Saint Louis Cardinals theme case! - Haswell CPU

[AmEv]

Yep. Using them as feet instead makes it look a lot better.

[TLHarrell]

You just know someone's gonna pick it up by the bat.

[TheGreatSatan]

Well it'll only be in my office.....

[TheGreatSatan]

I decided to up the ante and go from the i5 3570K to the i7 3770K

Overkill? Most certainly!!

And I won't be using the Dominators I posted earlier, because I got these red and white Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600 LP's.

Is 16GB of RAM overkill?. Indeed it is!

I sanded down the filler to make the bat's surface flush

Then I cut out the mounting holes in the STL logo

After I cleaned up all the rough edges, I painted the logo

I also painted the screws and sleeves that will go under the logo

[TheGreatSatan]

Another change to the specs.

Since the new Haswell's are just about here, I'm going to get her the new i7 4770K and a new board (I think the Z87-UD4H). Also, one of my GTX 580's is bad, so I'm selling the good one and upgrading to an MSI Twin Frozr GTX 680 4GB!!

[TheGreatSatan]

I put the STL logo on the front of the case with spacers

After several spec changes, I'm making another. I got a new Motherboard that just came out today! The Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H, socket 1150.

And the new i7 4770K!

I just need to fix the paint on the left panel. It's been giving me a headache

[TheGreatSatan]

I got the new motherboard in the case with the new i7 4770K processor

I'll be using Corsair Vengeance Low Profile RAM with two white and two red sticks, 16GB total

I really wanted to use the Corsair H110 closed loop cooler, but it did not fit on the top of the case! So, I'm going with an old favorite instead: The Cooler Master S524 air cooler

As usual I only use this cooler with a 140mm fan. I have these really nice Gelid fans with NanoFlux bearings, but they're the wrong color

I popped off the fan blades for a repaint. I wanted to use red, but I'm all out! So white it'll be

While it dries I put the 240GB SSD in

And now it's all in. I just need the video card....

[TheGreatSatan]

After tons of fun painting the left panel, it's finally done. First up, add the applique I ordered from CrazyPC

I've been meaning to add a real baseball to this case and not just the little feet

But first I have to drill a hole through one

And feeding an acrylic tube through it

Then I just had to drill the drive bay to hold it in

[TheGreatSatan]

I got rid of the light controller and now I'm using the NZXT Aperature for the front panel. I like having a card reader and a couple more USB 3.0 ports available

I need to disassemble it to paint

Red and white like the rest

It only takes one night to fully dry

[TheGreatSatan]

My 4GB MSI GTX 680 Twin Frozr arrived

And it works!