Hey guys,
 
Welcome back to another one of my builds logs! I'm happy to announce my entry into the 2017 Cooler Master CaseMod World Series in the MasterCase Maker 5t. It's a stunning looking case and I'm excited to work on it. I have a few interesting things planned for it, including some layout changes on the inside and a more unique water cooling loop set-up.
 
I am calling this one Tempest and it will be based on the Tempest spaceship from the new Mass Effect Andromeda game.
 
I did an overview video of the case as well as talked a bit about the mods where you can get a better idea of what I'm going to do in this case.
 
Check it out below:
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa7iU1mBc1w
 
SPECS:
 
Case - Cooler Master MasterCase Maker 5t
CPU - Intel TBC
MB - ASUS Rampage V Extreme
RAM - 8 x 4GB Crucial Ballistix Elite 3000MHz DDR4
GPU - NVIDIA TBC
SSD - 2 x 275GB Crucial MX300
HDD - Seagate TBC
PSU - Cooler Master V1000
 
Custom cables & lighting - CableMod
 
Water Cooling - Bitspower
 
I'll start it off with some photos of the gorgeous case:
 



















 
Thanks for checking it out and stay tuned for more
 
Cheers,
 
Alex

Cool GTX
Interesting stock case your using

Cheers! The Maker 5t is definitely already pretty nice, hope I can make it even better :)

I'm very interested in what type of cuts you intend on making.

Things have started to come apart :P
 









 
Stay tuned for more!
 
Cheers,
 
Alex

rjohnson11
You're making three great mods at one time. Each one is just awesome.

Thanks Robert! It's hard to keep up at the moment, I just need to keep working on them with no time for anything else...

Looking forward to more progress as time permits.

Looks interesting! The red color inside looks good. Is this stock or did you already paint it?

Hey guys,
 
Sorry for the lack of updates on this build but unfortunately that's what happens when you're working on 3 case mods at the same time and they all have to be finished at the same time. Plus I've got my full time job on top of that. Been super busy lately.
What I'm gonna do however is focus on getting this build log ready and finishing this build as it has to be done and submitted for the Cooler Master Case Mod World Series by the 3rd of May.
 
So here is the progress that I've made so far. The PSU has been mounted in it's new location, I have a new motherboard tray that is mounted over the existing one to maintain the case rigidity, the back panel has been completely cut out and a new panel installed that has a 240 radiator mount and the I/O is in the top.
I also have the extra 'top' exterior panel mounted on the back. There is also a cut out in the mid-tray section with a piece of acrylic mounted over it. This is for the pass-through fittings later.
 
You will also see an acrylic panel in the bottom and a piece on the back.
 
I hope that all makes sense but I'll have a video in the end explaining it all and showing more of the actual progress for those interested.
 
I have to give a huge shout out to Corey from Imfaceroll Gaming for the help in cutting the aluminium panels on his CNC machine. Otherwise I don't know how I would have had time to get this done for the submission date.
 
Also thanks to Justin from Metalicacid for the tips on how to brush my aluminium panels. I think minus some of the deeper scratches they all came out really good. Most of that will be covered anyways.
So here are the photos guys!
 





 
I forgot to mention the cut out in the front panel as well.
 








 
Hope you guys enjoy the progress so far and stay tuned, there will be a lot more photos to come!
 
Cheers,
 
Alex
 

Looking great as always Alex. By the way when are you going to make me a mod? LOL. Just kidding.

Gonna be a great looking build when done! looking forward to seeing final build!

This continues to impress.

Hey guys,
 
Here's some further progress of the way I mounted the reservoir/s and also some close-ups of the combo. You can also get a better look at the new back panel and the cut out in the mid section.
 
You can see the vinyl design for the fans and if you saw earlier in the build log, I showed the new CM RGB fans... well I ended up changing these to the red LED JetFlos to make things easier with the cabling; the RGB fans were adding one extra cable per fan and I would only want to have them on red for this build anyway so I didn't make sense to add the extra cables.
 













 
Thanks for checking it out and stay tuned as I wrap up this build log.
 
Cheers,
 
Alex

rjohnson11
Continues to amaze as does all of your mods Alex. 

Thanks a lot Robert :D

This looks so good....

rjohnson11
This looks so good....

nikkocortez
Very nice!  I'm really digging the chrome hardline tubing and fittings.

Thanks a lot guys :D