Project: DIRTY BOMB (cheap and nasty)

[jiggiwiddit]

duuuude.....that sh*t's SWEET. Hope you can pull it off! although...the LED you linked looks kinda big? I'm assuming you'd pull it out of that housing, so maybe it'd fit just fine.

Yep I'll definitely get rid of the casing and probably extend the led wires to get the leds on some kind of rod that can be positioned in the tube.

What would be over-the-top awesome would be to wire it so the strobe flashes more frequently when the computer is accessing the hard drive and/or DVD drive.

Might not get that complicated. Was thinking of rigging the strobe freq controls to vr pots on the front panel so they can be manually controlled.

Thanks for the input

[artoodeeto]

Might not get that complicated. Was thinking of rigging the strobe freq controls to vr pots on the front panel so they can be manually controlled.

Thanks for the input

hehehe I'm always ready to share my opinion I like the idea of manual controls too - while wiring to the hard drive would be awesome, I have no idea how to go about it. But the manual control version will be a lot easier to do and just as cool. I shall await the video clip of it strobing away...

[jiggiwiddit]

Small update

Another 'sighs' stripdown and the new cutlines are ready. The cut at the front is for the graphics radiator and fan. The curved cutline is for the graphics res.

Here is the cutline on the front panel for the radiator fan. I'll lose two of the screws that fix the front to the chassis (the lower two holes within the circle) but four should be sufficient as the completed project will be much lighter than the original scope when it was complete.

This shows where the rad will be positioned on the inside of the front panel

The radiator and fan will be secured to the front panel with stainless screws and the coolant pipes will (probably) route along the floor of the case to GPU block and res.

[x88x]

Looks great.

[jiggiwiddit]

Looks great.

Thank you.

I've given some of the project parts to my nephew Vinny for some engineering treatment

The old front panels
http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...g?t=1201531175

Will be replaced with new taller aluminum ones that will cover the row of eight holes at the bottom. More to follow on this.

These large stainless handles will be modified so that the 'finger space' is the same as the small handle

All of the parts for the CPU res are also away for machining and fabrication. I'll drill and tap the holes for the fittings myself. The GPU res will follow when I've got the remaining materials that I need. I'm also getting some nice custom feet made for the case, more to follow.

Some new tools

M3 and M4 taps and wrench

1/4" BSP tap and wrench with 11.5mm drill for res' etc

And last, but not least

A nice set of professional drill bits- very handy

[jiggiwiddit]

Small update:

Got the fans I'm using for the rads. They shift nearly 70CFM on 12V and are supposedly quiet with good static pressure.

M3 Allen screws to hold the fan to the rad. The threads were a bit long so Ive used some washers to space them out a bit

Cpu rad ready for fixing to the front panel when I get it back

[jiggiwiddit]

Case carry handle stripped, cleaned, painted and reassembled

[jiggiwiddit]

Update:
Some of the parts I gave to Vinny are ready (cheers mate)

CPU res parts all finished except for some tapped mounting holes on the edges of the square piece

And loosely assembled. The round end should look great in the round hole on the front of the case

The stainless handles are also ready after modification

[x88x]

Nice. I'll be interested to see how that res turns out.

[jiggiwiddit]

Nice. I'll be interested to see how that res turns out.

Thanks. This is my first venture into watercooling. Think I only need a couple of compressions and a pump to complete the CPU loop.