Project: Ioncito V2.0

Greetings, this new case is the evolution from my last project, the "Ioncito", an Ion powered, leather coated, watercooled mini ITX HTPC.

Ioncito V1:

The custom waterblock:

This one will be my "green gaming rig", Atom 330 Ion + EVGA GT 240.

So let's start with the structure, for this I'm using 15mm x 15mm x 1,5mm aluminum angles, and scrap alu sheets I got from a factory:

Manual miter saw:

First angle profile with some 45° cuts:

Both profiles with mirror cuts:

This cut is for curving the top bezel:

And these are for the 90° angles:

Bending:

This piece will go in the front, covering the blowhole (like in the ATCS 840):

Fileing+Sanding

Some filler:

Sanding:

Primer:

Front and Top plates:

Sanding + bondo to fix some scratchs and holes:

2 component Epoxy

My super caterpillar piston weight:

Here you can see a size comparison between V1 and V2:

They are both very small, V1 is: 295mm x 315mm x 160mm and V2 is 325mm x 325mm x 190mm.

Back to the structure...

A profile to close the frame:

Copper ribbets to reinforce the structure:

Angle reinforcement:

Horizontal division, mother/rad/pump/res will go on top, PSU/HDDs bottom:

Hinges for the sidepanels:

Mothertray (this piece was the most injured, needed a lot of clay+sanding):

Reinforcements + bondo... needs lots of sanding.

360° view with the mothertray fixed in place:

Just a few more alu pieces before the structure it's all done:

Bondo:

This is all I've done so far, from now on you will get the "live" updates.

Thanks for watching.

Very nice! Watching this one for sure.

Welcome to TBCS!

+Rep and welcome to the forums! This looks great!

good aluminum work! looking good. will also be keepin an eye on this build!

Very nice work, I've never seen bondo used to smooth out a panel before, I like it. I love the leather as well. :D What's the flow path on that custom CPU block? How does the Atom do for the gaming that you do on it?