Corsair 900D Unforgiven - The Metallica Build

[jscho]

Ride the lightning man! This build is looking sick! I would not be surprised if Metallica themselves took an interest in this piece of art!

[onevoicewild]

evilHamsterzZz - Sam told me that I was at my Gold saturation level ? Ha ha I was actually thinking of polishing every other one of them.  That aluminum polishes up great with the mothers Mag an Aluminum polish.  My mate Sam that did the design and all the rendering Lives in London, So I'm a nut for you awesome Brits.  It's amazing just how many great modders are in the UK.

 

JK thanks.  They have a fan page - Master of Pancakes that posted some of our Picks. Thanks for the Encouragement It helps keep me going! 

 

 

 

[alpenwasser]

Oh dear god, the shiny! :wub:

[loepa]

More pics.... MORE.

[AraSarkisyan]

onevoicewild, on 15 Jul 2013 - 8:07 PM, said:

I ran myself around in circles trying to find something to cover the side of the drive bays. I made a light box with polished mesh in the back and covered by a lite Bronze acrylic. I needed it to be removable and there just wasn't a great way to mount the lighting and still be able to remove it. I didn't really like how it looked with the lights off. So on to plan B

Ok this is what happened to get there.

I Wanted a partial mid plate to give me something to mount stuff on Including the Bay cover. Naturally they put stuff in the way of where I want to put stuff. At least that's the excuse I use just before I grab my Dremel.

I put in U channel tracks on the mid plate and all the way across the top of the case so I could slide things in and out. Used pretty black MnpcTech rivets for the top. I knew I'd use those somewhere!

Acrylic cement has no actual adhesive properties! Then why is my piece stuck to my wooden work bench? Apparently melted plastic does have adhesive properties. If a little bit is good then more should be better Right ? Ha ha Modding Is not about careful contemplation of your plan, It's about laughing your ass of over the last stupid thing you did! Ya I think I got a good bond on it! were is my Chisel ?

The failed light box, Ya I know there is no lights in it. I put a few strings in it and didn't like it. It seemed so much better in my mind. Did I mention I have dementia?

Plan B

I decided to make this in two pieces instead of just use the piece that I had bent. Damn if I remember why? But I assure you there was a good reason? This does not photograph well! it's hard to tell the reflections from the cutouts. I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to dull this down a bit.

Some where during all this I decided I needed a Bending break. Ya right! that's the story we tell our wives. Ok I wanted one. I haven't bent much yet, but damn it some stuffs gonna get bent around here. This Is ZoPHaR's fault! he showed us a nice little 18" bender for $35.00 and I was just about to buy it and then I remembered I was working on Godzilla. I needed to bend 18 3/4" min $65.00 By, By money. I needed it Babe! ha ha ha

I needed to make an Acrylic plate for the mother board tray so the mesh doesn't short out the board. That would be BAD!

I've got a great Jig saw, but I guess I like the feeling of hot plastic hitting me in the face. This is why we ware safety glasses!

I was getting into actually putting some parts in the case. I put In a Corsair 1200AXi and filled the 4 Ram slots with Dominator Platinum. Man these Parts are so nice! I've looked at this stuff for ever in pictures and wished. When you have Awesome parts in your hand your living your dream. YA don't go there!

here you go little mother board, we made a nice home for you.

There will be some other stuff added above the EK emblem, but I need to get the Metallica emblem for the window done first so I can see where everything lines up.

I'll get some better pictures when the sun starts shinning again. It's hard to get good pictures in my house without natural light.

Wow, this build is absolutely amazing. Not only does this build provide amazing eye candy, but helps other modders refine and improve their techniques. I learned alot from this build, and I wanna thank you for dedicating so much of your time into this community. Thanks man.

[jscho]

Wow, this build is absolutely amazing. Not only does this build provide amazing eye candy, but helps other modders refine and improve their techniques. I learned alot from this build, and I wanna thank you for dedicating so much of your time into this community. Thanks man. 

Make sure you get rid of the pictures when you reply :D Kind of irritating seeing pictures a thousand times over, as sexy as they are! Just a suggestion c:

[AraSarkisyan]

Make sure you get rid of the pictures when you reply :D Kind of irritating seeing pictures a thousand times over, as sexy as they are! Just a suggestion c:

Done, but for some reason i cant get rid of the spaces inbetween the pictures. 

[onevoicewild]

No it's cool. thank you. These things work crazy some times. I host my pictures on Image shack and they forced me to do some new download and it scrambled some of my pic's and now they won't come up. Suicide is an option ha ha I'm posting on 8 forums for my sponsors and it might take 2 days to fix it all? that really cut's into my modding time this weekend. Oh well if that's the worst thing that happened this week I'm doing alright.    Thanks again for fixing that post.

 

 

 

[bob345]

wow, just wow. the amount of time and effort you have put into this is just amazing. Custom fab like this is part of my job an i know how long this stuff can take, this build is just beyond awesome.

[Nicktrance]

I was away for a week so I got a weeks worth of updates in one shot.... too much epicness!!!!

[onevoicewild]

I wanted to finish off the Back section of the mid plate.  Originally I was going to use the Black Acrylic I have.  Turns out that Acrylic is just to reflective. Considering the excessive amount of shiny stuff in this case already, I'll have to shy away from that.  I have a lot of diamond plate left, but I was afraid I Might be overdosing on one material.  I decided to just try the plate and if it didn't look good, I would try something else.
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 




If I can't sand it, polish it or file it I have no Interest in doing it!  No really on this build I just seemed to gravitate to these finishes and have been blessed with good outcomes, A lot of them unexpected.

 

 

The window side of the case has a nice little edge to hold the plate on, but on the mother board side it actually overhangs. I was able to extend the plate under the overhang and attach it from the backside.  I drilled and tapped the holes so I can remove it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was glad I went ahead and tried the Diamond plate.  It blends into the look without being overdone.  The big plus was that I didn't have to buy anything new. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[alpenwasser]

Always nice when this thread gets updated... :D

[Worth]

I <3 this thread

[onevoicewild]

Thanks everyone! I would have got more done this weekend but I had some kind of a weird problem with Imageshack,  which scrambled a bunch of my pictures and then some of them wouldn't show up on different forums. #$&$##$ Out of respect for my sponsors I try to get a lot of exposer for them and glad to do it! But these work logs can be time consuming.  But the plus side is I get to meet some awesome people!!!  You all keep me pushing forward, because of your encouragement. Thank you. 

[onevoicewild]

I made a cover for the off side panel. I still hope to have the Skully Air Brushed on that side,

But I have bigger fish to fry right now and I had the material.

Not a lot of contrast, but it looks better than nothing on that side.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Most people are trying to get scratches out of their Acrylic, I'm trying to put them in. 

The Black Acrylic I uses to cover the back of the drive bays was just to reflective. 

With all the other shiny stuff inside the case it just didn't look right.

 

 

 

 

I'll need to work on this a little more! when this is done right, it looks like brushed aluminum.

 

 

 

 

 

[MetallicAcid]

Fantastic build! Loving your work mate!

 

MetallicAcid

[Nicktrance]

Awesome, keep those updates coming .

[onevoicewild]

This is pretty Rich.  Corsair sent me a perfect 900D case and I don't have a place to Install a 3 1/2" HDD. What?
 Ohh that's my fault, I whole sale removed all the drive bays except the 5.25" bays on the front. 
I wasn't even sure I'd be able to use them, with what I had planned for the front of the case.  I guess I'll need an adapter. 
I had to paint it, because my buzz was wearing off.
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
I have been meaning to do this for a while now. I wiped out all the Corsair Logos when I put the Overkill Grill in the front bezel,
So It's time to make a Copper Emblem for the side of the drive bays.  Oh I don't have drive bays - He he he
 
 

 
 
 
 
 


 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
I had an extra saw blade from when I was working the front of the case. It was just a little to small for the Metallica emblem,
but it works well for this. I hate to waste money so it is good to find a home for it.
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was able to dull out the black Acrylic better, by using a courser grit of wet sanding.  I didn't get any real pictures to show it off,

but It looks good now and it killed the excess reflections. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I really needed this copper fix.  I need to start getting my hands in shape for the Metallica emblem for the window. 

I'm told That my Care package is on the way from EKWB! 
 

 

[Bluejay0]

This is pretty Rich.  Corsair sent me a perfect 900D case and I don't have a place to Install a 3 1/2" HDD. What?

 Ohh that's my fault, I whole sale removed all the drive bays except the 5.25" bays on the front. 

I wasn't even sure I'd be able to use them, with what I had planned for the front of the case.  I guess I'll need an adapter. 

I had to paint it, because my buzz was wearing off.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have been meaning to do this for a while now. I wiped out all the Corsair Logos when I put the Overkill Grill in the front bezel,

So It's time to make a Copper Emblem for the side of the drive bays.  Oh I don't have drive bays - He he he

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I had an extra saw blade from when I was working the front of the case. It was just a little to small for the Metallica emblem,

but it works well for this. I hate to waste money so it is good to find a home for it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was able to dull out the black Acrylic better, by using a courser grit of wet sanding.  I didn't get any real pictures to show it off,

but It looks good now and it killed the excess reflections. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I really needed this copper fix.  I need to start getting my hands in shape for the Metallica emblem for the window. 

I'm told That my Care package is on the way from EKWB! 

 

 

Looks like 9000... this build's budget is OVER 9000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[guyfromnebraska]

This build is just... AMAZING! This is the best build I've seen on this forum by far. Keep it up! Will be waiting for the next update

[alpenwasser]

Yes, yes, oh yes, right there, polished copper, that's the spot!!! :wub: :lol:

[onevoicewild]

I needed that after seeing you polishing all that Copper. alpenwasser !  Thanks guys, This is a great forum, everyone is so supportive.  B)

[old reece frost]

Can't wait to see this finished :D

[CJPowell27]

Yes, yes, oh yes, right there, polished copper, that's the spot!!! :wub: :lol:

The master complimenting his disciples :D

[onevoicewild]

yes that's true! I worship at the alter of the alpenwasser. •Ja, må han leva uti hundrade år! I already had a copper addiction before we met, but I do really respect his work!