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Knight of Fire and Ice

Arcticfo
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Alright guys figured I would do a build log on my NZXT Phantom 630 Case. This is going to be kind of a knight/dragon build using MSI's new gaming range for the Intel motherboard. Parts are not going to be here anytime soon as I am holding out for either Haswell or (If I can wait that long biggrin.gif) Ivy-E. Luckily for me I decided to actually use ChainMail for the back panel...

Alright a brief sketch-up documentation.

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Which might for all intensive purposes be the death of me. Regardless I've started and thought I would show you the progress so far.

The beginning of the end. The roll of links...

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To avoid mental injury I then began the next part of the design cutting out the side panel shield.
Cutting the template.

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And now the real deal.

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A little memento...

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Meanwhile back in the land of chainmail...

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Alright guys thats all I have at the moment though I'm still a long ways from completion.  So there will be updates to come.

 

Day 1 of the reveal:

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Day 2 of the reveal:

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Day 3 of the reveal:

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Day 4 of the reveal:

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"I don't know, isn't that Brilliant, I love not knowing keeps me on my toes." David Tennant

 

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thats going to look sweet man. I can't wait for the finished PC.

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looking good man cant wait for the final pictures!

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The cutouts of those two shapes together look like a crest :P Really excited to see where this build's going ^_^

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Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan, you REALLY have some patience to deal with that chain mail stuff. I'd be flipping out Lol

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Looks extremely interesting, looking forward to see more :)

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nice build !.. looking forward to seeing the final product

PS. dont give those rings to a magician... he will take them all apart!

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Haha thanks for the support guys, and trust me the rings are driving me insane... luckily they look good enough to keep me going :D

"I don't know, isn't that Brilliant, I love not knowing keeps me on my toes." David Tennant

 

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wow, extremely nice looking !! can't wait to see more updates on this build !!

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Alright guys I need some quick advice.  I'm debating on whether or not I should water cool this rig, because if I do decide to do it then I need to make a few more modifications.  There are two real factors that have me worried first is mobility, this rig is being built over the summer at my parents house so eventually it's going to be moved back to a college setting.  Though admittedly it will be stuck there until schools out again it's still a concern.  Second is of course cost though I should be able to afford it if I push the finishing of my build back a bit.  Let me know what you guys think.

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This thing looks like it's going to be amazing! I think you should definitely water cool it!

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are those steel/aluminum rings? if so, wow great dedication. as for water cooling. If you budget allows it, go for it. There are a lot of things you can do with your theme and get water cooling to work. 

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Alright guys I need some quick advice.  I'm debating on whether or not I should water cool this rig, because if I do decide to do it then I need to make a few more modifications.  There are two real factors that have me worried first is mobility, this rig is being built over the summer at my parents house so eventually it's going to be moved back to a college setting.  Though admittedly it will be stuck there until schools out again it's still a concern.  Second is of course cost though I should be able to afford it if I push the finishing of my build back a bit.  Let me know what you guys think.

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Alright guys small update for all of you.  I did some test painting on a couple pieces of scrap metal I had lying around and decided on the color.  For the record it's Rustoleum universal hammered spray paint in silver.  Unfortunately The test piece was ruined slightly by a not so usable textured metallic paint.  I do however have a picture of the Dark bronze color.

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For the record I'm using galvanized steel wire and bending them into rings.  Its a huge pain but the results are well worth it.  

"I don't know, isn't that Brilliant, I love not knowing keeps me on my toes." David Tennant

 

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All i can think is "Skyrim" And "Erza Scarlet" I know different things but Erza is a knight!

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All i can think is "Skyrim" And "Erza Scarlet" I know different things but Erza is a knight!

BTW if you can name the anime and one character in the anime erza is in you win my highest respect, NO LOOKING IT UP!

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This looks really promising :) Keep working on it!!!

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Them chains must have taken for ever nice job man!

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Haha thanks for the support guys, and trust me the rings are driving me insane... luckily they look good enough to keep me going :D

Do it! A build that's gonna be as great as this deserves to be water cooled! It would be a real shame if you didn't

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BTW if you can name the anime and one character in the anime erza is in you win my highest respect, NO LOOKING IT UP!

Well I can give you half of it I believe Erza is from fairy tail (I could be wrong)  I seem to remember her while I was looking for a new Manga to read.  As far as another character I have no Idea :D

In return however I challenge you this if you can name the anime/manga and another character.  The character is Moka akashiya.  Not sure why it's my favorite manga but I keep going back to it so why not.

 

Anyway back to an update I did a little work on the case today and I thought I'd show you how it's coming

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Found this on the inside of each of the feet... 10 points to anyone who can tell me what it means if anything :D

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Inside of the case before the rivets are removed

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My parts chilling after a "Rough" day

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All cleaned up and ready for primer

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Can't wait to see the finished product!

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Well I can give you half of it I believe Erza is from fairy tail (I could be wrong)  I seem to remember her while I was looking for a new Manga to read.  As far as another character I have no Idea :D

In return however I challenge you this if you can name the anime/manga and another character.  The character is Moka akashiya.  Not sure why it's my favorite manga but I keep going back to it so why not.

 

Anyway back to an update I did a little work on the case today and I thought I'd show you how it's coming

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Well i dont know the exact name of the anime its something like (Name) + Vampire i dont know the name.... And yes erza is from Fairy tail! :3

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