Case Design for Liquid Cooling

[EchoBlack4]

Coolest case I've ever seen. When it's going into production??? I want one for upcoming 7i rig

[Mick64]

Thanks! Do you have any new renders to show us? Or an update perhaps.

You said that the fan you where putting in the front was not out for sale yet. And I cant seem to find any also. Do you have a date or something when they will be available for us "normal" people?

It is this one I'm trying to find: http://www.coolermaster.com/products...ate=36&id=6492

And do you have it on good sources that this fan is good? I know some big fans have trouble with their bearings.

And I'm also building a chassis almost like yours. I went with that design after all but with a few changes to suit my needs. I'm going to have a door i think.

I'm constantly messing with new renders, but it can be a lengthy process. I often have to wait an hour or two to see if I'm happy with the result. If not, I'll stop the render, make some changes and start again. I don't like posting renders that I'm not happy with.

The 200mm Cooler Master fan is available, but it seems only in the US and OZ at the moment. Performance PC's does ship international, but at a price! Hopefully, it will be available in Europe soon...

From what I have read about the large fans currently available, the Cooler Master fan is one of the best.

Good luck with your case build!

Coolest case I've ever seen. When it's going into production??? I want one for upcoming 7i rig

Watercooling UK is currently looking at making a prototype of my design, but it's still early days. I'm hoping that it will be available in the future, but that all depends on production costs, etc....

[Chumbucket843]

the only thing between me and this case is an ocean and a couple hundred dineros. you should post a poll to see how many people would buy it.

[sargatanas]

sexiest case ever.
hope someone will produce it!

[3Z3VH]

the only thing between me and this case is an ocean and a couple hundred dineros. you should post a poll to see how many people would buy it.

Unfortunately, he will get a LOT of people who say they will buy it, and not come through. I doubt he could find an accurate number of people who want to buy one, without coming up with at least an approximate price, and taking pre-orders.

[sinticfury]

You shouldve been at computex 2009, my dad went (he lives in taipei) and he told me how disapointed he was with thermaltakes level 10

[Mick64]

All Black....

[Brodholm]

Best so far

[maddoggy]

I still fall out of my chair every time I come here. Fantastic layout.

I hold by my earlier comment regarding the design of the release for the side panels, however. Something that drops in and tilts closed, with a mechanism to lock it in place akin to the Voodoo Omen rev2 sitting on my desk just seems to be a necessity when dealing with the monstrous size of this thing. The ease I have of just pulling the catch in the back and tilting the panels out then up is the kind of detail work a case this beautiful just seems to call out for.

I'm digging for retail cases with a similar system, maybe Lian-Li has one I can point you to, as they manufactured the case for Voodoo.



EDIT: found it: Look to the Lian-Li PC-B70 & PC-B71 article here:

http://www.madshrimps.be/vbulletin/f...chassis-60356/

It includes detail images of the side panel release system:

Rear pull to release:
http://www.madshrimps.be/vbulletin/a...side-panel.jpg

closeup of panel design:
http://www.madshrimps.be/vbulletin/a...insulation.jpg

hard to see, but the uppermost rail has the catches for the panel, and this slides back as the rear thumbscrew/latch is pulled back:
http://www.madshrimps.be/vbulletin/a...om-clasper.jpg

you can see the tabs which catch the panels there.


The bottom of the panels are simply like the front edge of yours- a tab that slips behind the bottom edge of the chassis, instead of the front edge.

Very elegant, and likely patented, but certainly inspirational, I hope.

[Mick64]

I still fall out of my chair every time I come here. Fantastic layout.

I hold by my earlier comment regarding the design of the release for the side panels, however. Something that drops in and tilts closed, with a mechanism to lock it in place akin to the Voodoo Omen rev2 sitting on my desk just seems to be a necessity when dealing with the monstrous size of this thing. The ease I have of just pulling the catch in the back and tilting the panels out then up is the kind of detail work a case this beautiful just seems to call out for.

Very elegant, and likely patented, but certainly inspirational, I hope.

Thanks for the kind words!

I agree, a very elegant solution. This sort of mechanism is obviously not much of a problem to manufacture for companies such Lian Li, and if they choose to manufacture a case based ob my design it will probably have such a mechanism. However, I have been trying to keep my design as simple as possible to make the fabrication as simple as possible. I believe a small workshop could manufacture my design with basic cutting and bending machines. A latching mechanism would just complicate things......

[Mick64]

Different lighting, slightly different angle....

[No1451]

Someone really needs to take the plunge and get this thing built. It's great as is but until it gets put into hard format it's a lot like masturbation, fun but ultimately it isn't going to get you anywhere.

I really wish I had the dough to get something fabbed. Maybe later this year when I have money kicking around after tuition.

[Semicycle]

It's great as is but until it gets put into hard format it's a lot like masturbation, fun but ultimately it isn't going to get you anywhere.

ROFLAMO. Funniest thing I've read all day.

[pingpong1455]

Someone really needs to take the plunge and get this thing built. It's great as is but until it gets put into hard format it's a lot like masturbation, fun but ultimately it isn't going to get you anywhere.

I really wish I had the dough to get something fabbed. Maybe later this year when I have money kicking around after tuition.

depending on how much it would be to fab i might think about it would have to ditch my TJ07 case build

how many rads does this hold if it holds the equivalent of 2 quads im in

and ill say this now cause someone will ask "2 quads is a waste why you doing it the air transfer delta blah blah blah"

anyways my room is freezing in the winter and i was going to get a cheap airconditioner for summer so my room will always be chilly

[Metric]

i might have missed it, but whats the point in double posting all your pics in the "computer case" forum, and inhere? its almost 2 identical threads

Probably because not everyone who visits the Computer Cases forum necessarily visits the Liquid Cooling forum.

[Mick64]

i might have missed it, but whats the point in double posting all your pics in the "computer case" forum, and inhere? its almost 2 identical threads

Probably because not everyone who visits the Computer Cases forum necessarily visits the Liquid Cooling forum.

....and vice-versa! If you read the threads, you'll see that the majority of the people posting on one thread are not the same as the other, and I get double the hit-rate as well. I want as many people to see my design as I can get. It seems to be working as well, because pictures of this case are spreading to an increasing number of computer sites around the web. I can monitor this on my Photobucket stats page. Cheers Metric.

[kinghong1970]

Someone really needs to take the plunge and get this thing built. It's great as is but until it gets put into hard format it's a lot like masturbation, fun but ultimately it isn't going to get you anywhere.

I really wish I had the dough to get something fabbed. Maybe later this year when I have money kicking around after tuition.

So, um... Mick... stop jerking us off and make the damn case already!!!!

[Mick64]

So, um... Mick... stop jerking us off and make the damn case already!!!!

[Gadgeteer57]

Yes no TT

[lkiller123]

Honestly, it's the question on everyone's lips. Have any of the big case manufacturers got back to you on this? This could be a fantastic server case if it had the capability for adding hard drives in the place of radiators, perhaps that is something you should push as added functionality (and therefore saleability).

Mick, I've been looking at the designs and your comments. They are fantastic and out-of-this-world, but do keep in mind that if you really want to put this case into production and make some big $$, you will have to get the big manufacturers to like this design. The way you talk about the case (as I've seen earlier "If you are not putting a dual loop inside this case, then this is not the case for you."), the big brands (Silverstone, Lian-Lis) will not take it. If you really want to put it into production, you will have to get the market as big as possible.

Do mind that there are not much watercooling enthusiasts in this world, 2000 people MAX around this world. And most of them will not have unlimited budgets for a case. There will be many people that will looking for a case that will have other potentials other than watercooling, such as being capable of being a server case (as Dreamaxx mentioned earlier) or air-cooling. Although it won't sound like the purpose of this case, but those will be the major market that the manufacturers will target for.

Also, for the price range. Try to keep the size as small as possible. I could see that the height and length are reasonable, but try to make your case anything less than 700mm in depth. Keep in mind that the bigger the case, the more the cost. The more the cost, the less market there is. You see, not much people will spend more than 300 dollars on a case. Let alone 500 dollars.

No offense, but they are all in my humble opinion I am really looking forward for the case to be mass-produced

[Mick64]

Thought I'd post a couple of SketchUp animations so you can compare my case design with the SilverStone TJ07 and the Lian Li V2000....

[lkiller123]

Awesome comparison Mick It seems GIGANTIC under the comparison

I hope you read my comment

[Chumbucket843]

you might want to turn anti aliasing on for both renders and in your nvidia control panel for sketch up.

[jtf2]

Do mind that there are not much watercooling enthusiasts in this world, 2000 people MAX around this world.

you my friend have not a ing clue what you speak
2000 people max around this world, WTF would give you that number

[Mick64]

Awesome comparison Mick It seems GIGANTIC under the comparison

I hope you read my comment

Thanks for the compliments!

Yes it's a big case. It's actually bigger than when I started. It was actually not much bigger than the V2000, but it has grown because of comments and suggestions made by XS members. Basically, it's an enthusiasts case and if it does go into production, it will probably be in small numbers only (built to order maybe?)

I was never out to make big bucks with this design. I just though it was a good idea and wanted to share it with the water-cooling community in the hope that someone might build it (I haven't got the facilities or the funds).

You're probably right about the big manufactures, but water-cooling is getting more and more popular. I think that it would be even more popular if there were cases on the market that did not require any modification to house a decent water-cooling setup (such as mine). There are many people out there that want a water-cooled PC, but haven't got the time, skills, or facilities to modify a case to put it in!

As for price, this is the big question! I really don't know how much it would cost. I've tried to keep the design as simple as possible. I've also made it so that most of the parts are modular, so you only need to buy the parts that you require. It is also very versatile; you can have many different configurations. There's no denying, it will probably be quite expensive, but I would hope that it would be around the same sort of price as a TJ07 or V2000...