cgantt
04-10-2008, 09:10 AM
Hello everyone. I have been a lurker here since Doom 3 was being built. I have tinkered with a few mods here and there but never anything serious. So for the last few weeks I have been sketching on napkins, jotting down ideas, and reading as many work logs as I can from various sites around the net.
This will be my first major mod and I plan on building a case from scratch (mostly plexi and aluminum). Like my grandfather used to say.."The only dreams worth having are the big ones" So while the actual build is a little while away I wanted to start a build log mostly for me to keep track of things, and also to show the case from the design stage to the finished computer. So here I go... Wish me luck.
While I will do my best to not blatantly steal the design of anyone I cannot make any promises. I fully understand not getting credit for hard work and the feeling you get when someone steals your work. So I apologize for any thing I may copy. I will try to credit everything I notice.
Part 1. Planning and Design.
The reason I want to scratch build a case is I like a challenge and there wasn't one single case on the market that I was comfortable with. Being a closet modder and lurking the various case moding forums on the net I have always envied these detailed, intricate, and huge builds. So over the last year I have been slowly taking notes on various mods that caught my eye. Some things as simple as pexi case feet to the intricate reservoirs of Tribaloverkill.
List of ideas for the case.
1. Custom plexi reservoir
2. PSU in the bottom
3. HDDs in the bottom
4. Water pump in bottom
5. Aluminum angle frame. (welded or brazed if possible)
6. Plexi skin
7. Lots of Plexi Detail, bits and pieces, etching, polishing, frosting, etc.
8. LDC screen on the front of case somewhere.
9. Door to cover drives and controls. (maybe locking some how.)
10. LED placement for glowing plexi edges.
11. Top mount Black Ice GTX 480 radiator from Danger Den
12. Danger Den water blocks, DDC pump, and accessories
13. Copper pipe for loop instead of tygon.
14. Mod mouse and keyboard to match case.
I will add the gear list as soon as I finalize it.
I have an Idea for plexi flames coming out the top of the case that will be lit by leds. I am still working this out in my head.
I took a few hours last night and came up with these sketchup render's. I will be modifying them as the design progresses.
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s187/CJGanttphotography/Design-1sk.jpg
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s187/CJGanttphotography/Design-12sk.jpg
Btw the case is 24"L x 25" H x 9"w Or for the metric people rounded off to 610mm L x 635mm H x 229 mm W
The Mobo in the render is a MSI K9N.
Credit to the Mobo, Optical drive, PSU, DDC pump go to the contributors to the Modders Sketchup Componet Collection @ http://scc.jezmckean.com/
This will be my first major mod and I plan on building a case from scratch (mostly plexi and aluminum). Like my grandfather used to say.."The only dreams worth having are the big ones" So while the actual build is a little while away I wanted to start a build log mostly for me to keep track of things, and also to show the case from the design stage to the finished computer. So here I go... Wish me luck.
While I will do my best to not blatantly steal the design of anyone I cannot make any promises. I fully understand not getting credit for hard work and the feeling you get when someone steals your work. So I apologize for any thing I may copy. I will try to credit everything I notice.
Part 1. Planning and Design.
The reason I want to scratch build a case is I like a challenge and there wasn't one single case on the market that I was comfortable with. Being a closet modder and lurking the various case moding forums on the net I have always envied these detailed, intricate, and huge builds. So over the last year I have been slowly taking notes on various mods that caught my eye. Some things as simple as pexi case feet to the intricate reservoirs of Tribaloverkill.
List of ideas for the case.
1. Custom plexi reservoir
2. PSU in the bottom
3. HDDs in the bottom
4. Water pump in bottom
5. Aluminum angle frame. (welded or brazed if possible)
6. Plexi skin
7. Lots of Plexi Detail, bits and pieces, etching, polishing, frosting, etc.
8. LDC screen on the front of case somewhere.
9. Door to cover drives and controls. (maybe locking some how.)
10. LED placement for glowing plexi edges.
11. Top mount Black Ice GTX 480 radiator from Danger Den
12. Danger Den water blocks, DDC pump, and accessories
13. Copper pipe for loop instead of tygon.
14. Mod mouse and keyboard to match case.
I will add the gear list as soon as I finalize it.
I have an Idea for plexi flames coming out the top of the case that will be lit by leds. I am still working this out in my head.
I took a few hours last night and came up with these sketchup render's. I will be modifying them as the design progresses.
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s187/CJGanttphotography/Design-1sk.jpg
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s187/CJGanttphotography/Design-12sk.jpg
Btw the case is 24"L x 25" H x 9"w Or for the metric people rounded off to 610mm L x 635mm H x 229 mm W
The Mobo in the render is a MSI K9N.
Credit to the Mobo, Optical drive, PSU, DDC pump go to the contributors to the Modders Sketchup Componet Collection @ http://scc.jezmckean.com/