ROG Rampage Mod By Ban Nguyen

Case, who needs a case? Master Modder, Ban Nguyen, has put his uber crafting skills in action and engineered this innovative and beautiful ROG mod right from scratch. We bring it to your here in full, but you can also check the full log (and a few more pics) over at bit-tech.net modding forums too.

Underneath sits a fully watercooled Rampage III Extreme, ASUS Radeon HD 6970 (on a PCI riser card), Intel Core-i7 CPU, Corsair Dominator GT memory and an 800W CoolerMaster Silent Pro PSU.

Sit, read and digest the awesomeness and then let us know your thoughts in the forums or on our ROG Facebook page.

 

Getting Started

Ban drew up the initial concept in Sketchup. He designed the whole build around acrylic plastic, as he claims it was easier for him to laser cut, although he still did a lot of the work by hand.

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Cutting all the basic parts and measuring up:

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Ban in his workshop.

?Watercooling time!

Ban used some Koolance watercooling parts for the chipset and VRMs, and also added a flow meter into the mix, but without wanting to leave anything as standard he adapted them as they needed custom barbs and plates.

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Measuring up the HD 6970. Yes, it'll go in that way! Can you spot the PCIe 16x riser card?

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Fitting all the watercooling parts is important just to check it all works correctly. Better this than build it and need to change a component within!

Making the Cover Plates

The parts were cut then painted red and black according to the ROG theme. The layers are stacked using metal circular standoffs, while the watercooling ends are adapted SLI connectors that snugly fit the metal tubing.

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The main stand is cut. Note the reservoir in the front (with fill port in the top) and pump at the bottom: all this is custom designed by Ban!

and..

The LCD display was borrowed from a previous build, while the two clear lenses were destined to go over the chipset blocks, while the gear was made for a bit of decoration.

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The 'interconnect plate' with carbon fiber covering.

Building the Spines

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Preparing to 'nest' the R.A.T 7 gaming mouse on the side.

 

Preparing the I/O panel and mouse clip

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With the I/O panels cut, painted and fitted, it was time to make a hole in that top spine for the cabling:

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It doesn't look so great yet, but just wait...

Triangles? Looks like something out of AvP!

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Ooooh!

The Finished Article: Eye Candy Time!

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?On Display on the ASUS booth

?Awesome skills, Ban! We can't wait for the next one!