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    Over 75 Custom PC's in 20 years TheGreatSatan's Avatar
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    Default Project: New Genesis - New GTX690 & 32GB of RAM!

    I've decided after several years of having my R2-M5 Astromech as my primary gaming machine that I would finally get rid of it. He's really a huge headache to work inside and I've been thinking how nice it would be if I could have a normal with easy access.

    I'll be taking out the old parts and moving them to a new case. My origianl specs are:

    Intel 2600K
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H
    16GB DDR3
    240GB Vertex 3
    Zotac GTX 480 Amped!
    1000 Watt PSU


    Instead, I'll be using this Azza Genesis 9000. Except it will need to be modded for my purposes



    First I need to take it apart and replace all of the fans



    The motherboard tray comes out too





    And now it's naked



    Time for the repaint





    I need to repaint all of the metal mesh too







    And I put in the contrasting slot covers



    Now to start dropping in new parts, starting with a more powerful 1275 watt 80 Platinum Power Supply



    And a cool new touch screen fan controller



    Don't forget an internal DVD drive (R2 didn't have one) and lots of cathodes



    I'll be starting with the two new 200mm Red LED fans





    Now to put in the new PSU



    And started the reassembly



    Now that the metal mesh is done drying





    I can put it all together again





    Next, I need to fix the top. How did Azza expect this case to breath with such tiny vents?



    I'll be cutting it out and replacing the whole thing with more mesh that I got from MNPCTech



    I quickly cut out the top fins and then used hot glue to affix the wiring into place



    Once the mesh was cut to size I had to paint it to match



    And now it's all in place







    On to the cooling. I had a Corsair H60 water cooler in there at one time , but it started making noises so I removed it and used an air cooler instead.

    This one is new



    Except I really love high CFM Enermax Vegas fans



    More to come

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    Default Re: Project: New Genesis

    Nice work man! I would love to see a pic of it in the dark all lit up with the cathodes. Going to be awesome when it's 100% done.

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    Default Re: Project: New Genesis

    When you said "Genesis", I was thinking the console.....


    Shoulda thought you meant a case name.






    Looks good, as usual!
    Two years. They were great. Let's make the next ones even better!

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    Sweet mod. Simple and quick.
    I have a hammer! I can put things together! I can knock things apart! I can alter my environment at will and make an incredible din all the while! -Calvin

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    Default Re: Project: New Genesis

    What number is this? Is this 50 or are we past that now?

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    Nice mod. Too bad your not putting a custom loop in this. Its huge.

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    The red mesh looks really good against the black.
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    Nice work! I'm a sucker for red and black combos. Give us another!
    I'll procrastinate tomorrow.

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    Over 75 Custom PC's in 20 years TheGreatSatan's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by d_stilgar View Post
    What number is this? Is this 50 or are we past that now?
    Yep, we're at 51 now

    Time to cut out my window in the right panel



    Like so...



    And then add two 120mm Red LED Cooler Master Sickleflow fans to each panel. The right side will be intakes and the left will be the exhaust





    We're nearing the time to put in the parts. I have a huge surprise coming too

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    OMG! TGS is giving me this build when it's done! That's the surprise!

    Thanks TGS!



    Can't blame a guy for trying, right?
    I'll procrastinate tomorrow.

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