Project: Savage

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Are you saying there is there going to be a problem mounting my PSU? I simply flipped that back grate. So the PSU will still be oriented the same way, it will just be on the top of the case instead of having the gap between the
top and PSU fan.

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i'm a tad slow.. i don't really get what ur saying.. but whatever u do, i don't think in your "case"(:)) there will be a problem.. if the fan is oriented towards the cpu, than it will take some heat away from that area.. if the fan is near the top of the case, becasue you flipped the psu over, than it will get cooler air and live longer.. but then u need good airflow on the mobo.. which you'll have, hopefully, because of the rear fan.. no see-able problem should be seen and in case something goes warm, u can go back to the original mounting... anyways, this is a problem only with small, crampy, small-fan cases.. believe me, i've seen people stubornly installing a psu inverted, and the fan had no air to suck, being no holes on the top of the case.. after a while, smoke comes out ;)

about the logo problem.. hmm.. how big is it again? (mm) width, depth and height? there may be a very graphycal solution :)

Didn't get much work done today, but I DID come up with some pretty wicked ideas for what else to do for my mod. It won't be too complicated, I just hope it doesn't clutter the interior of my case.

I'll be buying a 240mm radiator this week along with a powersupply and the fans to go with the rad. This will allow me to put a blowhole in the top of the case, and start mounting my rad to the top of the case as well.

My idea is to add a duct that goes from the right side of the case, up to the top of the case covering my rad. This ensures that my rad is pulling in fresh cool air from the outside of my case to cool the water, instead of blowing the already warm air over the rad. Should be fairly easy to do with some sheet metal, now I just want to figure out how to mod that duct :).

I'm also going to cut out an "S2Games" in the bottom corner of the left panel and put a mirror behind it, just for good looks.


Anyways, I increased the size of my window for kicks and did a mock assembly for a picture.

I also glued together a mock up of my watercooling acrylic window, just to see how glue would work to seal it. Results weren't too good, putting this together and ensuring a good seal without ruining the transparency is going to be tough.

That's it for now, probably won't update until I get the rad and power supply in.

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I also glued together a mock up of my watercooling acrylic window, just to see how glue would work to seal it. Results weren't too good

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i think what you're looking for is weld-on. im not too sure about the spelling, ive never used it before, but apparently it works wonders for acrylics, meaning seamless joints. check out tribaloverkill's reservoir threads to see it in action.

UPDATE 8/29/06


Got some new parts today. Building had been non-existant while I waited for these parts, because I needed some exact measurements before proceeding (you'll see why). Power supply and 2 LED fans came in.

I was a little concerned with the wires on the PSU. They stuck out and were less flexible than I wanted, but I had anticipated that this would be a problem

Anyways, I pressed on.


I had already posted a thread about a custom duct system for my radiator that I am going to mount on the top of the case. Unfortunately the radiator that I want (GTS Stealth 240) has been out of stock, so I didn't have it to physically measure with, althought I did have the specs from the website.

Anyway, here is the rough (and I emphasize the word "rough") mock-up I did with foam board.The idea of this duct is to carry "fresh" (and therfore cooler) air through the radiator that will be hooked into the watercooling system, which will in turn cool the water more effectively as it passes through the radiator.

For measurements sake I put it at a 45 degree angle, just to keep it simple. As you can see I had to cut a bit out for the support bar and the motherboard tray. Now I BARELY hit the tray, so a simple fix of putting the duct on a sharper angle will fix that no problem. The other thing that will fix is the interference with the power cables, as you can see here. The PC is upside down so the PSU would stay in place :) you can also see the fans will fit just fine.

The only question left is the length. I plan on mounting 2 slot-load DVD/CD drives into one 5 1/2" bay, however I'm concerned my duct interferes with that, but I think I have a solution. Only time will tell for sure though.

Still trying to decide if I want to put a window on my duct and mod that out as well :) Any ideas?

Anyways, that's the update. My car is in the shop and it's going to cost me some money, so I don't plan on having many new parts and therefore not many updates for a while. I'll probably be cutting the holes in the top of the case for the PSU fan and the radiator fans, along with mounting them in the case until then. Going to have to rig up a custom mounting anyway for the PSU since I flipped the back panel so it would have a blowhole directly out of hte case.

Weld-on #4 should be arriving today in the mail, so hopefully I can get my acrylic fixture made over the weekend. Also received an image from hyperkore.com of what my etching will look like. Hope to get that updated and posted later tonight.

hyperkore.com just sent me a mockup of what my case window etching will looking like

UPDATE 9/3/06


Worked primarily on my acrylic water-window today. Also mounted the power-supply and cut the blow-hole.

Bent-bracket for the power-supply, it's a little off, but it does the job and looks fine. Probably wouldn't notice that it's off unless you were looking for flaws.

Painted and mounted

Started with the acrylic window. Now, I know in the final assembly the logo is mounted backwards, but this is so I didn't confused it with anything I'd make later. Yes, I'm stupid, I'd do something like that.

the time came to use the Weld-on #4 solvent, and working as a biomedical engineer came in handy. It was just odd asking the lab for syringes and needles, they looked at me kinda funny.

When I started putting it all together, I encountered my first problem. The solvent moves between the two pieces of acrylic and fills in all the scratching and surface etching I did, essentially "erasing" all the etching. Needless to say, this needs to be solved, if anyone has ideas, lemme know. I have an idea or two, but it needs some testing.

Anyway, finished result!

no leaks

and a movie too (to show that I actually used water) with soundtrack. And if you look hard you can see my reflection in the acrylic.

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v3...060903_037.flv


Next issue will be solving the acrylic/etching thing, mounting the radiator. And probably purchasing the pump and tubing.

I'm looking for some ideas for the back of the case. Now that I moved the PSU, I have room for more exhaust fans, but I want to keep the noise down, anyone have some ideas? you can reference past pictures for an idea of what it looks like.

UPDATE 9/12/06

To be honest, I'm starting to get frustrated with the case. There's so much more I want to do, and I keep running into roadblocks, lol. I like the problem solving and all, but now I'm just getting impatient. Anyway, here we go.

Started creating a new acrylic water-cooling window with the S2 logo. After consulting with Oris and reviewing the first Savage 2 preview movie (http://savage2.s2games.com/movies/2_small_9.wmv) I decided to make some changes. You can see what they are below.

Not the best pictures, but basically I made the logo look more like the movie logo. I broke it up into very small pieces. I did the best I could cutting them all out with a dremel, it was a bitch, but I think it came out allright. As soon as I can drill holes to fit my NPT hose barbs I'll fill it with fluid again and take some pics.

Here's what I did tonight. Worked on cutting out the blow holes for the radiator and assembled them to the fans. The holes don't look so great, but I didn't take as much time as I should have. Again, a little impatient and frustrated, but I planned on covering it all up with a some kind of grill or border anyway, in addition to the grating I have.

I found 4mm bolts that were only 10mm long so I could screw them down fully without worrying about them damaging the radiator.

Yes, I know I'm tightening metric bolts with an english units wrench. I couldn't find a 4mm one :(

There were some tiny zip ties on the wires on the fan, and it kept me from getting them flush together in order ot screw the 2nd one in, so I eventually just cut them off.

****ty blow hole work

grate

vanity shot. Eventually this will be what they look like in operation behind the border/grate

Looking pretty good. Impressive work so far, though i'm having trouble seeing where the case will lead. I'll be watching this one ;)

-Dave

This is the lucky piece of sheet aluminum that gets to be my fan duct. Should be pretty simple, provided I do my math right. More on that in a bit.

Remember what I said about math? Well I thought I'd share my little book of ideas. I've been keeping this notebook since early July. Taking notes on parts to buy, ideas, rough sketches, measurements. Pretty much a general any-idea book.

yeah, i know, I do freaking sweet artwork...or freehand

Remember I mentioned math? here's the page I'm gonna be following to figure out how to bend my duct. Geometry is my friend.

Oh, and now I've pretty much finished up my water-cooling window. Here's what it ended up to be. I'm pretty happy with the results, can't wait to see what it looks like with lighting and red coolant inside it.

ta-da!