Project: ATCS 840

[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 :D

Sponsors Include:
Coolermaster (http://www.coolermaster.com/index.html)
HWLabs (http://www.hwlabs.com/)
OCZ (http://www.ocztechnology.com/)

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/skull/coolermaster_logo.jpg (http://www.coolermaster.com/index.html)

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/skull/hwlabs_logo.jpg (http://www.hwlabs.com/)

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/ocz_logo.jpg (http://www.ocztechnology.com/)


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[coolmiester]

Still not sure what hardware is going into this and initially i had wanted to go i7 but i've still got a spare Skulltrail board though no CPU's or RAM but i do know it will be dual loop whatever hardware i end up going with.
So i thought i'd give something a little different a go which should end up keeping things nice and tidy and keep hose routing to a minimal.
The plan is to attach an Alphacool DDC top to the back end of a Dual Res.
I'll see how it actually performs first and i might end up making the two dual Reservoirs from scratch but i'm pretty happy with the outcome using the DD ones tbh.

Was a simple case of tapping 4x 6/32 holes into the backside of the res followed by a 12mm hole in the centre so the liquid can flow directly to the pump.

I'll also be tapping a G1/4 hole into the front of the res for easy filling.
Once i decide whether to use the DD Res or make my own i'll use clear silicon gasket seal before screwing the Alphacool top to the Res which should hopefully make it completely leak proof...............well that's plan A anyway :cool:

The result is a nice compact res/pump combo which i duplicate for dual loop.
As always, on with some pictures ;)

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/res_pump_1.JPG

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[coolmiester]

WOW it works :aplausos:
Actually, i never doubted it wouldn't tbh but i was quite surprised it didn't leak even without any gasket seal but i guess its because the two contact surfaces are so flat there's no space for leakage.

Anyway, i'm a happy with the outcome and i can get back to me holidays tomorrow knowing i did good :D

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/res_pump_11.JPG

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[coolmiester]

Just before i started chopping this ATCS 840 chassis up i thought i'd give this top 360 radiator mounting a go using the included brackets.

I set it up using the two stock 230mm fans pulling through the radiator but it could also be mounted using any three 120mm fans which no doubt a lot of folk will do (not sure which option i'll go for just yet)

I got to say it all works really well though one thing i would add is a small blank plate or tape up the side gap of the 230mm fans so all air is directed through the radiator.

Just got to work out what to do with the grill now??

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_7.jpg

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http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_11.jpg

[coolmiester]

a bit more testing is in order to see what the best set-up is for the 360 rad in terms of noise and air flow.

Anyway, managed to sneak a bit of time this afternoon to de-rivet the entire chassis to make it easier for working on and anodising or powder coating......still haven't made my mind up on which to go for yet.

Chopped out a bit of the hard drive cage to allow for the GTX240 rad to be mounted to the base then used one of our silver honeycomb grills for a template to mark out what needs removing from the base section.

I'll have to make a decision on colour and by what method pretty soon but a quick mock up shows how it will look.
I'm happy with that!

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_14.jpg

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[Radeon92]

Great, coming from you i think it´ll be a nice mod:supremo: and that´s a good CM case to. I´ll be waiting for new pics. Bye

[zabit]

Nice!!!!:aplausos: :aplausos: :aplausos: :aplausos: :aplausos: :aplausos: :aplausos: :guitarris :supremo:

is perfect!!

[miguecasla]

WOW, that case it's amazing, i can't wait to se progress on it.

I like the "hole" in the mobo tray, it made easier switch the CPU coolers, maybe i will do the same on my Stacker 830 SE.

Waiting for more picts and the finally RIG that will inside that case.

[ShArK666]

nice job dude........I like very much the reserv ;)

[paton]

Great job! keep posting new advances! .. really cool the way you modify the reservoir adapting the water pump :aplausos: :aplausos: :aplausos: ...

[GEEZETH]

Fantastic!

[cucuit]

Fantastic!

Estabas inspirado no?? jajaja

Really dude, based on your previous work i have no doubt that this case will rulz.

the job of pump-reservoir is excellent. I want to see how are you going to mount the Triple radiator in the top of the case.

[coolmiester]

As always, thanks for the kind words :aplausos:

Not much of an update at all tbh but never-the-less i got a few pictures of the chassis back from powder coaters in satin black.

I also spoke to Willie at HWLabs (http://www.hwlabs.com/) earlier in the week who is going to pull all the stops and try to get me a custom GTX360 X-Flow radiator for the top as i find that its much easier to route hoses and it gives an overall much cleaner look so massive thanks the Willie for that :cool:

......i just got to work out how to put this oversized jig-saw back together :D

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[marianz]

Pretty cool! Nice job!

[henry1214]

fantastic very good job coolermaster is a question that?

[Loki]

Well nice work, i´m amazed by the arilyc piece for the water pump in the reservoir.. did you made it? can you show us a picture of your work place? I´m shure that you have some cool tools over there..

greetings

[zabit]

fantastic very good job coolermaster is a question that?
offtopic: No te entendemos en en Castellano y pretendes que te entienda este chabon?????:snooty:

[zeta-lm]

offtopic: No te entendemos en en Castellano y pretendes que te entienda este chabon?????:snooty:

jajajajaja... es verdad!!!, igual yo mucho no puedo decir


congrats!!! very nice

[henry1214]

offtopic: No te entendemos en en Castellano y pretendes que te entienda este chabon?????:snooty:

lo escribi mal??

[cucuit]

fantastic very good job coolermaster is a question that?

Fantástico muy buen trabajo coolermaster es una pregunta eso?

lo escribi mal??

Creo que le falta por lo menos una coma y una pizca de sentido.

yo te banco Henry, si no fuera porque sos un fanboy de xfx/nvidia juraria que sos el fake de y2k.
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that powercoated pain is beautiful, i`m thinking to pain my cosmos 1000, but i chose a matte colour or a anodised paint. I can't really decide at this point

[zabit]

el que se coma todas las comas en ingles y en castellano ="Comilon sera!"
ahora falta que Henry diga "Me la como y que?" :eek: ajajajja
te bancamos ,todo bien Henry ..pero no te la comas!!:D :D :D

[cucuit]

pero no te la comas!!:D :D :D

Por que no?? libre albedrio!!

basta de off topic por favor!!

[henry1214]

el que se coma todas las comas en ingles y en castellano ="Comilon sera!"
ahora falta que Henry diga "Me la como y que?" :eek: ajajajja
te bancamos ,todo bien Henry ..pero no te la comas!!:D :D :D

por lo menos yo no tenco un bananin en mi firma:D :D :D no se si es una señal de dios eso ??

Fantástico muy buen trabajo coolermaster es una pregunta eso?



Creo que le falta por lo menos una coma y una pizca de sentido.

yo te banco Henry, si no fuera porque sos un fanboy de xfx/nvidia juraria que sos el fake de y2k.
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that powercoated pain is beautiful, i`m thinking to pain my cosmos 1000, but i chose a matte colour or a anodised paint. I can't really decide at this point


si me parece que lo escribi mal bue.. me falta practica yo quise decir que cooleermaster es mas lo anterior

disculpen por el doble post

[LeoY2K]

that powercoated pain is beautiful, i`m thinking to pain my cosmos 1000, but i chose a matte colour or a anodised paint. I can't really decide at this point
Without pain dude, better is with paint... :p

[Alphamod]

good job cooliermister :supremo:

offtopic:
el kess de maximo se clono en toxico y se hizo llamar henry :rolleyes:

[zabit]

offtopic:
el kess de maximo se clono en toxico y se hizo llamar henry :rolleyes:LOLLLLLL :D :D :D

[coolmiester]

Still waiting on a few bits so i can start the exterior so thought i'd put the chassis back together and i got to say its looking real nice and can't wait to start filling it full of new hardware.

As you can see, to fit the HWLabs GTX240, i had to remove part of the hard drive caddy so it can only take three now but then that's never bothered me in the past.

Also nice to see CM go with the black quick release buttons on this as they fit in much better with the colour scheme.

Man, i just love starting with a blank canvas like this....

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_31.jpg

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[colorr14]

muy buen trabajo.... esta hermoso

[Radeon92]

I´m sure, it´ll be a great job:supremo:

[rhpsystems]

offtopic: No te entendemos en en Castellano y pretendes que te entienda este chabon?????:snooty:

Jajajajaja :aplausos:

Very good job coolmiester, your work is excellent to the smallest detail. I hope to see your works in this forum for a long time.

See you do what you do with these cases gives a bit of courage, jeje


Greetings

[coolmiester]

Well, i know the colour scheme now - or at least for the time being anyway :doh!:

I'm quite happy tbh as its very similar to Skulltrail and if all else fails at least i'll have a couple of nice matching bookends if nothing else..............but man this poor little board looks lost in this case.

Actually, not much of an update but at least i can relax now and enjoy Christmas :)

Having said that, i need blocks - any suggestions??

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_32.jpg

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[Horus-x]

Coolmiester only i can say your works always are prolix and greats...nice job...

[Radeon92]

Why a molex in the motherboard?

[st3al]

My suggest:

Microproccesor: i7 920 or i7 965 Extreme Edition
Memory: It's a long list :D

Black Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231167
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227320
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820609273
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820609237
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227342

Blue memory:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146826
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146873
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104048

Intel warns that you use more than 1.6 V, these low risk of burning the memory controller of your expensive processor.

Please be careful with the choice.
The memory would be appropriate to DX58SO is:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146873

But you can choose another, and lower the voltage and raise raise the latencies according to processor speed and bios settings.

Video: 4870 CrossFire or a single 4870. GTX260 or GTX280. Your pocket choise :D .

PSU: Over 700w.

greets :)

[coolmiester]

VENTS - well it wouldn't be the same without vents but this time around they go in over rather than sticking out.

I figured the ATCs chassis was wide enough without sticky out vents so went for these which will eventually be stuck in place then filler to smooth the rim so they are seamless but before that, both panels will be powder coated and wet sanded to give a good base for primer and paint.

I also have a new sponsor by the name of OCZ (http://www.ocztechnology.com/) which i'm over the moon with tbh and are supplying 6GB of PC3-10666 triple-channel memory and couple of 60GB 2.5 Solid State Drives so a massive thanks to OCZ (http://www.ocztechnology.com/) :aplausos:

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/ocz_logo.jpg (http://www.ocztechnology.com/)

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[S T]

I love the reservoir/pump. Nice job mate.

[GEEZETH]

Great job! I can´t wait to see the SSD´s running... :D

[hdmuzzilloOCZ]

Why a molex in the motherboard?

Porque un slot PCI-e tipo destina unos 65 a 75w para la vga solamente y para garantizar la estabilidad de todos los componentes es necesario un molex ademas de la alimentacion directa a las placas y el aux de 8 pines...

[hdmuzzilloOCZ]

Great job! I can´t wait to see the SSD´s running... :D

Me too :D

[zabit]

Great job! I can´t wait to see the SSD´s running... :DMe too :silbando:

Great WORK Sr.:aplausos:

[Alphamod]

nice job coolmiester

[coolmiester]

OCZ came good with their sponsorship promise this morning when UPS dropped off two OCZ Core Series V2 SATA II 2.5" SSD (http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/flash_drives/ocz_core_series_v2_sata_ii_2_5-ssd) and 3x2GB OCZ DDR3 PC3-10666 Platinum Low-Voltage Triple Channel (http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/memory/ocz_ddr3_pc3_10666_platinum_low_voltage_triple_cha nnel) which was very nice of them indeed and mucho appreciated so thank you OCZ for what will hopefully be the first of many.

Anyway, all the rest of the chassis is at powder coat so with any luck there should be a bit more progress tomorrow ;)

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_49.jpg

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[Loki]

Soooo good to have sponsorship.....

[GEEZETH]

God bless you OCZ!! :D :D

[ShArK666]

Very snapshot man.......

So, I want to see this project ended :D:D:D:D

[Radeon92]

Those SSD rock :guitarris :guitarris :guitarris . I want to see them in action

[coolmiester]

OK, got a bit side tracked with those SSD's and Windows 7 but anyway, picked up the tins from powder coat today (Note: powder coat is only to flatten surfaces and will be painted and clear coated once the vents are finished)

I've still not decided on the final colour 100% but i've got a pretty good idea.
Anyway, vents are stuck in place and i've started with the filler and sanding but that will be repeated a few times to get it all nice and smooth.

I also got a 6mm thick piece of aluminium milled to replace the top vents and to replicate the front which still needs a little work and mesh fitted behind but more on that later ;)

These are the boring bits so not really a lot to show but things should start to pick up over the next few days......i promise :)

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_53.jpg

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[coolmiester]

Windows 7 and SSD Experience


I decided to give loading Windows 7 a go on OCZ Core Series V2 SATA II 2.5" SSD (http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/flash_drives/ocz_core_series_v2_sata_ii_2_5-ssd) so here's my experience.

Downloaded Windows 7 ISO file from Microsoft and converted it using Nero.

Plugged in the OCZ SSD and disabled Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) in the BIOS as apparently it results in conflicts between the controller and the drive that are apparent as sluggish overall system performance.

Troubleshooting - Installing and configuring your new OCZ SSD (http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=40561)

Configuring and setting up SSD's (http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=40561)

To be fair, i did run into a few problems with my CD ROM not reading the Windows 7 image properly but swapped ROM's and tried a different DVD media worked a treat.

The whole loading process took around 10 to 15 minutes followed by a further 3 or 4 minutes of downloading updates with a couple of restarts in between.

First thoughts are that it lightning fast but not sure if that's Windows or the SSD but it all seems to be working fine and it found my network straight away which is always something i have trouble with in Vista for some reason but yeah, i quite like the over all look and feel though its still got that "Do You Really Want To Allow That ProgramTo Do That?? box appearing every time you want to do something which i find so annoying.

Just updated nVidia GX2 drivers to pre-release WDDM 1.1 whatever they are so will load Grid and see what that's like.

Oh, where my Favourites gone............i see on the other side now!!!
I guess it will take a little setting up to the way i like things but quite impressed so far:cool:

Anyway, i've read so much about this infamous stutter that SSD's have (or had) and all the tweaks and fixes but i must be one of the lucky ones as there is no sign of even the slightest stutter what so ever so not sure if that is due to it being the V2 version SSD or Windows 7 or what but nothing bad in that department to report.

For more information on tweaks and SSD set-up look no further than OCZ Forums (http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=186) which seem to have most things covered.

I'll keep playing and report back with any issues i come across with either the SSD's or Windows 7 but all good at present :)

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/windows_7_1.jpg

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[GEEZETH]

Google translate:
Despite being the craft work is very neat. It is rare to see cuts in materials, so meticulous in modding there.

[cucuit]

Why donn't you put those SSD´s in RAID0?

[ShArK666]

I Install Windows 7 the other day. In my experience with WIN 7 I must say that is great for be a beta. Just get a problem with daemon tools. All my hardware was found by the O.S and there was no need to install drivers.
Maybe I will try again, now I got Windows XP SP3, and I miss Win 7 interface :p :p :p

Nice mod :D

[hollymaN]

Sos un groso, yo vi un mod hecho tuyo en un Cooler Master Cosmos basado en Mercedes Benz y realmente la zarpaba!

GROSO!

[hdmuzzilloOCZ]

"there is no sign of even the slightest stutter what so ever so not sure if that is due to it being the V2 version SSD"

Thats one of the issues V2 was meant to improve...

[coolmiester]

I don't think its any secret that the MC-Chipset block from Danger Den is going to be a main contender for i7 but rather than going for the Lucite top version, i decided to make my own from 10mm Delrin :)

Used a fret saw to cut the initial shape out and it still needs a bit of minor filing and then a polish on the bench polisher but that's a job for tomorrow.

Decided to re-tap the base to M4 for no other reason than i wanted to use black hex bolts and M4 was all i had.

Anyway, we'll see how it performs once i get the system up and running ;)

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/i7_block_1.jpg

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[Radeon92]

i dont know what to say

nise block

jaja

[coolmiester]

I love that warm fuzzy feeling you get when you complete making something and it turns out good :)

Never tried to flame polish Delrin before but thought i'd give it a go and it worked :p

Just need a matching NB one now :cool:

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/i7_block_15.jpg

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[cucuit]

Some EK Acetal will look great

[coolmiester]

As always, thanks so much for following and the feedback left :cool:

I know a few people seem to be getting a bit confused with regard to vents and side panels with me already having the panels powder coated and the vents being white.

Just to clear that up - i found a while ago that powder coat gives a great base for paint and gets rid of all the brushed anodised finish so that's why its been powder coated already.

The vents need to be secured in place and smoothed in with car filler (bondo) but will eventually be painted all the same colour.

Anyway, vents in place and started filling and sanding which usually consists of 3 or 4 goes to get it looking completely smooth but decided to lay a coat of primer on after the first go with filler just to show how far i'm off but it is easier to see the direction of the vent now its all one colour.....even though its just in primer.

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_62.jpg

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[coolmiester]

Anyway, how cool is this???

I certainly consider myself very lucky to have such good sponsors for this mod :aplausos:

I got to give a massive shout out to Willie at HWLabs for making me a one off GTX30 X-Flow Rad for the ATCs mod.

Over the years Willie has become a good friend and work colleague who simply put, just seems to love getting involved with my mods and this time is no exception.

He knows i tend to go for an X-Flow Rad as it makes for much easier hose routing so this time when i asked for something special he came up with the idea of having a total one off GTX which is just amazing of him to construct it for me.

As you can tell, i'm pretty happy.....and rightly so in my book as there is not many manufacturers that will go to this extent so hats off to you Wille :cool:

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/skull/hwlabs_logo.jpg (http://www.hwlabs.com/)

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_hwlabs_1.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_hwlabs_2.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_hwlabs_3.jpg

[cucuit]

i love this rad, i just recived today GT Stealth 360 XFlow for my Cosmos.

Can´t wait to see how it looks that monster in the 840

[coolmiester]

My apologies for this going on for so long but unfortunately its at that boring stage of just getting it all primed and wet sanded ready for paint.

I had hoped to get it down there today but a few of the bits were late getting to powder which had a knock on effect but it should all be ready to go early next week.

The top vent has turned out pretty nice though again its waiting for primer and i'm also making some shiny highlight rails for it.

On a positive note though, Zotac have me some real nice cards coming but won't be here till mid February so gave me a 9800GTX to get the system up and running with for the time being which was nice of them and my friends at Intel have got involved but more on that later.

Anyway a few pictures of it in primer......well most of it.....

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_74.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_75.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_76.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_77.jpg

[zabit]

WOW! ,i love 9800GTX !!! more picture VGA Plssssssssss!!!!
Congratulations Sr.:aplausos:

[cucuit]

looking nice

[coolmiester]

For me, this is what modding is all about, there is nothing more satisfying than making something out of basically nothing and i'm never happier than with a piece of aluminium and a few tools.

I've made one for now but there will be one either side of this one, slightly shorter in length and there will be another three for the front section so i best get a wriggle on.

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_78.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_79.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_80.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_81.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_82.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_83.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_84.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_85.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_86.jpg

[cucuit]

Thats a really nice detail!

[coolmiester]

Cheers cucuit :cool:

Great spidey pig sig pic :D

[ArgOS]

Lamento no ser bueno en ingles, tal vez alguno me pueda ayudar, el trabajo es excelente, pero esas toberas laterales estan sacando el aire fresco que tira el fan delantero, deberian estar al revez. Mi opinion.

[Loki]

Lamento no ser bueno en ingles, tal vez alguno me pueda ayudar, el trabajo es excelente, pero esas toberas laterales estan sacando el aire fresco que tira el fan delantero, deberian estar al revez. Mi opinion.

Translation of our dear friend ArgOS message:

It's a shame that I don't speak English, mabye someone could help me on this one, the work is really great, but the side vents are letting the fresh air of the 120mm front fan go away! Shouldn't those be backwards? Only my opinion.

Aqui dando una mano a los compatriotas XD

coolmiester I love what you've done with the alluminium piece!! As you say, that's the REAL spirit of modding, we all should learn something of that.. Congratulations and keep the good work going!

[coolmiester]

First of all i got to thank Intel for again making another killer mod possible by getting me a hand picked i7 265 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.intel.com/)

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

[zabit]

very niceee:p :p :p :aplausos:
and you i7... Very very very very very very veyr NICEEE!!!!:eek:

[coolmiester]

WOW what a way to end the week..........

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_93.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_92.jpg

[cucuit]

Awesome, i can´t wait to see the rest of the case ;)

[Dedalus]

Cool and the snow in the back... how cool is to work in the winter :)


As Cucuit , I can 't wait also to see the finished work

Cheers !

[coolmiester]

Well that was an experience..............i thought it would just fly together but it turned out like trying to do the Rubik's cube all over again.

Anyway, i made a start and just had to get a few pictures before actually adding the hardware but i got to say, its definitely RED

Here we go to round the week off.............

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_94.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_95.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_96.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_97.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_99.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_100.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_101.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_102.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_103.jpg

[zabit]

"""i Likeeeee REDDDDDD""" xD:D
:aplausos: :aplausos: :aplausos: :aplausos:
EXCELETNTE :p :p :p :p :p :p
Congratulationssssss Mr :supremo: :guitarris :guitarris :guitarris :supremo:

[coolmiester]

My apologies for this one post as its a little jumbled but i seem to have a lot going on right now and i still haven't even started putting the hardware in but hey.............nothing like cutting things fine.

Anyway, its a show case right?? so who needs a ROM drive??

The new Scythe fan controller looked way out of place so it was time to get busy and stealth the sucker as well as both Bay-Res's and the end result is way better and in keeping with the windows which i also managed to get done.

Knocked up a simple dual plexi bay with Poly Weld, covered it in black out film and mounted the Scythe to it which basically gives the same effect, only bigger and mounted above the two Bay-Res's you start to see the look that i was originally looking for especially in the last picture.
Next week i guess i best get busy on the inside.

Loads of pictures as usual......see if they make any sense!!!!!

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_104.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_105.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_106.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_106a.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_107.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_108.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_109.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_110.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_111.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_112.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_114.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_115.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_116.jpg

[cucuit]

Wow, thats looks really great, i'm thinking about doing something similar for my Cosmos buil putting some slimer controls to enter in the front without changing the cap.

That red look awesome.

How about the HW labs GTX xflow "coolmiester" edition??

[EmiSH77]

Tremendo!!!

[dimaurss]

La verdad quedo Espectacular!!!!!!!!! me dan ganas de hacer mod pero no llego con la erramientas....

[coolmiester]

At last, started to get some liquids into this thing, all be it only the CPU / NB loop but its a start.

My Zotac GTX 295's left Hong Kong yesterday and according to TNT track and trace they landed at Heathrow at 9.30am this morning so i would imagine they will arrive tomorrow...........only problem is that they are two of only three samples here in the UK and i got to fit the damn blocks myself but i guess that's the price you pay for getting early samples and its no biggy to be fair.

Anyway, its leak testing at present and all looking well.

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_117.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_118.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_119.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_120.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_121.jpg

[Loki]

Awsome!!! Inspirating work and mind-blowing design..

YOU ARE MY HERO COOLMIESTER XDDDDD

[coolmiester]

Take 2

What the hell was i thinking of going with blue :eek:

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_123.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_124.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_125.jpg

[cucuit]

Take 2

What the hell was i thinking of going with blue :eek:


I wonder the same :p

[coolmiester]

I've been concentrating on the external so much it hadn't really hit home until these Zotac GTX295's turned up today, how killer this hardware actually is and can't wait to get it up and running.

295's will remain air cooled for the time being which is quite a novelty for me until the blocks and black coolant arrive but at least it gives me a chance to test fit them and check they are both working and any issues with drivers and Windows 7 etc plus there is still 101 other things to do but all in all i'm pretty happy how its coming together.

Question is.............will it boot!!!!

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_126.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_127.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_128.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_129.jpg
http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_130.jpg

[paton]

just amazing!! those two video cards looks great in there!!..

but they will look better when you water cool them!!!..

ps. that zotac card look like an old video tape with that hole in the top!!:D :D

[EmiSH77]

Omfg!!!!!!

[miguecasla]

I love all of the RIG, but that PSU is just :eek: , CM + MOD + 1Kw + beatiful, congrats for that! :aplausos:

[GEEZETH]

Just a dream machine.

[foly]

OMFG!! nice rig man!! :O...i love the case, awsome job...

[coolmiester]

That was a job and a half getting those blocks fitted but all done and ready to plumb in

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_135.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_136.jpg

I know we're all probably getting a bit sick of this by now but hey its nearly done now.

Got the second loop filled with black and the blocks all stickered up and was really happy to get the hose running through the cards again..........i just love that for some reason.

So here how it stands at the end of another week and i'm off to the pub for a well deserved beer and forget about computers fro a few hours!

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_137.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_138.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_139.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_141.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_142.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_143.jpg

[coolmiester]

While out at CeBIT, promotion is the name of the game and literally everything has a logo so i always do my best to promote sponsors while trying not to turn the case into a walking bill board but try to keep things in perspective with the case's overall appearance, as done right it not only promotes the sponsors and gives them a return on their investment but also raises my own awareness which i don't consider a bad thing.

Anyway, i hand cut a Zotac logo out of 3mm aluminium and polished it along with an Intel logo which matches the one on the Skulltrail Cosmos S and looks nice mounted on the gloss black bezels while still in keeping with the over red / black / chrome thing..............and before anyone askes, the "O" in Zotac will be painted orange before it leaves :)

I've also re-routed the hose slightly to make it look more pleasing on the eye and put new hose and liquid in the Skulltrail and will update photo's ASAP but for the time being here's a couple from today but both cases are just about good to go so a little pressure is off i must admit and i might get a good night sleep at long last.

Me and Tom have a busy busy 10 days ahead from Thursday what with driving the cases over etc and being out at CeBIT for the week then bringing them back but i'll do my best in keeping a picture log of the whole event from my laptop.

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_145.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_144.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_146.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_147.jpg

[Pekalion]

Damn, I really love all the efford that you put in this great work! I like a lot the combination of red and black with that tremendous touch that only shinny pieces of aluminum can give. A fantastic and stylish case is the result of modding the ATCS 840, wich is a great and original case, but with this things on... is just great!

Keep doing this amazing jobs coolmiester!:)

PD: Maybe the Zotac logo is going to be in a better position if you center it on the middle of that reservoir :)

[coolmiester]

The Background
Anyone that has followed the prod logs on various forums of both Tom (frozensnail) and myself may know that we were commissioned by Coolermaster (Hall 24 – Booth E39) to mod their new flagship chassis to further enhance their booth presence at CeBIT which proved to be a massive crowd favourite last year with the Cosmos so this year it’s the turn of the new ATCs 840

Basically we are left to our own devices to do as we please with the mods so this year Tom went for a gloss black and chrome, triple loop creation running Carbon CPU block which is a world first as far as we are aware and I went for bright red, black and chrome with my now seemingly characteristic side vents.

We do get access to early prototype chassis but it still doesn’t give us a whole lot of time to get these things complete and as usual it was a race to get finished with many delays and set backs along the way but we always seem to manage one way or the other.

I also have a previous Cosmos S Skulltrail system going out to CeBIT which will be on show on the Zotac booth (Hall 20 - Booth D12) so had to make sure that one was also up to scratch with a complete hose and liquid change along with a good old spit n’ polish.

6.30am Thursday 26 February
The journey begins, well for the cases anyway and as there isn’t a courier in the land I would trust these cases with, it comes down to me and Tom to make sure they arrive at CeBIT in one piece.

Thursday, I do the 540mile round trip to Toms leaving my cases with him and come Friday, Tom does leg two of the journey getting all three cases over to Coolermaster NL just mind as he slept in again and missed the ferry but I guess and returning home on Saturday for a quick wash and brush up ready for me to pick him up early Sunday morning so you could say its been quite a few days for the pair of us…….and that’s before we really start our main road trip.

http://www.snailmods.com/_notes/MODS/ATCs840/cebit_1.jpg

http://www.snailmods.com/_notes/MODS/ATCs840/cebit_2.jpg

http://www.snailmods.com/_notes/MODS/ATCs840/cebit_3.jpg

http://www.snailmods.com/_notes/MODS/ATCs840/cebit_4.jpg

http://www.snailmods.com/_notes/MODS/ATCs840/cebit_5.jpg

[coolmiester]

This year Coolermaster decided to run a closed booth with access by appointment only which seemed really strange as our mods were only being seen by press and appointment visitors but who are me and Tom to argue!!!

Anyway, on day 2 they decided to put both our mods on display out front which instantly changed things and we now have visitors queuing up at the front of Coolermaster from opening time to closing time like last year which really does make all the hard work that Tom and me put in all worth while.

Oh yeah, and Tom managed to get his small 4" TFT working so he's been walking round with a big grin ever sinse as for some reason the drivers had got messed up and it wasn't working for the first few days but all seems to be fine now with drivers installed so good result at last.

I hadn't really realized how lucky i was to have the two Zotac GTX295's as they were causing quite a bit of interest with all the press etc but as there are literally only three in Europe it all kinda figures now as the only other one is on display on the Zotac stand along with my Skulltrail Cosmos S so no wonder we were being chased all around CeBIT.

Zotac didn't even have time to get them professionally photo'd so the ended up using one of my pictures for the promotion pictures.

Thursday night was Zotac booth party night so after dinking their stand dry hit the centre of town which ended up at the famous Irish Bar and was well after 4pm before we got our heads down so neither of us were in the best frame of mind but the Enquirer came knocking wanting to do video interviews so i opted out and pushed Tom in at the deep end to do both his and mine while i sniggered in the background nursing my bad head so there should be something on there once they get it all uploaded.

More pictures for now.......

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_162.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_163.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_164.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_165.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_166.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_167.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_168.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_169.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_170.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_171.jpg

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/atc_172.jpg

[coolmiester]

For all those unable to make CeBIT 09 i did a quick 33 second video of the ATCs 840 on the Coolermaster stand showing the new Zotac GTX295 Infinity Series in Sli

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/infinity_yt.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkPsAAazNdo)

[rhpsystems]

Impressive coolmiester. I found a picture from Zotac in CeBIT and quickly I can know that THIS was your work, jeje. Just a few moments ago I posted the message indicating this:

Thread (http://foros.toxico-pc.com/showthread.php?t=10290)

It's a honor to have in our forum a user like you, presenting and sharing with us your amazing works.

Congratulations again y please keep sharing!!!

[coolmiester]

Replied, thanks rhpsystems :aplausos:

We also just made The Inquirer :)

Modders take over Cooler Master booth (http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/324/1051324/modders-cooler-master-booth)

How cool is that :cool:

[Pekalion]

Congrats cool! CeBIT seems a succes in all their stands, specially those where your mods can be appreciate! I cant stop looking that great ATCS, is just wonderful... Hope one day I manage to do something like that :)

Keep doing this great work coolmiester!

[coolmiester]

As always, cheers for the feedback - pics should be back up :)

A youtube highlighting the making of...

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/atcs_840/yt_atcs.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o12xFXwayno)

[miguecasla]

Soooooo Nice!
Congrats like always Coolmiester! you've done an amazing job on that case!
:aplausos: :aplausos: :aplausos: :aplausos: :aplausos: :aplausos: :aplausos: :aplausos: :aplausos: :aplausos: :aplausos: :aplausos: :aplausos: :aplausos:

[HerXP]

exelent works coolmiester!

really nice!

[coolmiester]

You know. I’ve been case modding for quite some time now but very rarely have I come across such an enthusiastic forum as this one and to make it even more special is the fact you guys take the effort to reply in English which is more than appreciated so serious respect to you all

….and if someone would translate or write a BIG THANK YOU for those that don’t speak or read English on my behalf I would be so thankful.

All I can say is keep up the great work………….i can’t read most of the logs but I can sure follow the awesome pictures :aplausos: :aplausos: :aplausos: :aplausos: :aplausos:

[Pekalion]

Ustedes sabrán. He estado moddeando gabinetes desde hace bastante tiempo pero muy rara vez me he topado con un foro tan entusiasmado como este y para hacerlo aun mas especial destaco el esfuerzo que hacen ustedes para responder en ingles, lo cual se aprecia aun mas y mis mas serios respetos para ustedes.

...y si alguien pudiese traducir o escribir esto, MUCHISIMAS GRACIAS a todas las personas que no hablan o leen ingles.

Todo lo que puedo decir es sigan haciendo este gran trabajo............ No puedo leer la mayoría de los post pero seguro que puedo seguir las impresiones

EDIT: Traducción del post #102. Original por coolmiester.