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Elegance by MetallicAcid
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Welcome to my project named Elegance.
This is a personal project which will be used as a light gaming/HTPC in the living room. With this PC I plan on introducing some games to my wife, and hope to spark up an interest in co-op gaming. There is a strong focus on design with this project as there is not alot of space to work with. I plan on focusing on extremely clean cables, a sleek industrial interior and improving the ventilation to the Graphics card. This project is named Elegance as I want this project to have a
This project will consist of the following hardware:
CPU: Intel Pentium 20th Anniversary Edition G3258
CPU cooler: Cryorig C7
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z87N-Wifi
GPU: EVGA GTX750Ti 2GB ITX
PSU: SilverStone SX600-G
SSD: OCZ ARC100 240GB
RAM: Corsair Dominator Platinum 8GB 1866mhz
Chassis: Raijintek Metis Silver - Windowed
The mods that will happen:
This project will have my custom signature inside paneling with a brushed finish. These panels will cover and streamline the inside of the chassis, and various components.
I will reverse the reverse layout, so that the chassis' motherboard orientation will be as a standard chassis. This is for 2 reasons: 1. No one has done it before and 2. To improve and supply airflow to the graphics card.
Create an IO shield and Wifi card panel on the motherboard
Maybe install watercooling loop.
Final words..
So with this all said and done, let's get on with the project shall we?
Kind regards,
Justin "MetallicAcid" Ohlsen
Edited by MetallicAcid on 2015/3/9 14:05:47
Edited by MetallicAcid on 2015/5/17 18:18:48
Edited by MetallicAcid on 2015/5/17 18:18:48
MetallicAcid
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MetallicAcid
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Re: Elegance by MetallicAcid
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Update 1
Chassis photoshoot and inverting the inverted orientation.
Upon closer inspection of this lovely chassis, I noticed this chassis has a very simplified construction, which is using only screws. I also noticed that the chassis sides can be mirrored in a way that I can reverse the motherboard orientation with almost no modding! So I went ahead and reversed it
Let's start with the chassis photoshoot, and some playing around:
After flipping the motherboard like this, I noticed that I just needed to drill and tap 2 M4 screw holes. So I went ahead with this mod:
This is an awesome and easy mod that almost anyone can do. This is also a great way to fix the thermals of any GPU which is used as it will be able to draw in fresh air from under the chassis, where the HDD/SSD holes are. If you want maximum airflow, you can always pull out your trusty Dremel and get to cutting. Just think about a dust filter and you will be fine
Remember that this chassis is aluminium, and SilverStone's magnetic dust filters will not work..I really hope you have enjoyed this mod, and might want to try the same thing yourself
Kind regards,
Justin "MetallicAcid" Ohlsen
Edited by MetallicAcid on 2015/3/9 14:07:37
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Re: Elegance by MetallicAcid
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Great project Justin! I will love to follow it
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MetallicAcid
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Re: Elegance by MetallicAcid
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rewarder wrote:
Great project Justin! I will love to follow it
Thank you mate!
I have already made great progress than what I have posted here. Some surprises are in store!/J
MetallicAcid
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Re: Elegance by MetallicAcid
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I had one blue for a review, i'm curious to see what you will do inside this little case!
I have some surprises up my sleeve!/J
MetallicAcid
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Re: Elegance by MetallicAcid
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Updates..
Parts and stuff!
Hey guys and girls!!
I would like to continue this build log with showing most of the parts which I have collected so far, with the rest pf them shown later on. This project would probably not have happened without the help of my sponsors Inet, Gigabyte, OCZ, SilverStone, Cryorig and Raijintek, so thank you once again! Intermittent updates will appear with these parts over the next few days, then we get to the nitty gritty action!
Cryorig H7
Kind regards,
Justin "MetallicAcid" Ohlsen
MetallicAcid
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Re: Elegance by MetallicAcid
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Updates...
Parts and stuff!
This time we take a look at the CPU. Intel Pentium G3258 Dual Core CPU. Perfect for light gaming and home theater
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Kind regards,
Justin "MetallicAcid" Ohlsen
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Re: Elegance by MetallicAcid
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Very nice pics Justin! I'm still curious to see how you're going to change this little case For now it's clear, that this is going to be a very nice aircooled build!