ASRock M8K | Stampa

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Hello members and friends of our great mod community.

Here the beginning of my attempt to do some nice things to a great system: A beautiful ASRock Z97 M8. The challenge is to transform it into a barebone mod with water cooling.

When ASRock contacted me and asked me the question "do you see potential in modding this one" I couldn't say no off course. Then they did me an offer to actually do this, when I said I wanted to put this one under water :)

Big thanks goes out for this beautiful deal to Red Hung "ASRock HQ" and Peter "ASRock Benelux"

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Also big thanks to Niko and Peter from EKWB

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And big thanks goes to Harry from Corsair

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It all started with the ASRock box that was delivered at work and was transported safely by me to the MbK modcave.

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First unboxing on the dining table

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And a great case emerged designed by BMW Group DesignworksUSA

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The M8 is sold as a barebone system, which only includes a chassis, power supply, mini-ITX motherboard, fans and optical disk drive.

- Intel® Z97 Motherboard Inside
- Supports 5th, New 4th and 4th Gen Intel® Core Processors
- A-Command with G-sensor integrated
- Creative SoundCore 3D 7.1 CH HD Audio with Nichicon Fine Gold Audio Caps
- 2T2R WiFi 802.11ac + Bluetooth 4.0
- SFX 600W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply
- XSplit 3 Months Premium License
- ASRock Cloud, ASRock Key Master


Nice specs:

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And time to open the small beast :) Rear side is already great

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The front and quickly installed a GTX780 TITAN... see if it fits

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Perfect!!! And still space left

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Beautiful semi-modular 600W power supply in it

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Then it was time to disassemble everything

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Good overview at the heart of the M8... The Z97-M8

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Looks good!!!

It's possible to install a total of 5 SSDs, or 1x 3.5 "HDD and 4 Pcs 2.5".
In this one will come 4 SSDs

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After a night of brainstorming I decided to go up. For this I've used aluminum tubes with acrylic tubes and made a bracket in the middle. And not to forget placed some custom sized acrylic plates.

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Also used some Banchetto rubber feet.

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And there it is!!!

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To be continued!!!

I've already seen some picture of this mod on Facebook :D
I'm tuned for this worklog :xx

u're welcome here

Hello Kier,

I'm tuned too

:ciaociao:

Great Work Kier! Your Mod are always beautiful!
I'm Tuned!

rest tuned :xx

welcome back Richard,

nice stuff :smt023

Hi Kier,
i have followed all of your mods and now it's a pleausure to follow you there!! :)

Thanks guys, you make a modder feel like at home for sure. Appreciate it very much :love

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Update!!!

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First of all, a few nice shots of a new CPU block from EKWB: The EK-Supremacy EVO

A very nice block onto a not too big mobo :) looks like a full cover block, so saves money !!!

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Looking for the right color regarding the bars: Titanium gray or glossy red

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What do you guys think?

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Remember there will be rigid tubing, with red liquid (no pastel this time) in it.

I was also trying some stuff with a custom cover for the section beneath and in this an aquatube....

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But don't like this. So delete!!! :( Bottom remains open now, with all the WC stuff in sight.

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I did drilled some holes in the aquatube to place red LEDs. What gives a pretty nice effect.

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Finally I want the PSU turned the other way for future ideas

Original position:

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Made a custom plate which is mounted onto the bracket for the optical drive.

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Turned the PSU, made another bracket to secure the PSU.

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More to come!!!

good work...really nice