White is the New Black - A HAFX Build UPDATES!

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jjjc_93

Discussion Starter · Apr 9, 2011

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Tearing down a perfectly good case and painting it without prior experience. What could possibly go wrong?

The Plan

The plan with this build is to move away from the conventional and now seemingly boring black case and give birth to a bright white case that can hopefully stand out from the crowd.

The HAFX will be mostly white, however red will be used as a hilight for certain parts as to spice it up. Hopefully it turns out as well as it has in my head.

Contents
1. Before shots of the case and current system specs.
2. Stripping and dismantling the HAF X case.
3. Prepping case for paint and painting progress.
4. Finished shots of painted case.
5. Re-assembled Case.
6. PSU Sleeving
7. Begin installation of components and water loop
8. Advanced cable management
9. Custom full acrylic side panel
10. Completed setup.

The contents are subject to plenty of order changes, but that's the planned order - for now anyway

Let's get into it:

Current Case and System
System Specs:

Intel Core i7 2600k
Gigabyte P67A-UD4-B3
Gigabyte HD6950 1GB
2x WD 500GB 7200rpm Raid0
2x2GB Gskill Ripjaws 2000mhz 9-10-9-27
Corsair TX650
Auzentech X-Raider 7.1 Sound Card

Here's the system currently sitting on my incredibly messy desk.

Cooling - XSPC RX360 Rasa Kit:

RX360 Radiator
X2O 750 12V Pump/Reservoir
Rasa CPU Block
Red Tubing
Black (painted white) compression fittings

Here's a pic of the water setup, missing the tubing and compressions due to their non-arrival yesterday afternoon.

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jjjc_93

Discussion Starter · #2 · Apr 9, 2011

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The Work Area and Current Progress

Just starting to strip the case now, rivets need to be drilled off and then it's onto sanding and priming. Should be ready for paint tonight or early tomorrow.

Yeah, it's a pretty messy backyard thanks to our dog who likes to grab everything and throw it everywhere but I can work with it. There's also plenty of lighting available so I'll be able to work late into the night.

That's it for now, I'm now off to de-rivet and completely tear down the case now. I'll be back with more pics once that is completed.

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DestinyPlan

· #3 · Apr 9, 2011

Subbed, I'm imagining some real sexy stuff

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Markeh

· #4 · Apr 9, 2011

Will sub in a minute, nice build.

Make sure the dog doesn't grab case parts

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FEAR.

· #5 · Apr 9, 2011

Sub'd, Lets see how this turns out.

Are you still doing the window mod?

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jjjc_93

Discussion Starter · #6 · Apr 9, 2011

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Originally Posted by DestinyPlan;13058947
Subbed, I'm imagining some real sexy stuff

As am I, not sure it has anything to do with my build though

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Originally Posted by Markeh;13058970
Will sub in a minute, nice build.

Make sure the dog doesn't grab case parts

Haha yeah, I think or atleast hope that the bench is too high for her to jump up on.
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Originally Posted by FEAR.;13058973
Sub'd, Lets see how this turns out.

Are you still doing the window mod?

Yep - will pretty much be plagerising that part of your mod and applying to my own

Loved the look of a full acrylic window and will definitely make it a part of my build.

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SadSoul

· #7 · Apr 9, 2011

U mad

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gaming96

· #8 · Apr 9, 2011

Subbed

cant wait !
Im getting the Exact same case
HAf X FTW!!!

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kcuestag

· #9 · Apr 9, 2011

Looking pretty good, subbed

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SadSoul

· #10 · Apr 9, 2011

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Originally Posted by gaming96;13059034
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cant wait !
Im getting the Exact same case
HAf X FTW!!!

More like HafX FTB (For the Blind)

jjjc_93

Discussion Starter · #11 · Apr 9, 2011

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About time for a little update I think

The sun may go down, but with one of these little beauty's there will always be enough light to go on.

Got the case all dismantled - only took about 20 minutes to get all the rivets out and that was with the annoying task of getting the rivet heads off of the drill bit

Dismantled Case:

Motherboard tray given a light sand to give the prime something to stick to. I could have taken all the paint off, but I would have been there for weeks.

And given a coat of prime, the flash does make the coat look more uneven than it actually is so I'm not worried. I'll definitely be taking more time with the actual painting coats, but for prime I think it's even enough.

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Gawdz

· #12 · Apr 9, 2011

Looks insane man, i have always wanted a HAF X

robbo2

· #13 · Apr 9, 2011

Subbed. Looking foreword to this

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dmanstasiu

· #14 · Apr 9, 2011

Subbed, good luck with your indoor painting =)

jjjc_93

Discussion Starter · #15 · Apr 10, 2011

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Looks insane man, i have always wanted a HAF X

Yeah, they're nice cases if you like the 'space age' look they employ.

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Subbed. Looking foreword to this

Cool, thanks for checking in.

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Subbed, good luck with your indoor painting =)

I'm not painting indoors?

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jjjc_93

Discussion Starter · #16 · Apr 10, 2011

Been 11 hours since the last update, but a mans gotta sleep. Here's a little pic to keep things ticking over.

Unfortuanetly the sun is sitting right behind the tray in the pic so it doesn't look as good as it should, still a couple of light coats off being finished I think, but it's coming up fairly even which is nice.

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jackeyjoe

· #17 · Apr 10, 2011

Nice bike in your second post, yours by any chance? I like the colour of the paint too, looks very cool and I think it'll turn out exactly how you want it

brb, off to order the rest of the sleeving, a waterblock and get some good double sided tape so I can finish my mod.

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jjjc_93

Discussion Starter · #18 · Apr 10, 2011

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Originally Posted by jackeyjoe;13067809
Nice bike in your second post, yours by any chance? I like the colour of the paint too, looks very cool and I think it'll turn out exactly how you want it

brb, off to order the rest of the sleeving, a waterblock and get some good double sided tape so I can finish my mod.

Nah mate, not my bike. It's my step brother's bike which is kept here despite him no longer living here. He's supposedly sold it to a friend who doesn't wan to pick it up

Oh nice, that's what I still need to order - sleeving. Not going to be cheap or alot of fun, but totally worth it.

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Build It Fast

· #19 · Apr 10, 2011

Always seemed to find white as really ugly for cases, however I think if executed well I think it could be beautifull. It think my problem is all the white platic cases I saw as a kid.

Rick Arter

· #20 · Apr 10, 2011

Glad to see something other then plain black interior cant wait to see more.

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