Project: ATCS 840

wow thats some amazin work....

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Originally Posted by coolmiester

Been wondering what to do with the new Coolermaster ACTS 840 for a while with no real plan as yet but felt if i didn't make a start at some point soon i'd be playing catch up which i've done in the past.

Anyway, whatever happens the chassis would be getting anodised black so decided to strip the whole thing down.

Pretty easy job in all honesty with only eight rivets needing removed to get the top off...............still got cut out the base to fit a 240 radiator but apart from that its ready to go get anodised.

BTW, very early stages so expect this one to take quite a while but at least its a start :lol:

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Very nice work mate, I love what you did to this case. I'm thinking about pulling the trigger and buy this case. Of course I'll powder coat the interior black also :) So how do you like it so far? did you noticed better temps with the 2 big 23cm fans or 3 120mm fans, thanks :)

First of all i got to thank Intel for again making another killer mod possible by getting me a hand picked i7 965 CPU so at least while the rest of the case is away getting painted i can hopefully get the system up and running all be it on the bench and without the final GFX cards but its a start in the right direction as there is only 21 days to go.

Well, these simple little rails turned out taking a lot longer to complete than i'd originally thought but they are done now and look great so i'm well pleased with them and its another box ticked ;)

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/skull/intel_logo.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_87.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_88.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_89.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_90.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_91.jpg

@ Oupavoc - absolutely love the case but no idea on temps just yet :shrug:

CM, do you think that with a bit of modding a quad rad could fit on the top?

That looks awwwwwwwwwesome! How did you attach the rails??

there's that CoolMiester touch! excellently executed fitting with the style of the case as well as the signature of a CM build :up::up::up:

Coolmeister, I really love your style and taste.

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Originally Posted by OdinEidolon

CM, do you think that with a bit of modding a quad rad could fit on the top?

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Not really sure tbh but its certainly big enough though there is the pop up IO panel and on / off / reset button that would need to be taking care of :shrug:

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Originally Posted by Rise

That looks awwwwwwwwwesome! How did you attach the rails??

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Only double sided tape for the time being but will be drilled and tapped once back from paint though i would have to say that 3M tape is "super duper" sticky and would probably be fine tbh.

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Originally Posted by SNiiPE_DoGG

there's that CoolMiester touch! excellently executed fitting with the style of the case as well as the signature of a CM build :up::up::up:

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Cheers SNiiPE, i do try :up:

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Originally Posted by headala

Coolmeister, I really love your style and taste.

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Thanks headala, can i just say, i get a totally free hand to mod these cases in any such way i please and for me this is taking an already nice looking case (well. apart from that top grill) and just try to put my own slant on the whole thing so it is still instantly recognisable and remains a Coolermaster ATCs with some very subtle changes that maybe enhance it slightly but i don't try morph it into something that would be unrecognisable which i guess is the reason i keep getting asked to do another :up:

I love your polishing work. Any tips?

I think the case is coming together so nicely it hardly looks like a Coolermaster ATCS 840 anymore.

the things you do to those cases are amazing :D

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Originally Posted by BlueAqua

I love your polishing work. Any tips?

I think the case is coming together so nicely it hardly looks like a Coolermaster ATCS 840 anymore.

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Cheers all for the coments :up:

I don't think we have Mother in the UK but i use a polishing soap which is like a waxy stuff and comes in different grades.

Start off with brown which is like a general polish then go onto the blue which is much finer for aluminium then a final hand polish with Peek polish which gets out any final swirls left by the bench polisher.

Doesn't take too long but i was getting a bit sick after doing six :(

I've never been so indecisive about what colour to paint a case so i've done a quick photochop to give some kind of idea what it would look like.

The safe bet is to go with black but i've already done black with the Cosmos so was thinking about being a little more adventurous but if it turn out bad there isn't any time to change my mind so i'd be stuck with it.

Gloss Black or Candy Red??

........oh decisions, decisions :confused:

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_black.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_red.jpg

Usually i would pick the black one... but for this case i pick red.
i think there's too much black cases out there... a red one would twist things a little bit :P

what about a red case but keep the grills black (as they are currently).

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Originally Posted by Rise

what about a red case but keep the grills black (as they are currently).

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Good idea Rise though i'm not too sure it works in practice :shrug:

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_red_black.jpg

red and black very nice.
i think some blue&black will make it butty with the mobo.

Such a great looking build :up:. Personally I like the gray and black, or if you do silver and black. I like the simplicity of the color combo

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Originally Posted by coolmiester

Good idea Rise though i'm not too sure it works in practice :shrug:

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_red_black.jpg

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I think you'd need to tie it together with some sort of black decals or graphics elsewhere, tbh. Black Bays would work, but I have a feeling you aren't heading in that direction, so what if you put a black stripe around the case window? Or something along those lines... you know, matching your belt with your shoes :p:

I went ahead and pulled the trigger and ordered this case, I really like what you did with the front fan cover coolmiester :)

CM,
The aluminum would lend itself nicely to Ferrari red if you can get close to it.

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Originally Posted by PakaPaka

red and black very nice.
i think some blue&black will make it butty with the mobo.

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^^ +1

That Intel board is really good looking - but the Bloodrage inside this baby with either black or red would just be :slobber:

The black looks more elegant. Reminds me of a nice expensive black car as all your paint jobs do.

The red one is more... unusual.

BTW amazing work as always.

I love the idea of the silver stripes. Really you should change this into some aston martin theme case or something given you have already made one for the SLR

wanna try the front shield white and the whole case black(including the grills)?

Red and black got my vote there. Or what about black and red what would that look like?