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7/1/10 at 4:01am

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Yet more things I've bought:

got the Hard/Optical Drive Holder back together with some nice black rivets:

Then used this monstrosity of an 'engraver' from school:

to make the side windows:

which fit perfectly:

I designed them to fit in the chassis, and not intefere witht he case's locking mechanism. it turned out well.

Then I popped out the Araldite...

And glued the speakers to the main cover:

Edited by Chewman - 7/1/10 at 8:50am

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
i7 860	DFI MI-P55-T36 (m-ITX)	XFX HD5770 1GB GDDR5	4GB Adata XPG 2000X (2x2GB 1600Mhz DDR3)
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Monitor	Keyboard
150GB Western Digital Velociraptor	Silverstone SOD01 Slot Loading	Internal 7" LCD Screen	Logitech Illuminated
Power	Case	Mouse
300W Silverstone SFX	Modded Silverstone SG06	Logitech MX1100
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Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Monitor	Keyboard
150GB Western Digital Velociraptor	Silverstone SOD01 Slot Loading	Internal 7" LCD Screen	Logitech Illuminated
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300W Silverstone SFX	Modded Silverstone SG06	Logitech MX1100
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7/1/10 at 4:05am

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take 1 SFX PSU and 2 Strips of Vinyl Sticker:

Apply.

So then I decided that these were much too long for an ITX build:

So I made them into these:

which freed up a lot of space in the already cramped case:

After all that (believe me it was a long day) I got around to cutting the perspex for the top window:

It is shaped like this so that it locks into place.

and when the cover is on:

Edited by Chewman - 7/1/10 at 8:44am

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
i7 860	DFI MI-P55-T36 (m-ITX)	XFX HD5770 1GB GDDR5	4GB Adata XPG 2000X (2x2GB 1600Mhz DDR3)
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Monitor	Keyboard
150GB Western Digital Velociraptor	Silverstone SOD01 Slot Loading	Internal 7" LCD Screen	Logitech Illuminated
Power	Case	Mouse
300W Silverstone SFX	Modded Silverstone SG06	Logitech MX1100
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Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Monitor	Keyboard
150GB Western Digital Velociraptor	Silverstone SOD01 Slot Loading	Internal 7" LCD Screen	Logitech Illuminated
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300W Silverstone SFX	Modded Silverstone SG06	Logitech MX1100
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7/1/10 at 4:17am

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LOOTTTSS of work ddone today.

First, I took one dirty XFX 5770 (i peeled the stickers off)

Removed the shroud and the Fan, and Cleaned it all up:

and Masked off everything I didn't want coloured:

Got some trusty Penetrol and painted on a thin layer to help the paint stick.

Then I went and got the Front Bezel back from the anodizers. It looked amazing, if i do say so myself.

and with the help of some Vinyl and my school's cutter, I got this:

Then It was down to fitting all the cables into the small ITX box. I needed power cables for both the fan controller and the Cold Cathode driver unit. On top of that, I had the Power/SATA cable for the optical drie and also all the cables for the front I/O panel:

Did the front I/O panel first, connecting the power light to the on switch, and putting all the required cables throught he one SATA cable sleeving to tidy it all up.

Then I did the power Cables for the Fan Controller and Cathode Driver. I also made a switch for the Cathode Power.

After it was all done, it looked much cleaner:

Got out my motherboard (Which is a new one, The other one I am still waiting on RMA [Aussies - I will sell the mobo when I get it back]) and a few Enzotech heatsinks. Attached them to the MOSFETs to help the motherboard out with the heat issues.

And Did a quick install - without the GPU or Hard Drive.

Edited by Chewman - 7/1/10 at 8:36am

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
i7 860	DFI MI-P55-T36 (m-ITX)	XFX HD5770 1GB GDDR5	4GB Adata XPG 2000X (2x2GB 1600Mhz DDR3)
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Monitor	Keyboard
150GB Western Digital Velociraptor	Silverstone SOD01 Slot Loading	Internal 7" LCD Screen	Logitech Illuminated
Power	Case	Mouse
300W Silverstone SFX	Modded Silverstone SG06	Logitech MX1100
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i7 860	DFI MI-P55-T36 (m-ITX)	XFX HD5770 1GB GDDR5	4GB Adata XPG 2000X (2x2GB 1600Mhz DDR3)
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Monitor	Keyboard
150GB Western Digital Velociraptor	Silverstone SOD01 Slot Loading	Internal 7" LCD Screen	Logitech Illuminated
Power	Case	Mouse
300W Silverstone SFX	Modded Silverstone SG06	Logitech MX1100
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7/1/10 at 4:27am

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Ok so First thing i had to do was figure out how to connect the speakers to the rest of the case. I ended up using a small 4-pin connector:

And the Connector to the USB sound card:

After That, I made an LED Strip from 8 LEDs, running on 12V through a normal Fan connector. This Allowed me to Dim the LEDs stright from the Fan controller.

After that, I got to work on putting ahole in the side window for the Fan.

It worked well, and the outcome was satisfactory, although the hole was bigger than I would have liked.

Then while contersinking the mounting holes for the side window, i managed to snap a sizable chunk off:

Then I created a small Acrylic holding plate for the LED strip:

and the placement of the LED strip:

and assembled, again:

Edited by Chewman - 7/1/10 at 8:34am

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
i7 860	DFI MI-P55-T36 (m-ITX)	XFX HD5770 1GB GDDR5	4GB Adata XPG 2000X (2x2GB 1600Mhz DDR3)
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Monitor	Keyboard
150GB Western Digital Velociraptor	Silverstone SOD01 Slot Loading	Internal 7" LCD Screen	Logitech Illuminated
Power	Case	Mouse
300W Silverstone SFX	Modded Silverstone SG06	Logitech MX1100
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Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Monitor	Keyboard
150GB Western Digital Velociraptor	Silverstone SOD01 Slot Loading	Internal 7" LCD Screen	Logitech Illuminated
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300W Silverstone SFX	Modded Silverstone SG06	Logitech MX1100
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7/1/10 at 4:28am

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Finally, the paint on the GPU dried up (enough) for me to map out where to put the vent on the left side.
In the end, it came out perfectly; moreso than the 80mm vent on the other side.

And some bonuses (and with the cathode on)

I also pu the finishing touches on; the Vinyl stripes on the side, for example.
then assembled everything and set it up

unfortunately, i was in a bit of a rush :/ so I have no pictures of this process.
Edited by Chewman - 7/1/10 at 5:13am

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
i7 860	DFI MI-P55-T36 (m-ITX)	XFX HD5770 1GB GDDR5	4GB Adata XPG 2000X (2x2GB 1600Mhz DDR3)
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Monitor	Keyboard
150GB Western Digital Velociraptor	Silverstone SOD01 Slot Loading	Internal 7" LCD Screen	Logitech Illuminated
Power	Case	Mouse
300W Silverstone SFX	Modded Silverstone SG06	Logitech MX1100
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i7 860	DFI MI-P55-T36 (m-ITX)	XFX HD5770 1GB GDDR5	4GB Adata XPG 2000X (2x2GB 1600Mhz DDR3)
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Monitor	Keyboard
150GB Western Digital Velociraptor	Silverstone SOD01 Slot Loading	Internal 7" LCD Screen	Logitech Illuminated
Power	Case	Mouse
300W Silverstone SFX	Modded Silverstone SG06	Logitech MX1100
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7/1/10 at 4:28am

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Happy to say I'm done.
The last few days have been a bit of a Rush, and I must say If i were to do it again; I'd manage my time better

I apologise in advance for the (imo) not-so-good pictures.
Nobody would lend me their DSLR for the day, and I didn't have the time to go to a better photo location.

So without Further ado, I bring to you

...

Project Âµ.R.G.E:

Thanks for looking
Edited by Chewman - 7/1/10 at 6:38am

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
i7 860	DFI MI-P55-T36 (m-ITX)	XFX HD5770 1GB GDDR5	4GB Adata XPG 2000X (2x2GB 1600Mhz DDR3)
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Monitor	Keyboard
150GB Western Digital Velociraptor	Silverstone SOD01 Slot Loading	Internal 7" LCD Screen	Logitech Illuminated
Power	Case	Mouse
300W Silverstone SFX	Modded Silverstone SG06	Logitech MX1100
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Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Monitor	Keyboard
150GB Western Digital Velociraptor	Silverstone SOD01 Slot Loading	Internal 7" LCD Screen	Logitech Illuminated
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300W Silverstone SFX	Modded Silverstone SG06	Logitech MX1100
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7/1/10 at 5:38am

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ok so a little comparison:

Start:

Design:

End:

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
i7 860	DFI MI-P55-T36 (m-ITX)	XFX HD5770 1GB GDDR5	4GB Adata XPG 2000X (2x2GB 1600Mhz DDR3)
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Monitor	Keyboard
150GB Western Digital Velociraptor	Silverstone SOD01 Slot Loading	Internal 7" LCD Screen	Logitech Illuminated
Power	Case	Mouse
300W Silverstone SFX	Modded Silverstone SG06	Logitech MX1100
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Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Monitor	Keyboard
150GB Western Digital Velociraptor	Silverstone SOD01 Slot Loading	Internal 7" LCD Screen	Logitech Illuminated
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300W Silverstone SFX	Modded Silverstone SG06	Logitech MX1100
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7/1/10 at 8:50pm

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Hey! real quick update, wanted to fix up some small things.

got the cathode glued in...

This made a perfect locking position for the Side window.

Also got out the black contact paper and covered that small PCB you can see with the flash on, in the side vent.

and also covered the fan controller (green PCB = yuck!)

done again

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
i7 860	DFI MI-P55-T36 (m-ITX)	XFX HD5770 1GB GDDR5	4GB Adata XPG 2000X (2x2GB 1600Mhz DDR3)
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Monitor	Keyboard
150GB Western Digital Velociraptor	Silverstone SOD01 Slot Loading	Internal 7" LCD Screen	Logitech Illuminated
Power	Case	Mouse
300W Silverstone SFX	Modded Silverstone SG06	Logitech MX1100
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i7 860	DFI MI-P55-T36 (m-ITX)	XFX HD5770 1GB GDDR5	4GB Adata XPG 2000X (2x2GB 1600Mhz DDR3)
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Monitor	Keyboard
150GB Western Digital Velociraptor	Silverstone SOD01 Slot Loading	Internal 7" LCD Screen	Logitech Illuminated
Power	Case	Mouse
300W Silverstone SFX	Modded Silverstone SG06	Logitech MX1100
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7/4/10 at 8:33pm

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Kudos Chewman, A luscious mod of my favorite sized case, SFF and Silverstone is as solid as a case as they get, a great base to part from. Really left me drooling with the integrated 7" screen, something for me to try myself for sure, hehe!

Another modding prodigy like Oliver92? This is one of the best first-time full blown mods I've seen which means that we have to keep an eye out for your next creation-most assuredly something smashing!

Cheers and Saludos

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2 x WD SataII 500gb	LG DVD	Win7 Ult. x64	Dual 17" Acer/Lg
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7/4/10 at 9:33pm

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looks amazing! can't believe all the stuff you got in there!

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Core i7 2600K @ 4.7	Asus Gene-Z Gen3	EVGA GTX680 @ 1240/3500	16gb G.Skill Trident X @ 2133 9-11-9-28
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Cooling	OS
Samsung 128gb 830 - WD Velociraptor 300gb	2x Samsung 1tb F3 - 2x Samsung 2tb F4	Corsair H80	Win7 x64
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Samsung 128gb 830 - WD Velociraptor 300gb	2x Samsung 1tb F3 - 2x Samsung 2tb F4	Corsair H80	Win7 x64
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