Causality

[pheenix]

I decided to name this build in honor of the relationship between cause & effect. The cause being my desire to begin my first build, and the effect of course, will be the completed build. It will be a dual system, liquid cooled build.

Due to financial constraints, I'm doing this build a small bit at a time for the time being. Right now, I just have most of the outer frame built and a couple of panels drawn up.

For cost constraints, the panels will be made from black acetal. I ordered a small swatch of dragon plate veneer to see how well it will adhere to another chunck of acetal that I have laying around. This will give me an idea of how well the veneer will adhere to the acetal panels.

The intended end result is inspired by this image I found while looking for a source of carbon fiber (prior to discovering this site)

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k99/pheenix99/braillecarbonfiberhybridbatterybox.jpg?t=128647792 4

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k99/pheenix99/DSCN0482.jpg?t=1286477604

Here is one of the side panels that will cover the most of the water cooling parts. Again, it will be fabricated out of black acetal with a carbon fiber veneer. I figure some CCFL lighting will give it a nice effect.

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k99/pheenix99/panel.gif?t=1286477746

[x88x]

Looks interesting. ..also, is that a 5x140 rad? :eek:

[pheenix]

The rads in the picture are a 3x 120 Swiftech and a 4x 120 Koolance with shroud (which will adorn the top panel). The small power supply is so I can have my technologically disadvantaged step kids help with the build without too much risk. A switch will select either primary PSU or "priming" PSU to drive the pump.

Some of the items like the motherboard trays (will be Lian-Li) and optical drive mounts (mountain mods) will be made by a third party.

I told my wife that the case will be just over 3 feet tall (37.5") and she jokingly said "2 feet and its me" (she's just about 4'11"). So I'm going to take a little cheap shot at her in some way during the design process.

[pheenix]

Also thinking about having a dual motherboard tray fabricated for the project. Here's a quick visual. Now I just have to find someone who can do it.

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k99/pheenix99/doublemobo.jpg?t=1286602241

Whether or not the dual motherboard tray works out, this is the basic idea of what the motherboard area might look like.

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k99/pheenix99/dualboard.jpg?t=1286609431

[pheenix]

Ordered the motherboard trays, and the top panel from bigbluesaw should be arriving shortly. In the mean time, I've been pre-occupied with turning inert explosive devices into storage devices

[pheenix]

Didn't really like the way the frame turned out. I'm salvaging what I can and redoing it with miter cuts.

[billygoat333]

i'm intrigued by this project, make sure to keep us posted!

[pheenix]

i'm intrigued by this project, make sure to keep us posted!

Will do. So far, the case is going have a 1.5 inch dept reduction. 24 inches deep should be good enough.

[pheenix]

This project has been cancelled....please lock this thread

[x88x]

Aww, I'm sorry to hear it. You can lock the thread yourself with the 'thread tools' menu at the top of the page.