Hi,

This would be my first time doing a serious mod. Here's the list of everything will be/are included in the mods.

Hardware:
1. i7 930 DO
2. Asus P6X58D-E Motherboard
3. 2 x 2GB Corsair PC1333
4. Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 @ 925/1175
5. HDD, DVD Burner
Some other things I might forget

Cooling:
1. EK Supreme HF Plexi/Nickle
2. Swiftech MCR220
3. HWLabs GTS360
4. EK FC 5850 with backplate
5. EK Multioption Res
6. Pump (undecided/not available yet)
7. Bitspower 1/2" ID Compression fittings (masih berangan)
8. Appropriate tubes
9. 9 x Scythe Gentle Typhoons
10. 3 x Lian Li Fans
11. Some other bling-blings

Case:
1. Lian Li PC-A77
2. Powder coat to perfection

Things to Buy/Do

Teaser Pictar



Test fitting before powder coating


This post has been edited by supernothing: Aug 10 2010, 01:00 AM

Powder coating took around a day to complete. Sent it to a shop just behind my house. Friendly guy, was very informative regarding my skeptics. Of course gave the best price. A reminder for those doing powder coating, MAKE SURE YOU COVER THE THREADED SCREW HOLES. Or else it will be a PITA getting your screws in after powder coating. My first epic failure with this mod was not covering the crew holes

With some effort and ghetto tactics, i did manage to use all required screw holes

Hit a couple of snags with the mobo tray and PSU mounting. Thanks to some ghetto mods, all are easily dealt with

First thing to do after back from powder coat, re-fitting (too damn afraid screw holes have gone useless)



All in and looking good



A little bit from the front



Some detail at the back (dang, should have coated the back panel I/O )



Some small things i get to coat



Overall the i would rate the coat job 8/10. minus 2 points for some parts not fully coated (i can overlook this anyway), and coating is peel-able/scratch-able (quite hard to achieve this but i did peeled/scratched off some area while working on it). 8 points mostly for the PRICE and friendly people working there. Now i'm thinking of doing a service for LYN

This post has been edited by supernothing: Aug 4 2010, 07:55 PM

Update Weekend August 9th 2010

it was a busy weekend, but managed to squeeze in some mod time.

test mount bitspower x station, tried some of those LiLi fans. quiet but not enough ummppphhh!



disaster strikes, epic failure no. 2!

top cover triple rad mount. forgot to secure one side of LiLi's top cover. that's what you get





reapply more masking tape before cutting the top blow hole



definitely a lesson learned, double check everything before taking the plunge. now, damage control.

this: http://www.lian-li.com/v2/en/product/produ...=45&ss_index=74

or custom rad grill to cover up the flaw. taking some time off to kumpul the duit

This post has been edited by supernothing: Aug 10 2010, 01:01 AM

Reserved

reserved

Reserved

just started, so stay tuned..

heheheee, i got 4 GTs with me now. 5 more on the way inside airplane
powder coat is super cheap, but not totally scratch proof. I assure you not more than RM100 without paint stripping

This post has been edited by supernothing: Aug 4 2010, 04:12 PM

salah tulis bro, 'not less' should be 'not more'. apesal aku banyak salah tulis harini.

powder coat haf932 is around rm100, extra charges to me to dismantle your case. if you can pop rivets yourself, cheaper
but i would suggest you go for haf-x, all black interior around RM550++
haf932 - rm430 + powder coat rm100

oh yeah, that's a Lian-Li PC-A77B

This post has been edited by supernothing: Aug 4 2010, 04:11 PM

nope i did not do it myself. but i did all rivets popping myself, LOL. this is done at a coating shop near my house.
i was thinking of buying a tj07 myself, but opted for this one because it's rm300 less and pretty rare to find a build on it.
can send your case to me. max rm100 only

gloss takde arr reben. semi gloss ada tapi tak recommended. they kinda do a lousy job on the semi gloss coat based on the sample i got. flat black (rough surface) on the other hand, mmg cun.

more updates in 2-3 days. now have to go back and design some rad grills (using your 1mm alu) and side panel window

gloss diorang ni buat tak rata. mainly maybe because clientele diorang just org buat pagar rumah je aku tengok. so takde workmanship as good as those car paint shop.

kalau airbrush aku nak gambar awek bogel je, tu yg susah sikit nak buat tu

awek mana mana tak kisah, asalkan awek. kalau aku letak gambar naga ke, tengkorak ke, nak stim mende?

ok, aku tunggu ni. aku pun ada barang nak hantar coat 2nd round

yeah, hdd cage will definitely get coated. only after a week the alu has lost it's shine. gc plate mana boleh coat, gc plate kena polish

biarkan dia, tak jumpa antidote racun lagi tu

haaa, sila pilih..

not much going on, waiting for sleeves to arrive.

cleaning up gpu block



20100813 mount rad HWLabs GTS360 using masking tape



and... introducing... artis tempelan



kualiti gambar yg kurang memuaskan disengajakan. more on artis tempelan later this week

20100814 HDD cage gets powder coat treatment



This post has been edited by supernothing: Aug 14 2010, 06:24 PM

20100816 not much going on. still waiting for my sleeves to arrive

meanwhile, received a big azz box this morning from japan

5 more GTs in the box



Collection kipas



adik belanja

boleh, trade dgn duit RM70 meh

currently very busy taking apart 2 CM Cosmos S. sleeving is in, will post pictars soon

ordered them thru my brother in japan. a little bit cheaper than buying it here. postage free since he had some stuff to ship over back to malaysia

thanks, here's a little update. finally bought me a pump, some compression fittings, and tubes. here's a couple of pictures.





i'd say this project is 70% completed. only thing left is sleeving and side panel window mod. more pictures coming soon

update 20100828

picked up something nice from Germany at the post office today



got the blue sleeve for free. free sample kut



also picked up another artist tempelan, one more Cosmos S almost ready to be delivered



This post has been edited by supernothing: Aug 28 2010, 02:48 PM

hehehehee... macam tak cukup je aku nak guna sorang ni

some update, managed to steal some time to do a few sleeves. LED and front usb ports, done.



usb port je sempat take pictar. LED tak sempat sebab tak sabar nak tgk effect dlm case



with flash



without flash. sorry, sucky quality. malas nak setup

still a lot of stuffs need to be sleeved, and currently looking for 3mm led. almost finish

[WTB] More Time, hehehe...

thanks for the vote tak habis habis sleeving lagi ni