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Hi, I'm Alex from Praetex Design

Previously the Modding Content Lead over at Bit-Tech, I'm an avid PC watercooling enthusiast, designer and machinist.

Join me as I create components and computers that challenge perceptions and push the boundaries of the field.
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@manusnz
@manusnz 4 дня назад
I think your camera is protesting your choice of font by refusing to focus reliably 😜
@Okorukoi
@Okorukoi 4 дня назад
Hoffmann shirt ftw
@flikflak24
@flikflak24 5 дней назад
2:48 and that's why I use manual focus only xD
@MeHrDaD_Rahimi
@MeHrDaD_Rahimi 5 дней назад
Hey Alex, I sent you an email, I’m eager for you to see it and tell me your thoughts.
@timwarning9326
@timwarning9326 6 дней назад
I don't think people actually understand how crazy this casemod is already. This is absolutely bonkers in terms of measuring and creating parts. If I may add 1 tiny thing. The bottom of the chassis kind of looks out of place now. So much awesomeness and custom aluminium and then there you see the white chassis grill on the bottom. Imagine that being covered with a thin aluminium grill instead. Love your work as always Alex ❤
@PraetexDesign
@PraetexDesign 5 дней назад
@@timwarning9326 Yeah that was bugging me too, I’m just going to replace that panel entirely, it doesn’t need the vent as I won’t be using the windows anymore.
@NiclasGudmundsson
@NiclasGudmundsson 6 дней назад
Dang, that’s a dream machine ❤
@goober-ll1wx
@goober-ll1wx 6 дней назад
You're so lucky you get to do what you love!
@ingediaingedia4368
@ingediaingedia4368 6 дней назад
i wonder what filament you used for all of these printed parts, it has quite a nice translucent effect to it, fantastic video as always !
@PraetexDesign
@PraetexDesign 6 дней назад
@@ingediaingedia4368 It’s Eryone Transparent PETG, probably my favourite filament as it just prints so consistently.
@ingediaingedia4368
@ingediaingedia4368 5 дней назад
@@PraetexDesign thanks a lot! I love the synthetic vibe it gives, very futuristic texture, whishing you good first layers!
@RobertBarton86
@RobertBarton86 6 дней назад
I'm so glad you're making build videos again! Your channel inspires me.
@ethanrichards3268
@ethanrichards3268 6 дней назад
I’d be curious, how many hours usually goes into one of these projects? Like you obviously are coming in with a lot of experience, but like how much time do you have to invest into cad and design and prototyping to finalize mod (approximately)? I think it’s hard to really quantify the scale of one of these projects through a screen and would be interested in your take.
@highchiller
@highchiller 6 дней назад
You likely have the focus issue because you wear glasses. Eye detection is tricky with reflecting glasses :)
@rajmonhw
@rajmonhw 6 дней назад
“In your own time”😂 amazing!
@matthewward1346
@matthewward1346 6 дней назад
Pure quality. This guy's work is just exquisite.
@WrBuilds
@WrBuilds 6 дней назад
Amazing Job, like always your work has always been so clean cut and to my eyes perfect. I look forward to the day I can get my hands on a cnc machine so that I can bring to life my cuts as i design them! Look forward to more of your builds and welcome back, nice to see an OG on the youtube platform again!
@slunce12
@slunce12 7 дней назад
I see your Weird Coffee Person t-shirt - do you think you might do a coffee related project in the future? A custom manual lever espresso machine with your skills and flare would be a super interesting project to see!
@PraetexDesign
@PraetexDesign 7 дней назад
@@slunce12 I may or may not be planning to mod my GS3 at some point 👀
@VolcanoPenguin
@VolcanoPenguin 7 дней назад
1:51 now this is the quality content I subbed for 😂
@Walnut3D
@Walnut3D 7 дней назад
I’m so happy to see you back on RU-vid!!!
@johnnig3589
@johnnig3589 7 дней назад
Love to see your work. am so happy you are doing vids on youtube again. I think the auto focus issue you were having, was because of both you the case and you back walls being very close in color, so the cam could not figure out what to focus on.
@AllXFrag
@AllXFrag 7 дней назад
Case mod.... 90% of case... YEEEEETTT!!!!! 😂
@pedroduarte5052
@pedroduarte5052 7 дней назад
We want to buy parts!!! 😂😂
@nottherealjk
@nottherealjk 7 дней назад
Looking forward to seeing your changes next time!
@carlosfester
@carlosfester 7 дней назад
Nice see you working on mods again. This work was great, taking advantage of the CTE concept and a good part of the original case, literally giving meaning to the art of "casemod". Congratulations
@HGKaya
@HGKaya 7 дней назад
I think shiny surfaces make autofocus go crazy. I love your work man.
@samwalters4205
@samwalters4205 7 дней назад
I remember when I bought that Axminister radial drill from you many moons ago. Your work and progression is nothing less than excellent. I'm so incredibly curious to see how your journey continues.
@PraetexDesign
@PraetexDesign 7 дней назад
@@samwalters4205 I hope it served you well! That must have been summer 2016 yeah?
@ctopedja
@ctopedja 7 дней назад
So glad you are back!!! FUCK NDAs and non competes!
@kaizoor
@kaizoor 7 дней назад
Watercool Heatkiller Radiators with the brushed stainless steel sides would have been a nice match for this build.
@Totem9519
@Totem9519 7 дней назад
Hey Alex, my handle used to be jrmichel (it's ok if you don't remember, lol) and I've followed your progress and chatted back and forth with you in comment sections for years. To give you an idea of how inspiring you are, although I come from software development, in my spare time, I've learned CAD, built my own CNC, created custom waterblocks and will be launching my e-store in the next two weeks. If it turns out to be successful, it will be in large part because of you. I'm eternally grateful to you either way! Much love, my friend.
@woe2you
@woe2you 7 дней назад
I'm not going to apologise for perpetuating that joke, cos it's as funny now as it was when you did the 1kD.
@yoisama
@yoisama 7 дней назад
an idea for your store ? MEMORY HEATSINKS!!!!!!!! my god these ECC memories are FKN UGLY!!! , so yea , custom memory heatsinks for popular RAM modules , and i bet implementing the RGB aint that hard with some 3d printed clear PETG
@woe2you
@woe2you 7 дней назад
The ones he did for the Thermaltake Invitational a couple of years ago were gorgeous.
@yoisama
@yoisama 7 дней назад
@@woe2you yeap i do remember , thats why i dont know why he havent made some simpler ones for other common ram kits or ECC memory kits that doesnt have heatsinks most of the one ive seen , have the holes on the top and i hate that
@christophersmith108
@christophersmith108 7 дней назад
Nooo! I'm just about to start a build in exactly the same model case. Now, no matter how good a job I do, I'll be thinking "What a piece of junk!"
@PraetexDesign
@PraetexDesign 7 дней назад
@@christophersmith108 🫂
@Totem9519
@Totem9519 7 дней назад
Nah man go for it!!! The sense of achievement from making your own build is always worth it! Alex's stuff just gives us more to strive for! 😁
@rossclutterbuck1060
@rossclutterbuck1060 7 дней назад
"Mooooooom! Alex is posting pr0n again!" Always a pleasure dude, looking forward to the future installments.
@Totem9519
@Totem9519 7 дней назад
Lol
@TheDwight1379
@TheDwight1379 7 дней назад
Do you recommend that camera? 😂😂
@PraetexDesign
@PraetexDesign 7 дней назад
@@TheDwight1379 I probably would recommend more sleep and time than I had 😂 I probably left it on selective focus in that section, with the crosshair over to the corner or something. It’s a Nikon Z9 so there’s not much I could “upgrade” to, so to speak.
@shazra1173
@shazra1173 7 дней назад
I’d love to see you get into itx form factor mods.
@PraetexDesign
@PraetexDesign 7 дней назад
@@shazra1173 I’m hoping to do some smaller rigs down the line, although probably not the full on SFF thing as personally I don’t enjoy that much (too much about space optimisation rather than having fun).
@user-qp7is8kx7s
@user-qp7is8kx7s 7 дней назад
the mounting of the fans is excellent. Would you like to make a 3D model publicly available?
@PraetexDesign
@PraetexDesign 7 дней назад
@@user-qp7is8kx7s I might do once I’ve done the refinements.
@user-qp7is8kx7s
@user-qp7is8kx7s 7 дней назад
Wouldn't it be easier to cut metal sheets than to mill thick plates? Не проще было бы раскроить листы металла нежели ферезеровать толстые пластины?
@PraetexDesign
@PraetexDesign 7 дней назад
@@user-qp7is8kx7s Yes/No. I don’t have the equipment for working with sheet stock in an interesting way, so it would just be boring flat stuff. I much prefer milling larger pieces of plate instead.
@yamuiemata
@yamuiemata 7 дней назад
Looks so good 🤩 The Warercool Radiators would fit the theme a lot better... however I do understand EK sponsored the build
@PraetexDesign
@PraetexDesign 7 дней назад
@@yamuiemata Actually EK didn’t sponsor this one, the Watercool rads simply weren’t available at the time 😅
@Totem9519
@Totem9519 7 дней назад
​@@PraetexDesignI don't think I've ever seen any other sponsors than TT. Am I wrong?
@yamuiemata
@yamuiemata 6 дней назад
@@PraetexDesign thanks for clarifying
@PraetexDesign
@PraetexDesign 6 дней назад
@@Totem9519 I do a chunk of things for Corsair and have also done a fair bit of EK stuff. TT sponsors things specifically for Computex a lot, which the others don’t tend to do.
@bartman2395
@bartman2395 7 дней назад
dude this is absolutely crazy... that crystal distro plate aw gohd... purrfect
@derdackel
@derdackel 7 дней назад
I really love getting to see your quality work on here on a regular basis again!
@jesusfernandez1496
@jesusfernandez1496 7 дней назад
LEEEEEEEETSGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
@alkemicar
@alkemicar 7 дней назад
Awesome build, looks sick with the LEDs! 🙂 Did you think about bead blasting for the aluminium finish?
@PraetexDesign
@PraetexDesign 7 дней назад
@@alkemicar I reckon some parts are going to be bead blasted while others will be just anodised. I’m still mulling over the colours and whatnot.
@Ackerman_Balbanes
@Ackerman_Balbanes 9 дней назад
とても美しい
@jartest9205
@jartest9205 16 дней назад
good to see the shop again it as been a few.
@abood_alzbidyE92
@abood_alzbidyE92 16 дней назад
I hope you the best ❤❤
@kristofferlippert3353
@kristofferlippert3353 16 дней назад
Thanks for sharing a nioce Video update! :-) Did you end up buying the place or are you renting long term? since you're doing so much work to the place? Oh, and what happened to the little Lathe?
@espena87
@espena87 17 дней назад
I love your projects and videos and have watched you for years now. But, I want to request that you make videos without the cnc machine sounds on top of the music? I find myself muting your videos just because I find the sound too much. 😊 Other than that I have absolutely no complaints, keep up the amazing work 😊
@dcustomnation1692
@dcustomnation1692 18 дней назад
I am just so glad you are back! Today I just remembered out of the blue and searched bit-tech and all that led me here. To the person who inspired and taught me how to design and actually make a distroplate. And, guess what? I was successful. Welcome back Alex, hope to see more content in the future!
@shanethoney
@shanethoney 19 дней назад
Glad you are coming out with more content. I learned a ton from year over the bit-tech time and looking forward to more videos.