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Hey everyone!

Happy 2018 to you all! Hope this year will be everything that you want and more so, better than 2017.

With that being said, a new year, a new build! (one of them for now until I start the second one hehe)

I have invested in some new camera gear, to deliver nothing but the best photography and video (to come soon) that I can, so that you all can enjoy the logs as they get uploaded.

As this mod (and the other one) are both going to be tower mods, you can expect more rapid uploads as we are aiming to have both completed for EGE 2018! :D

Bit of background:

Thermaltake HQ contacted me and asked whether I'd be interested in a collaboration build with them, as they haven't worked with a South African modder before, of course I said I'd love to!

I was asked to provide a list of the products I'd like to get from them for the mod, and I get to choose the theme! :D

This theme as stated in the title will be 'Project Night King', based on the Night King character from Game of Thrones :cool:

Hardware:

I am proud to be working with ASUS South Africa again, so I requested the ASUS Maximus X Formula (as we will be watercooling this rig), along with the ASUS ROG Poseidon Platinum GeForce GtX1080Ti!

Needless to say, I am super stoked for this build, so without further adéu, here are the first impressions...

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For those of you that like that feeling of peeling the plastic off...

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New refined m.2 Heatsink (all metal):

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Some glamour shots of the card...

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Joh... Nice board nice GPU wow!! Good luck with the build sure it will look epic :)

Sent from my LG-H870 using Tapatalk
 
Another day, another update.

So as stated earlier, the chassis that Thermaltake sponsored, is the Tower 900 Snow White (below)

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A closeup of the side panel:

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Of course who doesn't love them sexy magnetic filters...

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I cut and mounted hessian material to the motherboard tray to give it a more authentic look:

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Yes, this mod will be textured :cool:

As always, this signature technique of mine is all done by hand, including the paint effects

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A first taste of what to expect with the exterior of the rig...

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Time for another update!

Here's what the chassis looks like at the moment.

Where there is white on the outside, it will be textured :)

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Now we've come to a fun part of my builds, taking a look at the watercooling goodies! :D

Thermaltake really didn't shy away from providing some serious kit for this build

Here's one of the D5 pumps:

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One of the reservoirs:

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CPU Block (already painted to look the part):

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Now the fittings are really exciting, these are called 'M-Pro' fittings, they're a bit more complicated than your typical fittings as they have 3 parts and 3 seals.

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As these will be dual independent loops, there will be dual 360mm radiators:

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And lastly, dual in-line temp sensors :D

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I know quite a few people have been asking how I do the painting effects, so I made a short video showing the painting on the 'Project Night King' build :)

[video=youtube;NCLvw5nn8XY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCLvw5nn8XY&list=PLgLYKxBZwC7GTJEBSMMVqVwJpyu4_f6lz&index=5[/video]
 
[ENTER LINE FROM MOVIE]

"You Are Tearing Me Apart [ENTER SPHINXMOD INSTEAD]"
 
Hey everyone, is there anything in particular you guys want more detail on with this build?

Be it more photos on a specific part, or more details on how something is done?

I want to make these build logs more interactive, so that you as the followers can also get a say into what is shown :)
 
I want to see more of the actual changes, IE panting of case, very custom loop and how you changed it...

I want to see how you changed the originals and made them yours, if you know what i mean :p
 
R3aL1Ty said:
I want to see more of the actual changes, IE panting of case, very custom loop and how you changed it...

I want to see how you changed the originals and made them yours, if you know what i mean :p
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Okay perfect, will keep that in mind for today's post, thank you :)
 
So I made an unboxiung video of the ASUS Maximus X Formula :D

Let me know what you guys think, should I change something for the next review video I make?

[video=youtube;VG02Y6izs_Q]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG02Y6izs_Q&t=75s&index=1&list=PLgLYKxBZwC7Fc5JrM26GgXty_oyeE6j9I[/video]
 
For those of you wondering about the power supply that will be used, Thermaltake sorted us out with the Toughpower DS G 1000W RGB!

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It even comes with a set of pre-sleeved cables. However, it doesn't look like MDPC-X quality from @BeyondCustoms :)

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Another update, let's take a closer look at this hefty ASUS ROG Poseidon GTX1080Ti that was provided to me.

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The attention to detail on this thing is incredible!

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And lastly, a profile shot of this beast...

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I am planning on releasing another video for you guys, it will be a little walkthrough on the watercooling components that we'll be using for this rig.
I'll provide detail on the M-Pro fittings I was provided with, and the advantages/disadvantages :)
 
Today's update shows a bit of the work done to the inside of the 'Project Night King' build :)

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A final overview shot for today...

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SphinxMods said:
Thanks!

Sadly you can't buy them separately, it was out of the case.

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...aaaaah... Thanks tho...got a Suppressor F51 and it would look nice middle bottom on front door
 
Time for the Sunday night update.

Going to make a small pass through plate for the cooling loops from the rear of the chassis to pass neatly to the front:

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Damn more...more [emoji54][emoji54][emoji50][emoji50]

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Id just like to know where I ca get my hands on a Formula X. Been waiting for a SA launch date since announcement in June... (Really like the theme you chose! Maybe a time lapse of some of the more intricate component mods if that won't give away any trade secrets, lol)
 
nephilm said:
Id just like to know where I ca get my hands on a Formula X. Been waiting for a SA launch date since announcement in June... (Really like the theme you chose! Maybe a time lapse of some of the more intricate component mods if that won't give away any trade secrets, lol)
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I think the suppliers should be getting stock in the next few weeks. Check with [MENTION=23427]RebelTech[/MENTION] if they can organize one for you :)

And thanks man! Glad you like the theme, it's one I've been wanting to do for a while.

With the timelapse, I have made one where I was painting the panels, here it is again:

[video=youtube;NCLvw5nn8XY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCLvw5nn8XY&index=2&list=PLgLYKxBZwC7GTJEBSMMVqVwJpyu4_f6lz[/video]

I'm busy juggling video work for this build, and the other one, but I am busy with a longer part 2 video that will show a little bit more detail. However, it doesn't give away too much of my technique :)
 
Do More !!!

Please Im excited to see this end result!!!

Im also partially beginning to feel inspired :D xD
 
Sunday evening update!

A bit of time was taken out as we had a personal matter to attend to, someone literally drove into our gate and didn't bother to provide their details.

No worries, because another update is here!

So the rear of this chassis has a section whereby the cooling can be stored, i.e. rads, pumps and if you can squeeze it in, the reservoirs.

In this case (pun not intended), I am showing the texturing carried out on the rad mounting points:

Before:

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After:

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Even the PSU mounting bracket couldn't escape the texturing mayhem :p

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Lastly, here is an overview of the entire rear of the rig:

On the left, you can see the rad mounting points that do not have the texturing applied yet, and on the right is an overview of the texturing applied:

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More updates will be uploaded soon!

Next one will show with both 360mm rads installed :D
 
Here's a shot of the two 360mm rads mounted in the cooling chamber of the Tower 900 chassis

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Damn I love these in-line temp sensors!

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Here's an overview so far, both reservoirs are mounted and the pipe runs have already been planned out.

You'll see that the Poseidon has two random lengths, that's for pipe planning and to see how the parallel lines would look :)

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This bad boy is shaping up nicely! GL with the rest of the build.
 
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