The BlueBerry Muffin

[barfastic]

The BlueBerry Muffin

Sponsored by:

Special thanks goes out to Freddy from Highflow for his amazing work and quick customer service


The Background
I get inspired rather easily... My last build was thought up of while i was drinking a very refreshing and fresh orange+sanguine juice. This build is no different. Once a week i treat myself to a blueberry muffin, and one day while i had taken a big bite out of it, i found myself, looking at the colours, and thinking, wow.... i want a computer this colour. Hence, The BlueBerry Muffin is born.


The Hardware
- Asus Rampage II Gene
- Intel Core i7 920
- Sapphire 6870
- 2TB HDD + INTEL 510 series 120GB SSD
- 6GB DDR3 1600Mhz Dominators
- Silverstone Strider 750w
- Lian Li V351

The Cooling

- Ek Coolstream 240
- EK 6870 FC Blcok Nickel
- EK 6870 Backplate
- MIPS ASUS GENE Series Fusion-Block
- 4xCoolermaster Excaliburs
- Koolance RP 402x2
- EK Supreme HF Plexi CPU Block
- 2 x Laing DDC-1Plus MCP355 12V
- EK Compressions 10MM (3/8 ID - 1/2 OD)
- Koolance 10MM (3/8) 90 degree rotary

The Accessories
- Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra
- Aqua-Computer Temperature Sensor Inline
- Koolance INS-FM17 Coolant Flow Meter & Adapter Board INS-FM17
- 240 Rad Stand
- Nexus Extra ventilation PCI Brackets
- 19MM Bulgin Silver / Orange LED
- NZXT 24x White LED Sleeve
- PCI bracket with 2x G1/4
- Tube Cutter 10-40mm






Until next time... heres a treat

[Wega52]

I love Blueberry muffins! Not fair of you to post pics, now i want one...

[JoeBar]

Even though i don't like blueberry, your project sounds really nice...

[emoners]

subscribed! interested in seeing all those hardware & cooling cramped in a small case.

[barfastic]

Case got back from Powder Coaters yesterday! So here it goes...


The case came out exactly the colour i wanted, but unfortunately, some parts of the powdercoating wasnt great. The were a few discrepancies, enar the areas where he needed to bolt the case down, but luckily for me, none of those areas show!


NIK_9605 by barfastic, on Flickr


NIK_9606 by barfastic, on Flickr

I cut out the bottom of the HDD support so that my GPU+Block could fit.

NIK_9609 by barfastic, on Flickr

The white Pop Rivets were horrible to work with, they kept flaking, and i ahd to keep redoing them :/ must of gone through like 100! eventually i got them all in place and with minimum destruction.

NIK_9608 by barfastic, on Flickr


NIK_9613 by barfastic, on Flickr

And thats the Lian Li V351B (B for Beige :P)

Tomorrow, im taking pictures of parts

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[lowfat]

Case got back from Powder Coaters yesterday! So here it goes...


The case came out exactly the colour i wanted, but unfortunately, some parts of the powdercoating wasnt great. The were a few discrepancies, enar the areas where he needed to bolt the case down, but luckily for me, none of those areas show!

That is the thing w/ powdercoaters. They generally don't seem to do all that great of a job. I only have one powdercoater in town so I am forced to go there. I've got 5-6 cases done there, and only one of them turned out flawlessly.

MDPC-X use to have white rivets that worked awesome. Unfortunately it doesn't look like they sold enough as they are no longer for sale.

Good luck w/ the build.

[76BigDeac]

I will be watching this build. It is shaping up very nicely.

[barfastic]

ok, so small update. just some pics of parts that will get crammed inside the case

Koolance RP402x2 With Dual Laing Ultra, and Serial adapter/insert


4 of these Excaliburs will be cooling the radiator in push pull config


The PSU responisble for giving the parts a life


Purple 3/8" Masterkleer:


and..... the sleeving begins... goodbye fingerprints!


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[NaeKuh]

lol barf that res is nice.. however just remember it takees patience to bleed properly.

If you can attach a Tline on it, it would help you significantly while bleeding.

[defect9]

This is going to be epic.

and tasty.

[Malik]

Great project

[Huww]

It looks flawless, I totally thought the pictures of your case were 3D renders at first

[76BigDeac]

You give us the hope that one day we can come up with something so intuitive and magnificent.

[>!eNg_*]

[barfastic]

lol barf that res is nice.. however just remember it takees patience to bleed properly.

If you can attach a Tline on it, it would help you significantly while bleeding.

Yeah, ive read over that post, like a zillion times! hehe... i tell you one thing... it was a to get the o-rings back in place :S

This is going to be epic.

and tasty.

Hehe... thanks I hope i am able to feed your modding appettite

Great project

Coming from you, that is a GREAT compliment. ive always been inspired by your work Dr. So clean, so simple, and so beautiful!

It looks flawless, I totally thought the pictures of your case were 3D renders at first

hehe, i get that with low_fat's SR2 in a stacker build. for some reason his pics look unreal!

You give us the hope that one day we can come up with something so intuitive and magnificent.

Inspiration is everywhere!
"There isn't a person anywhere who isn't capable of doing more than he thinks he can. Henry Ford"

[barfastic]

So... Update time (Warning!!! PICTURE HEAVY UPDATE!!!!)

Just want to say Thanks to my Sponsors for making this project a reality



I finally got some time to work on the build and take some pics. Sleeving and RL took over the past few days, hence why this update is so delayed

So i went ahead and bought a small 3.5" fan controller, nothing fancy, just something to do the job and make this machine run quietly Ofcourse it was custome painted to match the build (although the colour is SLIGHTLY off and i got a smudge of my finger print on it :/ (i am already curretnly repainting ), 1 tone lighter, i dont think it will be annoying, anyways, this is going to be on the side of the case that is up against the wall)

Rear Side: (for some reason i like this picture)


Next up, i went ahead and painted the fans according to my theme. (I didnt paint the actual blades, because i was afraid of getting paint unevenly sprayed and resuklting in vibrations)





Next, i placed them on my radiator (which was also painted the same colour as the fans) and set up the stand. Looks beefy eh?





Oh, Wait.... Wahts this?


Oh, lol... My 6870 :P


(Can Anyone figure out what i did to the picture above? :P)

Next Up: The Motherboard!

The motherboard tray has been painted white, and the back apnel is Beige to match the entire case. (Tubing is only for testing purposes, and will be replaced with the same colour tubing.)





And one with the GPU installed aswell. I think the contrast of the purple tubing on the white backplate is nice


And now, what delayed this update for sooooooooo long....
Sleeving Shots













I hope this update is what you guys were waiting for

Now.... TIME TO TRY AND GET ALL OF THIS INSIDE THE CASE

Untill then... Be Safe

[theseeker]

It looks great! The sleeving is excellent and the white shrink makes the colors pop. The only suggestion I have is to paint the IO shield.

[dreamaxx]

What colour sleeving is that and from where? Looks AWESOME

[theseeker]

What colour sleeving is that and from where? Looks AWESOME

Probably http://en.mdpc-x.com/mdpc-sleeve.htm

[barfastic]

It looks great! The sleeving is excellent and the white shrink makes the colors pop. The only suggestion I have is to paint the IO shield.

thanks I thought about it, but i prefer leaving it as is (IO shield), because my spray paint isnt the same as my powdercoat... as you can tell from my fan controller. (trying to find out if i can get RAL colours put into a spray paint...i think its possible)

What colour sleeving is that and from where? Looks AWESOME

Probably http://en.mdpc-x.com/mdpc-sleeve.htm

Seeker answered your question

[barfastic]

ITS ALIVE!

So, finally the build, has come to an end... a successful end in my terms. all my goals were reached. Silent, good lucking, blueberry coloured, decently cooled, small enclosure build!

I just want to thank everyone for the support, and interest they have shown in my build!

I also want to thank my sponsors... HIGHFLOW For making my idea a reality!


Ill stop talking and show you the finished build























Until we meet again.... Be Safe! and Happy Modding

[guilleguillaume]

Suberb build.

[shazza]

Nicely done! That powder coating job looks exquisite. I love the fact that this is a different color scheme than we usually see ... who'd a thought a blueberry muffin could be so much more!

[theseeker]

Excellent build!

[RCG_Bex]

Beautiful and yet unusual colours! I like it!