Case Mod - In Progress Project IAMEXTREME (SR-2 Build)

roger that! Well the hardware is definite some quality kit man! I bet she'll run like a beast!

 

Some shots i took today

Aquero 5 XT



Some random pics

 

Wow !
Following !

 

ok so its time for a small update. I was out of country for 2 weeks and asked my friend to start getting on with the aesthetics of the build. A lot has been done but ill just show a teaser of the rams.



Also got these from abroad.























Time for some close up shots









Thats it for now. Thanks for watching.

 

Just something I noticed, the power button hex bit in steel is suppose to be on the inside, securing the plug in place

 

well i havent installed the power buttons as yet....thanks for the heads up...i actually didnt know that the steel bit ends up inside.

 

Another Update, got the psu done and 9 of 18 fans that would go in the rad box.

















Thats it for now. More to come later.

 

hope you got them running quiet cos i got 2 of them fans and they arent the quietest..

oh and what a totally awesome build, ( you get paid too much.. lol)

 

For a second I thought that was orange juice, then I realized it was coolant. Either way, a great start to the day.

Keep up the good work.

 

thanks guys


Got done with the pump and power button wires.





A very interesting update coming for you guys in a bit

 

ok heres the update that i was talking about. This thing defines the whole build in my opinion. For me this is one of the best feature of the build

Since the top 480 rad was shifted in the lower compartment of the casing, that space was left empty and was looking very odd. I couldve filled it up with fans but then thats not what this build is all about. Came up with an idea to put up iamextreme logo on top. A week and a half later, a friend of mine helped me bring my idea to life and sends me this

I am literally in love with what he has created. So here we go.

 

It certainly adds a unique touch to the mod. Do the switch and cable go to LEDs to illuminate the logo?

 

thats strange, the pictures with the logo box switched on didnt get attached. Anyways here are the pics of it switched on.











Yesterday the SLi connector got done. This is how it looks.









And the Synology Disk Station IAMEXTREME Edition

 

Like the NAS, I have the same one and would be quite tempted to do that

How hard was removing all the internals to spray it? Or did you just mask it cunningly?

 

actually i didnt remove the internals. just masked the whole thing and started painting. This was painted by a friend btw, my painting skills arent as good as his.

 

all the mod work on the case got done (except some sleeving). here are some preliminary shots





Changed the PSU from all carbon Fiber to matt black and it looks better in my opinion



Also the rad box got finished.





Internals









Mounted the acquero on the rad box since there wasnt much in the case that needed to be controlled.



Thats it for now. will start some cable routing now, see how to arrange cables in a neat manner which is really time consuming for me. But this time ill try to make it look as neat as possible.

 

sweet dude. think you got enough RAD space
although the 120x4 manages to look small in that case

 

At first I didn't notice that you had ditched the top radiator so I thought "What a stupid idea, that case is going to ruin the airflow"! Am I glad I read the thread before jumping to conclusions!

Very nice build! Maybe a bit too much carbon for me. ( Is that possible? I must be going mad!)
But it's not my machine, and there is certainly nothing wrong with the craftmanship on it!

 

leeved sata cables yesterday and installed them on the board to see how they look. Attached them with zip ties temporarily so they can take this shape. All four sata cables will be connected to the ssd hotswap drive in the 5.25 bay area.







Also covered up the lower compartment to see how it would look when build is completed.



Switched on the logos to get a feel of how things would look



















Also the SSD's and hotswap bay drive arrived today. Pics later on

 

Look what the mail man brought in today





























Vertex 1 vs Vertex 2