Cherry wood Case with water cooling

[Tale Gunner]

Tale Gunner,

You are truly talented. Your design is sound and the craftsmanship is superb. My Father was a cabinet maker for 50+ years, and I followed in his footsteps... I've been doing custom cabinets since I was 16... I'm now 50+. I know talent when I see it...
You've got good tools and know how to use them. You are correct... with a table saw and router table... you can build most anything!

You are getting close to completing your project... remember! it will only be as beautiful as it's finish. Clue us in on your plans... what type of finish are you going to use?

If it was me... I'd use Lin seed oil tinted with a fruit-wood stain and paste wax... or amber varnish. Please clue us in on your plans!

Lee Haag

I have a dark stain that I was looking to match another cabinet in my office. I plan to use the grain filler to add to the luster of the stain. Thank you for those compliments. I cant tell you how much I appreciate them.

[Tale Gunner]

Here is a better picture of the wood panel aligned correctly.

And after setting up the mortice attachment on the drill press I had this to look at.

[DAE_JA_VOO]

Looks great

I just dont like the Thermaltake temperature sensor. Those sensors look cheap and i'm scared it will detract from the beauty of the case

[Tale Gunner]

Looks great

I just dont like the Thermaltake temperature sensor. Those sensors look cheap and i'm scared it will detract from the beauty of the case

Hmmm do you have any others that you do like? Drop me a line and let me look at what you think is possible here. If it fits my build I can take it into consideration. Thanks

[FrooP]

a brushed aluminium cover would look :

great stuff TG

[Tale Gunner]

a brushed aluminium cover would look :

great stuff TG

Thanks ..

[Wannabeamodder]

Hey TG:
In looking at the pics and thinking about your temp monitor delima.
It dawned on me that in order to keep an eye on the guages the door would have to be open all the time. Why not put the guages in the door front?
Or in the base front.

Just a thought.

Charles

[Tale Gunner]

Hey TG:
In looking at the pics and thinking about your temp monitor delima.
It dawned on me that in order to keep an eye on the guages the door would have to be open all the time. Why not put the guages in the door front?
Or in the base front.

Just a thought.

Charles

Hey I'll give that a try. Thanks wannabeamodder

[hagatha]

That style of temp monitor are only as accurate as the location of the sensor... Your best bet to monitor temps of the CPU, GPU, NB or system... would be software based. There are several free programs out there that take the readings from the BIOS or from the chip directly. I have a Logitech G15 keyboard that displays alot of information temps, mem usage... etc... right on the built in LCD.

I'd fill the bay with either a fan controller or a 3.5 floppy disk. DON"T Laugh... most BIOS updates still require a floppy disk!

Are those the optical drives your going to use? SATA or IDE?

You given any thought to wire routing/management? Custom cables? I've done a lot of both... If you need help, let me know. What are you putting inside this case? Component list?

Lee

[Tale Gunner]

That style of temp monitor are only as accurate as the location of the sensor... Your best bet to monitor temps of the CPU, GPU, NB or system... would be software based. There are several free programs out there that take the readings from the BIOS or from the chip directly. I have a Logitech G15 keyboard that displays alot of information temps, mem usage... etc... right on the built in LCD.

I'd fill the bay with either a fan controller or a 3.5 floppy disk. DON"T Laugh... most BIOS updates still require a floppy disk!

Are those the optical drives your going to use? SATA or IDE?

You given any thought to wire routing/management? Custom cables? I've done a lot of both... If you need help, let me know. What are you putting inside this case? Component list?

Lee

Thanks. I appreciate the offer and my take you up on it but I have been building computers since 1980. I have seen the logitech keyboard and its great, but this is getting away from my original build and I really don't want to do that. Yes there are some MB's that still require the floppy disk for updating the bios but not mine. I have a crash free bios that if there is a problem it allows me to restore the bios using a flash disk with bios file on it. I do have the option to use a floppy disk but with a flash disk its very easy.
No the drives I used are for measurements only. The two I will be using are presently in another case (this one to be exact) and will be transfered over to the new case after the construction is complete.

My componet list:
Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe Wireless Edition
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Windsor 3.0GHz Socket AM2 Processor Model ADX6000CZBOX - Retail
(2) PNY VCG8800XXPB GeForce 8800GTX 768MB 384-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP
(2) CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
(2) Seagate Barracuda 500GB/250GB 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
(2) LITE-ON Black 20X IDE Burner with LightScribe Technology

Wire management will occur during the build. Since I work for a medical company and I am an engineer it should not be a problem with the cable management. I am looking into a different LCD screen to display the information and I have software to drive it. I just need to select the LCD to build into my unit. Thanks again for the offer.