Color palette and aesthetic, core graphic asset for certain elements.
Just about to open the memory and CPU. Better grab the red ESD workstation. (Wrist straps, grounding clips, grounded work surface)
The glorious 2 TERABYTE NVME disk.
CPU before thermal compound application,
CPU after thermal compound application.
Closeup of water block AIO contact with thermal compound.
Perimeter lights remain blue when idle. But shift to gold when at operating temperatures. Finally shifting to red in overheat conditions.
Athena
Video showing the linear actuated Uplift desk raising itself to eye-level while a custom Python program wakes the desk lights and sets them to a matching color schema. Music plays while the system warms up, changing from blue to gold.
Athena, the ancient Greek goddess of wisdom, artisanal craftsmanship, and warfare.
Greek architectural inspirations, and color choices. Aiming for a "godly" system with clean understated aesthetics and the highest performance possible in a mATX form factor. The goal being, a solid system which is still moderately portable for LAN parties and other events.
I personally have trouble with visually cluttered builds, and cluttered workstations/battlestations. They tend to detract from the experience and only serve to distract. Minimalism and a tidy appearance is key. Lastly, the entire system must fit cleanly in my living room while remaining relatively quiet during use, even with overclocking.