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Thermaltake Exsectus - Thermaltake UK Modding Trophy Powered by Scan- Back from Computex 04/07/16

Discussion in 'Project Logs' started by Maki role, 9 Feb 2016.

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  1. Guest-56605

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    Nah, it's completely in context with the build :thumb:
     
    Guest-56605, 5 May 2016
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  2. Zorndar

    Zorndar What's a Dremel?

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    What a beauty, thats some serious modding and time well spent. Looks gorgeous!

    Mind if I ask, where did you got those anodized prupled screws?
     
    Zorndar, 7 May 2016
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  3. mnpctech

    mnpctech bit-tech sponsor

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    Regardless of what method something is made from, a design needs to be imagined and engineered to function correctly in your brain, first.


    Maki's case mod has already won 1st place for me.
     
    mnpctech, 7 May 2016
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  4. Cheapskate

    Cheapskate Insane? or just stupid?

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    Wait... Purple is bad now? :worried: Will liking this rig make me want a paisley scarf?
     
    Cheapskate, 7 May 2016
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  5. B NEGATIVE

    B NEGATIVE All Hail Kim Jong Magoo!

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    Nah,Im still waging a one man war against coloured CF film.

    *Cue a multitude of CF covered rigs....*
     
    B NEGATIVE, 7 May 2016
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  6. Maki role

    Maki role Dale you're on a roll... Lover of bit-tech

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    No worse than flat luminous yellow :p
     
    Maki role, 7 May 2016
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  7. B NEGATIVE

    B NEGATIVE All Hail Kim Jong Magoo!

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    How can that be?

    Im sure on the colour wheel of amazing,luminous yellow is up there. Im fair to middling sure of that.
     
    B NEGATIVE, 7 May 2016
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  8. Maki role

    Maki role Dale you're on a roll... Lover of bit-tech

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    Yeah but textured purple is just plain fabulous.
     
    Maki role, 8 May 2016
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  9. KayinBlack

    KayinBlack Unrepentant Savage

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    And what's wrong with purple or paisley? I have purple hair and the cutest paisley skirt. You guys are just jealous we girls get all the best clothes.
     
    KayinBlack, 8 May 2016
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  10. Vault-Tec

    Vault-Tec Green Plastic Watering Can

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    :D
     
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  11. Maki role

    Maki role Dale you're on a roll... Lover of bit-tech

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    And so begins the rather worrisome journey to Taiwan. Since Exsectus is going to be exhibited there, I needed to figure out how to get it there safely. Now I've not had the best track record with these things, so I decided that some overkill was needed. The other issue was that I didn't have very long between the announcement and the shipping date (today/tomorrow), so getting something like a Pelicase isn't an option. However, building a shipping crate is certainly doable.

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    (Excuse the rubbish picture, couldn't fit in the hall)
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    Maki role, 10 May 2016
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  12. mnpctech

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    mnpctech, 10 May 2016
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  13. Maki role

    Maki role Dale you're on a roll... Lover of bit-tech

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    Wow thanks Bill!

    Yeah I had a PC completely destroyed a year and a half back when I sent it to my brother states-side. That was packed in a custom made flight case which was itself wrapped, padded and then placed into another box.

    Not taking any chances this time, at all. That crate is made from 18mm ply and braced with 22mm, heat treated wood and 40mm aluminium section. Inside it's lined with 14cm of foam and bubble wrap, in the centre is the original case box that contains the rig, itself covered over in bubble wrap and that foam sheeting stuff.
     
    Maki role, 10 May 2016
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  14. Deblow

    Deblow Minimodder

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    OMG, 1st place for packing also lol

    Its better packed than anything I've ever received!
    you need to give some tips to the Korean sellers
     
    Deblow, 10 May 2016
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  15. Maki role

    Maki role Dale you're on a roll... Lover of bit-tech

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    So it's really been quite the last couple months. Computex was an absolute blast, thankfully Exsectus managed to get there all in one piece. Fast forward a few weeks and this turned up at my door

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    Some coolant leaked out of one of the ports (they were only lightly plugged) but that was all
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    So that's the return survived! Thermaltake did a great job of packing this baby up again, now all I need to do it get it all ready and updated for iSeries in August.

    I was also sent some goodies, going to be modding these to fit the build.


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    Maki role, 4 Jul 2016
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