JR404's Cube project

[4Qman]

Keep up the great work dude. Congrats on the kid also man, wish you all the best mate.

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[_TheMaster_]

Congratulations your case is very good

[Leeghoofd]

For the Cube dimensions I went straight for 48 on 48cm , why because the AC Ryan acryl panels are 47 on 47cm so I had some spacing left plus didn't need a lot of cutting. Also this allowed me to place one or two triple fan rads on the watercooling side without any worries. Initially gonna keep it with one, if the cooling isn't sufficient gonna add a second rad to keep it cool(er).

http://www.thermochill.com/guides/PA120-3.pdf

But initial setup is one rad placed horizontally, in case I need a 2nd rad I have the option to place it on the mobo's side front panel or replace the dvd rom and floppy/cardreader to the mobo's frontpanel of the cube and place the 2nd rad on top of the other one.
But the guys at Thermochill forum said that one rad was more than sufficient for my specs (E6600@3600mhz, NB and 8800GTX cooling. Maybe in worst case scenario they told me to add a 120 between the NB and GPU but I'll have to wait to see how it all performs. Thing I want that it's dead silent since the pc is in my living room temps will be sure as good as it's now on air and even better. Also weight was important, still below 8kg's with PSU, GPU and mobo added.

For the dimensions as mentioned 48 at 48 cm. Mobo's side is 26cm in width watercooling side 20cm. I did this because I wanted to place the HD's at the bottom to keep cables etc neat plus the mob and stuff still easy to remove or exchange. I really want good cooling but even more an easy cube/case to work on and I wanted something original not some case you buy in a shop although those UFO mods look tempting....

On monday I will continue to work on the mobo tray, gonna put a 12cm fan behind the mobo ( behind the cpu , PWM) to aid it in cooling, do some holes for clever cable management and if time permits start the small fan cooling acryl panel to place over the PWM's and ram. I decided to go with 5cm fans to blow air over the MC14 copper heatsinks from Swiftech....

Case looks good but it isn't the best build, mostly the builder is too blame but also lacking some good tools and patience :p