Lenovo K320 Ice Series Mod

jj_sky5000

Hello all, This mod came from a concept that I submitted For the lenovo Mod Contest. http://www.whatsyourideaoffun.com/us/meet-the-mods

My design was selected as one of the finalist and Lenovo sent me Thier Ideacentre K320 PC to mod to my heart desires. The winner of the contest gets to showcase thier mod at the 2011 CES at Las Vegas.

I had a few ideas in my head, and I sent them a rough design of a PC encased in ice for my initial entry in the contest.

K320 Specs
CORE_I7_870_2.93
8G_DDR3_1333
ATI_RADEON_HD5970_PCIE_2G
1TB_7200RPM_SATA2
Blu-ray Disc combo
The main transformation of this Mod is to replicate the Lenovo K320 chassis into a Liquid acyclic shell to give it the appearance that the K320 was encased in ice.

Features:
Custom mold made from the original chassis to create the Acyclic Ice replica
Feature as many of the original details from the original chassis, keeping the screw less system as well as the easing to use hard drive enclosures.
Adding special lighting through out the system to show the performance modes of the fans all throughout the case. Red, Blue, Green
Adding custom water cooling and reservoir to keep all the components running at optimal overclock while keeping the system cool.
ATI Eyefinity System with 3 28 " Monitors.

Part List
Molding & Building materials
1 x Silmar 41 Clear Polyester Casting Resin (5 Gallons)
5 x 75-80 RTV Liquid Urethane Mold Rubber 3lb Kit
2 x 3M Double Strap Dust Mask
2 x Poly-Ease 2300 Mold Release 12oz
1 x Disposable Latex Exam Gloves – Large
1 x Disposable Tyvek Coverall – Extra Large
Components
1x XSPC Dual 5.25" Bay Reservoirs w/ Blue LED Light - Clear / Silver / Black
1 x MC-TDX Block for LGA 1156 i3, i5, i7
1 x LED Lightstrip with Controller and Remote
3 x LED Lightstrip - 12 inches (30cm)
2 x DD Fillport Options:Fillport Color: Bright Blue Anodized
1 x Custom Laing D5 -Bitspower Black Sparkle
6 x ENERMAX T.B. VEGAS TRIO 120mm
1 x Mod/Smart Professional System Sleeving Kit - White
2 x Feser One Non Conductive Cooling Fluid - 1000 ml - UV Clear / Blue
1 x Black Ice GT Stealth 360 Radiator - Blue
6 x Feser Tube Active UV Hose - 1/2" ID (3/4"OD) Tubing - Clear / UV Blue
1 x EK Radeon HD 5970 VGA Liquid Cooling Block - Nickel (EK-FC5970-Nickel)
1 x EK Radeon HD 5970 VGA Liquid Cooling RAM Backplate - Nickel -

A Picture of The liquid resin that i will be using

A few design pics

With the side panel off

And the other side

jj_sky5000

Started working hard this weekend on the project after a few setbacks.
First thing was disassembly of the pc and make a few adjustments.


1st adjustmnet i wanted to move the power supply & hard drive cage to the bottom of the case to free up the Top for a 240mm radiator.



Time to start removing some rivots.


Need to make a few cuts To make room for a 120mm Fan on The bottom & Replace the bottom base with arcylic



Also Made room toward the top for the dual bay reservoir

Stayed tuned for more modding !!!

jj_sky5000

Well I made some good progress over the past week and through the weekend and the frame should be completed this coming week,
Cut out the power supply support out, so it can be moved to the bottom of the case and re rivoted to the frame.


I am also moving the Blue-ray and all in one reader to the bottom of the case. teh reason i chose it on teh botton instead of standing up or reaching to reach all of the i/o ports and rom. So i started cutting out the levono tool-less supports


Made a little room for the hard drives and Cd rom supports on the base

Need to make a few more cuts to the front panel, cd and hard drive fram supports

re attaching the Cd-rom and hard drive brackets back together



A little test fit

More to come.

jj_sky5000

A few Items that came in for the k320
The 5 gallons of resin for the case and the molding supplies for the front/rear panels


The 3 28" monitors for the eyeinfinity setup!!!

Danger Den Block and Fill ports
One of the best water cooling company I have ever delt with, they always come through with my special request. Including this Water block with the Custom UV blue plexi.



Custom Laing D5 - Bitspower Black Sparkle Dress Kit & Top from side winders computers Located here in Indiana took a day to get here .


XSPC Acrylic Dual 5.25” Reservoir

jj_sky5000

Made alot of good progress over the last two days completeing the frame and prepared to add teh Primer.
I wanted the frame to look as thin as possible so its no impeading the view when looking through the resin, I was pretty please ho wthe skelton looks.




The hard drive bay and Rom bay was really hard to compact and rebuild. but I kept the screwless features intact.



A few test fits


a nice clean look




A few More items came in today
The Ek 5970 Waterblock and back plate


and some awesome BILLET MACHINED ALUMINUM "Diamond Knurl" CASE FEET
From MNPCTECH.com

Thanks for looking !!!!
Also dont forget to go cast a vote at http://www.whatsyourideaoffun.com/us/meet-the-mods
I can use all i can get. no registration , click teh mod and vote!!!!

jj_sky5000

A nice way to start the 4 day weekend!!!!
Frame is primed and ready for to be painted metallic

Ok now to the tricky sticky stuff
Making a mold of the new front panel to pour the Clear Resin into !!!



in goes teh molding materal


Letting all the bubbles rise
took of the bottom to release the front panel

The completed Front panel Mold


A nice icying effect for the resin


Last but leaset did a little ecting

A little lighting effect for the side panel


Thanks for looking !!!!
Do you want to see this case at CES go cast a vote for it at http://www.whatsyourideaoffun.com/us/meet-the-mods
click explore and vote!!!! no registration

jj_sky5000

Aluminum Foil + Resin = ICE ICE Baby





Front Panel

Top, Back , Tray

A few Sneak peeks





Thanks for Looking !!!
Dont forget to Head over to The Lenovo Mod Contest And cast a Vote
Just click Vote for this mod, No registration
http://www.whatsyourideaoffun.com/us/content/k320-ice-series

jj_sky5000

More pics !!!!!!
Added The Case feet from MNPCTECH.com They look so good

Prepared base for the fan hole for the power supply



Test fit the powersupply


Cut the Tray to size

Routed out the front panel using a table router for the dvd , reservoir and lenovo lighting switch

test fitted the reservoir

Almost look like a pc cut & added theMB tray !!

Attached the top and front panel, with black screws


Still Undecided to go with black or silver Screws ?? Post a your opinion
Dont forget to go cast a vote to see this case at CES !!!
[URL=]http://www.whatsyourideaoffun.com/us/content/k320-ice-series[/URL]

Annes

holymotherofcrap.

MAGIC

Neat.

jj_sky5000

Thanks for all your Input !!! and The great compliments
Went with Silver /stanless steel lol screws!!!
They go with the case very well



Currently Got The sides panels mounted

Inside look of the lenovo K320 Ice mod

Started Finishing The Front and back panels Almost ready to assembly





Up next The fan cut outs!!
Dont forget to check out Lenovo New website http://www.whatsyourideaoffun.com/us/
And cast a vote to see this MOD and 2011 CES!!!
http://www.whatsyourideaoffun.com/us/content/k320-ice-series
Just click on Vote for this Mod !!!

ardichoke

This is one of the coolest mods I've ever seen... and I'm not generally a fan of case mods either.

MAGIC

Looking good, what color are you painting the chassis?

jj_sky5000

MAGIC wrote:

Looking good, what color are you painting the chassis?

The Chassis was actually primed , Painted Metalic Silver and Clear coated.

The whole Mod has a aluminum Feel inside the ice, with water cooling being a UV clear/Blue, The Leds and fans can be switch from Blue, Green and Red . It partof teh Lenovo K320 Theme.

jj_sky5000

Small Update, The final few cuts Fan holes
MNPCTECH offers some great templates for rads and grills!!!
I use one of my favorite tools Teh Hole Cutter


Side panel Fan



Finalizing The Back panel !!!


Cleaning and test fitting up next !!!
Dont forget to check out Lenovo New website http://www.whatsyourideaoffun.com/us/
And cast a vote to see this MOD and 2011 CES!!!
http://www.whatsyourideaoffun.com/us/content/k320-ice-series
Just click on Vote for this Mod !!!

Tushon

I also think this is one of the coolest mods that I have seen while generally not being a fan of case mods. Give me some stylish black with a nice glow.

jj_sky5000

Tushon wrote:

I also think this is one of the coolest mods that I have seen while generally not being a fan of case mods. Give me some stylish black with a nice glow.

Thank you

jj_sky5000

Small Update

Cleaned all the panels

Added The MB tray



Added the 5970 Ek waterblock


added the rad and fans

Please help me out by Casting a vote for teh lenovo building contest at http://www.whatsyourideaoffun.com/us/content/k320-ice-series I am only 300 votes behind
Just click on Vote for this Mod !!!
Thank you

jj_sky5000

Teaser Pics part one



Blue !!!



How about red


And last green




Please help by Casting a vote for the Lenovo building contest at
http://www.whatsyourideaoffun.com/us/content/k320-ice-series
I am only 300 votes behind lol
Just click on Vote for this Mod !!!
Thank you

jj_sky5000

Teaser Pics part 2
How about Blue and red


Cold as ICE

Enjoy The show










Please help by Casting a vote for the Lenovo building contest at
http://www.whatsyourideaoffun.com/us/content/k320-ice-series
I am only 300 votes behind lol
Just click on Vote for this Mod !!!
Thank you

jj_sky5000

New video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DV7X3tvMFs
Dont Forget to vote
http://www.whatsyourideaoffun.com/us/content/k320-ice-series
need lots of help

jj_sky5000

The Final Pics of the Inside

Hooking up The last few Wires

jj_sky5000

A few Final Pics of the Case.
Thank you for looking
Happy Holidays

jj_sky5000

The winner gets announce today !!!
http://www.whatsyourideaoffun.com/us/meet-the-mods
Thank you for all for your support.
I had a lot of fun building this project.

Kwitko

If you don't win I'm going to kill the judges.

primesuspect

That is a fantastic mod. Great work!

Tushon

This mod to match his desk is beating him by 200 votes.

ardichoke

... that is so much lamesauce. I've seen dozens of wood case "mods" before. Never seen anything quite like this one though.

Tushon

Exactly. I voted on both my work and home computers, but if they are announcing the winner today, then I doubt we can influence the vote. Perhaps it isn't just a popular vote.

jj_sky5000

Thank you all for your support , When the voting ended at 11:59pst, I was ahead by only 10 votes . The Lenovo K320 Ice Series was declared the winner of the Lenovo Mod building contest. It was alot of work and a tight schedule but it was alot of fun !!!!
The polls and site is still open So please go check out all of the hard work that was put into all the Mods
http://www.whatsyourideaoffun.com/us/meet-the-mods
Also if you are heading to CES you can see alot of the Mods in person at the Lenovo's Exhibit Venetian Hotel.
Thank you

Tushon

Wow! Congratulations!