Mass Effect 3 - NZXT Switch 810 Build

First off i would like to thank my Sponsors for there help on making this build possible:

The Theme of this Build will be based on the Mass Effect 3 PC Game:

First off i would like to thank my Sponsors for there help on making this build possible:

http://www.nzxt.com/new/

http://www.ekwaterblocks.com/shop/

http://www.mnpctech.com/casemodstore.html

http://www.mayhems.co.uk/shop/en/

http://www.primochill.com/

An here's the NZXT Switch 810 that looks very promising for water coolers and air coolers alike.I think we will be hearing allot about this case in the days to come!

And here's the actual Victim of this Project! Thank you NZXT.

And me and my little helper (My son) get to work right away to see what we have to work with.Within an hour this is how the case sat.

Also while we are waiting on Parts me and my son got some gifts from Bill Owen and the guys at Mnpctech.com and as you can see my son wears it proudly! Me and my son both watch all Bill and the crew at Mnpctech's videos and he knows exactly who Bill is.The also sent some safety glasses which i needed and some other helpful Modding supply's for the project.Which we highly appreciated. Thanks Mnpctech.com .

Here is what we have so far for the Project:

2 Powercolor (reference 6970's)

2 EK Nickel 6970 Water blocks and 2 black Ram Plates:

1 EK FC Dual Parallel 3 slot Bridge & 2 EK 6970 Links

1 EK Nickel HF CPU Block 1155 Socket: (Fittings in Photo being replaced by EK ones)

Might be a bit for more updates. Waiting on important parts.But once they get here many updates will come all at once so wish me luck and stay tuned :)

MybadOmen

Just another small update but Big Thanks to NZXT for the New Sentry Mix Fan controller.The controller is a beast and going to work perfect in this build. It also lights up your choice of 5 Colors White,Orange,Red,Green or Blue. The NZXT Sentry Mix also has 50 watts per channel x 6 channels.Now that's a massive amount of fans :)

Here it is in all its Glory and so far i Love it !

Thank you NZXT the Sentry Mix will go nicely in this new build.

Also very powerful Fan controller with many channels and a sleek look and multiple colored LED's . I highly recommend it !

More Updates soon EK package should be here soon.

"Update"
Started working on the new Back Plate that needed to be stronger and may be needed to lower the Motherboard.And will give a much cleaner look when the build is finished.

First of a shot of my sad little shop.Lol that's why i use my kitchen to Mod most of the time unless i am welding or painting or something of that nature.

And here is the new Motherboard tray or back plate or whatever you like to call it in the works.

"UPDATE"

Very important parts arrived today so i can finally get moving on this build now.The deadline is end of May but that's not really much time seeing i have to fabricate allot inside the case to make things fit. Even including Lowering the Motherboard.

As you all know EKWB is a big sponsor in this build and has really liked the work i done in the past.So they sent me a Huge package today and also some little Goodies like Full sleeve shirt some really nice EK badges and a cool EK cup holder.

But besides that lets get down to Business and show you what they sent for the build.Like i said before this will have a very big dual loop system setup sorta like Venom with the dual Res setup.But also a dual Loop on top of that.

Thank you So Much EK for believing in me and your Support during this whole Build.I love EK parts used them in many of my builds and would highly recommend them to anyone.

http://www.ekwaterblocks.com/


Here are the EK parts that will be in the build so far.and as you can see there is going to be allot of Fabricating to get it all in there.

Will show the boxes opened as i am building.

Again Thank you EK. They even shipped these parts from another Country.So tell me that's not a great company.

More updates soon. Keep watching it should get really good.

MybadOmen

"UPDATE"

Ok got allot of stuff done but basically just for measurement purposes so everything will still be coming back apart many times.


First thing was to tap all the holes in the Radiators which are the EK XTC 420 & EK XTC 280. They are very nice Rads and i like to thank EK for Sponsoring them.

My son helping me Mod of course.He is blowing the shavings away with an air gun while i am tapping the holes.

Ok now i started moving on getting the rear plate ready for mounting the motherboard. Basically i lined up the motherboard where it needed to go,Used my drill press and drilled the new wholes and then tapped them.I then added the standoffs for the motherboard and had to grind down the threads that stuck through the rear of the plat to get a flush mount.Still tons to do to this plate so i will be taking the build apart many times before the rear Plate is permanently mounted.

Now just drilling all the holes that will be for the motherboard standoffs.

Great little 5 speed belt driven drill press i got on sale for $59.99 at Harbor Freight . I jumped on the deal really fast, It was one of those 1 day sales for inside track members only. I also am making it into a little basic milling machine.

Next i Tapped all the holes i just drilled out with the drill press to the same thread as the motherboard standoffs.

Now just making sure everything lines up the way it supposed to and again my little helper Owen is there doing his best.This is a critical part ,you cant just mount the motherboard back plate until you have the GPU's in place or you will end up breaking your video cards if the rear plate isn't aligned perfect.Will be getting a better camera when i start getting to the more important updates because the one i have now is terrible as you can see.Also the CPU block and fittings in the pictures will not be being used.

Another UPDATE in about a 1/2 Hour or so.

Hope you are enjoying it so far.

"UPDATE"

GPU Time:


2 Powercolor Reference HD6970's with 2 EK-FC6970 Acetal + EN (Nickel) Full cover GPU block's & 2 EK-FC6970 Backplate's - Black

Now i am adding the 2 EK-FC R48X0/58X0 Links to the Water blocks :

Next i will be adding the EK-FC Bridge DUAL Parallel 3-Slot Bridge to the 6970's.And the Crossfire Bridge i am working on.Fittings are just there for show.Not sure what angles i will be using yet till i get it more together.There will be Lots of changes once i get the fabrication out of the way and get to actually working on the Theme.

Now for actually making sure they fit into the motherboard and case nice and smooth.

Just making sure i can get the XTC 420 in now with Push/Pull setup Bottom rad is just sitting there not sure where i am putting it yet.Also i am going to try and change these shots tomorrow if its nice out with better lighting.Anyway you can get the idea of how it is coming together you just cant see how colorful and shiny it is yet. I will fix that soon don't worry.

Ok that's it for today really sorry about the crappy camera. But this is just all design stuff and fabricating anyway.Nothing really pretty to look at yet :)

Almost forgot. Those Fans are not the fans that will be in this build either. Just there for Measurements .

Stay Tuned Tons more to come and its going to get Allot better!

MybadOmen

Wow great start!

"UPDATE" and as Promised i have some better looking pictures so you can actually see the colors.I think its the energy saver bulbs in my house that mess with my camera.



Quick install of the new CPU block which is an EK Nickel HF Supreme that i bought used but in perfect condition from a friend. (These couple Pictures aren't great but most of the rest are)

And the Thermal Paste. I will be using MX4 in this build:

Ok now finally some better looking Pictures:

Ok everything looking good? Oh well time to tear it apart again :) Allot of work on this darn back plate.But it is very important at the end of the build.

Never work with Metal without wearing safety glasses. I have spent a few times in the past having metal dug out of my eye at the hospital from being to lazy to put them on.

A set Like these that were a gift from Bill Owen and Mnpctech.com are incredible.

You can get your own pair here and they are very inexpensive for high quality safety glasses: http://www.mnpctech.com/Safetyglasses.html

Ok Back to Work now that we talked about safety.That if you watch i never practice what i preach half the time :)

Removed everything all over again after marking out where i want to run my wires.I also made the rear plate so it was removable for now by tapping all the mounting wholes and screwing it on.In the end it will most likely be riveted but for now the tray will have to come out many more times so its screwed on.

Lots of Dremeling Filing and Sand and still lots to go. Also allot of work had to be dont to the old motherboard tray also to pull this off.

Bunch more Filing and Sanding to go and then i believe i will be using a U channel Molding around the edges but not totally sure yet because i want the final look very clean.We will see how it fits soon.

Also more great news the Louvers i designed for the top are done being Laser Cut and are being shipped to me now thbaks to my Sponsor Primochill/Tyler Industries for supplying the materials and also doing any Laser cutting i need done. I still need to work on a hinge system for it, or i may just have them permanently Open. Thats another thing that i haven't decided on yet.I had them cut it bigger then what i needed si i can cut it to size when i have it here to what looks best.The Louvers are the correct size that i needed.

Here is the design which is very basic but should look really good on this build.

My drawing done with Google Sketchup and then paint.

Then the Proper way its done when Tyler Industries redid it for me.To show me the Correct way.Really cool guys at Primochill/Tyler Industries not only do they sponsor me but the guys are great there and have helped me in so many ways.

Again Thanks to Mnpctech.com and Primochill for your help with this build and all the other great things you have done for me.Including advice ,Swag Etc.

More Updates soon. I have to stay steady on this thing if i plan on meeting the deadline of end of May.

Keep Watching the cool stuff will come soon enough .

This is off topic but can you believe my wife tolerates me? This is the kitchen. Lol and i have projects going on in almost every room in my house. She knows i love it and its who i am.If i Wasn't doing some kid of project i would probably go crazy.Modding is my big thing but i also do a million other things with electronics or just do crazy experiments that i get in my head.

Anyway off topic but thought you guys would like to see.I don't have no big fancy shop or incredible equipment.I am just an average person in my house screwing around with stuff that makes me happy.

Question is what would your wife do if she walked in and her kitchen looked like this?

Usually i have the stove and washing machine covered in parts also :)

But when i am done i do clean it but it's like that allot lately Plus i work on customers PC's in the Living room. Not a business just little jobs here and there.

Sorry for going off topic but had a long day and going to bad so i thought i would leave today off with a bit of Humor.

Take Care MybadOmen . More Updates shortly.

Special Thanks goes out to Pete from "Modern Heat" a local metal fabricating company, for donating all the metal's i need for the project and plenty of extra

I went down to purchase some metal and we ended up talking about what i am doing with the metal and he was excited about the PC's us Modders build and thought it was a great thing we all do.

So he ended up giving me at no cost:

A few different Gauges of Sheet metal

A really nice sheet of thin Aluminum that will be great for modding.

A nice chunk if 1/2" thick Aluminum Stock that i have plans for that you will see later in the build.

Also a Nice size sheet of real metal Mesh with roughly 1/8" holes.

This Metal would have cost me a fortune and now i have enough for many projects so Huge thanks goes out to Pete and the rest of the Guys at Modern Heat in my home town of Gloucester,Mass.

Modern heat has nothing to do with Heating it was the name from years ago.It is now a Metal Fabricating Company.

Here is some of what he gave me today and i have some more already in my shed:

Believe it or not it is extremely hard to get metal in my area because there are tons of metal scrappers in my area.And Home Depot Etc never has any real metals.Just little stuff that they want a fortune for.

Take Care More updates shortly.Hopefully Today!

Update !

This i think you guys will like.This is an old piece of metal that most people would just walk over or throw in the trash.But to me its a beautiful thing and i will show you why.


Here is that beautiful piece of Metal i was talking about!

I looked everywhere for a nice looking holder to hold 2 10 inch EK-Multioption X2 Advanced reservoirs one in front of the other.All i could find was side by side mount and none that really looked all that great in my opinion so it was off to my buddies house to play with the Bridgeport and made my own. This isn't completely polished yet or finished ,and i wont do that till i am closer to the end of the build so i don't scratch it up after spending hours wet sanding and buffing it. It looks really good just as it is now i did a little sanding and could be used just as it is but i want it to match the Nickel in the rest of the Build.

Hope you enjoy it this just shows what you can do with an old piece of scrap metal.

More updates soon believe me i have had this build together and apart a ton of times so far but not posting allot of it because its just measuring and decision making.

Keep Watching More Updates Very Soon!

"UPDATE"

Really had trouble posting this update do to confusing people or people getting the wrong idea. Please use the only as a Reference shot only.I am only showing the reservoir mounting and pump mounting in this picture.Everything is just sitting in place.The 5.25 bays are going to be totally reworked still. The reservoirs are just stiffing there with a Bungie holding them balanced for measurements.The inside of the Case will be painted and don't to match the final theme and tons tons more.Also i had to remove the Fans for this shot do to NDA i am under on them and please don't ask anything about them because i cannot answer.

I am just posting this to let you guys see this build goes together and apart roughly every day to do more work to the case and is far far from completed. Hope you enjoy the pictures.And take them for what they are Just a Reference point of the build:

Once i receive the PSU for the build it will start really coming together.Allot of measurements are needed from the PSU and whats being done to it before i go can really get moving on the project.

Here the Reference only Shots are: (So you guys can see Progress has been being Made:

And in case you missed it before .The home made Reservoir brackets . Also not complete, might do a design patter on them and still need to polish them to match the Nickel.

Before:

After:

Also the 2 EK-DCP 4.0 (12V DC Pump's) which are 800L / hour are mounted in this cage hard lined right to the Reservoirs. But like i said still tons of work to do with the Cages,They will look nothing like they do now and will have great airflow through them also when finished.

As usual i forgot to take a Photo after i cut it and Put the pumps in but i will edit this post when i have them back out again soon or will add it to a new update since so much is going to be done to the 5.25 trays anyway.But i did mark out where i cut it so far to fit the 2 pumps.

And also i would like to Thank EK for Sponsoring the Pumps,Brackets and basically both the dual loop setups for this build.Along with some swag also like cup holder full sleeve shirt and some other great stuff. Great company and they also have allot into this build.

Here are a Link to the Pumps and the brackets Plus the Specs of the Pumps:Also a shot of me Proudly Sporting the shirt they gave me. Even though i am way overtired in the picture and look like hell.I will post it.

2 EK-DCP 4.0 (12V DC Pump's)

Model: EK-DCP 4.0
Rated voltage: DC12V +/-10%
Starting voltage: DC 8V above
Power Consumption: 18W +/-10%
Load current: 1.8A +/-10%
Q-max: 800 L/hr +/-10%
H-max.: 4m +/-10%
Size: 75 x 54 x 66mm
Life Expectancy: 50000/hrs at 25°
Noise: 24.5 dB
Weight: 670g

Enclosed:
1 × EK-DCP Pump
1 x Anti-vibration Pad
1 x 3pin to 4pin Cord
2x Brackets

Link to them here: http://www.ekwaterblocks.com/shop/pu...v-dc-pump.html

And me looking horrible. but still Sporting there Shirt to show my appreciation towards them.I wear all my Sponsors Shirts and you will most likely see all of them by the end of the build,Actually i think this is the first Photo of me without a Respirator on or hiding myself :

Lol sorry i look so Terrible. but oh well i shared it with you guys anyway:


And of Course more "UPDATE's" very Soon!

UPDATE!

Ok, I have been holding off on this update for a while now because this Company and the owner does so much for me. The sponsorship i have with them is a bit different then a regular sponsorship. I actually belong to a team of a few Modder's that they sponsor.I also got on their team i guess you would say before this build came about.

I cant even begin to explain what they have done for me and mainly the owner himself between moral support help with projects and basically any help i need .Not to mention support when my father in law passed away last week.All i can say is one hell of a company and one hell of a guy personally.


Ok to start with,They sponsored me a bunch of tubing for for my current builds and any other builds just to make sure i have different colors i may need.So this is what they sent and i Thank them for having me on their team and just for everything.


Here are some of the things they Helped me with:

Help with Covering the Sponsored Thread Fee's

Tubing

Also they helped me make this which is my new update


I sent them this which was the only way i knew how to draw something up:

[B ]And as you can see he taught me the correct way to draw it up:[/B]

Also they Supplied the Materials which is a Black Acrylic that matches the case perfect. And did the Laser Cutting for me.I had them do it to a shape bigger then i needed so i could actually finish making it from my house but having them Laser cut the Louvers makes it so much smoother and even then i could ever do by hand, since they all have to be the same size exact to fit together. Not sure yet if i am just going to have them stay open or actually get into making them open in close right now since there is so much to do still.

Here is what the Louvers sorta Look Like. This is in very Raw state and i need to make the hinges and cut it to fit.Right now i just have some fittings holding them up a little so you can get the idea.I love how it came out and was exactly the look i was going for.

Hope you guys Like it, because i really do.

Keep in mind this is just sitting there on compression fittings and not Lined up or cut at all . Also it has a protective blue layer over it.I really think this is going to help make this build look incredible.


Take care Guys and Thanks for watching

MybadOmen

And More Updates Shortly!

Just wanted to show you guys what i picked up today. I have been dying to get one of these and i have always used the Generic ones until now!

This DREMEL absolutely takes the cake for Modding and i am so excited to own one. Just to be clear i am not Sponsored by Dremel and got this on my own! But i still love showing off anything that is great from any company that i love and this is one of them.

The DREMEL 3000 Insane Modding tool. As well as there other Accessories and tools which i plan on slowly getting attachments for mine!

And here is the Tool i went with which is probably the most used tool in Modding Custom PC's or anything for that matter.

The DREMEL 3000

And a small Unboxing

Some bits and wheels come with it :

Also Grabbed an Attachment book so i can get some new attachments soon:

Absolutely Amazing tool the DREMEL 3000 is and i cant wait to get chopping away with it.I have used the same one many times but just never had my own.So as you can imagine i am excited beyond belief!

I cant even express how Highly i recommend a DREMEL 3000 to anyone Modding PC's or anything like what we do.Or you can do what i have been doing and thats buying cheap ones and replacing them after every build! Those days are finally over .WOOT!


For more info on DREMEL see their website here : http://www.dremel.com/en-us/Pages/default.aspx


Figured i would show this since you guys are waiting to see more Updates and this gives you something to look at till then.

Now off the Start chopping Stuff up :) [/B]

More Updates Shortly !

UPDATE !

Ok as you may know from earlier posts and Updates i ordered the EK XTC 420 AND 280 Radiators knowing they don't fit in the Switch 810. But thats the way i wanted it.The Radiators are incredible and no matter what was needed they were going in. So this Update shows how i got the top EK XTC 420 up top.

Once again thank you EKWB for your support and Sponsorship.


Ok lets get started !


Here is the Radiator and Fan Setup for Loop 1. As you can see its enormous and it will be inside the Case.On top of that the EK XTC 420 doesn't match the hole patterns on the NZXT Switch 810. So as you can imagine there was allot of work to do here and did it all with my tools at home which made it allot bigger of a job.


The EK XTC 420 & x6 NZXT FZ 140mm Airflow Fans in Push/Pull Configuration :

Now i start making a new plate to hold all the weight and with the correct hole Pattern using some pretty rugged steel:

As i said before, and i will say it again Always wear Safety Glasses like the ones i have here which are an incredible Pait and very affordable from Mnpctech.com

Smith & Wesson Safety Glasses i am always using can be found here: http://www.mnpctech.com/Safetyglasses.html

Also Please DO NOT take your Safety Shields off your tools like i do. It is a very dumb idea and i shouldn't be doing it myself.Its a real easy way to hurt yourself fast.

Well that parts done and out of the way.

I purposely showed the tools i used so you could get an idea of what i Mod with. A few tools and your on your way to Modding anything.

My Favorite tools i would have to be is My RotoZip and Second my DREMEL. Without them i wouldn't be able to do much at all.



More Update's Very Soon ! Keep Watching.

Looking good.

This is Fantastic!! wow, you have some serious talent, and you have some great sponsors.. like I said in a different thread, I love video game themed builds.. this one is looking to be a serious gaming beast, i love the hardware and the water cooling plans.. I cant wait for more.
being that im new to modding, ( have built plenty of gaming pc's, but never modded anything) i was just thinking how cool it would be to be able to hang out with, and help out ( in an apprentice sort of way) with a modder for the duration of a build. would be a great way to learn and get experience..
anyone in the Philly area let me know.

Getting so Excited now !

Got tons of work done last few Days and gets getting so close to getting this thing up and running and starting on the Theme!

There will be updates soon but i don't want to show the updates until they are somewhat complete. But it involved allot of cutting!

Take Care and keep checking back.

MybadOmen

UPDATE!

OK i don't want to keep you guys waiting for updates so i will post some of what i have been doing.


Alright first we will start by looking at the begging of one of the biggest things i am doing to this build which is trying to have the tubing running along both sides of the top of the case on the inside of the cover but where they can still be seen from outside the case. This little idea has been very complicated with many obstacles to get past. Still not completed but here is where i left off on that till more parts arrive.

As you can see from this Picture there is no chance of the cover fitting on over the fittings.

So using this crazy dangerous tool.I made some adjustments to the top of the case to make it work.

Nice cozy fit now!

Next for some 5.25 Bay work.This is where tons of work has been done and still has to be done to make a dual loop in this build and end up very clean looking.

Here are the stock drive bays in the NZXT Switch 810.Nice but this is just not going to work for me.

There are a few things that need to be modded here.I need better airflow to to top Rad front fan because the XTC rad is so thick it comes very close to the top cage inside. The other thing is i need places opened up so the tubing can actually run through all these bays.And also the Pumps are going to be mounted inside the bays as well.And there are a few more reasons i cant remeber right this second but anyway everything needed a bunch of modding in the Drive area:

Everything at this point is still just in rough state.It will all get cleaned up and painted when i know all measurements are right and everything fits.


Here are some Photo's of things starting to get pretty.

3M Di-noc Carbon Fiber Sponsored by Mnpctech.com.

You can get some from his store and its amazing stuff! Link is here for it : http://www.mnpctech.com/CarbonFiber_..._Titanium.html

Now to dress up my new Pump Cage i suppose you could call it: It's Aluminum i am using and it will be Polished to look like the rest of the Nickel in the build and will be finished off with Black Rivets.

Also a small fan update.I thought i was really in a rough situation when i heard the blades don't come off the NZXT FZ Series fans.So i went in to investigate the situation, prepared to sacrifice a fan to find out what the deal was.Anyway the conclusion of it all was the fan blades can simply be popped off and on carefully and i can still get them painted.

Here was the investigating part:

Next i tested my theory which was there should be no reason i cant just pop the blades off and back on.It worked!

Sorry for the long wait that time for Updates guys but i hope it was worth it. There is still tons to do be done to the drive bays but i wanted to update you guys with some of whats been going on.

More Updates Shortly so Keep watching!

MybadOmen

I really like that res bracket.

lookin good... although i'm wondering where the red blue and green are gonna come into play. haha. You've got a sub from me

Update!

Package arrived today wonder what it could be? :thinking:

Great nothing but Packing Peanuts. Didn't April fools already Pass ?

Oh wait. Whats this buried deep under the Peanuts?Yup My PSU has arrived and now i can really kick some butt on this build!

OK now to get serious.First i would like to give a Huge Thank You to:

http://www.nzxt.com/new/

For all the support they have given towards this build and to me personally.


Next i will talk about the Hale 90 1000w PSU and show its specs and then finish the unboxing.

80+ Gold Enthusiast modular PSU
NZXT introduces the 80+ gold certified HALE90 series built from the ground up specifically customized for gamers and enthusiasts and offers incredibly efficient operation that will meet the needs of even the most power hungry enthusiasts.

Specifications:

OK now that we established its a great PSU from NZXT we can move on and finish the Unboxing:

A cool little NZXT bag to hold all the Modular cables.That will be sleeved in Para cord when i am done.

Damn isn't she a Beauty. Its almost a shame they are letting me get my hands on it. Because i don't plan on it looking like it does now for long.And it looks so good right out of the box.

Waste of a sticker on me:

Take Care Guys and should have even More updates for you late Tonight!

Keep watching, now some real work is going to get done!

UPDATE!

As promised i said there would be another update tonight.And here it is:

Ok one of the biggest Mods this build is getting is ,I want it duel loop with the tubes showing through a window in the top of the case.So when you look at the case from the side you can see the coolant flowing across the top of the case cover on both sides.There has been a ton of obstacles to get this to work and I'm still not out of the woods yet.


First i will start with the Fans.The fans i got from NZXT came in white.I told them i didn't care because i was painting them anyway.Then i ran into a little problem.There were plugs either melted or glued in place blocking the plastic ring that needs to be removed to paint the fans.This is the new NZXT FZ 140mm Airflow Series fans i am speaking of. So i investigated the problem and found out it was as simple as popping the blades off and popping them back on. So that being said 10 Fans got Painted today also.

This is what i ran into when i went to take the Fans apart.Believe me i tried popping the plug out and knew something wasn't right:

So i start to Investigate the problem by throwing a Milling bit in my drill press on low speed and slowly cutting into the plug.The plug goes all the way down to the bottom against the plastic ring you usually take out to remove the blades:

I was more then willing to sacrifice a fan if needed to find out how to get these apart. No worries though no Fans were harmed in the process.

Result was success. I found i could easily just pop the blades on and off if i applied slight pressure to the inside of the blades. I would do this to many times because you will eventually wear out the plastic clip that holds the blades in.

Ok so that problem was solved so now to start painting the Fans because i need them a darkish red color:

Ok next i had to remove the top cover of the case and do some more Modding.I needed to add 3 Pass troughs in just the right place so the tubing on each side went to a separate loop and in a way that will make the end of the build look very clean inside for the amount of cooling in such a small space.I also prepped and repainted the top because if you remember there was a lot of cutting and scratches etc.Plus the new plate i made to fit the EK XTC Rad was still unpainted.

Alright. Here we go:


The top before i started today

And the work starts

And here is the start of what it will look like when completed.Allot cleaner and everything cut to the right lengths.But now you can see how the tubing will be showing through the side of the top cover.

Hope you enjoyed the update.There is allot more to it then it looks because all the tubing has to run exactly in the right place to meet up with the Pumps,Reservoirs etc and still be able to clear all the other hardware.Not to mention i still need to get the top on :)


Looks like a nice night to relax by staying up and Sleeving all night :thumb:


Take care and More Updates soon so Keep Watching !


MybadOmen

UPDATE:

Here is an update guys just showing the State of the Mass Effect Build at this moment. Many don't realize when Modding the build comes apart and back together many many times.I figured i would show it this time.

This is just to make some small changes to the backing plate for the PSU and some other things that needed adjusting. And this was all done Old School! No laser cutters here. Just Dremels,Rotozip and lots of filing and sanding. It still needs to be smoothed out a bit more tonight. Then it all goes back together. and then apart again a few more times. And finally when everything is in place and working 100%. Thats when i will start painting.

Here are some Photo's for you guys:

Had to speed up the Drill press a little.I was running on the lowest speed.This is just showing how you change speeds on a real drill press:

And Back to Work. You can only imagine how much work it is taking a Piece of steel and making everything from scratch with just minor hand tools.It takes allot of time ,but at the end i guess you could say its a truly hand crafted PC. Damn what i would do for a Laser cutter and small Milling machine home . Sponsors? Lol just kidding. anyway back to work :)

As you can see its getting Dark out so time to move inside and keep on sanding everything even and smooth. Here is the Current State of the Mass Effect build as of right now!

What i actually got accomplished in those photos :

.. Rough cut the whole for the PSU wires to go through.
.. Made some of the other holes a little bigger for the wires to go through (They were a bit to small) .
.. Made new Holes for the top and Bottom Fan wires to run neatly and hidden.
.. Most wires will be coming from under the motherboard so opened them up maby 1 cm.
.. Drilled all the wholes where i will be applying Rivets to reassemble the build when complete.
.. Made new holes for mounting the new Modified Drive Bays .
.. Also made new holes for the Reservoir Mounts (I will still be Notching these when i get to my buddies and can use the Bridgeport.to make them adjustable.)
.. Filed and shaped the metal till my hands were ready to bleed.
.. Next i used a DA sander and sanded everything smooth with a 220 Grit sand paper.(I want to keep the back plate roughed up so the self etching primer will stick very good when it comes time to paint.

Probably forgetting something. But as you can see something so little takes allot of work if you want the end results to be a very clean looking build.This build will go back together and Apart many more times Just this week before everything is good.

New Parts i had to order to get things Moving:

This Build is Completely Liquid cooled by dual Loops all EK, Primochill and Mayhem's but sometimes it is impossible to not use other adapters to make things work.So this is where i had no choice but to use other products not made by my sponsors. (I am sure they understand ) So 99.9% of this build is cooled by EK ,Pimochill and Mayhem's and if i had it my way it would be 100% but we can only do what we can do.

2 of these adapters to move my pumps down a little.

3 of these so i could get to the fittings underneath coming through the Pass through's

1 of these Blocks to make the angle from the bottom Rad heading up to the top pass through nice and clean.

4 of these Low profile 90 degree elbows because the ones i had were to tall to work.

Just those few fittings plus shipping was close to another 100 bucks ! So when people think sponsorship mean's is about getting a free build they are crazy.I spens a $100. couple days and i also have a fortune into this build.But don't get me wrong the build would not be possible without my Sponsors.But i am doing it not for the free stuff but for the ability to Show off the companies i love and use regardless if they sponsor me or not.Every Sponsor i have are Companies i Highly recommend and have before this build and will after this build.

I also ordered some other stuff Last night for the build.

1 sheet. Another 24" x 24" of 3M Di-noc

100 feet of the White Para-cord i forgot in my last order because i though i still had some:

50 white and 50 Red 3mm LED's and some assorted resistors that i will be using to make somethings with:

And some other small stuff



Also Have some stuff coming from my Sponsor Primochill / Tyler Industries Thank Guys!

6 Led plugs sorta like these that i used in Venom but they are from Primochill and not something they have for sale that i can see.

12 of there Ghost Barbs More then i need but this will ensure i have enough.

And also 12 black Clamps and they might be sending some other things also.


Plus another great thing is my Birthday is in 2 days and i always wanted to Make High Quality stickers and Vinyl Decals. So i needed a really good printer for it.My wife bought and came home with both a Really nice Laser printer and really nice Inkjet printer from a Family member that bought them recently and never used them. I have been wanting to get this equipments for a long long time because in the long run it will save me a fortune on my Mods.

Anyway here they are:

The Laser Printer HP2025: (This on prints incredibly high quality)

And the Inkjet which Canon from the Sticker making threads i read is one of the best Inkjets for making Stickers and Decals:

Also another small update i would like to show.I spent about an hour Polishing up the front Face plate i made for my Pump cage from aluminum. (it came out very nice)

More UPDATES Soon! Keep Watching!

UPDATE!

Very exciting day today !

A package i have been waiting for a long time now has arrived.This whole theme is counting on these items to push it over the top and the cooling is routed the way it is for this reason.

First i would like to start by showing the story that made me want this person as a Sponsor and involved with this build.This story is very inspiring and and when i read it i knew i had to have him as a Sponsor.All my Sponsors as i said before are companies that i Love and totally believe in or i would not promote their products.Well there is no question i promote Mayhem's products and highly recommend them. (Just be sure you know what you are ordering because allot of his coolants are for show only such as the Aurora Product line.)

Anyway enough of me Flapping here is Mayhem's Story and its a very inspiring and Amazing story. I guess it could be called a from Rags to Riches story:

And a link to his Store: http://www.mayhems.co.uk/shop/en/

Meet Michael (aka) Mayhem,

" Mayhems (formally known as Mayhems Dye) started back in early 2009 by total accident. Michael (aka Mayhem) part owner of Mayhems was fed up of buying in dyes that were supposed to be made for water cooling yet would only last a few weeks at best are were never as strong or as good as described. After trying out many versions of dye made for liquid cooling Michael decided to make his own. Michael initially invested £5.00 on dyes.

His first steps were good but not good enough so after more research and playing around he started to perfect his process and eventually produced some of the strongest water cooling dyes ever to hit the market place. These dyes not only looked good but they worked for long time in the Pc liquid cooling systems he tested them on and now are a re·nowned product and favoured by the modding community worldwide. Mayhems Dye was born.

Next Michael took a look at the fluid market and thought once again that all the products on the market just seem to be gimmicky hyped up cooling fluids that never seems to work as advertised. After several failures at trying to produce the same sort of fluids Michael finally found success in his X1 formula. Not only did the liquid look much better than anything else on the market its thermal performance blew every other product out of the water literally.

As Mayhems Dyes grew Michael knew he could not handle all the work load himself and invited Steve Verity (former owner of Themochill and www.over-clock.co.uk) to come see some of his products he was developing (Aurora). Steve saw the potential in the new products and has known Michael for a very long time. They both came together and re launched “Mayhems” on Nov 2011 with a new name and new web site.

In Nov 2011 the new web site (www.mayhems.co.uk) was launched and at the same time mayhems Aurora & Pastel range of fluids was pushed into the face of modders worldwide. The take up of all the whole range of products Mayhems has created has literally changed the face of liquid cooling for ever and is helping change the way people see liquid cooling.

In the very short time Mayhems has been around it has grown in size and now can produce over 800 Ltrs of cooling fluids a day (this is soon due to double up). These fluids are all built from the ground up and are all made in the UK which is something Mayhems is very proud off.



Mayhems now has two offices and a warehouse and a product development centre and all so has several people working for them. They employ a colorist, a chemist and several labours to help with the making of the fluids. The testing of the fluids is second to none and there development of new ideas is just a force to be reckoned with.


Michael said in 2009 on a forum to Tiny Tom Logan of OC3D “I will change the water-cooling forever.” and he still stands by that statement to date. "


Hope you enjoyed the story where you can see he started out just like allot of us.He had an idea and he did something no one else on the market was doing and created the Incredible product line they have now.

Here is what Mayhem sent for the "Mass Effect 3 - NZXT Switch 810 Build" :

x2 bottles 250 ml Concentrate bottles of Mayhem's Pastel - Light Red

Link to Mayhem's Light Red: http://www.mayhems.co.uk/shop/en/may...224350924.html

x2 bottles 250 ml Concentrate bottles of Mayhem's Pastel - Ice White

Link to Mayhem's Ice White: http://www.mayhems.co.uk/shop/en/may...224350917.html

X2 10 ml Bottles of Mayhem's Red Dye

Link to Mayhem's Red Dye : http://www.mayhems.co.uk/shop/en/may...s-dye-red.html

"The Red Dye is needed to make the correct color Red to match the Mass Effect Theme i am doing"

So Huge Thanks to Mayhem's for there help Sponsoring Me and the the Mass Effect 3 -NZXT Switch 810 Build!


More Updates Shortly !

"UPDATE!"

Yup my Birthday and i am giving you guys the present of an Update :)

If you guys have been following this thread you realize i am running a dual loop system sorta setup the way Venom was with the reservoirs Being used the same way.So in total technically this build will have 4 Reservoirs. I EK dual bay dual loop Spin Res. Basically the actual Reservoir and fill point. Then there are 2 10" Reservoirs just to hold more liwuid in the system and both being bottom fed straight from the Pumps.The spin res is right above the pumps as the main Res. So the Pumps will never run dry.I am not debating this setup i researched it and used the same setup in Venom and got great results. So this is the way the cooling in the Mass Effect 3 build is going.


But the Major Part of this whole build and nightmare was to get the Cooling lines to run through the top of the case with 6 140mm Fans in Push / Pull and an EK XTC 420 up there also.But heres where it gets really tricky. I want windows in the side of the top cover showing the tubing which will be flowing with Mayhem's Pastel Ice White on one side and Mayhem's Pastel red Mixed with Red dye on the other side.Sounds simple but if you actually look at the case and the top and realize there are 2 loops it is extremely difficult to pull off. Also it has taken so many hours of planning and so many fittings i had to but that wouldn't work not to mention the actual time put into doing it.

Lets Just simply Say it was a Pain in the AZZ.


But on my birthday after a long night of planning and executing a plan I FINALLY PULLED IT OFF!

The windows aren't cut in the side of the top cover yet because i am debating on sending it out for Laser cutting because one little slip and that's it .All that work will be trash.


Here are some Photo's of what i have been doing and at the moment it just looks Like a stock Phantom on top.You would never know all the work that's actually done inside.


Here we go :

First i will show you guys the New EK HF Supreme Nickel bracket i got.atahe Ram block will hopefully be matching i am trying my hardes to get a top for it.

I got the new Low Profile elbows and it worked like a charm.Just the right Height :

Also got some Extensions so i can actually get to the compression unions underneath.

Ok so now i know for sure i can clear the top of the Cover and get to the compression unions to hook everything up.So now time to start modding the Cover itself. Fun fun. "Oh yeah i got to use my Blade of Lost fingers again to do this Job" :eek:

Here is the top on and you would never even know what was under there. Also i have some other shots of stuff i am working on also.:

Well that's all for now! More Updates Shorty so keep checking back! Or subscribe to the thread to get notified of updates!

Hope you are enjoying it so far!

UPDATE!

First i want to give big Thanks to EKWB , Primochill and Mayhem's for Sponsoring the Liquid cooling Setup for this build.

Ok guys here is an update i did at around 3 am totally exhausted in my kitchen on the night of my Birthday.I am no pro at it but i decided to make my first video of me actually speaking and talking about the build.

This Update will Consist of Radiator Flushing and a video of me Talking about the Mass Effect 3 - NZXT Mods.


Ok Radiator Flushing Time!. I have to have the tubing in this build stay clear. I am taking every precaution i can to achieve that.As you should know from my Sponsor List i will be running Mayhem's Pastel's and Primochill's Clear PRO LRT Tubing.

My plan of attack to avoid clouding at all costs is.

1 Heating 5% acidity Distilled Vinegar up on the stove. (NOT TO HOT!) just heating it to a bit hot but not a boil.

2 adding the vinegar to the Rad's and Shaking the hell out of them and then i will let them sit 15 Minutes and then Dump them dump it out.

3 Next i fill the Rad with distilled Water and shake it and dump at least 3 times.

4 ok now to even make go an extra step i put distilled into the res and pump it straight into a bucket (To make sure all the Vinegar is out)

5 Yup still more steps. Now i set the loop up Res-Pump-Rad-Res i will let this circulate and dump it every maby 6 hours while i am working on other stuff.

6 I will have gone through 3 Gallons of distilled at least on EACH Radiator before i am through. OVERKILL? i hope so because if anything goes wrong ,it will be hell changing the tubing out.

This is the best Method i have found for flushing new rads plush i over killed it a bit on the distilled flushing.But like i said i don't want any problems.The second reason i am using this method is this is the method i cleared up the last tubing issue i had that i thought was bad tubing.But apparently it wasn't because the tubing was still clear after 4 weeks using this method. Any way this is not meant to be a guide.This is just what i am doing and what i found to be best in my opinion.If you want to use it as a guide then go right ahead but i am not in the mood to debate flushing methods in the build Log. Although if any questions or debates on the way i am doing it then just PM me and we can discuss it :)


Here we go:

Distilled White Vinegar 5% acidity or lower. (I heard Malt distilled is the best but regular distilled does fine also)

Big Rads Big Bottle!

Here you can see me getting ready to heat it and pour it into the Radiator. (Not boiling,Just a bit hot)

Fill it.

Cap it.

And Shake Rattle and roll :) (Sorry no pictures of me shaking it.Everyone was sleeping)

Also i would like to add the Vinegar came out Blue when i dumped it into the toilet so there was definitely something going on and a good flush i highly recommend. Sorry no Photo of that either but i will try and remember to add one when i do the XTC 420.


And here is the Distilled i will be using for flushing. (Going to try and get the best distilled i can in the area for the final loop though)

Ok and here is the first flush to get most of the leftover Vinegar out before looping it. I used a whole gallon for this part so actually total amount of distilled to flush will be 6 gallons on this build!

And Finally i Looped it and now will drain the water every 6 hours or so till the 2 gallons are gone! (Oh yeah i have a white wheel to replace the Blue on in the Spins Res.Thanks to Ek and also EK led kits for all blocks.

"Ok now please don't Laugh". This is my first attempt of using Video to explain what i am doing with the build.


Oh boy here it is .Please be easy on me. Also if you listen good you will learn allot about the Plans of the build.


And here is the Video:

MybadOmen explaining a Little about Mass Effect 3 Build. (Or trying at least )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=451qN...layer_embedded



Take Care MybadOmen and as always more updates Shortly:

UPDATE!

Ok guys to me this Update is Huge because i am a Huge Fan of this Kids work!!



So Please Welcome Andrew Cook (aka) DaFrontlineTrooper to the Mass Effect 3 - Switch 810 Mod.

He will Be building and Sponsoring a Mass Effect 3 Assault Rifle Prop for the Build.

And i have been for a long time.He is a very talented individual in the work that he does.Many of you Gamers Might already know of him.So lets get Moving on to him and what role he will Play in the Mass Effect Build!

Andrew Cook otherwise known as "DaFrontLineTrooper" is Amazing at build Stage Props such as Halo Weapons and Armor and many other Prop's and of course most recently the Mass Effect 3 Prop Weapons.

During my Halo days i was following him for a long time and always wanted to try and build one of his weapons because not only does he build them .He also shares his talents with the world and shows how to make your own.I could have attempted to make my own weapon but after thinking about it i thought to myself ."How Great would it be if i actually could talk to him and get him actually to come aboard the build and have him personally build the Weapon for it." Well to make a long story short i decided that's what i wanted to do,was try my hardest to get him involved.

My first email to Andrew was asking about buying a weapon from him and that's when we started talking and he actually was excited about the build and Offered to totally Sponsor the weapon.Even with his Crazy Schedule of working on 4 international Projects at the moment.


Here are some words from Andy (aka) "DaFrontLineTrooper" himself .

" Gidday everyone

My names Andrew Cook or internationally known as DaFrontlineTrooper
over the internet and within the Film Prop community.

I am a prop designer on the much anticipate Halo Fan Film : Halo The Fallen and am privileged to be helping out on this amazing Mass Effect 3 Build with MybadOmen and the other Sponsor's involved.

Hope this goes that little bit further with my little addition =)

Cheers Andy "



Also you can Check out all his Amazing work here: http://www.youtube.com/user/DaFrontlineTrooper

And here is a couple of His Videos. I highly Recommend you check out all his work! :

http://youtu.be/Vi9S_dSlNvw

http://youtu.be/HW8ipoLpz3c



Huge Thanks Andrew for coming on board to help make this Build even that much more Amazing when completed!


Take Care and i am back to work.

MybadOmen

More updates to come very soon!

UPDATE!

Yup already another update.

I am at the point now i want this thing together to the point that i can get working on the Theme so i have been working overtime on it!


Ok what i did in this Update was stripped the whole build back down again because i finally have the Motherboard Plate the way i want it.I gave the back plate one last sanding with a DA sander and 220 grit sandpaper and then wiped everything down with 70% alcohol. Since this is Bare metal you have to use a special primer called etching primer if you want that pain to stick and not peel later:


Here is the stuff i will be using:

Most Important is the Coffee!

Here's the Etching Primer and Alcohol i used to clean and Prime the Metal.

Since i liked how the Krylon Fusion came out so far i decided to use it again on the back Plate and 5.25 bays.

As you can see its good for Metal as well as Plastic:

Ok i fist started with a dusting coat of primer.Or others may call it a tack coat.What this is ,is a very light coat that you apply before actually laying the coats down .to actually make the primer stick better.

You can tell from the Photo hear its barely covering the Metal at this point:

After a few coats and letting the Primer dry i lightly sanded the primer being very careful of the edges and start spraying the Black.I sprayed the black the same way.A dusting coat followed by a bunch of lighter coats:

After about 5 lights coats here is the final result: (Almost forgot to mention.Whenever i use a spray can i always warm the paint in the sink by letting the can sit in water roughly 70-75 F )

Next i started on the Modded 5.25 bays by doing the same as above: (Forgot photo of them finished it was getting dark out and was in a rush but you will see them soon enough anyway)

Here they are in Primer though:

Next i Put a few Rivets in the new back plate and brought it inside.Even though its fast dry paint i wont mess with it untill tomorrow to avoid scratching it more then i have to. ( Scratches always happen when building.Something always goes wrong where you have to redo something or add something)

Anyway here She sits waiting till Morning & at the same time i know the PSU and Pumps work because they are all running right now flushing the Rads to the point of overkill to avoid any tube clouding in this build. (At least every effort will have been taken to avoid it)

Also where the Pumps,Rads and PSU are running right now. (I change the Distilled roughly every 6 hours)

Also not sure if you guys Missed it or not but i added many updates the last couple days so check the INDEX ,Some really cool stuff happened including the Introduction of the Newest Sponsor to the Build.


More Updates as soon as Possible Keep watching guys!

Take Care

MybadOmen

UPDATE !


To start off this update this one is for you Kaged ! (Because you said you couldn't wait to see it finished)!

As you know from the Last Update Andrew Cook (aka) DaFrontlineTrooper is building and Sponsoring a Mass Effect 3 M8 Avenger Assault Rifle to my "Mass Effect 3- NZXT Switch 810 Build".
For one i am a huge fan of his work anyway.And for 2 he lives in a far away country from me ,so doing this for the Build is absolutely amazing!

Here is a Sneak Peek of the M8 he is working on for the build (This is no where near completed )This photo was sent just to make sure it was the correct size and is only sitting in primer!

Here is Andy's Incredible Talents at work:

For more Info on Andrew Cook (aka) DaFrontlineTrooper click the link below:

http://www.youtube.com/user/DaFrontlineTrooper



Ready ? Next is some work i actually did.

Things are Really starting to turn around now and starting to come together nicely i think.I know it may be hard to see but you have to picture it will all the red and white actually inside the Case plus the Mass Effect Logo's etc i will be adding also.

First i will start with some small stuff i did getting ready to apply the theme to the build:

Here is some small touches to the top so Far (Much More work to go up top)

Before:

After:

Next work had to be done to the Front to fit what is going in the 5.25 Bays.Remeber there is going to be tubing going down through all the Bays so allot of thinking and allot of work to get everything to work here. Also with the tubing running down the bays that meant no room for any thing else to go in the bays right? Nope wrong. Just had to think outside the box a bit and am working on some new brackets. First of all i needed 5 bays just to fit whats going in the front. This build will have an external DVD drive with it. At least for the time being.

So this is what is going inside and how i am going to pull it off . With the wiring and the Tubing also running through the bays:

First what i did to the front cover so far (Also much more to be done with this also):

Before:

And After. Extra drive bay spot done !

Also another tiny Touch of red:

First item that will be sitting in the now somewhat 5 drive bay spaces i now have is a Antec VERIS Multimedia Station Premier Infrared receiver and remote. If you notice almost every build i have put together has one of these in it.I cant live without it and i think i am keeping them in business with how many i bought so far:

But as everything i have been doing this isn't going to fit either:

Here it is:

And after moving the small circuit board,taking off the bracket that slides into the drive bay and of course i will be trashing that big adapter plug and wiring it up with a tiny plug off the PSU.

Anyway after a few minutes of rework so far on it. It will work wonderful with the 2 inches of room i have in the Top 2 drive bays that now exists:

Ok now for the NZXT Sentry Mix. (Thank You NZXT for Sponsoring this also)

Alright and again there is no way this is going to work !This needs to go into the 5th of the 5 drive bays i now have:

But because NZXT is always thinking of us (or maybe it was a coincidence) The whole Mix comes apart and simply leaves 2 nice brackets to work with and is very thin . Now this works perfect for me!

Ok so last thing that needs to fit and takes 2 bays .And has no other options but to go into the 3rd and 4th drive bays which will fill the bays is an EK Dual bay Dual Loop Spin Reservoir (Thank you EK for also Sponsoring this):

This is actually the one thing that has to go in a little and unbelievable! Its a perfect fit without modifying anything. Well i kinda Lied, I am changing the Blue spins wheel out for a White spin wheel :)

Here it is anyway:

And now for one of the other pain in my @$$ parts of the build was getting the drive bays themselves to work out.

Here is some more work done to them today:

The feet between the Pump Bay i made and the Drive bays were a little to wide so i trimmed and files both of the down so the tubing would have room to clear down through the bays from the top.I already cut tons of opening in a previous update to allow room for the tubing and Outlets for the Pumps:

So here is a shot of the 5.25 Bays and the Pump bay looking down from up top. Perfection :) This is after Moving and Modding the heck out of the bays.

And finally another Shot of how the inside of the build is looking so far.I also want to mention the EK Clear Plexi Dominator Ram Block i needed so badly EK Sponsored that also and it is on its way here to my door ! (Thank you so Much again EK!)

( And yeah we all know by now how bad my iPhone pictures are ! But i promise when it really matters. the pictures will be perfect!But this is the best i can do for Pictures now)

Both Blocks will soon be matching the CPU block and Plan is to have each have a different color coolant (Not sure yet if it will work out but that's the plan for now) Either way will still look great!

Also i am going for the same SSD mounting as i did with Venom. So the SSD's will be mounted on the 3M Di-noc Carbon Fiber (Thank you for Sponsoring it Mnpctech.com) This will even out the Chrome and black look and make sure there is not way to much red and white at the end:

And just some shots with the Fans sitting in the bottom where the EK XTC 280 Rad with 4 NZXT FZ fans in push/pull with be sitting. Basically just to show how it will look when the color starts coming in:

And just a shot of the Pump bays that i decided i definitely don't want to rivet together because it makes easy access to the Pumps if i use screws or these Plastic rivets i am now searching for.

Lol really Bad shot of that one!


Wow it takes so much work just doing the Log its self.Its Crazy. But i want to share everything with you guys and of course i know you like Updates so i try and give them to you as soon as Possible:

Hope you guys are liking it so far!



More Updates Soon! Keep Watching this should get really good!


Take Care MybadOmen.

UPDATE!

Thank you so much again for the help and Support for the 4th time EKWB!

If you guys have been following my Build Log you will know i made a huge mistake and ordered the x4 EK Dominator Ram Pelxi Clear Top for my EK Nickel Ram block (6 stick Model).

Well i didn't want to ask for anything else from EK because they already contributed Huge to this build. I exhausted all other routes in trying to find the Top myself in the USA where i live.Or even a Used block for that matter.

Anyway i wont mention his name because i am not sure that is allowed so i will just call him "G Man" for this Post. Anyway he again pulled through and saved my butt by also sponsoring the block. And shipping it all the way from Slovenia with fast shipping on top of that! This block top actually went through Slovenia ,Australia,Germany then Boston USA and then to me . Imagine all that just to help me out.

Here is what they sent this time: (And damn its Beautiful)

Absolutely speechless and had to make an update because this meant so much to me.

So again Thank you so Much "G Man" from EKWB once again you saved the day ! And got me back on Schedule.


If you guys are interested in EKWB and there Products here are some links below:

EKWB's e-Shop (with all their products) : http://www.ekwaterblocks.com/shop/


Here is the x4 EK Dominator Ram Top Clear Plexi : http://www.ekwaterblocks.com/shop/to...inator-x4.html

And here is the Regular Original EK Dominator Ram Block (6 stick) : http://www.ekwaterblocks.com/shop/bl...dominator.html


I know this might seem like a small update but believe me it is a huge update for the build itself to look right.

Also wanted to show how incredible of a company and how great EK's products are. Remember this was all my Fault on asking for the wrong Top to begin with. And still they helped me and sent me the right one.

So please check out there Products if you are looking for very nice water cooling gear!

Take Care, MybadOmen


And as Usual More Updates very soon ! So keep watching , Tell your Friends and just pass it on anyway you can:) Lol just kidding .Hope you enjoy everything so far guys.

And please tell me if there is something you don't like also!

"UPDATE!"

Installing new EK Clear Plexi Dominator Ram Block Top :

Here is the block before new top:

And here is the block Apart:

Damn look at that Nickel Plating ! How sweet is that!

And finally just what i knew that was missing from the build.The Block with the new Top! It is beautiful if you ask me.

And now when i picture the build in my head done the color looks right. Just look how sweet it looks in there with the other hardware! Now imagine the read and white pastels added.

I LOVE this photo its like my Father in Law and Brother that passed were right there saying "yeah just like that! "(Made me feel very good seeing this Picture)

I am feeling much better about the build today after taking a break.Yesterday my brain was fried from just to much of it and i started thinking everything looked horrible.

Today i think everything is going just right. Still a few battles ahead making things work but besides that i am really digging it.

What do you guys think? Is it looking good ? Or tear it apart and start over .


Take Care and as always more Updates very soon. I am going to hammer on this build all week to get as much done as possible. So keep watching closely .I plan on getting to bed early tonight and getting a Clean fresh start in the morning. I should be in bed by 3am and that's very early for me!


MybadOmen

UPDATE !


Ok guys i guess i can do a little update of a few things.But they are no were near complete.But it does show what i am working on at the moment!



First off we will start out will a Huge thanks to Primochill / Tyler Industries who has went above and beyond helping with this build and being a great friend.

Anyway i don't want to say his name because i don't think that would be appropriate but is an awesome guy as i stated above

I asked for a few of there Ghost Barbs (which are awesome) for running the tubing through the roof of my Switch 810 and also asked for a few LED G1/4 plugs for my reservoirs.As he always does he sent way more stuff then i asked for.Mostly a bunch of stuff he thinks i would get a kick out of or new products that are coming to the Market soon. Anyway some of the stuff i am about to show you is not available yet but will be in roughly 30 days i was told. I did ask for permission to share them with you guys and he said yes. So that's what i am about to do :)

He is sending 3 Boxes that i know of Plus something really big non build related (Birthday present) this is one of those boxes but this one he rush delivered to me because he knew i needed the barbs badly to make sure they would work.And they did and they are incredible barbs.

Here is the Box i received today with all sorts of new goodies:


Lol, as you can see he sent allot more then a couple bards and a few LED G1/4 Plugs:

Now we can take a closer look at what we have and i will do my best to explain them because like i said allot of it isn't available to the public yet.But what is i will tell you where you can find there stuff: (I had no idea they made half the stuff they actually make)

These are available to the Public and the are really incredible barbs if thats the route you are heading or you need to fit in a tight spot.These are for 1/2"ID x 3/4"OD Tubing. They are called PrimoChill Tool Free Ghost Fittings.They are very sleek and because i love them so much and never knew they existed i will give a description also of them: (Also remember i asked for a few of them)

Highlights of the New Fittings

Shortened threading to better suit CPU and Video Card block depths, improving flow.
Removed unneeded wrench flats all together in favor of a much more user friendly tool-free knurling.
O-ring shoulder made thinner for a shorter fitting overall without sacrificing needed length in the barrel.

Tool-Free Design
Because you use the ultimate reach-anywhere tool that you never leave home without - your fingers - you can get to a fitting in almost any location inside your case. The knurling allows you to easily grip the fittings and install them "finger-tight" as is recommended by most manufacturers to avoid cracking the block.

Ghost Design
The tubing nearly covers the entire fitting so it is invisible inside the tubing. Being invisible AND beautiful isn’t easy, but PrimoChill managed it.


They can be found Here: http://www.performance-pcs.com/catal...ducts_id=23513

Next I will show the LED G1/4 Plugs. These are very different from others i seen on the market and have bought before.I fell in love with them immediately.Only problem is i don't see them listed anywhere for sale so the might be one of the new products coming out. If you are intereste in them just let me know and i will ask more information on them next time i talk with the company.

LED G1/4 Plugs:

These next things are something to be very excited about! I don't know how many times i ordered LED's already wired or ones that i bought single and tried different resistors just to get a plain looking light.There are 2 different Types here and believe me when i say it. They are Extremely Bright! All these LED's are going to be new products and they are some new bulbs i was told that are the brightest you can get!

Here the single wired bulbs (He sent them with a little box that controls an on off switch and 20 leds can be plugged in.At the moment i am not sure how they will be sold when they do go up for sale)

First off here is the Little box that Controls the Single LED's:

And here is a White Led :

Red Led:

And UV of course :

And here is something i think people are going to go crazy for ! I love them and am most definitely using them somewhere in the Mass Effect build: (The little suckers will blind you if you are not careful and they are the tiniest LED's i ever seen in my life! )

These tiny things run right off the 12 volt yellow and black PSU wires.So i imagine they will be sold with different options for plugs:

Here is the White:

The Red:

And at last the UV:

Lol i know them lights are tiny and the camera takes away some of the effect but OMG are they bright!

Also all the lights were on in my Kitchen when i took these Photo's of the LED's on ! That's how crazy bright they are!

Still tons if stuff on the way from Primochill / Tyler industries.

Hope you guys liked this update and Sneak Peak on some of Primochills upcoming Products .When you get a chance look up Primochill and really look through all the stuff they already have available.I had no idea they Made even Compression Fittings Also!Tons of cool Stuff!


Sorry cant Show any updates on the Build itself right now. I don't want to ruin ant Surprises and the next Update should look really cool . But that again is like everything else.If i manage to pull it off!


Take Care Guys and Keep watching. Things are going to start really getting good soon!!

MybadOmen

Lol


Had to show you guys this quick video of the kid Andrew Cook (aka) DaFrontlineTrooper that's making the Gun for my Mass Effect 3 build.


(This is not my Gun he is showing but he is making a video of the gun that is going on My Build so keep watching my build log)


This kids a riot and i love the work he does . Check this out. Cool as Hell !



http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=R5hXPFltwr8



Hope you enjoyed it as much as i did.Damn i cant wait to see the Video of the M8 he's making for my Mass Effect build !


"" Keep checking back guys! Getting really close to adding some new Updates! ""


MybadOmen

"UPDATE"

Wow this build is already over 50,000 views between forums. Thanks so much guys for the support!

If it wasn't for you guys that like my work i don't know if i would work so hard at making each one special for you guys.

I do these builds and Log everything for a few reasons and mostly to help the Modding community grow like the Masters before us like Bill Owen,John Hanlon,Wayne the Bullet Butler and tons more.

And the biggest reason is to help attract more newcomers to the great sport i would call it of Modding/Overclocking.

Thanks everyone so much for everything TBCS,The people who watch my work and like it,People that help me when i need it,and of course all my Sponsors and other companies that help our whole community grow and not die out.

I have a feeling that Modding/Overclocking has only just begun to become big.and its getting time that we have to start stepping up our game and logging everything so the next generation can follow and have people to look up to like we did.


Again Huge thanks to my Current Sponsors:

NZXT :

http://www.nzxt.com/new/

ekwb :

http://www.ekwaterblocks.com/

Primochill / Tyler Industries :

http://www.primochill.com/

Mnpctech: (Bill Owen & Crew)

http://www.mnpctech.com/

Mayhem's :

http://www.mayhems.co.uk/shop/en/

DaFrontlineTrooper Andrew Cook (Films, Props,and Tutorials):

http://www.youtube.com/user/DaFrontlineTrooper

Also to the Companies that gave me support that rather stay anonymous !

Also decided good or not i am adding the Video to the build log and index .Because it does show me as just a normal person just like you all. (Listen to me mess up saying Mnpctech.Lol (Was Exhausted)

Anyway here it is guys.Now officially added to the Build log and index.

http://youtu.be/R_jmQ_mJfow

Keep watching Guys as i will be starting the Theme very soon and that's when things should get even more interesting :)

Take Care Guys

MybadOmen

"UPDATE !"


Ok now after all the excitement of my previous build "Venom" making top 10 in Maximum PC. I am finally ready to give another big update to this build.It took a few designs and trial and error but i got things to where i want them now:

This Update mainly is about the new PSU & Rad Cover that is pretty much completed besides adding some Mass Effect 3 Theme to it.


As usual i tried my best to log everything to help other Modders understand how i do my builds. I of course cant log everything sorry because it would take to much time taking a shot of every single thing i do. But i have allot of it showing the Process i used in making this build.

Ok Lets get started:

As always when i am making something i pull out the Pizza box because i eat way to much of it and have tons lying around:

And as usual i find a problem.Box wont fit in the case without having a gap.

Back to the drawing board.Which is really in my head because i don't draw anything:

Ok i have a plan now (I Think). So lets get moving:

Next i decided to use my old metal brake that i made real quick on day.This was the metal break before my Project Bend It. Brake that there is a build log somewhere here for.Anyway its the one i decided to use for the bend i needed.

And some more cutting: (By the way really nice Jigsaw and it only cost $59.99 at Harbor Freight . It also has a built in laser guide and a metal guide to make straight lines whci you will see me using:

Look good so far right? Wrong it got scrapped and started over again.I didn't like it.To get to the Rad and PSU would be Hell like this . So again back to the drawing board:

While i we wait for the next box design here is where i am aiming with the Tubing routing and listed are the colors that will be flowing through the tubing (Mayhem's Pastels and Dye of course)

Allrighty then back to work again:

Damn i love my Rotozip and Dremel !

Next got the Mesh out and again went Rotozip crazy!

Nicely cut if i don't say so myself. Also look at that sweet sheet of Aluminum underneath the mesh. You will see me make a few things with this later. It is great stuff and polishes up to look very similar to Chrome.

Hmm whats next let me think a second. Oh i remember. Time to cut the spot so the EK XTC 280 Radiator Can breathe with its 4 NZXT FZ Series 140mm Fans in push/pull config.

As you can see now the PSU box is 2 pieces so i can easily Maintain things inside.Very important to think of these things ahead of time.I liked the one piece look but it wasn't practical at all. You can also see the mesh added and the Molding added to the box. Now she can breath again!

Next i started working on one of my Crazy idea's that i think is really going to make this build cool as Hell. Notice the tubing in the roof! Each side will be showing a different color coolant.This was extremely difficult and major time consuming to figure out and get to work! But well worth the time.

Alright. Every thing seems to look good. But there is no way the PSU / Rad box can stay like that even though it don't look bad. I also decided to move the tubing around a bit down bottom so the GPU's tubing dumps straight down rather then back..Lol waste of a perfect cut hole .

So take it back out and back to work Again:

And another wall i hit. I cant find my larger size step drill so stuck with a 3/4" hole.The tubing would fit but that just wouldn't be right.So Dremel time!

Before we go any further i want to take a moment to say something. This work i am doing shows you don't need a ton of fancy tools to do some incredible Modding.The tools you have seen me use so far are all inexpensive. Even the Drill press you see me using. Again i bought that on sale at Harbor Freight for $59.99 My regular drill cost me like $18 bucks My Rotozip kit i picked up for $25 bucks on Craigslist and a Dremel is roughly $60.00 or you can grab on on sale or even used for allot less. And i already mentioned my Jigsaw which is sweet as hell was $59.99. Just wanted to go over this real quick because you don't need a CNC machine Laser cutter ,Milling machine or anything like that to be a great modder. Just grab a Dremel and have Faith in yourself. I mess up all the time and when i do i just try to work with my mistakes.


Ok we are not writing a book right here in the middle of the Update so lets get back to the build:

We left off with me losing my bigger step drill and time to Dremel the hole out.Lets see what i have that might work. (My metal bit that does this job perfect broke a few days before )

Choice of weapons for the job! Dremel ,Round File and a orbital sander i didn't get a shot of but you see me use it elsewhere. That was 15 bucks by the way.

Lol that went well:

It may have broke but it was working out well until it did so back into the box to grab another:

Ok looks good to me...Next i need to drill holes perfectly placed in the front cover or the box and then Make a smaller hole to make threads so it can be screwed together and removed when needed.

Now for the top which wouldn't fit in my drill press without setting some kind of jig up so back to my hand drill. (By the way i recommend all plug in power tools.Cant stand the battery ones.I want the Power Baby! )

Looking good. Fits the build perfect. And is very practical now.But far from done.

Ok now to start making it blend and make it look Pretty! Thank you Bill Owen of Mnpctech.com for Sponsoring a roll of 3M Carbon Fiber Di noc and some other great things to Me the Build and my Son. Still need Allot more for the build though.Already almost went through 2 rolls trying to make all the Fiber lines head the right direction.

Sorry for getting to much into my work on that part i only have one shot because i totally forgot to shoot the rest.

But here are the end results.Looks way better then in the Photo's and i am going to try and get some better shots in the daylight for you guys.But anyway this is what i got it looking like so far.

And a little Sneak Peek of whats to come:

And here is a shot of me Crammed in between my Printers and this is before the Plotter even arrives at my door on Monday.This is something i am really getting into also and should see me doing something soon with all this. (Artisan Maybe?) Who knows can only wait and see .

You can also see one of my upcoming Projects in the future. That's the Memorial PC build i am doing for my Father in law that Passed recently. (Will be doing this over time and it will be immaculate and very close to me .So don't expect to see this build for a while to come)

Well that's about all i have to show for now without Spoiling anything in upcoming Updates.


Hope you guys are enjoying it and keep checking back!

Again hope you guys like it so far. It is getting extremely close to the deadline and i go to work soon also.So i am very scared i might not make it. I am pushing big time now on the build to make the deadline though,


Take Care Guys and keep checking back!

MybadOmen

Update !

Awesome Video & More in this Update!!
When 2 Artists,A handful of great companies and an incredible Community come together.There can be nothing but Great results !

This is an Incredible Update and i am so excited about it. I know some of you have been anxiously waiting to see the M8 Assault Rifle from Mass Effect 3 that is going to be Top Mounted on the Mass Effect 3 Build of course. Well today we are lucky enough to receive a video that is also posted on DaFrontlineTrooper's YouTube channel.

I find this to be Amazing because this was an international project that we worked on together and i find it very cool that people from different parts of the planet can come together on one build to make it great.


So lets talk a little more about Andrew Cook again for those of you that missed it before. He is mostly known as DaFrontlineTrooper and a does Films,Props and the best thing i admire about him is he also does Tutorials to share with others how to do what he does.Sorta like we do here by displaying build Logs.I have been watching him for a long time and was actually going to try and build my own M8 by using his tutorials. Then i thought to myself, Hmmm he is a huge Mass Effect Fan ! I am a Huge Mass Effect Fan! Why not contact him and do an international project together.

Long Story short i asked him if he thought it was a great idea and he agreed it would be a great thing to do.I also want to let you know he was in the middle of 4 international Projects when i talked to him first and he still wanted to do it.

I don't know about you guys but just him playing a part in this build just makes it allot more sentimental and a bigger story to go behind the build. (I am such a huge fan of his i also had him sign the gun for me :) )


And Finally after all my Blabbing the Video showing the Actual M8 that will be Mounted on top of My Mass Effect 3 Build!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmYxB...1&feature=plcp


Hope you guys enjoyed the Video and my Tiny little Mass Effect 3 M8 Assault Rifle.

I still have Tons i haven't got to post yet on the build progress so keep checking Back! (I will be Posting as soon as Possible)


Take Care Guys and thanks for Following my work and for all your Support!


MybadOmen & DaFrontlineTrooper

UPDATE !

Ok so last we left off i was just finishing up the Rad and Power Supply cover i made.


First off:
Big Thanks to EK for the Radiators. EKWB Sponsored both the XTC 420 & XTC 280 Rads. (Plus Tons more! )

Both Rads and tons of other Great EK Products can be found here : http://www.ekwaterblocks.com/shop/ra...rs.html?cat=94

Also Thanks goes out to NZXT for the Power Supply which is a NZXT Hale 90 1000watt.

The Power Supply Can be found here again along with there incredible Products: http://www.nzxt.com/new/products/pow...s/hale90_1000w

Also guys i have used both these companies Products long before i was ever sponsored.And i highly Recommend both companies products.



Ok here are some updates of where i left off painting the Mesh for the bottom Rad to breathe.

Before:

Bare metal always needs an Etching Primer before painting:

Hanging the mesh and priming it:

Taping off the everything besides what i want to be white: Also measuring to match the top.

after i painted the white i taped off again over the white to make the Red Stripe:

White and Red done just black to go:

And the black finally:

And Finally the Finished look together of the top and bottom Mesh.

Still tons more to Update but i need to get back to work on it so cya guys soon!


MybadOmen

UPDATE!


Got the Package that was Sponsored by:

ATX PC Repair | Austin's Computer Repair

Now i can really get cranking on the Theme. Was a costly Case to dress up because Shepard's N7 Armor is all Carbon fiber .
Already the build took 2 2' x 2" sheets just to do the inside and the one top piece.

Thanks you ATX PC Repair | Austin's Computer Repair for Sponsoring 3 more sheets to the build !!! That was a huge help and will get this build rolling again!


Here is what was Sponsored to the Build: 3 sheets so its 2' x 6' Roll: of the Real 3M Di noc (Stuff is far from Cheap)

For more info on My Sponsor Please see his website here: http://atxpctech.com/



Thank you ATX PC Repair | Austin's Computer Repair for the help and thanks to everyone else that has been following the build and supporting me through the build and some rough times!


MybadOmen

UPDATE!


I know i am busy as all hell but i figure i owe you guys some more updates since i did tons of work and haven't had time to log it. So some of the updates will be showing work done before the pictures you guys have already seen.

But here goes. I will do my best to make it all make sense:

Ok here i am working on the top Mesh and cover of the Case:

Here is the top after i cut the 2 slots on each side for the tubing to show through and i painted the small mesh in this piece also (Might be painting it back to black at the end though)

Primered with Etching Primer and Painted the Red white and black (Picture shows the white done)

Now taping off for the Red Paint. (at this point i was going to try to keep the metal look but i didn't like it and changed it to black)

And here is some more work i did because i wanted the handle on the top back in and needed to mount the Mesh to the top. (I used 2 part Epoxy to mount it)

Lol and look at my fingernail in this next Photo ! MybadOmen going Goth!

Applying 3M Di noc to the top. This was pretty tricky but i got it the best i could and it looks good.

And some of the work finishing up the Bay i modded for holding the Dual EK DCP 4.0 Pumps:

Screws i decided to go with to give a nice look against the polished aluminum cover i also made.This will make it so i can easily get to both Pumps if need be:

Tap and Die set to make new Threads:

Now just making the holes bigger one the front cover parts so the bolts go through to the threads:

And what the final Pump tray looks like:

Also Mounted the little SR2 Ship on the Front 10" Reservoir. Both Reservoirs are EK-Multioption RES X2 - 250 Advanced .

Reservoirs i am using can be found here : http://www.ekwaterblocks.com/shop/re...-advanced.html

Pumps i am using can be found here: http://www.ekwaterblocks.com/shop/pu...v-dc-pump.html

And with the Pump Box in:

Also got a new Monitor because mine died on me ! Absolutely love the new one i got. Its an HP 2511x you guys have to check these monitors out if you ever see one.It stood out in the store and made all the other monitors look horrible ,so basically i had no choice but to get it.I didnt want it because it was HP and i went there looking for an Asus or Samsung. But believe me this HP is Amazing. It does cost a little more then the Samsung and Asus but it was well worth it!

Here is a peek of what i am working on now until the next Update as you can see i have the little helping hands out and yup ,I am soldering in there. Think my warranty is still good?:

Thank you NZXT for the Hale 90 1000watt to rip apart :)

If interested in a NZXT Hale 90 1000watt PSU for your build here is the link: http://www.nzxt.com/new/products/pow...s/hale90_1000w


As always these are all Great Products from great companies or i wouldn't Use them or endorse them! Any part i show or use i highly recommend !



Hope you guys enjoyed the Update! It takes allot of time from the build when i am sitting here but the build is pointless without you guys watching so you guys are Priority number 1!

Thanks for Watching and keep checking back!


MybadOmen