What do you think of my "water cooling" case design?

[Mick64]

top notch, add mounts for monsta and the other rad rails, instead of holes for fans do the whole thing as a line so you can mount any size rad from any manufacture

Most 120mm rads have standard spacing; I think it's only the Thermochill rad that is different? But it wouldn't be a problem to slot the holes to accommodate any 120mm type rad. Of cause, there is the issue of 140mm rads coming on to the market, which would mean increasing the size of the case by another 40mm.

It doesn't really matter if its Aluminum or Steel, its a design. It's not real and he's not going to be able to build it. It would take a completely different set of skills to fabricate the case the whats needed to design it. Getting someone to do the fab work for one of the design would be cost prohibitive because it would require all the work to be done by hand. At the prevailing wage for such work your looking at around $1000 for the case based on getting the job done in ten hours and I really don't think it could be done in 10. To mass produce it would require millions and then you also run into copyright infringment problems. Silverstone claiming it looks to much like one of their cases, Lian Li claiming the hard drive cage is theirs.

You are correct, it would take different skills to fabricate this case, but that doesn't mean to say that I don't have these skills. What is the problem is that I don't have the facilities. However, if I can show a company that this would be a popular design, I may be able to convince them to add this case to their line up, or I may be able to convince a fabrication company to produce a small number of cases, which bring the price down. I don't think there would be an issue with copyright infringement, as it doesn't look like any other case on the market, and the hard drive cage, well I must admit, I did download this from the SketchUp website, but I could quite easily design my own!

Ah, maybe so. But I still think he should at least look into it. If I listened to doubters in my life I would not be in as good a position as I am today. You never know, he could make good money by just selling off the design! I still think its good work all the same.

Thanks for your thoughts mountain, and I totaly agree....

Please extend the middle section.

reasons:

- I don't want my bottom video card that close to my power supply.... it would essentially be touching it, and forbids the use of bottom exit of full-coverage blocks on that slot, which forbids tri-fire.

- I would like to see 2 fans in front, 2 fans in back, its the norm nowadays and would be the icing on the cake for this case

- I generally just like some room around the mobo. As it is, it would be pretty tight around the mobo.

I'll buy one! I'd pay around $200 to $250 for such a case.

I also agree that the rad mounting should be universal so any rads can be used.

Also I can't tell how much room is behind the mobo tray, but if you make it about an inch, I could kiss you. It seems like every case out there is just a little shy of behind-the-mobo space for wiring.

Thanks for you input vinister. I don't think there would be much of problem with a third vga card as there would still be space between the card and the bottom panel, also there would be a gap between the PSU and the bottom panel, so there would be plenty of air flow and extending the middle section would mean increasing the size of an already large case. I don't agree about the 2 fans front and rear, one this would take up more space and two with a water cooled system, most of the heat is dissipated by the rads so there is less heat build up within the case. Rads I've already mentioned, price who knows, and space behind the mobo for wiring should be adequate.