Case Mod - In Progress Thermaltake Casemod 2016 : Wine Cooling Completed !!!

Hello
Then for my new project, I've the pleasure to participate at the Thermaltake Casemod Contest
I'll work on a Core X71



big case! though....



we begin to remove some parts.....



other....



taking some measure...



remove feets too....



replace them by another but we'll see that later



and we begin to play with the drill



the bottom part was rectified to be totally flat



some holes on the rear part....



ok! big holes

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Hello

Then we continue with this alu profiles



making a frame....



for the new motherboard tray



the acrylic plate is temporary, waiting for the aluminium plate



but it helps to correct small errors



the idea is to enlarge the rear space of the case

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hello
we keep the rear panel with the I/O Shield



the back part of the case being totally cut, we have put in place this new plate by reducing the number of opening to the minimum



the advantage of taking an accessory plate while waiting for the aluminum plate
So we can adjust the position of the holes ...



strengthen the framework



placing of the motherboard



in order to identify the passage of cables
ATX one



CPU one



some cutting...



and we realize some little plate with wire to wire concept



without forgetting the graphic card cable



we finish this update with the opening for the power supply

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Looks interesting, can you elaborate more on the plan for the build? Is it going to be a wine cooler or are you gonna use wine as coolant lol

 

hello cown
mainly is a mod dedicated on wine world
but perhaps wine would be use on it....

 

hello
by speaking about wine



cut in two .....



another new alu plate !!!



positionning at the bottom of the case



two parts, same size



fixing on the plate



simulation on the case



we'll adjust the cutting on the door



thanks a lot reading me ​

 

hello
next update with ..... another alu plate



we need this grid



but not all...



we keep the magnetic tape



this plate is for the bottom of the case



the opening coincide with the power supply
better with this new grid



we don't use the original feet....



but these which are on cardboard box



these one precisely



some extra holes for fixation



nice



we take again the plate positionning on the front of the X71



some cutting inside



some sanding later



we can now install the slim radiator



see you ​

 

hello

then we an acrylic plate for the motherboard tray to facilitate the placement of the various holes



we receive the aluminium plate, then we report the differents openings on it



the concept of this tray is to have a space for the differents cables
then we us some aluminium profile



we makes some holes at different locations depending on the type of cable



big hole on the second plate



In situ with the main compartment



and the low compartment



front side



completing with some cable channel on the front panel



and some wood on its inner face



visible through the big hole of the second plate



acrylic plate to have a large window



I hope we have enough holes for the cables

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placing in situ with motherboard and graphic cards



back side



front side with radiator



and the "new" reservoir....



see you ​

 

I see a custom wine label in your future.

 

I have to choose what grape variety first

 

hello
last day, we see our new reservoir
but we keep the Thermaltake reservoir too



the goal of the game is to get inside one another



no 36 solutions....
we need to cut the bottle



we took rope and a bottle of alcohol to burn



- "we wrap the rope around the bottle



and remove the rope



to put it on alcohol



during this time we fill a larger container of cold water



we put the rope back on the bottle



we ignite the rope
and we turn the bottle on itself so that the heat is distributed on all the turn



when the flame goes out....



we must quickly plunge the bottle into cold water



"bling" yes! successful operation



well .... the cut is not always as clear as we hope....
we needed to repeat the operation on other bottles ...
in order to achieve the expected result



now we can dissimulate the Pacific reservoir on the bootle



to the next time!​

 

hello
today we take care of graphics cards



we receive the new Thermaltake waterblock for this Strix



we have to remove the original heatsink



and also the backplate"



we take the instructions for use



Pad in place



two grapic cards
two waterblocks



and two Thermaltake backplate



but these backplate no fit with our theme based on wine cooling....
new plate aluminium.... no actually we take a wooden board



we cut it to the dimensions of the backplate



we will bring him the little touch that sticks to the theme



transfering it on the wooden board



some black paint later....



we begin removing the outer side of the stencil



we continue on one side....



- "and voilà !!!



other wooden board



new stencil but same player... picture



always pay attention during the transfer so that all the details remain in place



camouflage session for the rest of the wooden board before painting



we have added a signature in relation to the previous model



and we add some details on the edges



two new backplate Wine Cooling



see you soon​

 

hello
after the graphic cards, we have the motherboard also...
the maximus formula VIII is already well prepared especially with its fairing



more we can see a backlight placed in two locations



but the ROG theme not fit with our theme.... and we want to have a more neutral color on this fairing
more black....
... all black



the name of this mod is Wine Cooling....
so we take a little piece of aluminium with a wood veneer and we begin cutting the first letters



a bit later....



...we tweak the cutting lines



and.... voilà



we make two little holes....
and fix spacers



bye bye Maximus VIII....
welcome Wine Cooling!




the cover of the chipset heatsink come with the ROG logo...
so we take a llittle plate aluminium



as the "Wine Cooling", we fix a wood veneer on it



and we choose a new logo!



we'll take advantage of the backlight coming from the heat sink



that's all



see you​

 

hello
aluminium plate !
no! wooden board



I'll play to the bricklayer....



one piece by one piece



all right! finish the second part too



we tweak the details



the small touch with some shiny mosaics



why make a walll...
to dress the location of the barrels



I show you this in the case



better with the barrels



nothing better than to mount a wall to dress our cellar
see you soon​

 

love the idea!

 

I'm glad you like it sharangir

 

hello
the last time, we can see the barrels in place on the X71"
but we can see another updapte on this X71"
we had finished the new structure of the case with our new aluminum plates



but we were not going to leave the case as well
so.... all in black !!!!



main compartment as lower compartement....
black



on the back
black



underneath
black too...
well not all we keep the feet unchanged



backstage side, we had protected the inner face which contains the wood veener



we can notice two small details at this level
this cutting ....



the second detail take place upper
two long screw ....



but at this moment, I can not say more about them

thanks reading me ​

 

hello
now we have completed the structure of our X71
so we can beginning to customize inside the case
we take a wooden board on which we made a hole



we cut it to the right size



new stencil!



we transfer it on the wooden board



counter to the backplates, we took a brown paint



we remove the stencil
starting with the letters



then we take care of the castle



et voilà !!!
like a board of wine bottle boxes



here is how the board in the case



see you soon​

 

hello
today we care of the front radiator
we take an aluminium plate....



we stay on the red wine theme
some vine leaves and a bunch of grapes



we would cut this with our scroll saw
before we have drill some holes



and we start quietly with the first vine leaf



then, we continue on the others vine leaf



few minutes later.....
ok....few hours later



we finish all the cutting



we begin sanding the plate



we tweak the details



As you can see, we added a few cuts on some vine leaves



and we folded one of the edges of the plate to cover a little more the radiator



the idea is to put a backliight to bring out the cut



yes! because we paint the fairing in black



before leaving for an upcoming update
here is a small video of my use of the scroll saw



Merry Christmas ​

 

I was just thinking: it's about time a mod was done with a wine cellar