DD Custom Mods

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Good morning fellow modders and world takers!
 
We have begun the work on Node Zero!

 
First we need to get to painting…. the handles specifically.  Use that good ol’ Krylon in damn that’s bright yellow!
 




 
Getting that PSU in place…. Just an old Raidmax 500w, but it works well and keeps steady power for my drives!  I love how this case has the ability to use 2 PSUs
 


 
Time to install these beautiful yellow Arctic fans!  6 fans to keep air moving!
 


 
It’s a good start… but we need to get our sponsors and designs cut and placed!
 



 
Sooo…. We requested the Freezer 34 Duo knowing that it’s only AM4 compatible.  So of course what we need to do is fabricate and mod our own solution yes?
 




 
Annnnd…. Finished.  Just needs a coat of paint =D
 



 
Thanks for tuning in guys!  Keep an eye out for more updates soon.
 
Much love! <3

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Good afternoon my fellow enthusiasts!

 
We are COMPLETE!!!  Couldn’t be a happier feeling than a working mod.

 
First, we need to clean and prep our trusty ol’ Phenom II
 


 
Then we can slap on some Arctic MX-4 paste in preparation to install that beastly Freezer eSports Duo cooler ❤️
 


 
Cooler installed with our custom AM3 mounts, nice and snug
 


 
Drives are in and mounted!
 


 
That cooler is so over kill…. But cable management for the win!
 


 
Tip of the Day…. Label those drives!  Getting Ubuntu server installed
 


 
We are up and running!  Time to get PLEX set up so the family stops bugging me for movie access *laughs*
 


 
That’s it until we are up and fully running with our RAID and software flying high!
 
Otherwise we are switching gears to work on our Honda Prelude PC mod!

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Good morning fellow modders and world takers!
 
We have begun the work on Node Zero!

 
First we need to get to painting…. the handles specifically.  Use that good ol’ Krylon in damn that’s bright yellow!
 




 
Getting that PSU in place…. Just an old Raidmax 500w, but it works well and keeps steady power for my drives!  I love how this case has the ability to use 2 PSUs
 


 
Time to install these beautiful yellow Arctic fans!  6 fans to keep air moving!
 


 
It’s a good start… but we need to get our sponsors and designs cut and placed!
 



 
Sooo…. We requested the Freezer 34 Duo knowing that it’s only AM4 compatible.  So of course what we need to do is fabricate and mod our own solution yes?
 




 
Annnnd…. Finished.  Just needs a coat of paint =D
 



 
Thanks for tuning in guys!  Keep an eye out for more updates soon.
 
Much love! <3

PCPartPicker Link: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/d9JGpG

 
Good morning fellow modders and world takers!
 
We have begun the work on Node Zero!

 
First we need to get to painting…. the handles specifically.  Use that good ol’ Krylon in damn that’s bright yellow!
 




 
Getting that PSU in place…. Just an old Raidmax 500w, but it works well and keeps steady power for my drives!  I love how this case has the ability to use 2 PSUs
 


 
Time to install these beautiful yellow Arctic fans!  6 fans to keep air moving!
 


 
It’s a good start… but we need to get our sponsors and designs cut and placed!
 



 
Sooo…. We requested the Freezer 34 Duo knowing that it’s only AM4 compatible.  So of course what we need to do is fabricate and mod our own solution yes?
 




 
Annnnd…. Finished.  Just needs a coat of paint =D
 



 
Thanks for tuning in guys!  Keep an eye out for more updates soon.
 
Much love! <3

PCPartPicker Link: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/d9JGpG

 
Good morning fellow modders and world takers!
 
We have begun the work on Node Zero!

 
First we need to get to painting…. the handles specifically.  Use that good ol’ Krylon in damn that’s bright yellow!
 




 
Getting that PSU in place…. Just an old Raidmax 500w, but it works well and keeps steady power for my drives!  I love how this case has the ability to use 2 PSUs
 


 
Time to install these beautiful yellow Arctic fans!  6 fans to keep air moving!
 


 
It’s a good start… but we need to get our sponsors and designs cut and placed!
 



 
Sooo…. We requested the Freezer 34 Duo knowing that it’s only AM4 compatible.  So of course what we need to do is fabricate and mod our own solution yes?
 




 
Annnnd…. Finished.  Just needs a coat of paint =D
 



 
Thanks for tuning in guys!  Keep an eye out for more updates soon.
 
Much love! <3

We're just getting started ?

That lettering is HOT! Nice one, loving how much the build is coming together.

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Hey all!
I had a couple minutes last night so I took a picture of the car’s bumper and recreated the lettering.  Now the design is really coming together!!!

 

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Goood afternoon my fellow PC nuts and Luder lovers!
First, let’s get some love for a bath for #AcidDragon as she sits in the driveway




Now that we know what we are working towards….. Let’s start changing this Thermaltake Commander C34 case!
First let’s get this front panel off by using a gentle prying motion with a flat screwdriver to release the 4 clips



Those 200mm of RGB goodness (Thermaltake included front intake fans)


Now we can get the grills removed and get them painted green to match the grill on #AcidDragon

A tip for painting outside, cover with a clear tub/container to prevent dust, leaves, bugs and anything else floating around while the paint dries

Always several super light coats for the win!

While I waited for the paint to cure, I began unboxing hardware and getting it installed to test fit and prep the system to plan out our loop and placement of the “turbo” pump.
Starting with this sexy EVGA Z390 FTW motherboard…and fitting the Thermaltake Pacific CPU cooler to it





Next up our 120GB TeamGroup SSD!



Finally, let’s install this Thermaltake ToughPower 850W PSU!  A bit overpowered for this build’s purpose…. But so is the watercooling haha



The paint hasn’t fully cured, but now is dry and can be installed back in place!  The case is looking sexy so far!



Hopefully I will have time to get some more work this Friday and have another update for you next week!!!
Stay classy fellow modders and friends!!!
 

I absolutely love the craftsmanship you've put into the build thus far, keep up the awesome work.

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Goood afternoon my fellow PC nuts and Luder lovers!
First, let’s get some love for a bath for #AcidDragon as she sits in the driveway




Now that we know what we are working towards….. Let’s start changing this Thermaltake Commander C34 case!
First let’s get this front panel off by using a gentle prying motion with a flat screwdriver to release the 4 clips



Those 200mm of RGB goodness (Thermaltake included front intake fans)


Now we can get the grills removed and get them painted green to match the grill on #AcidDragon

A tip for painting outside, cover with a clear tub/container to prevent dust, leaves, bugs and anything else floating around while the paint dries

Always several super light coats for the win!

While I waited for the paint to cure, I began unboxing hardware and getting it installed to test fit and prep the system to plan out our loop and placement of the “turbo” pump.
Starting with this sexy EVGA Z390 FTW motherboard…and fitting the Thermaltake Pacific CPU cooler to it





Next up our 120GB TeamGroup SSD!



Finally, let’s install this Thermaltake ToughPower 850W PSU!  A bit overpowered for this build’s purpose…. But so is the watercooling haha



The paint hasn’t fully cured, but now is dry and can be installed back in place!  The case is looking sexy so far!



Hopefully I will have time to get some more work this Friday and have another update for you next week!!!
Stay classy fellow modders and friends!!!
 

PCPartPicker Link: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/pkKk29

Goood afternoon my fellow PC nuts and Luder lovers!
First, let’s get some love for a bath for #AcidDragon as she sits in the driveway




Now that we know what we are working towards….. Let’s start changing this Thermaltake Commander C34 case!
First let’s get this front panel off by using a gentle prying motion with a flat screwdriver to release the 4 clips



Those 200mm of RGB goodness (Thermaltake included front intake fans)


Now we can get the grills removed and get them painted green to match the grill on #AcidDragon

A tip for painting outside, cover with a clear tub/container to prevent dust, leaves, bugs and anything else floating around while the paint dries

Always several super light coats for the win!

While I waited for the paint to cure, I began unboxing hardware and getting it installed to test fit and prep the system to plan out our loop and placement of the “turbo” pump.
Starting with this sexy EVGA Z390 FTW motherboard…and fitting the Thermaltake Pacific CPU cooler to it





Next up our 120GB TeamGroup SSD!



Finally, let’s install this Thermaltake ToughPower 850W PSU!  A bit overpowered for this build’s purpose…. But so is the watercooling haha



The paint hasn’t fully cured, but now is dry and can be installed back in place!  The case is looking sexy so far!



Hopefully I will have time to get some more work this Friday and have another update for you next week!!!
Stay classy fellow modders and friends!!!
 

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What is up my friends and fellow PC gurus!
 
Just wanted to take a post to give a huge thanks to our sponsors!
 

First off, we have Thermaltake who has been gracious enough to send not only the Commander 34 case, but all the watercooling gear we need and the power to make it all work.
 


 

Moving on, we come to EVGA.  They were kind enough to send over a EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 to go with our EVGA FTW Z390 board.
 


 

Third, we come to our partners over at ModMyMods!  They are sending us a Alphacool block for the 1070 and some misc modding materials and cables.
 


 

And last but certainly not least, we are proud to announce that ArtMods will be providing the cruicial 3D printed parts to make this build a reality!  Am super excited as he is an incredible fabricator and can paint realistic designs on almost anything!
 

 

In other news, below are two video links.  The first is our hardware reveal for the mod and the second is our case review on the Commander C34 case!  Don’t forget to sub to the channel to not miss out on the other reviews coming soon.
 
#PreludePC Hardware Reveal(Well...most of it)
 
 
Thermaltake Commander C34 Case Review
https://youtu.be/MVJv9P4pvb4 (Video goes live June 19th at Noon PST)

Thanks for sticking with us so far!  Can’t wait to get you more content soon!
 

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What is up my fellow modders!
Let me introduce you to our next project Node Zero!
BACKGROUND
Node Zero was conceptualized as our move back home on the west coast meant leaving our staircase server hub back in Tennessee.  Now that I’ve been back home in NV for the past year, I have been missing not only our PLEX and Gaming servers, but our backups and our RAID 5 system.
Because of this, I started brainstorming a new case to house our server hardware, something that could handle many HDDs.  After searching around, I just didn’t like what I saw and didn’t want to go slim server rack(and of course money issues prevents a couple grand for a server)
So we are replacing this case with a Nanoxia Rexgear Hydra 2 Mining case, and modding it to accept up to 12 HDDs and an SSD or two.
OLD SERVER CASE


HYDRA 2 CONCEPT




HYDRA 2 CASE(Stock Photos)



Here in this YouTube video we unbox the Arctic cooling gear and the Nanoxia HDD bays.  Also has hardware going into our Honda Prelude PC mod.
https://youtu.be/xiwT1sEO_3Y

Have a wonderful day and I hope you are excited as I am to see this build come together!!!
 

Awesome to hear you and Arctic are practically best friends! Can't wait to see the final product of this NAS build.

Thanks!  I wanted something that would just pop in design but simplistic.  And as for Arctic, I've had nothing but positive experience with their entire team.  The link below is a how to video we did on using their monitor wall mounts.
 
 

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What is up my fellow modders!
Let me introduce you to our next project Node Zero!
BACKGROUND
Node Zero was conceptualized as our move back home on the west coast meant leaving our staircase server hub back in Tennessee.  Now that I’ve been back home in NV for the past year, I have been missing not only our PLEX and Gaming servers, but our backups and our RAID 5 system.
Because of this, I started brainstorming a new case to house our server hardware, something that could handle many HDDs.  After searching around, I just didn’t like what I saw and didn’t want to go slim server rack(and of course money issues prevents a couple grand for a server)
So we are replacing this case with a Nanoxia Rexgear Hydra 2 Mining case, and modding it to accept up to 12 HDDs and an SSD or two.
OLD SERVER CASE


HYDRA 2 CONCEPT




HYDRA 2 CASE(Stock Photos)



Here in this YouTube video we unbox the Arctic cooling gear and the Nanoxia HDD bays.  Also has hardware going into our Honda Prelude PC mod.
https://youtu.be/xiwT1sEO_3Y

Have a wonderful day and I hope you are excited as I am to see this build come together!!!
 

PCPartPicker Link: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/d9JGpG

What is up my fellow modders!
Let me introduce you to our next project Node Zero!
BACKGROUND
Node Zero was conceptualized as our move back home on the west coast meant leaving our staircase server hub back in Tennessee.  Now that I’ve been back home in NV for the past year, I have been missing not only our PLEX and Gaming servers, but our backups and our RAID 5 system.
Because of this, I started brainstorming a new case to house our server hardware, something that could handle many HDDs.  After searching around, I just didn’t like what I saw and didn’t want to go slim server rack(and of course money issues prevents a couple grand for a server)
So we are replacing this case with a Nanoxia Rexgear Hydra 2 Mining case, and modding it to accept up to 12 HDDs and an SSD or two.
OLD SERVER CASE


HYDRA 2 CONCEPT




HYDRA 2 CASE(Stock Photos)



Here in this YouTube video we unbox the Arctic cooling gear and the Nanoxia HDD bays.  Also has hardware going into our Honda Prelude PC mod.
https://youtu.be/xiwT1sEO_3Y

Have a wonderful day and I hope you are excited as I am to see this build come together!!!
 

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Good to see you all again!
We have begun our next mod!!!!! Are you as excited as I am?  Let me know what you think and drop me a response below.
BACKGROUND
As someone who loves computer modding, I actually enjoy working on cars as well.  My current project vehicle is a 2000 Honda Prelude.


So naturally when I saw that Thermaltake’s new Commander 34 case looks like the honda emblem, I knew what I had to do.  I’m here to present to you our latest sponsored build, “Prelude PC”




BUILD PLAN
In regards to modding the case itself, we won’t be doing too much other than making the cooling components work.  However with some creative 3D printing, vinyl work and paint.  We plan on dropping a system into the case that will be recognizable to any Honda enthusiast.
3D Prints
H22A Engine
Turbo Pump Cover
Honda Emblem
Prelude badge
Oil Catch Can
PARTS ARRIVING!!
Unboxing video of some of our sponsored parts!  2 separate builds in this unboxing….
https://youtu.be/xiwT1sEO_3Y

That’s our plan!  I hope I have hyped you up for this mod!  

The current plan for the cables is to make or use Sickspeed spark plug combs, cramming 24 wires into 4 sleeves might be hard... however, putting the GPU power cables into heatshrink might not be out of reach.  Thanks for the suggestion!
Haha love the passion and memories!  One of the reasons I love the Lude is all the memories people share about having one and how much fun they had driving it(stock or modified).  Your description had my heart racing a little bit, to hear it lope would be such a beautiful sound!
 
I hope I can do this mod right so it brings back great memories for a lot of others like yourself.

It's going to be tricky to make for sure, but I have high hopes!  Welcome aboard, I usually get an update out once every couple weeks so please bear with me.

Not sure about the turbo pump cover but as a Honda and PC enthusiast i'm certainly keen to see the outcome.

that'd be a pain in the butt to do, but well worth the visual And I intended the side cabinet to be tempered glass. After all you're going to RGB those bottles right??

Now that you've explained it, I see it clearly now *face palm*
 
That is a pretty awesome idea and I'd have to agree with you on the hand.... unless the bottom "cabinet" was full tempered glass then it might work.  Although having a "Jack" flowing glass would be pretty awesome.  ....even better would be to make it like the floating fountain.
 

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Hey everyone!
Just wanted to get the mod log started for our newest case mod!  It won’t be anything super crazy just a simple themed “Pay it Forward” mod for my mother.
BACKGROUND
My mother was always encouraging and supportive in my gaming growing up and to this day still plays Everquest(15 years later…).  Because of this, I am transplanting her computer guts into a Nanoxia CoolForce 1 Tempered Glass edition case.  Thankfully Nanoxia is sponsoring the case, fans and LED strips to make this a reality.

So as we continue down this journey, help me celebrate a belated birthday/retirement/Mother’s Day gift.
CONCEPT
The front panel of the case will have the EQ logo in lavender and a vinyl decal shot of her halfling druid.

The glass side of the case will be frosted with the druid logo.  Her main character’s name on the custom PSU shroud.

If we can manage to get the wood and hardware, upgrading her gaming workstation is a priority as her small desk does not have the storage to handle her crafts and computer.  So I did up a concept for a desk that would provide her with all the organization she would need.



WARNING!!! SPOILER!!
Here’s the final before and after of the build and her gaming station.  Feel free to read through the forums to see how we accomplished this!
CASE MOD
Before:

After:

GAMING STATION
Before:

After:


Until the next update,  Happy Modding!