Origami - An S-Frame project by MetallicAcid

Origami
An In Win S-Frame project

By MetallicAcid







Hello everybody, and welcome to yet another of my modded projects! I would like to introduce you to my project named "Origami" which features the exclusive In Win S-Frame chassis.






The name Origami is inspired by the way this single 2m long, 4mm thick aluminium plate has been folded 15 times to give this unique chassis it's form. There is no floor or roof, and tempered glass panels which really set this chassis aside from most all other PC enclosures on the market today. I felt that I would take on the challenge of modding this chassis to enhance its design in typical MetallicAcid style, complete with brushed aluminium panels, and a full custom water cooled loop with hardline tubing.






Definition of "Origami" according to Dictionary.com:
[awr-i-gah-mee]
noun, plural origamis for 2.
The traditional Japanese art or technique of folding paper into a variety of
decorative or representational forms, as of animals or flowers.







Hardware:
CPU - Intel Core i7 4790k
GPU - 2x ASUS GTX980 Ti Strix 6GB
Chassis - In Win S-Frame
Motherboard - ASUS Sabertooth Z97 Mark S
PSU - SilverStone ST1200-G Evolution
RAM - Kingston HyperX Fury White 1866mhz 16GB (4x4GB)
SSD - Kingston Predator PCIE SSD 240GB







This project has been made possible by the following companies who have provided their products and services. Thank you for believing in my work, and allowing me to continue doing that which I genuinely love to do!




















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Reserved for final images

 

Origami
An In Win S-Frame project

By MetallicAcid





With thanks to these following companies:
ASUS
Intel
Kingston
In Win
SilverStone
Bitspower
Moddingstylz.de
Carplus.se
Dremel
Nordic Hardware
Inet
Ocaholic






A small tour of the In Win S-Frame chassis is in order, before I defile it with mods and stuff































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Best regards,
Justin "MetallicAcid" Ohlsen

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Origami
An In Win S-Frame project

By MetallicAcid





With thanks to these following companies:
ASUS
Intel
Kingston
In Win
SilverStone
Bitspower
Moddingstylz.de
Carplus.se
Dremel
Nordic Hardware
Inet
Ocaholic






ASUS Sabertooth Z97 Mark S



Hello again to my project! I have some hardware porn coming your way, so NSFW tag is now in place.
























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Thank you for checking out this update, and hope hear what you have to say so far
Justin "MetallicAcid" Ohlsen

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Love these cases... Looking forward to this build!

 

Hey guys! Thank you for taking a look at my modding project! Awesome!! The project on Twitch was very nice indeed. I don't know how all of those VGA will be adequately cooled by a single 360 rad though.

This project has been live on several other forums for a while now, but I am new to this one, and decided to bring it over and join your community

Kind regards,
Justin

 

Well welcome to guru3d, and thanks for sharing. I'll keep watching with interest!

 

Origami
An In Win S-Frame project

By MetallicAcid





With thanks to these following companies:
ASUS
Intel
Kingston
In Win
SilverStone
Bitspower
Moddingstylz.de
Carplus.se
Dremel
Nordic Hardware
Inet
Ocaholic






Hardware update, and some professional painting



Hello once again to my S-Frame project! I am happy to announce some new sponsorship from SilverStone and Kingston, who have supplied my project with a super nice PSU, and solid RAM! Thank you to these sponsors for believing in my work, and who provide their products so that I can continue doing what I love to do the most.

First up, I would like to show you the RAM raw, and how it looks when installed on the ASUS Sabertooth Z97 Mark S motherboard. This is a combination which is hard to beat! This is 16GB of 1866mhz RAM which is perfect for gaming and light/medium workloads.



























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Secondly I would like to present the power packet to this project, the Silverstone ST1200-G Evolution. This PSU is able to provide up to 1300w peak of power to all of my components. The texture on this PSU is extremely nice, and resilient to scratches. This will get a lick of white paint as well soon!





























Last but not least, bilplus.se in Bromma has become a sponsor to this project by professionally painting the S-Frame in a special Audi Pearl White with a polished finish. I have seen the chassis in person mid polish and it looked SERIOUSLY AMAZING!! I will be picking this bad boy up tomorrow, and get some photos of it before the weekend. Until I can post an update with the photos, please check out these MMS photo updates that I have received this last week from the painter at bilplus





Thank you for reading!
Justin "MetallicAcid" Ohlsen

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Origami
An In Win S-Frame project

By MetallicAcid





With thanks to these following companies:
ASUS
Intel
Kingston
In Win
SilverStone
Bitspower
Moddingstylz.de
Carplus.se
Dremel
Nordic Hardware
Inet
Ocaholic






Finished painted chassis and motherboard



Gday, and welcome again to my project log Origami!


Todays update is none other than the reveal of the beautiful pearl white paint job on the S-Frame chassis, and the new paint job to remove the camouflage from the Sabertooth Mark S motherboard.


There are a couple of small "niggles" with the professional paint job that I can't help but notice. The first being that they had painted the chassis upside down, so when the paint had dried and was then was flipped to the correct orientation, there was some bumps etc. from where the chassis was sitting on the painting fence. The guys did a great job with sanding down the edge, masking and repainting to fix the problem though. All in all it was luxurious to be able to have my S-Frame painted in such a nice white, and the pearl white really stands out in the open daylight.


The motherboard camo didn't fit with my theme, so I ended up giving it a lick of Multona #6000 white, and making the silver details black. I am considering painting the silver screws a black, and painting the fine details black with a paint brush to make this motherboard thermal armour truly one of a kind.



So first I would like to present the refreshed thermal armour:















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And for the finisher, the pearl white In Win S-Frame, with paint work sponsored by carplus.se































I really hope that you have enjoyed my work so far! I am having such a great time working on this project, and I have another small update coming your way hopefully before or on the weekend. Please leave a message and let me know if you have any opinions or questions!


Thank you for reading!
Justin "MetallicAcid" Ohlsen

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Origami
An In Win S-Frame project

By MetallicAcid





With thanks to these following companies:
ASUS
Intel
Kingston
In Win
SilverStone
Bitspower
Moddingstylz.de
Carplus.se
Dremel
Nordic Hardware
Inet
Ocaholic






Sponsorship update



Hello once again, and thank you for coming back to read my latest update with my modding project Origami.

During my short time on the PC case modding scene, I have had the good fortune to have spoken too and even met a few of you in person. I have been part of some competitions, and even won a few, which has caught the eye of some people who are hunting for modders to sponsor to promote their brand. I am very thankful that I have the support of the community and vendors so that I can continue to do what I love to do!

With this update, I would like to introduce some now sponsors who have supported Origami with their products. With the help of Nordic Hardware and Intel, I have received a Core i7 4790k CPU. With the support of Nordic Hardware and ASUS, they have decided to support Origami with a pair of GTX980 Ti Strix 6GB GPUs. With the support of Kingston and Ocaholic, they have sent out a Kingston HyperX Predator PCIE SSD 240GB. Lastly with the help of Bitspower, A fully custom water cooling loop will be installed. Moddingstylz in Germany will support with a full set of custom PSU cables and aluminium cable combs for the SilverStone ST1200-G Evolution PSU

Not all of the products have landed yet, but those that have arrived will be shown here. If you have any questions regarding any of the featured PC parts then please do not hesitate to ask me


Intel Core i7 4790k









Kingston HyperX Predator PCIE SSD 240GB





















Justin "MetallicAcid" Ohlsen

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An In Win S-Frame project

By MetallicAcid





Project made possible by following sponsors:
ASUS
Nordic Hardware
Intel
Inet
Kingston
Ocaholic
In Win
SilverStone
Carplus.se
Dremel






Hardware update, and various announcements.



Well it has been a VERY long time since I was last able to update my wonderful Origami project! I hope that you guys have not lost interest as I have some hardware porn in the form of 2x GTX980 Ti Strix courtesy of ASUS ROG Nordic!

The reason why I have been busy away from this project is because of two reasons. The 1st is because my wife and I welcomed out second child into out family - Xander William He is an eating and pooing machine, which leaves little to no time to even think about ones' own self. The 2nd is because I am a participant in the LDLC Modding Trophy 2015, which means that I am competing against some of the worlds leading PC builders and modders! To be a part of this competition is an honour, and to be regarded on the same level as these guys (some who are my modding idols!) makes me so happy! With this considered, I took some time to nail down a design for that modding project while I waited on hardware to be delivered for Origami.

Other small updates with this project - I am currently designing custom backplates for this project with Hassan Alaw from V1Tech/Harbinger - Still waiting on the delivery from Bitspower - Parvenu have expressed in fabricating the back panel for me which hides and protects the dual radiator set up behind the motherboard - Custom cables and vinyls are on their way to me from moddingstylez.de and custom aluminium cable combs from Goshumodz as well.

With this said, I have the honour to show to you some really impressive GPUs - considered to be the best on the market in terms of design and performance! I would like to introduce to you the pair of GTX980 Ti Strix courtesy of ASUS ROG Nordic. Thank you for the support, and believing in my work!






















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So thank you all once again for joining me for my latest update on project Origami. next update will be of when I install the panels and hardware into the chassis, and start on the cable management, all in preparation for the water cooling parts to come in. So please stick around

Kind regards
Justin "MetallicAcid" Ohlsen

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An In Win S-Frame project

By MetallicAcid





Project made possible by following sponsors:
ASUS
Nordic Hardware
Intel
Inet
Kingston
Ocaholic
In Win
SilverStone
Carplus.se
Dremel
Modding Stylz
Gosumodz
V1Tech






I am back from the dead!!!



Hello again my friends!!

It has been a while again since I last updated my beloved project Origami.

Since the birth of our new son, life has taken first priority and the modding was put to the side for a while until things started to settle down. I now have had some time, and some sponsorships have been finalized and these items have come in to me.

This update though is a soft start for me, applying some small but very defining details to the chassis itself. Yes, I am talking about the In Win logo sticker and In Win S-Frame chassis badge.

Please keep in mind that I have already completed more of this project so far, but those updates will come soon as I have to upload the photos, apply watermark and then publish them I will get around to those updates when I have another window of opportunity








Thank you for reading!
Justin "MetallicAcid" Ohlsen

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An In Win S-Frame project

By MetallicAcid





Project made possible by following sponsors:
ASUS || Nordic Hardware
Intel || Inet
Kingston || Ocaholic
In Win || SilverStone
Carplus.se || Dremel
Modding Stylz || Gosumodz
V1Tech






GPU backplates made by V1Tech



Hello my friends once again!


Once upon a time I had an interesting discussion with Hassan Alaw, the founder of the modding company V1Tech. On this one beautiful morning he had sent me an email expressing his interest for becoming a sponsor for any of my upcoming projects. So I took the time to learn CoralDraw X7 so that I could whip up some designs, and in the end I decided to design some custom backplates for these fabulous ASUS GTX980 Ti Strix GPUs.


The thinking behind this design was something light, with angles, that would compliment the design features of the S-Frame, and the Origami folded paper design. I could not but help to have the ASUS and Strix logos to show that these beast GPUs are nothing but the best GTX980 TI on the market. Granted this is only my opinion, and not up for discrimination I went ahead and scanned the backplate of one Strix GPU, then imported the file into CoralDraw. I simply traced out the outer line, then made a design Child's play to be honest!


With this all designed up, I sent the file to Hassan, who then went ahead and laser cut my design. I can recommend his services at V1Tech not because he sponsored the cutting of these backplates. but rather his communication and speed of completing these is what I base my recommendation on.


I will get these installed onto the Strix GPUs in the next few days, so please hang tight and check out these bad boys!













So thank you once again for taking the time to take a look at my Origami project, and hope to hear back from you what you guys think
Justin "MetallicAcid" Ohlsen

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An In Win S-Frame project

By MetallicAcid





Project made possible by following sponsors:
ASUS || Nordic Hardware
Intel || Inet
Kingston || Ocaholic
In Win || SilverStone
Carplus.se || Dremel
Modding Stylz || Gosumodz
V1Tech






Backplate installation, and GPU installed... Just waiting on water cooling (still...)



Hello once again for reading my project log. This is a short and sweet update I installed the backplates onto the GTX980 Ti Strix GPUs, then went ahead and installed them into the S-Frame chassis.


I have plans to add some custom brushed aluminium panels into the sections of the backplates so that it matches perfectly with the project design. Please let me know what you think, but keep in mind that I will have acrylic water blocks installed with black cooland running through the system...














Thank you for reading!
Justin "MetallicAcid" Ohlsen

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