from doesn't even have any in stock yet (was supposed to be coming in on Wednesday but didn't)
However I did receive another package today from Nils at MDPC-X:
Both tools are great and I have been practising on some spare cable whilst I wait for that case to arrive.
So the plan of action. Going for a blue/white colour scheme to keep in with the mobo and RAM (oh yeah I now have the white Vengeance LP RAM rather than the XMS3
). Things I know I will be doing are shortening the cables on the PSU and moving some of the connectors around as clearly Silverstone do not have a clue. I will also be braiding the cables but I don't yet know what colours to go for could go with plain old black or blue and white or blue and black or just blue or just white aaaarrrggghhh too many choices any input would be much appreciated. Also very tempted by heatshrinkless braiding as it looks great but I really have no idea how you would do that so if someone could enlighten me that would be fantastic. Also definitely getting LEDs for the inside and painting the fans, going to go for white frames with blue blades.Potentially could get the inside powder coated white still not yet decided whether that is a good idea or not but if I do then I will definitely be drilling all the rivets and replacing them with anodised blue rivets and replacing the rubber grommets that hold the HDD bay with blue ones also (it is the attention to detail that counts). Have also seen some case mods that put a layer of transparent coloured acrylic behind the mobo with some LEDs under the mobo to give it kind of an outline trouble is not too sure how much of the mobo you will be able to see when the cables are in, will have to see when the case arrives. That also leads me on to another idea I had which was to put some cable management holes in and route the cables under the case and build something to cover the cables underneath. Could look smart could look **** need to put some more thought into that idea. Also will definitely be getting a cover for the ODD inside the case which is very easy to do and looks great and also potentially a stealth mod for the ODD on the front of the case but I am not sure how to stealth up a slim laptop drive, any ideas? Also want to paint the PSU but not sure whether to do it in blue or to send it off to the power coater's with the rest of the case to get it done in white.
The thing I am really unsure of is what to use as a cover. Now I could stick with the stock cover and it be a lovely stealthy box that looks awesome on the inside but what is the point in that? I could cut out windows in the existing cover or I could do a whole new cover from scratch. I just don't know. What do you guys think?
Hopefully the case will be arriving early next week so we can get down to business.
