Case Mod - Complete DYSTOPIA PROJECT

HI guys e new project start...

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here we are guys with the first hardware
case sharkoon CA700 shark elite the top of this series is a massive and impressive cabinet









to find out more here is my review together with other products




motherbiard BIOSTAR SILVER Z790A



here the unboxing and lots of info



RAM OCPC kit da 32 gb DDR5 and 1TB M2 NVME





graphic card INNO3D RTX4080







here the unboxing and lots of info



more stuff to come soon...

 

hello guys other sponsors keep adding to the project welcome be quiet with this 80 plus titanium certified STRAIGHT POWER 11.
this power supply in particular has currently been replaced in the new STRAIGHT POWER 12 model











for all the technical specifications, a brief unboxing of the product

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It is always a great pleasure when a brand believes in you and supports you all the way for all quiesti years Thanks Ek Waterbloks !!!

Quantum series .. 14 mm Favorites fittings

 

Hello to all guys, after a summer break he recovers ..
The case is already nice so how it is I will try to make it more aggressive and insert elements that recall the CTAC Praetorian helmet,
Obviously I'm talking about the wonderful TV series Altered Carbon
It starts with the study ...









All the white parts of the case will be repainted with opaque black and the others left in the original factory color.
To make it more aggressive and transport all the shi-fi elements I will create hand-worked acrylic elements
All enriched by various graphics created ad hoc and elements and fake carbon film in other parts.

I start from the base by dismantling it ..







As always, I take the measures directly from the case and bring them back to cardboard silhouettes and then on the acrylic and then cut them In this way I'm sure everything I fight ... or almost .....





My faithful self -constituted folding folding has been helping me for years in my projects ..

















These are delightful dice that must be inserted with a welder with a welder, those who have gone from my other mods know that it is so much, this allows the fixing of various overlapping panels, avoiding having to put a dice to the extreme that in most cases it would be Difficult, in this way you can screw everything from the outside ..











Useful things must be maintained, this case has the function of placing the muzzle in various heights by means of a screw, I try to keep it but I will cover the screws with another panel in order to cover them When you need to raise your muzzle, she lasts to dismantle it and regonarllo and then cover it again ...

 

up panel done.

 

hi guys processing of the front panel.

tests with cardboard cutouts..





folding of the grooved pieces, sometimes it is better to fix them with clamps on the piece because this avoids deflation, and everything adheres perfectly -










now perhaps it is not clear now because all the parts are of an opaque transparent colour but when all the parts are painted in matt black, applying everything suddenly will appear clear..

 

hi guys, processing of the side panels ..

 

Hello guys processing of the side panel



This panel will contain the LCD Lumix screen of the EK Waterblocks + a themed frame of course but so it cannot be installed,
you have to disassemble it and remove its metal container ... yes it is metal ..
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For a moment, I go aside and I proceed with the creation of the additional panel, I keep the original one of the case and I build another external acrylic on it that I will combine all the cables as well as making its good impression .. To create an extrusion and not having 3D printer and similar provensto in the old way, acrylic panel and I get the corrected corners in abundance and then fold them and glue them First of all I get the shape of the panel, original and I get back the return lines of a few centimeters ..





Obviously I did these tests on a card and then proceed on the plexyglass



self -constituted folder, I could never do without her ..





Now I proceed to close the joints with two -component mastic



I also did the tests and the open for the LCD panel ..

To fix it to the case I crossed a frame ... Also on Cardroncino I followed the shape of the panel and obtained the thickness I need



Once you have been sure I fight to fix between the acrylic parts with specific glue,



it is a UV glue hardens with the light in a few minutes but I prefer to keep it under pressure for several hours to be sure ..



In order to fix this panel to the original one of the case, I apply hot applicable hot slices.



Obviously before doing this I got these points making holes on the metal panel.









Everything matches perfectly! The panel will still be struck and the inaccuracies eliminated.

Everything matches perfectly! The panel will still be toured and the inaccuracies eliminated. I prepare the construction of the frame ..

I do some draft on Illustrator to understand a bit like proceeding ....





Once the correct measures on paper is obtained and I do some tests on the piece, when I'm sure I proceed with the actual panel ... Inside on adhesive paper applying on plexiglass, and cutting with a tunnel and I finish with sweet file







Soon other exhaustive photos ...

 

Love it!

 

hi guys
elements that will be placed on the lower panel of the case

















base del case montata..

 

Your self and a few others are the reason i keep coming back

 

thank you!!!

 

Hello guys
side panel which will contain the LED screen for viewing the temperature panel in Aida 64 completed, all the writing and graphics are still missing.. very long process, primer grouting, primer grouting and final finishing touches to eliminate all imperfections..

 

Hi front panel complete







up panel complete





the graphics and carbon fiber elements are still missing..

 

The new side panel built from scratch is
I am waiting for graphics an carbon effects

 

application of carbon fiber adhesive, see you in 2024!!!

 

Looks great, like it always does with you.
I was never a fan of the tape, but it's a LOT safer than messing with the real stuff. I wonder if you could drop a wet paint part on a 3d printer PEY bed to dry and get a texture like that.

 

Thank you!! it would probably have a much more realistic effect but I don't have a 3D printer so I have to invent something simple..