Case Mod - In Progress Project: Koprulu Sector

This build will be my new LAN rig. Version 1 will be air-cooled - version 2 will add liquid-cooling (using custom external rad box) and will have a Starcraft 2 battle diorama inside the case

Specs thus far: ASUS Maximus 4 Gene Z moboIntel 2500k, 16 gigs Crucial Ballitix ram, either couple 570s or one 590, one Crucial 256 gig M4 SSD, Rosewill 1300watt psu, Bitfenix Surivore case

Awesome modding hardware from NVIDIA


mobo:

installing Thermalright Silver Arrow heatsink



ram and SSD

making Dominion case badge:


Window on the other side:

finishing the side panels



inside . . .not much going on yet. diorama will be on the bottom right of the case

 

Wow, nice case badge.

 

very nice work dude.

Just something bothering me ... isn't 1300W total overkill for 2x GTX570 or 1x GTX590. Just thinking about the planet

 

I think it would be overkill for 2 x 590's, but overkill is an enthusiast's middle name .

 

I plan to use the PSU to power my house when the zombie apocalypse happens in 2012

 

Hahaha, good thinking mate .

 

That makes sense then. Add some little watt, I'm gonna plug my house to yours (+rep for the sense of humour)

 

... cablestrips on the silver arrow? What did you do with the original fans?

 

I have them still but did not have time to paint them to match the theme. This is just version 1 - next revision will have water-blocks

 

With my 2xGTX570's and 2600k OC to 4.5GHz, I pull 650-700w playing BF3.
So 1300w just gives him room to upgrade.
Also, PSU's are most efficient around 60-80% utilized, so it will actually save more power than if he got a 700w that was running maxed out all the time.

 

forgot to show rig at PDXLAN 18.5






got the figures for the inside diorama . . .scale is not perfect but it will work