Posted July 25, 2017 Hello, and a mammoth welcome, to the first, and most awesome case mod build I have ever done; 'Hewlett-Gold' Welcome to my first, rather derpy, mod log! I do sincerely hope you enjoy this build, and learn as I am doing along the way. What do you do with your ancient computer chassis? Do you throw them out, use them for a case toss competition, or just straight up leave them to gather dust admiring its aged innovations? Well I'll tell you what I do. TURN THEM GOLDEN. Otherwise known as the act of turning a once rather boring chassis and making it fabulous :DD So I've had many the old chassis come throw my fingers, all the way from age warped Pentium II era Compaq cases all the way up NZXT H230s. None of which really had anything of amazement to them, just there well painted exteriors and arrays of derelict drive caddies. But, this wasn't one of those. And if you've ever worked with a Hewlett Packard system, you'll know what I mean, very, very well. And so, I introduce my latest, unsponsored project, 'Hewlett-Gold' CPU Intel® Core™ i7-4790 @ 4.0ghz Motherboard Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2H (rev.1.0) RAM Corsair Vengeance DDR3 RAM (X.M.P 1600mhz) GPU EVGA GeForce GTX 980ti FTW Edition ACX 2.0 Storage Western Digital blue 3tb HDD, 128gb Kingston SSD. PSU Corsair RM1000x Cooling Hyper 103 / with IC essential E1 (Pea method application). And a ton of bitfenix alchemy cabling some cold cathodes since you know, gotta get dat 2017 look Chassis: Current images courtesy to there respectful owners (I don't have any images before I started spray painting stuff sorry D;) Stay posted! Picture updates arriving soon! :DDD I once did the unthinkable, back many headphones ago... I split an audio split, again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 25, 2017 Author Preparing the chassis for spray painting I want to leave all of the original caution stickers from HP. The original silver interior colour shall be left as is as no visible scratches. I once did the unthinkable, back many headphones ago... I split an audio split, again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 25, 2017 Author The only removable side panel finished It dried really well :3 I once did the unthinkable, back many headphones ago... I split an audio split, again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 25, 2017 Ooooo. Looking good! Intel HEDT and Server platform enthusiasts: Intel HEDT Xeon/i7 Megathread Main PC CPU: i9 7980XE @4.5GHz/1.22v/-2 AVX offset Cooler: EKWB Supremacy Block - custom loop w/360mm +280mm rads Motherboard: EVGA X299 Dark RAM:4x8GB HyperX Predator DDR4 @3200Mhz CL16 GPU: Nvidia FE 2060 Super/Corsair HydroX 2070 FE block Storage: 1TB MP34 + 1TB 970 Evo + 500GB Atom30 + 250GB 960 Evo Optical Drives: LG WH14NS40 PSU: EVGA 1600W T2 Case & Fans: Corsair 750D Airflow - 3x Noctua iPPC NF-F12 + 4x Noctua iPPC NF-A14 PWM OS: Windows 11 Display: LG 27UK650-W (4K 60Hz IPS panel) Mouse: EVGA X17 Keyboard: Corsair K55 RGB Mobile/Work Devices: 2020 M1 MacBook Air (work computer) - iPhone 13 Pro Max - Apple Watch S3 Other Misc Devices: iPod Video (Gen 5.5E, 128GB SD card swap, running Rockbox), Nintendo Switch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 25, 2017 Author Just now, Zando Bob said: Ooooo. Looking good! Thank you! If I may say gold is rather spiffing of a colour good sir. I need to get more paint tomorrow since I've already gone through the whole can lol, so stay tuned for more iPhone 4s quality pictures! -EnergyEclipse I once did the unthinkable, back many headphones ago... I split an audio split, again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 25, 2017 such a pimped side panel, please add hot pink lightning bolts to the side, (if you can be bothered as it would be hard) but amazing job m8 OOo 1050ti (cries in silence) -- Nath Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 25, 2017 Just now, EnergyEclipse said: Thank you! If I may say gold is rather spiffing of a colour good sir. I need to get more paint tomorrow since I've already gone through the whole can lol, so stay tuned for more iPhone 4s quality pictures! -EnergyEclipse Ah yes -sips tea- it is quite an attractive color, one might even say luxurious. Intel HEDT and Server platform enthusiasts: Intel HEDT Xeon/i7 Megathread Main PC CPU: i9 7980XE @4.5GHz/1.22v/-2 AVX offset Cooler: EKWB Supremacy Block - custom loop w/360mm +280mm rads Motherboard: EVGA X299 Dark RAM:4x8GB HyperX Predator DDR4 @3200Mhz CL16 GPU: Nvidia FE 2060 Super/Corsair HydroX 2070 FE block Storage: 1TB MP34 + 1TB 970 Evo + 500GB Atom30 + 250GB 960 Evo Optical Drives: LG WH14NS40 PSU: EVGA 1600W T2 Case & Fans: Corsair 750D Airflow - 3x Noctua iPPC NF-F12 + 4x Noctua iPPC NF-A14 PWM OS: Windows 11 Display: LG 27UK650-W (4K 60Hz IPS panel) Mouse: EVGA X17 Keyboard: Corsair K55 RGB Mobile/Work Devices: 2020 M1 MacBook Air (work computer) - iPhone 13 Pro Max - Apple Watch S3 Other Misc Devices: iPod Video (Gen 5.5E, 128GB SD card swap, running Rockbox), Nintendo Switch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 25, 2017 1 minute ago, Zando Bob said: Ah yes -sips tea- it is quite an attractive color, one might even say luxurious. ohh yes sir, so delighting to the eyes, wouldn't you agree OOo 1050ti (cries in silence) -- Nath Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 25, 2017 Just now, Nath_Unknown said: ohh yes sir, so delighting to the eyes, wouldn't you agree Quite right, my dear chap, quite right. And I did agree, thus the "agree" gracing your post above. Intel HEDT and Server platform enthusiasts: Intel HEDT Xeon/i7 Megathread Main PC CPU: i9 7980XE @4.5GHz/1.22v/-2 AVX offset Cooler: EKWB Supremacy Block - custom loop w/360mm +280mm rads Motherboard: EVGA X299 Dark RAM:4x8GB HyperX Predator DDR4 @3200Mhz CL16 GPU: Nvidia FE 2060 Super/Corsair HydroX 2070 FE block Storage: 1TB MP34 + 1TB 970 Evo + 500GB Atom30 + 250GB 960 Evo Optical Drives: LG WH14NS40 PSU: EVGA 1600W T2 Case & Fans: Corsair 750D Airflow - 3x Noctua iPPC NF-F12 + 4x Noctua iPPC NF-A14 PWM OS: Windows 11 Display: LG 27UK650-W (4K 60Hz IPS panel) Mouse: EVGA X17 Keyboard: Corsair K55 RGB Mobile/Work Devices: 2020 M1 MacBook Air (work computer) - iPhone 13 Pro Max - Apple Watch S3 Other Misc Devices: iPod Video (Gen 5.5E, 128GB SD card swap, running Rockbox), Nintendo Switch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 25, 2017 would agree, but pc won't let me \_:?_/ OOo 1050ti (cries in silence) -- Nath Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 25, 2017 Oh yes my sir, the most spiffing side panel, hand painted by a dedicated artiste, thou would agree? OOo 1050ti (cries in silence) -- Nath Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 25, 2017 Author For some reason my phone now believes that a rather bright gold is silver... same value, right? + Final preparation for the rest of the case's spray down. I once did the unthinkable, back many headphones ago... I split an audio split, again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 26, 2017 your spray painting skills are better than mine, I tried to paint an old corsair 200r and that will never see the light of day lol Higher frame rate over higher resolution. CPU-i5 4690k -GPU-MSI 970 sli -Mobo-MSI g45 gaming -Memory-16gb crucial ballistix -PSU- EVGA 80+ gold g2 850w -Case- corsair 200r Monitors- Acer XB240H, Asus ROG Swift, Dell P2815Q 2160p -Keyboard- Corsair k70 RGB -Mouse- Corsair M65 -Mouse Pad- Glorious Extended Pad -Headphone- BeyerDynamic DT990 250ohm, Senheiser HD 518, Fiio E10k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 26, 2017 Author 11 hours ago, ConnorDahne said: your spray painting skills are better than mine, I tried to paint an old corsair 200r and that will never see the light of day lol ha ha lol sarry to hear that I've never spray painted before so this is just me learning as I do it. Maybe try doing another few coats with some newer paint? Rust-Oleum have a few videos on spray painting which I watched. Also I haven't used primer in this so I just hope none of the paint eventually falls off I once did the unthinkable, back many headphones ago... I split an audio split, again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 26, 2017 Author I apologise for the horrendous focus on these images but I blame both the weight of my phone for causing my hand to shake and myself, and I blame myself for it again This it da other side panel and top of the case There are a few scratches doe from prying off the original windows licenses D: I once did the unthinkable, back many headphones ago... I split an audio split, again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 26, 2017 Author lel that PSU box doesn't actually explain any were what the silent technology even is.. GOTTA GET THEM SHADY BOOTSALE FOUND PSUs! I legit brought that PSU for 50p thinking it was actually someone very misinformed selling it for 50p...turned out when I opened the box it was actually a 350W unit with some slightly suspicious 'X's on some of the molex connectors so, 50p fan from it I guess? I once did the unthinkable, back many headphones ago... I split an audio split, again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 27, 2017 12 hours ago, EnergyEclipse said: -snip- Nice rebuild so far. Doing something similar myself with a old Packard Bell. Main Rig - Case: Corsair 200R Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270-GAMING-K3 CPU: Intel i5 7600 RAM: Corsair H55 RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16GB 3000MHz SSD: Crucial MX500 1 TB HDD: 2TB WD Green GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1660 Ti 6GB Windforce PSU: Corsair CX 600W HTPC - Case: CiT MTX-007B Motherboard: Biostar H61MGV3, CPU: Intel i5 2400 RAM: Patriot 4GB 1333MHz SSD: 240GB Toshiba SSD PSU: 180W CIT (Came with case) Corsair 200R Front Bezel Mod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 27, 2017 Author 8 hours ago, deansmylie1993 said: Nice rebuild so far. Doing something similar myself with a old Packard Bell. Thank you for your support on this build! Please let me know how your build goes as I really want all the inspiration right now before I start drilling fan holes and making the case super crazy I once did the unthinkable, back many headphones ago... I split an audio split, again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 27, 2017 Author I once did the unthinkable, back many headphones ago... I split an audio split, again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 27, 2017 i was hoping you would spray the interior of the case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 27, 2017 Author 1 minute ago, marty-demo said: i was hoping you would spray the interior of the case Stay tuned that is all one shall say... :DD I might have a lot of carbon fibre wraps on the way to cover that concern... I once did the unthinkable, back many headphones ago... I split an audio split, again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 27, 2017 I love the look of this, can't wait to see an amazing build or two in that glamourous case OOo 1050ti (cries in silence) -- Nath Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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