Sofia (completed build)

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Hi all.

Project Sofia came to light one day when I was watching Sofia The First on tv with my 4 year old daughter.
One of those grab a coffee and chill for 5 minute times.
I was already in talks with Antec uk on a project,myself and my fiancée own a few antec cases.media centre and my personal build.
Whilst watching the kids show with my daughter,the colour theme and build came to life.
Something small,clean lines,elegant, like Sofia in the tv show,and it had to have a wow factor on the colour scheme.
So I passed my plans on to Antec,and the green light was given.

SPONSORS
ANTEC UK :- http://www.antec.com/?lan=uk
MSI UK :- https://uk.msi.com/
Team Memory :- http://www.teamgroupinc.com/en/product/T-Force Gaming

SPECS:-
CASE:- Antec Cube
MOBO:- Msi Z270i Gaming Pro Carbon MITX
CPU:- Intel i7-6700k
MEM:- Team Dark DDR4 3000mhz in grey.
PSU:- Antec High Current Pro 850 watt.
GPU:- Sapphire RX480 8 gig.
SSD:- 2 x Kingston Hyper X 3K 240 gig
M.2:- Samsung SM961 256 NVME.
FANS:- Antec Truequiet 120 UFO white.

WATERCOOLING:-
RADS:- 1 x Alphacool 240 mm Eisbrecher Pro XT45. /. 1 x Alphacool 120 mm Eisbrecher Pro XT45
CPU :- Watercool Heatkiller IV pro
Gpu :- Watercool Heatkiller IV pro RX480
RES:- Alphacool Eisbrecher 250
FITTINGS:- Alphacool 13/10 Eiszapfan compression fittings
TUBING:- Alphacool 13/10 Acrylic
COOLANT:- Mayhems pastel purple.

CASE:- Antec Cube

CASE COLOURS:-
EXTERIOR COLOUR:- House of Kolor fine Pavo Purple with metallic flake.
INTERIOR COLOUR:- House of kolor Snow White pearl.

MOTHERBOARD:- Msi Z270i Gaming Pro Carbon MITX

PSU:- Antec High Current Pro 850 watt.

That's it for now,more updates coming soon.
Thanks

 

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Sofia had a few more goodies arrive today.all watercooling components have been despatched from Alphacool and watercool.

Antec True Quiet 120 UFO white led.

T-Force Dark DDR4 3000mhz 16 gig.

Sapphire RX480,8 gig

Just waiting on the paint delivery from House Of Kolor,then we are good to go.......

 

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Watercooling components have landed from Alphacool.
Still waiting for the paint from House of Kolor.

 

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Images not working?

I can see them

 

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Working now. I'm viewing on a mobile so maybe that's causing problems.

Is there a foam layer underneath the radiator shroud!?

It's called an air breaker matt, it helps distribute the air from the fans all over the radiator fin surface

 

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I'd be interested to hear how that works out for you. Perhaps you can post a review once you've had a chance to test.

I'd be more than happy to get a review done when the build is complete

 

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Remove it, few reviews done on it say it creates more noise via to much turbulence. Without it acts as a nice shroud to get rid of dead spots and sound...

I'll see what it's like when the rig is assembled,I'll give it a go

 

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Do like those Alphacool clear plexi res - something really nice about the clear acrylic base.

Totally agree with you dude

 

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SOFIA UPDATE:-

Well Sofia is ready for paint,just waiting on the paint from House Of Kolor.
Myself and my lady done some testing with the pump and res yesterday,and both of us were mesmerised by the fluid running through the #alphacool plexi pump block.
So we put our heads together and thought why not show the top of the block off.
A little measuring and dremmel action,and it was done.
I will raise the block by 24mm,this will give me the affect I want.
Why hide something away that looks cool and adds more colour to the finished build.
All measurements are done for the acrylic work,and all fits perfectly like a glove.

 

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Hi all
Sorry the updates have been thin on the ground.
It's taken a while to get the case to paint,well for them to fit it in their busy schedules.
A lot of prep went into getting all the parts to the perfection that John wanted.
But today we finally got the base coats down on the chassis and exterior panels.and on the Alphacool radiator casings.
The chassis has had a white base coat,next is the candy white and then a clear high gloss show lacquer.
The exterior panels have had the custom mixed purple base coat,next it's the custom purple candy.then it's the high gloss show lacquer with a little metal flake.
Here's a few pictures

 

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Shiny, would look nice with those flecked metallic bits through but the colours nice! Did you just use a dremel on the case to cut - thinking about taking one to a panel...

Thanks dude.
That's just the candy purple basecoat.the airbrushing gets done on Thursday and then a clear high gloss show lacquer with fine metal flake in it.
Dremel and a jigsaw

 

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Love the deep looking colour! Can't wait for the next update

Cheers dude.
Final assembly will be next week

 

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Loving the colour buddy looking forward to the end result.

Thanks buddy.final assembly next week

 

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Good evening.
A little watercool goodness arrived today
Big thanks to Jakob and his team for getting these made and delivered to me is supersonic time.
HEATKILLER IV PRO (Intel) acrylic
HEATKILLER IV RX480 acrylic
These will keep Sofia nice and cool.

 

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Well that's both watercool Heatkiller blocks installed.
Just waiting for the case to come back from paint,and we are ready for assembly.

 

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my wife absolutely loves that colour and wants her case like it now lol!

Your wife has good taste.
That's just the candy basecoat,airbrushing is being done this week.then a high gloss show lacquer with metal flake in it.
Can't wait to get it back and start assembly

 

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Hi all.
I'm just waiting for the Antec Cube case to come back from paint,the airbrushing was completed today.
They are applying the high gloss lacquer with a little metal flake in it tomorrow,so hoping to get it back by the end of the weekend.
So whilst waiting for that,I got some last little bits finished.
The Antec TrueQuiet 120 UFO fans have a semi transparent fan blade,which look good but not the finished look I was looking for.
I wanted a plain white halo ring,there's plenty of case lighting going on so wasn't needing the light glowing through the blades.

Also painted the Alphacool Eislicht casing,just to blend it into the inside case colour

 

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This looks awesome! Looking forward to seeing this finished.

Thank you.
The case is all finished at ReBorn To Be Wild.im collecting it on Thursday.(manic until then)
I will be starting assembly on the weekend,my partner wants to help as well.so all good.

 

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Hi all.
The day finally arrived today...... Sofia's chassis was ready to collect from the paint shop.
ReBorn To Be Wild and Kustom sammy have done a fantastic job.totally blown away by the level of craftsmanship.
I'm letting you see a couple of pictures,but the rest of it will be revealed very soon.
ITS BUILD TIME.....
Colours:-
Chassis/Alphacool rad casings:- custom candy white with a high gloss show lacquer with metal flake mixed in.
Case panels :- custom candy purple with a high gloss show lacquer with metal flake mixed in
All art work was airbrushed on by Kustom Sammy.
Enjoy....

 

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Looks sweet mate, honestly don't bother putting the 'sound mat' back in the eisbrecher , acts as a solid shroud/gasket and will perform close to the UT60

Cheers dude.
I've read many reviews on this sound mat.
Some good,some not so good.
I think I'll leave them out