start another build, this one is for me, my personal Gaming Rig
Snef's Bloody Angel
i need more .........muscle......
but Horizontal board is not for me
i need a real "TOWER of POWER", at begening, Enthoo Primo white was my first choice
but i saw new case on caselabs store, The SMA8
i sent an email to caselabs to know the shipping rate
and i finally choose Caselabs SMA8
generally i try to search for a unique or special color combination but not this time
keep it simple
Hope you will enjoy it
Build setup/parts listing :
Case and accessories
• CaseLabs Magnum SMA8 White
• CaseLabs 120.2 Flex-Bay Rad Mount
• XXL Clear windows
• 480 rad mount on top and bottom
• Case Feets by Fannblade
Components
• Asus Maximus VI Formula Z87 Motherboard
• Intel i7 4770K CPU
• Corsair Dominator GT 16GB DDR3-2133 RAM
• Asus Xonar Phoebus sound card
• Silverstone Strider 1500w PSU
• Galaxy GTX 780 HOF (2x) (waiting for Ti version)
• OCZ Vertex 4 256GB SSD (2x)
• OCZ Agility 3 240GB SSD (2x)
• WD Green 3TB HDD (2x)
Cooling
• Bitfenix Spectre Pro BFF-LPRO-12025R-RP 120MM Red LED (16x)
• Darkside 480 Radiator (2x)
• Darkside 240 Radiator
• Darkside D5 Vario Pump (2x)
• EK-D5 X-TOP CSQ - WHITE Acetal (2x)
• EK-Multioption X3 250 with white acetal ends (2x)
• EK-UNI Holder D5 (2x)
• Bitspower White Crystal Links with a lots of extenders, adapters and 90 degrees
• EK-HD Tube 10/12mm 500mm - 2 pack (13x)
• EK Supremacy CPU Waterblock - Plexi-Nickel Clean CSQ
• EK-RAM Dominator (CSQ) Waterblock - Plexi Nickel Clean CSQ
• EK-FC780 GTX HOF - White Acetal+Nickel (2x)
• ColdZero Custom GTX 780 HOF backplate
• ColdZero Custom Xonar Phoebus backplate
• Ek Water Blocks Fluid Blood Red 1000ml (4x)
• Aquacomputer Aquaero 5 XT USB Fan-Controller
• Aquacomputer Ultra Poweradjust (3x)
• Aquacomputer Black Faceplate 5.25 Mount Tray for Poweradjust 2
• Aquacomputer Flow sensor mps flow 400, G1/4 (2x)
Sleeving, Cable and lightning
• Darkside Red
• Darkside White
• Darkside Fan spliter
• Darkside Led strips
• Darkside 12" ( 30cm ) Dimmable Rigid LED Strip V2
• and a lot of custom cables
Mods
• Painting ram
• Painting Waterblock
• Painting radiator
• Painting Pump mount
finally not so much mod, Caselabs generally dont need physical mod to acheive a good build
i saw we can order parts for any case now, i can drill some hole in midplate and back panel
some parts already in my hands, some are ordered and i will order the rest in march
i will try to do a little Video (Vlog) of every steps of this build, for sure, i will post a lot of pics
the first video will be
Death of Sand of God, post pics and video of how I Disassembled sand of god
i know now what is will be my backplate
coldzero.eu did a great job on this, they are on order now
these for 2 GTX 780 HOF
and this one for my Xonar Phoebus
SLI Bridge
I made some test with Plasti-dip for Bloody Angel
for sure the armor of the Maximus VI Formula will be white, but i don't want to paint it permanently, i will use plasti-dip
sure its not the armor but give a great idea of the result and i like it , its pure white
i tried on my Xonar Phoebus,
Really like the result, with the custom backplate, it will be perfect
at beginning, my plan was to add the original Asus chrome and red ROG logo sticker (you still see Asus) but they will be hidden
same thing on Aquacomputer Poweradjust 5.25 bay, i like the results
i did the same ting on my Aquaero 5 XT, but still in Sand of God
now i tried to paint Angle Fittings and Crystal link C47 Fittings with regular paints
i saw the price for 90 degree female -female angle fittings and $15 each not cheap (i know this hobby is not cheap)
i tried to paint some
in next pics, some are paint and some are Bitspower,
Not to bad, these are only test, next time, i will screw the fittings to angle before painting
i painted black angle and crystal link with 2 layer of primer and one layer of white gloss
What do you think?
and received something
I know what I will do this week end, someone says Plasti-Dip?
want to see the results of Rad with fan on it and I like it a lot
another update tomorrow, some one said Plasti-Dip?
pllasti-dip on ROG Armor
Sorry for pics, use my phone
another update
Plasti-dip on board done
like the results but its not perfect like regular paint
but if I want to keep the shield intact to sell it later, its the only option available
Update
DHL just give a gift from Portugal
just received my backplate and SLI cover
Out of town for a couple of weeks now and when I came back today, something waiting for me in front of the door
YESSSSSS!!!!
its Huge but I love it
the Usual pics of the Box,
Now, I can start build
some pics of GPU tubing, this case is HUGE!!!! and use vcery little run of tubing hahahhahaha
the 6 fitings on GPU are painted one, they are exact same as original white C47
and yes, did some hole in case, they sell it in piece now if i want to sell it later but i seriously think i will keep this one
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