Project Marshlands: A Military Themed Build..

Hello guys.

This is my first ever project, most from old and second hand stuff so it's not being build for performance.. It is however themed to be a military build so it'll be build around the following..

ASUS Sabertooth 990FX

Amd FX 4100

16GB Corsair Vengeance Memory

nVidia GTX470's

Dont know about the PSU yet, but hoping to get my hands on something powerful enough for both gpu's

Corsair Vengeance C70 (Military Green)

Everything will be watercooled apart from the Sabertooth to keep the color scheme..

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Sponsors

Fans sponsored by Akasa

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Power supply sponsored by Corsair

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Case mods sponsored by Mnpctech

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First up is the cabling.

I got some 2.06mm 16awg Eco wire with a rating of 26/0.25..

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Also, millions of molex crimps..

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Some carefully picked out MDPC sleeving has got my name on it .. ;)

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I've done a few, but decided that it's just not gonna fit the build the way I wanted, so I'll start over using the new sleeving .. ;)

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Postman came with a handful of items..

Guess what this is ;)

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Something sharp..

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Mmmm, another mystery item!!

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Maybe the hobby knife can reveal....

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Memory also came.. :crazy:

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Looks good, but not good enough.. (Sorry Corsair) .. ;)

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Seems my wife was right, nothing would ever get done without her... :rofl:

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Some naked pics.

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Ooooooo..

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Some dirty pics...

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Got the memory sinks all cleaned up and ready. The adhesive was so hard to get off I had to soak them in hot water and rub it off with a cloth. Took me about an hours worth of rubbing!!

One last shot of the before..

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To go with the military theme I ordered a couple of cans of "desert sand" from Army Issue, which turned out to be the easiest spray paint I have ever used. No runs or smudges :lovely:

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Busy on my self fabricated spray surface!

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And the end result :drool:

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Having a quick look at the case...

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Buttons are a bit ........ :-/

But they'll grow on me!! :D

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Oo la la, once again, Corsair :nod:

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Good amount of space for cable routing and management!!

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Tried my hand at SATA cable sleeving, used a lighter to shrink the heatshrink ;)

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Postman showed up with some packages ..

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Thanks Akasa for making awesome fans ...

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Also, something special from far far away..

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And a few of these funny fittings!!

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Got some sleeving done last night ;)

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Got the 24pin and the fans sleeved tonight using my brand new crimper ..!!

Thought to myself, "Damn this crimper makes me look like a crimping genius!!!"

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Some beautiful Commando Green sleeving

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Fans done ;)

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A very military style 24pin!

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12mm copper tubing seems to be the rarest thing in the UK..

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A tiny little update..

Packages in the post..

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What could it possibly be????

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A couple of second hand GTX470's maybe??

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Some "camo" wrap ...

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.. and a tasty beveridge ;)

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Back to business...

Radiator mounts

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Vinyl wrapped radiator mounts.. ;)

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Back on the radiator..

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With the fans..

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Got a bit of an update after a long weekend of way too much work.. ;)

Here we see two electronically camouflaged owls..

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Connected up to see the "bigger" picture ....

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......and trying to fool myself into thinking a £60 camera can take cool pics...

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Another mysterious package arrived in the post today... ;)

What could it possibly be?

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I'm gonna have to take a peek inside!!!!

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It appears to be more of those super cool fans from Akasa..

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All packed out..

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But what does these boxes really say??

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Inside the very informative boxes..

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Still waiting on stuff to arrive from the US.. :weep:

Got all the cables done in the mean time..

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Finally some A-TACS time!!

Got a roll of A-TACS hydrographic film this morning..

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Nothing magical about this horrible looking over pan, but that's where the magic happens.. ;)

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Not the best result after applying the matte clear cote .. :puke:

Seems like it desolved the film!

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Anyway, no take backsies or do-overs so I used a scotch brite dish scrubber and some Tamiya hobby paint to give it a weathered look

Think it's the best outcome of a bad situation..

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Not too much to show so far this week, started with the GPU block and redid it 3 times due to what I can only describe as OCD...

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Today I am giving the case a weathered look..

My little helper..

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First layer of weathering done..

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Dirty kitchen.... be gone!!!

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It's been one very busy week so not much to show in regards to results, but I have done some dipping..

Got a CPU block and a 240mm rad to fit in the bottom of the case, obviously they had to get a bit of love!! :loved:

First I had to do some masking to make sure I dont get the base coat everywhere..

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My very tidy working area ..

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A massive roll of hydrographic film..

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Tools of the trade.

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Measured and framed..

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Had to get a larger dipping tank so I borrowed my sons toy box ;)

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Some aerosol activator..

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Here you can see the film starting to dissolve from the activator..

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The results!!

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Today I would Like to give a massive thanks to Joseph (Greybeard) and Corsair for sending me this amazing ....... box :D

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... which contains an awesome little addition to this project..

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The Corsair Vengeance M65 Gaming Mouse..

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Looks wise this mouse is absolutely stunning and it feels very comfortable in the palm of your hand.. On the top it has the scroll wheel and a response time selector which lets you choose between 1ms, 2ms, 4ms or 8ms..

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On the side it has a "Sniper" button that when pressed slows the response of the mouse down to make precise movement easy as pie..

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On the bottom it has removable weights so you can select a weight that is most comfortable for you..

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Been using it for a few days now and I must say, it's outstanding!

A small teaser..

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Will hopefully have some more updates tomorrow...

Small update..

Today I had time to play with some plexiglas..

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Chopped up bits..

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Tools used: fretsaw, needle files and the coolest looking duct tape ever.. :lovely:

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Some more chopped bits..

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With a "sandy" base coat..

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Dipped and weathered..

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Quickly fitted, just for good measure.. ;)

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Finally got a bit of an update... :)

It was about time I got the case filled with something so I started with the rads and tube res.. The tube res is by no means set to go there, just playing around with some ideas at the moment..

Anyway, here we go..

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.....and the bigger picture.. ;)

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Had a little bit of time today and started on the .... wait, it should be quite noticeable from the rough "blueprint" ..

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Ok, I left the glue to harden over night and did a quick test fit this morning..

Perfect fit..

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Thinking I should widen the the two "damaged" parts on the case opening side to join them together..

Got a bit of an update..

After debating an what would be the best color to match "Military Green" I have finally got some results!!

First I did a light basecoat..

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Than a second coat and some weathering..

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A quick test fit for color matching..

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Remember this..?

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It now looks like this.. ;)

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...and this..

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Final results.. Hope you guys like it.. :)

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Done some adjustments to the radiators and also painted the fan controller..

Thought I would do a quick assemble to see were everything's at...

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