Project: Honeycomb

[Fuganater]

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/jdbnsn/worklogbanners/honeycomb.png


Honeycomb will by a scratch build, double wide server case.

This mod is brought to you by:
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/delviehead.jpg (http://delviesplastics.com)
Thanks to John and his team at Delvie's for helping with the Plexi!

http://www.mnpctech.3dpixelnet.com/picture_library/2010.mnpctech.banner.jpg (http://www.mnpctech.com/casemodstore.html)
Thanks to Bill for providing some goodies!

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Sponsors/Lamptron.jpg
Thanks to Maurizio at Lamptron for providing a fan controller and some UV Cold Cathodes.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/ekwb_logotip_a.jpg (http://www.ekwaterblocks.com)
Thanks go Gregor at EK for providing a bunch of the watercooling parts.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/logo-bp.png
Thanks to the guys at Bitspower for loads of watercooling bits.

Hardware
Motherboard: Gigabyte 880GA
CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 640 @3.0GHz
GPU: 2x something
HDD: 1x 320 HDD (OS), 2x 2TB HDDs (Case can hold roughly HDDs 20 total)
PSU: Corsair 100W
Optical Drive: Blu-ray Player
RAM: 4GB G.Skill PC 1600


The Case

Here are my original Sketchup designs.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/Server1-1.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/Server2-1.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/Server3-1.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/Server4-1.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/Server5.jpg

Updates:
Update #1: Received Mobo and Plexi Sizes (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showpost.php?p=329008&postcount=28)
Update #2: Received more parts (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showpost.php?p=330443&postcount=43)
Update #3: The Saw (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showpost.php?p=331153&postcount=49)
Update #4: Drill Press (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showpost.php?p=331265&postcount=50)
UPdate #5: New Mobo Side Panel Design (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showpost.php?p=331485&postcount=53)
Update #6: Testing (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showpost.php?p=331816&postcount=54)
Update #7: Case Fans (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showpost.php?p=332014&postcount=56)
Update #8: An Evening Designing (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showpost.php?p=332145&postcount=57)
Update #9: MNPCTECH Sponsor (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showpost.php?p=332940&postcount=61)
Update #10: Experimenting (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showpost.php?p=332954&postcount=63)
Update #11: Fabricating (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showpost.php?p=333016&postcount=65)
Update #12: Finishing the Frame (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showpost.php?p=333039&postcount=66)
Update #13: Plexi Work (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showpost.php?p=333225&postcount=67)
Update #14: Lamptron Sponsor (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showpost.php?p=333475&postcount=72)
Update #15: MNPCTECH Goodies (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showpost.php?p=333563&postcount=74)
Update #16: How I Keep it Together (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showpost.php?p=333693&postcount=75)
Update #17: EK Waterblocks Sponsor (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showpost.php?p=333693&postcount=76)
Update #18: Woe Is Me (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showpost.php?p=335585&postcount=79)
Update #19: Front Panel (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showpost.php?p=336410&postcount=87)
Update #20: Lamptron Goodies (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showpost.php?p=336435&postcount=89)
Update #21: Media Card Reader Cutout (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showpost.php?p=336470&postcount=91)
Update #22: Coming Together and Side Panel Design (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showpost.php?p=336558&postcount=94)
Update #23: Cutting the Mobo Side Panel (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showpost.php?p=336600&postcount=97)
Update #24: Custom Waterblock and Cables (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showpost.php?p=336902&postcount=101)
Update #25: EK Waterblock Goodies (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showpost.php?p=337109&postcount=104)
Update #26: Installing the Rad/Res (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showpost.php?p=337110&postcount=105)
Update #27: Lighting (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showpost.php?p=337112&postcount=106)
Update #28: Supplies, Rivets and Sleeving (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showpost.php?p=338352&postcount=113)

[Technochicken]

Your pictures aren't working for me.

[xr4man]

work for me.

[Airbozo]

not working for me either...

[Fuganater]

Sorry about that. Reorganized my Photobucket albums. Should be good now.

[Airbozo]

Sorry about that. Reorganized my Photobucket albums. Should be good now.

Works now!

[x88x]

Looks nice.

[Fuganater]

I need some AMD help. AMD's CPUs are much cheaper than Intel's so I figure thats a better bet for this server. I saw an AMD Athlon II X4 for $92 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103881) on Newegg. Is this a decent chip? I haven't used AMD in about 5+ years.

If not can any one recommend a CPU under $100 that's decent? And a mobo that would work out with a lot of SATA ports.

Thanks in advance!

[slaveofconvention]

What do you actually plan to do with the server - if it's only going to be a big file server, any quad core is major overkill - any dual core would be more than capable and you could then use the savings to get other toys :D

[Fuganater]

Well it was only $90 for a quad core so I was like "why not?" Which proc do you suggest then?

[xr4man]

i'm using the amd athlon 2 dual core 3.0ghz chip. although it is not screamer compared the the insanity of some people's processors, it is more than adequate for me. basically, i have that chip and the onboard video (radeon 4290) and i was absolutely amazed at how fast my pc runs. the only thing it's a bit slow with is ripping dvds. now granted i'm not playing the absolute most cutting edge games, but return to castle wolfenstein and doom 3 play flawlessly with all the setting turned all the way up and the best screen resolution that my 23" monitor will allow.

so, my opinion is that the dual core athlon 2s will be more than what you need for building a file server.

this is the processor i'm using http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103903

it appears that the extra cores are not unlockable on these chips, but i think there are some athlon 2s and some phenom 2s that are. so you might look into that and get a dual core chip that has unlockable cores and then just unlock em for some cheap quad core goodness.

[Fuganater]

Ya it will be mostly a file server but might host a website in the future. I guess I'll just stick with the quad core. I'm not worried about $30 because its still under my budget of $100. Still need to find a good mobo though.

[xr4man]

i had the extra dough to blow when i built my machine, i would have gone with the quad core whether i needed it or not.

i think my point actually was that if my dual core athlon 2 would be more than enough, then the quad core you're looking at should make you happy with it performance. i think that's what you were asking in the first place, right? if the quad core would be good enough?

[Fuganater]

Yes that and what a good mobo would be if anyone had suggestions. Intel motherboards are easy to find. 1 slot only. But with AMD the motherboards can fit like 4 diff procs.... annoying when trying to find a good one.

[xr4man]

i've actually always found it easier to understand the amd sockets. but anyway, for your athlon 2 quad core i'd say go with pretty much any mobo that has the 880g, 890gx, or 890fx chipset. the 890fx being the most expensive though. i have an asus m4a89gtd pro.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131631

if that's out of your pirce range, then just get a mobo from a manufacturer that you like with an am3 scoket.

[Fuganater]

That mobo looks nice and isn't too expensive but it only has SATA 6Gb/s. I need 3Gb/s ports...

I found this (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131668)mobo. It only has 5 SATA 3Gb/s but thats the most with a 880G chipset. The ones above it only have SATA 6Gb/s or like 2 3Gb/s ports. $100 is my limit but 5 bucks over is ok unless myself or someone else finds something better.
3 of these (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815280003) for controllers. That gives me 1 for the OS and 16 HDDs. Does anyone know of some controllers that have 6 SATA 3Gb/s on it? I can't find any.

[slaveofconvention]

Sata 6 is twice the speed (in theory) of Sata 3 so don't let that put you off - its completely backwards compatible so you can put standard 1.5Gbps or 3Gbps drives on the 6Gbps channels

[Fuganater]

Ya I know its faster. I'm putting SATA 6 drives into Project: Rage but I don't think I could afford to do that with all of them in a server with alot of drives.

Either way I didn't know it was backwards compatable... Might have to revisit newegg to find a new mobo.

[Fuganater]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128444&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL051011&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL051011-_-EMC-051011-Index-_-AMDMotherboards-_-13128444-L07B

Found this on todays Newegg deals email. Wacha think?

[xr4man]

that looks like a steal to me.

and like slaveguy said, the sata 6gb ports will throttle down if you connect a slower sata drive to them. so that's a non issue. but it gives you the capability of hooking up sata 6 drives in the future.

[Fuganater]

Guess I'll be buying the mobo and cpu tonight!

[Fuganater]

Got the mobo. I'll wait to see if the CPU goes down in price over the next few months. Should be getting the pelxi soon.

[SXRguyinMA]

sweet :D

[Fuganater]

Anyone have suggestions on a CPU cooler? I can't decide if I want to go with one of those all-in-one CPU WC systems or a good air cooled heatsink.

IF it has an LED, I need to be able to make it Orange. Wanna keep with the color selection.

Suggestions?

[Beta-brain]

What do you actually plan to do with the server - if it's only going to be a big file server, any quad core is major overkill - any dual core would be more than capable and you could then use the savings to get other toys :D

Yeah, you could buy some more fans :D
I like big boxes with loads of fans 8)

[AmEv]

How 'bout a case MADE OF FANS...?

[Fuganater]

Still waiting for some suggestions on the CPU cooler.

Hopefully I'll have a design update in the next few days.

[Fuganater]

Got my mobo in today!

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06324.jpg

Here is the final cut of plexi sizes.

1 sheet of:
17 1/2" x 17 1/2" Black Plexiglass 1/4" Thickness - BACK
17 1/2" x 17 1/2" Clear Acrylic Plexiglass 1/4" Thickness - FRONT
18" x 18" Black Plexiglass 1/4" Thickness - BOTTOM
18" x 17 1/2" Black Plexiglass 1/4" Thickness - TOP
16" x 17 1/2" Black Plexiglass 1/2" Thickness - CENTER
12 1/4" x 4 1/4" Black Plexiglass 1/4" Thickness - PSU COVER


2 Sheets of:
17 3/4" x 18" Clear Acrylic Plexiglass 1/4" Thickness - SIDES



4 Sheets of:
4" x 17 1/2" Black Plexiglass 1/4" Thickness - HDD RACKS



12 - 1" x 1" Clear Acrylic Plexiglass cubes - CORNER SUPPORTS

4 -1" Transparent Amber Extruded Transparent Colored Acrylic Plexiglass Rod 1" diameter - CASE FEET


Cheers till later.

[Fuganater]

What if I did a frame of angled aluminum? Would that make it easier to join the plexi together? Or is doing it with screws enough?

[Fuganater]

Bump for material suggestions.

Angled Aluminum?
Aluminum Square Bar? (solid)
Aluminum Square Tube? (hollow)

[diluzio91]

aluminum hollow tube or angle would be the easiest to work with unless you have a drill press (saw your other thread) a tap set, and extremely good plans...

[Fuganater]

I just had an idea with the hollow tube... whats an easy way to cut it at a angle?

[xr4man]

mitre-box.

[Fuganater]

after some quick searching all I could find that does wood and metal is this one

http://www.amazon.com/Stanley-20-800-Contractor-Grade-Clamping/dp/B00005QVQW/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=hi&qid=1306360042&sr=1-3

[x88x]

I actually just bought that same mitre saw today. :D I think it would work just fine for cutting aluminum, though so would most of them that I've seen. The probably just don't advertise it. If you're gonna be cutting a lot of aluminum tube, though, you might want to look into a power compound mitre saw. Like so:
http://www.amazon.com/Hitachi-C10FCH2-10-Inch-Miter-Laser/dp/B000NKB3LW/ref=sr_1_2?s=power-hand-tools&ie=UTF8&qid=1306367938&sr=1-2
http://www.amazon.com/Craftsman-7-1-Miter-Laser-Trac/dp/B00271O90W/ref=sr_1_13?s=power-hand-tools&ie=UTF8&qid=1306368090&sr=1-13

[diluzio91]

if space or price is a concern then the hand miter saw would do an awesome job... you can probably get multiple blades for the saw as well.

[Fuganater]

Space is a concern but if this will make my life easier than I'm game. Wife is leaving for 4 months so its not like she'll know about it right away :D

x88x: are those the 2 you reccomend?

[Fuganater]

Well I did some more searching and I'm not gonna lie, I'm a Craftsman fan overall. But would a 7.25" or 10" be better in the long run?

Craftsman 7.25" - $69 (http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00921180000P)
Craftsman 10" - $99 (http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00921229000P#crumbWrapper)

[x88x]

I just picked the first two on the first Amazon search page that were under $150 and I would consider buying, as an example of the type of tool in case someone wasn't familiar with them.

As for the 7.5" vs 10", I have a 7.5" (my dad's old one, actually), and my dad has a 10" (...or it might be a 12"...I forget...), so I have the luxury of having used both, and imo, if you're working with anything wider than a 2x6, definitely get the 10". It's just soo much more convenient. If you're not ever planning on being anything with anything that wide, you probably won't see a huge difference. You do have a faster blade speed on the edge of a 10" blade than on a 7.5" blade though, so that might be helpful in some cases. For those two saws you linked in particular, I think it would be worth the $30 extra to get the 10" one because you're planning on using it on aluminum a lot and the 10" has a much more powerful motor (15A vs 9A).

[Fuganater]

Then I'll order that today. Need to find alu blades for it too. I didn't really look hard yet.

[x88x]

A good, small-toothed, carbide-tipped blade should do you just fine for that.

[Fuganater]

Well the 10" is unavailable so I guess its the 7.25" one.

Scratch that. Found it.

[Fuganater]

Finally got parts in.

AMD Athlon II X4 640
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06571.jpg

XSPC 2 meter Orange LED kit
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06572.jpg

OCZ 1000W PSU
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06574.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06575.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06576.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06577.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06578.jpg

Came with these nifty Velcro ties.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06579.jpg

2x2GB G.Skill RAM PC 1600
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06580.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06581.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06582.jpg

Media Card reader
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06588.jpg

Lots of Orange sleeving and shrink tubing.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06589.jpg


Still waiting for the framing and for my sponsor to reply about the Plexi.

Cheers till later.

[diluzio91]

I feel like this has become a thread that encases multiple mods. lol

[Fuganater]

Eh? Its 1 mod.... I'm just going through design changes and I needed to know what tools I needed.

[StormRider]

that's some pretty sleeving you have there

[Fuganater]

Why thanks StormRider. I've got a good update coming but will wait till Sunday to post everything.

[Fuganater]

Forgot to add a few things I got.

Plexi scraper and blades
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Maximus%20Serverus/DSC06593.jpg

Zip tie mounts
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Maximus%20Serverus/DSC06594.jpg

100' black 20AWG wire to make custom SATA power cables
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Maximus%20Serverus/DSC06596.jpg

[Fuganater]

Got my saw yesterday :D Just waiting on a few more things to arrive then its off to work!

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987//Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06739.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987//Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06738.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987//Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06740.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%2Honeycomb/DSC06741.jpg

All put together!
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987//Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06743.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987//Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06745.jpg

New blade installed.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987//Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06744.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987//Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06746.jpg

I should be finalizing the deal with my sponsor on the plexi today or tomorrow then hes shipping it all to me. Hopefully I get the drill press soon.

Cheers till later.

[Fuganater]

Got my Drill Press today :D

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06756.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06757.jpg

Not as many pieces as I was expecting.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06758.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06759.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06760.jpg

All done.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06761.jpg


Vise
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06763.jpg

Circle cutter for the fan holes.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06762.jpg

Cheers till next time.

[x88x]

Yay for new toys. :D

[SXRguyinMA]

Yay for new toys. :D

ditto :D

[Fuganater]

Started working on the side panel again. I wasn't happy with the last one so here is the new one so far.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/newsidepanel6-18-2011.png

Going to be doing more work tonight on it.

[Fuganater]

Got the motherboard tray from Mountain Mods finally and I decided its time to test out the hardware to make sure its all good. I didn't attach the other back part that had the fan hole in it because it will just get in the way when I go to mount this to the case.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06810.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06811.jpg

Mobo, RAM and Power/Reset switches installed.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06812.jpg

CPU
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06813.jpg

PSU
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06814.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06815.jpg

Since Everything was hooked up correctly I figured it was time to power it up. I flicked the switch on the PSU and hit the Power button and BOOM. The freaking $200 PSU blew up. I was so mad. Luckily I have my old one that I'm giving my sister.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06816.jpg

That PSU booted just fine. I started the RMA already with Newegg for the PSU so I need to mail that out tomorrow.

Here are the switches in the dark. The "O" one is power and the dot one is the reset button. I put the LED for the reset to the HDD activity LED so it gets lit and I can see the HDD activity! 2 with 1 is good!
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06817.jpg

Everything after that went pretty smooth. I found out that my SATA DVD drive was bad so I put on an old IDE one and it installed WHS just fine.

My Plexi sponsor is sending me the plexi tomorrow or Friday so I should have it in about a week and then I can remeasure everything and start cutting the frame. Once that is built I will start to figure out how to mount all the plexi to it.

Cheers till then.

[Fuganater]

Found a new rendering program. Its pretty cool. Called Kerkythea. Well its new to me but the last revision of the program was 2008.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Maximus%20Serverus/Kerkytheatake1.jpg

Looking at some more mods I thought of a few new things to do. Pics to come later today.

[Fuganater]

Got my order in from Newegg with some nice case fans!
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06836.jpg

8x Zigmatek 140mm Orange fans with White LEDs
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06837.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06840.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06841.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06842.jpg

They have small blades but they move a ton of air.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06844.jpg

Now lets make them look pretty!

Removed the sticker.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06848.jpg

Sleeve them!!
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06849.jpg

At first I kept the stock white connector but I then decided that it would look funny and stand out. So I replaced them with the black ones I ordered for the fan extension cables. Didn't take a pick but they look good.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06850.jpg

All of them done.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06853.jpg


I got bored last night so I figured I would start cutting the shrink tubing to 15mm lengths.

14.99.... close enough
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06855.jpg

These are all ready
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06856.jpg

Need to trim these ones down later. They are about 1mm off. Maybe less. Just need to trim a hair off of them.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06857.jpg

Cheers till next time.

[Fuganater]

So I spent the past 6 hours roughly working on the design. Leaning some new techniques too.

Here are the shots I took after figuring out how to get Kerkythea and Sketchup v8 to play nice. They are all very low res for now. The final design will be all high res. They will take probably close to 15-30 minutes to render ^^

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/frontangle.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/front.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/backangle.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/back.jpg

Inside the mobo side
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/insidehddside2.jpg
You can see I started playing with the cabling up top where the ATX Power cable comes through the pelxi.

HDD side
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/insidehddside.jpg
Now in the middle I had an ingenious to hide my cabling. I would put a piece of plexi down the center about 1 to 1.5" off the center panel. It would be anchored with nuts and bolts and I'll use aluminum spacers to make it sturdy and exact. there is also a piece of orange pexi that will either be UV reactive or have LEDs in it.

This is not the final layout. Its getting close but isn't there yet. Lets see if I can score a WC sponsor or 2 and then we will have some major changes. I have them in mind but don't want to jinx myself by making the model yet.

I found a few things out and I just might have to put some tutorials together for everyone. But that will take a few days.

Cheers till next time.

[x88x]

Looks great! :up:

[BS Mods]

It's really starting to come together. Looks great.

Kerkythea is awesome but I wish I had the patience to learn it. I got frustrated right away. It's just me.

[Fuganater]

Received lots of goodies and started working last night. I'll have an update in the next few days.

[Fuganater]

I got my 2nd sponsor!
http://www.mnpctech.3dpixelnet.com/picture_library/2010.mnpctech.banner.jpg (http://www.mnpctech.com/casemodstore.html)
Big thanks to Bill at MNPCTECH! He will be providing some Billet Machined Aluminum case feet, 2 types of modders mesh and a Beer Bottle Opener!

[monkeyfun]

MNPCTECH is full of awesome. They give great advice and are an asset to the community. Can't wait to see the goodies on the machine.

[Fuganater]

Since this is my first scratch build I am a bit out of my comfort zone. Before I get to what I did here is some stuff I received.

Orange LED strip
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06899.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06900.jpg

Its not very bright for being 12v....
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06901.jpg

Honeycomb mesh from MNPCTECH
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06896.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06895.jpg

It had a thick end to it that had to go.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06897.jpg

Tin snips worked great but this is what I had left.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06898.jpg

So on to some real modding...

I had some scrap pelxi left over from an old mod that I started expermenting on. I traced a 140mm hole on it and started drilling.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06903.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06904.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06905.jpg

And after the first round of sanding.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06906.jpg

2nd round
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06907.jpg

3rd round was finally enough. Here it is with a fan.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06921.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06920.jpg
Its not 100% smooth but its damn close. I'll probably use a 140mm hole saw on the actual case plexi. This was me trying it out by hand.

Now to the frame. Here is the little mock up I made so I could figure out the best joint to use.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06913.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06914.jpg
It proved to be pretty sturdy. It's not exact... so I have to make sure my cuts on the real pieces are exactly on.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06915.jpg

So to solve the gap I used some J-B Weld.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06918.jpg
Its curing right now. I'll sand it later tonight or tomorrow and post pics of how it looks.

Here are the screws I will be using. 6/32 self tapping hex head screws.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06917.jpg
They grip like nothing else. Greatly improves the joint over the crappy screws I used at first. I might switch these for some black anodized hex head screws that I'm using everywhere else in the case.

And finally I didn't want the mesh to look all flat and lame. I wanted it to be "domed". So I cut a peice, put it in the mock 140mm hole and pouned it with a rubber mallet. It came out rather well.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06922.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06925.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06924.jpg

Well that's it for today. I have a 3 day weekend so expect another update. Hopefully I can get the frame done this weekend.

Cheers till next time.

[Waynio]

Very nice, keep up the good modding :):up:.

[Fuganater]

I worked all day today fabricating the frame. Too a lot longer than I was expecting but I guess that's the price to get it right the first time. Well... pretty right. There are some small gaps but I knew that would happen because the L brackets I made are not exactly at 90 degrees.

Here are the brackets. I cut 1"x1" 1/8" thick angled aluminum in 1/2" sections.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06927.jpg
I then measured and drilled the holes for the screws. Very easy but time consuming job when I needed 32 of them. Plus spares.

The first side cut.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06926.jpg

And all put together.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06928.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06929.jpg

I then measured the straight peices that connect both sides together and cut, drilled and installed them on one of the side pieces. (Sorry about the yellowish images. I took these at night so no natural light coming in the window.)
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06931.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06933.jpg
No real gaps like my small model I made so that's a good start. I won't have to use too much J-B Weld to fill the gaps.

I then put the other side on top so I could make sure it came to 18" exacly from end to end and it didn't... I was 1/8" off on all legs. So I marked them and will be cutting them down first thing in the morning. Its too late to cut now.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06934.jpg

More work on the frame tomorrow and probably starting to map out the cuts in the acrylic. I probably won't cut any of it until after my vacation.

Cheers till next time.

[Fuganater]

I finished putting the frame together and I have to say, its really nice to finally see something from this mod.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06937.jpg

Now that it is all together lets see how the plexi aligns with it. Hmm... a bit off...
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06938.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06939.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06948.jpg

Ok so 3 corners are too high. Well that's better than being too low. Can't add but I can cut. So after about another 4 hours of cutting, re-drilling and recreating 3 of the parts everything aligned nicely.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06950.jpg

Just perfect!
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06951.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06952.jpg

Man... this piece is about 2mm off... Its the side so its not a huge deal so I'm going to let it ride for now. If it looks horrible later than I can remake the 2 pieces. They are very easy because they are not angled. Just straight pieces.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06953.jpg

Now here is a 1.5mm gap.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06954.jpg
I took the dremel to that back corner and shaved away some of the aluminum. We will see how it aligns again later.

Since everything was good except for those 2 parts I decided to start the J-B Weld process.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06956.jpg

It has to cure for 6 hours before I can work on it again so maybe tonight before bed I can sand it down.

Cheers till next time.

[Fuganater]

I've been working non stop to get as much done before my vacation next week. Last night I got the dremel out and used a sanding bit to sand off all of the excess J-B Weld. Worked out well.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06961.jpg

Then I started designing the front, back and center panels.

Here I had to cut a notch in the center panel for the aluminum frame to pass through.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06963.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06964.jpg

Next I traced where the PSU would be sitting next to it so I had a frame of reference when I do the mobo tray.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06965.jpg

Then I started on the front panel. Here is how the fans will be mounted.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06966.jpg

All drawn out. Its pencil so it might be hard to see... sorry.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06967.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06968.jpg

Back panel.. deff hard to read it but you get the idea.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06969.jpg

A closer shot.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06970.jpg

And the center panel design. The big rectangle in the middle will be raised 1 1/8" off the center panel. It will be a hiding spot for all the cables.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06971.jpg

Tonight I started drilling. Before I actually drill in the real pelxi I figured I would try out the hole for the power and reset switch.
3/4" hole
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06974.jpg

Fits without a problem.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06976.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06979.jpg

Now... this is the first time I have to cut my own pelxi since I ordered all the other pieces to be cut by a laser.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06980.jpg

Well it came out great and you'll see it in a few. Here is the order that I'm mounting the things.

2 1/2" bolt > 1/8" plexi > 1 1/2" tube > 1/2" plexi > acorn nut
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06982.jpg

Here it is all broken down.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06984.jpg

Me working hard! I ordered the bolts too long for the next part and had to cut 1/4" off. No jokes about the face shield... if your not using one then the jokes on you when you get hurt.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06986.jpg

Here are the holes I put in the mobo tray to mount it to the center piece of pelxi. 7 mounting points is way more than enough to keep this up.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06987.jpg

And here it is mounted.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06995.jpg

Remember that piece I cut myself? Here it is.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06990.jpg

My measurements were pretty good. Only 2 of the 9 bolts are at a small angle but it doesn't matter because you will never see them once this gets mounted into the case.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06992.jpg

Here you can see where the cables will come through. This will feed one side of the case to the other.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06993.jpg


Hope your enjoying the work!

Cheers till next time.

[x88x]

Looks great!


No jokes about the face shield...
Haha, won't hear anything from me. :D Though I prefer safety glasses and a breathing mask. Does a bit better with keeping all that metal dust out of my lungs. ;)

[TheMainMan]

All I was going to say about that photo was that it looks like you are dremeling your thumb. I'm all for safety gear, I don't think it's possible to look ridiculous when you're protecting yourself.

[msmrx57]

What they said about saftey gear. Heck I don't even buy sunglasses anymore, I just get shaded safety glasses.

By the way, Nice progress. :up:

[billygoat333]

awesome work so far!!

[Fuganater]

Got my 3rd sponsor today!

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Sponsors/Lamptron.jpg

Lamptron will be sending me one of the FC5v2 Fan Controllers and two 2xUV Cold Cathode kits.

[SXRguyinMA]

congrats!

[Fuganater]

http://www.mnpctech.3dpixelnet.com/picture_library/2010.mnpctech.banner.jpg (http://www.mnpctech.com/casemodstore.html)

So MNPCTECH saw it fit to sponsor my build with a few things.

A box! Yay for me!
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06997.jpg

OH you wanna see whats inside the box?

Beer Bottle Opener (http://www.mnpctech.com/pc_case_mod_beer_bottle_opener.htmll)
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07018.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07017.jpg
And no the keyfob was not included... I made it myself.

A sheet of Honeycomb and Round Hole modders mesh (http://www.mnpctech.com/moddersmesh.html).
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07011.jpg

Billet Machined Aluminum Case Feet (http://www.mnpctech.com/ITX_MATX_Computer_Case_Feet.html)
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07007.jpg

Blow Hole 120mm Fan Kit (http://www.mnpctech.com/blowholefan.html) (Will be used on Project: Green Light)
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07009.jpg

A big thanks again to Bill at MNPCTECH for supporting my mod!

[Fuganater]

I never posted anything about how I plan on keeping the case together except for the threaded screws but that has changed so here it is for all that are curious. I bought everything from mcmaster.com.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07024.jpg
6-32 x 2 3/4" screws are used to secure the acrylic that hides the cables on the HDD side.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC06990.jpg


http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07026.jpg
6-32 x 1 1/4" secure the motherboard to the center 1/2" piece of acrylic.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07030.jpg
6-32 acorn nuts are used to secure both of the above screws. Keeps the look very clean.

I ordered some 8-32 x 1 1/2" screws to be used with these 8-32 nuts to secure the fans to the acrylic.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07029.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07025.jpg
8-40 x 1/2" screws are replacing the below 6-32 x 3/8"threaded screws. I wanted all the screws to be the same type. Black socket head cap screws.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07027.jpg


http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07028.jpg
These 10-32 x 3/8" screws will be used to secure all of the exterior pieces of acrylic to the aluminum frame. They are much bigger than the rest because I want to make them easier to take out and they need to be noticeable.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07031.jpg
These aluminum unthreaded spaces are 1/4" OD, 1 1/2" length for a #8 screw. They worked great for the 6-32 screws because there was acrylic on each side of the spacer so I didn't need to worry about the head size of the screws.

[Fuganater]

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/ekwb_logotip_a.jpg

Just got confirmation that EK will be sponsoring my mod. Their new Nickle blocks come out tomorrow and I will have some of the first ones :D

They will be providing:

1x EK-CoolStream RAD XTC (420)
1x EK-Supreme HF
1x EK-RAM Dominator-Nicke
2x EK-DCP 4.0 (12V DC Pump)
2x EK-Multioption RES X2 – 250 Basic
20x EK-PSC Fitting 10mm – G1/4 Black
8x EK-PSC Adapter 45 G1/4 Black

Big thanks out to Gregor at EK!

[TheMainMan]

Congrats! That's a pretty good haul!

[Fuganater]

Still waiting for the Bitspower and EK gear to arrive.

I've started cutting the back panel.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07084.jpg

I'm now filing it then I'll cut the fan holes. Lots of work but not much to show. More to come.

Cheers till next time.

[Fuganater]

So the hole saw is not working out. Nor is the drill press. It does not have the RPMs to cut the plexi with the hole saw.

Here it is all setup to be cut.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07087.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07088.jpg

Then disaster happened. The arbor bit for the hole saw some how... snapped?
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07089.jpg
It wasn't cheap but yet it wasn't an expensive one. $15 Irwin brand which is a well known hardware brand.

So when the drill press stopped mid cut it torqued the whole panel and snapped a piece of it.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07090.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07091.jpg

Its the back of the case so I am going to see if I can repair it. If I can great, if not, I have to order a new piece and spend another 20 hours working on it.

Cheers till next time.

[msmrx57]

That sucks bigtime. :( If you can't fix it and need to make a new panel might I suggest using the hole saw first. Then it wouldn't have a thin spot like that to break.

[x88x]

It sounds like you were trying to run the hole saw through the plexi too quickly. Especially with a hole saw that big, you have to take it slow. High RPMs, but drill through slowly.

[Fuganater]

I wasn't going fast at all. Max RPMs are 3100. I've used a hole saw before and I know to just keep tapping down when using the press. But it didn't matter. It would stop almost as soon as it hit the plexi.

[x88x]

Hmmm, weird. That's a 4.5A motor on the drill press, right? That should have been able to blow through it, no problem.

[Fuganater]

Something is wrong... Does it matter that its running on a power source of 50Hz and not 60Hz?

[x88x]

IDK, it might. I have the same power motor in my Craftsman hand drill and I know it would eat right through that. I do find it odd that the center bit on the hole saw snapped though. Something's definitely strange there.

[Twigsoffury]

It is a big surface area for a drill press to be cutting?

[Fuganater]

I have to get over breaking the back panel and work on the front. Since the hole saw isn't working out I'll have to do it all by hand. I will be going uber slow to make sure I get the best cut I can. There will be some flaws but that is to be expected when doing things by hand. So here we go.

The first holes that I made were 4 1/2". Well I needed a 5 1/2" hole for the 140mm fans. After remeasuring for the 5 1/2" holes, I noticed that 3 of them would not fit on the HDD side. So I down sized it by about 1/4" and they all fit perfectly. I used a compass to draw the circles.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07189.jpg

I then started out cutting the 2 fan holes on the mobo side of the case.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07178.jpg

Next was the center one of the HDD side.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07187.jpg

I heard from someone that you should tape the bottom of your jigsaw so that you don't scratch the plexi and so it glides better. Well it worked like a charm for me.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07188.jpg

One to go.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07190.jpg

All done.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07192.jpg

I also drilled out the Power and Reset switch holes.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07193.jpg

Next I have to drill the holes for the screws.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07196.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07205.jpg

Now to test fit some of the fans.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07195.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07198.jpg

And the switches.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07202.jpg

Looks good. They stick out a smidge so I'll have to sand the holes a bit more or something.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07199.jpg

I'm using 8-32 x 1 1/2" Socket Head Cap Screws with 8-32 Hex nuts.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07203.jpg


I also did a little brainstorming on the I/O covers. I didn't like the ones that came with the mobo tray so I thought I would try my skill at making my own from some MNPCTECH Modders Mesh.

Stock cover.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07181.jpg

I straightened it out as much as I could.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07184.jpg

And after a bit of cutting and bending.... I got this. And it fits perfectly.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07186.jpg

How does it look?

I finally got in touch with Delvie's Plastics to order some more plexi since I broke the back panel. I also needed the hexagons laser cut and I needed a few sheets of orange for the 2 side panel windows.

I bought some Orange paint while I was home on vacation. Do you guys think a Orange mobo tray and I/O back plate would look good Orange? Or should I just paint the I/O covers Orange? I appreciate the feedback.

Cheers till next time.

[SXRguyinMA]

looking good :D

[Fuganater]

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Sponsors/Lamptron.jpg

Lamptron hooked me up with a few things.

2x 12" UV Cold Cathode Kits
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07179-1.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07180-1.jpg

FC5v2 4 channel Fan Controller
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Reviews/Lamptron%20FC5v2%20Review/DSC07131.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Reviews/Lamptron%20FC5v2%20Review/DSC07134.jpg

You can check out the review I did for Lamptron on the FC5v2 here (http://fugatech-mods.com/2011/08/31/review-lamptron-fc5v2-fan-controller/).


Thanks again to Lamptron for helping out with this mod!

Cheers till next time.

[Twigsoffury]

sweet stuff from lamptron.

30W a channel is pretty dank!

[Fuganater]

Since its a 3 day weekend I will be trying to get as much done as I can. Here is what I did last night.

So the media card reader will be in the front plate of the mod. I didn't want to put it anywhere... traditional?

Drilled holes to fit the jig saw blade.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07206.jpg

After cutting.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07207.jpg

It actually was really straight when I first cut it but I had to widen it roughly 2-3mm so that the card reader would fit snugly. This took almost an hour because I didn't want to take too much off.

As you can see here. Nothing is holding it up. It fits perfectly.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07208.jpg

Flush with the front panel.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07209.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07210.jpg

That's it for today. More to come this weekend hopefully.

Cheers till then.

[Twigsoffury]

oh s@#t your cutting through lexan?

Yea you need some dank machinery to cut that stuff, its impregnated with glass fibers.

Plexiglass is just some plastic crap. but lexan is another beast. You ought to be able to shoot your computer up with .22 shorts from a rifle and it won't make more then a small smudge in the glass lol.

[Fuganater]

oh s@#t your cutting through lexan?

Yea you need some dank machinery to cut that stuff, its impregnated with glass fibers.

Plexiglass is just some plastic crap. but lexan is another beast. You ought to be able to shoot your computer up with .22 shorts from a rifle and it won't make more then a small smudge in the glass lol.

It says Cell-Cast Acrylic Sheet... is that the same as lexan?

[Fuganater]

Yesterday and today I worked on putting the top and bottom panels onto the case. I also worked on the design for the side panel window today.

First I measured where I wanted the holes to be for the bottom panel.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07224.jpg

Then I drilled and tapped them.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07225.jpg

I then drilled the holes for the case screws and for the case feet.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07228.jpg

Attached the feet.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07230.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07231.jpg

In order to do the top panel I had to temperamentally attach the side and front panels.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07233.jpg

Marked where I need to drill.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07234.jpg

Another good fit.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07236.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07238.jpg

I decided that I wanted to paint the motherboard tray and I/O backplate orange so I took them apart.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07239.jpg

Sprayed them with some self etching primer.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07243.jpg

And now I am putting the orange on. I am doing light coats so that it looks even.


Now for the side panel. I didn't know how I was going to draw the hexagons so I experimented first.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07245.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07247.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07246.jpg

It looks ok but after 3 or 4 of the hexagons, it wasn't square.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07248.jpg

So now what? It took me awhile but I then figured out that I should measure the hexagon I cut out and just make a grid on the panel. IDK why I didn't think of that in the first place but oh well.

Progress shots.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07250.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07251.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07252.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07253.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07254.jpg

Starting to form the window.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07256.jpg

And finally with all 4 windows cut out. Through the 3 small ones on the right, you will be able to see the 2 reservoirs.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07258.jpg


I think I will start cutting the side panel tonight. Hopefully I'll get the motherboard tray finished today or tomorrow.

Cheers till then.

[SXRguyinMA]

looking good!!

[Fuganater]

looking good!!

Thanks! I've been working furiously all day! Another good update tomorrow.

[Fuganater]

After I finished drawing up the side panel yesterday I started cutting it. It took me roughly 4 hours to do the 1 large window and 3 small ones. I wanted ever cut to be perfect because you can always take more off, you can never put it back.

When cutting windows plexi, first thing to do is drill out your corners so you have somewhere for you blade to go.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07259.jpg

First one done.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07260.jpg

Second.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07261.jpg

And finally the third small window.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07262.jpg

You can see how the edges are just a bit off. So here they are after filing for a good 30 minutes to get it perfect.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07262.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07265.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07266.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07268.jpg

Next up is the large window. I had to drill lots of holes.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07269.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07270.jpg

Done! Well... almost.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07271.jpg

Using the technique that I do, You will still have most corners looking like this but that's OK. I take my jigsaw and clean up the corners with ease. http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07272.jpg

All done!
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07273.jpg

Here are some shots to show the edges. Remember, this is all done by hand so its only about 95-98% perfect. I might have to file 1 or 2 of the the sides again.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07274.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07275.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07276.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07277.jpg

And here is what it looks like on the case.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07278.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07279.jpg

This is only the 1st level of the side panel. There will be raised hexagons on the top, one orange with a black one on top. And behind the window cut out there will be Orange and then the clear piece. The Orange will have LED's behind it to give it some glow.

Since I have some clear plexi I figured I would cut that to size too and since I don't have a table saw or a laser cutter, I had to make my own.

Here I am using a level as my guide so that the line is perfectly straight.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07280.jpg

Up close shot.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07282.jpg

Not too bad.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07283.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07284.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07285.jpg

And since I cut that piece off, I used it as my straight edge for the next cut.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07286.jpg

Another good cut.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07288.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07294.jpg

The line to the left is where the frame stops.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07295.jpg

Here is what it looks like in comparison to the panel.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07296.jpg

That's it for now. I'm still painting the mobo plate and I/O back plate. Until I receive more plexi all I can do is attach the front panel. I might find some other small things to do but nothing major.

Cheers till next time.

[x88x]

Nice job with those hexagons. Creative solution. +rep

[SXRguyinMA]

:stupid: this is gonna be SICK!

[Fuganater]

Nice job with those hexagons. Creative solution. +rep


:stupid: this is gonna be SICK!

Thanks guys!

[Fuganater]

After talking to a guy on one of the forums he has agreed to help me make a custom made mobo waterblock. Here are some shots of the beginning stages of me planing it out.

These are pictures from a few days ago. The current layout is almost perfect. I still have to work on it for a few more days.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07320.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07321-1.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07323-1.jpg

Now for the cables.

CPU Power cable cut.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07331.jpg

Assembled
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07332.jpg

And sleeved.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07336.jpg

Here is where I stand with all the other cables.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07339.jpg
The CPU Power and 2 PCI-E cables are assembled so far. I have the ATX Power cable cut in the middle and on the left was an attempt at sleeving a SATA cable. I just finished cutting the cables for the SATA power for all the HDDs, the SATA power for the Blu-Ray player and the fan hub power cable.

Now to connect all these to the mobo I need more holes. I wanted to make a hole for each wire to go through but that didn't work out. But it did look good.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07326.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07327.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07328.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07329.jpg

I ended up doing this.

Here is where all the wires will pass through the center piece.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07325.jpg

This is at the top left of the mobo. The CPU Power will pass through here.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07333.jpg

Here are the holes for the ATX Power, SATA cables and the PCI-E cables.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07338.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07343.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07344.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07351.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07353.jpg

I didn't get a good one of the CPU power. I'll have more later.

And finally I couldn't resist doing a fan test. The white LEDs look good for now.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07356.jpg

Today I am working on the PSU support, fan grills, painting the I/O backplate/PCI covers and more PSU cables.

Cheers till next time.

[TheMainMan]

I love that fan shot! That's a really cool effect! The hexagons on the side panel look great!

[Fuganater]

I love that fan shot! That's a really cool effect! The hexagons on the side panel look great!

Thanks! If you like that then you will like tomorrows update which has the fan grills installed that I made.

[Fuganater]

My EK Waterblocks order finally got here! Thanks EK for this massive sponsorship.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/ekwb_logotip_a.jpg (http://www.ekwaterblocks.com)

Here it all is :D
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07367.jpg

2x DCP 4.0 Pumps
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07368.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07381.jpg

2x Multioption X2 Res 250

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07370.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07383.jpg

2x 420 Rads (These are MASSIVE!)
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07372.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07384.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07377.jpg

1x Supreme HF
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07379.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07378.jpg

1x RAM Dominator
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07387.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07388.jpg

Tons of 10/13 Straight and 45 degree Compression fittings.
Straight and 45 degree

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07386.jpg

Huge thanks again to Gregor at EK Waterblocks for sponsoring this build.

[Fuganater]

First thing is first. I'm not using the stock bolts for the rads. I like the ones I bought but they don't fit the threads of the rads.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07389.jpg

So I drilled
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07390.jpg

and tapped them to accommodate an 8-32 bolt
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07391.jpg

When I tried a test fit I was like OH CRAP!! THEY DON'T FIT! My initial measurement was off by about 3/8" to accommodate the rads. So I cut spots in the bottom of the case for them to go.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07393.jpg

Here you can see how far it sticks out the bottom. Which isn't much.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07394.jpg

Here is the front one on.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07396.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07398.jpg

How it will look with the second one. Can't install it until the new plexi arrives. Should have been shipped yesterday or today.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07399.jpg

I forgot to take a close up but at the bottom of the left rad you can see the barbs are on. I had to cut about another 3/4" to be able to fit the barbs on. No biggie.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07402.jpg


It took me quite awhile to figure out where the heck I was going to put the Reservoirs'.

This was my first thought.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07403.jpg

And my second.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07404.jpg

But in the end my buddy came up and told me they would look sick if I put them back to back on the same stand. I said OK lets try it.

I cut the clear piece of plexi to be exactly as wide as the res clamps.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07423.jpg

Drilled and mounted the res clamps. I had to drill a hole the drill a larger hole on the opposite side but only 1/2 through the plexi. The screws they give you are extremely short.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07424.jpg

and attached the reservoirs'
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07425.jpg

Here they are in the case.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07426.jpg
This is not actually the final position. They will be about 1 1/2" to the left of where you see them... well to the back of the case but to the left of the pic.

From the front you can see they only block about 1/4 of the 2 front fans. That's fine since everything is WC'd. The 2 fans in the front are just to keep air moving.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07429.jpg

With the side panel on.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07428.jpg
You can't really see them... Lets fix that.

I cut 2 more hexagons out so that you could see them better. I won't cut anymore because then it will lose its look.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07434.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07435.jpg

Things are finally coming together. My next update is all about experimenting with lighting. I've never used SMD LED strips before nor just using normal 5mm LEDs but some of the effects look pretty good.

Cheers till then.

[Fuganater]

As I said in my last update, I've never worked with SMD LED strips or used LEDs for this kind of lighting.

I drilled some holes in a scrap piece of clear plexi to see how the lighting looks. At the top is a few 5mm LEDs and the bottom is the SMD LED strip.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07407.jpg
It looks ok. I don't like the spaces between the light on the side of the plexi.

Now here is the same piece of pelxi but with the SMD LED strip taped to the side of the plexi.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07408.jpg
MUCH better looking IMO.

Here it is in the case. Its a bit hard to see it because I didn't cut it to size yet but I'm testing here.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07411.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07414.jpg

From the front
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07412.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07413.jpg

I also wanted to see how it would look with LEDs directly under the res.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07415.jpg
Deff not very good.

Since most coolant is crap I will be doing distilled water and some silver coils for now. The EK blocks are nice because they have a 3mm hole for an LED so I bought some Orange ones 2 days ago. They should be here next week. Anyways by doing this I won't need the coolant reaction, the LEDs should look great.

Well sorry for the bulk updates but I've been working really hard and didn't have time to publish them. I'm gonna work on the lighting some more tonight. Hopefully tomorrow I get some more materials in.

Cheers till next time.

[SXRguyinMA]

nice goodies :D

[blueonblack]

Deff not very good.


I don't know. I'm normally more into the smooth well-distributed lighting myself, like your edge-lit example, but I think the shot directly under your reservoir actually seems to go with your theme. Gives it more of a hive look than a solid illumination.

Maybe it's just me, but I think they could look pretty good in there if they were done right.

[Fuganater]

I took the paper off of it and mounted the SMD LED strip to it and it looks way better. You'll see in the next update. It doesn't effect the front shot that much anymore.

[AmEv]

Bee-yew-tee-ful!

[BS Mods]

Looking awesome!

I've been so busy I lost track of the builds and I'm catching up now.

Me likes what me sees. ;)

[Fuganater]

Bee-yew-tee-ful!
:D


Looking awesome!

I've been so busy I lost track of the builds and I'm catching up now.

Me likes what me sees. ;)

Thanks man. Means a lot to me coming from you.

[Fuganater]

Sorry I haven't updated in a few weeks. Its not that I have been busy its just I haven't done much work. I am still waiting on the rest of the plexi to arrive. Been 2 weeks and I'm still waiting. Anyways... here is what I have done.

I got my Orange tubing in.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07505.jpg

I also ordered a Rivet Nut Setter. Basically its a bigger pop rivet gun.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07568.jpg

So with that I got the threaded rivets and drilled my old holes.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07563.jpg

Used the tool, which I actually had to read the directions for, and voila! A steel threaded hole. These will hold up much better than the aluminum.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07565.jpg

2 more 2TB Green HDDs
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07570.jpg

A 120mm fan for the mobo side of the case.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07572.jpg


Sleeving... I ordered the FlexO from FrozenCPU because it was "cheaper". The quality wasn't great but I could afford it. I decided to do a sleeving comparison for my fellow modders and when I ordered the other brands I got my hands on some MDPC-X sleeving. No wonder everyone uses it. The color is amazing and its only $0.22 PER FOOT!! That's 1/3 the price of the FlexO. The only problem is that it takes 2 weeks to get :( Germany to USA. USA to me. I wish Nils would ship to APO/DPO but he doesn't so I have to deal with that.

Here is a comparison between the FlexO and MDPC-X
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07627.jpg

You can see on the HDD I bought some Orange vinyl film. Its pretty transparent so I have to put 2 layers down to get the color I want.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07630.jpg

Since I had some of the MDPC-X I started sleeving the ATX power. I might add a few more black wires to the mix.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07631.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07632.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07634.jpg

And that's it. I just put in an order to get the rest of the sleeving that I need form MDPC-X and I'll use up what I have left here.

Cheers till next time.

[BS Mods]

Man I love that color!


.

[Fuganater]

Still waiting on my plexi :( If it doesn't arrive Friday then I'm going to call.

Random shots of my sleeving.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07636.jpg

I'm not 100% happy with the connector so I might redo it.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07637.jpg

I decided to buy some Primo Chill Ice UV Orange coolant and see how it looked.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07645.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07644.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07643.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07640.jpg

Its actually not very UV reactive but it looks great without it. I ran it for 2 days like this and it was fine. I let it sit for a day and there was the problem. My res had an orange residue on it. So I deff won't be using this. Hopefully a certain someone will finish making their orange coolant for me :D

Random cool looking pics I thought.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07646.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07647.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC07648.jpg

Its was a holiday weekend in Germany so my MDPC-X sleeving didn't leave Germany until today so I should have it in about 2 weeks. Hopefully I can get this done by November but starting Tuesday for 2 weeks there will be no modding :( My wife and daughter come back and my sister is visiting for 2 weeks so I have to spend time with her.

Cheers till next time!

[AmEv]

Is it just me, or are a couple of your pix corrupted?

[Fuganater]

idk they all look fine to me.

[AmEv]

FIREFOX!

Where's your "reload image" button????

[xr4man]

i don't think your fan will work well with the cable going through the blades like that.

[AmEv]

They're working now; I don't know what happened.

[SXRguyinMA]

i don't think your fan will work well with the cable going through the blades like that.

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/Smilies/spit.gif

[Fuganater]

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/logo-bp.png

After months of talking with Bitspower, a box randomly showed up at my house :D So thanks Bitspower for sponsoring my build with lots of fittings (40+), a GTX 460 WB and 2 HDD WB.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09169.jpg

Thanks guys!

[Fuganater]

So its been awhile since my last update. Work has been getting done just not enough at one time to make a post about it. I was super busy with life. My sister came to visit for about 2 weeks and I got a new boss so that is where most of my time has been spent. Also my wife and daughter are back so I spend a lot of my time with them. Here is what I have done over the past month up to this morning. (Not in any particular order)

I finally received the replacement back panel so I drew everything out.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC08816.jpg
Due to time constraints I forgot to take a picture of it all cut out.

Since I got that done I could finally install the 2nd rad.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09074.jpg

I put the waterblock I got from Bitspower on the EVGA GTX 460.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09076.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09075.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09077.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09078.jpg

Here I was messing with a single white LED under this plexi to see how well it glowed... It didn't workout as well as I hoped so I need to work on it more.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09080.jpg

I needed to drill holes in the center divider for the Bitspower pass through fittings.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09143.jpg

Starting to install them.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09145.jpg

All done.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09152.jpg

Here I was trying to figure out where to put the pumps.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09081.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09082.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09084.jpg

This was my next solution.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09116.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09117.jpg

And my final solution.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09159.jpg

I also started working on my water tubing routing.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09115.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09151.jpg
Its still a work in progress.

I built a cover to hide the PSU cables.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09146.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09147.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09148.jpg

And then I glued it all together.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09149.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09150.jpg
And finally I covered it with Carbon Fiber because it looked like crap. Once I get some good acrylic glue I will remake it properly but this will have to do for now.

I decided to cut down the Media Card Reader enclosure to make it smaller. There is no need to keep it full size.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09153.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09154.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09155.jpg

Here I measured the half I cut to the other half.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09156.jpg

Marked and ready to cut.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09157.jpg
More pictures of the final product in my next update.

Here is one of the sides of the HDD racks I made from scratch.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09160.jpg
They came out rather nice.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09161.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09162.jpg
Now I'm working on a mounting system so I can take the HDD cages in and out with ease to add more HDDs.

And finally today I started working on the HDD side window.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09164.jpg

Drilled and ready to cut.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09165.jpg

I have more on the side panel coming in the next update since it took all day to upload these pictures.

Hope your happy to see more work!

Cheers till next time!

[TheMainMan]

The BA factor on this build is off the chart! Love the attention to detail that is going into this project!

[Fuganater]

The BA factor on this build is off the chart! Love the attention to detail that is going into this project!

Thanks man!

[Fuganater]

I got more work done on the side panel last night.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09178.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09170.jpg

What I did was clamp the orange pieces to the main panel and lined them up as best I could. Then I filed down all the edges so that they were perfect. Then I sanded each edge with 200 grit to get most of the big scratches from the files out. I still have to sand a bit more but its pretty much done.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09176.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09175.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09174.jpg

Once I finish the edges I will glue them to the main piece and then glue on the clear piece. I don't think I will get the lighting done before the 20th for the competition but I can try. More work to come very soon.

Cheers till then.

[SXRguyinMA]

looking good! I'm also scrambling to get mine done for the 20th. just a few things left to button up!

[billygoat333]

very nice!!

[xr4man]

looking good! I'm also scrambling to get mine done for the 20th. just a few things left to button up!

what happens on the 20th?

[Fuganater]

Its when the Case Mod Showdown competition is due.

[Fuganater]

I made some feet for the HDD cages. I glued them on. I hope they hold if not I will have to use a different acrylic glue.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09180.jpg

Now lighting.... Firstly, here is what it looks like.

I wrapped the Orange SMD LED strip around the orange piece of plexi.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09181.jpg

And here is the effect
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09182.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09183.jpg

You can see how the pieces that stick out don't have any light going through them... How can I fix this? Also the inner side of both windows have no light. I might have to shave off enough of each window piece that I can wedge the LED strips between them so I can get the lighting. But I still have the same problem, no light on the 3 pieces that jut out.

Thoughts??

[TheMainMan]

As far as I can figure, you would need to insert the led through a hole in the back of the panel. Looks good though! Good luck getting it done in time!

[SXRguyinMA]

maybe cut a channel around the inner perimeter of the window to lay the LED strip into. That way it'd have a shorter distance to the parts that stick out.

[Fuganater]

maybe cut a channel around the inner perimeter of the window to lay the LED strip into. That way it'd have a shorter distance to the parts that stick out.

I think you mean what I said but you said it in a different way ^^

Someone on bit-tech suggested I cut a strip wide enough to fit the led strip into the extended pieces. I may do that tonight.

[Fuganater]

Here are the pictures of the PSU shroud I promised.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09184.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09185.jpg

I got a 200mm fan to exhaust the HDD side of the case.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09186.jpg

Hole drawn for cutting
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09187.jpg

Cut and sanded
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09188.jpg

Add a Modders Mesh fan grill
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09190.jpg

And the fan
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09189.jpg


Here are a few more pics of the lighting.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09191.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09192.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09193.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09194.jpg

I've been sanding for probably 20 hours to get everything nice and smooth.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09195.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09196.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09197.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09198.jpg


Now to get light to pass through the hexagons that are extended I had to cut a strip in the back so I could put the LEDs in there.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09240.jpg

I took the LED strip and a piece of scrap plexi.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09245.jpg

Wedged them in to the slot I cut
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09244.jpg

And voila! Works perfectly.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09243.jpg

I'm working on the mobo side panel now
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09242.jpg

Here is the orange layer for the main mobo side window
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09241.jpg

And finally I'm starting to attach things to the back plate.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09246.jpg

I'm trying really really hard to finish before tonight.

Cheers till next time.

[SXRguyinMA]

looking good!

[Fuganater]

So here is the final working update for the New Mod City Showdown Competition. The case is done but I still have work to do on the inside so stay tuned for that. I'm sorry that its small but due to the deadline I didn't take many pictures today.

Here are the small windows. I glued the clear piece of acrylic to the orange.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09247.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09248.jpg

Then attached the Orange SMD LED strips
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09249.jpg

And attached those pieces to the case and wired them up.

Here is the Media Card Reader all painted and cut up. Its about 1/3 its original length.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09250.jpg

And just one last picture of the case all stripped while I was working on the panels
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09251.jpg

I'll post the pictures of the case in the next update.

[Twigsoffury]

man stellar work!


hilariously effective solution on the lighting i like it.

[SXRguyinMA]

looking good!

[Fuganater]

These are crappy looking because the case is soo shiny.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09253.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09254.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09255.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09256.jpg


Lights on!!

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09257.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09258.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09259.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09262.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09263.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09264.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09266.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09267.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09268.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09269.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09270.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09272.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09273.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09274.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09275.jpg

And finally, me and the wife!

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09278.jpg

More work to come soon!

[d_stilgar]

That's one good looking comptuer. Cool wife too for letting you spend all the money that must have cost.

[Fuganater]

It didn't really cost much. Total sponsorship is about $1K and my money was only $300-400.

[Fuganater]

I started wiring up the waterblocks with LEDs.

GPU Block
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09279.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09280.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09281.jpg

Cable management time! I'm using P clips from MDPC-X which are working rather well. I also finished up the pluming.

Back fan cables
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09282.jpg

Front fan cables
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09283.jpg

Left side of HDD cavity where most of the pluming comes through the center of the case
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09285.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09287.jpg

Another shot of the right side of the HDD cavity
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09286.jpg

Bottom of the case
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09289.jpg

Some cable management on the mobo side
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09290.jpg

T-fitting on top of the mobo loop res. This attaches to the fill port on top of the case
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09291.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09292.jpg

And here is the drain port for the HDD loop res. Luckily I was able to use fittings and no tubing which made the installation super easy.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09293.jpg

I'm doing lots more work this week.

Cheers till later!

[TheMainMan]

Wow, the overall result is so much more spectacular than the sum of the parts! And the parts looked amazing by themselves. Great work!

[Cale_Hagan]

AMAZING WORK! fud, this is awesome! i like the gloss black when off, just gotta worry about scratches... :rolleyes:

[Fuganater]

Wow, the overall result is so much more spectacular than the sum of the parts! And the parts looked amazing by themselves. Great work!


AMAZING WORK! fud, this is awesome! i like the gloss black when off, just gotta worry about scratches... :rolleyes:

Thanks guys!

[Fuganater]

I finished the LEDs for the CPU and RAM blocks.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09309.jpg

I'll clean up the cables a bit later.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09315.jpg

And so far it all looks pretty good.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09310.jpg

All that is left for LEDs is the ones that go in the bottom of the reservoirs.

I finally finished and installed my custom ATX power cable. It still needs some work because it is bunched up. But that will come later.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09311.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09312.jpg

And here is what it looks like connected to the PSU
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09314.jpg


A very tricky task was to mount the pumps. Since I have no hand room inside the case at the bottom, I had to remove the entire bottom panel, mount the pumps, then put it back on. Here is the final result. (A bit hard to see...)
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09316.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09317.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09319.jpg

I started sleeving the temp sensors. There are a lot of them!
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09322.jpg

And finally, I had Will make a fan buss for me. The only problem with it is that I had to extend the power connector because where it is at is an extremely tight space and I can't get my fingers back there to connect it.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09308.jpg

Cheers till next time.

[SXRguyinMA]

looking good!!

[Fuganater]

I started making my SATA power cables.

First, I installed all the drives. Put the SATA connectors on them. And started running the cables.

First section done.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09413.jpg

More done.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09416.jpg

I had to move a drive down so I could measure the last section correctly.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09419.jpg

And the final product with the sleeved SATA Data cables installed and zipped.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09446.jpg

I'm happy with how they came out. I did the same thing for the other HDD cage but I ran out of heat shrink :( so I put another order in for it at MDPC-X. My ATX pin remover is also starting to go... I think I need to spend the money and get the good one.

Cheers till next time!

[DonT-FeaR]

that looks great :) i think i might give something like that a crack in my new mod.. maybe.. ahaha looks brilliant but my patience wears thin very quickly,

[Twigsoffury]

That's one good looking comptuer. Cool wife too for letting you spend all the money that must have cost.

I'm sure any gal would rather see her husband out in the garage instead of out at the bars.

: P

[AmEv]

^True dat.

[Fuganater]

There are bonus points available now! Please go to this Facebook album and like mine and your favorite mods!

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.285006248209604.71204.202433753133521&type=1

[SXRguyinMA]

done and done :D

[Fuganater]

I thought it would be fun to sleeve all of my tubing. Here are some of the early results.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09571.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09573.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09574.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09576.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09577.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09578.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09579.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09580.jpg

This is my favorite pic for some reason.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09581.jpg

I'm happy to announce that I finally scored the Gigabyte X58 OC mobo. The only downside is that I have to buy new RAM and CPU but its so worth it to have a matching mobo.
http://images.bit-tech.net/content_images/2011/02/gigabyte-x58a-oc-preview/x58a-oc.jpg

I'm looking at an i7 920 and 6GB of Corsair Dominator RAM. Hopefully this weekend I can cut and mount the font LCD display.

Cheers till next time!

[AmEv]

Quad graphics much?

[Fuganater]

Quad graphics much?

Nah. I only got it because it matches the mod.

[Fuganater]

Since Lamptron was so nice to give me some UV Cold Cathodes I figured I would see how everything looks.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09628.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09629.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09630.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09631.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09632.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09633.jpg

I think it looks pretty good. I'm going to see how it looks with the blocks lit up and the fans on.

Cheers till then.

[msmrx57]

Pretty good??? It looks friggin AWESOME!!!! :up:

[Fuganater]

Pretty good??? It looks friggin AWESOME!!!! :up:

Thanks. I just need to figure out some switches now.

[SXRguyinMA]

Pretty good??? It looks friggin AWESOME!!!! :up:

:stupid:

[Fuganater]

I connected the WB LEDs now and put power to the fans. Here are the results.

This first set of pictures are with 1 UV Cold Cathode running from front to back on the top of the case and one on the front panel running up and down.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09642.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09643.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09644.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09645.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09646.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09647.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09648.jpg

Now these pictures are with both UV Cold Cathodes running the width of the case on the top panel. 1 in front and 1 in back. (That was really hard to explain lol)

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09649.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09650.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09651.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09653.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09654.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09655.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09656.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09657.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09661.jpg

I still have a lot more work to do. Going to make the res LEDs tonight and try to figure out how I'm going to do all the switches for all the different lights.

Cheers till then.

[TheMainMan]

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09642.jpg


Are you planning on supporting the end of the graphics card in any way? It looks like it has a lot of sag on the right.

[Fuganater]

Yes I have a support measured out. I just need to cut it.

[Fuganater]

Its voting time! This is the last round of points that goes to the total, its not a "like" contest. You have to register but I know you all will to help out!

Please go here: http://showdown.newmodcity.com/final-round/#comment-59 and vote for my mod in the Scratch Build category.

Thanks!

[Fuganater]

My goodness where has the time gone??? Where to start??

Lets start with some goodies!!

Got a new soldering station. I like it but I need to buy some different tips for different jobs.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09662.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09663.jpg

A spot temp sensor that I got for Christmas. The best tool for identifying dead spots/hot spots in your case.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00212.jpg

4" UV Cold Cathodes + extensions
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00214.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00213.jpg

An awesome threaded funnel with air tube
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00215.jpg

Rocker switches for turning on and off all the lights.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00164.jpg

A bunch of terminals for the rocker switches
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00216.jpg

MDPC ATX pin remover
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00165.jpg

Gigabyte GA-X58A-OC mobo!!!!
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00167.jpg

Internal USB plugs
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09680.jpg

On to the modding!!

I contracted Will from TBCS to make me an LCD temp sensor setup for this mod. Its 2 pieces, the LCD and control board. It can display up to 12 different temps! I'm very very happy with it.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09681.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09682.jpg

Here is the front all taped up and sketched out. Time to drill and cut!
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09684.jpg

And here is how it looks installed.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09687.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09688.jpg

Thanks Will for all your help!

Now for the GPU. I got a single PCI bracket for it since its WC'd.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09851.jpg

I'm a huge fan now of making backplates for all my GPUs. Measured.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00208.jpg

Here it is mounted to the card and installed in the case.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00211.jpg

It didn't come out very good because Bitspower uses different sized screws than DD does so my longer screws didn't fit. I may remake it later without drilling any holes in it.

Everyone noticed how my GPU was sagging because of the Bitspower WB. Here is my fix. A 1/4" x 1/4" piece of orange acrylic cut to height. (the paper was still on when I took these)
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09669.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09668.jpg

After awhile I just HAD to put water in this to see how it ran.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09678.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09673.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09675.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09674.jpg

No load. No OS. Just running.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09677.jpg

I noticed an air bubble in my CPU block.... I need to figure out how to get rid of that.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09679.jpg

Since I got that awesome OC board I had to get that slapped in ASAP! So out with the old.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00166.jpg

And in with the new.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00168.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00169.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00170.jpg

The ATX connector is in a different spot so it looks a bit off.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00172.jpg

I wanted to make a midplate to hide all the wires. A PSU shroud just won't be possible any more. I started with cardboard.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00182.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00183.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00184.jpg

Have to make sure the res support bracket can still fit.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00180.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00181.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00179.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00178.jpg

It only goes back so far because that's the biggest I could go unless I buy another sheet of acrylic. I'm debating it but then that means I would have to flip my PSU and drill another hole... decisions decisions...

Well I cut and installed the midplate. Here is how it looks.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00209.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00192.jpg

Since it goes under the GPU I had to shorten the brace. This works out great because it puts pressure on the corner that needs held down and I don't need to screw or glue the midplate into place.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00191.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00190.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00189.jpg


Since I never used rocker switches I had to experiment to get them to work.http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC09852.jpg
This was great because I was able to cut and rewire my cold cathodes to use one new rocker switch that will be mounted in the back of the case. That will be in my next update.

And lastly I installed the 4x 4" UV cold cathodes to see how it all looked.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00223.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00222.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00221.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00220.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00219.jpg

I love how the mobo has some lighting in it already. Fits in PERFECTLY!!
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00218.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00217.jpg


That's it for today. I'm sorry this update is so big. December has been crazy for us. I'll do my best to keep updates smaller and more frequent.

Cheers till next time.

[Cale_Hagan]

loving it! :santa:

[slaveofconvention]

Heh - I remember drooling over that board when Gigabyte announced it last year at CES. I remember seeing it appear on the projector screen at the GB party where Curtis won his motherboard. I wanted one for my orange and grey Antec 900 revamp but can't justify an upgrade from my Q6700 system...

[SXRguyinMA]

that board looks SOOOOOOO much better in there!!!

[Fuganater]

loving it! :santa:

Thanks!


Heh - I remember drooling over that board when Gigabyte announced it last year at CES. I remember seeing it appear on the projector screen at the GB party where Curtis won his motherboard. I wanted one for my orange and grey Antec 900 revamp but can't justify an upgrade from my Q6700 system...

It truly is awesome looking


that board looks SOOOOOOO much better in there!!!

Thanks!

[SXRguyinMA]

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/sxrguyinma/articles/honeycomb/banner.png (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/frontpage/?q=Project+Honeycomb+by+Fuganater)


FEATURED!!!


Congrats!! :banana:

[msmrx57]

FEATURED!!!



Well deserved. Congrats man!! :up:

[Fuganater]

hehe thanks guys!

[SXRguyinMA]

you deserve it, this thing is sick!

[Fuganater]

Forgot to say in my last update that I got some Silver Kill Coils for the loops.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00226.jpg

Since I had never used rocker switches before I had to do some testing.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00224.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00225.jpg

Now how to mount them? I made a sketch so I knew the measurements.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00227.jpg

Put on some tape.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00228.jpg

Marked
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00229.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00230.jpg

Cut and installed!
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00232.jpg

It works!
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00233.jpg

Inside view.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00234.jpg
These 3 will control the Mobo door LED, All UV Cold Cathodes on both sides of the case, and the res LEDs.

I put another switch on the HDD side of the case for the HDD door LEDs.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00245.jpg

Inside view.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00247.jpg

Because I had the CPU block sideways for the AMD chip I had to redo my LEDs.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00243.jpg

Next I pulled the top of the case off so it would be easier to work on the next few parts.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00235.jpg

I decided I didn't like how the cables looked. They needed to be tied up and hidden better. So I started the process of putting cable ties on.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00236.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00237.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00239.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00240.jpg
Looks much much better

Next I reran the CPU and RAM LEDs behind the mobo. After I flipped them both because I am a noob and mounted the EK sideways on the CPU block and backwards on the RAM block.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00238.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00244.jpg

I then installed the 12" Lamptron UV Cold Cathodes in the HDD side of the case using some Velcro.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00249.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00251.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00250.jpg
As you can see I mounted them to the Rads because it was the easiest place to put them. They light up the wires and tubing behind the HDDs very nicely.

Lastly I installed my Lamptron FC5V2. This will control the 3 fans on the mobo side of the case and the 200mm exhaust fan on the HDD side of the case.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00252.jpg

I'll have to clean up the wires later.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00253.jpg

Thanks all for today. My MDPC order was lost in the mail so I am waiting to get that so I can finish sleeving the system.

Cheers till next time!

[SXRguyinMA]

Looking good! A tip on the switches (if it's not too late) - have them switch the ground side of the circuit, not the power. Probably doesn't matter as the switches won't be seeing millions of cycles though lol

[diluzio91]

Looks good. my only comment is, perhaps it would look better to replace the black zip ties with these?

http://www.amazon.com/Goody-Clear-Elastic-Bands-52/dp/B00122CP30

they are very small and clear, and would likely look much better.

[Fuganater]

Looking good! A tip on the switches (if it's not too late) - have them switch the ground side of the circuit, not the power. Probably doesn't matter as the switches won't be seeing millions of cycles though lol

Explain please.


Looks good. my only comment is, perhaps it would look better to replace the black zip ties with these?

http://www.amazon.com/Goody-Clear-Elastic-Bands-52/dp/B00122CP30

they are very small and clear, and would likely look much better.

Ahhhhhh. We use those for my daughters hair. I'll try a few tonight and take some pictures. +rep for the idea.

[SXRguyinMA]

Explain please.

When you put a switch on the hot side of a circuit every time you close it you get a little arc of current between the contacts. Over time this arc can either degrade the contacts to the point where you have connection issues or worse yet spot-weld the contacts together. I'm sure with computers though it's nothing to worry about as it's such small voltages and currents you'd almost certainly never have a problem. I've seen a lot of starter relays and the like get stuck open (constant cranking) or fail to work at all just from switching so much high current. PC applications should have zero issues though, but I always put my switches on the negative side (when possible) as force of habit lol.

[Fuganater]

Ah ok. Well I shouldn't be switching things on and off daily. They are pretty much just there for when my wife yells that its too bright.

[Fuganater]

The project is nearing the end. Here is what I'm waiting for to arrive to finish it. Hopefully it should all arrive this week.

- i7 950
- Sleeving
- Heatshrink
- Plexi for midplate
- More Bitspower fittings (mainly T, L and Q fittings)



I worked on a new midplate design.

This piece is notched to fit in just perfectly.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00304.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00303.jpg

I had a scrap piece of 1/4" black plexi glass so I put my template on it and cut.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00302.jpg

After I cut it, I bent it.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00305.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00306.jpg

And it was too big :(
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00308.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00307.jpg

Taped off and marked. I had to cut 1/2" off.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00309.jpg

Then it fit just right. You can also see I started the top design already with paper. I ordered 1/8" black plexi for that part.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00310.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00311.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00312.jpg

After I get the plexi I will cut it and ship it off to have a honeycomb pattern laser cut into it for the PSU exhaust. Should look pretty boss.

Cheers till next time.

[Neodymium]

How did I miss this! +sub

[jdbnsn]

Bam! Sorry it took so long, I know you asked ages ago.


http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/jdbnsn/worklogbanners/honeycomb.png

[Neodymium]

It's awesome...

[AmEv]

Unlike mi....

:P


It just seems like yours is closer to your mod than mine is.

[jdbnsn]

Unlike mi....

:P


It just seems like yours is closer to your mod than mine is.

It was difficult to isolate the theme of youor mod, in those cases I do a general/non-specific theme.

[Neodymium]

It's still good, AE...maybe you can build upon jdbnsn's design ;)

[Fuganater]

Please stop flooding the thread with off topic comments please. Please use PMs.

[Aldersan]

Please stop flooding the thread with off topic comments please. Please use PMs.

Ok, on topic comment then:

Give us more! Amazing work so far!

Also, grats on 2k posts :)

[Fuganater]

Bam! Sorry it took so long, I know you asked ages ago.


http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/jdbnsn/worklogbanners/honeycomb.png

Thanks jdbnsn!!

[AmEv]

Sorry *blushes*

Congrats, though!

[Fuganater]

Thanks everyone.

More work is coming. Just need to finish a review today and maybe I can get some pictures up.

[Fuganater]

I didn't take many pictures but here is the midplate. Took me 2 tries. Good thing I bought extra acrylic.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00520.jpg
I'm going to send it out to have a honeycomb grill cut into it where the PSU exhaust is.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00521.jpg

I sleeved the rest of the tubes.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00484.jpg

Finished the 2nd 8pin CPU power cable.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00332.jpg

Came out OK.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00334.jpg

Got my 950 :D
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00335.jpg

And installed it.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00336.jpg

Got more fittings. You can't see where they go but I was able to use some Q fittings to make a drain port at the bottom of each rad. I also was able to replace some silver fittings with black ones.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00473.jpg

Got a RAID card! It works great but sadly, WHS can only recognize 2TB partitions. So I had huge issues at first but for now it just gives me the ability to have 8 more HDDs. It also helps with cable management.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00515.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00516.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00517.jpg


Now for some pretty pictures. (best I can do atm)

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00529.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00528.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00527.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00525.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00524.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00483.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00481.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00480.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00479.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00475.jpg

So the system is filled up and running now. I got WHS v1 installed and things are going smoothly right now. I just have to finish up the midplate and install the rest of the temp sensors and then I can call this mod complete!

Hope you enjoy the photos. Cheers till next time!

[Aldersan]

Not gunna lie, that's looking pretty awesome!

[Neodymium]

Nice...I like the orange/black contrast...:up:

[SXRguyinMA]

Looking good! I'm loving those sleeved tubes more and more!

[jdbnsn]

I agree with the above, your color scheme is beautiful! This is one elegant and sleek machine.. Good job

-Jon

[Fuganater]

Not gunna lie, that's looking pretty awesome!
Thanks!


Nice...I like the orange/black contrast...:up:
I too like it way more than I thought I would.


Looking good! I'm loving those sleeved tubes more and more!
Kier gave me the idea. He's not the first to do it but I thought it would look good because Orange UV reactive tubing isn't very sexy looking.


I agree with the above, your color scheme is beautiful! This is one elegant and sleek machine.. Good job

-Jon
Thanks!

[Fuganater]

Small update.

I drilled the HDD holders to allow 4 more drives per side.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00582.jpg

Now I need to figure out how to get more air flow. I'm thinking of cutting out a chunk of the side of these and maybe a slit between the 2 holes but I'm not sure yet. I play with it a bit this weekend.

Quick photo of the case.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC00587.jpg

Cheers till next time!

[TLHarrell]

I'm going to send it out to have a honeycomb grill cut into it where the PSU exhaust is.


< Laser Cutting available if interested. Doing some lighted case badges for Aldersan this week.

[Fuganater]

Very cool and thanks! I mailed it out to a guy on XoxideForums to do the cutting for me. Next time?

[TLHarrell]

No worries. I'm here any time.

[Fuganater]

So its been awhile. I was waiting a long time to get plexi parts in and I had to travel for work for several months. Now I'm back and ready to finish this thing up.

First up is the plexi. I got my midplate back and the honeycomb fan grill for the PSU.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC02036.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC02049.jpg
The grill was a bit smaller than the hole so I had to use some hot glue to get it to stay.

I spent the money and got some Mayhems Pastel Gigabyte Orange Coolant. It looks pretty freaking good. Now, I do wish it was a bit darker but it only looks light in direct light.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC02044.jpg

Here you can see how the cables and tubing are routed through the midplate. http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC02061.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC02062.jpg

Here are just a whole bunch of photos I took. The blocks look amazing. I'll take final pictures in light and dark.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC02045.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC02046.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC02048.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC02050.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC02051.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC02052.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC02056.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC02057.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC02058.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC02063.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC02064.jpg

Even the GPU block looks great.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC02065.jpg

Expect final pictures soon.

Cheers till then,

Fuga

[SXRguyinMA]

nice! :D

[TLHarrell]

Very nice. I don't really care for orange, but it looks good on this project.

[Fuganater]

Wanted to let everyone know to go out and pick up this months Custom PC magazine because Project Honeycomb is the feature mod in it!!!! I'm so happy to be in a magazine and its my first one. Can't wait to get my copy.


Sorry for not posting final pics sooner but here they are.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC_3448.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC_3453.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC_3456.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC_3460.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC_3463.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC_3469.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC_3483.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC_3492.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC_3521.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC_3523.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC_2720.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC_2716.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC_2697.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC_2709.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC02064.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC02058.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC02051.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/Fuganater987/Project%20Honeycomb/DSC02065.jpg



Thanks to all my sponsors and thanks to everyone who read my worklog. More projects to come.


Cheers!

-Fuga

[d_stilgar]

Congrats! That's awesome.

[msmrx57]

Congrats!!!! :banana: It's certainly a deserving mod. Turned out great.

[billygoat333]

Very cool! congrats!

[jdbnsn]

You clearly have a way with colors man, another triumph! This would look dead sexy sitting next to my TV ;)

[Fuganater]

Thanks guys :D