Case Mod - Complete ⭐ Project: I.S.A.C - Thermaltake 2020 Case Mod Challenge Winner and MOTM July 2020

Hi-diddly-hey modderinos!

Welcome to the project log of my entry in the Thermaltake 2020 Case Mod Challenge; Project: I.S.A.C. - themed on Tom Clancy's The Division 2, a game by Ubisoft Massive.



For the competition, 5 of us have been given the same components to do a case mod with and we have until 15th June to complete our mods. I'll try and post regular updates to keep you updated on the progress. A huge thanks to all of the sponsors for making this competition possible; Thermaltake UK, Scan Computers UK, AMD, ASUS and Seagate. First off lets have look at the parts we'll be using for the mod:






Thermaltake View 51 Tempered Glass Snow ARGB Edition





Thermaltake Toughpower GF1 850W PSU



Thermaltake ThoughRAM RGB 32GB 3000MHz



Seagate FireCuda 520 500GB M.2 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD



Seagate IronWolf Pro 14TB NAS 3.5" SATA HDD



ASUS ROG Strix X570-F Gaming





AMD Ryzen 7 3700X




ASUS Radeon RX 5700 8GB





300mm Thermaltake TT Premium PCIe 3.0 Extender



Thermaltake TtMod Sleeved Cables & Combs Kit



Pacific V-RX 5700 Series Plus GPU Waterblock





Thermaltake Pacific C360 DDC Hard Tube Water Cooling Kit and Hard Tube Bending Kit








Again huge thanks to Thermaltake UK, Scan Computers UK, AMD, ASUS and Seagate for sponsoring the competition. I'll be back soon with some progress, so stay tuned Crap fans. Same Crap time, same Crap channel.

 

Here's a video with a little about my history with modding, a more in-depth look at the parts and a competition to win an AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (UK only)

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=211860823444574

You can enter the competition here, entries close 5th April:https://bit.ly/33WyfyV

 

Yeh there's one of Alex and one of GN Steve. Just a little bit of fun to kick it off with, along with the fittings pipe and 'totally real' fire

 

I believe it's called "ruining"

 

Oh not at all, I'm just a bit fat. The pipe was mearly a prop for comical effect. A barrow extendy bit and an ancient copper alphacool elbow.

 

Thanks I was going to originally have a working rig at the end and have my avatar as the desktop (as I do anyway), but time constraints forbid it.

 

I've sometimes done builds where I have an idea in my head of what I want to do, I might even have sketched some quick plans of what I want, but when I come to actually do the build I find things don't fit in like I thought they would. Sometimes it can be solves with a couple more parts or fittings, but sometimes when things REALLY don't fit, you have to scrap then plan all together, or get drastic with a Dremel.

I had to make sure that all the components worked, so what better way to do that and get to know the case properly than do a complete build in it! Whilst this is quite different from the final configuration of the mod, it has allowed me to evaluate some of my design ideas while building and try/figure a few things out.

So sit back, put your feet up and enjoy the ride.

 

Kill the case, spill it's blood!
Kill the case, spill it's blood!...

 

Just a few pictures from the test build, includes some "behind the scenes" (and by scenes i mean motherboard tray )



A Spaghetti mess of cables


Cable Management just means you managed to get them in, right?



In these difficult times there's no tissue available for leak testing. Fingers crossed!


Let's hope this isn't a warning


Pretty from pretty much any angle.


A look with the lights on (wish I'd taken a few more picks like this)


All working A-OK


While editing my mouse kept catching on something and I saw this poking off the bottom. 6-7 years of owning my R.A.T. 7 and this sticker has only just come off.


I never thought editing would be such a PITA.


Stay tuned Crap fans! Another little update should be hitting you soon. Same Crap time, same Crap Channel.

 

Ahoy hoy Modderinos!

So now we've tested everything works. It's time to break it all down and start modding!



I can't believe how well the case stood up to the pelting I gave it, just shows the quality of the finish on the case. There's a lot of sharp, jagged, pointy edges on those stones and they've really not done much at all. Really going to have to give it some welly to rough it up like I want.



The brick on the other hand did manage to leave a mark....


....and a bit of a dent.....


....but nothing that wasn't easily fixable.



Now it's time to get serious and bring out the big guns


This will be my home for the next couple of months, best get comfortable.


That's all for now folks. Don't worry, there's already PLENTY of damage dealt already for the next update, so stay tuned Crapfans! Same Crap time, same Crap Channel.