Cherry wood Case with water cooling

[Tale Gunner]

I have been looking into some of the possibilities for different look on the front of my computer case. I'm not sold that I would like this mod but everyone keeps sending me recommendations. This will cause me major grief here to attempt this and could possibly damage the case. But since its just time and effort here with no damage I drew up a cad file to see what it would take.

This panel would stick out 3/4" over the existing trim. I could not put it inside the trim because of the space between the CD Roms and the trim. Its just too small and the Cherry would be too thin and possibly break when cutting it. If I lowered it down to cover the trim across the 3.5" bay then the trim would show 1/4" below the panel and would not look correct. Covering it all would eliminate all the trim I already spent time creating plus it would really create a huge problem with the switches. I wanted the switches to be difficult to get to (to avoid accidental resets and such) but this would be crazy. The panel would stick out 1.25" and if I added trim round the new panel it would be out 1 3/4". That's a little too much.

In covering the 3.5" bays it would be murder to attempt to create all the different cuts for a memory card reader in that area that I would have to abandon the idea to put one in there. The slots are too close and the wood most likely break during that modification. Removing the trim is out of the question. I am not going through that again. From the card cage to the front of the drives its 13/16". So removing the trim would be out of the question. I would need that space to keep the CD Rom from poking through.

[jdbnsn]

Can you snap a photo of a direct frontal view of the case, for better visualization?

[Tale Gunner]

Here it is from earlier posts.

[jdbnsn]

Doh! I knew that.

[Tale Gunner]

Here is a picture from the side. As you can see the CD-Roms will extend out beyond the trim.

[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

In thinking about your solution I remembered that the monitor has a temperature alarm. This would sound off first then I would look to the display for the temperature reading. If I set the alarm low enough I would have plenty of time to react to any issue with temperature. So its not something I would want or need to see all the time.

[jdbnsn]

I still think you should consider gauges, like this maybe...and you could fit this in with slimline drives

[Tale Gunner]

I still think you should consider gauges, like this maybe...and you could fit this in with slimline drives

Looking at your picture gave me some inspiration. I took the old burner with the black bezel and removed the front plate. Now I have a simple tray that can be slotted out the front of a piece of cherry. I love the analog meters but they would not work where you have them. There are only 3 drive bays and the slides would not allow for 2 slim lines. But not to worry I could possibly move the temperature alarm to the pump housing front (visible at all times wannabeamodder) then put the two meters in the top bay. But what would they display?

[jdbnsn]

That's why I mentioned slimline drives, or laptop disc drives which would fit two in one bay (roughly). I would ask around and find someone who can program a PIC or something to rig a flow meter and water temp to those gauges. I'll ask Dave what he thinks about it, he is the PIC guy and would know how possible it would be.

[Tale Gunner]

That's why I mentioned slimline drives, or laptop disc drives which would fit two in one bay (roughly). I would ask around and find someone who can program a PIC or something to rig a flow meter and water temp to those gauges. I'll ask Dave what he thinks about it, he is the PIC guy and would know how possible it would be.

Now its me doh! Read the post dummy (talking to myself)!