[Case Gallery] NZXT - Brutus

jonathan1107 · Apr 27, 2011

To view this case mod, go here.

Specs:
- I7 875k Overclocked @ 4Ghz (with HT) Watercooled
- Motherboard = Sabertooth 55i
- RAM = 8GB Gskill Ripjaws (1600mhz) OCed@ 2000mhz
- 1xAsus GTX670 directcuii
- PSU = Antec TPQ 1200w
- Case FANs: 2x200mm, 4x120mm, 1x140mm (all LEDs)
- Cable Management done
- 2x Cathod Lights (Red and Blue)

Mods:
Window Mod: I cut a hole in the side panel so we can see the interior of the PC from the outside. I added Red and Blue Ligthing to match with the colors of the Case and the fans.

This PC kicks ass and can max any game out there at the moment and for quite a while.

I absolutly Love building PCs. So I'm thinking of selling it to build a new one.

stazorm · Apr 27, 2011

Very nice! liking the case and the red too..
can you post more pix? i would like to see the front!

9/10!! and when you get ur 2'nd 6950 ill change it to 10/10

...lol

Vote if you can..
http://www.techpowerup.com/gallery/2961.html

jonathan1107 · Apr 27, 2011

Yah, I'll post more pics very soon.

jonathan1107 · Apr 27, 2011

Pictures

Sorry guys about the Picture quality. I can only upload to max 2MB and my digital camera is not the latest :O(

Still ... Let me know what you think of my new Rig

-FOG- · Apr 27, 2011

Looks very nice. Are you going to sleeve those cables? But I really like that red&blue scheme.

zhadlp · Apr 27, 2011

vote withdrawn...

jonathan1107 · Apr 27, 2011

Excuse me... This is a "CASE GALLERY" not a "Case Mod Gallery". Look at the top of the page and you'll see. Also, be indulgent!

This is my first personal Computer ever... and I just felt proud of my recent building of this computer from 0 knowledge on how to assemble PCs and 0 knowledge on how to Overclock. I did it all by myself, read FOR HOURS on the internet to find out how to do this...

Looking at your User picture on the left... Your Case doesn't look like much of a mod either...

Well.... Everybody else, what do you think about this PC? I'm opened to suggestions.

Thank you FOG about the sleeves suggestions... I didn't even know about those. I'm gonna look into that ;O)

ensabrenoir · Apr 28, 2011

That red and blue looks real nice together. Sleeving the cables will take it to another level. Still Great job!!! Nice build.

zhadlp · Apr 28, 2011

No mod, looks fair, owner not open to constructive criticism, doesn't check worklog before saying "no mod" on other people's computer...

jonathan1107 · Apr 28, 2011

Well, like I said, this is a Case Gallery not a mod gallery. I went to see your worklog... and I was wrong about the amount of work I thought was put into your case...

Obviously, you've done some serious work on your RIG... Since I'm new to owning computers and overclocking and the like... I am more impressed when I see some of the Case Mods I've seen the Case Gallery that involve "literally changing the Case appearance" into a theme... like say a "Call of Duty themed Case" or something of the like...

So when I saw you case, I didn't feel like it was screaming "Hey look at me, I'm modded"... Your Mod is more of a "Performance Mod"... Fan mods, Heatsink adds, Improvised window...

To be honest, that's stuff I wouldn't even know how to do... it's impressive. As for me, I've bought a case that is "designed so well towards performance" that I don't feel the need to cut holes in it, or modify fans (Because the case takes care of cooling very well) And I don't need to build more Chassis for HDDs and Drives because there are plenty in it...

EDIT: Oh... and 1 more thing: I just thought about how long it would take to build a Case Mod with the following: Cable Sleeving, Fan Modding, Case Modding, Adding lights, putting water cooling in it (the big thing unlike my build...), resizing cables and fine tuning everything to the last detail...

When you come to think about it: This represents A LOT of HOURS of work..... and then I think: You know what sucks about technology (which we all have to deal with) It improves so fast that my little NZXT PC will be out-of-date (techwise) in a few years... I'll have to swtich my PSU around... the GPU and or the RAM...

So if I spend a LIFETIME modding this Rig, what would be the point if in about 4 years I have to change everything in it to be up-to-date?... Makes you think...

And as for the looks... well I think the NZXT phantom already looks good... Althought I do intend to build Modded Cases of my own in the future, when I gain further experience ;O)

zhadlp · Apr 28, 2011

jonathan1107 said:
Oh... and 1 more thing: I just thought about how long it would take to build a Case Mod with the following: Cable Sleeving, Fan Modding, Case Modding, Adding lights, putting water cooling in it (the big thing unlike my build...), resizing cables and fine tuning everything to the last detail...

sleeving = 1 day (with the right, even basic tools), you might want to sleeve only "visible" cables to not consume a lot of time..
modding = window? 1 hour probably...
fan modding = an hour at most (though not a lot of people would do it)...
adding lights = figuring out where to place them would take a while (trial an error to get the best lighting effect).
water cooling = along with bleeding would take about a day (you don't really need to run the leak test for 24 hours)
resizing cables = not sure what you meant with this...
fine tuning everything = more than a week

sneekypeet · Apr 28, 2011

please guys stay on topic and don't turn this into something I have to give away the gift of points from TPU for.

micropage7 · Apr 28, 2011

sneekypeet said:
please guys stay on topic and don't turn this into something I have to give away the gift of points from TPU for.

yep its about modding not about what you should do or not
every case is personal. from it the owner wanna show who they are, so if you like it please give appreciation if not just leave

Aceman.au · Apr 29, 2011

sneekypeet said:
please guys stay on topic and don't turn this into something I have to give away the gift of points from TPU for.

I agree but the guy who is giving critisim is obviously being an a**hole about it.

Havvoc · Apr 29, 2011

Give The Rookie a break

l33tGaMeR said:
I agree but the guy who is giving critisim is obviously being an a**hole about it.

I agree 100% the guy put in work on his case and did a decent job for a first timer...

de.das.dude · Apr 29, 2011

gave you a 6. just because you dont have your colors done right. i dont mean the paintjob. the work itself is flawless. but the choice of colors and the parts you choose to color them were just wrong. for example you should have used red fans, even if you wanted to keep the blue fans, you should have made the black portions red and red portions black, theres to much red and its kinda looking odd and unbalanced.

other than that its seriously a good job indeed.

jonathan1107 · Apr 30, 2011

You do realize I haven't painted anything... right? The Case is Red and Black with all the colors you see right from the start...

When you buy NZXT cases, you have the choice between black, red and white... (for your main color)...

And all those cases have blue LEDs for the Fan controls (on top of the case) and the Power Button LED happens to be blue also...

So correct me if I'm wrong, but with this said... Blue fans seems the perfect choice don't you think. Obviously, you've never seen the NZXT website:

Take a good look at those cases, and then tell me that you think they need to be modded to look good ... :OP

http://www.nzxt.com/new/products/crafted_series/phantom

jonathan1107 · Dec 22, 2011

Hey guys, I've added a window to my case, will be posting pics soon ;O)

Retell · Dec 26, 2011

Damn nice build! Congrat's jonathan

System Name	Brutus
Processor	i5 4690k @4.7Ghz (Watercooled)
Motherboard	z97 MSI Gaming 5
Cooling	NZXT Kraken x61 AIO watercooler
Memory	Gskill Ripjaws 8gb (2x4gb) 1600mhz 7-8-7-24
Video Card(s)	MSI Gaming GTX 980ti x2 (sli)
Storage	1 SSD 64GB (OS) + 2x500GB WesternDigital RAID 0
Display(s)	YAMAKASI Catleap q270 SE 27inch Glossy 2560x1440
Case	NZXT Phantom
Audio Device(s)	ASUS Xonar DX
Power Supply	Antec TPQ 1200w
Software	Windows 7 (64 bit)

System Name	Brutus
Processor	i5 4690k @4.7Ghz (Watercooled)
Motherboard	z97 MSI Gaming 5
Cooling	NZXT Kraken x61 AIO watercooler
Memory	Gskill Ripjaws 8gb (2x4gb) 1600mhz 7-8-7-24
Video Card(s)	MSI Gaming GTX 980ti x2 (sli)
Storage	1 SSD 64GB (OS) + 2x500GB WesternDigital RAID 0
Display(s)	YAMAKASI Catleap q270 SE 27inch Glossy 2560x1440
Case	NZXT Phantom
Audio Device(s)	ASUS Xonar DX
Power Supply	Antec TPQ 1200w
Software	Windows 7 (64 bit)

System Name	Brutus
Processor	i5 4690k @4.7Ghz (Watercooled)
Motherboard	z97 MSI Gaming 5
Cooling	NZXT Kraken x61 AIO watercooler
Memory	Gskill Ripjaws 8gb (2x4gb) 1600mhz 7-8-7-24
Video Card(s)	MSI Gaming GTX 980ti x2 (sli)
Storage	1 SSD 64GB (OS) + 2x500GB WesternDigital RAID 0
Display(s)	YAMAKASI Catleap q270 SE 27inch Glossy 2560x1440
Case	NZXT Phantom
Audio Device(s)	ASUS Xonar DX
Power Supply	Antec TPQ 1200w
Software	Windows 7 (64 bit)

Processor	AMD Phenom II x4 955 Black Edition @ 3.7 Ghz
Motherboard	ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0
Cooling	Corsair H100i v2
Memory	8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3
Video Card(s)	GIGABYTE GTX 660 OC 2GB
Storage	Corasir Force 60GB SSD, Samsung HD402LJ 400GB, WD Caviar Blue 1TB
Case	Zalman Z11
Power Supply	Corsair CX750M
Mouse	Razer Deathadder
Keyboard	Razer Deathstalker
Software	Windows 10 Ultimate 64-bit

System Name	Project Whitewater
Processor	Intel i3 550 @ 4.8GHz 1.35v
Motherboard	Asus P55 Maximus 3 Gene
Cooling	XSPC 240 Rad / XSPC RASA CPU / Swiftech MCW80 GPU / XSPC 750 Dual Bay Res + Pump
Memory	2 x 2GB G.Skill DDR3-1600 @ 2000 cas7 with Arctic-Cooling AC heatspreader
Video Card(s)	Sapphire HD6950 w/ HD6970bios 900/1450
Storage	Corsair F60 SSD / 1TB Seagate HDD SATA2
Display(s)	24" Samsung P2470
Case	Modded Lian-li PC-A04b
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-fi XtremeMusic
Power Supply	Corsair HX620
Software	Win7 Ultimate 64bit

[Case Gallery] NZXT - Brutus

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Motherboard	Asrock AB350 Pro4 / Asus Rog Strix B450-F gaming
Cooling	Cryorig M9 / Noctua NH-D14
Memory	G skill 16 Gigs ddr4 / 16 gigs PNY ddr4
Video Card(s)	Nvdia GTX 660 / Nvidia RTX 2070 Super
Storage	120gig 840 evo, 120gig adata sp900 / 1tb Mushkin M.2 ssd 1 & 3 tb seagate hdd, 120 gig Hyper X ssd
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Mouse	corsair vengence M65 / Zalman Knossos
Keyboard	corsair k95 / Roccat Vulcan 121
Software	Window 10 pro / Windows 10 pro
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Cooling	ASUS ROG Ryujin III 360 with Noctua Industrial Fans
Memory	PAtriot Viper Elite RGB 96GB @ 6000MHz.
Video Card(s)	Asus ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3090 24GB OC EVA Edition
Storage	Addlink S95 M.2 PCIe GEN 4x4 2TB
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Mouse	ROG STRIX Impact Electro Punk
Keyboard	ROG STRIX Scope TKL Electro Punk
Software	Windows 11

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Processor	Intel Core i7 10700KF @ 3.8/5.1GHZ
Motherboard	ASUS Prime Z490-P Motherboard
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 CPU cooler.
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z RGB 64GB (4x16GB) 3600MHz CL16 DDR4
Video Card(s)	ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3090 OC 24GB
Storage	Samsung 970 PRO M.2 NVMe SSD 1TB
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Power Supply	Corsair AX1000 Titanium Modular
Mouse	Razer Deathadder
Keyboard	Corsair K70.
Software	ALL HAIL WINDOWS 10.
Benchmark Scores	Old system: http://www.3dmark.com/fs/6805248

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Motherboard	Striker Extreme
Cooling	Liquid
Memory	Mushkin 1066 4GB
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Case	Gigabyte 3D Mercury
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System Name	The Better
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Cooling	NZXT Kraken X61
Memory	22gb Patriot Sector Sevent
Video Card(s)	2x GTX980 Reference
Storage	Many
Display(s)	Korean IPS
Case	NZXT S340
Power Supply	NZXT Hale90 V2 1200W