HCP Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Well, i may have too much projects going on but i got curious on the Corsair AIR540, so i ordered one. This gonna be a soft mod (compared to my others). The name "Myria" is something popped up in my head, dont know where i got it from :P Things on the todo list. X is done. - Paint all meshes [X] - Paint all expansion slots [X] - Cut parts for new floor [X] - Paint bays at 5,25" hotswap [X] - Sleeve the 24pin & front panel cables [-] - Cut holes in the new shrouds for all connectors [-] - Wrap shrouding in matte black vinyl [-] - Dust filter under the case [-] - Install watercooling [-] Hardware i´ll put in is my AMD A10 6800k stuff. 16gb GeIL EVO Veloce 2x120gb Intel 320 SSD VTX3D Radeon 7950 240mm radiator, EK DCP2.2 pump and clear tubing, nothing fancy. Gonna change my ITX board for a mATX later, but for the first weeks i´m gonna use my ITX. Well, enough talking. First up is some pics of the darn thing! http://www.howi.se/projects/myria/1.jpg http://www.howi.se/projects/myria/3.jpg http://www.howi.se/projects/myria/4.jpg http://www.howi.se/projects/myria/mod.jpg I´m lucky to have some help while measuring :P http://www.howi.se/projects/myria/540help.jpg Aaaaand, here´s the color. Its called "Maroon", covered with 3 layers of flat/dull clear coat. Roof & front http://www.howi.se/projects/myria/14.jpg Color on the expansion slots too http://www.howi.se/projects/myria/15.jpg And the mesh on the hot swap bay http://www.howi.se/projects/myria/16.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HCP Posted October 27, 2013 Author Share Posted October 27, 2013 Been trying to mix Mayhems dye´s to get this maroon color but no luck. Blue+red + a little black, and blue+red in different ammounts, no luck yet. I´m close but no banana! So i went ahead and put all exterior stuff together. And made some changes to fit a ATX board. Still need to mod the 5,25" bay, its about 5mm wrong in the holes and makes the drive bay sit too far in, going to change this. Next up is routing the watercooling and make a fixture for the reservoar and the new floor. Probably going to put reservoar in the big chamber with the radiator, and pump in the floor of the smaller chamber. A pump-res combo should look nice, but no money for that right now. I´ll wait some more with the backplate until i get the new ATX board. http://www.howi.se/projects/myria/outside.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanutz94 Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Thats shaping up to be a nice looking build. Maroon has always been one of my favorite colors. You need to add gold to your red/blue mixture. That would give you the maroon your looking for. I don't think mayhems has gold though do they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HCP Posted November 10, 2013 Author Share Posted November 10, 2013 Aaand, the pipe-parts for the reservoar is done. Just a light sanding and clear coat to be done. http://www.howi.se/projects/myria/pipe.jpg Will give the res a stealth look, only tubing visible is the ones from the radiator and cpu block. The insides Panel cut and test fitted, some minor changes to do before vinyl wrapping. The backplate is just a dummy, the real one has bigger cutout for CPU backplate and to house a ATX motherboard. http://www.howi.se/projects/myria/floor.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellatore86 Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 How did you paint the mesh screens? What kind of paint did you use and how did you apply the paint (spray or brushed)? I have an Obsidian 350D and I'm interested in painting the case screens. I want to go with a ROG theme (red/black). So I find your colors very appealing but I'd like it to be more red and less maroon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbeard Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Looking good, keep up the good work and keep us updated with pictures. ::pirate:: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HCP Posted November 18, 2013 Author Share Posted November 18, 2013 How did you paint the mesh screens? What kind of paint did you use and how did you apply the paint (spray or brushed)? I have an Obsidian 350D and I'm interested in painting the case screens. I want to go with a ROG theme (red/black). So I find your colors very appealing but I'd like it to be more red and less maroon. I used automotive paint in a airbrush. First i used 3M red scotch brite pads to remove the glossy black paint from the mesh (just get off the gloss, not all paint). Then i cleaned with acetone and added a primer. After that 3-4 coats with the Maroon color about 15 min apart. Last color layer sanded with 1000 grit before adding 3-4 layers of flat clear coat. Layer 3 of clear coat sanded before the last layer to get rid of any spots. If it had been a panel, i had sanded the last layer of clear coat also and polished it, but no need for that on a mesh. It can be done with rattle cans also, just go for any self etching color and you are golden! Prep-work is everything :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HCP Posted November 18, 2013 Author Share Posted November 18, 2013 A smaller update, i got into trouble by measuring the wrong GPU, too much projects going on :P Well, here is the setup right now. Red panel on the GPU is off and i probably wrap it or paint it, and polish the pipes a bit. Going to re-wrap the bottom part of the reservoar pipe-part also, its messy. First mockup http://www.howi.se/projects/myria/mockup.jpg Mockup with GPU, fans and res-pipe. http://www.howi.se/projects/myria/floor3.jpg Some sleeving, going to try some cable sewing to get them into bundles http://www.howi.se/projects/myria/sleeve.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HCP Posted November 26, 2013 Author Share Posted November 26, 2013 Made some own colored fittings, same Maroon color as the mesh and everything else :) I know that pictures of fittings isnt really a mod update. Next update is the complete project ;) http://www.howi.se/projects/myria/fittings.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z13 Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Coming along nicely, really like the the contrast between the black and maroon. Subscribed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HCP Posted December 25, 2013 Author Share Posted December 25, 2013 Time to get this puppy rolli´n :) Made a small bracket for the pump, i really dont have time to wait until after the holidays to order one in metal. Some acrylic and a bit flat black vinyl and 2 minutes of sanding. Now i´m going offline (scary world out there) to remove all parts i need from my current workstation for this project. You have a pump to look at until next update ;) http://www.howi.se/projects/myria/pump3.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wytnyt Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 talk about teasing,,your worse than than my girlfriend...:D: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HCP Posted January 5, 2014 Author Share Posted January 5, 2014 Well, this is done enough right now. I have some small details left to do, as lacing the cables, adding two more memory modules and stuff like that. But i need this computer now so i have to get it up and running :) http://www.howi.se/projects/myria/fin1.jpg http://www.howi.se/projects/myria/fin2.jpg http://www.howi.se/projects/myria/fin3.jpg http://www.howi.se/projects/myria/fin4.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees Corsair Dustin Posted January 6, 2014 Corsair Employees Share Posted January 6, 2014 This is a beautiful build, but I feel like you missed a golden opportunity by not adding the graphics card to the watercooling loop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HCP Posted January 6, 2014 Author Share Posted January 6, 2014 This is a beautiful build, but I feel like you missed a golden opportunity by not adding the graphics card to the watercooling loop. Yeah, i wasnt pleased with the look of the GPU so i have ordered a EK block for my 7950, same typ as the CPU block. So its coming :) A bit overkill for a workstation, but hey, now i can work aaaand play Farmsim at max res. when i want :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HCP Posted January 20, 2014 Author Share Posted January 20, 2014 Made some smaller updates while waiting for the GPU block. Changed my 6800k to a Kaveri 7850k :) http://www.howi.se/projects/myria/7850k.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruso Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 what did you use to paint the mesh??? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HCP Posted February 26, 2014 Author Share Posted February 26, 2014 what did you use to paint the mesh??? :) You can find that earlier in the thread :) http://forum.corsair.com/forums/showpost.php?p=683194&postcount=7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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