LoL nachos is indeed a must! Thank you my friend really appreciate your comments.

Absolutely amazing! Always a prized build from you. I see you chose the American flag motif which I thought would go over well elsewhere but was surprised that it did not count that much, not even being the 4 of July USA Independence Day. Maybe it was the due to being shown on a hot air balloon which a lot struck as odd for a computer, besides the fact that it was made with fiberglass, a non-typical pc case material. Oh well, it was a Papang original anyways, haha.

I have seen gold leaf application on Mexican arts and crafts but not silver. In either case, it is an unusual material to use and sure beats paint for sure. Of course the laser cuts are on my list of un-obtainium, just out of my price range and they sure make a mod look pristine. I don't know how well it can be done on curved surfaces which is my present preference in shapes for a case. Not too many want to dabble with compound curved surfaces for some reason, hehe.

Mod on Bro, not to many can beat you in mod complexity that is something I am sure of.

Cheers and Saludos

Thanks man! My mod is based on a book which on its front page is the American flag which also represents a part of the book which symbolizes the fall of USA. Everything has a meaning as you see

I will be back soon with an update but first I would like to introduce my new sponsors!

First off all one major sponsor with an amazing marketing approach and fantastic communication! Welcome MSI on board! MSI will provide me with 2

Graphic cards which I will reveal in an upcoming update. Thanks MSI!!!!

[url="http://eu.msi.com/index.php"][/url]

And also welcome EVGA which they made a small discount to me for the EVGA FTW 3 motherboard. I choose this motherboard to fit with my theme which as

you already know is black and silver and I want to be careful with every detail on this mod. Thanks EVGA too!

[url="http://eu.evga.com/"][/url]

And also here are some pictures of the motherboard, many more to follow!























Thanks for all your support so far my friends, I will be back with a small update due to the delay of my orders and packages I cant keep on modding

without the rest of the hardware as I need them to measure and install! Stay tuned and... cool! Peace!


A special thanks to my sponsors:

[url="http://www.corsair.com/"][/url]

[url="http://www.ekwaterblocks.com/"][/url]

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[url="http://eu.msi.com/index.php"][/url]

As I promised I am back for an update.
Due to the weather conditions here (46 Degrees Celsius and up) I did some work inside my room and as you might guessed , sleeving indeed! Also in order to keep on with this mod I have to receive 6 packages with hardware and various other stuff so I got to wait for them to arrive and start working on the case again.

Here you will see some of the sleeving work I did. I measured all the cables to the right length, I cut them, soldered them and.... sleeved them.

I would like to apologize for the poor quality of the pictures, my camera gone crazy and with the same lighting and settings it shoots totally different quality pictures, I have to buy a new one soon.

So lets begin our "sleeving" journey! First of all the work I did on the USB extension cable
and also on the 8pin mobo extension.
I will redo the power supply as long as I get some silver sleeving and some other stuff I wait to arrive.

















Reinforcements arrived!!!



Here is the work I did on the Nesteq's amazing new fan controller! I had to measure each fan in order to calculate the right distance. A lot of soldering too!

































Power and restart switches. I had to increase their length so soldering again!!









Here is one modular cable from the Corsairs PSU. I wanted the molex's to be close to each other and also the floppy connector longer in order to reach the sound card.













And here are the white cold cathodes. One cathode has to be on the upper part of the case so I had to increase its length. Also I made a hole on the box for the one cathode to look upwards. One of the cathodes is soldered on the circuit for "convenience" reasons









Micro soldering here











Here are the 2 fan controllers which I am going to attach on the back part of the case. These
2 controllers are going to be attached on the second GPU radiator. I had to modify them in order to reach the power source and also the 2 fans.

































And here are all the components I sleeved so far! More to follow!

















Thats all for now my friends. Thanks for watching and commenting, till next time, peace!


A special thanks to my sponsors:

[url="http://www.corsair.com/"][/url]

[url="http://www.ekwaterblocks.com/"][/url]

[url="http://www.aquatuning.de/"][/url]

[url="http://www.bitspower.com/"][/url]

[url="http://eu.msi.com/index.php"][/url]

Great work brother I am all wired up now lol
keep it up man

That is one sexy looking Mobo there bro Alex, and some nice cable sleeving too!

Thanks brothers, really appreciated

I am back guys for a new update.
I received some of the packages so I could do some work these days hopefully
I will receive the rest tomorrow as from the next week, everything in my country will be closed
including the post office due to our holiday season. So if I dont I will come back on September.
Lets begin with the first package!

Many many thanks to EK and Mr.Edvard for all these beautiful goodies!
With his support I will be able to get this babe wet and also point towards the silver
color which is my main theme (black and silver)

[URL="http://www.ekwaterblocks.com/shop/"][IMG]http://i647.photobucket.com/albums/uu191/chinoangel/Project%20Future%20Schlock/EK_Water_Blocks.png

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And here are... the half of the goodies!



And the other half!!!



Here you will see some of the products cause I will post later more pictures and info on
the assembly process. Outstanding quality and package. Simply the best...
No more comments lets just view some of the products.



































At the end of this mod, I will run a lot of benchmarks regarding the performance of each product of this mod including temperatures, overclocking

potentials etc etc.

So lets move on to the second package I received from my sponsors!
Please welcome MSI on board!!!
My friends at MSI were absolutely fantastic on communication and negotiations, something
I really admire and appreciate! Thanks MSI again!

[url="http://eu.msi.com/index.php"][/url]



And voila!!!! 2 fantastic GPU's inside ready to be overclocked to their limits!









A lot of goodies inside! For more info check their website here :
http://eu.msi.com/index.php?func=prodde ... od_no=2039









So what are we waiting for? Lets get these 2 babies naked and get them wet!
Tools and cards? Ready!



Proper tool for the right job!





First screws removed! The reason I removed these screws is that I will remove the brackets completely in order to install the EK ones after I powder

coat them black!



Philips screw head on and lets move on!!



Bracket removed.



Here is the bracket from EK which I will install after the powder coating's done!



16 screws to be removed from the PCB in order to remove the heatsink.



Heatsink removed.



Clean the GPU and ready for further "treatment"



All we need is in here!! Thermal pads, screws, etc etc. In the package it wasnt included any thermal paste so I used some MX2. MX3 is used for the

mobo etc.



Installation of the thermal pads.



GPU reinforce bracket also installed. According to EK it reinforces the PCB for perfect GPU contact with water block without unwanted PCB bending

which is a very good addition.



Placed the standoffs on the block by using some thermal paste.



Block installed and ready for its backplate. Pictures taken indoors and outdoors.







This is something I will add on the backplate later on, it will be laser cut black acrylic with fake anodize and silver leaf technique, I might change

my mind though but I will keep you updated for any changes.



Thanks for watching guys, your comments and presence in my worklog is much appreciated always and if you are just a guest you can always sign in and

say hi!
Peace to you my friends!


A special thanks to my sponsors:

[url="http://www.corsair.com/"][/url]

[url="http://www.ekwaterblocks.com/"][/url]

[url="http://www.aquatuning.de/"][/url]

[url="http://www.bitspower.com/"][/url]

[url="http://eu.msi.com/index.php"][/url]

WOW!


I love the components you chose for this mod. I'm so jealous.

Great job so far. Keep it up and us posted.

Thanks,

D.

Thanks man, dont be jealous, these are fruits of hard work and a loooooooooooooot of patience!!!!

Back for a quick update.
I changed my plans on the MSI back plate logo, due to insufficient space and visibility.
The graphic cards are very close to each other, I had to modify the Bitspower acrylic sli tube in order to fit too. As you will see I installed EK 's

EVGA X58 kit which is acetal + nickel.
Also my camera gone crazy and I believe is going to die soon as it cant zoom, it stays blur and I
cant shoot etc etc. I will buy a new one soon, forgive me about the quality at the moment.







I decided to attach the logo on the side of the cards using the free sli connector slots.
I used this old sli bridge to take the connectors.







Then I cut a piece of black acrylic for the logo.





Printed the logo on a sticker and attached it on the acrylic. That way I will be able to engrave the acrylic more precisely. I will combine a gothic

style pattern engraving with a crackle effect silver leaf technique to give the logo a more artistic style.









I applied the mixtion and while it was needed to cure for 3 hours I glued the connectors using slow epoxy.



Applied 2 layers of silver leaf and with a needle I did the crackling effect (total of 9 hours preparation) . Here are some pictures!










I hope you like my idea. That way the logo will be visible through the case's window. Till next time, peace and stay cool Thanks for watching and

commenting!


A special thanks to my sponsors:

[url="http://www.corsair.com/"][/url]

[url="http://www.ekwaterblocks.com/"][/url]

[url="http://www.aquatuning.de/"][/url]

[url="http://www.bitspower.com/"][/url]

[url="http://eu.msi.com/index.php"][/url]

Absolutely Awesome Beautiful hardware there Alex , looking forward to seeing it installed too,
nice job on the MSI emblem too brother!

Awesome as always!!!
More please!!!

You got it!
Back for one more update, I did a lot of work but I will post my work later on in upcoming updates .
I will begin with some packages I received, old and new.
First some things I ordered.
LG Blu Ray Writer, Intel Core i7 930 and 2X Western Digital 500GB Sata6 hard drives













Reinforcements arrived from Mr.Nills at MurderMod and Aquatuning.
A lot of cable management clips (new series), connectors in black, pins for ATX, some watercooling bits I needed and silver sleeving!!







Now I will show you some work I did in association with my friend Masbuskado from NewModCity! I wanted to do some stickers - logos for Corsair's ram, airflow and psu.
So Masbuskado was the best for that kind of job. He is a fantastic modder and also a web and graphic designer!

If you want custom logos, any graphic job or even a website send me a PM and I will get you in contact with one of the best!



Here you can see his creation, I just told him my idea and immediately he created that awesome logo!



First I tried to make some stickers but later on I decided to use a high glossy paper and glue it my self for the reasons you can see here:



So I printed and cut the desired logos in the right length and width, got my "tools" ready and with some patience I got the job done!







I also redid the Power Supply. As you can see I canceled the 2 PCI express cables because I am going to use the modular cables for that. I also did the sleeving again with some silver addition and also sleeved the 8pin mobo cable. Here are some pictures:















Here are the ram





Also as you can see I used some paint remover to change the color on the ram heatsinks. I might leave them as they are now after the remover (silver) Will see!





More on that in an upcoming update. As I did a lot of work I will update every day or two.
Thanks for reading my work and commenting! Peace!


A special thanks to my sponsors:

[url="http://www.corsair.com/"][/url]

[url="http://www.ekwaterblocks.com/"][/url]

[url="http://www.aquatuning.de/"][/url]

[url="http://www.bitspower.com/"][/url]

[url="http://eu.msi.com/index.php"][/url]

Back again for a largish update!
As I am approaching the end of this mod, the things I ve got to do are details and final assembly checks. You will see that process on the upcoming updates so expect details, artistic adds etc!
Lets begin with some "artistic" custom cable management clips (large name huh ) I created
for two large group of cables, because for the rest I am going to use mostly clips from MDPC-X.
I used 2 mm aluminum for that.

First the primary shape.





Then I created a "gothic" style pattern using the dremel bits you see in the picture.
Those clips are going to be powder coated black. Also I filed all the edges and corners for them to be smooth not to rip apart sleeving and cables!







While I was installing the tube reducer I noticed that a fitting was interfering with the 5.25 bay
so I had to cut a piece.
Just a quick marking there







And done!



Also I had to cut a piece from the middle floor department for the cables to pass though.





Ready!!!



The custom spacers I created needed some sunshine I got them ready in order to give them a new shiny look as you will see.



While I was waiting for the primer to dry I found the chance to polish some of the screws!

First step.....



Second step........



Third step.......... You can see the hexagon hole dirty... Me no like!



And final step! Here I used for the final touch, a metal polish from Autosol which I have to admit is really good! I also used a special bit to clean the holes for the perfect finish!











Here is my technique on chrome. I would like to see if you like it!



As I mentioned before I am going to use titanium in order to close some holes, fix something on the chassis etc etc. Here you will see some of the work I did. This thing is really strong and it can be powder coated later on!







I also modified the top acrylic in a more aggressive and minimalistic design. I also applied the fake anodize technique which I will show you in an upcoming update more details! I am using a polish afterward so no fingerprints, no dust and a shiny extreme look!



Here are some shots of the cpu block installation which I forgot to post!?!?















Radiators ready! Noiseblockers, fittings installed and wires cable tied!



Here you will see my tests after I cut that piece from the bay.





Reservoir clips... ok!



Reservoir and pump attached together and installed them so I could measure the hole for the tubing.



Start the drills!! And a lot of filing too!



In the first hole I added a rubber one....



And a Bitspower on the other! Many people would have gone with 2 the same but I prefer
to give my own touch to my mods and dont just immitate. Also this mod is a combination of art and industrial so as with Totechnika when I mixed the art with technology so here I do something similar.





And a random shot!



Testing the reservoir. I added a piece of acrylic on the front face to give a 3d look and more modern, it looks great but I prefer to take some shots afterward on that.



Here is the ASUS Xonar I mentioned before. The card when is installed it has some bright orange lights. That wont fit with the theme so I decided to remove them completely. I dunno if that will cause any problems but modding is all about.... modding lol





Also there was a sticker which it was half removed and I replaced it with one mine as it was
really ugly and also I couldnt remove it without damaging the card!!!!



Some more titanium work! I decided to cancel some of the holes on the 5.25 bay as I wasnt going to use them.





Clean and clear!!!



Longer screws? Cut them!



Thats all for now guys, commenting in my work is always appreciating and also very helpful as it gives me power and motivation to move on! Thanks and stay cool!
Thanks to Pope the dope for helping me out with the photos. As my camera worth nothing, we found a way to make the pictures a little better! Hope you like them at least!


A special thanks to my sponsors:

[url="http://www.corsair.com/"][/url]

[url="http://www.ekwaterblocks.com/"][/url]

[url="http://www.aquatuning.de/"][/url]

[url="http://www.bitspower.com/"][/url]

[url="http://eu.msi.com/index.php"][/url]