Thermaltake Case mod invitational build (Illusionist)

[Richie123]

Ok before I post another little update, let me show you what turned up yesterday.

A very nice box from Tt eSports department, going top left to right we have the Ventus X Mouse, TT ESPORTS SHOCK 3D 7.1, The POSEIDON ZX Illuminated – Brown Switch Edition, The Hyperion Headset Stand and the TT ESPORTS THERON PLUS+ mouse that is compatible with the smart Tt eSPORTS PLUS+ software that can monitor stats..

I have yet to try this headset yet, but I do have to say I love the volume and control on the ear piece, one of my pet hates with headsets is having to reach down and find the volume control when gaming yes there is a clip, but I don’t personally use those so it makes a nice change.. also one grip I personally had with the previous headsets of Tt was the comfort, but these seem to feel like a soft sponge on your head, which is a good thing. I also actually like the headset stand as well, why I saw these sort of things as a gimmick, having a packed desk has made me change my mind, simple but effective.

Moving on to the mice.

The name says it all with this one and the Ventus X is designed for those of you that suffer with sweaty palms. Having a vent were the main part of you palm would sit is a good idea, I remember back in 2006 a guy actually modded his mouse to put a fan in because of sweaty palms… ewww.

The TT ESPORTS THERON PLUS+ mouse is designed with a bit more style in mind and as you can see has a very glossy finish (not for the sweaty palm crowd). But overall quite pleasing on the eye, with this mouse though I would have to use the weights as it feels to light for my liking.

The keyboard is actually quite sold, I dropped the thing getting it out of the box and there was not a mark on it, although I do have to say I prefer a blue switch to the brown switch cherry… having said that they do have a blue version, so there is plenty of choice.

I have to say a big thank you to Tt eSports division for sending over the goodies thank you.

[Richie123]

Ok back onto the mod, a few minor things for you guys to look at, first a very very small little add on, why it may be pointless due to the fact it will be hidden with panels on, I have got a bit rectal about the smaller details in my builds, hence the cable routing I posted earlier, I could of easily just left the wires out as they would not have been seen down there, but in reality I would of known they were messy..

This feature is nothing major but something I wanted to try.

So why it is only a piece of vinyl added to the rad it has a little trick up its sleeve.

Yes the vinyl has a heat reactive ink that changes through quite a few colours the warmer it gets, so if you like a small rad temp sensor .

Also on today’s agenda was to prep the graphics card ready to go in the build as it will be all put together soon, the only problem here was I got bored just looking at the GPU block so soothing had to be done that side tracked me lol…

Just a small little detail added, that you might be just able to see once rig is complete but hey, even the devil likes small details on a build even if you can’t see them. Now let us take a little look back at the acrylic piece that separates the mobo and the rest of the build.

I do not like the joined together pieces looking so different and why it is another part of the build that won’t be seen, it has to be tidied up.

That’s better, it looks a lot more uniform than it did after a few minutes on the acrylic scraper.
Expect a lot more updates as I get nearer and nearer to the end of this build.

[Richie123]

OK so a small but quick update on the assembly work on the rig, some bits have failed to turn up. But I must soldier on despite this and make a few changes to the layout inside.

Main thing left to do is to sort out sata cable tiding, and clean everything up, I hope by some miracle some things turn up before final photo shoot later on .. let’s hope they do, if so sata drives can be moved to original planned location, if not oh well we all have to adapt. Stay tuned.

[Richie123]

So let me tell you a little story, I have to say I am absolutely in love with the paintwork… but I do have one big problem with my build.. Because of the use of flakes and such I found it so hard to photograph it was madness, depending on the light angle towards the build it just is completely different colours, but anyway here goes and I hope you guys enjoy it.

Phew thought I would break up the photos so there is a space for you guys to read why other photos load

The front featuring the illusionist figure, and yes the same applies all other the case, its just crazy how this paint job reacts to different lighting.

I so love this paint job, and thanks to the guy that done the art work I went with for the paint job for teaching me to spray with candy red. Lets take a closer look around them skulls shall we.

You may be noticing now how the red has gone to a deeper blood red with light to the side of the case!

Now the next set of picture are not perfect, but I had to do something, just to show you how many flakes are in the paint job.

They are all over the paint, 1000s and 1000s of them Ohhhh candy and flakes…. (not intentially trying to sound like homer simpson with a candy and Cadbury;s flake fetish ) any way let us take a look at it lit up inside.

Oops bit bored of the white, lets change it controller to red

Love the reaction between red and blue, it’s a good contrast, let me put the panel back on and take a few more photos.

Back too the other side of the case

SSD placement sticking up through window now let us take a look at the reservoir

Yes there are quite a few, well actually one, just part of the little trick on the eyes. I Think I do need to upgrade my ageing DSLR though as I could not take video with it and Kodak HD cam is not working to do a video… but I will add a video sometime in the next 2 weeks. But to be fair please judge your voting on what you see here. This is only fair and respectful to all the people involved. I have to say I enjoyed this build and thank Thermaltake for the invite and have to say a big massive thanks to the sponsors who produced. Thank you so much all.

[Richie123]

If anyone liked the build vote for me here http://community.thermaltake.com/ind...pic/1425-vote/ if not vote for one of the others I wont be sour after all it is a hobby and should be enjoyed by all.

[Airbozo]

Very nice work!

Where did you get the clips holding the power cables?

I also love the paint effects. Looks like the paint on the frame and wheels of my Buell S3T. Depending on the light, it is Blue or Purple (and several shades in between).

Voting for you now!

[Richie123]

Very nice work!

Where did you get the clips holding the power cables?

I also love the paint effects. Looks like the paint on the frame and wheels of my Buell S3T. Depending on the light, it is Blue or Purple (and several shades in between).

Voting for you now!

Thanks the clips are from e22 but you have prime hill if your in the states... Yeh paint is mad still really only looks about 60% of how good it looks in real life.

[msmrx57]

Beautiful build!!!

[Richie123]

Beautiful build!!!

Thanks, allthough i would not say 100% complete, some last minute shiny stuff got stuck in customs, also I love the look of candy red and metal flake but it is a strange paint, looks totally different under lighting than in darker natural light lol... been fun though

[Richie123]

Just a few pics of the final window with RGB lighting.

loving this RGB controller.