CaseLabs MAGNUM M8K

[kier]

Today the start of a new build with a super case: the CaseLabs Magnum M8 Labs

Sponsored by...... CaseLabs, Lamptron, Highflow, Coolermaster and EKWB











First my thanks goes out to Jim (CaseLabs) for providing this beautiful case
Received this beautiful gift on my birthday





Offcourse unwrapping it right away







Once out of the box











One of the finest cases I've ever seen, quality is superb







And with an XL window on the right side





And also on the left side



After admiring the outside for some time, the inside



With 3 HDD cages



Attached with screws and rubbers



Pins to hold everything in place



With two vertical accessory mounts







Once everything is removed there is a lot of space for a nice WC setup





Other side also perfect quality



Place at the bottom for a 360 radiator



Passages for tubes and / or wiring





8 Slots is enough



And enough space for various purposes



Also with a Horizontal Accessory Mount



And included 2x Lamptron switches which also perfectly finished



Already sleeved



The windows also very nice and simple mounted



Nothing pasted or with bent strips, but with nuts



So always easy to exchange if necessary. After damage or any other acrylic color replacing. Clamping mechanism is also well thought







This is also applied to the front and top panel, which is also removable





Space for 3x 120mm fans



But that's not all. There was another package





Quickly unwrapping it again



And it is the extended pedestal, for all your radiators and other stuff







At the back holes for 2x 140mm fan





So much space inside, but I choose for a bracket for 2x 360 radiator



The front also has a removable panel. Always nice to mod



So the extended pedastal. Lots of extra space, a real nice addition



Once installed everything, I was shocked



Really big









Some more pictures of the beautiful extra addition











So a new build with a superb case from:

[PiLsY]

Can't wait for this! Any clues on where youre going to go with it?

[kier]

A lot of clear acrylic, color is going to be black and transparent.
I have a good old EVGA classified for this one with 3 GTX 580,s 2 loops with Bitspower silvershiny stuff
3x 360 radiator, 3x BP 250 reservoirs, 2x D5 pumps with BP mod kits and much more

[[XC] Oj101]

Imagine the cooling you could get by filling the right side with 120.3 or 140.3 radiators stacked one on top of the other - with that much surface area I think you might not need fans at all or maybe only two sets, convection should take care of the rest.

I can't wait to see this What do those cases go for?

[kier]

Imagine the cooling you could get by filling the right side with 120.3 or 140.3 radiators stacked one on top of the other - with that much surface area I think you might not need fans at all or maybe only two sets, convection should take care of the rest.

I can't wait to see this What do those cases go for?

One 360 is going in the right side and two 360 is coming in de pedestal. Pumps and reservoirs are also coming in the right side



Before we even get to modding, an overview of all the accessories

One Standard HDD Cage is coming with the case





Ordered two more



As I mentioned earlier comes with rubber bands for installing at the front with screws



With gaskets and mounting bolts for the HDDs







The SSD Mounting Kit



Two Vertical Accessory Mount





And the Horizontal Accessory Mount





These will be very useful



A PSU Support Bracket For heavy powersupplies



A lot of Flex-Bay Device Mount



Two x 360 Radiator Side Mount For in the pedestal



And a Bottom Accessory Mount





To replace the standard bottom covers, consists of three sizes (picture is the longest)
A few HDD Opening Cover Plates Replacement cover plates for the HDD openings on the PSU side



A Large Attachment Plate for various purposes such as installing reservoirs or miscellaneous







And finally, all the spare parts comes with the case







Of course I also had time to do some modding. A little teaser

[kier]

Update!!!

Ok, my friends Its modding time
Beneath the top cover there are holes for 120mm fans, which I dont need.
These will disappear, because I want a good view from all sides

So taped and marked



Always an exciting moment...the first cut-out





I also slightly modified the recesses in the bottom of the case. There were also holes for 120mm fans (3x) on both sides



Between the pedestal and the case I have inserted an acrylic plate, which makes the separation between the two



Later i am gonna use fill ports for the tubes and/ or acrylic pipes





In the top cover I also made openings ​​with the same size as the recesses underneath







Piece of acrylic for the top window







For the front I also did some cutting, but first marking





The same dimensions as the 5.25 bays





Piece of acrylic behind



Going to use the exciting fanholes because of the 360 rad behind it later







To keep the color combination (black / silver) I have cut a piece of aluminum with the fanholes. And a hole for the switch. This is further extended to the right with displays, and more switches in the middle.



What's going to look like this



More to come

[kier]

The story continues......With some nice hardware and more

The hardware is a nice Gigabyte mobo: The Z68X-UD4-B3



And a great CPU: The i7-2600K



I've changed my mind regarding the front. For this I made the aluminum front again



The opening above is for 2 HDD coolers. Always fun to see how the flow is





Made it black





In order to be able to make this happen, there where some adjustments necessary





After some dremel cutting and filing









So I've slightly modified the existing hdd cages and placed it







And this is how the front looks for now. There also are coming two Lamptrons touch controllers in it





I also want to thank Cooler Master for providing theTurbine Master Mach 1.8 fans
And...a beautiful M2 Silent pro 1500W
He's big....really big



Nice sticker, not unimportant lol



After placing the PSU I've been playing with the space. And to fill this space I've cut a piece of aluminum and bent it.



Cut a piece of 5mm black acrylic



This will be the bottom





On this I will place two reservoirs, not the 150mm but 250mm









Left here and there some space for some ideas





And at the back I've made a fanhole for a nice small 80mm fan



More to come

[LeoAndrade]

nice modding, keep going

[kier]

nice modding, keep going

Thanks...I will



Sponsor update:

Lamptron is also helping me with this build, So special thanks to Maurizio
Received the first touch controllers. I asked for aluminum version (which is convenient for future builds) but for this build I'm adjusting these.

















Specificaties:
Dimension：148.5mm X 42.5mm X 64.5mm (5.25inch bay)
Screen Dimension：118mm X 31.5mm
Power Output：Up to 30W per channel
Control Channels：6

Included cables:
6x Temp sensors



6x Sleeved fan cables





And a manual, jumper and molex cable



A very nice sleeve kit...The Modding tool kit





A great set for the disassembly your 4 and 8 pin EPS (12V), ATX Connectors, PCI-E connectors and more!!!











Perfect kit



I also received some switches including 3x 19mm white dot momentary





And 2x 19mm white dot latching





Maybe a bit lazy but also ordered
5x connection cables



Nicely finished and sleeved





Couldn't resist to intall the switches





And with acrylic in front of it. Still need to cut the holes and raise the switches a little bit



And just one final pic to show the quality of the beautiful finished aluminum faceplate

[kier]

Sponsor update

I also want to welcome a great sponsor for this build .... Highflow
Given the great choice of products, I have choosen some nice stuff.



Always nice to a Highflow package, Thank you Freddy!!!

First two beautifull reservoirs. The EK-Multioption RES X2 - 250 Advanced





Some Tygon R3603 - HighFlow - 1/2 ID - 3/4 OD - Clear tube





And nine great NorthQ 120MM 3711RL Silent Tornado fans





Also a small 80MM NorthQ 3709RL Silent Tornado



Playing with the fans





I'm very satisfied with the fans, They will look perfect in this build



And last 2x Acryl Paneel - UV Rood / Transparant - 500x500mm





Once everything unpacked, it's modding time. Cut a piece of red acrylic and cut a hole in it for a tube



In the black acrylic I have cut 2 holes with the size of the reservoirs cut to keep them in place





And cut a little piece for a fillport



Two fillports for the hdd cooler with a little touch of red



Playing with the tubes and of course placed the fans









Also placed the reservoirs with some BP links (these will be black)



After a bit of measuring and other small things, made the aluminum plate black



And placed everything back









Again connected the tubes







And two pics how one side stands now .... on to the next

[arkadur]

Interesting ieda with the parallel connection on the res
How it's works ?

[kier]

Interesting ieda with the parallel connection on the res
How it's works ?

Level in both reservoirs will be the same











So after some thinking and some urging of fellow modders I decided to do everything straight. It's more work ... but I'm in no hurry







Also a nice idea I have seen in another build is the tilted mobo. Made the back plate again with 2mm aluminum, and marked the shape of the backtray



Sawing, drilling and Filing



Placed the original mobo tray, pasted black vinyl again to get it black. Maybe a bit lazy but this is so easy, quick, scratch resistant, inexpensive and just the right color.

The tilted mobo



















Missing something ... red I think. therefore entirely dismantled the backplate and cut a red plate







And everything reassembled, this time with countersunk m3 bolts. Rivets are unfortunately too short now





Nice touch... inside is red now



And placed it. Now with some daylight pics





Placed NorthQ fans in front instead of the Turbine masters



And received some nice red hardware



An made an additional air outlet​​. Will place mesh later.



Furthermore beeing busy with the acrylic pipe, to get this as straight as possible. Just like the other side, cut a piece of aluminum with fanhole



Made it black and cut and placed a piece of red acrylic. Placed a loose tube for size and see if it's straight





And fits nicely along the mobo tray



And the weekend is over ... unfortunately. More Next week

[kier]

EKWB Sponsor update!!!

Received this week a great package from EKWB. Again my thanks to Gregor and everyone from EKWB that makes this possible. All beautiful products for CaseLabs build



The EK-Supremacy - Nickel















The EK-FC680 GTX Backplate - Black CSQ

















EK-FC680 GTX - Acetal + Nickel CSQ

























EK-Multioption RES X2 - 250 Advanced











2x EK-CoolStream RAD XT (360)















2x EK-CoolStream RAD XT (240)











A EK-DDC Dual TOP V.2 G1/4 - Black Acetal













Some beautiful EK-PSC Fitting 13mm - G1/4 Black





And some EK-PSC Adapter 90° G1/4 Black





And EK-PSC Adapter 45° G1/4 Black

[Elmy]

Looking awesome so far!

[tiborrr]

Dying to see more!

[CrazyNutz]

Nice build man I really like the angled motherboard! That is a new one.

[theseeker]

Beautiful work kier!

[LeoAndrade]

That's something i've never seen! That <i> </i> mobo look really nice

[kier]

Update!!!











It has been a while, but here a big big update
First a thank you note for Sicomputers. The GPUs (GTX680) were not available, but thanks to the good and fast service from Sicomputers I got 2 beautiful cards.
And as promised an honorable mention with banner



2 beautiful GTX cards



First tested on air



Time to give the cards a transformation
EK-FC680 GTX - Acetal + Nickel CSQ













And the great EK-FC680 GTX Backplate - Black CSQ



Also placed the EK-Supremacy - Nickel



One GPU placed



For now with multi link, but will not use these in this build.



Really like the backplate.



Placed 2e GPU



Allready installed the radiators with theNorthQ fans



With the EK-CoolStream 360 RAD XT







And then I received a great package from....van Freddy.... Highflow





With (hope so) the latest products that I need for this build.

Offcourse with some Fillports





And 15mm extenders







90 degrees adapters







Smaller extenders





Because I've made the angle in the mobo tray, the 45 degrees rotery's will not fit. Therefore I've ordered some 30 degrees rotery's







and offcourse my favorite adapter, the multi link adapter







I still have some other ideas for the Case labs case, but for this I'll need some more acrylic. Therefore 3mm transparent



And UV red acrylic





Freddy/ Highflow thank you again for the quick service and good products and ... have a great holiday.

Now the explanation why this order has taken place. I'll will make this setup with the solid tubes



From the CPU, 2 pipes going up. Because there's an angle in the mobo I can not use the 45 degree fitting to connect on a fillport



That's why I'm using the 30 degrees rotery





Ordered the extenders to lower the in- and outlet.





To create a corner with the acrylic tubes I use the 15mm extender, 2x multi link and the 90 graden adapter









Now only a multi link, later there will be added a fillport



More multi links



And connected everything



Chapter red acrylic

Previously I had a 5mm thick transparent plate between the case and the pedestal. But I want the red lines run entirely in this build, therefore changed the middle part.

The red acryl.



Cut it.



After this cut the 3 mm transparent transparant acryl "]acrylic[/URL]



Placed like this.



Removed the plastic.











The plate is transparent to get a free sight what happens in the pedestal.



I was not very happy with the front, just didn't like it. Therefore I've sawn a new piece of red acrylic



With the sizes of the detachable front.



Used some spacers.



Also sawn a new plate with the fanholes and the holes for the Lamptron switches



With illuminated edges







The 2 spaces above the HDD coolers are for the Lamptron controllers



The last thing i've did is sleeving the Coolermaster 1500w Silent pro M2



Finished





24 pins



CPU cables



And some GPU cables



Connected everything to see how it looks.







That's it for now...Grtz.

[Utnorris]

That's awesome. Couple quick questions, what size acrylic tubing did you have to use for it to fit the multi link adapters? How did you cut it? Where did you get it?

[Saltire]

Love the sleeving work.

The tilted motherboard is just "Lush"!!

[ohms]

That is looking PRO Kier but to be expected from your other builds

[kier]

Thanks y'all

That's awesome. Couple quick questions, what size acrylic tubing did you have to use for it to fit the multi link adapters? How did you cut it? Where did you get it?

I'm using now 8/12mm tubing but i'm trying to find 10/12mm, cut it with a fretsaw and get a straight edge with a file. At a Dutch shop http://www.bouwplastics.nl/

Update!!!











Hmm...vacation is almost over and spent the last few days modding the M8. After some brainstorming about the red line across the case, I have made this update. Started again with a lot of red acrylic

For the sides (pedestal) I first sawn the transparant acrylic and endorsed the fanholes



Drilled holes for the fretsaw



Also marked the red acrylic



And drilled holes



Again some sawing. The red result



On the corners I also drilled holes for the standoff's





Placed some standoff's on existing thread



And placed the orginal back



Transparent acrylic also sawn



Placed on the red acrylic.



And made the transparent acrylic black



Marked/ sawn the orginal cover





Because I used the standoff's on the covers, I also needed to adjust to the originals from the frame.

Before:



Standoff's



After:



Placed everything back







Btw. the aluminium edges will be painted black

I also want the red line in the front of the pedestal ... with a slot for the Blu-ray.
Orginal cover marked and sawn.





Made this the same way as the side panels













Total shot





Sawn a transparent acrylic plate for the bottom of the pedestal



Where a red glow underneath the case comes from later on.



After a good tip from my friends from TFoM I've also changed something in the front. The HDD coolers were to shiny, so I applied some black transparent acrylic.





Better like this...only need some leds





Need to look what kind of leds I'm gonna use.

Last but not least the back, lol, yes the back is also important. Target is just to mod as much as possible, but nevertheless that the M8 is still recognizable. So sawn a new piece of red acrylic and marked more holes and squares.









Made the same shape transparent acrylic





And it's black again



For the 5 air outlets I have used the Caselabs mesh (acrylic edges will be polished)



Adjusted the original 140 mm fanholes.





Again with red, black and mesh.



Total shot







Hope you like this update so far, maybe this weekend more updates about the internal

[Buckeye]

Man that is some sweet mod work and system you are building !

[Avathar77]

Very nice!
What size (ID and OD) are those Acrylic tubes?