Lets start with progress.

As you already know the PSU will be the Fracral 1000W Newton. The Design of the PSU looks great the only minor point is that it is not a full modular PSU. This little problem I will change in the future. The cables come is a organized bag where every cable has it own place.

 



Next the case it self, the Define R4 is build for silence and anti dust with all the filters.







Lets start stripping the case and remove everything that is not needed anymore.  









This is what is left from the case a naked frame.




Time to rebuild the Define R4!

Till next update. :D

Looking forward to more pics and final awesomeness!

 
Good luck with everything.       

sweetness

Small update.
The first panels are done they just need to small detailing and then I can add some clearcoat on the wood.















Painting the borders black that didn't got any veneer.



Till next update.

Wow, impressive and looking forward to the next update

rjohnson11
Wow, impressive and looking forward to the next update

Thank you rjohnson11 :)

EVGATech_GabrielT
Nice build. Cant wait to see the finished results.

Thx GabrielT ^^

Sleinous
Coming along very nicely!!!

Thank you Sleinous :)
 
Update

Lets continue with the motherboard tray first. Finished all the cable routes and mounting places so time to polish the borders of the plexi tray.

To refresh you mind this was how it looked like.



And here is you can see the finished tray. Left the protective foil around to prevent scratches.









The SSD will be mounted on the back of the tray with these holes.





You just have to slide the SSD on its place easy to remove or install a new one.





With the new shape of the case I had to make some new pieces so I can easily remove the casefeet from the frame.
made a few spacer and glued them on the bottom of the case.



and on that I mount some L pieces.



Next up is the body work of the case.
To get the right shapes I made a mold out of MDF wood. Using 2 heatblower I heated up the plexi so it can fall in to shape.











cutted of the extra material and filed and sanded the border in a straight line using a steel bar as guiding line.



Mounted it on the bottom of the case.











I repeated the bending for the top panel and glued 2 plexi panels to the side panels.





sawed out the new shape of the case.





Just need to file the edges straight and continue the work on the other parts.



Thank you for reading.
And see you in the update. :)

LCRava
This ought a be good !

Thank you LCRave :)
 
Small update received a few packages with hardware and watercooling. I wont go to deep in to that because I didnt had to time to take pictures of all the parts and taking them out of the boxes for some extra pictures.











I had a bit of back luck with the package from the watercooling. Lucky noting got damaged.







once I had the parts I could start with giving them a place in the case. Used 2 Micro reservoirs from Swiftech to make a hardline connection between the top and front of the case.









Next up was the pump.





The pump will be placed under the 3th reservoir that will be attached to the radiator. For that I cutted some alu pieces to creat a new attachment for it.







That was it again only a few more thing that need to be made and the case can be painted.

See you next time.

I wish I had the space and skill to mod like this. Looks great and can not wait to see the finished product.

Update!!! :D

Making some fast progress on the case.
I continued my work on the wooden panels. Then I can finish them and move on to the rest of the case.
Used a sheet of plexi glass to achieved the desired shape for the front. Placed it on a new mold and heated it up.







mounted it on the front, so I could draw the right shape on it.



And the final shape of the front.







Just have to add the veneer to the plexi.









While everthing was drying I removed the protective foil from the plexi panels and mounted the top reservoir in the case. Also secured the mounting of the stand of case.





Back to the veneer panels.
To remove the extra material I used some sanding paper. Mounted the panel on the front and test fitted it on the case.











Next up is the power supply. I got the Fractal 1000W Newton PSU only 1 minor thing on it the psu. Not all cable modular, so I had to make some adjustments to get the result that I want to achieve.
Cutted out a piece of plexi and glued it on the PSU.





Removed the top of the psu and started to short in the wires.











After the psu I started to make all the other cables that where needed.



So that was it then next week a new update where you can see the assembly of the case.

AAAaaaand I will just place this picture here to teas a bit.



Till next update.

This is some over the top custom stuff right here! Can't wait for updates to this one! Thanks for sharing

Last update before the final pictures will be shown.
Continued with installing all the remaining hardware and cooling parts. Before I start installing the wooden panels I have to install a few cables. This way I can keep a clean look in the case with not to much cables around.



Installed the all the inside panels PSU, radiator, pump and reservoirs.













When all that was done I installed the remaining hardware and started the leak test.



The only thing that needs to be installed are the cables and the front of the case. All this you will see in the final update of this project.

Thanks Rjohnson11, only few more days left before it is Monday and I can show you the final pictures.

Thank you Spilart :)
 
The case is completed and the video from LDLC is online you can check it out here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKK6paxs9oI
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