NZXT Phantom 410 Extreme Mod Log

[PBaines]

AverageNinja: Watch from 8:38 - 9:50 here my friend.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt5QHdTA10c&feature=plcp

And so, with a new 240mm rad. She all goes in, and then... yeah, its not the easiest thing getting dem fittings to work

but this is the rad setup

NOTE: Will be getting better lighting, and a little photo area soon,

next update will be in a few days, once I get the mobo tray sorted out!! get ready to see the inner side of my workshop!

 

[reeper250]

Nice idea connecting the rads with those fittings.

 

[tinytomlogan]

Nice idea connecting the rads with those fittings.

I was thinking the same thing

 

[sharps_87]

Loved your Switch build, looking forward to this it looks sweet!

Same question as someone else, which fans are those you have attached to the 360 in the front?

 

[Rastalovich]

I have to admit, I saw the bottom pic first and thought "why has he got a sheet of hard-board on the mobo tray, and posts in it ?".

 

[PBaines]

I was thinking the same thing

As a wise ape once said "Try to use as less tubing as possible"

btw, I will be trying to get a hold of some Xigmatek orange blade, fans. As this will be a black and orange theme (Yeah, will be painting case all black, and then have nice orange insides

) Orange fans, Dye and Orange led strips. I dont want to over do the orange, so i think that i will have the right amount of it! does anyone else concur?

 

[reeper250]

btw, I will be trying to get a hold of some Xigmatek orange blade, fans. As this will be a black and orange theme (Yeah, will be painting case all black, and then have nice orange insides

) Orange fans, Dye and Orange led strips. I dont want to over do the orange, so i think that i will have the right amount of it! does anyone else concur?

Sound good

 

[Solidarity]

The way the rads are linked is pretty clever.

 

[G-Dubs]

Also liking the way you have linked the rads.

Are you planning to put a CPU cut out into the acrylic?

I know it will ruin the clean look to a certain extent, but it'll all be covered up by the mobo anyway.

Also, have you still got plenty of room up in the top corner to bring the 12pin CPU cable through? I can't quite see on the pics, and I know it's a little tight up there at the best of times.

 

[PBaines]

Also liking the way you have linked the rads.

Are you planning to put a CPU cut out into the acrylic?

I know it will ruin the clean look to a certain extent, but it'll all be covered up by the mobo anyway.

Also, have you still got plenty of room up in the top corner to bring the 12pin CPU cable through? I can't quite see on the pics, and I know it's a little tight up there at the best of times.

Thanks ! I think they look good too

Yes, I will have one, that is specific only to the intel location, because in some cases... they are flippen huge, and not really needing to be that big ! so will be a nice small one.

Yes, certainly do ! Got just as much room as I had before I chopped out the other mobo tray

 

[AverageNinja]

AverageNinja: Watch from 8:38 - 9:50 here my friend.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt5QHdTA10c&feature=plcp

And so, with a new 240mm rad. She all goes in, and then... yeah, its not the easiest thing getting dem fittings to work

but this is the rad setup

NOTE: Will be getting better lighting, and a little photo area soon,

next update will be in a few days, once I get the mobo tray sorted out!! get ready to see the inner side of my workshop!

Ah, thanks mate

I write reviews about games in my free time. I do it in dutch, but I think I could write (hardware) reviews in English for OC3D. I'll just start reviewing stuff in the member review section then

 

[PBaines]

Riiight, so got the placement of the 8 pin EPS hole sorted, and also i realised that after some testing i can actually rivet the motherboard tray on! But that will be done last, as i still have to paint the case

which wont be happening anytime soon, might get it done professionally and get it baked (hot room pretty much) as its winter here, freezing cold. and paint would come out like shit. But we shall see!!

 

[G-Dubs]

If you can tap the holes in the acrylic then you should be able to screw it in. that way if you need to you can alway6 get it back out.

i wouldn't have thought the heads on the rivets were long enough, but you've tested and they're fine so thats good.

Are you worried about the pressure from them cracking the acry6lic oer time?

 

[PBaines]

Hmmm, Have considered it. Will have a look, if I did screw it I would probably use M4 screws. But you do have a good point... ;D

It is not that they have to be long enough, Because really, all the end of the rivets do is, compress, and expand. And when they are in a thick hole.. they expand, so its nice and tight

Well, at the end of the day, as long as you dont shake a case, like you wouldn't shake a baby, I think you would be fine

It is 6mm thick arcrylic, so it isn't going to crack that easy!

 

[PBaines]

Am taking the case off for painting!

Black exterior, interior, except the interior roof and floor. that will be orange

See you back here soon guy

 

[ZZAC]

looking promising

 

[G-Dubs]

looking forward to seeing the paint job.

Bit of a fan of bold colour changes. Did a black and orange mod meyself a few years back in fact.

 

[J-Lyons]

looking forward to seeing the paint job.

Bit of a fan of bold colour changes. Did a black and orange mod meyself a few years back in fact.

"[font=Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans]Multi posting is against the rules too. You know what the edit button is please use it in future." - TTL[/font]

 

[G-Dubs]

"[font=Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans]Multi posting is against the rules too. You know what the edit button is please use it in future." - TTL[/font]

We had a mobile device which had a bit of a spas. all corrected now, I'd hate to have to ban myself

 

[Jason-CL]

MOAR pics!

Great looking work so far, keep it up!