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Project Juiced: budget modded ITX build

Project Juiced: 

 

My goal for this computer was to create a quiet pint-sized gaming PC that's easy to transport and is well rounded.

This was my first attempt at a few of these case mods, and overall I love the finished result.

 

The Parts:

 

-Bitfenix Prodigy Atomic Orange  

-Asrock z77e-ITX 

-i5 3570k 

-Asus GTX660 DirectCUii OC 

-8gb g.skill Sniper RAM 1866 cas9 

-Antec Kuhler 620 

-Corsair CX500 (although try and recognize it at the end) 

-120gb OCZ Vertex 3 

​-ancient 120gb 7200rpm hard drive pulled from my grandma's dell (on it's way out) 

-120mm Cougar Vortex HDB fans (x4) 

- Corsai SP120 quiet edition fan 

-1 generic bitfenix 120mm case fan

-1 240mm Phobya Brickly radiator grill 

-Modsmart kobra sleeving 

-Homedepot acrylic 

-LED lighting cable that came with a BestBuy giftcard

-Silverstone 120mm dust filter 

-3m 4010 tape 

-u-channel 

-Windows 8 Pro 

 

 

Before I did any work:

 

I just love this case! I based my entire rig off of it and bought one on release day from us.ncix

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I chose the asrock board of it's competitor from Asus due to aesthetics and $20. The asus board was blue and had that ugly board blocking my cables,

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The finished product: (even though few custom PCs are ever "finished")

 

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I was originally planning to drill 6 holes to the right of the grill and stick a fan controller behind it, then making a custom acrylic front panel. However, the controller looked too cluttered and I cracked the acrylic on the last cut :( so I gave up on the idea. I still think it looks fantastic.

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A look inside:

 

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I was going to pull out the power supply, but I forgot that I mounted the SSD with 3m 4010. That stuff is strong.

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A few other details:

 

Here's the bottom of the power supply. Notice any changes?

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Using some sleeving I made a quick fix to a USB delete

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With the lights on:

 

These things were free! I just run a hidden usb cable through the top.

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I hope you guys enjoyed seeing my build as much as I did making it. Feel free to ask me any questions below.

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looks great

 

love the colour

 

well done.

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Sweet little rig! Good to see some different colours out there

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Dude this looks awesome. Amazing job love it!

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Excellent job with the orange!

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Love that color..it looks like an Half Life mod. However why don't you use his beauliful default front pannel? 

 

Prodigy has a window in each side or you mod it? 

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Love that color..it looks like an Half Life mod. However why don't you use his beauliful default front pannel? 

 

Prodigy has a window in each side or you mod it? 

The front panel restricts air and I wanted to be able to see the fans. Not to mention, I think the exterior needs a little bit of extra black to provide contrast. If I do try and make another front panel, it will be black (unless I switch to black fans). And yeah I cut out each side panel to add my own windows.

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It's a great build :D The only thing I'm not a big fan of is the clashing colors internally :p but it's your build so I can't really tell you to change it

 

Look quite neat overall considering the fact you're using a non-modular power supply too :).

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wow, that's a wonderful rig, the window mod on both sides, the colours on everything even the Cougar PSU fan mod look awesome :D. I think some mesh cover on the whole front would look even better though, maybe a thinner one so the fans are easily visible and it would be less restrictive.

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nice side panel window.

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looks awesome.. was thinking to do something similar!

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Looks good, but it also looks really clustered on the inside.

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Love the orange colour scheme. You have given me the idea to paint my corsair fan ring orange and I need some of that black and orange sleeving. Great work

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A bit look like a Singularity Computers  Build he did with that case, looks good though.

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wow, that's a wonderful rig, the window mod on both sides, the colours on everything even the Cougar PSU fan mod look awesome :D. I think some mesh cover on the whole front would look even better though, maybe a thinner one so the fans are easily visible and it would be less restrictive.

Mesh? I like the idea. Are you thinking like making one from scratch with modders mesh or something based off the custom mesh panels sold by bitfenix?

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Mesh? I like the idea. Are you thinking like making one from scratch with modders mesh or something based off the custom mesh panels sold by bitfenix?

I was thinking about making one from scratch, Bitfenix's custom mesh panels will probably still be too thick  :).

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Real nice, dude. Love the color :)

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