be quiet! Be quiet! 20th Anniversary build.

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This mod is going to be built for the occasion, I've already sent the righthand side panel off to be cut, this will be done with a water jet and all going to plan it should have the 20th Anniversary logo perfectly cut, this part is painful as it's out of my hands. I will then be adding frosted acrylic to the panel and lighting for the effect, I may go for a slightly tinted frosted window yet, the more I think about it the more I realise it is in keeping with the glass panel on the lefthand side. Once I have received the panel, I will then need to decide what I'm actually doing with the case as the panel will need a respray and I don't have the colour be quiet! use to paint their cases  so the whole thing will be painted or other... If I go the route of painting I'll using a classic gun metal grey. I'm also adding the 20th Anniversary logo on the PSU shroud in the form off clear acrylic along with an orange colour acrylic version, one will be placed on top of the other to give a raised/3D effect.

20th Anniversary logo

 
Parts list

Ryzen 5700G
Gigabyte B550 Aorus Elite AX V2
Muskin Redline Lumia 2x 8gb 4133mhz - Changed to T-Force Xtreem 4133mhz 2x 8gb
Kingston KC3000 1Tb NVMe
be quiet! Pure Base 500FX
be quiet! Pure Power 11 FM 550w
be quiet! Pure Loop 2 FX 360mm

To be added shortly after Gigabyte 6650XT Windforce.

 

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Just a small post, I did expect to be fetching the side panel back today, but they've not even got around to that yet, I had a message this morning, a whole week later, confirming what I wanted doing. Although not much different from the design in the original post I have uploaded the CAD drawing, we've had to alter the text slightly to keep the inner's of the lettering from falling out and being lost down the machine bed, the outer dimensions is the size of the panel itself so what you see here is what the panel will look like once cut.

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Houston, we have a problem! 

Just got a call for the side panel, the thing looks great except for the letter R... or lack of it 

I guess we just going to improvise and see what can be done. The guys are cutting me another R so I can cut it down and fit the missing piece I need.  Hoping it won't even be noticeable when painted. 
 

[DJ46]

2 hours ago, Techtu said:

Houston, we have a poblem!

FTFY 

 

Hope you can make it work somehow. I've had great luck with superglue when it comes to plastic parts, but I'm not sure how well it will work with a backlit piece.

[SIA Tech Mods]

On 10/12/2022 at 12:53 PM, DJ46 said:

FTFY 

 

Hope you can make it work somehow. I've had great luck with superglue when it comes to plastic parts, but I'm not sure how well it will work with a backlit piece.

I think I'll be able to make it work I've just thrown this together. I've just had to do the school run to do now food to cook and got take the kids to cheerleading, so I won't be able to do any more until late this evening, maybe tomorrow. 

 

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Lots of filler and sanding but I feel like I'm almost at the point where I'll be happy with it. Paint still needs another coat.

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In the image 2nd above this post there's a small piece of card with a test of the gun metal grey... hate to say it but I just wasn't a fan of it on the be quiet! Pure base 500 FX, I've gone through several different blacks to try match the original colour, I believe for this case and theme it was already the best colour it could be.  

Photos show custom orange cables that help add a splash of the be quiet! vibe, the interior of the rig mostly built up, a quick test fit on the right side panel, glass panel with vinyl, now this was a big part of the waiting time, it was one of those awkward situations where the sister in law said she could help out but over a month later I ended up doing it and here we are now at this point, I've also attached a photo with some tape across horizontally, I was going to do the 20th anniversary logo this way but decided against it, it just didn't feel right but the image shows part of the process of marking straight lines to place the vinyl on, this only helped so much as using frosted opaque vinyl was extremely difficult to line up perfectly at 1am this morning 

Ultimately I'm just waiting for the GPU before I polish the build up for final photos. 


 

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Terribly sorry that my phone camera just wouldn't focus for this but here's a little video of the right side panel with the lighting on, Windows wasn't installed at this point so you'll have to enjoy the RGB in all it's glory. 

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Happy anniversary be quiet! ☺ 

 

Managed to get it built up this evening after the gpu came. Will be getting better photos tomorrow after I've done something with that right side... It just doesn't feel quite right at the moment. 

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Some more shots of the be quiet! 20th anniversary case mod.

Despite the lack of attention this build has had and the delay with the vinyl I've really enjoyed doing this build! It has been a ride for sure.