Project Sapphire Ice

JJ_Sky5000 · Nov 19, 2011

I got my overall design for this mod when i was designing the lenovo ice build, A smaller compact ice cube made for Gaming !!! but i also really wanted showcase the components. After a few drawings and ordering the materials i was ready to begin.

A Big Thank to Sapphire Tech, & Kingston for letting me build a unique case

Components:
Danger Den 7 Slot I/O Shield for Custom Cases
Danger DenMC-TDX Block for LGA 1155, 1156 i3, i5, i7
Danger Den-RAD-Reservoir
Danger Den-CPX-Pro 12V Pump
3/8" Blue UV Danger Den Tubing
Stealth GTS 240 Black Ice Rad
Feser One - UV CLEAR Illusion - F1 - Coolant
Enermax Apollish Vegas 120mm x 25mm
Mod/Smart Supreme System Sleeving
Mod/Smart 20 Station LED Board - Base w/ 10x LEDs
Tailed Red 5mm LED w/ 2 Pin Mobo Header Connector
Bulgin Switch Black Switch - white LED
Silmar 41 casting resin
Fluorescent Acrylic Plexiglass - Blue
Clear Acrylic Plexiglass Sheet - 1/4'' Thick Cast
Sapphire Pure Black P67 Hydra-LGA1155
Sapphire HD6950 Flex
Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge
Blue Ray Burner
Antec 1200
Kingston 96GB ssd
Kingston hyper 8GB mem

I started by drawing on a wooden sheet for the mold where i want the components to fit.

then i started creating the molds for the base

Poured the resin

after a day of curing in the sun

A rough shell base has begun.

adulaamin · Nov 19, 2011

can't wait to see it finished :toast:

Sinzia · Nov 19, 2011

Hm, this looks interesting.

JJ_Sky5000 · Nov 19, 2011

Framing the base !!!

measured up the aluminum fram around the plexi bottom

PS fan cutout

MB board tray cut out

resizing the ice base

fan & rom bay cut outs I used a router for fan cut out and upper plexglass

test fit

JJ_Sky5000 · Nov 20, 2011

My favorite part of the build ecting and illuminating The Sapphire Logo.

laying everything out for full assembly

the first side panel

added the sdd and the front logo

Rad & fans

added the Blue ray & PS + side panels

Cutout for the upper case fan to blow on the GPU

Super tight fit for water cooling and wires

cleaned up the wiring

Dropping the MB onto the base.

burtram · Nov 20, 2011

That's very cool idea with making your own ice cube looking sides.

jsfitz54 · Nov 20, 2011

Very cool!

Is Sapphire going to use case at trade shows?

More pictures of complete build please.

JJ_Sky5000 · Nov 21, 2011

Some final pictures, sorry i didnt have too many pics, 30 day time from to get this to Sapphire before being shipped E3 in LA.

TRWOV · Nov 21, 2011

micropage7 · Dec 1, 2011

wow nice case
ummm anyway shouldnt it put in project logs

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