Yeah that's fair to average design for a supposedly good case. It wouldn't stand in my world either. I'm sure you can space frame it or replace it totally.
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Yeah that's fair to average design for a supposedly good case. It wouldn't stand in my world either. I'm sure you can space frame it or replace it totally.
A little work update - been a little tied up last few days but expect some progress soon.
Firstly installed the 3 monitors and the sound system. Used vesa mounts for the 19" fellows.
http://www.chrispurves.com/gallery/m...&g2_itemId=239
Next I started building the replacement motherboard support.
Cutting the acrylic
http://www.chrispurves.com/gallery/m...&g2_itemId=241
And then drilling
http://www.chrispurves.com/gallery/m...&g2_itemId=243
Tomorrow night should get it all lit up by UV.
Chris
Well another day a little more achieved. Here is tonights work log.
In goes the power supply with its cables all tidied up.
http://www.chrispurves.com/gallery/m...&g2_itemId=245
Here you can see a bundle of spairs underneath the galaxy.
http://www.chrispurves.com/gallery/m...&g2_itemId=247
Next up a couple of shots of the replacement motherboard support
http://www.chrispurves.com/gallery/m...&g2_itemId=249
and in the case
http://www.chrispurves.com/gallery/m...&g2_itemId=251
finally a proposed layout for the pumps and their power supply.
http://www.chrispurves.com/gallery/m...&g2_itemId=255
Think thats about it for the night - next up is mounting the pumps on their shock absorbers and getting the rads in.
Have a good one.
Chris
Wow, nice work, everything is so clean!
very, very neat m8.
absolutely love the 3 lcd setup :up:
Thanks guys ! Well my stealths are finally in at petras so i will soon have all the bits i need!
Chris
this is a brilliant log, everything explained in nice detail :)
Nice work there but that seems like an awful lot of trouble to go to with the optical drives, in my opinion of course. Back in the day when I used to stealth drives in Lian Li's I would cut them down flush and dremel all the edges angled internally to minimize any potential risk of catching. I used cork pads by the button area and double sided tape between the tray and the plate. I would then drill a small 1mm hole etc lined up with the activity light and cut off a small piece from a SP/DIF optical cable and bond it in. All of this sat 100% flush, opened by touch directly on the plate and showed the activity very well too, normally took about 30-45 mins to do perfectly. Of course we all have our own ingenious ways of doing these things ;).
Cheers,
Nick.
Oops Bug**********:mad: :mad: :mad:
Gonna have to make a new top.
http://www.chrispurves.com/gallery/m...&g2_itemId=257
Not enough patience I am afraid on my part.
Chris
ass :(
I almost did the same thing from rushing. The hole for my fillport seemed to be taking an AGE and pretty well no matter which tool I chose, I just couldn't get the 'hot knife through butter' tool :(, mungo was angry at this point. In the end I end made mine slightly too big and had to glue the seals top and bottom of the fillport as it had a fillport clamping against it trying to make an airtight seal against the roof. I loathe drilling perspex/acrylic.Quote:
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Well a few hours wasted but back on track. Bought the replacement perspex from local B&Q (ouch) and with trusty hacksaw in hand off I went. Took a little more care with the drilling this time and even learn't how to rivit! Anyway results below now including the 2 fill ports.
http://www.chrispurves.com/gallery/m...&g2_itemId=259
Tomorrow is pump mounting and power supply I think.
Chris
the fillports look real nice in the top like that :)
Nice work phcjpp
Another day a bit more progress !
Pump with noise supressing mounts
http://www.chrispurves.com/gallery/m...&g2_itemId=261
Holes drilled in case for pump mounting
http://www.chrispurves.com/gallery/m...&g2_itemId=263
Pump wired up
http://www.chrispurves.com/gallery/m...&g2_itemId=265
At last - a use for the motherboard support. Gonna move it nearer the front of the case and use it to hold the powersupply. Much Dremmeling to get that hole cut.
http://www.chrispurves.com/gallery/m...&g2_itemId=267
Rather cute acrylic mount constructed for the reservoirs.
http://www.chrispurves.com/gallery/m...&g2_itemId=269
Finally a couple of fill ports fitted for drainage.
http://www.chrispurves.com/gallery/m...&g2_itemId=271
Chris
Nice job men keep going ;)
What tools are you using to cut into your case/mobo support and your acrylic pieces. I'm almost frightened to tough acrylic as I see all the horror stories people have in cracking it.
Hi,
Hack saw is fairly good at cutting straight sections of acrylic. For holes in acrylic I use the spade drills mentioned earlier. Very slowly and from both sides with a pilot hole often finished off with the dremmel sander is my favourite method. Its fairly easy to work with, just take your time.
As for cutting the case - either a hole saw for the fill ports or a dremmel in 'free-style' mode. Again slow and careful wins the day.
Chris
this is looking great phcjpp! please keep the pics coming :yepp: :clap:
Thanks for the tips. Now I just have to get over my uneasiness of cutting up a MM case. Let me know how you managed to mount the MW PSU. I'm still having difficulty finding a place for it since moving to the Horizon.Quote:
Originally Posted by phcjpp
Evening all .... well here a few pics from todays workathon.
Wiring up the PSU - please note its not a meanwell but guess does the same thing.
http://www.chrispurves.com/gallery/m...&g2_itemId=275
zoomed out view
http://www.chrispurves.com/gallery/m...&g2_itemId=277
removing the NB and SB cooler from the EVGA 680i
http://www.chrispurves.com/gallery/m...&g2_itemId=279
bare board
http://www.chrispurves.com/gallery/m...&g2_itemId=281
eek what a mess - time for some TIM cleaner
http://www.chrispurves.com/gallery/m...&g2_itemId=283
and the results - finally some tubing going in - everything still loose though
http://www.chrispurves.com/gallery/m...&g2_itemId=285
side shot
http://www.chrispurves.com/gallery/m...&g2_itemId=287
and the cube itself
http://www.chrispurves.com/gallery/m...&g2_itemId=289
fully pimped Iwaki
http://www.chrispurves.com/gallery/m...&g2_itemId=291
Thats all folk's :)
Chris
Thats looking damn sweet!
That is looking awesome, keep it going.
Rob
Hi All,
Well some more progress this evening.
Firstly a quick shot of a couple of water temp sensors I made.
http://www.chrispurves.com/gallery/m...&g2_itemId=301
Next up a new arrival - well a pair of them in fact - 2 stealths !
http://www.chrispurves.com/gallery/m...&g2_itemId=303
I finally got round to doing some leak testing here.
http://www.chrispurves.com/gallery/m...&g2_itemId=305
As you can see from the wet board, filling up was fun and there were in fact a few leaks. All from the rad area. The little rad screw didn't seem to be tight on one rad and the barbs were not tight on another.
Here is a stealth - this time connected up
http://www.chrispurves.com/gallery/m...&g2_itemId=309
finally a aerial view of the motherboard cooling in its box :)
http://www.chrispurves.com/gallery/m...&g2_itemId=313
Thats about all - gonna leave it on 'soak test' for tonight.
I finally feel I am getting somewhere with this build. I can actually see the end in sight !
Chris
looking good man....*-)
How'd you mount your dual EK reservoirs?