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iSw3de · 21st Dec 2012, 14:33

Introduction

Hello Bit-tech people!
This is my first worklog here, and i hope its not the last!

Before reading, start listen to this while reading

Just to get the right mood.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQjgF...eature=related
You will get some hints of the project, i can't say more then this, otherwise he will come after me....

About a month ago, me and my family realized that we should get a PC to have in our home. I was thinking about it for a while...
It need to be stealthy.
There it started, and i started to sketch on the project, but what is a project without its project name...

I though about for a long time, and then it came to my mind. It was stated, the project should be named Slenderbox.
Slender means small and slim but is also associated with the mean, mysteric and powerful horror game Slender, and that's concludes it.
It will be small, slim, mean, mysteric and powerful... It will be Slender...

To be continued.....

In this project, a well-planned and excecute modification of computer chassis named "BitFenix Prodigy" will be performed.
The modification will be performed in a manner so that the end result is something I've never seen before.
I hope you readers will find my project interesting, both the arrangement, modification, the idea and the final product.

I couldn't make this project without those sponsoring companies i will now introduce!
A big thank to them!

__________________________________________________ ________________________

Bitspower Have sponsored me with following:

__________________________________________________ _________________________

Corsair Have sponsored me with following:

__________________________________________________ _________________________

Coolingstuff Have sponsored me with following:

__________________________________________________ ___________________________

Seagate Have sponsored me with following:

Seagate Constellation 3TB 7200RPM

__________________________________________________ ___________________________

Fractal DesignHave sponsored me with following:

__________________________________________________ ___________________________

Noiseblocker Have sponsored me with following:

6x Noiseblocker NB-eLoop B12-2

__________________________________________________ ___________________________

BeQuiet! Have sponsored me with following:

Be-Quiet SilentWings 2 80mm

Without you, this build wouldn't become reality!

To Do list:
[X] Post Introduction and Sneakpeaks. - 21/12 2012
[ ] Post images of the case without any modds.
[ ] Paint some parts of the chassis.

More things may be added.
__________________________________________________

What am I going to do?

Here are some sketches of what i will be making!

Most was covered in the Introduction.
The build will be built in the small case from Silverstone, and it will be watercooled.
More info to come!

Since this are my first worklog, i would like to receive some feedback!
Hope you like it here in my little project log
Best Regards

Lucas

Hardware

Case:Silverstone LC17
Processor:i5 3570K
Graficcard:Zotac GTX 470
HDD:Seagate 3TB 7200RPM
SSD:Samsung 128GB
Cooling:Custom Watercooling

iSw3de · 21st Dec 2012, 14:33

Reserved for Final Pictures

iSw3de · 21st Dec 2012, 14:35

Sneakpeaks!

Here are some sneakpeaks of the case, anyone could guess what case it is?

iSw3de · 21st Dec 2012, 21:06

Update 21-12-12

I think more people just want some more pictures, so here we go!
Here are some pictures of the case when first opened!
Hmm, aint alot of space, but still i will fit a 360 Radiator in there?

Here we have it without the HDD cases, looks much better in my opinion!

Some concept pictures, the big box is a radiator

I made some components out of carton,

What do you think?
I think this will be a great setup and positions of hardware

So I drilled out the rivets, since i must anodize some parts of the case!

I was having some problems with getting out the rivets since it was my first time, but finally it went all fine!

Ive also posted some more sketches in the first post!

So what do you guys think?

Hanoken · 22nd Dec 2012, 01:07

I think it looks great

what GPU are you planning to run for this setup? And are you planning to paint the interior of the case to black/another color besides the original silver?

Mechh69 · 22nd Dec 2012, 02:11

Much better than earlier, I was looking at it at work but when they told me to go home I didn't waste any time and got out of there so I didn't have time to comment. Are you going to use the PSU? I would suggest a decent modular silent PSU for cable management, and the silent part for since you are going to be using it for a HTPC. If you are going to use that PSU please use some shrink tube or liquid electrical tape on the ends so there is no chance of shorting anything out. I would hate to see lots of money in components die because of that. Nice case by the way.

siliconfanatic · 22nd Dec 2012, 02:53

good lord those pics are HEEEEEEEEWWUGE!
ME Gusta!
my bf just smacked me fer drooling myself into dehydration

iSw3de · 22nd Dec 2012, 07:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hanoken

I think it looks great

what GPU are you planning to run for this setup? And are you planning to paint the interior of the case to black/another color besides the original silver?

Hi Hankonen, and thanks!
Im planning to find something decent, since it wont be a gaming-rig it will probably be a 470 or 480

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mechh69

Much better than earlier, I was looking at it at work but when they told me to go home I didn't waste any time and got out of there so I didn't have time to comment. Are you going to use the PSU? I would suggest a decent modular silent PSU for cable management, and the silent part for since you are going to be using it for a HTPC. If you are going to use that PSU please use some shrink tube or liquid electrical tape on the ends so there is no chance of shorting anything out. I would hate to see lots of money in components die because of that. Nice case by the way.

No, i wont use that PSU, i used it for a mockup since i wanted to see where to put everything, as you can see in the pictures it got cables cutted like everywhere

The PSU will probably be a Silverstone fully modualar, BeQuiet Semi or Corsair Fully modular, which one of them do you suggest?

And if it would be that PSU, of course i would have put heatshrink on them!
Im not that new to building PCs

Quote:

Originally Posted by siliconfanatic

good lord those pics are HEEEEEEEEWWUGE!
ME Gusta!
my bf just smacked me fer drooling myself into dehydration

Yea i know, I did upload them in that res first, and then i see that here everyone wants another resolution i didn't found all pictures again, but if i find em i will maybe change!

Another update today so stay tuned! (If you survived yesterday

)

iSw3de · 22nd Dec 2012, 10:22

After some more rivetdrilling

I spend some hours on finishing the sketch for my HDD case, and this is how it will look!

Some explanation of where everything will be put together

Holder for the Aquaero!

Here are the sketches of the GPU backcover that i will make out of aluminium to!

I think about having it backlit like this

I received this GTX 470 from a guy over at another PC-Forum (or actually paid 100€ for it)

If the weather will be good i may be able to pull of some more pictures!
( I don't have studio equipment yet, but hopefully get some for Christmas!

Have a nice day!
What do you think about the parts ive sketched?

siliconfanatic · 22nd Dec 2012, 17:02

i like. compact case... still i wanna see just how high-end hardware yer gonna go for, other than graphics. mod on my good sir!

iSw3de · 23rd Dec 2012, 09:06

Here we got the memories i won, don't know if i will use them since they have a blue light going on, but i will try that later

I think all of you knows what will happend with this equipment

Bonus material

What is this, a package with what?

Is that what i think it is?

Holy amount of Swag, yes it is, the e-Looooooooooooooooooooooops!?!

Thanks to Noiseblockers for sponsoring me with 6 of these great fans for the radiator!

They look just beutiful, stunning design.

Even the rear side is just great!

That was everything for now, have a nice day!

The_Crapman · 23rd Dec 2012, 11:08

I'm surprised your running such a hot and power hungry graphics card like the 470 in such a compact build. You may have been better off with a much cooler running like a 560Ti

iSw3de · 23rd Dec 2012, 11:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by The_Crapman

I'm surprised your running such a hot and power hungry graphics card like the 470 in such a compact build. You may have been better off with a much cooler running like a 560Ti

Yes indeed, unfortunately the budget said no and this was the best i could get for my budget of 100€ for the Graficcard. I will see how i will do. Since it will be watercooled i dont think it will be a huge problem

elAwesome · 23rd Dec 2012, 12:02

Maybe something from AMD (for example a 5770) might have been a better choice?
They are pretty cheap as well.

Or you get a CPU with integrated graphics.

siliconfanatic · 23rd Dec 2012, 14:13

560 ti? cool runnig?dude! idle at 31, 49 for LOW settings on jc2? i had to open a window and let the room get ice fricken cold! that JUST kept the game from lagging. then i don't even Wanna know what a 470 looks like

iSw3de · 23rd Dec 2012, 16:22

We will see the temps later on in the project

You want to see a stunning motherboard? Well, here it comes!
The motherboard is a Z77 ASRock Extreme4-m, a M-ATX motherboard.
I think it have a great design that will fit in this build.

Hopefully you think the same!

This motherboard im telling you!

TaRkA DaHl · 23rd Dec 2012, 18:59

Very interested! I have the exact same case

Darkwisdom · 23rd Dec 2012, 19:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by siliconfanatic

560 ti? cool runnig? then i dont even Wanna know what a 470 looks like

I dunno what kinda 560 ti you've seen but mine is pretty damn cool. It never goes over 40C even with it's mild O/C.

iSw3de · 24th Dec 2012, 16:27

UPDATE 24-12-12
Marry Christmas everyone!

Watercooling and some minifans arrived
Dont hate about the small fans, I have planned it into the smallest detail!

Here are the radiator with a fan, no, not a 120, but a 50mm

The pumpres combo that will drive this watercooling system!

The GPU EK block!

This fan really likes to be on the pictures

Fan-family, parents with childrens
A big thank you to Fractal Design for sponsoring me with those small fans! Less is more in this case!

The CPU-block, stunning quality! Will change leds from blue to white tho!

What do you think, should i let the brand-logo be there?

Tomorrow i will try to mount the fans and check how much space i got for it, probably about some millimeters

Have a nice Christmas day, see you!

Mechh69 · 24th Dec 2012, 16:44

The board looks good I'm sure it will more than meet your needs (I'm not crazy about he colors but it doesn't look like it will show) the performance is the important part. Nice gear and your sponsors were very generous. I'm looking forward to seeing this come together. I think the Logo on the cpu block will be fine. Keep the updates coming and Merry Christmas!

21st Dec 2012, 14:33	#1
iSw3de Minimodder Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 24	[Project Slenderbox] [Quiet and small but powerful HomePC] Updated 18-03-13 Introduction Hello Bit-tech people! This is my first worklog here, and i hope its not the last! Before reading, start listen to this while reading Just to get the right mood.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQjgF...eature=related You will get some hints of the project, i can't say more then this, otherwise he will come after me.... About a month ago, me and my family realized that we should get a PC to have in our home. I was thinking about it for a while... It need to be stealthy. There it started, and i started to sketch on the project, but what is a project without its project name... I though about for a long time, and then it came to my mind. It was stated, the project should be named Slenderbox. Slender means small and slim but is also associated with the mean, mysteric and powerful horror game Slender, and that's concludes it. It will be small, slim, mean, mysteric and powerful... It will be Slender... To be continued..... In this project, a well-planned and excecute modification of computer chassis named "BitFenix Prodigy" will be performed. The modification will be performed in a manner so that the end result is something I've never seen before. I hope you readers will find my project interesting, both the arrangement, modification, the idea and the final product. I couldn't make this project without those sponsoring companies i will now introduce! A big thank to them! __________________________________________________ ________________________ Bitspower Have sponsored me with following: 8x G1/4" Silver Shining Multi-Link Adapter 3x G1/4" Silver Shining Stop Fitting V2 6x G1/4" Silver Shining Rotary 90-Degree IG1/4" Extender G1/4" Silver Shining IG1/4" Extender-25MM Alchemy Cables __________________________________________________ _________________________ Corsair Have sponsored me with following: Corsair AX860i Platina PSU Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR3 1866MHz CL9 4x4GB __________________________________________________ _________________________ Coolingstuff Have sponsored me with following: XSPC RayStorm CPU Intel EK WB FC GTX 470 Plexi Nickel Mayhems Pastel Ice White EK CoolStream XTX 360 EK Water Blocks DCP 2,2 EK Reservoir Combo DCP 2.2 __________________________________________________ ___________________________ Seagate Have sponsored me with following: Seagate Constellation 3TB 7200RPM __________________________________________________ ___________________________ Fractal DesignHave sponsored me with following: 2x Fractal Design Silent Series R2 50mm 2x Fractal Design Silent Series R2 40mm __________________________________________________ ___________________________ Noiseblocker Have sponsored me with following: 6x Noiseblocker NB-eLoop B12-2 __________________________________________________ ___________________________ BeQuiet! Have sponsored me with following: Be-Quiet SilentWings 2 80mm Without you, this build wouldn't become reality! To Do list: [X] Post Introduction and Sneakpeaks. - 21/12 2012 [ ] Post images of the case without any modds. [ ] Paint some parts of the chassis. More things may be added. __________________________________________________ What am I going to do? Here are some sketches of what i will be making! Most was covered in the Introduction. The build will be built in the small case from Silverstone, and it will be watercooled. More info to come! Since this are my first worklog, i would like to receive some feedback! Hope you like it here in my little project log Best Regards Lucas Hardware Case:Silverstone LC17 Processor:i5 3570K Graficcard:Zotac GTX 470 HDD:Seagate 3TB 7200RPM SSD:Samsung 128GB Cooling:Custom Watercooling Last edited by iSw3de; 18th Mar 2013 at 05:48.

22nd Dec 2012, 02:53	#7
siliconfanatic Rep whore/ Car lover/ Speed Junkie Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: USA rep: 9,346,158 points Posts: 971	good lord those pics are HEEEEEEEEWWUGE! ME Gusta! my bf just smacked me fer drooling myself into dehydration __________________ Hard to explain to someone who has no clue. Or doesn't believe you. It's a daily struggle being in pain or feeling sick on the inside while you look fine on the outside. Please put this as your signature for at least 1 hour if you or someone you know has an invisible illness (Pancreatitis, Crohn's, PTSD, Anxiety, Bipolar, Depression, Diabetes, LUPUS, Fibromyalgia, MS,Lupus, ME, Arthritis, Cancer, Heart Disease, Epilepsy, Autism, etc.) " Never judge what you don't understand.

22nd Dec 2012, 17:02	#10
siliconfanatic Rep whore/ Car lover/ Speed Junkie Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: USA rep: 9,346,158 points Posts: 971	i like. compact case... still i wanna see just how high-end hardware yer gonna go for, other than graphics. mod on my good sir! __________________ Hard to explain to someone who has no clue. Or doesn't believe you. It's a daily struggle being in pain or feeling sick on the inside while you look fine on the outside. Please put this as your signature for at least 1 hour if you or someone you know has an invisible illness (Pancreatitis, Crohn's, PTSD, Anxiety, Bipolar, Depression, Diabetes, LUPUS, Fibromyalgia, MS,Lupus, ME, Arthritis, Cancer, Heart Disease, Epilepsy, Autism, etc.) " Never judge what you don't understand.

23rd Dec 2012, 09:06	#11
iSw3de Minimodder Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 24	Update 23-12 Here we got the memories i won, don't know if i will use them since they have a blue light going on, but i will try that later I think all of you knows what will happend with this equipment Bonus material What is this, a package with what? Is that what i think it is? Holy amount of Swag, yes it is, the e-Looooooooooooooooooooooops!?! Thanks to Noiseblockers for sponsoring me with 6 of these great fans for the radiator! They look just beutiful, stunning design. Even the rear side is just great! That was everything for now, have a nice day! Last edited by iSw3de; 23rd Dec 2012 at 09:17.

23rd Dec 2012, 11:08	#12
The_Crapman MD of Mutant Zombie Armies Inc Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Coventry, England Posts: 1,354	I'm surprised your running such a hot and power hungry graphics card like the 470 in such a compact build. You may have been better off with a much cooler running like a 560Ti __________________ Project: RAt MoD - Updated 16th June '13 i5 3570K, ASUS Maximus 5 Gene, Gainward GTX 670 Phantom, Modded Antec Kuhler 620, 4GB 1600MHz G.Skill RipjawsX CL6, Enermax Revolution 1050W, WD Raptor 150GB , Antec P182 How to Get a FREE (sort of) Hard Drive and Other Small Parts.[/b]

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21st Dec 2012, 14:35	#3
iSw3de Minimodder Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 24	Sneakpeaks! Here are some sneakpeaks of the case, anyone could guess what case it is?

21st Dec 2012, 21:06	#4
iSw3de Minimodder Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 24	Update 21-12-12 I think more people just want some more pictures, so here we go! Here are some pictures of the case when first opened! Hmm, aint alot of space, but still i will fit a 360 Radiator in there? Here we have it without the HDD cases, looks much better in my opinion! Some concept pictures, the big box is a radiator I made some components out of carton, What do you think? I think this will be a great setup and positions of hardware So I drilled out the rivets, since i must anodize some parts of the case! I was having some problems with getting out the rivets since it was my first time, but finally it went all fine! Ive also posted some more sketches in the first post! So what do you guys think?

22nd Dec 2012, 01:07	#5
Hanoken Modder Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Michigan, United States Posts: 54	I think it looks great what GPU are you planning to run for this setup? And are you planning to paint the interior of the case to black/another color besides the original silver?

22nd Dec 2012, 10:22	#9
iSw3de Minimodder Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 24	After some more rivetdrilling I spend some hours on finishing the sketch for my HDD case, and this is how it will look! Some explanation of where everything will be put together Holder for the Aquaero! Here are the sketches of the GPU backcover that i will make out of aluminium to! I think about having it backlit like this I received this GTX 470 from a guy over at another PC-Forum (or actually paid 100€ for it) If the weather will be good i may be able to pull of some more pictures! ( I don't have studio equipment yet, but hopefully get some for Christmas! Have a nice day! What do you think about the parts ive sketched?

23rd Dec 2012, 12:02	#14
elAwesome Multimodder Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Zuich, Switzerland Posts: 212	Maybe something from AMD (for example a 5770) might have been a better choice? They are pretty cheap as well. Or you get a CPU with integrated graphics.

23rd Dec 2012, 14:13	#15
siliconfanatic Rep whore/ Car lover/ Speed Junkie Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: USA rep: 9,346,158 points Posts: 971	560 ti? cool runnig?dude! idle at 31, 49 for LOW settings on jc2? i had to open a window and let the room get ice fricken cold! that JUST kept the game from lagging. then i don't even Wanna know what a 470 looks like __________________ Hard to explain to someone who has no clue. Or doesn't believe you. It's a daily struggle being in pain or feeling sick on the inside while you look fine on the outside. Please put this as your signature for at least 1 hour if you or someone you know has an invisible illness (Pancreatitis, Crohn's, PTSD, Anxiety, Bipolar, Depression, Diabetes, LUPUS, Fibromyalgia, MS,Lupus, ME, Arthritis, Cancer, Heart Disease, Epilepsy, Autism, etc.) " Never judge what you don't understand. Last edited by siliconfanatic; 24th Dec 2012 at 17:07.

23rd Dec 2012, 16:22	#16
iSw3de Minimodder Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 24	We will see the temps later on in the project You want to see a stunning motherboard? Well, here it comes! The motherboard is a Z77 ASRock Extreme4-m, a M-ATX motherboard. I think it have a great design that will fit in this build. Hopefully you think the same! This motherboard im telling you!

23rd Dec 2012, 18:59	#17
TaRkA DaHl Ultramodder Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 1,385	Very interested! I have the exact same case

24th Dec 2012, 16:27	#19
iSw3de Minimodder Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 24	UPDATE 24-12-12 Marry Christmas everyone! Watercooling and some minifans arrived Dont hate about the small fans, I have planned it into the smallest detail! Here are the radiator with a fan, no, not a 120, but a 50mm The pumpres combo that will drive this watercooling system! The GPU EK block! This fan really likes to be on the pictures Fan-family, parents with childrens A big thank you to Fractal Design for sponsoring me with those small fans! Less is more in this case! The CPU-block, stunning quality! Will change leds from blue to white tho! What do you think, should i let the brand-logo be there? Tomorrow i will try to mount the fans and check how much space i got for it, probably about some millimeters Have a nice Christmas day, see you!

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