Hello! Welcome to my new project log for AURORA. What is Aurora ? Aurora is pretty much as the title suggests, it's going to be a build with the lighting as close as possible to an actual Aurora. Why Aurora ? I live in the coastal northeast of Scotland, Throughout the year on clear nights, you can actually see the Aurora borealis (picture below from my house) I love watching the Auroras, and thought i'd try incorporate that into a build. When the lights are turned off, the build will return to an all white/black build. Sponsors I'd personally like to thank my amazing sponsors on this project. Without them, this project would have taken much much longer to complete. be quiet! - http://www.bequiet.com/en/ cablemod - https://cablemod.com/ box.co.uk - http://www.box.co.uk/ Spec list Intel core i7 6700K - Arrived Gigabyte GA-Z170X Gaming 7 motherboard - Arrived Gigabyte GTX 1070 FE - Arrived 256GB M.2 SSD - Arrived HyperX 16GB DDR4 - Arrived be quiet! PowerZone 850w - Arrived be quiet! Dark base pro 900 - Arrived be quiet! Silent wings 2 and 3 fans - Arrived EK-RES X3 250 - Arrived EK-FB GA Z170X Monoblock - Arrived EK-FC1070 GTX - Arrived EK-FC1070 Backplate - Arrived EK-Coolstream SE 360 - Arrived EK Fittings - Arrived Custom made cables designed for this project made by CableMod. - Arrived NZXT Hue+ 4 kit. - (Waiting) Mayhems Aurora Silver (toned down) - Arrived Plastics for the project are currently in post too. Project: Aurora Plans i did want to SLI, but put simply, i cannot afford it The white on the case will be done using frosted opal acrylic to allow light to passthrough. You'll see what i mean later Picture of the everything together! Yummy rright ? GPu has been changed since then for a Gigabyte model. Modding First thing i done was remove the silver from the case and re-pray them white. next thing i done was re-spray the motherboard, PCIE Slots and fans Cables arrived for the project from CableMod I next done a quick mock up of the PSU Shroud using spare plastics and hooked up all the cables Next up, bending the tubes Normally people use a little hacksaw to cut PETG tubing, but I've noticed it flares the edges and even using a file causes it to further flare. So i bought this, and works perfect. Nice clean solid straight cuts. Here's the other tools i use for the job very first 2 bends and completely perfect, no bubbles, no flat edges or twists. using heat gun at low, slowing going back and forth while turning the tubing. Filled up the system and threw in my desk lights for a demo on what it could look like. This is a scrap plastic PSU shroud, and temporary cooling layout. It may change in the near future. This is currently where i'm at with the project. Hoping to have this finished within the next month Check back later for updates - Craig
Shroud update So the plastic arrived and i got straight down to the garage to cut it. I used a high powered lazer cutter and coral draw to design the shroud in the correct size. Will be more detailed pictures as i get out the Dremel and do the little cuts.
For those who would like to create their own shroud for this case, here's the messurements. Material used: Frosted Opal 5mm thick Acrylic (50x50cm) Front piece: 10cm x 49cm (you can go to 50cm but it will involve a little extra cutting) Top piece: 18x49cm (Again you can go to 50, but will require a little work to make fit) I thought about bending, as I've always done on my projects, but this case isn't curvy, it's more straight edged. Decided it'd look best with a straight cut shroud. First thing you'll see is i didn't drill straight through, i only went in about 3mm and used 5mm screws to hold it all together. There's still a lot of work to do on the shroud, but for now, i'm awaiting the light kit from box.co.uk. I don't want to go ahead get this all fitted, then strip it again to fit the lights. -craig
Got the design finished for the shroud. Awaiting word on a second GTX 1070 to do a duel loop if i get the go ahead, the layout would be changed to this Fingers are crossed.
Progress update Finished the loop layout for the single GPU encase the second one falls through, also set up for the second loop with a few modifications. To do: *Move rad back to fill gap *Finish the shroud design *Cut the front door design and fit Opal pastel acrylic *Fit new lights, (Hue+) *re-arrange cable management check back later for more updates -Craig
Lights arrived from Box.co.uk today Going to be editing all my previous pictures with new ojnes, as i have a new studio camera, lighting kit and background To do: *Move rad back to fill gap *Finish the shroud design *Cut the front door design and fit Opal pastel acrylic *Fit new lights, (Hue+) Done *re-arrange cable management
They had an "aurora borealis" ambient light in our icelandair plane when we flew to canada this summer. Also, I still hope to some day get a chance to travel up north for a few shots. Looking forward to see your artwork completed!
Really is a sight to behold. We're lucky around summer and December time, if the sky is clear that is lol. Just noticed i might need another 4x Hue+ led strips for this build, especially with what i have planned. Here's a couple of snaps of the build in it's current state. 90% completed shroud (Still to add sponsors) need to actually cut the aluminium front door.. Which i have a feeling i'll cock-up. (Tension is high!) + Add the third fan on the top, once it's sprayed, time is getting away from me here.
Shroud is now finished. Taking my time with the rest while i await word on second GPU. here's where i'm at as of tonight. Hopefully i have more good updates to come.
After lots of music, lots of different light positions, different effects, i have finally found the loop the project will have at events and shows. I've re-played this video at least 10 times now, and every time i still get chills.. Most likely because i love the music lol Let me know what you think
It's been a while in the making and it's finally finished. I would have liked to have done more, however i need to focus on my family just now, especially during this festive season. Here's some final photo's for you all One big change was the coolant, i Switched out the Aurora coolant for pastel white, i love the bold effect over the translucent. I'd like to thank the people who made this possible. Cablemod - https://www.facebook.com/CableMod/?fref=ts be quiet! - https://www.facebook.com/bequietenglish/?fref=ts Box.co.uk - https://www.facebook.com/BoxLimited/?fref=ts Show them some love by liking their facebook pages for their support to the modding community. If you'd like to keep up to date with my next project in january, you can check out my modding page here: https://www.facebook.com/MTMods/ If you have any questions, want to see any other pictures, just hit me up on facebook, or leave a reply here Thank you for looking - Craig
Heading to a show next week which is comic based, so AURORA is getting a revamp in order to fit into the event. So, here's what we're doing. Will hopefully have some finished photo's tonight all shined up and ready for show
