Mass Effect 3 - NZXT Switch 810 Build Log

[mybadomen]

Update!

Here is a bunch of Random photos of the work i have been doing. I have been rushing as hard as i can the last few days because i need to start working and wasn't expected to start yet.So here is wht i have done so far.


LED Strips:











Wiring Fans a little more convenient: (This will allow me to control each row of fans on the rads.So i can adjust the push or pull of the sets of fans)








Looks fun don't it. And that's still without the PSU installed!




Small little bracket i had to make to hold the PSU & Rad cover up:



PSU still Modded even though you will never see it. This was the all white NZXT Hale90 1000w.




Here are just some shots of the build. As you can see i changed the tubing on the Red loop to Red just to avoid any tubing issues because i wont have time to change it if anything goes wrong now. So it will still look great and i have no worries now.



















More Updates Soon

MybadOmen

[mybadomen]

B]Update![/B]

Here is the Sketch up we are going by, for the inside only. We are saving the Mass Effect 3 Logo for the Outside of the case and of course the M8 made by DaFrontlineTrooper will be going on top.Also the cooling will be white and red and also 2 Plextor SSD drives will be Mounted on the blank Carbon fiber Panel on the right hand top side.

Also allot of help with the Vinyl work is being done by Kaged as my equipment is no where near ready to run and we are good friends of course.





Also guys don't forget to check out and support his Pink NZXT Phantom Cancer Awareness Build !

Cancer Awareness Build here: [Case Mod] Cancer Awareness *NZXT Pink Phantom*

[mybadomen]

UPDATE !

Plextor SSD's arrive! Unboxing , My thoughts , and Benchmarks !

Thank you Plextor for making this Update possible and for coming on board the Mass Effect 3 - Switch 810 build !

As you guys that have been following the thread know already i have been talking about changing the SSD's to a different brand. I have been Very interested in Plextor Pro Series SSD's for a while now and read allot about then. Well to make a long story short i talked with Plextor and am dumping the OCZ drives and going to run a new Pair of Plextor 128gig M3 Pro Series SSD's in raid 0 Striped in the Mass Effect 3 build.

After some Testing i definitely love the drives and plan on running Plextor drives from now on and let me show you why:


First i will start with the unboxing of the Drives:

It was raining the day the drives arrived and i was nervous when i seen the box was wet!



As i opened the box i realized Plextor Packed the drives very nice, so my worries instantly went away (So much bubble wrap i bet i could of dropped them off my roof and they would be fine so A+ for Packaging! )




Now to look at the box itself :

As you can see and it was hard to get it on film the box is a shiny metallic blue and looks very nice!





And the Back which has the Specs which i will get to in a few:



And here are the contents inside the box: The SSD , an Adapter ,mounting screws,Software and Manual and 5 year warranty info.




Ok lets get right to the drive now because i am very excited about it:

The drive looks absolutely gorgeous! It sits in a brushed aluminum casing with Plextor done very nicely in black. Yeah i know this is just looks but trust me we will get to the performance soon enough. Also this SSD is one of the Lightest SSD drives i ever held and it is extremely thin. So for looks ,weight and size the drive is amazing so A+ here also !







And here is where they will be going in the ME3 build:



Also here they are mounted in Venom which i am using just as a test bench right now :




Ok now onwards to see how they Perform:

ATTO:



CrystalDiskMark



Plextor SSD Performance Analyzer



Windows Experience Index also 7.9 for the SSD's of course.



As you can easily see these drives easily do 1000mbs + and we proved it with Multiple benchmarks to be fair as Possible.



Also one of the biggest attractions to the Plextor drives is their award winning technology called True Speed where their drives keep the performance over long periods of time. Plus don't forget they have a 5 Year Warranty !! So why are more people not running them ? I have no idea but i will be for sure !

More info on Plextor True Speed Technology : Plextor SSD With True Speed

And also the Specs of Plextor M3 Pro Series Drives i am using : Specifications - Page 2


My conclusion is these SSD drives Rock ! and i would highly recommend them to anyone looking for lightening fast drives! Also Plextor makes many other model SSD's and Blu Ray burners etc so take a look for your self. here: Welcome to Plextor

But the # 1 reason i chose Plextor and wanted them as a Sponsor is because they have INCREDIBLE customer service and they also are very close with their customers on Facebook etc !



I am highly honored to be Flying the PLEXTOR banner on this build Log and Proud to represent their name !!


MybadOmen


More updates to come soon so keep Watching !

[mybadomen]

"UPDATE"


Well hiya guys, I have an update but its not huge. I am now back to working on ME3 as well as another build but making ME3 the priority right now.

Here is the point the build was at before today as you can see i have been working on her a bit:






Here is some work i did Today.

Mounted the 2 Plextor M3 Pro Series SSD Drives.




Wrapped the Modded top front Panel with more 3M Di noc Carbon Fiber








And also Painted another NZXT FZ-140 Fan Red and Modded the lower front panel and cut out some Mesh that will be painted to match the mesh on top and inside. (Front is still incomplete)






Also did some boring wiring but didn't photo it as it was nothing special.


And thanks to My Sponsors involved in this Update:

Plextor for their PX-M3 Pro Series SSD Drives that are smoking fast Clean or Dirty !



More Info Here : PX-M3 Pro Series

NZXT For everything they Sponsored for this build:



More Products from NZXT Here: NZXT :: Unique. Unprecendented. Inspired - Product

ATXPCREPAIR & MNPCTECH For huge help getting all the 3M Di-noc Carbon fiber needed for this build which is a total of 2 feet x 10 feet and is far from cheap stuff!



More Info on ATXPCREPAIR Here: ATX PC Repair | Austin's Computer Repair



For all MNPCTECH's great products, guides,blobs look here : PC Case Mods Store


Sorry for the long wait but hope you guys like where its heading. Looks like its almost done but its all the tiny details that drive me crazy, But you should see allot more updates from here on out as i am all set up to work here now.

Take care and really hope you guys like it:

More to come soon so keep watching:

MybadOmen

[mybadomen]

UPDATE!


Just another small update of getting a little more work done to the front of the Case. Looks a bit funny right now till the actual Theme is applied and the Window etc is Modded.

Ok Lets get started :


Here is the lower front Panel that i started Modding in the last update:




Now to paint the Mesh i made earlier to match the top. First step because it is bare metal is to Prime it with an etching Primer:



Next i paint the whole piece in Black Krylon "Fusion" Satin Black. I have completely switched to using Krylon when using rattle can pants now. The stuff is really amazing on Metal or Plastic and also has an Adhesion Promoter already in it.



Next i mark it and tape of a 2 inch space that will be Painted white as part of the red and white stripe. (Usually this stripe would go on the side but i wanted to be original as this is my Version of Mass Effect 3 Build so i wanted it Centered) Also again using White Krylon Fusion.



Totally forgot to take a Photo of the white panted and taping off the Red. but basically all i did was let the white dry and taped off a 1 inch stripe in the center to pain red and here is what it looks like drying with the tape off.




Now i move on to the Heat gun and 3M Di-noc Carbon Fiber to wrap the lower panel that the Mesh will be sitting in:








And after a little heating and carefully getting all the edges its wrapped:



and a Shot of it back on the ME3 build:




More to Come Keep Watching

Take Care,

MybadOmen

[mybadomen]

UPDATE

First off don't miss the Great article Charley Bwoy wrote about Me and the Mass Effect Build. He did an incredible job.

Article is here: The modder diaries: June News - Mass Effect 3 Build


Again a small update it would seem but took many hours for this small update.

Took everything apart on Top and the Front of the Case to Carbon Fiber Di-noc the edges as the whole case will be Carbon Fiber and Flat black like the N7 armor in ME3




Will just Post some Photos without explaining , Basically used a Heatgun and Dinoc:







Tops Done , Now for the Front:








Top and Front Di noc done






Not sure what happened but the before Photos of the SSD harness didn't come out so unfortunately all i have is after Photos and its also dark out for the final Photos so bad lighting at the worse time but you guys are aware of what the build looks like with good light:


Custom wire harness for the 2 Plextor 128 gig M3 Pro Series SSD Drives





Build is getting extremely Close to done so stay keep watching and pray the rain stays away for a bit so i can finish some wiring.

Random Photo's (at night with bad lighting) but figured id share them anyway:






Lol Sorry for the last 2 Photos. I only have an iPhone to take Photos for my build logs and cant afford a real camera and parts to build so i do my best with what i have.


Keep watching, as now its time to make this thing look beautiful and finish it off.

Take Care and thank you for looking,

MybadOmen


Make sure to check out 2 updates before this one for some shots in good light. (Sorry bout the bad lighting.No camera for my build logs just an iPhone plus is was dark out for this update)


Getting Close to finishing this build up so please keep up the great support and keep watching.

[mybadomen]

Added TON's of Update's Check them all out .


Take Care and be back soon with More ,

MybadOmen

[GoatNapp3r]

WOW, it's absolutely awesome. Great brackets for the two res, think thats my favourite detail.

[mybadomen]

UPDATE !


And another update already that fast. I told you they would be coming pretty steady now till completion and i am not going to cut corners to meet any deadlines. This build will be done and hopefully Beautiful when its completed.

That being Said lets get yo the Update:


This Update is me Modding the window .I decided to just leave leave 1 1/2 " of metal completly around the window so people can see all the work inside and i curved the edges. Lol wait till you see what i used for a tool to curve them.

First a couple Photo's with the window off :






And now to Start Modding the NZXT Switch 810 Window:

Marking out where my cuts are going to be:




Marking out the curved edges with my High Tech tools .



Jig saw with Guide i will be using to cut out the window. (The Guide will help make nice straight lines until i get to the rounded edges. Its all skills from there )





Just checking to see if it looks right . It does so we can move on. OH YA normally i would tape off around where i was cutting but this is getting Di noc wrap so i didn't bother. My saw does have plastic feet though so i used a scotchbrite after to smooth it out after.




The Scraps




These Photos are of ,me sanding the scratches and edges smooth and also a shot of some of the tools i used to get a really nice edge:








Mnpctech . Lol seems like this name comes up allot in my Threads . Well this time is because i am using the Mnpctech U-Channel Molding which is one of the best i have ever used or seen. The stuff is super thin and looks incredible. In my eye's at least.

Well this Molding was also sponsored by Bill and Mnpctech.com so as always i will give a link where you can get some yourself.



Mnpctech U-Channel Molding here: U-channel edge molding for PC Mod Window

Ok now everything is all nice and even and smoothed out i finally move on to the Di-noc and U-Channel molding.

Will get better Photos of this tomorrow because my iPhone cant take pictures at night at all they come out terrible. Lol not to mention i ran it over yesterday so not only did i need a camera badly for my logs .I now also need to replace my iPhone 4 Glass which i do all the time for money so that's not an issue. Lol yeah but imagine, I ran over my own Phone with a GMC Jimmy and its perfect besides the glass.Thank god it happened in the grass i bet cement would be another story.





Really sorry for this last Photo as you cant tell how nice it came out but i promise you will see soon enough.

Take Care and Keep Watching . This Build is almost over and then you guys can watch my next build that's already started ,Just not posted yet.

More Updates Soon

MybadOmen

[killjoyjim]

Man you have skill's. verry nice rig

[mybadomen]

As Promised i am back to add some better Photo's. Well a little better at least.











Hopefully that gives a little better idea of what it is starting to look like but still i cant get the colors as bright as they really are in real life. The chrome sparkles everywhere and goes perfect with the Carbon fiber and red and white. Best i can do for now but i did promise i would be back with some better Photos .


More Updates soon so keep watching

MybadOmen

[Solara2xb]

Wow... nice job.. that is allot of carbon fiber!

[SamCR3]

This is one of the nicest mods I've ever seen. Really great work mybadomen. And I really dig the detailed work log. Keep them coming.

[mybadomen]

UPDATE !


Founder of NZXT Johnny hou takes notice of my work on the "Mass Effect 3 - NZXT Switch 810 build" !



This is a Great Honor to me because i love the NZXT Company ,Their Customer Service, Products just everything about them is great and lets not forget how big they contribute to the community all the time. I have met and worked with many NZXT employees (Phone and email) But never imagined that the actual Founder of the company would take notice of me seeing he must be extremely busy.


Not sure what else to say . Just every day things just seem to blow my mind when it comes to my Modding. Lol usually when i think im not doing good and feeling down about it.

Here is the Link to see what the Founder wrote as it wasn't all about just me it was to all the Modders :

Thanks to all the Modders | Mind of NZXT.

Take care guys and once again thanks so much for all the support you have given through all my builds.

Also stay Tuned for more on the Mass Effect Build.

Your friend and fellow Modder ,

MybadOmen

[mybadomen]

Wow... nice job.. that is allot of carbon fiber!

Yeah 10 Feet length by 2 feet wide and its all real 3M Di-noc. I needed a sponsor just to afford the Carbon fiber. I did pay for some myself of course but the stuff isn't cheap at all. And thank you so much for the compliment Mate. Little things like that make me keep going and keep me Motivated to improve on every build. So also keep an eye out soon for My Dimastech Build that should be interesting seeing i never Modded a bench before.

Take Care
MybadOmen

[Ronski]

Fantastic build looking really good.