Project : SNOW

[Amlcustompc]

 

Project : SNOW

 

I am back with a new build for 2018, I want to start by saying a big thank you to Thermaltake for supporting this project.

 

I am doing a Ryzen 1600 build paired with a MSI 1070 gaming x8 graphics card. I will be building in the core P3 from thermaltake, this will be fully watercooled.

 

I have set myself a big challenge to think more outside the box for when it comes to where to place the reservoir and radiator. I have also set myself a challenge to make everything white so I will be doing a lot of painting and resleeving and a lot of cables.

 

Here what I will be using,

The thermaltake core p3 snow edition,

Ryzen 1600,

MSI Tomahawk Arctic B350

The thermaltake Pacific W4 Plus CPU water block,

 

Corsair Vengeance RGB 2x8gb 3000Mhz could upgrade this two 32gb,

Samsung 960 EVO m.2 250GB this will be used for OS,

WD HDD 1TB,

Thermaltake Toughpower SFX 600w PSU,

MSI GTX 1070 Gaming X8,

Thermaltake Pacific RL 360

Thermaltake Pacific P1 Black,

Thermaltake Pacific RGB Hard Tube Fittings,

Thermaltake C1000 Green and White,

Some of the cable and connectors, I am using mdpc sleeving.

 

Thanks for checking out the post if you have any question or suggestion, leave a post and I will get back to you as soon as I can.  

[Crunchy Dragon]

Sounds pretty nice, looking forward to hearing how it turns out!

 

Although I have a couple questions:

1: Did Thermaltake sponsor this build? If so, congrats!

2: Why not go with a white/blue aesthetic?

[TVwazhere]

I was just about to say I'ts not a real snow build without a white thermaltake case!

[Amlcustompc]

1 minute ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Sounds pretty nice, looking forward to hearing how it turns out!

 

Although I have a couple questions:

1: Did Thermaltake sponsor this build? If so, congrats!

2: Why not go with a white/blue aesthetic?

 

Hi Crunchy Dragon,

 

This build is sponsored, I have seen a lot of blue and white builds, I want this to stand out, this build will mainly be white with a little hint of green (this color could change).

[Amlcustompc]

4 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

I was just about to say I'ts not a real snow build without a white thermaltake case!

This build will be white with just a little hint of color. The right now is green but like I said in the post above this could change.

[TVwazhere]

2 minutes ago, Amlcustompc said:

This build will be white with just a little hint of color. The right now is green but like I said in the post above this could change.

Radioactive Snow! 

[Amlcustompc]

Just now, TVwazhere said:

Radioactive Snow! 

I like it. 

[AT0MAC]

3 hours ago, Amlcustompc said:

This build will be white with just a little hint of color. The right now is green but like I said in the post above this could change.

Hehe funny though that you did not opt for a WD Green series drive then, would fit the color scheme nicely with its green/white labeling

Anyway, I guess it will not be seen in the case but still...

 

 

I like the case, this is definitely the case I would opt for If I did not already have one, I like "bench" styled cases and the open airflow and the fact this one can be wall mounted, that's pretty neat. Are you going to utilize that feature by the way?

 

[Amlcustompc]

32 minutes ago, AT0MAC said:

Hehe funny though that you did not opt for a WD Green series drive then, would fit the color scheme nicely with its green/white labeling

Anyway, I guess it will not be seen in the case but still...

 

 

I like the case, this is definitely the case I would opt for If I did not already have one, I like "bench" styled cases and the open airflow and the fact this one can be wall mounted, that's pretty neat. Are you going to utilize that feature by the way?

 

I never thought about the wd green, lol. Once the final photos are done it will be going on the wall, I am looking at doing a enclosure to sit on the desk which will have the usb 3.0, power and head phone jack., I really like the case.

 

[Jtalk4456]

love the build

[Amlcustompc]

12 hours ago, Jtalk4456 said:

love the build

Thanks.

[Amlcustompc]

Welcome back,

I have a little update for you all,

I wanted to move the radiator to the bottom of the case where the PSU would be, I have not seen this on a core P3, I needed to make sure to would support the radiator, as I do want to mount this to the wall.

I am using 19mm x 19mm aluminium to start the framing of the holder.

Mark where I need to cut,

The bits I need,

Marked where the hole will go,

Drill a 4 mm hold for the rivets,

Test fit,

The 360 radiator sat very nice in the space now needed to make the support,

 

Now to make a new GPU bracket, but thought I would be easier to mod the one I have, I need this to be shorter.

Before

 

After, I am going to add some 19mm x 19mm aluminium to the outside of the bracket.

 

Here is the end result, I just want to stress that this is not the finish product for the brackets, this will give me a feel on what it will look like.

 

Only a small update weather not been great in the uk.

[Amlcustompc]

I have a big update, most of the painting has been done, and I have started to do the cables.

I will start with the Pacific RL360 Rad, I have painted this snow white, covered the fins and did light coats, the spray paint I use is Montana.

Before,

 

 

 

After,

 

I have also painted the heatsinks, I am thinking about adding some green to them.

Before,

After,

 

I wanted to paint the Thermaltake tough power 600w PSU white, this was a lot harder than I thought it would be, I striped the full PSU down but couldn’t find the last screw so I needed to cover all the enteral components. I also made sure to save the labels as I want to add these back on to the PSU.

Before,

 

 

 

 

 

After,

 

Next up to paint was the thermaltake Pacific W4 plus CPU block and the Pacific RGB fittings. I started with the CPU block, I heated the front of the block to loosen the glue of the black back ground as, I want this to be white, I had already made some little TT logo’s to cover the TT logos on the back ground, then I just lightly sprayed it white. I also added the bracket for Ryzen and painted this white too. The fittings were very time consuming, I wanted to get as much detail of the fitting as I could.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sorry for all the photos, think I have went over the top, I have a few more then that it. I have started to sleeve the cable here is the 24 pin.

 

Hopefully the next update will not be as long, need to do the pump and the GPU, then that’s all the painting done.

If you have any questions or feedback please let me know.

Richard.

[vegaspimp22]

no such thing as over the top with progress photos.  I have seen over the top component photos.  I dont need to see 5 shots of a box that arrived..... But progress pics?? Ill see a 1000 of those

 

[Amlcustompc]

3 hours ago, vegaspimp22 said:

no such thing as over the top with progress photos.  I have seen over the top component photos.  I dont need to see 5 shots of a box that arrived..... But progress pics?? Ill see a 1000 of those

 

Thanks I will keep that in mind.

[RuffRuffmcgruff]

I agree with Vegas! The more progress pics the better, I'm loving that colour scheme and the LED CPU block is so god damn sexy. Can't wait to see what it looks like next! Followed

[Amlcustompc]

6 hours ago, RuffRuffmcgruff said:

I agree with Vegas! The more progress pics the better, I'm loving that colour scheme and the LED CPU block is so god damn sexy. Can't wait to see what it looks like next! Followed

Thanks I will keep that in mind when I paint the graphics card and fans.

[Amlcustompc]

Hi Everyone,

This is just a small update, I have had a few issues with my CNC and it no longer works I have blown the spindle, so I have not done as much as I can hoped.

I have been painting the thermaltake Pacific P1 pump, this has cause me loads of issues, as I only get to mod on a weekend. I have painted this 3 time and I can see I am 98% happy with it. The photo below is showing you the process the 1^st time I did it.

Before,

I needed to sand the parts done so the primer would stick to the parts, can I use spray can you apply the paint.

You can see the paint looks a bit bumpy, I then did some vinyl logos and added them to the pump and airbrushed the green paint on.

Here is the end result,

As you can see it looks ok but I want it looking better. So I striped the pump and started again.

This time I used the airbrush for every layer I also wanted to add green to the D5 cover and to the bracket.

I did this over a few nights adding one layer at a time,

Here is the end result,

I am much happier now with the end result.

I still have a lot to do, I still have a lot of wires to sleeve, fans to paint and a graphics card to paint.

I did hope to show more but I thought it would be best to post something than none at all.

Until next time,

Richard.

[Zandvliet]

Looks cool! Nice mod on the rad position.

But why didn't you just buy white rads, fittings and pump? Instead of painting it.

[AskTJ]

Damn, it is looking really nice. Can't wait for the final product.

 

Followed!

[Amlcustompc]

21 hours ago, Zandvliet said:

Looks cool! Nice mod on the rad position.

But why didn't you just buy white rads, fittings and pump? Instead of painting it.

That would have been a lot easier, the build is sponsor by thermaltake and they don’t do a white psu, pump and the fittings only come in white. Even if I got the white rad I would have still painted it as you can get a lot of different whites. Glad you like the build.

[Amlcustompc]

18 hours ago, AskTJ said:

Damn, it is looking really nice. Can't wait for the final product.

 

Followed!

Thanks

[Zandvliet]

1 hour ago, Amlcustompc said:

That would have been a lot easier, the build is sponsor by thermaltake and they don’t do a white psu, pump and the fittings only come in white. Even if I got the white rad I would have still painted it as you can get a lot of different whites. Glad you like the build.

Ah got it. Looking forward to see the end result.

[Amlcustompc]

Hey,

 

I have been really busy the last few weeks working of the build,

 

Let start with the biggest issue, I broke my CNC which I have only had for about 6 months, I got this from china, have been able to do a few mod with it but not the main reason I got it. This meant I needed to ask Praetex Design for some help in cutting the design I made for the custom reservoir,

 

Here is the design I made in fusion 360,

 

Alex was able to produce the product and it turned out great.

 

 

Here is me leak testing it,

 

 

I then need to add the reservoir to the case. I must taped and marked the holes about 5 times I didn’t want to mess this up.

 

Before,

 

 

During,

 

 

After,

 

 

Think it turn out great.

 

Now the Thermaltake Riing Plus fans as you can see from the photo above I needed to paint the fans so I strip them down.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have taken these fans apart before with out breaking any of the clips, this time I must of broke 5 in total, the fans still hold together well.

 

I didn’t take many photos of the painting but I just made sure I gave a lot of light coats

 

 

 

 

I think the end result looks great,

 

 

What do you think?

 

 

Next up was the MSI 1070 Gaming X graphic card,

 

I followed the same process with the fans and striped the card right down. If you are going to do this and paint the fan you are going to have to bend two metal clips over (cable management) which holds the cable for the fan.

 

 

 

 

 

I need to take the sticker off the fans before I paint these I wanted to reused the stickers.

 

I made sure I did lots of light coats of the paint.

 

Here are the after photos,

 

Fans 

 

Housing,

 

 

 

End result,

 

 

Just want to make it clear I am going to add a bit of green on to the card. I have also add a white ring on the MSI stickers to hide the red.

 

I need to add a little bit of white vinyl where the MSI logo glows, again this was just to hide the red.

 

 

I was not going to show this next photo until the build was completed, what the heck here it is anyway.

 

 

We still have work to do I need to support the GPU better so going to add an enclosure to the PSU this will then support the GPU. I am also changing the green out of my cable I made early to a better match green. I want to added as much detail as I can to the build.

 

I am wanting at add a enclosure behind the case to hide the internal wires.

 

Like always I hope you like the build log so far, if you have any question or feedback please leave below or come find me on Facebook / Instagram

[Amlcustompc]

The build is all most completed, I have had a little delay due to me moving house and all my gear is in storage, should have been in the new house on 27/07/20108 but now it will be 10/08/2018.

 

so the last time I posted we can everything white and in place to where I wanted everything, I was not to please with the color of the cables so I redid them. I wanted the green to match the rest of the build so painted the cables green with the airbrush.

 

 

 

I think they turned out great.

 

 

I cut some 3mm perplex to make a cable cover for behind the motherboard, this is not going to be on show but thought it will be a nice touch.

 

 

 

The build is almost completed, need to run the hard tube and do a small PSU cover then the build we be completed.

 

Here is a little sneak peak.

 

 

Thanks for taking the time to check out the build log.