[Rebuild] Corsie the blue Corsair 600T

[XeTK]

Alright Guys

Thought id share this with you. Its kinda post build log, the machine is 95% finished.

Well its been a good year since id done anything to my machine, and i was offered the opportunity to get my case repainted. So i jumped on it and stripped my rig back down. Being a uni student and having my 600T for near enough 2 years it had got a lot of abuse big scratches and scuffs all over it  and the white had started to yellow.

My 600t already had a few modifications, which included trimming the bottom of the drive cage to allow pipes through, removing all the HDD cages, Modifying the front to fit the 200mm fitting flush against the front, various extra holes added to screw the pump and SSD(Till the rebuild the SSD was screwed to the back of the motherboard tray).

In tendered modifications were to add support for a 360mm radiator at the top, along with trim down the optical cages further to improve how the insides looked. The paint I always had a thing for blue so the outside would be a BMW Custom electric blue which is found on the a 1992 BMW E30 Convertible Neon Design Special Edition. And the accents would be done in Satin and soft touch black.

All the paint work was done by friends companies, All the blue was done by a company called Rays Motors, and all the black was done by my mate Dan (which works for a development company) Big thanks to everyone over there.

Nothing flashy here i just wanted my rig to look clean.

Thanks for looking

Feedback is welcome.

XeTK

Left todo:
Fix up damaged connectors,
Find drive cage clips,
Get new mount for HDD and SSD
Change coolant for less spunky looking stuff...
Take some nice pictures

Specs at start:

White SE Corsair 600T
Intel i7 3770k
Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H
16GB Corsair Dominator 1600mhz
2 x Asus Nvidia GTX 560ti
Corsair AX760 PSU
Corsair Force GT 120GB SSD
2TB Seagate HDD
EK Supreme Waterblocks
EK Spin Resiviour
Alphacool 240mm x 30mm Radiator
Alphacool DDC pump
Phobia 200MM Radiator
No brand fittings from SpecialTech
3x Sythe silent Typhoon fans 120mm
200mm Bitfenix spector

Changes on final rig:
GPU's change for a single Gigabyte Nvidia GTX780 with EVGA backplate and EK Waterblock.
Added Corsair Braided cables.

Pre Rebuild:


Storing the rig while everything gets painted...

GTX 780 :O shots

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7328/9043153898_a873444ae0_b.jpg[img]

Getto Rig without a case
[img]http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5443/9040928945_7b768d0261_b.jpg

Rather Pink SSD due to the leak i had when i first built my rig....

Breaking this up now... Puppies!!!

First bits back from paint

Adding the block on the 780

Rest is back from paint

Lets get building this beast

Feet on:

Front panel rebuilt:

Top panel back together:

Test fit everything:

Time to put some components in:

Motherboard in

Cards in:

Rads & res back in:

Fittings on all planned out:

Piping all in:

Leak testing, I swear i flushed everything through first... ohwell:

Cables back in:

Bugger PSU failed... Send that back to corsair then. Cant go any further for a while:

1 week and £21 later. Thanks Corsair top notch service:

Looks right at home there:

All wired up:

Tidy enough:

Finished for now:



 

[Tripp]

That case looks stunning kwith the new paint job mate

 

[maniac]

holy moly that looks gorgeous, are you gonna change the coolant?

Note there are a few broken links or whatever you call them

 

[Feronix]

Looks good!

I like it when people do things to their case that makes them stand out against all the other builds done in the same case so it's not 'just another one'.

 

[XeTK]

Manica: Fixed them links, i just ordered some blue mayhem X1 for it, ive got some Mayhem Auroa blue sat next to me but I dont think it will look right so decided not to use it.

 

[paulstung]

Very nice mate. That acrylic side panel looks gorgeous. I watched a Youtube vid earlier of one being made, I was shocked with how much work goes into making one. He polished the edges that much you could see right through from edge to edge, just as clear as the actual panel.

 

[AverageNinja]

Only thing I don't like is the EK bay res, but holy damn that paintjob is gorgeous!
Looks like it's done by a professional mate!

 

[maniac]

I'm seeing the pictures again, I think I'm in love with the side panel <3

 

[XeTK]

Some extra pictures:



 

[The Orange One]

WOW! Love the colour of the case!

 

[Dicehunter]

Where did you get the custom keys for your blackwidow from, They look awesome

 

[XeTK]

http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/ Pretty good do a little research and you can get a almost full keyset, i have some blank control and alt's but there a little short so i left the standard ones. To be honest im thinking about swapping my black widow out for a k70 with brown switches. The sidepanel i just randomly found on ebay, some guy was selling about 5 of them, £70... i know expensive but it really makes the rig, it doesn't quite fit correctly so is great security non of my flatmates could ever open the side of my case due to it

 

[alpenwasser]

Well this is bloody gorgeous (at least imho). I do agree that the coolant needs to be
swapped out, blue should look quite nice I'd say, so I'm eagerly awaiting that part.

 

[maniac]

Dat Clock !!

 

[mehere]

lovely looking rig think coolant should match paint to finish this

 

[Excalabur50]

Nice looking rig love that blue it looks amazing

 

[TBash]

I tried to pull out the bezel on the front plastic and all i got for my trouble was a couple broken clips how did you manage?

 

[Excalabur50]

I tried to pull out the bezel on the front plastic and all i got for my trouble was a couple broken clips how did you manage?

Just push in the clips as you pull them then they won't break

 

[wassupdoc]

Jawdropping... :drool: that paintjob is exquisite!

 

[Sir-Weasel]

The paint I always had a thing for blue so the outside would be a BMW Custom electric blue which is found on the a 1992 BMW E30 Convertible Neon Design Special Edition. And the accents would be done in Satin and soft touch black.

Man am i glade you found that paint. it would have been a shame if this beauty of a build
would be mest up by some crappy sky blue paint . But man have you nailed it with that colour :notworthy:.
i really love that nice metalic finish with just the right amount of gloss.
I just absolutly love the look of this build:drool: and man is "she" a beauty :lol: