[LDLC Modding Trophy 2014] Fractal R4 by Alain-s (English)

[alain-s]

Hello fellow modders!
Let me introduce my self, i am Alain-s and you may know some of my work already.
Project White
Cooler Master Silencio 550 Limited Edition
Grafit

Big thanks to all the people and partners of the organization for making it possible to create a second edition of LDLC Modding Trophy 2014 !
Thank for letting me be a part of this event!

For this edition Fractal has picked me to mod the the Fractal Define R4


Hardware:
Motherboard: MSI Z97 Gamming 9
Graphics card: MSI GTX 770 OC
Processor: Intel I7-4790
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X 4x4GB 1600Mhz
Solid State Drive: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB
Power Supply: Fractal 1000W Newton

To be continued....

[MacGamerFR]

Hi, wow, first time I see your mods, and they are amazing !

But, a question, why in english ? ^^"

Plus, on modding.fr, all the new modders registered have to do a little presentation of themself

[Ehwo]

Hi
That's a fine case to work on, looking forward to admire your job on it
The mods you allready performes are very harmonious, love them

[alain-s]

Hi, wow, first time I see your mods, and they are amazing !

But, a question, why in english ? ^^"

Plus, on modding.fr, all the new modders registered have to do a little presentation of themself

The reason the blog is in English is because I am from Belgium and I live in Antwerp. I hardly speak or understand French. So it had to be in English of Dutch. :p

Made a small presentation of my self.
http://www.modding.fr/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=4317

Hi
That's a fine case to work on, looking forward to admire your job on it
The mods you allready performes are very harmonious, love them

Thank Ehwo,

[alonzo]

Hello!!

Thanks for the worklog, and good luck for the contest!

[Fredo]

Ho, Belgium friend, welcome here and good luck !


Sorry i'm bad in English.

[alain-s]

@ Alonzo, Thank you will do my best

@Fredo, Thank you and don't worry about your English is a lot better then my French

Okey then lets start with the first update of this buildlog!

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.

[Tesla]

Nothing left !

[cucmag]

clear!!!
just the minimum to stand up the case...

[Asche]

This is sobriety

[alain-s]

Noting left idd
Perfect way to reduce the weight of the hole case. ^^

[cucmag]

[seinron]

Clear !

[Mathmodding]

to follow with great pleasure

[nclsdtrz]

Good luck !

[alain-s]

Thanks guys

Lets get started!

Got my self some MDF panels to get the shape of the case back.



Lined up the pieces



Adding some glue and pressure.



First new pieces are for the case are being made.





Need some extra adjustments to shape.





Much better.







Next update you will get to see a small sneak peak of the materials that I will use to give the mod a prefect finish.

Mod On !

[DarKou]

Nice work

[Tesla]

I saw a bit of this on Facebook, and I was very intrigued. Very nice, waiting for the top panel, as I see you let some big room at the top of the front part

[alain-s]

Nice work

Thank you DarKou

I saw a bit of this on Facebook, and I was very intrigued. Very nice, waiting for the top panel, as I see you let some big room at the top of the front part

Aah yes, in a few update I bet it will all clear up and you will see more and more of the new shape of the case. ^^

[Cat121]

I have been following the threads from the beginning and things got serious ! Nice job !

[cucmag]

steel and wood

[TCD]

Nice job, I like the front of the box, eager to see al suite.

[XTSX]

Very nice Job Alain !

[alain-s]

I have been following the threads from the beginning and things got serious ! Nice job !

Thank you Cat121

steel and wood

Thanks Bertrand ^^

Nice job, I like the front of the box, eager to see al suite.

Thx TCD if you like the front already then wait what it will look like in a few updates.

Very nice Job Alain !

Thanks Thomas

Time for a other update.

Made a extra wooden part for the back of the case









And something little to make the MDF look like real wood. Got my self some wood veneer this type is called zebrano.

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adding some pressure so the veneer and MDF



This can rest for 1day and then I will do the other pieces as well.

Next up is the Motherboard tray.



The new tray will be made from 5mm plexiglass with some bend in.





Adding the pci slots.



Installed it in the case.







Next update you can see the result of the veneer on the MDF pieces.

Stay tuned!

[seinron]

Very Nice job Alain as usual !

Love the wood !

[Aulit]

Great work i would like see the finish work

[Cat121]

"vener" in french is the reverse for "énervé" which means "angry", it was fun to read your stuff about the angry wood

[TCD]

@Cat121 excellent

@alain-s i waiting the next... i love surprise...lol

[MacGamerFR]

Wood Mod are just awesome, and your is going good way

[alain-s]

Very Nice job Alain as usual !

Love the wood !

Thanks Seinron

Great work i would like see the finish work

Thank you Aulit, in a few weeks you can

"vener" in french is the reverse for "énervé" which means "angry", it was fun to read your stuff about the angry wood

Lol :p

@Cat121 excellent

@alain-s i waiting the next... i love surprise...lol

Soon to come TCD

Wood Mod are just awesome, and your is going good way

Thx MacGamer, doing my best ^^

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.