Corsair Graphite 600T MbK

[kier]

This is a great day (nominee motm TJ11) to start another project

Sponsored by:







To much time and a little addicted………………… this gives me the opportunity to start another build
This time the great Corsair Graphite 600T. Love this case, nice shape and good quality

The hardware i’m gonna use:

Case: Corsair Graphite 600T
Motherboard: Asrock Z68 extreme 4
CPU: i5 2500K
GPU: Asus GTX 580
PSU: Coolermaster Silent pro M 1000W

And more………………this will been shown in the progress
Offcourse there wil be watercooling


The case is given by IT-Service

Corsair Grapithe 600T



Out of the box











Ofcourse right away disassembling the Corsair

Taken off the front









There is a plastic rim on the front which also came off, maybe i'm gonna do something with it









Back is removable also



And the top



Nice panel



And the case without the plastic



Oww almost forgot, the hdd racks are easily removable





Almost nothing left



First modification. For this i've used
3M Di-Noc CARBON FIBER FILM



First done the control panel and the narrow strips on the sides



After that did one sidepanel with the carbon film















For now this was the start, more to come when I have some more hardware


Grtz.

[Frost_Bite]

I like the carbon fiber. I would love to see this done on the white edition of this case because there's just something really sexy about a brilliant white and carbon fiber look.

What size rad(s) are you planning on using?

[kier]

The plan is to use 2 x Black Ice GT Stealth 240

[LeandroJVarini]

congratulations, magnificent job!

[kier]

congratulations, magnificent job!

Thank you

[Alexandr0s]

The plan is to use 2 x Black Ice GT Stealth 240

Why the stealths, and not Swiftech MCR or XSPC RS? Both perform better, and are about the same thickness. Unless you had those rads already, in which case it makes sense .

[Bill Owen]

kier raises the bar again, looking forward to seeing it with a 600T Clear panel!

[kier]

Hi, my modding friends
Today I did some nice things to the 600T
For this I have 2 Black Ice GT Stealth 240 rads



And Coolermaster has given me 4 very good fans. The Turbine Master Mach 0.8



I'm going to place 2 of these on top of the 600T



Need to take of the cap for the mesh panel otherwise it don't fit



Beneed the Turbine masters I am gonna place 1 black ice rad



The other two turbine nasters are coming in the front





Going to place the second rad inside



It dont fit, so have to cut a piece out of the bay





Back to the top again. I think it's not finished..............so it's acryl time
For this IT-service has send me a beautiful piece of 5mm UV blue acryl



Marked for cutting



And cut it



Cut the little pieces out



Still need to file this



And it fits



Mesh cover placed



Next step, marked the fans



Did the cutting with my hightech fretsaw



Without the tape. Hmm looks like .....................





And placed the Turbine masters







The idea is to past black film over the acryl with blue lines visible
Last week a received a very nice package from IT-Service



Thanks Eddy's
First the great motherboard: The ASRock Z68 Extreme4























Two kits Corsair 4 GB DDR3-1600 Kit



and the beautiful Intel® Core™ i5-2500K



The big ASUS ENGTX580 DCII/2DIS/1536MD5



















And a nice Sony Optiarc AD-5260S-0B



I'm not only showing you good products but have also done some work
The front. I want to give the same looks as the top, with acryl and 2 CM fans.
The plastic front



Here I have cut away the middle bar



Sawn a piece of 5mm blue acryl





And again the same as the top..........sawn the two fans







Made the slot for the dvd





Removed the tape





But we're not there yet, transparent is not what I want. That's why I have used black film to make small borders, later on with light









Paste tape again



Now I have cut out a 5mm line



Removed all the tape













Between the DVD and the fan is coming a bay reservoir with the blue acrylic as res window

That's it for today my friends

[guilleguillaume]

It looks fantastic. Well done!

[kier]

Update!!!

This time I've did some modding for the midplate. bend two angels in a mesh panel.











For the side of the midplate I've sawn a piece of 5mm transparant acryl





And another piece 5mm blue acryl







Just two pics of the big big Asus





Back to the transaprant acryl, past black film on it



Cut out the outline



And past 3m Carbon on the smaller plate



And put the both together





Cut also the outline from the smaller blue acryl





Also sawn and bend a piece of aluminium for the side from the radiator



Placed like this



And the last thing I did is a piece of aluminium for the drive bay side



All together





That's it............see you soon

[nickbaldwin86]

skillz

Nice work man

[kier]

Update !!!

Did my first cutting in the 600T this week
The 2 fans in the front







And the slot for the in/ outlet radiator



Also drawn the top fans



And after some dremel power





Also past black film on the top acryl



And slide out the same lines as the front panel



Put everything together







The fans in the front





And the outlet from the rad with just enough space to put the fittings in



The 600T how it's gonna be



I've received my BP reservoir. Nice and small











Removed the acryl window from the reservoir and marked the holes for the M4 bolds





Perfect fit



Cut the lines out of the black film. Same shape as the internal from the res





And placed it

[OC Maximus]

You've outdone yourself once again kier. Outstanding craftsmanship.

[RCG_Bex]

So smexy... not a fan of blue but this looks good together

[kier]

Update!!!

Today is a great day. Received a really important piece of this build
The Mnpctech 600T clear acryl panel. I always love a window in the sidepanels
So this is the ultimate one :rock:

The package from Mnpctech



All covered with paper adhesive backing



12mm thick acrylic





To prepare the panel you have to use the original panel latches, but first removed one side
of the adhesive protection



So the original sidepanel/latch



There are 4 clips that you need to sqeeze





And there out



Now you take the acrylic sidepanel and put in the top of the latch first





Now push and sqeeze the clips in





Removed the protection from other side also and there you have it....... a great window for your Corsair Graphite 600T







The quality is really great and all edges are smooth and polished









So here some pictures from the sidepanel and the case















And special thanks goes to Mnpctech





To order this great panel just send Bill your request mnpctech.com

[kier]

Sponsor Update!!!



For the Corsair 600T I made a deal with a great sponsor ................... Bitspower
Thanks for the great products. This will become great with the matt black Bitspower products

Had to wait a long time for this package, unfortunately it was a long time at customs.
And had to pay a fine as well, but it's all worth it



And of course very happy started unpacking right away



To begin the Black freezer VG-NGTX580







A beautiful backplate with it



And great accessory kit comes with it



Two Black freezer HDD coolers, the HD-S350









A nice reservoir, the 525 Bay Res





Very sexy modkit for the D5/MCP655 pump



The D5/Mcp655 Modkit



And a new top for the D5, the D5 Mod top V2 extreme



I also have a nice collection of fittings etc. All Carbon black style



Carbon Black 1/2" fitting



Carbon Black stop fitting



A Carbon Black Fill set + Mini dual extender



The Rotary 45-degree extender



And the Carbon Black rotery 90-degree Extender



And finally 2 x Five Rotary Snake-style dual adapter



It took a long time but was really worth the wait.

[SoMBrA]

Very nice updates. I really loved when I first saw you double layer acrylic effect and I think it looks outsanding in the tj11 but im not sure in this one. I really love the clear window ans all the bitapower goodies u r going to use...

[Manicdan]

the quality of the fan cutouts with the fretsaw rivals that of CNC machines!

and i sure would love to get my hands on some carbon black fittings, but i cant find anyone that sells them (preferably for the states)

[kier]

Sorry you guys for the pics above but photobucket is doing strange things, while I have a pro account???









Update !!!

After all these beautiful products, it's time for modding
I used the original HDD bracket with the BP blocks. Going to mod the bracket, but for measuring it's ok for now









I have the top Bitspower modkit and top, therefore I've bought a Alphacool D5-VPP655 - Single Edition / No Top saves a lot of unnecessary plastic.

So the pump is almost finished now, only needs to sleeve the power cable







P0rn pump



The tubes will get another touch.......... sleeved tubes
I have also changed the midplate, past a layer of 3M Di-Noc CARBON FIBER FILM.Looks better with the sleeved tubes.





And another important change, the motherboard!
With the Asrock mobo is nothing wrong, but there was a pleasant surprise coming my way
namely ........................



I want to thank MSI for providing the MSI Z68A-GD80 (B3)





Well-filled box





Test report with good numbers



And the beautiful mobo itself











This will fit perfectly in this build ............................ Thanks Niels

After placing the MSI mobo and some Bitspower components it's time for the tubes.
All placed pretty nice with little curves





Just a little tut regarding the tube sleeving. Maybe useful for some of you

Take a piece of precut tube



And some MDPC tube sleeve





Some wide heatshrink and tyraps



The tools



The heat shrink I marked 2cm long





I kept the sleeve 5mm on both sides of the tubes 5mm shorter (for the tyrap)



Heated the 2cm long heatshrink carefully with heatgun. Sleeve doesn't like heat, so keep distence with the heatgun



And shrinked





Tyrap around















That's it.............have a nice weekend!!!

[kier]

Update !!!

For this build I had the idea to put a big 3-slots Asus ENGTX580 in, but I've made a mistake. The regular waterblock doesn't fit on this one. I don't like the water-block for this card
The full cover block for the "normal" GTX580 from Bitspower is so much better, so i've sold the big one.
Then I received wonderful news from my friends at ZOTAC.
They were willing to sponsor this build with two beautiful Zotac GTX580 graphics cards.

For this I am very gratefull to ZOTAC, especially Chris, Craig and Carsten



The package



Of course unpacking and admiring right away







The great ZOTAC GTX580 1536M 348BIT DDR5



Specs:

Chipset:

Chipset Manufacturer NVIDIA®
GPU GeForce® GTX 580
Core clock 772 MHz
Stream Processors 512
Shader Clock 1544 MHz

Memory:

Memory Clock 4008 MHz
Memory Size 1536MB
Memory Interface 384-bit
Memory Type GDDR5

















All necessary cables etc. are present



And software, books + game: Assassin's Creed ™: Brotherhood game bundle



Some final pics of the two beauty's





To start with I replaced the stock cooler for Bitspower block, even though I have only one block
the second one is on his way

Dismanteld the card



Removed the compount and cleaned everything



There are several thicknesses of thermal pads included, 0.5 mm and 2.5 mm. At the top of the gpu is coming 0.5 mm thick pads.




Past the compount again



Placed the risers in the Bitspower block





And gently placed the block



Turned everything around and placed the various sizes (according to manual) thermal pads.



Placed the Backplate and Screws..............and the GTX is finished.











GPU was already good looking with the stockcooler but this is p0rn. Tonight i'm gonna place the first gpu with the tubes and see how it looks
So more to come


Grtzzz.

[thobel]

You sir are amazing!!

[RCG_Bex]

So many shinies... truly amazing. You are my inspiration and I can only hope my new build keeps up with the genius of yours!

[kier]

Thanks y'all, great to be an inspiration

[kier]

(sleeve) Update!!!

Just finished with extending and sleeving the psu for the 600T. So just a lot of pics...... no more talking

[kier]

Update !!!

Finally a 600T update After placing the first GTX580 and doing some tubing. And this is the result







After this I made another 5,25 plate. This one looks much better





Conected some blue leds



Also placed a blue led in the reservoir





And a first look with the great Mnpctech window



And then the second ZOTAC GTX580 installed with the second Bitspower VG-NGTX580







Think this looks very good





And playing again with some sleeved tubes and Bitspower links













3M Di-NOC Carbon and sleeve together



And Again the big window