Hi guys! been lurking around these forums for awhile, but never took the time to register, anyways, just signed up, and ready to post my casebuild on this site =)
Might as well start off with some concept images ( 3dsmax 2OO8 )
-------The idea-------
The main idea behind this project was to create a silent running file server with lots of physical space to fit all the HDD's i would need to store, uhm... stuff, and equip it with a large ass radiator to remove all the heat created, i wanted the tower to have room for 2 motherboards, just for the simplicity of having one gaming computer and one running as server in the same case, as the main aspect of this build would be silent operation , i went for 3x 250mm mist fans, and another 8x 120mm noctuas to cool things off...
-------The hardware------
--Hardware-- PC1
Asus P5K - Deluxe, p35
4gb pc 9200 ocz flex
Radeon HD3870x2
Q6600 - G0
X-fi, extreme gamer
--Hardware-- PC2
Asus P5N32-E SLI
OCZ NvidiaSLI XTC 4GB PC8500
Asus 8800GT
Q6600 - G0
X-fi, extreme gamer
--Disks--
4x 74gb toshiba 15k rpm SAS
16x 500gb Western Digital - 16mb 7200rpm - SATA
8x 750gb Western Digital - 16mb 7200rpm - SATA
4x 500gb Western Digital - 16mb 7200rpm - IDE
--Watercooling--
KTM 525 EXC Radiator
1x Aqua-Medic Oceanrunner 1200l/h pumper
5 meter watehose, 12mm
4 meter foodhose, 42mm
random plummer parts in copper
Random waterblocks
------materials--------
I wanted this case to look decent, and to be honest, aluminium cases got a bit too common for me, so i decided to go with a full plexi casing with a aluminium frame to support it, the harddrive mount ended up in perforated steel plates, somewhat to keep them a bit colder, and somewhat for the looks of it