blueonblack
03-07-2016, 06:22 PM
This is the evolution of my previous project, Black Cherry. If you read that worklog you know that I made the mistake of building it all atop the PSU without any consideration for access or ease of replacement, and the PSU died a silent death sometime during construction.
After I tore its guts out to get to the faulty PSU I was so disgusted that what I had done went on a shelf for a few months.
I've decided to do it again, this time more thoroughly, and changed its name to Magnum Opus, kind of a challenge to myself, as this will be my last PC mod.
While I'm not keeping a proper worklog I'll share some in-progress pics along the way.
Phase 1 is the motherboard. I'm using the Sabertooth Z97 Mark 1 for this piece, and since it will be completely exposed by design I had to dress it up a little.
http://i.imgur.com/klqnlFx.jpg
After removing the armor, I painted it with Wicked Colors Jet Black airbrush paint, then masked off most of the motherboard and painted a few key areas the same and finished up the paint with the mounting bracket, studs and thumb nuts for the EK Supremacy MX block.
The top of the I/O area, the custom top for the water block, and the nameplate are all made from polished .025 copper sheet.
Only one more thing to do here and Phase 1 is complete. I've got something special in mind for those slot covers. :)
After I tore its guts out to get to the faulty PSU I was so disgusted that what I had done went on a shelf for a few months.
I've decided to do it again, this time more thoroughly, and changed its name to Magnum Opus, kind of a challenge to myself, as this will be my last PC mod.
While I'm not keeping a proper worklog I'll share some in-progress pics along the way.
Phase 1 is the motherboard. I'm using the Sabertooth Z97 Mark 1 for this piece, and since it will be completely exposed by design I had to dress it up a little.
http://i.imgur.com/klqnlFx.jpg
After removing the armor, I painted it with Wicked Colors Jet Black airbrush paint, then masked off most of the motherboard and painted a few key areas the same and finished up the paint with the mounting bracket, studs and thumb nuts for the EK Supremacy MX block.
The top of the I/O area, the custom top for the water block, and the nameplate are all made from polished .025 copper sheet.
Only one more thing to do here and Phase 1 is complete. I've got something special in mind for those slot covers. :)