KrowniK
06-27-2012, 09:29 AM
So mindchill had an idea for a case, where you could make it modular and it was pieced together by you. I know that nothing pisses me off more than having plans for 2 triple radiators, and the case you want only has room for a 1. His plan was to base a case around a modular "cage", and you can fix those cages to each other, and then you can choose from an assorted list of panels and face plates. This is what he plans to make for himself with that design philosophy in mind.
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He plans to fit 4 of his chillers that he makes in it and fix them to the face plates with holes in it. You can find a description of the chillers, along with calculated values here: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?281756-Modular-Liquid-Chiller
The little white rectangle in the front-top-left cage is going to be the All-In-One TEC/Fan/Pump/Lightning Controller that will be custom codded by me and mindchill. It should contain 3 TEC Channels, 3 Fan Channels (it doesn't sound like much but a driver is controlled by it, and the driver can power 6-8 fans) and 3 LED lightning channels (RGB). It will fit 4 triple radiators, 2 PSUs (One for the PC, one for the TECs).
The case should measures almost 2.88'(Height) x 1.68'(Deep) x 1.31'(Wide); as you can see it's not much taller than a desk, and no deeper than a standard computer case.
The grey translucent rods will be frosted and the motherboard backplate/tray, and will be internally illuminated by RGB LEDs which will be controlled by the All-In-One controller. Granted it's only going to be 16bit color, giving you a total of 65535 possibilities but that's just the limits of the devices we work with :D
We haven't decided where we're going to put the hard drives, but there's tons of room to find a spot for them. Besides, it's a "huge" case in terms of possibilities. Probably underneath the 2 PSU's or something.
As the build is progressing I will chime in with updates on it. Enjoy!
EDIT:
Forgot to mention it's going to be running an Ivy Bridge 3570K with 2x GeForce GTX 580's, all liquid chilled.
Also, to show you what I mean for modular, here are other designs with some of the same universal parts.
The Quad
http://arqtik.com/images/modularcasejune19/quadcasev2.jpghttp://arqtik.com/images/modularcasejune19/quadcasev2-2.jpghttp://arqtik.com/images/modularcasejune19/quadcasev2-3.jpghttp://arqtik.com/images/modularcasejune19/quadcasev2-4.jpg
The Benching Station
http://arqtik.com/images/modularcasejune19/torturerack.jpghttp://arqtik.com/images/modularcasejune19/torturerack2.jpghttp://arqtik.com/images/modularcasejune19/torturerack3.jpghttp://arqtik.com/images/modularcasejune19/torturerack4.jpg
The RadBox (Slim Radiators in Push/Pull or Thick Radiators in Push or Pull)
http://arqtik.com/images/modularcasejune19/radbox.jpghttp://arqtik.com/images/modularcasejune19/radbox2.jpghttp://arqtik.com/images/modularcasejune19/radbox3.jpghttp://arqtik.com/images/modularcasejune19/radbox4.jpg
127914
He plans to fit 4 of his chillers that he makes in it and fix them to the face plates with holes in it. You can find a description of the chillers, along with calculated values here: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?281756-Modular-Liquid-Chiller
The little white rectangle in the front-top-left cage is going to be the All-In-One TEC/Fan/Pump/Lightning Controller that will be custom codded by me and mindchill. It should contain 3 TEC Channels, 3 Fan Channels (it doesn't sound like much but a driver is controlled by it, and the driver can power 6-8 fans) and 3 LED lightning channels (RGB). It will fit 4 triple radiators, 2 PSUs (One for the PC, one for the TECs).
The case should measures almost 2.88'(Height) x 1.68'(Deep) x 1.31'(Wide); as you can see it's not much taller than a desk, and no deeper than a standard computer case.
The grey translucent rods will be frosted and the motherboard backplate/tray, and will be internally illuminated by RGB LEDs which will be controlled by the All-In-One controller. Granted it's only going to be 16bit color, giving you a total of 65535 possibilities but that's just the limits of the devices we work with :D
We haven't decided where we're going to put the hard drives, but there's tons of room to find a spot for them. Besides, it's a "huge" case in terms of possibilities. Probably underneath the 2 PSU's or something.
As the build is progressing I will chime in with updates on it. Enjoy!
EDIT:
Forgot to mention it's going to be running an Ivy Bridge 3570K with 2x GeForce GTX 580's, all liquid chilled.
Also, to show you what I mean for modular, here are other designs with some of the same universal parts.
The Quad
http://arqtik.com/images/modularcasejune19/quadcasev2.jpghttp://arqtik.com/images/modularcasejune19/quadcasev2-2.jpghttp://arqtik.com/images/modularcasejune19/quadcasev2-3.jpghttp://arqtik.com/images/modularcasejune19/quadcasev2-4.jpg
The Benching Station
http://arqtik.com/images/modularcasejune19/torturerack.jpghttp://arqtik.com/images/modularcasejune19/torturerack2.jpghttp://arqtik.com/images/modularcasejune19/torturerack3.jpghttp://arqtik.com/images/modularcasejune19/torturerack4.jpg
The RadBox (Slim Radiators in Push/Pull or Thick Radiators in Push or Pull)
http://arqtik.com/images/modularcasejune19/radbox.jpghttp://arqtik.com/images/modularcasejune19/radbox2.jpghttp://arqtik.com/images/modularcasejune19/radbox3.jpghttp://arqtik.com/images/modularcasejune19/radbox4.jpg