Thanks guys!

No video yet..still have to edit it. I shot it out of sequence, so I have to edit it together and put my graphics into it.

As for the color scheme on this build, there will be a little bit of yellow/titanium grey/black in it...

Shot an unboxing video with Jason from Case Labs today...the shop was a little busy!







A little hardware Pr0n...TWINS!

Case Has Arrived!

That is a BIG box!




Very well packed!



Parts laid out for assembly (part 1)




Parts laid out for assembly (part 2)




Back plate, mid plate, and bottom plate assembled




Case is beginning to take shape!




Assembled case




XL window




On both sides!

Components

Case Labs Mercury S8
MSI MPower MAX AC motherboard
MSI GeForce GTX 780 Lightning GPU x2
Intel 4770k CPU (De-lidded)
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD x2
Seagate 4TB HDD x2
Silverstone Strider Gold Evolution SST-ST1200-G 1200W PSU
Either Avexir Blitz 1.1 32GB (4x8GB) 2800 mHz or GSkill Trident 32GB (4x8GB) 2400 mHz RAM

Cooling System

Aquaero 6 XT controller
EKWB EK-FC 780 Lightning waterblock x2
EKWB Supremacy CPU block
EKWB Coolstream PE 360 radiator x 2
Swiftech MCP655-PWM pump with dress kit
Custom reservoir
Rigid tubing

Current Progress Photo




Final Pictures

Reserved

Sorry for the lack of updates..holidays were incredibly busy...

So I have a new back plate for the S3 and I have to get it ready for installation. The main point to it was that I couldn't fit a 25mm thick fan in the back of the case and I really wanted an exhaust fan that matched the rest of the fans.



First up was to build an uber fancy paint booth...this required 1 cardboard box and a coat hanger...



A little 600 grit sandpaper to give the primer some grab...



Ready for primer



Primered...



Mocked up on the back panel...



To grill or not to grill...that is the question...(the black paint is actually a lot closer than the camera shows...)

Even though I haven't been around much lately...doesn't mean I don't miss you guys! Of course I'm going to share with one of my favorite places on the interwebs!

monsterITX v2.0 Coming soon!

Sorry to be late to the party...To be honest, I'm still not quite sure exactly what you are wanting...I see a media center, gaming station, watercooling...what are your specific goals for this system? The reason I ask is because the smaller a system, the more critical the engineering phase of the project is.

The smaller the system, the more likelihood that heat will be your biggest issue.

Nice! I'm thinking I might pick one of these up for my folding box...

Thanks!

Just to let everybody know how the delidding went, after running Prime 95 for 6 hours last night, I never broke 60C. Hovered around 56-58C for most of it. That works out to a 15-16C drop in temps. My idle temps dropped considerably as well. With a 24C ambient, I was idling at 26-28 across all the cores.