Well hello hello!! My name is Leighton, otherwise known as partybrosdesign or Kaidis, and this will be the first ever competition I've entered!
I'm super excited to get more in depth with modding, and have been building PC's for more than half of my life! (About 16 years now) I've never previously done as much work or put as much effort forth, as I have put into this rig!
I wouldnt be here if not for random chance! I happened to meet an awesome guy who goes by the name Mr. Pipebomb, through a random sale of watercooling components on craigslist. That was just about 6 months ago, and well... here we are now, modding my own cases, delidding cpus, blocking gpus, sleeving cables, bending shrouds, mounting LEDs where they were never meant to go and pulling the trigger on my first ever hard tube loop!! I am eternally grateful to Kevin for helping me find my way back to what I'm passionate about doing.
The theme for the build is "The Lightbringer" an ode to my favorite character in the warcraft universe "Uther the Lightbringer" so I'm aiming for a regal armored aesthetic! I will be building in a Caselabs mercury s3 as a secondary ode to my favorite case manufacturer having fallen to the trade war this year.
I went all out since this will be my personal rig for the foreseeable future, and I wanted it to be as powerful as my budget would allow for!
So! Without further adieu... I present to you, the component list for my build!
Components:
Motherboard - ASUS Strix z370-i mITX
CPU - i7 8086k Delidded/Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut/Rockitcool Copper IHS
GPU - nVidia Titan xP Jedi order special edition
Memory - 16gb(2x8) Corsair Vengeance pro rgb 3200mhz ddr4
PSU - Corsair hx850i
Storage:
M.2 SSD - Samsung 970 evo 500gb (x2)
Cooling components:
CPU - Watercool Heatkiller IV nickel
GPU - Watercool Heatkiller IV nickel w/ Heatkiller IV backplate
Pump - Goulds water technologies Vario D5
Radiators - Front mounted NexXxos st45 280mm
Top mounted NexXxos xt30 240mm slim
Reservoir - Watercool Heatkiller Tube150
Hardline Fittings - Thermaltake 16mm
Angled Fittings - Dazmode Darkside and EK 90 degree fittings
Drain Valve - Dazmode Darkside ball valve system
Misc fittings - Dazmode Darkside, swiftech male/male extensions, TT 4 way splitter, TT flow direction.
Tubing - Dazmode darkside (if I have time I'm going to attempt some borosilicate and if it works out I'll be using that but otherwise 100% PETG)
Cables:
Custom made (my first ever set) and instructed by Mr. Pipebomb!(gotta give him credit for teaching me how to make them!)
Sleeving - Dazmode Darkside UV Blue, Titanium Grey, and Gold
Wire - 18awg
Connectors - Mainframe Customs and Dazmode
Pins - Mainframe Customs
Combs - Nanoxia CoolForce aluminum
ADDITIONAL ARTSY STUFFS!
custom made diffused LED channel set as a halo under the case top and custom mounted with riser screws and an aluminum channel for radiator clearance under the case top since caselabs no longer makes the extended tops, I made my own solution! LEDs are corsair strips.
Ssd bay cover, hand made and sculpted to resemble a Libram, from wire mesh and polymer clay, hand painted with acrylic paints. And some small Clay ornaments based on a paladin theme such as; scrolls, librams, and banners.
all exterior case detail paint work was done in vinyl as stencils, or taped off patterns. As well as lettering in golden dwarvish runes which say "Lightbringer" on the case top.
all the mod work is done by hand, with no large machinery. Biggest piece of equipment I use is my other computer to make vinyl patterns lol. The rest is hand drills, saws, files, knives, paint, and pliers... and occasionally bolt cutters....... (just kidding, they're just in a bunch of my pictures I've taken so far haha)
Want to give an enormous thank you to Dazmode and all of our competition sponsors, judges and competitors! You guys make doing this so much more fun. Whether I fall hard on my face or win a prize, I'm just happy to be a member of such an amazing community of enthusiastic and imaginative people!
Good luck everyone! MOD ON!!!!
I'm super excited to get more in depth with modding, and have been building PC's for more than half of my life! (About 16 years now) I've never previously done as much work or put as much effort forth, as I have put into this rig!
I wouldnt be here if not for random chance! I happened to meet an awesome guy who goes by the name Mr. Pipebomb, through a random sale of watercooling components on craigslist. That was just about 6 months ago, and well... here we are now, modding my own cases, delidding cpus, blocking gpus, sleeving cables, bending shrouds, mounting LEDs where they were never meant to go and pulling the trigger on my first ever hard tube loop!! I am eternally grateful to Kevin for helping me find my way back to what I'm passionate about doing.
The theme for the build is "The Lightbringer" an ode to my favorite character in the warcraft universe "Uther the Lightbringer" so I'm aiming for a regal armored aesthetic! I will be building in a Caselabs mercury s3 as a secondary ode to my favorite case manufacturer having fallen to the trade war this year.
I went all out since this will be my personal rig for the foreseeable future, and I wanted it to be as powerful as my budget would allow for!
So! Without further adieu... I present to you, the component list for my build!
Components:
Motherboard - ASUS Strix z370-i mITX
CPU - i7 8086k Delidded/Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut/Rockitcool Copper IHS
GPU - nVidia Titan xP Jedi order special edition
Memory - 16gb(2x8) Corsair Vengeance pro rgb 3200mhz ddr4
PSU - Corsair hx850i
Storage:
M.2 SSD - Samsung 970 evo 500gb (x2)
Cooling components:
CPU - Watercool Heatkiller IV nickel
GPU - Watercool Heatkiller IV nickel w/ Heatkiller IV backplate
Pump - Goulds water technologies Vario D5
Radiators - Front mounted NexXxos st45 280mm
Top mounted NexXxos xt30 240mm slim
Reservoir - Watercool Heatkiller Tube150
Hardline Fittings - Thermaltake 16mm
Angled Fittings - Dazmode Darkside and EK 90 degree fittings
Drain Valve - Dazmode Darkside ball valve system
Misc fittings - Dazmode Darkside, swiftech male/male extensions, TT 4 way splitter, TT flow direction.
Tubing - Dazmode darkside (if I have time I'm going to attempt some borosilicate and if it works out I'll be using that but otherwise 100% PETG)
Cables:
Custom made (my first ever set) and instructed by Mr. Pipebomb!(gotta give him credit for teaching me how to make them!)
Sleeving - Dazmode Darkside UV Blue, Titanium Grey, and Gold
Wire - 18awg
Connectors - Mainframe Customs and Dazmode
Pins - Mainframe Customs
Combs - Nanoxia CoolForce aluminum
ADDITIONAL ARTSY STUFFS!
custom made diffused LED channel set as a halo under the case top and custom mounted with riser screws and an aluminum channel for radiator clearance under the case top since caselabs no longer makes the extended tops, I made my own solution! LEDs are corsair strips.
Ssd bay cover, hand made and sculpted to resemble a Libram, from wire mesh and polymer clay, hand painted with acrylic paints. And some small Clay ornaments based on a paladin theme such as; scrolls, librams, and banners.
all exterior case detail paint work was done in vinyl as stencils, or taped off patterns. As well as lettering in golden dwarvish runes which say "Lightbringer" on the case top.
all the mod work is done by hand, with no large machinery. Biggest piece of equipment I use is my other computer to make vinyl patterns lol. The rest is hand drills, saws, files, knives, paint, and pliers... and occasionally bolt cutters....... (just kidding, they're just in a bunch of my pictures I've taken so far haha)
Want to give an enormous thank you to Dazmode and all of our competition sponsors, judges and competitors! You guys make doing this so much more fun. Whether I fall hard on my face or win a prize, I'm just happy to be a member of such an amazing community of enthusiastic and imaginative people!
Good luck everyone! MOD ON!!!!
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