PROJECT LOG CANIS MAJORIS (modded Tt Core X9) - Thermaltake CaseMOD Invitational S2

alexciobanu · Sep 14, 2015

Back with another update!

Fixed the motherboard tray to the case and mounted pumps and res.

Just a perfect fit for the little pump and res combo. I cut a small hole for the fittings to come out of but forgot I need another one for the fill port. Hopefully I don't mess the other one up and the two fittings align properly

You can also see I added some supports to the bottom panel. Very simple, just some threaded rods and the build is very solid along with the brackets I made. Once panels go on it will reinforce it even more.

CPU cut out and also tapped for the motherboard stand-offs. The cables will come from underneath the motherboard to plug in. Will give it a nice clean look.

Reservoir inlet fittings

Just need to drill for the fill port now.

Also if you guys are wondering why the small reservoirs hidden under there then stay tuned as something really exciting will go in the top section of the build next to the motherboard

Thanks for checking it out and stay tuned for more!

Cheers,

Alex

alexciobanu · Sep 17, 2015

More updates on the case guys!

Front and back panels are on. They are from 4.5mm thick black gloss acrylic. More work still needs to be done to them.

Also the front panel there is a little window cut out and below there is room for a fan controller and the vandal switches

Thanks for checking it you!

Cheers,

Alex

Dalchi Frusche · Sep 18, 2015

Looking good so far! Keep up the great work

alexciobanu · Sep 19, 2015

Dalchi Frusche said:
Looking good so far! Keep up the great work

Thanks a lot mate

alexciobanu · Sep 25, 2015

Hey guys,

Sorry for the lack of updates on the build lately. I've been working hard on it to get it ready for the EB Games Expo in Sydney next weekend. The build and I will be attending the Tt booth during the expo

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There have been lots of late nights working on it till 4am and this morning around 5am I'm happy to say it is ready. All wrapped up and ready for pick to get pallet shipped to Sydney.

Unfortunately there was no time for me to leak test it this morning before I had to get it ready so fingers crossed everything goes well once it arrives at the expo.

All I'm gonna share for now is this pic with it wrapped up haha. I've taken a bunch of pics as much as I could while working on it so will be posting throughout the following days before the expo.

More work will be done to it after the Expo, it will be all about the finer details after that

Stay tuned for more!

Cheers,

Alex

alexciobanu · Sep 27, 2015

Okay guys here we go with the updates

I mounted the Thermaltake Commander FT Fan Controller to the front panel, drilled holes for the vandal switches and cut the shape for the acrylic that will go over the front panel aluminum.

This is a piece of smoke acrylic so you can still see through it. Something similar will go on the top panel.

The rest of the acrylic in the build is all gloss black, once the build is up and running and with LEDs, it should give some nice reflections.

Thanks for checking it out!

Cheers,

Alex

alexciobanu · Sep 28, 2015

Gonna keep the updates rolling!

Custom top panel windows piece is done. Smoked piece of acrylic will come over same as the front panel.

All the pieces ready for powder coating. Going to be a gun metal looking colour.

Drilling fan holes to mount with the MNPCTECH grills on the back panel.

Looking awesome with the Riing RGB fans!

Two of the 480mm radiators going in the bottom section of the case with the Thermaltake T33 reservoirs on top on each side. I used the MNPCTECH 480mm acrylic grills to mount the reservoirs to.

And finally, running some Mayhems Blitz cleaning system through the rads. Thanks to PerformancePCs for sending through the kit!

Gotta be cautious with this stuff!

Thanks for checking it out!

Cheers,

Alex

Dalchi Frusche · Sep 28, 2015

Everything is looking awesome as I knew it would. *cheers*

TheQuadFather · Sep 28, 2015

subbed, alot of work going in so i imagine the final product will be amazing

alexciobanu · Sep 28, 2015

Dalchi Frusche said:
Everything is looking awesome as I knew it would. *cheers*

TheQuadFather said:
subbed, alot of work going in so i imagine the final product will be amazing

Thanks a lot guys! I hope the final product will end up looking pretty nice

alexciobanu · Sep 28, 2015

Got another update for you guys!

Some vinyl work for the rads and fans as well as finished some of the acrylic panels.

The vinyl work is based on the Elite Dangerous game, that's actually the emblem from the game. Think it looks really cool on the fans and rads.

Had to do a lot of fans!

I would stick the whole thing and then peel out the bits not needed. Pretty easy but time consuming.

This panel is the bottom front panel.

Some MNPCTECH mesh, will look awesome behind the panel once painted.

Front bottom and top as well as back bottom acrylic panels mostly done!

MNPCTECH mesh and grills painted black.

And the case frame is back from powder-coating. Also bottom rads are in!

Pump/res combos as well as the PSU are mounted.

And did some cable management for all the 16 fan cables coming from the bottom up into the top section of the case! I used four 1 x 4pin extension cables to turn the 16 fan cables into just 4 and these will connect straight to the Thermaltake fan controller at the front of the case. Thanks a lot to Performance PCs for helping out with these fan extension cables.

That's it for now!

Thanks for checking it out!

Cheers,

Alex

Dalchi Frusche · Sep 29, 2015

That is looking super awesome! I cannot wait for the panels to start going on. :clap:

alexciobanu · Sep 29, 2015

Dalchi Frusche said:
That is looking super awesome! I cannot wait for the panels to start going on.

Thanks a lot mate

Tyerker · Sep 29, 2015

Such a BAMF build. I wish I had the patience and skill to pull something like this off.

alexciobanu · Sep 29, 2015

Tyerker said:
Such a BAMF build. I wish I had the patience and skill to pull something like this off.

Thanks a lot mate

- - - Updated - - -

I have probably one of the most exciting things to share, at least I think it is

I have been waiting weeks to show these!

Custom reservoirs Canis Majoris style!

I really wanted the reservoirs to be unique in this build and I had an idea of these round spherical reservoirs with Mayhems Aurora fluid in them and making them look like a red giant star and a white dwarf star. So those are the two colours I'm going for in the two loops in this build. One will be orange looking and the other one a white with a little bit of blue in it. The reservoirs have two 5mm LED holes as well in order to try and light them up nicely and with the Aurora fluid they should resemble the two stars pretty good.

This idea came to me from the Elite Dangerous game as every time you exit a jump next to a star it's just an awesome experience!

These are about 150mm diameter and they are made up of two domes put together. I had a long chat with an acrylic manufacturer in my area for making these and at first they weren't really sure what I wanted but we managed to sort it out in the end. This design was sorta the only way to make a spherical reservoir thick and strong enough to drill the G1/4 thread and be all sealed and water tight.

At first I wasn't too happy with the way the gluing looked on them however after some Rustoleum frosted glass spray paint they came out really good. With coloured fluid in them they should look even better!

Check it out and let me know what you think. I'm not sure if anyone else has done this before.

They took about 1.1L of water to fill each so there will be quite a lot of fluid going in this build!

Thanks for checking it out and stay tuned for more!

Cheers,

Alex

Dalchi Frusche · Sep 30, 2015

alexciobanu said:
I have probably one of the most exciting things to share, at least I think it is

I have been waiting weeks to show these!

Custom reservoirs Canis Majoris style!

!!! How dare you hold out on us. Lol. Now those are some awesome reservoirs. Are we thinking fuel tanks or storage tanks? Are you planning on using colored coolant or sticking with just distilled?

Awesome concept so far !

Dlaw · Sep 30, 2015

Dalchi Frusche said:
!!! How dare you hold out on us. Lol. Now those are some awesome reservoirs. Are we thinking fuel tanks or storage tanks? Are you planning on using colored coolant or sticking with just distilled?

Awesome concept so far !

He said one's gonna be red and the other white to look like stars. LOL.

Man, I need the time and money to build like that! Looking forward to the final product!

Dalchi Frusche · Sep 30, 2015

Dlaw said:
He said one's gonna be red and the other white to look like stars. LOL.

Man, I need the time and money to build like that! Looking forward to the final product!

I can't believe I totally missed that. *palms forehead*

Tyerker · Oct 1, 2015

Beautiful reservoirs!

alexciobanu · Oct 4, 2015

Dalchi Frusche said:
!!! How dare you hold out on us. Lol. Now those are some awesome reservoirs. Are we thinking fuel tanks or storage tanks? Are you planning on using colored coolant or sticking with just distilled?

Awesome concept so far !

Dlaw said:
He said one's gonna be red and the other white to look like stars. LOL.

Man, I need the time and money to build like that! Looking forward to the final product!

Dalchi Frusche said:
I can't believe I totally missed that. *palms forehead*

Tyerker said:
Beautiful reservoirs!

Hahaha thanks a lot guys!

I will have another update shortly. I just got back from the EB Games Expo in Sydney where the build was on display at the Thermaltake booth!

If you follow my Facebook page (Simple Modz) or Thermaltake ANZ you may have caught a quick speak peak of the build! And for all the Aussies in Sydney, you maybe saw it in person if you were at the EB Games Expo!

I will need to post a few more work in progress updates that I didn't get a chance to post and once I get the build back there is still some work to be done before it will be fully finished.

Stay tuned!

Cheers,

Alex

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