Custom Cube Case (Scratch Build)

[zuess]

Since I have a few weeks till the case goes to be powder coated I thought it would be a good time to improve the cooling on my eVGA GTX260.

It's the Ek full-cover block and the Ram backplate, Thanks ncix.com.



The quality of the block is great, and the nickel finish is sooooo nice.





I've read that removing the stock cooler can be very difficult but, it actually wasn't as hard as I thought it would be.








Leak tested for 18 hours



The block dropped my idle temps from 44 down to 33, will bench it to see the maximum temps later.

I hope you enjoyed the pictures.

zuess

[Spankyfart]

I love it and as mentioned earlier in this thread I started my own and using some of your idea's for connecting the aluminum "profiles"
Not sure if that is the correct word but i bastardized it from dutch

Doubt i'll ever post a worklog, but I have D70 and I will take pics along the way.
The base is an old aluminum kingwin case which resembles your lian li backplate.
It also has "sliding" 5.25" 3.5" fasteners. So mounting them will be easier. Especially the cdrom drive/fancontroller.

As you can see mine will be alot smaller then yours.
The motherboard will be placed in the middle somewhere horizontally, and 2 pumps will be mounted next to the 5.25" bays on each side.
2 120.2 in the bottom and the psu at the bottom (similar to yours.

Good luck on your build.
if mine turns out 1/2 as good, i'll be more then happy.

[FrostyPanda]

[zuess]

Hi FrostyPanda, your case is looking great I was looking a your worklog yesterday.

Really like that black and white color scheme.

[FrostyPanda]

Hi FrostyPanda, your case is looking great I was looking a your worklog yesterday.

Really like that black and white color scheme.

Hey thanks! What color scheme are you planning on? Just my 2 cents, but I think a metallic or pearl indigo would look siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick. It'd have to be really dark, but it would really accent the electric blue cables and go great with the w/c tubing, esp. if you have UV blue coolant in it . Have fun with it!

[zuess]

Hey thanks! What color scheme are you planning on? Just my 2 cents, but I think a metallic or pearl indigo would look siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick. It'd have to be really dark, but it would really accent the electric blue cables and go great with the w/c tubing, esp. if you have UV blue coolant in it . Have fun with it!

Hi FrostyPanda,

I think Black and the natural color of aluminum, i just want to be able to play with different colors of fans and tubing.

I haven't used any coolant, trying to avoid the gunk problem, but i have noticed the "BlueAqua" has been using Feser One premix with good success.

I may give that a try, would look good in the Micro-Res.

zuess

[FrostyPanda]

Hi FrostyPanda,

I think Black and the natural color of aluminum, i just want to be able to play with different colors of fans and tubing.

I haven't used any coolant, trying to avoid the gunk problem, but i have noticed the "BlueAqua" has been using Feser One premix with good success.

I may give that a try, would look good in the Micro-Res.

zuess

That could look cool. One other thing, if you want to be able to change in the future, is that you could just use LED's to light the thing. I've never tried this, but putting some sort of diffuser on it might give a nice effect

Congrats 5 pages!!!

[zuess]

I love it and as mentioned earlier in this thread I started my own and using some of your idea's for connecting the aluminum "profiles"
Not sure if that is the correct word but i bastardized it from dutch

Doubt i'll ever post a worklog, but I have D70 and I will take pics along the way.
The base is an old aluminum kingwin case which resembles your lian li backplate.
It also has "sliding" 5.25" 3.5" fasteners. So mounting them will be easier. Especially the cdrom drive/fancontroller.

As you can see mine will be alot smaller then yours.
The motherboard will be placed in the middle somewhere horizontally, and 2 pumps will be mounted next to the 5.25" bays on each side.
2 120.2 in the bottom and the psu at the bottom (similar to yours.

Good luck on your build.
if mine turns out 1/2 as good, i'll be more then happy.

That's looking great!
The profile corners are really strong using that method, not to mention that your using cutoff pieces and saving money.
Please post a worklog when your done, just take lots of pictures.
If your not a perfectionist, become one even for just this project and don't rush and you will be pleased for years to come.
Your case will be very unique and others will get alot of good ideas, and that's what it's all about.