Project: Studded- COMPLETED!

[TheGreatSatan]

I've always loved steel diamond plate. It's such a strong and attractive metal and I like using it here and there when modding

For a while now, I've been thinking that a computer made entirely of diamond plate would be pretty cool. It will be in a diamond plate box shrouded inside in diamond plate!

My canvas is a diamond plate steel box

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First, I got a micro ATX motherboard and PSU to see if it would all fit. These are not the components that I'm using, but just a size guide for what I need

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[TLHarrell]

For those parts that you need to be plastic, not metal, there is acrylic with a diamond plate finish available. Might be worth taking a look at if you need it.

[TheGreatSatan]

Trust me, young Padawan

[Cale_Hagan]

Trust me, young Padawan

^ :D :santa: :D ^


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[TheGreatSatan]

It only took me 6 weeks of Playing Borderlands 2 to finally cut the window

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And the card slots too

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[TheGreatSatan]

I cut out the backplate area

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And the PSU intake

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Then I riveted the motherboard tray in place and added the PSU

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[TLHarrell]

Interesting how much modding you get done when you're playing Borderlands 2...

Just for grins, I'd recommend half-mirrored acrylic for the window. If there's lighting inside the case, you'll see the interior. If it's off, it'll look mirrored.

[TheGreatSatan]

Interesting...

[TheGreatSatan]

Now on to the motherboard shroud. I mapped out the motherboard using cardboard

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And then traced it onto the piece of diamond plate I'm using

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Then I just had to cut it all out

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I can't have the bare metal from the diamond plate touching the surface of the motherboard, so I'm coating the bottom with liquid rubber

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The dry time will be at least a couple of days

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[TheGreatSatan]

I cut out two 70mm fan intakes

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I'm using these aluminum 70mm fans for the perfect match, but I'm still waiting on the grills

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And a 120mm on top

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The grills arrived. I'll be using longer screws with nuts, and rubber washers

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I bought feet for a Lian Li case

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Once all the fans and feet were mounted I used my dremel to cut off the excess screw thread

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I'm gonna put the power button on the back

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Time to get the wiring

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[TheGreatSatan]

I had to change the PSU to something that will fit easier for the shroud I'm gonna be adding.

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And I'm happy that it boots

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I'm using a 60GB SSD that I got for $20!!

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And my old Radeon 6850 too

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[TheGreatSatan]

Now I have a big mess of wires

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I'm using a shroud to cover the wires

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And cut a notch for the wires to pass through

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Then set it in

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Then I spent quite a while trying to get the cover to fit on the motherboard with no luck. I even cut it into pieces hoping to segment it together and it still won't stay in place

Moving on....

For now I'm just adding a light

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One thing I've been meaning to do is make another piece for the back of the video card. I even used a little extra spray rubber to adhere the metal to the PCB.

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I put a window on, but the double sided tape looks rediculous

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So I used aluminum tape to cover it up

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I guess that's it, I'm done

Ending specs:

AMD FX4100
Asrock 880GM-LE
4GB DDR3
MSI HD 6850
60GB SSD
380W PSU
CM S524 Heatsink


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[Stonerboy779]

So much shiny haha so what mod number is this TGS?

[TheGreatSatan]

54 or 55