Military Themed PC Glamour Shots

[Nomad45]

Hi Everyone,

Here are some pics of my recently upgraded C70 build. V1 of this rig had liquid cooling which I removed for several reasons when I upgraded my GTX 670 to a 970. These pics are first. The mobo is a Sabertooth Z77 and I have a Corsair H105 cooling my 3770K. The bullet holes in the acrylic are my favourite touch! I made a little plexiglass mount for my HDD and HyperX 3K SSD with a Makerbot 2 and my school's laser acrylilc cutter after I ripped out all the drive bays for my LC setup. Yes, I made a ghetto-morphic lens filter for a couple of those shots...

Thanks for checking it out!

[XTankSlayerX]

This makes me happy.

[-CLASSIFIED-]

i quite like the bullet holes , how did the builder do that ?? id like to use that one day xP

[Nomad45]

i quite like the bullet holes , how did the builder do that ?? id like to use that one day xP

 

Thanks a lot! The bullet holes were done with a drill and a hammer and chisel. The drill was obviously for the hole and I hammered the chisel against the edge of the hole to get it to crack. The 1/8" Lexan is tougher stuff than you'd think. Took quite a bit of force to make it crack!

[APrettyCoolWalrus]

Oooooh that is hot!

[Nomad45]

Thanks for the comments guys! See my above comment for how I did the bullet holes.

[Kyuubixchidori]

that first shot is so sexy.

 

very well done!

[RichardsD]

I love the inverse HDD mounting.  Really brings the theme of necessity (eg Milspec stuff) over aesthetic; which ironically makes the aesthetic rather nice.

 

Also, plugging things in the front actually fits the build in my opinion; seems very utilitarian and military.

[-CLASSIFIED-]

Thanks a lot! The bullet holes were done with a drill and a hammer and chisel. The drill was obviously for the hole and I hammered the chisel against the edge of the hole to get it to crack. The 1/8" Lexan is tougher stuff than you'd think. Took quite a bit of force to make it crack!

awesome ! i would have assumes that it would have shattered , so yea id say its stronger then one would assume xP

[alby800]

I really want to see the pictures, but for some reason they are blocked at school

 

if I remember I will definently take a look when I get home

[connorpiper]

Still have my White C70 laying around. Still love that case.

Also, that does not look like complete shit. (As most things do on PCpartpicker) 

 

And that HDD mount is pretty cool. 

[Nomad45]

I love the inverse HDD mounting.  Really brings the theme of necessity (eg Milspec stuff) over aesthetic; which ironically makes the aesthetic rather nice.

 

Also, plugging things in the front actually fits the build in my opinion; seems very utilitarian and military.

Thanks! Yeah I probably could have unplugged the stuff from the front before I took these.

[Alpha11]

Thanks a lot! The bullet holes were done with a drill and a hammer and chisel. The drill was obviously for the hole and I hammered the chisel against the edge of the hole to get it to crack. The 1/8" Lexan is tougher stuff than you'd think. Took quite a bit of force to make it crack!

I would just take my rifle and shoot the window, gives it a more "realistic" look. 

[Nomad45]

I would just take my rifle and shoot the window, gives it a more "realistic" look. 

Haha I tried a pellet gun on a scrap piece and it just shattered the whole thing. Even on thicker stuff the cracks would be too unpredictable in size.

[louddifference]

awesome build. really like the "bullet holes" in the window. looks really cool with it

[z3kron]

This is so sexy

[Trik'Stari]

Sexy.

 

 

But would have been sexier with UV or translucent orange liquid. Pastel is fugly. *shots fired*

[nicon]

Sexy.

 

 

But would have been sexier with UV or translucent orange liquid. Pastel is fugly. *shots fired*

I agree. usually I like pastel but in this case, I would've preferred translucent. (Pastel looks way better BTW in gpu waterblocks though).

 

To @Nomad45:Why'd you ditch the watercooling though! You could have just gotten a block for the 970, sold your 670 block and ta da!

[Tim Drake]

Only a slight bit turned on...

 

Clean up on aisle 3..

[JoshM]

C70 master race!

[Nomad45]

I agree. usually I like pastel but in this case, I would've preferred translucent. (Pastel looks way better BTW in gpu waterblocks though).

 

To @Nomad45:Why'd you ditch the watercooling though! You could have just gotten a block for the 970, sold your 670 block and ta da!

 

It looked like everyone used the translucent so I went with pastel just for something different. I just didn't need the LC setup anymore. It was a fun experiment to do but the pump rattled the steel case too much no matter how I mounted/dampened it. Plus the 970 runs cool enough on it's own that I can OC it almost to the point of artifacting without going over 80C. The backplate and lighting on the 970 looks pretty awesome as well.

[nicon]

It looked like everyone used the translucent so I went with pastel just for something different. I just didn't need the LC setup anymore. It was a fun experiment to do but the pump rattled the steel case too much no matter how I mounted/dampened it. Plus the 970 runs cool enough on it's own that I can OC it almost to the point of artifacting without going over 80C. The backplate and lighting on the 970 looks pretty awesome as well.

I see. The new one looks gorgeous and the Windforce cards ore OC beasts. 

[AStateOfTrance]

sexy 

[Nomad45]

I see. The new one looks gorgeous and the Windforce cards ore OC beasts. 

Thanks. Yeah definitely liking the card. A huge step up from my once state-of-the-art 670.

[Ceatra]

Damn fuckin' sexy...

Wouldn't it be easier to do the holes with a hammer? The ones that just have a spike at the back side...