Case Design for Liquid Cooling

[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.