Project Sapphire Ice

[jj_sky5000]

I got my overall design for this mod when i was designing the lenovo ice build, A smaller compact ice cube made for Gaming !!! but i also really wanted showcase the components. After a few drawings and ordering the materials i was ready to begin.

A Big Thank to Sapphire Tech, & Kingston for letting me build a unique case

Components:

Danger Den 7 Slot I/O Shield for Custom Cases

Danger DenMC-TDX Block for LGA 1155, 1156 i3, i5, i7

Danger Den-RAD-Reservoir

Danger Den-CPX-Pro 12V Pump

3/8" Blue UV Danger Den Tubing

Stealth GTS 240 Black Ice Rad

Feser One - UV CLEAR Illusion - F1 - Coolant

Enermax Apollish Vegas 120mm x 25mm

Mod/Smart Supreme System Sleeving

Mod/Smart 20 Station LED Board - Base w/ 10x LEDs

Tailed Red 5mm LED w/ 2 Pin Mobo Header Connector

Bulgin Switch Black Switch - white LED

Silmar 41 casting resin

Fluorescent Acrylic Plexiglass - Blue

Clear Acrylic Plexiglass Sheet - 1/4'' Thick Cast

Sapphire Pure Black P67 Hydra-LGA1155

Sapphire HD6950 Flex

Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge

Blue Ray Burner

Antec 1200

Kingston 96GB ssd

Kingston hyper 8GB mem

I started by drawing on a wooden sheet for the mold where i want the components to fit.

then i started creating the molds for the base

Poured the resin

after a day of curing in the sun

A rough shell base has begun.

 

[jj_sky5000]

Framing the base !!!

measured up the aluminum fram around the plexi bottom

PS fan cutout

MB board tray cut out

resizing the ice base

fan & rom bay cut outs I used a router for fan cut out and upper plexglass

test fit

 

[S_I_N]

Looking ....well different mate but looking good cant wait to see more

 

[yassarikhan786]

Kind of looks like ice, very unique idea, I like it

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[Azurite]

I saw your Lenovo mod. Looks good, and nice effort your putting into this project.

 

[8bitbreed]

looks sick....

Just an idea for you, you could drill some tiny holes the bottom of the pannels, and put some white led's, to shine up through, would look pretty sweet.

 

[jj_sky5000]

My favorite part of the build ecting and illuminating The Sapphire Logo.

laying everything out for full assembly

the first side panel

added the sdd and the front logo

Rad & fans

added the Blue ray & PS + side panels

Cutout for the upper case fan to blow on the GPU

Super tight fit for water cooling and wires

cleaned up the wiring

Dropping the MB onto the base.

 

[8bitbreed]

I want...

 

[jimmyakakev]

looks great so far bro, keep those pics coming!

 

[jj_sky5000]

looks great so far bro, keep those pics coming!

Some final pictures, sorry i didnt have too many pics, 30 day time from to get this to Sapphire before being shipped E3 in LA.

 

[dworrall]

Wheres my Jaw gone, it just dropped off D:.

 

[ionicle]

that is stunning

 

[S_I_N]

sweet job I wish I had the skilz ...well I prolly do just not the know how lol maybe when things settle down you can put up a how to make those resin panel tutorial or something along those lines. I can think of lots of ways I could pimp my rig with that know-how

 

[Lollipop]

Ice to meet you!(See what i did there?)

Looks cool(And again?)

 

[yassarikhan786]

Really N(ice) - see what I did there?

I really like that Sapphire logo and the lighting is amazing.

 

[jimmyakakev]

Very unique, both thumbs are up

 

[SieB]

I like this one better than the other ice build you did but they both are really good.

 

[Korg]

Nice craftsmanship, looks nice.