OMG there is life
That fan controller is very cool
OMG there is life
That fan controller is very cool
Thanks D
Been soooooooo looooooong.
Gone mini-ITX all the way now.
Upgraded the HTPC to a z97 mobo with i3 4370 3.8ghz dual core 4 threads, far snappier than the AMD dual core 1.5ghz I had.
And
I sold the 2nd GTX 770 figuring it was a waste of electric for a smidge of extra eye candy so went mini-ITX for the gaming rig since the onboard audio was excellent on the HTPC.
Specs going into this one are.
Corsair AX860i
Gigabyte GA-Z97N-GAMING-5, I was that impressed with it I bought a 2nd one.
i5-4690K @4.3ghz
Noctua NH-D14
8GB DDR3
4GB GTX 770
256GB SSD
1TB HDD
So with the mini-ITX spec I designed & made a new case more suited.
And I'm calling it, Cubeydoodar.
The mesh will have to wait but what you see here took 2 good sessions, I loosely based the internal layout on a Lian Li case I like, supports 300mm GPU & 170mm CPU cooler, 1 HDD, 1 SSD, ATX PSU, was thinking back to basics on this one.
I did the panel edges bevelled like on the NUC project for nice sharp edges & used 10x 10mm nut blocks.
I'll post again when it's complete.
And yes, this means the ATX case isn't going to be used & this is probably the messiest project log evar, woooo.
my 1st scratch case made july 2008 (finding my feet)
Air Cube prototype (fin jan 2009) (still finding my feet)
Air Cube v2 now with added cpc stack (fin aug 2010) (getting better)
Project Stealthlow (fin sep 2011) (much improvement)
Lean and Green - modular dual PC scratch build - Paused
Midlag Crisis
Added mesh, a window, USB 3 ports & a vandal switch, also painted the front & back panels a metallic graphite grey.
And it's now good to use so see you when I feel like making a much lower profile HTPC or decide to make a new case for the ps4.
my 1st scratch case made july 2008 (finding my feet)
Air Cube prototype (fin jan 2009) (still finding my feet)
Air Cube v2 now with added cpc stack (fin aug 2010) (getting better)
Project Stealthlow (fin sep 2011) (much improvement)
Lean and Green - modular dual PC scratch build - Paused
Midlag Crisis
Took a few shots of the original idea for closure.
It's a wrap, no hardware to put in these so empty systems is the finale on this one.
my 1st scratch case made july 2008 (finding my feet)
Air Cube prototype (fin jan 2009) (still finding my feet)
Air Cube v2 now with added cpc stack (fin aug 2010) (getting better)
Project Stealthlow (fin sep 2011) (much improvement)
Lean and Green - modular dual PC scratch build - Paused
Midlag Crisis
Awesome work Waynio! It's a bummer you don't have awesome kit to put in there.
Very very nice.