Glorious PCMR - Crystal 570X Build Log

[NavyChief]

3 minutes ago, Strike1st said:

 

Cool. One simple question though. Do you paint the screws as well? do you deal with it the same way as spraying the case itself?

Depends on the color scheme. This theme is yellow / black so I don't have to worry about the screws since they are already black. I had to make sure and have some black rivets though.

 

You can paint almost anything you want (i.e. screws, rivets, etc). It might be easier to remove all you can that is screwed down and leave the rivets in. Then you paint the whole thing together. Now you won't have to worry about the rivet color since it will match your case color.

[SCHISCHKA]

with all that glass you could call it dust-magneto

[SCHISCHKA]

1 hour ago, NavyChief said:

Depends on the color scheme. This theme is yellow / black so I don't have to worry about the screws since they are already black. I had to make sure and have some black rivets though.

dont paint screws put caps over them. paint will come off. a blob of coloured silicone does the job

[Damascus]

5 hours ago, Strike1st said:

 

Cool. One simple question though. Do you paint the screws as well? do you deal with it the same way as spraying the case itself?

Please snip.  

 

Also, I'd guess that the clean black rivets are left unadorned

[NavyChief]

After a few days of drying I finally got around to reassembling the case frame. The yellow case and black accessories really complement each other nicely!

 

 

 

 

 

[Zando_]

7 minutes ago, NavyChief said:

After a few days of drying I finally got around to reassembling the case frame. The yellow case and black accessories really complement each other nicely!

 

 

 

 

 

Wow.

[NavyChief]

Just so you know, it took 73 rivets to reassemble this case! Ensure you have a good supply of rivets on hand during the reassembly process!

 

Started with the bottom panel then added the front and rear panels. After they were riveted together I added in the motherboard tray and finally the top panel. Once these were all secured, I riveted on the eight corner pieces.

 

If you aren't careful during the reassembly process and get it out of order then you may have to redo some of the rivets since this thing goes together much like a jigsaw puzzle.

Here is a shot of the rivet posts left over after the riveting process.

 

 

[NavyChief]

Starting to plan out the sleeving for the wiring.

 

This build will only be utilizing the 24-pin ATX, 8-pin EPS, 8-pin PCI-E and 6-pin PCI-E cables for sleeving since they will be the only ones visible. The 24-pin ATX and 8-pin EPS are for the motherboard, while the two PCI-E cables are for the graphics card.

 

Here is a shot of the design scheme.

 

 

[Headline]

This is going to look really good. I'm excited to follow this

[DocSwag]

8 hours ago, NavyChief said:

Starting to plan out the sleeving for the wiring.

 

This build will only be utilizing the 24-pin ATX, 8-pin EPS, 8-pin PCI-E and 6-pin PCI-E cables for sleeving since they will be the only ones visible. The 24-pin ATX and 8-pin EPS are for the motherboard, while the two PCI-E cables are for the graphics card.

 

Here is a shot of the design scheme.

 

 

You gonna sleeve em yourself or get it from someone else?

[BeardRex]

Neat!

[NavyChief]

5 hours ago, DocSwag said:

You gonna sleeve em yourself or get it from someone else?

I normally sleeve it myself with MDPC-X sleeving material and the heatshrinkless method.

[NavyChief]

Corsair provided two 3-packs of their HD120 RGB fans.

 

 

Each package contains three of their new HD120 RGB fans, 12 fan screws, Fan Hub, Fan Controller and an optional cable to connect the fan controller to pushbuttons for selecting mode, color and speed.

 

 

 

The included HD Lighting Controller is necessary to take full advantage of the HD120 RGB fans. The Corsair 570X case comes with the SP Lighting Controller since the case includes the SP120 RGB fans. This will make an excellent replacement!

 

 

Here are the six HD120 RGB fans. They are solidly built and have built-in cushions on each corner to absorb vibrations.

 

 

It is so nice to be able to work with a mid-size case where I only have to worry about 6 fans. My last build (Apeiro) contained 14 fans and the case before that (BAWLS) contained 20 fans!

 

Now to get that motherboard mounted into the case!!

 

The I/O backplate will complement the black/yellow theme due to it already being black.

 

 

A perfect fit!!

 

 

Here is the ASUS Maximus IX Hero motherboard mounted and ready!

 

 

Now to pan back and see the whole case...

 

 

[Marine_Boy]

Wow, the amount of RGB in this build is over 9000!!!  Sub! I'm curious of how it will look like fully assembled  

[jcoenen]

How are you planning to sync all the rgb? Since all the manufactures have their own hardware/software to configure the rgb of their products.

@NavyChief

[NavyChief]

12 hours ago, jcoenen said:

How are you planning to sync all the rgb? Since all the manufactures have their own hardware/software to configure the rgb of their products.

@NavyChief

Since almost all of the RGB components are from Corsair, I will be using their Link software to control the RGB lighting. The only component that is the exception would be the motherboard since it is from ASUS.

[jcoenen]

3 hours ago, NavyChief said:

Since almost all of the RGB components are from Corsair, I will be using their Link software to control the RGB lighting. The only component that is the exception would be the motherboard since it is from ASUS.

The gpu is from EVGA and also has RGB, but I guess there is no syncing trick? (Would also like to know since my personal build is going to be with 570x and asus aura if possible)

[DocSwag]

Just now, jcoenen said:

The gpu is from EVGA and also had RGB, but I guess there is no syncing trick? (Would also like to know since my personal build is going to be with 570x and asus aura if possible)

Make a custom script and sync em all together

 

Or just try to click em all at the same time.

[stealth80]

Oh hi again! Looking good as I said over at Bit-tech

 

hats off to ya =p

 

[LienusLateTips]

I guess @deXxterlab97 will keep denying that red and green exist like he did in a post of mine from quite a bit ago.

[DocSwag]

11 minutes ago, JDE said:

I guess @deXxterlab97 will keep denying that red and green exist like he did in a post of mine from quite a bit ago.

His profile pic literally has white in it  

[LienusLateTips]

Just now, DocSwag said:

His profile pic literally has white in it  

Remember SCWN 1? You were like RGB (AMD, NVIDIA, INTEL) and he is like BBB (Intel, Intel, Intel)

[DocSwag]

1 minute ago, JDE said:

Remember SCWN 1? You were like RGB (AMD, NVIDIA, INTEL) and he is like BBB (Intel, Intel, Intel)

I remember...

 

DEXTERLABS IS AN INTEL FANBOY SHILL CONFIRMED AMD MASTERRACE MWAHAHAHAHAHA /s

[LienusLateTips]

8 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

I remember...

 

DEXTERLABS IS AN INTEL FANBOY SHILL CONFIRMED AMD MASTERRACE MWAHAHAHAHAHA /s

Last time I checked you were obsessed with NVIDIA

[Guest]

12 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

 

 

DEXTERLABS 

Afaik there is only one and it's deXxter