Andrew Makin

Just a few pictures from the test build, includes some "behind the scenes" (and by scenes i mean motherboard tray 😅)

 
A Spaghetti mess of cables 🥴

 
Cable Management just means you managed to get them in, right?


 
In these difficult times there's no tissue available for leak testing. Fingers crossed! 🤞

 
Pretty from pretty much any angle. 😍
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A look with the lights on (wish I'd taken a few more picks like this)

 
All working A-OK 👌

 
While editing my mouse kept catching on something and I saw this poking off the bottom. 6-7 years of owning my R.A.T. 7 and this sticker has only just come off.

 
I never thought editing would be such a PITA.

 
Stay tuned Crap fans! Another little update should be hitting you soon. Same Crap time, same Crap Channel.

The start grid is lining up nicely 

I most definitely enjoyed the ride, nicely done mate!

I've sometimes done builds where I have an idea in my head of what I want to do, I might even have sketched some quick plans of what I want, but when I come to actually do the build I find things don't fit in like I thought they would. Sometimes it can be solves with a couple more parts or fittings, but sometimes when things REALLY don't fit, you have to scrap then plan all together, or get drastic with a Dremel.
 
I had to make sure that all the components worked, so what better way to do that and get to know the case properly than do a complete build in it! Whilst this is quite different from the final configuration of the mod, it has allowed me to evaluate some of my design ideas while building and try/figure a few things out.
 
So sit back, put your feet up and enjoy the ride.
 

The fun has now started with the first sprocket mount and connected to a speed controller. Some plates make to help clean the look of the front bracket also cut up a sprocket for abit added decoration.

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Bottom sprocket mounted on a nice new fabricated bracket. Top one next then paint 

Hi-diddly-hey modderinos!
Welcome to the project log of my entry in the Thermaltake 2020 Case Mod Challenge; Project: I.S.A.C. - themed on Tom Clancy's The Division 2, a game by Ubisoft Massive.

For the competition, 5 of us have been given the same components to do a case mod with and we have until 15th June to complete our mods. I'll try and post regular updates to keep you updated on the progress. A huge thanks to all of the sponsors for making this competition possible; Thermaltake UK, Scan Computers UK, AMD, ASUS and Seagate. First off lets have look at the parts we'll be using for the mod:



Thermaltake View 51 Tempered Glass Snow ARGB Edition



Thermaltake Toughpower GF1 850W PSU


Thermaltake ThoughRAM RGB 32GB 3000MHz


Seagate FireCuda 520 500GB M.2 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD


Seagate IronWolf Pro 14TB NAS 3.5" SATA HDD


ASUS ROG Strix X570-F Gaming



AMD Ryzen 7 3700X




ASUS Radeon RX 5700 8GB




300mm Thermaltake TT Premium PCIe 3.0 Extender


Thermaltake TtMod Sleeved Cables & Combs Kit


Pacific V-RX 5700 Series Plus GPU Waterblock




Thermaltake Pacific C360 DDC Hard Tube Water Cooling Kit and Hard Tube Bending Kit








Again huge thanks to Thermaltake UK, Scan Computers UK, AMD, ASUS and Seagate for sponsoring the competition. I'll be back soon with some progress, so stay tuned Crap fans. Same Crap time, same Crap channel.

Thanks for the encouragement guys, much appreciated.
Would have replied sooner, but spinning a lot of plates at the moment; I'm sure many can relate!
32GB of Thermaltake TOUGHRAM RGB and an AMD Ryzen 7 3700X arrived last week:
So quickly put the core components together to make sure everything was working alright.
The ROG Strix X570-F Gaming is good looking motherboard, and there is plenty of space in the View 51:

Using PCIE Gen 4, the Firecuda 520 should be blistering fast. Was also nice to see that using the 1st M.2 slot does not cause the X16 slot to bump down to X8 like on previous generations (X470/370).

Whilst I have not installed it just yet (I want to keep it safe and sound), the 14TB Ironwolf Pro is an absolute monster:

The TOUGHRAM is some good looking memory, and the Ryzen 3700X is sitting underneath the Wraith Max cooler. For a stock cooler it is admittedly pretty decent, but this build is destined for a custom loop.

The stock cooler on the AMD Radeon RX 5700 from Asus also functions alright, but gets pretty loud when the fan get up to higher speeds. Another component that will greatly benefit from a water block.

The Toughpower GF1 is an 80 PLUS Gold certified fully modular PSU, 850W is more than enough for the job.

With everything installed fairly quickly (did not put any effort into cable-managment of course, as it will all be coming back out again), it was time to make sure the PC booted alright and everything worked as intended.

Sure enough, everything worked without any issues. After dialing in a few settings within the BIOS, it was then time to make sure that the PCIE extender also worked.

Yep, everything is working just fine.
Whilst I'll be fairly 'radio silent' for a couple of weeks yet due to exams and whatnot, I will have a couple of updates that I prepared earlier. Not related to the design, but as far as tweaking a few bits and pieces.
But as soon as my academic work is out of the way, I'll get torn into this project and keep you up to date!
 

Hi-diddly-hey modderinos!
Welcome to the project log of my entry in the Thermaltake 2020 Case Mod Challenge; Project: I.S.A.C. - themed on Tom Clancy's The Division 2, a game by Ubisoft Massive.

For the competition, 5 of us have been given the same components to do a case mod with and we have until 15th June to complete our mods. I'll try and post regular updates to keep you updated on the progress. A huge thanks to all of the sponsors for making this competition possible; Thermaltake UK, Scan Computers UK, AMD, ASUS and Seagate. First off lets have look at the parts we'll be using for the mod:



Thermaltake View 51 Tempered Glass Snow ARGB Edition



Thermaltake Toughpower GF1 850W PSU


Thermaltake ThoughRAM RGB 32GB 3000MHz


Seagate FireCuda 520 500GB M.2 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD


Seagate IronWolf Pro 14TB NAS 3.5" SATA HDD


ASUS ROG Strix X570-F Gaming



AMD Ryzen 7 3700X




ASUS Radeon RX 5700 8GB




300mm Thermaltake TT Premium PCIe 3.0 Extender


Thermaltake TtMod Sleeved Cables & Combs Kit


Pacific V-RX 5700 Series Plus GPU Waterblock




Thermaltake Pacific C360 DDC Hard Tube Water Cooling Kit and Hard Tube Bending Kit








Again huge thanks to Thermaltake UK, Scan Computers UK, AMD, ASUS and Seagate for sponsoring the competition. I'll be back soon with some progress, so stay tuned Crap fans. Same Crap time, same Crap channel.