Project "White Power" - 26 August 2020

[Souperman]

NOTE: The build is white and the components are powerful! Don't read too much into the title. If the title offends you, it sounds like a personal problem and you can happily move right along...

I'm a big fan of white & clean builds so I decided to start a project. I saw some takes on a completely white Manta online and I just fell in love with it. The manta was my first mini itx case back in the day so it was fitting that I stick with it and make it the way I want it to be. There are still lots to do, hardware disassembly for painting such as the GPU, motherboard etc...

So for now, here is a taste of what the case looks like with a small custom white painted acrylic piece to cover up the nasty SSD brackets.

Components for the build:

• 9900K
• Asus Z390-I Strix
• 16GB Corsair Dominator Platinum RGBS (White) @ 3200Mhz
• NZXT Manta painted white
• Hopefully some white noctua fans this year
• ID Cooler Frost Flow X 240
• x2 500GB NVME's (can't remember the brand)
• Corsair 850W white PSU
• Asus strix 1080 Ti OC

I will gradually add pictures to the album on the progress of the build and post updates as we go along.

Please let me know what you think and good advice is always welcome

Project "White Power"

14 new items added to shared album

photos.app.goo.gl

UPDATE - 07/09/2020
Motherboard & GPU parts have been sprayed and will hopefully be assembling the PC tonight! The sprayed parts have also been added to the album.

UPDATE - 09/09/2020
Added some new photos of the build coming together! Should be finished tomorrow!

 

[Oj0]

I don’t care for the title but you can’t say you didn’t know it would cause a reaction xD

 

[Dom]

NOTE: The build is white and the components are powerful! Don't read too much into the title. If the title offends you, it sounds like a personal problem and you can happily move right along...

I'm a big fan of white & clean builds so I decided to start a project. I saw some takes on a completely white Manta online and I just fell in love with it. The manta was my first mini itx case back in the day so it was fitting that I stick with it and make it the way I want it to be. There are still lots to do, hardware disassembly for painting such as the GPU, motherboard etc...

So for now, here is a taste of what the case looks like with a small custom white painted acrylic piece to cover up the nasty SSD brackets.

Components for the build:

• 9900K
• Asus Z390-I Strix
• 16GB Corsair Dominator Platinum RGBS (White) @ 3200Mhz
• NZXT Manta painted white
• Hopefully some white noctua fans this year
• ID Cooler Frost Flow X 240
• x2 500GB NVME's (can't remember the brand)
• Corsair 850W white PSU

I will gradually add pictures to the album on the progress of the build and post updates as we go along.

Please let me know what you think and good advice is always welcome

Project "White Power"

14 new items added to shared album

photos.app.goo.gl

Looks good so far - I hope you are prepared for a lot of upkeep to keep it clean.

 

[Andrew_Smith]

Ooo nice, the final build would look good!

Seeing that it is a powerful build, I presume RTX3090?

 

[∀Z‾soʇɐuɐɥ┴]

Why not just call it project white-out instead... or as we call it in S.A, project Tipex...

 

[eY_b0ss]

 

[Andrew_Smith]

Also, you needed this board:

 

[∀Z‾soʇɐuɐɥ┴]

Also, you needed this board:

Xtpeme Watepforoe?
Thats some chinese offbrand bullshit if I ever saw it

 

[Souperman]

I don’t care for the title but you can’t say you didn’t know it would cause a reaction xD

I have no idea what you're referring to

Looks good so far - I hope you are prepared for a lot of upkeep to keep it clean.

Yebo, more than prepared. Going to redo the entire spare room into my first ever "man cave" or "whatever the wife allows me to have in the room cave"

Ooo nice, the final build would look good!

Seeing that it is a powerful build, I presume RTX3090?

My wife would kill me if I spent that kind of cash But I'm going to try and wait it out for a white strix 3080 Ti like the ones they brought out with the 20 series. That was a beaut. For now, my 1080 Ti strix painted white will have to do for now.

Why not just call it project white-out instead... or as we call it in S.A, project Tipex...

Project "Tipex" is actually quite sharp I shall admit!

Also, you needed this board:

Hmm sure if they downsize it a bit I'll bite haha.

 

[SILTECH786]

Also, you needed this board:

I beileve the going rate is 2000 AUS dollars for this color

 

[AinsleyHarriott]

I beileve the going rate is 2000 AUS dollars for this color

Is it even a real board in the image? I am asking this because, as ThanaToeter mentioned, it says Watepforoe.

 

[WiZard]

I beileve the going rate is 2000 AUS dollars for this color

R116.50 actually

Rust-Oleum Spray Paint Gloss White Painters Touch

Rust-Oleum Spray Paint Gloss White. Top Quality Spray Paint Brands Available. Shop Online for Free National Delivery on orders over R1500. Secure shopping, reliable and fast delivery 3 -5 days across South Africa available at Strand Hardware

www.strandhardware.co.za

 

[SILTECH786]

Is it even a real board in the image? I am asking this because, as ThanaToeter mentioned, it says Watepforoe.

There black standard version is 1699 Aus dollars at current.

 

[∀Z‾soʇɐuɐɥ┴]

Is it even a real board in the image? I am asking this because, as ThanaToeter mentioned, it says Watepforoe.

Definitely some chinese knockoff.
Gigabyte only lists the black one without the spelling mistakes

Z490 AORUS XTREME WATERFORCE (rev. 1.x) Key Features | Motherboard - GIGABYTE Global

Lasting Quality from GIGABYTE.GIGABYTE Ultra Durable™ motherboards bring together a unique blend of features and technologies that offer users the absolute ...

www.gigabyte.com

 

[TollieKop]

Is it even a real board in the image? I am asking this because, as ThanaToeter mentioned, it says Watepforoe.

It even looks like the Aorus logo

 

[WiZard]

Definitely some chinese knockoff.

Just a nice spray job, they even spray painted the electrical connectors...

 

[Souperman]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1296732595305304064

https://twitter.com/x/status/1298379651992170501

Based on a quick google search on the motherboard. Not sure if it's legit.

 

[WiZard]

I do hope they stuck some old ram sticks and PCIe cards into those slots before doing the spray job, else the board is FUBAR. (The power and fan connectors' pins can be scraped clean...)

Or maybe it is just Photoshopped?

 

[∀Z‾soʇɐuɐɥ┴]

I do hope they stuck some old ram sticks and PCIe cards into those slots before doing the spray job, else the board is FUBAR. (The power and fan connectors' pins can be scraped clean...)

It more looks like they applied a paint job using photoshop to me tbh...
Some of the spelling is just really fucking bad...
Like 'USB Turbocharger', or atleast thats what its meant to say...

 

[∀Z‾soʇɐuɐɥ┴]

Or maybe it is just Photoshopped?

Maybe it's Maybelline

 

[WiZard]

Well, it does feature the newest USB type O.

Or maybe that is just a typo...

 

[∀Z‾soʇɐuɐɥ┴]

Well, it does feature the newest USB type O.

Or maybe that is just a typo...

Wonder what the transfer speeds on that will be like...
My guess, the same as the model no... 0

 

[AinsleyHarriott]

It is indeed a 3D concept.

 

[M@tree2]

It is indeed a 3D concept.

To the dude who is doing the "painting", it's not difficult to not paint the whole connector white.
I mean, it looks like a rather finished concept, so the tippex was a bit extreme...

Rev 1.0 - painted everything white incl. connectors
Rev 1.1 - removed paint from all the connectors.
Rev 1.2 - fixed all spelling errors and USB type 0.

 

[Souperman]

UPDATE - 07/09/2020
Motherboard & GPU parts have been sprayed and will hopefully be assembling the PC tonight! The sprayed parts have also been added to the album.

 

[Off-The-Chart]

is that over spray on those stickers?

some 'bubbles' or 'flakes' there?

 

[Souperman]

is that over spray on those stickers?

some 'bubbles' or 'flakes' there?

Little bit of both. Will do a proper cleaning and touch up session just before I put everything back together.

 

[Thermal Grizzly ZA]

Hey all, So we're trying to assist this man above with a thermal pad situation. However we have no hands on experience with this board in particular. We specifically need to know what thickness pad is required between the heatsink and the VRMs, and without having a sample to fall back on this is quite difficult to find out.

Does anyone here know what thickness pad is required. From the research that I've done it seems that most VRMs use either 0.5mm or 1mm pads.

 

[heinreich]

@stacerasus think you'll like this then.

 

[Souperman]

UPDATE - 09/09/2020
Added some new photos of the build coming together! Should be finished tomorrow!