Project: L3p L4n

First of all .. my own site and so the L3p d3sk pictures are back online :)
Thanks for all the help Bo and tweakers.net crew !

And received some material !
I'm very happy with it, no i can also measure some more.
You can´t see it very well on photo´s but it´s very narrow all inside.
The Gpu´s are 29.5cm

Didn't have a mouse yet for this build so ordered this one from the asus shop.
Think it'll look good next to it :)

And the the very nice package from EKWB !
Also got the raincoat, no-one wanted it there, but since im from Holland ... :P

Going to use the EK Top/Res instead of the Koolance top, this cause of the limited space i have.
The Koolance heatsink will remain.

Thanks Gregor and EKWB !

Used the hardware from the CM compo to fit some more in.
As you can see, not much space.

Small update.

Got some good news from Asus.
Just 2 weeks before the hardware will arrive !
Can't wait :P

I've been talking a lot to Kier lately.
We also exchange a lot of hardware and WC products.
Also we ordered @ MDPC-x together, told him i didn't have much time the coming 3 weeks. So he said, send me the PSU with the rest, i'm bored. (Before he started his TJ11 project)

So ... Made by Kier :)

One week later this was on my table :)

Also extra sleeve for the sata cables and some mounting stuff, the rest will follow.

Richard .. thanks a lot my friend, no one who can do this faster and better :)

And the second order @ Highflow.

For the Koolance controller. 2 x Koolance temp sensor and 1 x Koolance flowsensor

Hope it'll go to 5Ghz :)

For in the bottom of the case. 92mm brushed aluminium fans.

And tape, lots of tape to protect the case later on.

Because i only know since a few weeks i have to cool down 2 Matrix cards i ordered fans with 1500 rpm now, think 800 rpm won't be enough.
Luckily i could change the red blades without a problem.

Rear fan replaced, also a black fanguard, screws will come later.

Lets change the PSU too.

Had to change the wiring, the leds didnt work on the low voltage the psu gave to the fan.

So a seperate 12V for the leds now.

All red and 1500 rpm now (max)

Even now still in doubt if i will do the fans on the outside and rads inside or rads outside and fans inside.
Casewindows in the top will be tinted so all the light is no problem.

For future purposes the leds are changeable with one push on the button :)

So again, thanks Freddy for the nice discount !

Finally bought my first dremel :)
(Bargain sale somewhere)

And for all the small future damage i will create with it on different cases :P

My vacation has started and didn't do anything on the case yet :)
I did practise some.

From the start i had the idea to make the fan/rad guard just like the S21T's little brother.

I'm already walking with that idea for 2 weeks now how to do that.
The case is 5mm thick, brushed and black anodized aluminium.
So i guess i can't restore the smallest scratch.
Today i just tried to make such a fan hole in a piece of 6mm thick aluminium.


First had to do some shopping again. (The dremel virus even got me before i started working with it)

piece of 6mm thick garbage measured out.

Still no idea how or what, but i've got to do it with these tools.

Forget about a dremel in 6mm alu :P so lets prepare for the jigsaw.

Only had a bad quality metalsaw, the woodsaw worked better :/

After sawing, the dremel works out fine.

Grinding the edges from the Bitspower radguard. (Starting to love the dremel :) )

Bending the edges a little more.

Tapped the radguard in it's place, in the case itself i will use kit / black glue to hold it in it's place even better.

Painted it black for the picture.
In this picture the guard needed a few more taps.

And this is how i want it .... X 3 :)
Next time further on with how i will fasten the rads/fans.

Been busy yesterday with the mod-attic again (Wife's ... :P )

Also been thinking all day how to fix the radiators to the case on the inside without being able to see it on the outside.

Going to use Velcro around the radiators and going to support them with a few layers of 5mm thick rubbertape.

Update.

First of all the nice package from
www.highflow.nl
The footprint on the box did scare the **** out of me but nothing was damaged :)

Because i replaced the PSU fan, i needed another fan, also one to replace the fan blades

Going for Feser Red, liked the colour more. Also some Red Dye to make it darker.

Some extension cables from Cubitek

And ... a cpu lapping kit ;)

Thanks for the nice discount Freddy, this wouldn't be possible without you!

Got me some new sawing blades for the 5mm aluminium.

And assembled the fans to the rads.

Finally could use the black M3 allen bolts.

Want to change this somehow

I think i'll use Bitspower mesh there too.

Fast sketch-up for the radiator placement :)

And the case almost completely disassembled.

Hope i'll ever get it working again :P

And taped it with extra smooth tape. (I'll cry if I'll scratch it :P )

Still need to think of something for it.

Blood red acrylic it'll be

Even Origen AE works with a black marker when they damage something :)

Back to the fanholes.
Pre-drilling first.
Don't mind the drill's brand ;)

Also taped the jigsaw.

Ready to go.

And the first hole is there.

Two to go.

And the third!

Now finish the nice round edges.
Wanted to use the dremel, but got myself my file again, needs to be as straight as possible.

More tomorrow!

Looking good! :up:

*Update*

Been polishing for 2 hours on the 3 holes to make it as straight as possible with nice round corners.

But finally they fit!

Tape can be removed.

Still need to paint the blank aluminum corners.

Need to be careful with the sawdust, so cleaned it first.

And further on with the plexi front for the Koolance controller.
Taping it first.

Drawing the round corners.

Started off with the dremel again, but the jigsaw won again :)

And again polishing.

Marking the plexi.

And again polishing it.

And it fits.
Next job like this im going to look for a lasercutting company near me ;)

Further on tomorrow!

Nice work so far. Are you going to mount the fans with 2-sided tape as well? It seems like a good choice for almost everything as it looks clean and should damp vibrations a bit. VHB and variants are used in skyscrapers and cars, so naturally it belongs in kickass computers!

Thanks mDust!

Going to use velcro for the Rads, the fans will be mounted with blacm M3 allen bolts to the rads