PROJECT LOG GREEN MOLECULE (modded Fractal Design ACR Mini R2)

alexciobanu · Jan 22, 2015

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Hey guys. Here's a quick look at some of the components and water blocks.

EK Maximus V Gene water block painted white

Polished EK Ram block with the Primochill rigid fittings that I will be using

EK Supremacy EVO CPU block polished and painted white

Waterblock installed on the motherboard

Removed the heat sink for painting

Added some white vinyl to the side of the ram slot that will be seen. The ram will also get custom graphics

Batter look with all the waterblocks on

You can also see I added some white vinyl on top of the sata connectors

White strip on the RAM though I don't like the look of it, as I said custom graphics for the RAM will be coming

Heat sink is back on the motherboard after painting. I will be making a custom plate for it with some nice ROG graphics to match the theme of the build.

That's pretty much it for now guys. Most of the red bits on the motherboard will be covered by components so they won't be seen and the build will still stick to the green and white theme.

Stay tuned for more.

Cheers,

Alex

Silver_Pharaoh · Jan 24, 2015

I have to say, I love the green fittings. Works well with the mobo colours IMO :thup:

Sweet job so far!

alexciobanu · Jan 25, 2015

Silver_Pharaoh said:
I have to say, I love the green fittings. Works well with the mobo colours IMO

Sweet job so far!

Thanks man. I really like the fittings too

bob4933 · Jan 25, 2015

This is looking really really good man!

alexciobanu · Jan 26, 2015

bob4933 said:
This is looking really really good man!

Thanks man

alexciobanu · Jan 27, 2015

Hey guys,

Here are the Gelid Wing UV Green fans. 7 will be going in the build, 3 on the top 360 radiator in push and 4 on the front 240 radiator in push/pull. This is a quick look at the fans before painting along with the UV LED strips from DarkSide. Two of the fans have white LEDs, those will be going in the front of the case on the 240 rad and will be staying black, the rest of the fans will have the casing painted white.

These are the two with white LEDs

I have 9 of them but will only need 7 in the build

Thanks for checking it out.

Cheers,

Alex

alexciobanu · Jan 29, 2015

Hey guys,

Here's how the fans look after painting them white

Thanks for checking it out.

Cheers,

Alex

Dlaw · Jan 29, 2015

C'mon now, 2 sets of pictures of your fans? Let's see 'em with the rest of the system man! lol

Good job so far, sub'd.

alexciobanu · Jan 29, 2015

Dlaw said:
C'mon now, 2 sets of pictures of your fans? Let's see 'em with the rest of the system man! lol

Good job so far, sub'd.

Hahaha there's still quite a few things I need to get done before I can get them in the system

Thanks for subbing, I hope the wait will be worth it

Silver_Pharaoh · Jan 31, 2015

Those have to be the most badass looking fans I have ever seen. :drool:

alexciobanu · Feb 1, 2015

Silver_Pharaoh said:
Those have to be the most badass looking fans I have ever seen.

Yea, I really like them too. Pretty much the whole green colour scheme of the build is because of those fans

- - - Updated - - -

Hey guys,

I'm proud to announce SIMPLE MODZ, a new Facebook page that I have just launched!

It is just a place for me to showcase my custom builds and interact with the community. There is not much there at the moment but I have quite a few nice projects upcoming this year and much more beyond that. If you enjoy my work, please have a look, pop by and say hi, maybe even like the page.

As for the build, not much has changed as for the moment I am waiting for a few things to arrive.

I do have part of the system in the case and it is running nicely on my desk. Air cooled for the moment. Also that GPU is in there temporarily, it's an ASUS 780 Poseidon Platinum. Really nice card but it would be too big for the build with the way I'm installing things with the 970 reference short pcb in mind, the Poseidon would be blocking the spot for the res.

Here is the top rad with the fans sleeved and mounted

A better look at the shroud outside the case and also how I install the acrylic piece for the motherboard tray

That's it for now guys!

An exciting piece of equipment should be arriving this following week so stay tuned for that.

Cheers,

Alex

Blaylock · Feb 1, 2015

Very nice Alex. I'm normally not big on white cases, but with the green accents it really looks nice. Thanks for showing how you'll attach the PSU cover. Well done. I'll see you on Facebook

alexciobanu · Feb 1, 2015

Blaylock said:
Very nice Alex. I'm normally not big on white cases, but with the green accents it really looks nice. Thanks for showing how you'll attach the PSU cover. Well done. I'll see you on Facebook

Thanks mate!

Yea I forgot to mention about the shroud. I will be using the existing holes from the case feet and just using some longer screws on the feet to hold the shroud in place. I will also need some support on the back right corner of the shroud next to the motherboard. Something that will support the pump and res combo, might get one of those cubes

alexciobanu · Feb 5, 2015

Hey guys,

I am proud to announce Icemodz as a sponsor for the build!

I would like to thank them as they will kindly provide the custom sleeved cables

As for the current state of the build, both rads are now in the case and I have also modded a vandal switch for the power button on the front panel. That got rid of all the cable mess that was coming from the front panel connectors and it also looks really good in my opinion.

Those drilled holes are for something special going in the 5.25" bays

Thanks for checking it out. Stay tuned for more!

Cheers,

Alex

Silver_Pharaoh · Feb 7, 2015

Ooooh yes better and better!

alexciobanu · Feb 8, 2015

Silver_Pharaoh said:
Ooooh yes better and better!

Thanks mate

alexciobanu · Feb 9, 2015

Hey guys and girls

Here is the new toy I have been waiting for. The new Silhouette Cameo 2014 edition.

Also other bits I got along with it

First cut

I will be playing with it for the next few days! Thanks for checking it out!

Cheers,

Alex

rayraysfunhouse · Feb 9, 2015

Build is looking awesome man. Can't wait for more updates.

alexciobanu · Feb 10, 2015

rayraysfunhouse said:
Build is looking awesome man. Can't wait for more updates.

Thanks mate

alexciobanu · Feb 12, 2015

Hey guys!

Here is my first time using the Silhouette Cameo. Fan stickers, molecule pattern on the back panel and the same will be used on the shroud once I'm done with it

. I also did custom stickers for two of the memory sticks that will be seen as well as the EK memory block in white.

The colour of the white vinyl used as you can see from the pictures is different from the white acrylic colour and the rest of the case however a nice UV effect should be visible from all the stickers once the LEDs are in. I will test that out in the following days.

Really happy with the results from the Silhouette. Very good software that comes with it and very easy to use, the designs you can do are unlimited

Thanks for checking it out!

Cheers,

Alex

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