Dark beauty desk build

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johnathon007

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Just joined to get this going, no sense in doing all this work if no one knows about it.

Ive never really done a full case mod before just added fans and a heater core for a ford bronco to my storm sniper case but Ive been searching for the perfect case for over a year and finally arrived at the conclusion that Its just not out there. Ive been looking at some of the desk builds since Ive toyed with the idea a few times and decided it was time to just jump in.

Budget is very low really but I have a bunch of the wood and hardware around so this should turn out very well. Colors are going to be red and black to stay with the crosshair [and AMD/ATI] colors. Time line is going to move quickly so updates are going to be pretty fast and probably with more pictures than words.

The desk is going to be red oak probably stained a nice dark color like a lot of oak furniture. Desk top will be oak on the main portion with a glass top on the left to show off the computer

This is just going to be a new home for my current rig so nothing too new or fancy for now.

Old stuff:


  1. Crosshair IV formula
  2. 1090T with apogee block [Original one I think]
  3. 280x with EK block
  4. 4x2gb RipJaws 1600 ram
  5. kingwin lazer 1000W PSU [single sleeving with paracord hopefully]
  6. 2xWD black 640 In raid0 [saving for ssd] and 2TB storage drive
  7. Motherboard tray donated by an old case
  8. Micro res v2
  9. 22" viewsonic touchscreen for desktop and 37" vizio for gaming


New stuff:


  1. 2x Phobya G-changer 360s
  2. 3x San ace 109r with thermal control.
  3. some thermochill compression fittings
  4. Dangerden fatboy fittings to use where compressions aren't needed
  5. Dangerden UV black tubing
Pictures coming as soon as I get it to let me add them.

EDIT>>> pictures are up.
 
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I don't really have any of the good pictures yet so theres time, all I have right now is before and afters on the fan painting and some pictures of all the stuff I bought.
 
I only get errors when I try to send pictures, I tried imgur and photobucket, Ill keep trying though and get some pictures up. My current case is a mess will all the function over form mods Ive done but it should give a good comparison and people always like to see the giant heatercore I crammed in the front :)
 
It looks like 5 posts is the magic number :) Pictures are a little blurry from my cell phone but its not too bad.

My computer right now mostly torn down [Don't worry all those wires will be dead and gone once I get it out of the case and into its new desk home]
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All the stuff I bought for my build
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Fans before and after paint
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Motherboard tray is probably getting painted tomorrow
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The wood under the motherboard tray is the wood the desk is going to be built from.
 
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It wasnt too bad until I cut all the ties and stole the cables for this build ;)
Ive been stripping parts for about 2 weeks trying to get this going.
 
I love the anti-grav mounting for the res... Where can I get one of those lol :D

But although blurry they do give us a good idea of where you are coming from so when we see what you will achieve, then we can appreciate what you have built almost as much as you :)

**edit**

Is that a radiator on top of the case as well as on the front?

***edit 2***

The inside of the case kinda reminds me of a scene out of Stargate Atlantis....

When the doctor, Jenifer Keller (Jewel Staite) is changing into a Hive ship, and Ronan Dax (Jason Momoa) is struggling to get through the tendrils in the corridor to help save the day...

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:D
 
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Oh my lord... please do a better job with your new build, the last one was really bad cable management wise :P

A lot of us here are neat freaks, bear that in mind :)
 
iBeInspire said:
Oh my lord... please do a better job with your new build, the last one was really bad cable management wise :P

A lot of us here are neat freaks, bear that in mind :)
Click to expand...

Thats why I not uploaded pics of my new Rig yet, until I get the SP120 LED fans, so as can then finally sort out the wires, i still debating whether to custom make some cables though as although these Silverstone extension are brilliant and coordinated with everything else in the case, behind the scenes is packed out with cables crammed in everywhere and in no order, and I am still holding out hope that Asus will get off their collective behinds and give us in the EU the longer AAFP cable that people in the USA can get for the Front Base. :disappointed1:
 
Cables will be perfectly neat and tidy in this build :)

edit> Yes thats a radiator in the top also. missed that question the first time.
 
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I don't know of double posting is a problem but adding some pic :)
Motherboard tray painted.



Got the plywood cut today. Don't have any pictures of all the small pieces yet but here's after the first cut.




Desk should start coming together in a day or 2 and some pictures will follow.
 
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