idpcmods

Build log introduction
 
About the modder and build.
 
Welcome, my name is Ian Duncanson i am a 26 year old modder from victoria Australia i have been building and working on computers since i was 15. This is my third fully custom pc and one i wish to showcase, so lets begin.
 
The concept -
 
Simply with the age of ikea and the ability to customise along side the rise of the desk builds i have decided to design and build a desk based upon one of my favorite cases the thermaltake core x9. Now having built a previous desk before i know to an extent whats needed (my original build was a rush job so i had somewhere to play games and best utilise the limited space i had). The necessary goals to a great desk concept are outlined below and are my goals for this build.
 
Another note about me, im not the best when i comes to 3d drawing and renders so i do the majority by hand its never great but it give me what i need to work with.
 
this space is reserved for our sponsors starting with:
 

Thermaltake, without the faith that quite a few of their staff have put in me none of this would be possible. they have and will be supplying me with cases fans/controllers and watercooling gear
 
 
Goals:
 
- Fully modular desk solution
- core values (moddable, versatile, astetically pleaseing)
-light weight but strong.
 
Design-
 
The design is simple, 5 modules (2 x core x9 cases with 3 custom modules forming a desktop) the desk will be constructed out of aluminium and parts of a (few) damaged core x9's the custom parts will he powdercoated white to closely match the original cases.
 
Heres a couple of those sketchy drawings i mentioned disregard the measurements these changed many times upon realising i had inadvertantly rushed my measurements.
 

 

 
So we will be begining the construction and finalise the design on the fly. An old war saying is that every plan is a good one till the first bullet flies.
 
But first a very big thank you to some of my friends for the community, the support you have shown even at the early stages has been phenomenal and for that i thank you.
 
My first order arrived from thermaltake australia the other day i posted an unboxing ceremony on my facebook page (http://facebook.com/ianduncansoncomputermods)
So i will skip this one as im sure you have all seen this beautiful case before.
 
Ok so maybe one or 2 photos
 

 

 
 
Now as much as i love the front grill design for what im doing its too hard to have replicated locally i was quoted over 300 dollars for material and cutting for a full sheet and i only need less than half of one :/
 
So another popular idea occured i will still have the front panel as a whole just not the mesh... so instead i have started to organise some dark tint perspex to be delivered for the build. But im getting ahead of myself.. but more to come soon

Looks awesome ron love the theme

I can't decide im friends with all of you... best of luck boys!

Mate. Im wearing my Australian Safety boots. whats more real then that?? haha 

Ok so more purchasing. Below are the components list so far both purchased and not...
 
Mobo - egc A960M-MV
CPU - AMD Athlon II 3ghz
GPU - ATI radeon 4870
PSU - tba hoping for fully modular but depends what funds allow
SSD/HDD - AIMING for 2x 120gb ssd's but failing that will get a 500gb hdd.
Ram - tba - using gold coloured heatsinks
 
Water cooling -
 
reservoir - Vintage Wine Bottle
Tubing - solid 1/4 copper pipe hard drawn
Fittings brass 1/4 compresion fittings
Pump - 12 volt sle water pump
Water block cpu - tba (perhaps a thermaltake w2? )
Waterblock gpu - aquagrafix ati 4870 copper full block
Fans - thermaltake riing fans 120mm x4 (waiting on orange to be released but red will suffice)
Radiators - 360mm rad x1 / 120mm rad x1
 
So far thats the list will see if there are any changes but all depends on dollars and any interested sponsors

Build log introduction
 
About the modder and build.
 
Welcome, my name is Ian Duncanson i am a 26 year old modder from victoria Australia i have been building and working on computers since i was 15. This is my third fully custom pc and one i wish to showcase, so lets begin.
 
The concept -
 
Simply with the age of ikea and the ability to customise along side the rise of the desk builds i have decided to design and build a desk based upon one of my favorite cases the thermaltake core x9. Now having built a previous desk before i know to an extent whats needed (my original build was a rush job so i had somewhere to play games and best utilise the limited space i had). The necessary goals to a great desk concept are outlined below and are my goals for this build.
 
Another note about me, im not the best when i comes to 3d drawing and renders so i do the majority by hand its never great but it give me what i need to work with.
 
this space is reserved for our sponsors starting with:
 

Thermaltake, without the faith that quite a few of their staff have put in me none of this would be possible. they have and will be supplying me with cases fans/controllers and watercooling gear
 
 
Goals:
 
- Fully modular desk solution
- core values (moddable, versatile, astetically pleaseing)
-light weight but strong.
 
Design-
 
The design is simple, 5 modules (2 x core x9 cases with 3 custom modules forming a desktop) the desk will be constructed out of aluminium and parts of a (few) damaged core x9's the custom parts will he powdercoated white to closely match the original cases.
 
Heres a couple of those sketchy drawings i mentioned disregard the measurements these changed many times upon realising i had inadvertantly rushed my measurements.
 

 

 
So we will be begining the construction and finalise the design on the fly. An old war saying is that every plan is a good one till the first bullet flies.
 
But first a very big thank you to some of my friends for the community, the support you have shown even at the early stages has been phenomenal and for that i thank you.
 
My first order arrived from thermaltake australia the other day i posted an unboxing ceremony on my facebook page (http://facebook.com/ianduncansoncomputermods)
So i will skip this one as im sure you have all seen this beautiful case before.
 
Ok so maybe one or 2 photos
 

 

 
 
Now as much as i love the front grill design for what im doing its too hard to have replicated locally i was quoted over 300 dollars for material and cutting for a full sheet and i only need less than half of one :/
 
So another popular idea occured i will still have the front panel as a whole just not the mesh... so instead i have started to organise some dark tint perspex to be delivered for the build. But im getting ahead of myself.. but more to come soon

Build log introduction
 
About the modder and build.
 
Welcome, my name is Ian Duncanson i am a 26 year old modder from victoria Australia i have been building and working on computers since i was 15. This is my third fully custom pc and one i wish to showcase, so lets begin.
 
The concept -
 
Simply with the age of ikea and the ability to customise along side the rise of the desk builds i have decided to design and build a desk based upon one of my favorite cases the thermaltake core x9. Now having built a previous desk before i know to an extent whats needed (my original build was a rush job so i had somewhere to play games and best utilise the limited space i had). The necessary goals to a great desk concept are outlined below and are my goals for this build.
 
Another note about me, im not the best when i comes to 3d drawing and renders so i do the majority by hand its never great but it give me what i need to work with.
 
this space is reserved for our sponsors starting with:
 

Thermaltake, without the faith that quite a few of their staff have put in me none of this would be possible. they have and will be supplying me with cases fans/controllers and watercooling gear
 
 
Goals:
 
- Fully modular desk solution
- core values (moddable, versatile, astetically pleaseing)
-light weight but strong.
 
Design-
 
The design is simple, 5 modules (2 x core x9 cases with 3 custom modules forming a desktop) the desk will be constructed out of aluminium and parts of a (few) damaged core x9's the custom parts will he powdercoated white to closely match the original cases.
 
Heres a couple of those sketchy drawings i mentioned disregard the measurements these changed many times upon realising i had inadvertantly rushed my measurements.
 

 

 
So we will be begining the construction and finalise the design on the fly. An old war saying is that every plan is a good one till the first bullet flies.
 
But first a very big thank you to some of my friends for the community, the support you have shown even at the early stages has been phenomenal and for that i thank you.
 
My first order arrived from thermaltake australia the other day i posted an unboxing ceremony on my facebook page (http://facebook.com/ianduncansoncomputermods)
So i will skip this one as im sure you have all seen this beautiful case before.
 
Ok so maybe one or 2 photos
 

 

 
 
Now as much as i love the front grill design for what im doing its too hard to have replicated locally i was quoted over 300 dollars for material and cutting for a full sheet and i only need less than half of one :/
 
So another popular idea occured i will still have the front panel as a whole just not the mesh... so instead i have started to organise some dark tint perspex to be delivered for the build. But im getting ahead of myself.. but more to come soon

Build log introduction
 
About the modder and build.
 
Welcome, my name is Ian Duncanson i am a 26 year old modder from victoria Australia i have been building and working on computers since i was 15. This is my third fully custom pc and one i wish to showcase, so lets begin.
 
The concept -
 
Simply with the age of ikea and the ability to customise along side the rise of the desk builds i have decided to design and build a desk based upon one of my favorite cases the thermaltake core x9. Now having built a previous desk before i know to an extent whats needed (my original build was a rush job so i had somewhere to play games and best utilise the limited space i had). The necessary goals to a great desk concept are outlined below and are my goals for this build.
 
Another note about me, im not the best when i comes to 3d drawing and renders so i do the majority by hand its never great but it give me what i need to work with.
 
this space is reserved for our sponsors starting with:
 

Thermaltake, without the faith that quite a few of their staff have put in me none of this would be possible. they have and will be supplying me with cases fans/controllers and watercooling gear
 
 
Goals:
 
- Fully modular desk solution
- core values (moddable, versatile, astetically pleaseing)
-light weight but strong.
 
Design-
 
The design is simple, 5 modules (2 x core x9 cases with 3 custom modules forming a desktop) the desk will be constructed out of aluminium and parts of a (few) damaged core x9's the custom parts will he powdercoated white to closely match the original cases.
 
Heres a couple of those sketchy drawings i mentioned disregard the measurements these changed many times upon realising i had inadvertantly rushed my measurements.
 

 

 
So we will be begining the construction and finalise the design on the fly. An old war saying is that every plan is a good one till the first bullet flies.
 
But first a very big thank you to some of my friends for the community, the support you have shown even at the early stages has been phenomenal and for that i thank you.
 
My first order arrived from thermaltake australia the other day i posted an unboxing ceremony on my facebook page (http://facebook.com/ianduncansoncomputermods)
So i will skip this one as im sure you have all seen this beautiful case before.
 
Ok so maybe one or 2 photos
 

 

 
 
Now as much as i love the front grill design for what im doing its too hard to have replicated locally i was quoted over 300 dollars for material and cutting for a full sheet and i only need less than half of one :/
 
So another popular idea occured i will still have the front panel as a whole just not the mesh... so instead i have started to organise some dark tint perspex to be delivered for the build. But im getting ahead of myself.. but more to come soon

Build log introduction
 
About the modder and build.
 
Welcome, my name is Ian Duncanson i am a 26 year old modder from victoria Australia i have been building and working on computers since i was 15. This is my third fully custom pc and one i wish to showcase, so lets begin.
 
The concept -
 
Simply with the age of ikea and the ability to customise along side the rise of the desk builds i have decided to design and build a desk based upon one of my favorite cases the thermaltake core x9. Now having built a previous desk before i know to an extent whats needed (my original build was a rush job so i had somewhere to play games and best utilise the limited space i had). The necessary goals to a great desk concept are outlined below and are my goals for this build.
 
Another note about me, im not the best when i comes to 3d drawing and renders so i do the majority by hand its never great but it give me what i need to work with.
 
this space is reserved for our sponsors starting with:
 

Thermaltake, without the faith that quite a few of their staff have put in me none of this would be possible. they have and will be supplying me with cases fans/controllers and watercooling gear
 
 
Goals:
 
- Fully modular desk solution
- core values (moddable, versatile, astetically pleaseing)
-light weight but strong.
 
Design-
 
The design is simple, 5 modules (2 x core x9 cases with 3 custom modules forming a desktop) the desk will be constructed out of aluminium and parts of a (few) damaged core x9's the custom parts will he powdercoated white to closely match the original cases.
 
Heres a couple of those sketchy drawings i mentioned disregard the measurements these changed many times upon realising i had inadvertantly rushed my measurements.
 

 

 
So we will be begining the construction and finalise the design on the fly. An old war saying is that every plan is a good one till the first bullet flies.
 
But first a very big thank you to some of my friends for the community, the support you have shown even at the early stages has been phenomenal and for that i thank you.
 
My first order arrived from thermaltake australia the other day i posted an unboxing ceremony on my facebook page (http://facebook.com/ianduncansoncomputermods)
So i will skip this one as im sure you have all seen this beautiful case before.
 
Ok so maybe one or 2 photos
 

 

 
 
Now as much as i love the front grill design for what im doing its too hard to have replicated locally i was quoted over 300 dollars for material and cutting for a full sheet and i only need less than half of one :/
 
So another popular idea occured i will still have the front panel as a whole just not the mesh... so instead i have started to organise some dark tint perspex to be delivered for the build. But im getting ahead of myself.. but more to come soon

Build log introduction
 
About the modder and build.
 
Welcome, my name is Ian Duncanson i am a 26 year old modder from victoria Australia i have been building and working on computers since i was 15. This is my third fully custom pc and one i wish to showcase, so lets begin.
 
The concept -
 
Simply with the age of ikea and the ability to customise along side the rise of the desk builds i have decided to design and build a desk based upon one of my favorite cases the thermaltake core x9. Now having built a previous desk before i know to an extent whats needed (my original build was a rush job so i had somewhere to play games and best utilise the limited space i had). The necessary goals to a great desk concept are outlined below and are my goals for this build.
 
Another note about me, im not the best when i comes to 3d drawing and renders so i do the majority by hand its never great but it give me what i need to work with.
 
this space is reserved for our sponsors starting with:
 

Thermaltake, without the faith that quite a few of their staff have put in me none of this would be possible. they have and will be supplying me with cases fans/controllers and watercooling gear
 
 
Goals:
 
- Fully modular desk solution
- core values (moddable, versatile, astetically pleaseing)
-light weight but strong.
 
Design-
 
The design is simple, 5 modules (2 x core x9 cases with 3 custom modules forming a desktop) the desk will be constructed out of aluminium and parts of a (few) damaged core x9's the custom parts will he powdercoated white to closely match the original cases.
 
Heres a couple of those sketchy drawings i mentioned disregard the measurements these changed many times upon realising i had inadvertantly rushed my measurements.
 

 

 
So we will be begining the construction and finalise the design on the fly. An old war saying is that every plan is a good one till the first bullet flies.
 
But first a very big thank you to some of my friends for the community, the support you have shown even at the early stages has been phenomenal and for that i thank you.
 
My first order arrived from thermaltake australia the other day i posted an unboxing ceremony on my facebook page (http://facebook.com/ianduncansoncomputermods)
So i will skip this one as im sure you have all seen this beautiful case before.
 
Ok so maybe one or 2 photos
 

 

 
 
Now as much as i love the front grill design for what im doing its too hard to have replicated locally i was quoted over 300 dollars for material and cutting for a full sheet and i only need less than half of one :/
 
So another popular idea occured i will still have the front panel as a whole just not the mesh... so instead i have started to organise some dark tint perspex to be delivered for the build. But im getting ahead of myself.. but more to come soon

Ok, so this is my first build im doing a complete log for. i hope you all enjoy. this is a steam punk themed mod to the thermaltake v9 black edition case.
 
 
 
Ok so to start with ive stripped the case, and sprayed the chassis in a copper/brass base paint. note i will be removing the drive bays for extra water cooling rad in the front.
 

 

 

 
once i had the basic colour on the chassis i moved onto plastic parts that would not be covered in the wrap i had chosen. also an other parts that would be required off the case for basic ideas if needed. (Note alot off these parts are now no longer going to be used.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
please ignore the mouse.... it was a test pice to see how the beaten copper paint came out on curved and angled pieces
 

 
looks a bit plain yeah? ok so next was to age it up a bit.. steam punk is a heavily olden appearance aged copper and brasses and woods... so i used black paints and on some copper parts and cerulean wash to age it up a bit...
 

 

 

 
so now we have our plastics and extra parts painted now the wrap
 

 
heres the wrap i have chosen its a stained rosewood
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
so with that all done i took one look at the original grilles as realised they wont do at all... they look too modern... so.... i made my own... so i made these ones out of metal flyscreen bent into shape over the originals these first ones arent neat as i was rushing, a new single peice one will be made in the near future.
 

 
now a test assembily here is why i decided to not go with any optical drives... it looks hideous.... 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
now that you have all seen the progress thus far here is a list of the changes that will be made...
 
1. side window panel is going to be cut so it is only the outside edge to hide the chassis frame so will virtually be and open side.
2. as above the optical bays will be deleted for more watercooling gear to be installed.
 
3. front grille will be re done as 1 commplete piece.
 
id love to know what you all think. and yes as yet no mention of internals... i have a few ideas knocking around but remember this whole project is fully funded so subject to change based on cheaper and better parts become availble. i will post my ideal list later but most of it is wishful thinking especially with an impending wedding, and my partner and i have a daughter.. so funds are limited.
 
 

Looks awesome richi, cant wait to see the next phase

Ok so more purchasing. Below are the components list so far both purchased and not...
 
Mobo - egc A960M-MV
CPU - AMD Athlon II 3ghz
GPU - ATI radeon 4870
PSU - tba hoping for fully modular but depends what funds allow
SSD/HDD - AIMING for 2x 120gb ssd's but failing that will get a 500gb hdd.
Ram - tba - using gold coloured heatsinks
 
Water cooling -
 
reservoir - Vintage Wine Bottle
Tubing - solid 1/4 copper pipe hard drawn
Fittings brass 1/4 compresion fittings
Pump - 12 volt sle water pump
Water block cpu - tba (perhaps a thermaltake w2? )
Waterblock gpu - aquagrafix ati 4870 copper full block
Fans - thermaltake riing fans 120mm x4 (waiting on orange to be released but red will suffice)
Radiators - 360mm rad x1 / 120mm rad x1
 
So far thats the list will see if there are any changes but all depends on dollars and any interested sponsors

Ok, so this is my first build im doing a complete log for. i hope you all enjoy. this is a steam punk themed mod to the thermaltake v9 black edition case.
 
 
 
Ok so to start with ive stripped the case, and sprayed the chassis in a copper/brass base paint. note i will be removing the drive bays for extra water cooling rad in the front.
 

 

 

 
once i had the basic colour on the chassis i moved onto plastic parts that would not be covered in the wrap i had chosen. also an other parts that would be required off the case for basic ideas if needed. (Note alot off these parts are now no longer going to be used.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
please ignore the mouse.... it was a test pice to see how the beaten copper paint came out on curved and angled pieces
 

 
looks a bit plain yeah? ok so next was to age it up a bit.. steam punk is a heavily olden appearance aged copper and brasses and woods... so i used black paints and on some copper parts and cerulean wash to age it up a bit...
 

 

 

 
so now we have our plastics and extra parts painted now the wrap
 

 
heres the wrap i have chosen its a stained rosewood
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
so with that all done i took one look at the original grilles as realised they wont do at all... they look too modern... so.... i made my own... so i made these ones out of metal flyscreen bent into shape over the originals these first ones arent neat as i was rushing, a new single peice one will be made in the near future.
 

 
now a test assembily here is why i decided to not go with any optical drives... it looks hideous.... 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
now that you have all seen the progress thus far here is a list of the changes that will be made...
 
1. side window panel is going to be cut so it is only the outside edge to hide the chassis frame so will virtually be and open side.
2. as above the optical bays will be deleted for more watercooling gear to be installed.
 
3. front grille will be re done as 1 commplete piece.
 
id love to know what you all think. and yes as yet no mention of internals... i have a few ideas knocking around but remember this whole project is fully funded so subject to change based on cheaper and better parts become availble. i will post my ideal list later but most of it is wishful thinking especially with an impending wedding, and my partner and i have a daughter.. so funds are limited.
 
 

Ok, so this is my first build im doing a complete log for. i hope you all enjoy. this is a steam punk themed mod to the thermaltake v9 black edition case.
 
 
 
Ok so to start with ive stripped the case, and sprayed the chassis in a copper/brass base paint. note i will be removing the drive bays for extra water cooling rad in the front.
 

 

 

 
once i had the basic colour on the chassis i moved onto plastic parts that would not be covered in the wrap i had chosen. also an other parts that would be required off the case for basic ideas if needed. (Note alot off these parts are now no longer going to be used.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
please ignore the mouse.... it was a test pice to see how the beaten copper paint came out on curved and angled pieces
 

 
looks a bit plain yeah? ok so next was to age it up a bit.. steam punk is a heavily olden appearance aged copper and brasses and woods... so i used black paints and on some copper parts and cerulean wash to age it up a bit...
 

 

 

 
so now we have our plastics and extra parts painted now the wrap
 

 
heres the wrap i have chosen its a stained rosewood
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
so with that all done i took one look at the original grilles as realised they wont do at all... they look too modern... so.... i made my own... so i made these ones out of metal flyscreen bent into shape over the originals these first ones arent neat as i was rushing, a new single peice one will be made in the near future.
 

 
now a test assembily here is why i decided to not go with any optical drives... it looks hideous.... 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
now that you have all seen the progress thus far here is a list of the changes that will be made...
 
1. side window panel is going to be cut so it is only the outside edge to hide the chassis frame so will virtually be and open side.
2. as above the optical bays will be deleted for more watercooling gear to be installed.
 
3. front grille will be re done as 1 commplete piece.
 
id love to know what you all think. and yes as yet no mention of internals... i have a few ideas knocking around but remember this whole project is fully funded so subject to change based on cheaper and better parts become availble. i will post my ideal list later but most of it is wishful thinking especially with an impending wedding, and my partner and i have a daughter.. so funds are limited.