That looks great, very pro. Great job.
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That looks great, very pro. Great job.
Thanks for the compliments.
Today I just want to post some pictures without tellling you guys what it is.
All these pieces are parts of a bigger piece.
It is starting to shape up now, but I still need to do much work on this thing. Maybe I'm just starting to go crazy, to put in so much hours in this part, because it will only be one very small detail in the case.
You know what they say: The devil is in the details. I'm sure it will be worth the effort.
Hmmm. Is it a fan grill???Quote:
Originally Posted by Franklin
my thoughts exactlyQuote:
Originally Posted by The boy 4rm oz
me thinks the same. Fan grill.
Great work on this switchpanel and on the "fan grill" if it is one.
And I absulutely agree:
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Originally Posted by Cheron
Received some materials from AC Ryan, thanks :up: Dennis from AC Ryan.
SO it was time to finish the windows. Still needed to close them with transparant acrylic. It was quite a job to get these things to fit into the orange rings. Here you can seen the transparant window.
And this is the window from the backside of the sidepanel.
Also did some work on the reservoirs. I wanted to keep them in the same style as the windows. So I made some parts from orange and frosted acrylic.
The white frosted acrylic ring will be glued into the reservoir itself.
The orange ring will be mounted onto the polyester lid.
Made some holes for the reservoirs in the lid.
and with the reservoirs in place.
That's the biggest update I have seen from you in a while Franklin. Mate I can't wait for this to be finished, it will look awesome.
This case is awsome man your attention to detail is unbelievable can't wait for more
I will use some tubes to get some wires for the LEDs, from the bottom of the case to the back.
As you can see the part I was working on a while ago isn't a fangrill. I filled the gaps with some frosted acrylic and it these spots will spread some light into the case.
hmm um expected... cool none the less
It wasn't a fan grill but a work of art in itself.
May I ask what you use to join plexi pieces together? At school we use acetone but I just wanted to know what a pro uses lol.
Thanks in advance.
I use Acrifix 192 to glue acrylic.
Applied the first layer of primer and now it's easy to see where I need to add some more bondo. I'm still not satisfied with the result.
Most of the flat parts are finished now and ready for paint, but the parts like the inakes still need some more bondo and sanding.
that case is, awsome!
If there are any imperfections it is not apparent in the photos.
Though I respect your decision to make it perfect.
Looks awesome to me also. :up: :up:
HOLY CRAP!!! This is truly one of the best mods I have EVER seen. Keep up the fantastic work.
Received the first hardware. Because it took me so long to build this case I needed to change the hardware. The old hardware hasn't been thrown away. It's all being used in another computer that I build for my dad.
The new hardware: a Asus Striker II extreme, a 900 watt Tagan powersupply and 2 GB Corsair ddr3 Dominator memory.
I need to decide whether I will use the watercooling block on the motherboard. Still not sure, because it looks very flow restrictive. The blue on the Corsair Dominator fans will need to be removed to match my color scheme.
nice hardware! i cant wait to see this finished!
Hardware at its finest. Nice rig.
dosnt thoose ram thingies noise like a jet?
Don't know, I didn't test the RAM cooler yet. I can always slow them a bit with a resistor.
Today I test fitted some of the hardware.
No problems so far. On the other side of the case I will mount the 3 harddisks, one Velociraptor 300 GB and two Samsung 1 TB Spinpoints. I need a rack for the harddisks. The rack needs to slide into the harddisk housing with the springs.
Hell yeah mate. Beautiful work.
Looks great! You sure have been working on this case for a while.
wow nice hhd cage/rack thingo
gonna watercool the gfx? (plz say yes!)
still looking very nice. :D
so neat... pretty... :3
/me wants. xD
+rep
Thanks guys and yes the videocard will be watercooled. I'm even thinking about adding a second pump for a second loop to watercool the mosfets, NB and SB with EKwaterblocks.
I made a simple housing to mount the harddisks. Just two plates of aluminium and acrylic.
Now it's time to place the harddisks into the harddisk box, the box with the RC shocks. To prevent the harddisk from sliding in the box I glued some acrylic onto the bottom and to, some sort of rail.
The harddisks slide in between the acrylic rail and are being stopped at the end by another piece of acrylic.
From the backside of the case I can slide the harddisk into the box.
To prevent the harddisk from sliding out again I made something else. Just two acrylic blocks glued onto the acrylic that will cover the backside of the box.
The acrylic will be mounted with 4 small bolts.
Need to mount the logo, at the moment it's being kept in place with some sticky tape and need to add some leds on the backside of the logo, so from inside the harddiskbox.
That looks so cool, this is definitely an epic mod in the making.
Mate that drive rack looks fantastic. The orange grill on the front really sets the whole unit off.
true dat nice work dude
every time i look in a update that i find exciting i look at the scroll bar when a post with a fantastic update ends, to see if its almost at the bottom. this time i thought "noooo.. plz let there be more pics!!!"
AMAZING is all i can say.
It's funny. I do exactly the same thing lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by p0Pe
you arnt alone... lol thats the common modder/nerd for ya
Before I start working on the watercooling I needed to test my hardware, but not before I mounted some leds in the harddisk box. I used 18 leds and these leds will shine on the back of the FJW logo. I used some acrylic to guide the wires a bit.
I needed enough clearance for the harddisk holder, because it needs to slide into the box. On the right side you can see there enough room between the wires/leds and the harddisks.
The top of the box is mounted with small hexheaded bolts and not glued, because I need to be able to reach the leds in case a led dies and needs to be replaced. The blue you see is from the Tagan powersupply, I need to replace those leds with white ones ofcourse.
To test the hardware I installed Windows on the Velociraptor harddisk. No problems at all, so I'm ready for the next step, the watercooling setup.
Anyone who doesn't agree that looks awesome deserves to be shot.
i agree with that ill do the shooting... i love it..
Because I changed my hardware plans, I needed to use a heavier powersupply. The problem was that the cables from the new Tagan PSU are somewhat different situated on the psu, so I needed to make some new brackets for the cables. This time I used some black anodized aluminium from AC Ryan and transparant orange acrylic, instead of the white sheets I used for the old brackets.
The cables in the picture above are the standard sleeved Tagan cables, but that will change soon. I will use some tubing to cover them and this will also make it possible to pl;ace the cables in an almost perfect straight line.
On the left side of the picture you can see 4 cables going through an aluminium sheet. I needed to make holes in the sheet that were big enough to pull the cables through, but that was a problem because that would mean there was a gap between the cables and the holes. So I made an acrylic parts that fits tight around the cables and can be opened on the left and right side to pull the cables through.
incredible work
omg ive been thinking of doing that for ages.. last pic..
does it work well??
you mean noise reduce with this springs?
