Weißgold - Silverstone Sponsored ITX
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I think we have a winner
Without the "project" though, it fits perfectly, single word and nice and clean.
If a passing mod happens to see this, could you please change the thread title to "Weißgold - Silverstone Sponsored ITX" please? Thanks
...anyone?
First of all, a big thanks to Karin at Silverstone and Rich at Overclockers for organising this!
I have some pictures for you!, although all I've had time to do as far is get the parts in the case (just!) and test them. Happy to report they are working a treat
First of all, some boxes:
They are all so small! The power supply box is stupendously small, when I first saw it I wondered how the hell they got a 600w PSU in there...
Anyway, at this point, I sort of forgot to do the "meet and greet" with the parts and had to put them together like an excited child.
After MUCH cramming, it all went in. Somehow.
Here's it opened up. I haven't spent any time organising it, this was just to check everything works.
It NEEDS a mention of hard it was to get that 770 in... had to be the first thing in, and had to go in on the other side IO end first, backplate facing the floor of the case. Then be twisted round above the motherboard, and finally coerced into place.
Lovely 600w PSU... IMO the star of the show here, solely for it being the absolute best SFX PSU about as far as I know
Semi-passive, gold rated, midget, modular... You get the idea
Here's a few pics showing the rest of the internals; the TD03, being such a thick rad, takes up SO much room!! I like it though, and it feels solid as anything.
The SSDs are ghetto mounted for now
Another top shot.
Showing the radiator from the inside; it really does dominate the case.
The other side; where I've shoved the currently unsleeved cables and SSDs.
My plans are obviously to sleeve the cables, with the colours I've put before. I'll have to think long and hard about management; James at Pexon can make them to custom length as he makes Silverstone cables from scratch, so that will help no end. The only real places I can see to practically route the cables are above the rad (for PCI-e) and below the rad (for... well, everything else)
Also the window; not giving any details on this yet, but this will be the highlight I tell you now
Then there's the painting of the interior/rear, the repainting of pretty much everything (the backplate is poorly finished and scratched, the IO shield is scratched, etc.), and the consideration of where I'll be putting this black/gold pattern.
Until next time.
I have some pictures for you!, although all I've had time to do as far is get the parts in the case (just!) and test them. Happy to report they are working a treat
First of all, some boxes:
They are all so small! The power supply box is stupendously small, when I first saw it I wondered how the hell they got a 600w PSU in there...
Anyway, at this point, I sort of forgot to do the "meet and greet" with the parts and had to put them together like an excited child.
After MUCH cramming, it all went in. Somehow.
Here's it opened up. I haven't spent any time organising it, this was just to check everything works.
It NEEDS a mention of hard it was to get that 770 in... had to be the first thing in, and had to go in on the other side IO end first, backplate facing the floor of the case. Then be twisted round above the motherboard, and finally coerced into place.
Lovely 600w PSU... IMO the star of the show here, solely for it being the absolute best SFX PSU about as far as I know
Semi-passive, gold rated, midget, modular... You get the idea
Here's a few pics showing the rest of the internals; the TD03, being such a thick rad, takes up SO much room!! I like it though, and it feels solid as anything.
The SSDs are ghetto mounted for now
Another top shot.
Showing the radiator from the inside; it really does dominate the case.
The other side; where I've shoved the currently unsleeved cables and SSDs.
My plans are obviously to sleeve the cables, with the colours I've put before. I'll have to think long and hard about management; James at Pexon can make them to custom length as he makes Silverstone cables from scratch, so that will help no end. The only real places I can see to practically route the cables are above the rad (for PCI-e) and below the rad (for... well, everything else
)Also the window; not giving any details on this yet, but this will be the highlight I tell you now
Then there's the painting of the interior/rear, the repainting of pretty much everything
(the backplate is poorly finished and scratched, the IO shield is scratched, etc.), and the consideration of where I'll be putting this black/gold pattern.Until next time.
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Thanks for the comments, much appreciated!
I was considering flipping the PSU over anyway as then, a short 24 pin cable wouldn't have to twist to reach the motherboard (if that makes any sense). I even have one of those adapters so I'll try mounting it tonight
What do you use, just some super strong glue?
As for painting the inside, I might just mask off the bits that contact the side panel and leave them as is. They would look worse all scratched up.
Once I'd crammed everything into mine, I couldn't see any of the inside so it was a bit of a wasted effort to paint if I'm honest, but I guess I knew it was there so I had to do it. In hindsight I should've (as you've said) masked off any bits where the case parts touch and then just painted the inside of the lid - none of the other interior shows. So really all I needed to do was the rear exterior and the I/O shield.
As for the Akasa adapter, it came out at no more than 300 grams with an SSD and HDD in it, so I used a No More Nails adhesive pad and sliced up into 4 and stuck to the corner edges - more than enough support ( i actually positioned mine slightly wrong but it's such a strong bond I can't shift it to re-position
Also, the pads are about 4mm thick so it gives the perfect space between caddy and PSU to accommodate the slight lip under the PSU on the back wall of the case - I was originally looking at needing a spacer of some kind to create that gap, but the pads do it fine on their own.
I've flipped the PSU over - but couldn't find any appropriate adhesive
I took a few pics with it out, to better show the block and internals. Left the wires in.
Also sorted out the tubing a bit...
That's what this is for!
One done!
And finished!
While I think this looks pretty good, I need to redo it as the tubing doesn't quite fit. I also currently have just taken it off as it makes them way thicker and inflexible, and hard to fit the PSU etc.
I do like what you have done to those tubes ..I have the same cooler and I much prefer what you've done here to the way the tubes come nice work
Thanks
I'll try and get them back on when I've got the custom cables and the like in, but they are a right pain lol.
I could remove it without too much effort, but I think it really does need to be white...
Ideally I'd make a cover of sorts (like a Sabertooth) but I don't have the facilities to do so, combined with how awkward it would be to leave ports for fans etc. I'd have to pay someone else to cut me some metal or acrylic.
Maybe I could do it but it would be difficult.
Ideally I'd make a cover of sorts (like a Sabertooth) but I don't have the facilities to do so, combined with how awkward it would be to leave ports for fans etc. I'd have to pay someone else to cut me some metal or acrylic.
Maybe I could do it but it would be difficult.
This seems to be the general concensus, so I've decided I'll be removing it.
If possible I'll be making a cover of sorts, or perhaps actually using a sheet of cut vinyl and coating it like that would be better. I would leave the PCB components such as caps and chips uncovered if I went this route.
Also, I've got some adhesive to properly mount the SSDs so I'll be doing this once back home.
It's true but I'll know it's there, horribly the wrong colour
Although, perhaps a bit of contrast wont be so bad.
Next week I'll get going on this more, have been waiting on that order and still am. Will sort the board, repaint some stuff and paint new stuff, and sort the drive mounting.
ooooo what could it be
Be here in two to three weeks though
Remember this? Well it's here
I see so many people add plexi and acrylic windows... pah! Go hard or go home!
10mm thick low iron glass, dubbed corners and polished edges
Now, to try and fit it asap! I still need to cut a window in the actual panel and will do this as soon as possible, then attach the glass with some metal standoffs.
Nice I love the idea of a small case but then again love a midi(full are too big) tower as well. Maybe the best way is having both?
Anyway nice work so far, liking the white colour scheme. First time I've seen somebody plastidip a mobo, good idea
I'm hoping it'll mostly come off in one peel
Ideally I'd like a cover but it might just be to difficult to make
The glass seems to be reflective enough to be nice, but not too much so.
Sorry for a lack of updates, tomorrow is the big day. I have been busy, the window is cut although I need to make it slightly bigger and file the edges. I've also removed majority of plasti from the board, and tried to paint the psu but couldn't detach the internals from the housing.
I have the cash for sleeving now so will be on that soon as well.