Personal rig build, 70ish% complete!

[Brandonien]

Hey! So I'm new to the forum, but not PCs.

Last year I got a glimpse of true inspiration for my Mini-ITX building hobby.. The Asrock M8

When this case was released I knew it was time to build my rig.

 

BELOW ARE THE STOCK CASE AND CONCEPT ART (Not of my concept)

My gallery is linked below and will be updated as progress is made.

My idea plays on the white theme but with flat white internals, gloss white externals, blue UV liquid cooling with chrome fittings, and some nerdy art because It needs to be that way ;P

 

This case was designed in collaboration with BMW (being a sports car tuner and enthusiast it was a bonus for me )

I had finally found a beautiful, well built case for my project.

It hit all the right buttons and could even fit a full height/length GPU!

 

YOU CAN INPUT YOUR IDEAS!

I'm always willing to listen to helpful and creative advice!

If you see something you think can be improved let me know, I would really appreciate it.

If it's a REALLY significant idea like art work and such you may land your alias on my case somewhere.

 

So begins my build log.

I've been building mini itx gaming rigs for the past eight years and FINALLY built my own.

Please keep in mind there are parts I wish I could put in this but I'm not rich so I made due

 

There is scope in the future to upgrade to the new x99 M-ITX and 5960x mobo/cpu combo..

Really though I want to wait until I can afford complete new internals and for Nvidia to release their Pascal architecture TITAN.

 

This project started last winter and I didn't really think I would be going to this extent with it but I needed to in the end to sort out cooling issues.

 

 

The Specs:

-Asrock M8 case

-Core I7-4790K

-16GB DDR3 1600

-240GB Samsung 840 SSD

-750GB Momentus XT hybrid drive

-500GB 7200RPM salvage drive

-EVGA GTX Titan

-Silverstone 600W SFX PSU

 

http://imgur.com/a/DT9jC

 

Things left to be done:

-water cooling

-bottom panel and grill

-clear coating external panels

-fishing line to clean up the cable sleeving

-sleeving for everything I can manage (still have some to do but pre-occupied with the case ATM)

-cold cathod UV lighting

-Images on the side panels are in progress, hand painting takes time since it isn't my forte..

 

 

I hope you guys enjoy this build so far, The goal is a watercooled PC with UV reactive sleeving and blue UV reactive liquid! I'll find more stuff to do as I go but this is an ongoing project.