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Fractal Define R4 windowed budget case mod

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Hey guys, i'm kinda new here and this is my first modding post here.  :)

 

I don't know if it's just me or is there just a hand full of people modding a define r4 case. Maybe because of its clean lines and minimalist aesthetic?

 

So this is my first mod, and i didn't have that much of a budget, i would just like to share this so that those with little cash to spend could also make their own mods.  :)

 

To start off, here are the specs of my pc:

 

CPU: i7 4770k OC'ed (well not that much) to 4.0 ghz

CPU Cooler: Corsair h80i

RAM: G-skill Ripjaws 1866mhz 4x4gb or 16gb

GPU: Sapphire r9 270x toxic edition

Mother Board: MSI z87 gd65 gaming

Storage: 1TB western digital black

SSD: 120gb Corsair force ssd

 

Those are the specs and boring stuffs about my build. I'll just skip to the Pictures

 

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so this first pic shows the materials i used for the mod. the orange thingy you see is a pvc tile that i will use to build my shrouds.

 

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these pics are the hdd shroud progress pics.

 

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glass sticker thingies that i printed

 

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the PSU shroud, with a mesh i cut from an old generic PSU

 

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heres the shroud attached to the build.

 

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and here are the shrouds when painted matte black.  :)  looking pretty nice there.

 

and now for some detail shots. i added a blue strip LED from bitfenix

 

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heres the finished product with leds turned off

 

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aaanndd finally with LEDs turned on

 

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going to post glamour shots soon when i get the time... also planning to add additional r9 270x and put shrouds on it since the yellow is kinda distracting, or maybe just buy a r9 290x msi one :)

 

thanks, for viewing, and i hope you guys enjoyed my build log. have a good one. :D

 

 

 

 

 

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Wow, that looks great!

 

Did you think about spray painting your PCI slot covers? Could make for another nice and easy effect.

who cares...

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Man it looks like futuristic tank :D Really like the cover for hdd and optical drives.

 

 

That is pretty awesome I love the font you used as well.

 

 

I love that PSU shroud

 

thanks guys  :)

 

Wow, that looks great!

 

Did you think about spray painting your PCI slot covers? Could make for another nice and easy effect.

 

thanks man  :)  i spray painted the pci slot covers already but it can't be seen that much in the last picture though. the second to the last picture was taken before i installed the led lights and before i sprayed the white vertical pci slot cover.

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Did you think about spray painting your PCI slot covers? Could make for another nice and easy effect.

It looks like he did except for the vertical one.

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It looks like he did except for the vertical one.

 

I made up m,y mind on that comment on one of the erlier pictures so i didn't notice. :D

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Dude that is freaking awsome! Is that just 1/8th inch ply or balsa?

Case: Phanteks Evolve X with ITX mount  cpu: Ryzen 3900X 4.35ghz all cores Motherboard: MSI X570 Unify gpu: EVGA 1070 SC  psu: Phanteks revolt x 1200W Memory: 64GB Kingston Hyper X oc'd to 3600mhz ssd: Sabrent Rocket 4.0 1TB ITX System CPU: 4670k  Motherboard: some cheap asus h87 Ram: 16gb corsair vengeance 1600mhz

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

 

 

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i wish i were this talented. i haven't even done any kind of cable management :unsure:  :( , but amazing job.

CPU- i7 5960x MOTHERBOARD- Asus Rampage V extreme RAM- 32gb Corsair Dominator Platinum ddr4 2800mhz GPU-  2X EVGA GTX 980 SC in SLI PSU- Corsair ax860 CASE- Corsair Obsidian 750d COOLING- EK cpu+dual gpu custom loop (ek supremacy evo, dual gtx 980 copper/acetal waterblocks) MOUSE- Logitech g502 proteus core KEYBOARD- Ducky shine 3 cherry mx blue switches and blue LED MONITOR- Samsung u28d590d UHD  STORAGE -  120 gb samsung 850 evo ssd, 960 gb ocz trion ssd OS- Windows 10 pro http://pcpartpicker.com/p/jtP8GX

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Really cool. Great job, man. :D

 

 

i wish i were this talented. i haven't even done any kind of cable management :unsure:  :( , but amazing job.

 

 thanks guys  :D

 

 

Dude that is freaking awsome! Is that just 1/8th inch ply or balsa?

  

i used a pvc floor tile that was just lying around the house  :)

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