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

hello
I hope you have a good Christmas
we continue on the wine cooling mod...
with the second radiator on the top of the case
so aluminium or wood....
both my colonel...one aluminium plate



one wood veneer



the whole paste together



we will use these magnetic strips



first taped on the aluminum plate



and then on the radiator
nothing more ???
well... no because we will have the door that will partly hide this plate



some wooden boards from the box of wine bottles"



as you see, they are already cut



second part



third part...



and the last one
we take the profile of the rear outlets



I add my little personal touch.....



my signature somehow....



small acrylic plate



place it on the inner face ...



I play with the heat gun....



so that the plate conforms well to the shape of the skull



a small strip of LEDs



by placing two of the leds at the level of the orbits



the acrylic plate makes it possible to have a better diffusion of the light



see you soon ​

 

hello
we present some detail on the door of the X71
this case have two doors



we begin with the large door



original, the door has a window
we have enlarged this opening, especially in the back and down



fashion is by tempered glass ....
so...we have equipped this door with its own tempered glass



for fixing we had provided the glass with specific holes
then we use our screw...



and fixing the glass directly on the outer face of the door



for the bottom door... it is a little different...
we have the barrels at this level!
then we remove the grid...



we thought to leave the door like this...
but it did not fit the door above ...
moreover, we could not have tempered glass with such an opening
we therefore opted for another solution
new aluminium plate!



fixed on the outer face of the door



why this aluminium plate....
to extend the door to the bottom of the case and cover the base



we return to the principle of wine cellar with its walls



a small passage from the grinder....
and some black paint to recover the opening



first we recover the thickness of the tempered glass
and we remain in the theme!
the two barrels are ideally in place in the cellar!



we continue in our delire of wine cellar
with this Led candle!



we wanted to recreate the sieved light that prevails in a cellar of this type...
so as not to disturb the good vinification of the grapes within these barrels
then we open the box of these candles



the goal is to recover the candle-light system



and to overcome the batteries



then we remove the batterie connexion



we repeat the operation on our 8 candles
but we will use only 6



we put the candles in two on a small piece of wood
each candle is powered by a 3 V battery....
we place two with the resistance that goes well for a 12 V supply



black paint!!!!
no problem with this painting???
no! it works nickel and black is better than this green PCB"



have good eve of New Year !!!​

 

hello
happy new year !!!
today we will talk about cable...



not that the original cables are not so good
but we like to have different cables with the proper length
then we begin with the ATX cable....



crimping sequence



I have prepared everything for the next step



I put the small sequence video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7NCBGnMxm8

I finish the ATX cable



for this mod, we choose to show a large part of cable management
specially on the backstage



we try to bring together the different wires
fortunately we have these cable combs



in the main compartment



on the ATX cable we choose this red color quite similar to the color of red wine
for the PCIe we choose this brown color to be in agreement with the backplate in wood



little cable management on this PCIe cables



we show you now the result with the acrylic plate in place
later we will only see one part.....



oups! sorry! better without protective plastic....



and the CPU cable?
well! we only see a little part on the main compartment due to the proximity of the large radiator
so we don't make sleeving on it....
only black wires

funny plate!!!



we will have a lot of cable for different LED strip....
then we will connect them with this plate and these connectors



welding sequence



this type of plate facilitates the connection between plugs



another plate....



a little blow of milling machine



two holes to ensure fixation on the case



and a little glue gun to set up the connectors
I think we're going to need to do more....



see you soon

 

hello
it's time installing the hardware on the X71!
we start with this little wooden board ....



first, I have to take care of the CPU's waterblock



and as on the motherboard we will integrate wood veneer
we have tweaked the cut....



... to make it fit



we just have to install the waterblock on the motherboard
we put it in this direction but ...
after reflection, we'll turn it a quarter turn



now we can install the new memory module
with their red LED lighting system!
a choice that fits with the theme



as our choice on the color of the ATX cable sleeving
a red a little darker to resemble the color of the wine



we find our cache for the chipset heatsink
and the single passage of the different cables coming from the front panel



an overview



behind, we have the wooden boards from the bottle of wine bottles
in front we can see the PCIe cables with their sleeving of brown color



why this choice of color?
I thought it was fine with our wooden backplates
moreover, we have passed the cables over to try to compensate the weight of the waterblocks that tilt the graphics cards....



the wood is just laid on the original backplate of the waterblock
with a small piece of double sided tape



Led strip located behind the head of skeletton is connected to the system aura of the motherboard
we kept the original backlight system of the motherboard



we take advantage to install the radiator at the front of the case
provided with its specific cover



it does not miss something?
this one



the ROG logo does not really fit the theme
we will correct this
as you can see it is in progress... "



see you
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As a wino, I can get behind this mod, even if it refers to wine COOLING, which would only apply to white wine, and only women drink that crap. I love your mascot too.

 

hello
today....
we present this wooden board



but that's not all
I have this grid too
it comes from the lower door of the case



and....
this aluminium plate



we cut a large opening on it



this alu plate come over the wooden board



and we cut another opening on this board before placing the grid



I don't know if you saw this notch in the wooden board
so I report it on the alu plate too



and.......... we build another wall
again !!!!!



while I takes care of the finishes, I work on the SLI bridge too"



better like this



but it is not finished
I take a small piece of aluminium with our wood veneer



once the veneer is glued to the plate
I start cutting



Now that I have my sign ....



I will be able to write these few letters



the barrels at the front and the cellar ventilation grille to the rear



to the next ​

 

hello
that is a special glass drill



but we have already cut our bottle...
we have two bottles on this mod!
on this second, we have to drill a hole



first, we will stall the bottle so that it does not vibrate



then we place the chatterton on the piercing point
necessary?
well.... not really....



and this modeling clay???



it is to contain terebhentine essence



this prevents the glass from heating during drilling



we go there quietly and we reach our goal



we have our bottle with his little hole



here we ripped a little....
we have to admit that it would be better with a drill press
but we have not this tool ....



then, to minimize the risk
we manufacture a plexi guide



and voilà! wWe can set up the watercooling fitting



after the bottle we have a glass too!!!



but not a real glass.....
it is made of PET



we take a piece of POM
to install the glass



to ensure the holding of the glass, we fix two screws
more easy drilling the PET



as much for larger holes



the advantage is that we can screw the fitting



after reflection we position the fitting lower
luckily we took several of these glasses



as regards the sealing?
we test it with success!
but for the bottle, we need mastic adhesive



and we let dry....



we have another surprise!
the grape comes from the vines....
so we will take this vine for the mod



a small fastener to ensure the top of the vine



and we place it on the backstage



we worked on the vine to be able to house the bottle



the glass takes place just below the bottleneck



I move back to get an overview



I finish the bridge SLI



hard tubing : OK
don't worry, the circuit is independent of the main circuit



we have a second loop for the hardware watercooling
and we work on the different parts of the tubing....



some cuttings ....



and some tests ...



before filling and leak test
see you​

 

I like where this is going!!

 

thank you a lot Bartacus
your kickname is no so far than Bacchus

 

hello
this morning no photos.... but only this video

Video

It is the filling of the "Wine Cooling" and how it works well
You can see Xray tasting the wine
But is it true wine......

Then I'm finishing the connexion with the Led strips...
so! see you soon ​

 

Awesome stuff man!!

 

merci beaucoup

 

Hello
last straight line....
the dead line is coming
then, I present you our mod! Wine Cooling



based on red wine!!!
- "well! not really wine but not so far "
good!!!
- "I'm starting to stress....."
really???
- "yes! serve me a small glass of red wine, please....."



- "a little remounting and I attack the presentation....."




- "so! I present you our new mod"
you already said....
- "ok.... the theme is based about red wine"
already said too.....
- "ok.... the french touch mod :lol "

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not yet...

 

Hardware side without lights





I chose to put brushed aluminum panel to look like a modern style wine cellar
like this >>> photo <<<



Combined with the tempered glass of the side door



















cooling liquid Thermaltake red color at the origin
I added purple dye to darken red
This allows to fit to the color of the ATX cable

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rear side....



minimalist....





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lights on



RGB or ....



white Leds



more soft lights on barrels location



there are the candle lights



we take the shape candles



the vinification can be done in all quietude....



I have separated the illumination rgb between the upper part and the lower part of the main compartment



overview





small wink



red light on the radiator frame to bring out the cut
the fins of the radiator seem to bathe in the red wine









name of the mod with ....



the sign of Xray!!!













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more details on the main compartment with or without lights











































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