[Project] Polished Orange/Blue Stacker 832 - (56k warning)

[GameGuru]

Well folks without further adieu I give you my modded 832 Stacker. I know some of you have been watching my progress over in the Stacker SLACKER! thread but due to the amount of pictures I decided to start my own thread but will post some over there as well.

This was actually my first case mod ever and I think personally that it turned out rather well, at least I'm happy . Thank you to each and every one of you here on Xtreme for all the help and great comments it's folks like you that keep the desire alive

I guess enough blabbering and on to the pics, here's a quick inventory list,

- CM Stacker 832
- Asus Striker Extreme
- Quad 6600 (G0)
- 2 8800 GTX's
- Crucial Ballistix Tracers PC8500
- Thermaltake Toughpower 1200
- D-TEK FuZion Waterblock
- Thermochill PA120.3
- (2) MC60 w/MC8800 kit's
- Laing D5 Vario/Swiftech MCP655
- EK-150 Rev.2 Multi-Option Reservoir
- AquaXtreme High-Flow Fitting Barbs
- D-Tek High-Flow Fitting Barbs
- Danger Den Delrin FillPort
- 7/16" ID (5/8" OD) Masterkleer Tubing
- 6 Yate Loons DSL-12's
- (2) Sunbeam Rheobus Black Fan Controller
- Orange PSU Sleeving kit
- (3) Logisys 12" Dual Cold Cathode Kit - UV
- WD Raptor 74g (OS) -- WD 250g (backup)
- Sony DVD/CD burner (nothing special)
- About a 100 trips to Home Depot, Radio Shack and various other places and a unforgettable amount of time.


Quick pic of the Shop




Father in law helping out, here were making our marks for cutting out the bottom of the case to fit the radiator (PA120.3)


Here's the bottom cut out.




Next we made our marks for cutting out the mother board tray for routing cables.



Had the case painted a high gloss black (Suburu to be exact)



We had to make custom legs for added height due to the radiator being mounted on the outside of the case and not in as there was no room.



Heres the radiator with legs showing the clearance.


Fans mounted to the inside of the case, rad underneath




Shot of the motherboard tray



Before cleaning up the wiring, as you can see it's pretty much a mess


I had to strip the original paint then sand starting with 600 working my way to 2500, then polish to a finish but I let a shop finish the polishing for me






After everything put back together









I added a custom cover plate to hide all the drives and pump. I used some fluorescent and black plexi, cut the black a bit smaller than the orange so that the orange will glow under UV lighting.






And now for some night shots,


Put some custom Rocker switches in the top, these control the UV lights











Here she is sitting on the desk



Well there it is in all it's glory, some of the shots of the polishing just don't due justice. The pics outside with the sun blazing down give it a rather washed look but I can tell you that inside the baby shines like there's no tomorrow, I just wish I had a professional camera but oh well.

Thanks again everyone, it's been a fun first time mod and hope to maybe do some more in the future.

[ser710]

Sweet set up you got there. I'm thinking whether or not I should MOD a case, now seeing how yours turned out I want to do it even more.

[BlueAqua]

Damn nice build man. Maybe some polished side skirts around the base might dress it up some more. Everything is very well done.

[GameGuru]

Damn nice build man. Maybe some polished side skirts around the base might dress it up some more. Everything is very well done.

Thats funny that you say that, I was debating weather or not to polish those as well but finally decided against it . My reasoning for not was so that the side's matched the little bit of black on the top, back, mesh and legs but was a rather hard decision to make.

[stillkicking]

Super nice. It reminded me of the 2nd generation robot in Terminator 2. You know, the one that could morph itself into that shiny silver form. And great pictures too. I love the clarity and high resolution.

[clone38]

Nice clean build m8 love the shine

[disruptfam]

Woow Awesome Build Mate!!!!





only thing i would do is maybe cable tie your power cord's look just a tad cleaner

other than that

FANTASTIC BUILD!!

[nibble]

That is some insane polishing, brilliant. Really looks like chrome. And the orange is nice too, I've always wanted to do a mod involving orange... some time.

[Colossous]

Thats one good looking stacker !

[shazza]

One of the nicest stackers I've seen! Great job.

[TheSamurai]

that puter is very yummy! great job bud!!!!

[GameGuru]

Woow Awesome Build Mate!!!!





only thing i would do is maybe cable tie your power cord's look just a tad cleaner

other than that

FANTASTIC BUILD!!

LOL, I actually did have them zip tied with my old PSU, I just got my new one, had to re-sleeve it and forgot to zip tie them, good catch.

[disruptfam]

those tracer's really suit that build nice work!!!

[GameGuru]

Guys, thanks for all the kind comments, it's much appreciated

[jimmyz]

Awesome mod. That is amazing work.

[Seer]

56k Warning? I wonder who's still on 56k. . . lol

[disruptfam]

How are your temp's???

How well is that 120.3 handling that quad and 2 gtx's??

[Sabien]

Fantasic setup. Great polishing work

[64dragon]

the orange and blue looks great, nice work

[TopherTony]

Very nice color scheme you have selected. I love the black gloss base. It really brings out everything else. The polished finish is astounding as well.

[GameGuru]

How are your temp's???

How well is that 120.3 handling that quad and 2 gtx's??

Temps are decent for two overclocked 8800GTX's and a quad. I idle around 36/38 and load (P95) max 62.

Very nice color scheme you have selected. I love the black gloss base. It really brings out everything else. The polished finish is astounding as well.

Thank you, I think the two colors (gloss black and polished aluminum) compliment each other quite well, along with the orange and blue glow

[7499richard]

very nice mod....only thing is that mobo is a huge POS for a quad....

But the quality and craftsmanship is fantastic on the mod, I really like it

I would change that mobo asap though...you will have far more headroom to OC that quad.

[GameGuru]

very nice mod....only thing is that mobo is a huge POS for a quad....

But the quality and craftsmanship is fantastic on the mod, I really like it

I would change that mobo asap though...you will have far more headroom to OC that quad.

Before I grabbed the Srtiker I had a IP35-pro (actually if you look at the pics of the mother board tray you'll notice it's not the Striker) that could push my quad to the 4.0 range, however in my whole build process I thought that I blew up my 8800gtx and while awaiting RMA I picked up another 8800gtx. So then it was a question of "Do I want an extra 200mhz or possibly 400mhz, or sacrifice it for another 8800gtx"? The answer to me was simple, 2 8800gtx's as I'm running my quad prime stable at 3.6. I know my chip has more room but I'm pretty happy with 3.6 and two 8800gtx's. Hopefully soon a new chipset will come out that supports SLI and can OC a quad with more ease, until then, I'm pretty happy.

[cabbspapp]

You have such an awesome case! I'm not sure if I like the chrome, but you did an awesome job, inside and out.

[awhir]

Very nice mod man the only thing that needs a change is the legs !!!