Project Clockwork vII

[blueonblack]

Just a small parts update (and to keep this worklog from drowning in page 5 or 6 or wherever it had sunk to)...


During the recent demise of Xoxide I scored a couple of great deals for this build. I'll be replacing the Scythe Musashi air coolers on my HD4870 cards with Swiftech MCW60 waterblocks.

This obviously frees up a LOT of room, and also allows me the space to use better ramsinks than the aluminum that came with the Musashi.

I also scored a 1000-watt modular PSU!

I've also made a minor design modification. I'm going to chop up the motherboard tray I have a little bit and mount the new PSU on the bottom of the case, sliding the motherboard up several inches. This will not only free up a lot of room on the bottom, but it will make power routing easier, I think.

This project isn't dead, it's just sleeping, as I have a lot of other stuff going on right now. Stay tuned, more news as it happens.

[DonT-FeaR]

sweet. cant wait to see this going again

[The boy 4rm oz]

I use an MCW-60 to cool my 8800GTX, it's a fantastic block.

[Vanille]

Nice project espacially all those little wheels are sick !

[blueonblack]

I finally got some of the corners made for it today. I love acrylic, it's one of the most versatile materials I've ever worked with. I made these corners out of some 1/8" sheet acrylic I had left over from some old storm windows.

The corners I had in mind needed to be more than 1/8" thick, so I doubled them up and glued them together. Then cut four sets of material: four squares, four rectangles matching the squares on one side, then four more squares matching the shorter side of the rectangles. I put these together to form the corners of the case:

These will be the base corners, I have to make four more for the top, but that can wait. I also finally got ahold of some angle iron to use for the edges. I don't have enough yet for all the edges, but when you put together what I have it looks like it's taking shape!! I don't have the angle iron painted yet, but I took some pics to show how it will look. (The finished product should look exactly like the corners.)

You can tell in the pics that the back panel isn't stained, I built a new one so I could cut the hole for the PSU now that it will be mounted on the bottom. Got that hole cut and the hole for the fan on the bottom also. I still have to cut holes for the I/O plate, the secondary 110 connection (for the water pump and possibly the lighting - still deciding whether to use LED lights or 110 lights with a dimmer switch), and the fan, though I haven't decided how I'm going to do the radiator yet so that will have to wait.

Opinions on the corner/angle iron appearance?

[msmrx57]

Looking awesome. That angle iron almost doesn't need to be painted. Great job on the corners they look incredible. This one just keeps getting better and better.

[Liquid_Scope_99]

Man that looks cool as he,... i wish i had that vision man . Great job i will take one in cherrry lol . +rep

[blueonblack]

That angle iron almost doesn't need to be painted.

That thought had crossed my mind, actually. I was planning to make all the "metal" look the same, but this does have a nice contrast. Anyone else have an opinion on leaving the angle iron as is?

[Xpirate]

The angle metal looks good as is. But I'm sure it will look good if you change it as you originally planned as well.

[SXRguyinMA]

lookin awesome man! cant wait to see more progress