Project: Hades

darwin1859 · 2 Aug 2018 at 12:58

Project Hades is complete. Project Hades uses the Cooler Master MasterCase Maker 5 case. The whole case was disassembled and inverted to form an inverted mid ATX form factor. It was given a deep red paint job, chaos skull detailing and various mods.

PC Hardware

Case: Cooler Master MasterCase Maker 5
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming
Graphics: Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Super JetStream
Memory: Kingston HyperX Savage 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4
CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K
Power supply: Cooler Master V1000 1000W 80+ gold modular
Storage: Kingston HyperX Savage 480GB SSD
CPU cooler: Cooler Master MasterLiquid Pro 240

Mods

ATX inverted case mod
Custom red case powder coating
Chaos skull case and graphics card vinyl detailing
Fully sleeved custom cables
Red CPU cooler mod

Project Hades by Darwin PC

Ganelon · 2 Aug 2018 at 20:02

I really love how those Palit cards look... but if you're modding stuff anyway, why on earth would you not flip that Palit logo? It's really easy to do; you can see the screws clear as day. I'm assuming it's the same process as on the current EVGA cards, and I've done that a few times.

Sometimes taking apart the cooler is a bit of a faff, but as long as you keep track of all the tiny screws I'm sure you can manage it

it's got to be worth it to have the logo right-way-up.

darwin1859 · 2 Aug 2018 at 21:06

Ganelon said:
I really love how those Palit cards look... but if you're modding stuff anyway, why on earth would you not flip that Palit logo? It's really easy to do; you can see the screws clear as day. I'm assuming it's the same process as on the current EVGA cards, and I've done that a few times.

Sometimes taking apart the cooler is a bit of a faff, but as long as you keep track of all the tiny screws I'm sure you can manage it it's got to be worth it to have the logo right-way-up.

Hmm it never actually occurred to me. There are a lot of upside-down logos elsewhere too, so I didn't really notice it.

Ganelon · 2 Aug 2018 at 21:13

darwin1859 said:
Hmm it never actually occurred to me. There are a lot of upside-down logos elsewhere too, so I didn't really notice it.

It's the GPU though ;P I dunno I just have a pathological need to flip it whenever I can.

Chaos666 · 4 Aug 2018 at 00:17

that psu sag ....

ade555 · 4 Aug 2018 at 22:12

Glad to see you lined up the case well so outside panels went on fine, just cover that PSU with custom made plate, this one is going to be like marmite

alex crossland · 9 Oct 2018 at 23:21

Not really a fan of that case but it looks better in red!