EddyKuz Posted June 16, 2015 Report Posted June 16, 2015 Hello everybody,it is time for my new project. This time I have the honour of modding a Core X9 from Thermaltake for display at Gamescom Cologne 2015.First of all a HUGE "Thank you" to Thermaltake Germany, who enable me to put a CaseMod on display at Gamescom.Further shoutouts go to Superior Modding Supplies - Gosumodz.com and Modworkx for the collaboration.The project:Case, power supply and many cooling components are sponsored by ThermaltakeThe case is the black X9 of the Core series. I will apply a mirror mod from the outside and inside I will remodel "Cape Canaveral".There will be a small space shuttle inside, one of the reservoirs will server as fuel tank or carrier rocket.Furthermore, I will add a hangar, fuel pipes and more tanks.The launching pad will be illuminated by LEDs.I got many more ideas but need to check what can actually be carried out.The hardware:ASUS MAXIMUS VII FORMULA / ASUS POSEIDON GTX980 / OCZ Vector 180 480GB / Avexir Blitz 1.1 Original, weiße LED / CPU noch offen / WaterCooling: Thermaltake2 x Pacific RL 4201 x Pacific T11 - 22 - 331 x Pacific P1 Pumpe Black1 x Pacific W2 Cpu Kühler15 x Pacific 1/2'' ID x 5/8'' OD Anschlusstülle - Schwarz6 x Pacific G1/4 90° Adapter – Schwarz Sponsoren:Thermaltake Germany / Asus Rog / Mayhems / Avexir / Gosumodz / Modworkx / OCZ The First Pic´s Johnnysype, ThermalMike, Richardsaky and 2 others 5 Quote
EddyKuz Posted June 17, 2015 Author Report Posted June 17, 2015 I had to remove the back panel. The PSU will be placed in the middle to make room for radiators on both sides of the case. Quote
EddyKuz Posted June 17, 2015 Author Report Posted June 17, 2015 Removed and painted the holders for the drive cages. I have also cut out the feed-through openings for the cables on the motherboard tray. At this point, I am not sure yet whether I will actually use the motherboard tray at all. Quote
EddyKuz Posted June 17, 2015 Author Report Posted June 17, 2015 I have cut out the front panel. Can you guess what this will become? ThermalMike and Tte Martin 2 Quote
K4lleDE Posted June 17, 2015 Report Posted June 17, 2015 Hi ! I followed your Worklog on Facebook of course and I like your ideas. I´ll follow your next posts and you worklog! ~K4lleDE EddyKuz 1 Quote
EddyKuz Posted June 17, 2015 Author Report Posted June 17, 2015 Hi ! I followed your Worklog on Facebook of course and I like your ideas. I´ll follow your next posts and you worklog! ~K4lleDE Thanks Quote
EddyKuz Posted June 18, 2015 Author Report Posted June 18, 2015 10 – 9 – 8 ... 3 – 2 – 1 – Zero Ignition ... and Lift-off!!! Tte Martin 1 Quote
Tte Martin Posted June 18, 2015 Report Posted June 18, 2015 This is beautiful, I want to cry. It would be perfect if the carrier rocket was replaced with a reservoir EddyKuz 1 Quote
EddyKuz Posted June 18, 2015 Author Report Posted June 18, 2015 Thread for the side panels in M4 manufactured . Would have liked to have had M3 as it is above , but unfortunately all the points below were riveted . The rivet holes are M4 so I had to turn M4 thread everywhere . Quote
EddyKuz Posted June 19, 2015 Author Report Posted June 19, 2015 Since memories are awake , the last model I have assembled 15 years ago maybe Tte Martin 1 Quote
EddyKuz Posted June 20, 2015 Author Report Posted June 20, 2015 When the spaceshuttle and reservoir/carrier rocket are mounted into the case, it will look something like this. The shuttle will be illuminated with white 3mm LEDs from four sides. Quote
EddyKuz Posted June 21, 2015 Author Report Posted June 21, 2015 I managed to accomplish a few things again. The new front panel is made of 3mm thick plexiglass, the 130mm holes have been cut with a Dremel. The plexiglass was painted with a matt black.The middle plate is a 2mm thick aluminium plate (the reservoir would have been too heavy for plexiglass, it would have bent). With a countersink I cut six holes for the bulkhead coupling. You can find 10 holes on the sides of the plate (take a guess what the straw is for?). The middle has two holes for in- and output of the reservoir. Again, the plate has been painted with a matt black. Quote
EddyKuz Posted June 23, 2015 Author Report Posted June 23, 2015 Marked the holes and drilled them out with a 3mm drill. Then I cut a 4mm thread in every hole. The middle hole has a diameter of 6mm to fit the 5mm LED later. The acrylic block will partly be painted at a later stage. Tte Martin 1 Quote
EddyKuz Posted June 26, 2015 Author Report Posted June 26, 2015 Today is not my day... First, I get the measurements for the side panel wrong by 100mm and then two corners break, one from the front panel on the bottom left and one from the mainboard tray.I still managed to accomplish a few things. The cover for the PSU is done and the holder for the reservoir with Thermaltake logo are finished.This is how the case soon will look like from the outside. Quote
EddyKuz Posted June 27, 2015 Author Report Posted June 27, 2015 The SSD gets a neat little home made out of plexiglass and the top panel got painted around the edge from the inside. Quote
EddyKuz Posted June 29, 2015 Author Report Posted June 29, 2015 Just some additional updates in between. This is what it will look like when the side panel is installed and the fans spin.The PLEXIGLAS is called GS (allround), panel, grey 7C83 GT Quote
EddyKuz Posted July 6, 2015 Author Report Posted July 6, 2015 Heute gibt es ein paar Sponsorenbilder und Danksagungen :Vielen Dank an ‪#‎AsusROG‬ ‪#‎Avexir‬ ‪#‎OCZ‬Das Board ist ein Maximus VII Forumla Z97Der Speicher ist ein Avexir Blitz 4 x 4 GB 1600MhzDie SSD ist eine OCZ Vector 180 mit 480GBVielen Dank auch an Martin Pajenkamp von ‪#‎ThermaltakeGermany‬ der wirklich alles gibt für das Projekt Quote
EddyKuz Posted July 8, 2015 Author Report Posted July 8, 2015 Slowly but surely everything is taking shape! The tubing in the basement is done, radiators, pump and reservoir are connected and the first leak test run was successful.First test for the illumination of the space shuttle with 3mm LEDs in straws Quote
EddyKuz Posted July 11, 2015 Author Report Posted July 11, 2015 This is how the case looks with the finished plexiglass panels The mainboard tray is painted black so that it matches the launching ramp.The illumination for the space shuttle is done too, the 3mm LEDs lighten up the shuttle from black painted straws ThermalMike 1 Quote
EddyKuz Posted July 14, 2015 Author Report Posted July 14, 2015 These are the last photos before it's finished. The final pictures will be released from Gamescom, Cologne. See you there? ThermalMike 1 Quote
EddyKuz Posted July 19, 2015 Author Report Posted July 19, 2015 Cpu cooler Thermaltake Pacific W2 and Avexir Blitz 1.1 red with white LEDs are now installed on the mainboard and the ASUS Poseidon GTX 980 was taken for a test run.System is running, Windows 7 is installed. Now I am just waiting for the remaining cooling parts from Thermaltake and this bad boy can be finished. Tte Martin and ThermalMike 2 Quote
stealth80 Posted July 19, 2015 Report Posted July 19, 2015 Looks great, made me want to tweak my X9 build now ! I really REALLY, like what you did with the motherboard tray and 24/6 pin connectors. Do you have more detail on how you did this, i would really like to do it with mine Quote
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