VegardBS

Please don't quote his entire post at least remove the pictures.

No, I am a disappointment to everyone who followed the thread.
Long story short I had to move and needed a smaller computer so I just used the Arc Midi R2 I had laying around
 

After several months planning and work, the project has finally reached completion. The ultimate 4K gaming computer with trifire R9 290X, X99 and DDR4 RAM. Full rigid watercooling loop including dual D5 pumps and two 480mm radiators.
 
Thanks to Alphacool for displaying the finished system at Insomnia Gaming Festival 55. That was a lot of fun! And a special thanks to all the sponsors for this project: Corsair, Ebuyer, Alphacool, iiyama, E22, Mayhems and Lamptron.

 
Custom gaming computers by Darwin PC
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Here you can see I brush Plasti-dipped the I/O ports black...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
On display at i55

This looks nice! My dream is to have a full blown x99 system, sadly it's wayyy too expensive 

I was loosing motivation quite fast again, but then I decided to test fit a few components. I think this is going to turn out pretty decent.
The blanking plate is just some test piece of junk, so I wont use this one.
 

 

 

 

I am sorry for no progress and no updates for you guys... But I had to install some sort of ghetto loop not long ago because our family computer's GPU failed, my 6950 ended up in a old dell and the stock cooler for my 780 was overheating the gpu because of some missing screws. Atleast I know the second hand 780 works!
 
 

 

 

 

But the TJ11 is amazing   same with 800D, as long as you mod any of those two they're gonna last another good 3-4 years imo

FINISHED (for now)
 
Srry for the long time between updates..
 
 
 
a splash of red 

 
 
All filled up (waiting for RAM as the old blue didn't fit the theme..)

 
 
new RAM installed (was hoping to have one black and one red kit to match the sloths, but I'm not the one who ordered it)

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
Excuse the mes :mellow:

 
 
 

 
 
 
Night shot

 
 
 

 
 
 
One down two to go 

Remove some pictures when quoting man So much scrolling to do
 
Is the black front supposed to look like a woman or is my eyes making up something?

I painted the HDD bracket, sadly I did not have time to let it dry properly (as i did it at school) and someone had touched it so there's fingerprints on them... This is the colour I want to paint the case in, but I will most likely go for a darker colour. Also, this 780 is massive compared to my old 6950  :blink:
 

 

Anyone want to take a guess what this will turn out to? 
 
Also, I'm probably not looking good enough, but does anyone know any sellers on Ebay (preferable from the UK) who sells a set of different length M3/M4 nuts and bolts?

Case came in!!!

I cant wait to see how this turns out! I'm so happy there's still 800Ds going around 

This is such a nice, clean and simple good looking build. I love it 

Ok, finally took the time to take some semi-decent pics. Promise this will be the last update to this log
 

Awesome case. Check out what singularity did with the same case
Singularity Computers Client Build 13 Build Log: …:

This is what happens when you start doing a lot of big mods to a case, and by the end you will know that it was worth it. Hope to see this one finished because so far it has been really cool to see your progress.

Not even Ikea packs their stuff THIS flat

Hehe, thank you

To be honest I dont really have much nerd swag in the office, just 4 fully functional PCs, 6 Monitors and GPUs/Mobos/Watercooling parts lining the walls, and thats good enough for me. 

(finished prior sorry)
Hi guys.  The purpose of this project is to build a fully fledged gaming rig, in a 13 year old case which you could probably find at your local junkyard. The computer must be a champ in three categories; Power, Cooling and Silence. All thise while looking completely stock on the exterior.  I started this project a few months ago, but am still awaiting a few parts. All picture have been taken with a non-smart phone sorry.   Specs: 4770K With 360 Loop MSi GTX 770 oc in SLi (+Backplate) Gigabyte Z87MX-UD3H PNY 4x4GB 1600 Kingston v300 120GB SSD (windows, high priority games) Seagate Barracuda 2TB (Steam games, a lot) FSP Aurum 750M GOLD     First off, Heres the beauty. Ah, that windows ME sticker means business folks.   How did such an old case stay so clean?   This was used to line the interior panels of the sides, top and front. Even the drive bay covers.   Thanks to MNPC tech, I could stencil early!   Ready to cut!   Some early parts!   Just some little tweaks...   The cut is made....and the case is Powder Coated!!   These are some neat doodads  And this will be a challenge..   I love velcro dots <3 (for filter, ssd, and panel)   This Pantyhose dust filter for the bottom of the case is a little ghetto   More parts!! Cable extensions are silverstone btw! They look like shoe laces. I didnt even have to mod for this hole!   More of these haha Exciting.... Turned this reservoir into absolute ghetto Things are falling into place The front panel cables have been heatshrinked too.   Neato fan controller to be chopped up!   Ghetto, but temporary!   Far out its sexy!   First card and ram arrived!   A bonus swag sticker to go with my celeron D!   Now for a start at putting her together!   And the final shoot!

I was loosing motivation quite fast again, but then I decided to test fit a few components. I think this is going to turn out pretty decent.
The blanking plate is just some test piece of junk, so I wont use this one.
 

 

 

 

This is nice!
First Cosmos build that has caught my interest.

Sure cost alot 

The HDD cage is finally complete! Almost... All that is left is to paint this sucker. I am very pleased with the design of this all though I do not have very steady hands so the straight lines aren't as straight they could have been
And next week I hope I'll be ordering the radiator brackets.
 

 

 

 
Here's the old bulky hotswap next to the new compact PainInTheAssToSwapDrives-cage.