I'm planning on building this thing fairly soon. Probably going to start getting parts through the last few weeks of school, then as soon as summer begins, the fun can start.
The case will be made with a steel frame, the steel pieces being 1/8" thick, 3/4" from the angle point, all right angles. I will miter cut the edges to 45 degrees so that they can all touch. The case will be an 18 x 18 x 18 cube. The steel framework will probably be welded together at the corners, and then connected with threaded blocks.
The panels will be 1/16" thick. The side two will be 14"x14" clear acrylic windows, the bottom will be a solid panel. The top will be a diamond pattern, with 4x80mm fans attached to it; or it may just be another 14"x14" clear acrylic window, I haven't chosen yet. The side and top panels will be secured via black thumbscrews.
The case will have a single rack in the bottom for 8-10 hard drives. There will be mounting rails made of steel angle to hold the power suppl(ies). The case will divided into two major portions: the 7" high upper area that will hold the motherboard horizontally, and the 11" lower portion of the case.
(This assumes you are looking at the case from the front) The front panel will have in the lower left 6 5.25" external bays. The right and middle, towards the lower area, will have four 120mm fan mounts, in a square pattern. The upper area will have three 120mm fan mounts arranged in a horizontal line.
(This assumes you are looking at the case from the rear) The rear panel will have three 120mm fan mounts arranged in a horizontal line across the bottom. Just above those, to the right side, there will be two horizontal side-by-side power supply bays. The power supply bays will be fully scoped out to be able to handle dual PC P&C Turbocool 1KW power supplies (not that I would ever have those, but just in case...). Over to the left, still on the same height area as the PSU bays, there will be a single 120mm fan. Directly above this, into the upper 7" section, is another 120mm fan. Above the dual PSU bays will be the motherboard tray, probably made of thin sheet metal so that it would be easier to work with. The motherboard tray will be setup for a classical ATX format, with the expansion slots down towards the right edge of the case. The tray would also have mounts for two 92mm fans or two 80mm fans.
Just for a brief summary, the case will be made of steel. It will be able to hold 6 5.25" bay devices, and 8-10 internal hard drives. It will also support on external mounts a total of twelve 120mm fans, plus a couple of 80mm/92mm fans. It will be fully able to support two very large power supplies, and hold two 3x120mm radiators.
My father is renting a welder, he's building himself a car trailer. I'll get to use that. The steel angle pieces will come from the local Home Depot. Same story for the acrylic. Now, the big issue: the metal panels! I cannot find them ANYWHERE! Somebody have some information?
The case will probably end up being powdercoated black, if I can't find a service/can't afford a service, it might be given a high quality spray paint job. It will be mounted on four locking wheels.
I intend to watercool this if I can somehow deal with my car for less than expected this summer. Assuming that goes well, my plan is as follows...
Laing DDC Swiftech MCP355 18W pump
>>> home build top from clear acrylic
CPU block = impingement style, i want it to be universal (building once!) but have clear acrylic top so i can see the water inside it
GPU block = i need a good low-profile universal block, probably impingement, dont care about seeing into it
Chipset block = yeah, just enough to cool the NB a bit, dont really care about impingement, its not relevant
Thermochill PA120.3 Radiator, with two shrouds for a total of 6 fans
Yate Loon D12SL 120mm 38.5 cfm 25.4 dba fans, some with blue LED's, some plain black
home made acrylic reservoir.
Anybody want to chime in please?
The case will be made with a steel frame, the steel pieces being 1/8" thick, 3/4" from the angle point, all right angles. I will miter cut the edges to 45 degrees so that they can all touch. The case will be an 18 x 18 x 18 cube. The steel framework will probably be welded together at the corners, and then connected with threaded blocks.
The panels will be 1/16" thick. The side two will be 14"x14" clear acrylic windows, the bottom will be a solid panel. The top will be a diamond pattern, with 4x80mm fans attached to it; or it may just be another 14"x14" clear acrylic window, I haven't chosen yet. The side and top panels will be secured via black thumbscrews.
The case will have a single rack in the bottom for 8-10 hard drives. There will be mounting rails made of steel angle to hold the power suppl(ies). The case will divided into two major portions: the 7" high upper area that will hold the motherboard horizontally, and the 11" lower portion of the case.
(This assumes you are looking at the case from the front) The front panel will have in the lower left 6 5.25" external bays. The right and middle, towards the lower area, will have four 120mm fan mounts, in a square pattern. The upper area will have three 120mm fan mounts arranged in a horizontal line.
(This assumes you are looking at the case from the rear) The rear panel will have three 120mm fan mounts arranged in a horizontal line across the bottom. Just above those, to the right side, there will be two horizontal side-by-side power supply bays. The power supply bays will be fully scoped out to be able to handle dual PC P&C Turbocool 1KW power supplies (not that I would ever have those, but just in case...). Over to the left, still on the same height area as the PSU bays, there will be a single 120mm fan. Directly above this, into the upper 7" section, is another 120mm fan. Above the dual PSU bays will be the motherboard tray, probably made of thin sheet metal so that it would be easier to work with. The motherboard tray will be setup for a classical ATX format, with the expansion slots down towards the right edge of the case. The tray would also have mounts for two 92mm fans or two 80mm fans.
Just for a brief summary, the case will be made of steel. It will be able to hold 6 5.25" bay devices, and 8-10 internal hard drives. It will also support on external mounts a total of twelve 120mm fans, plus a couple of 80mm/92mm fans. It will be fully able to support two very large power supplies, and hold two 3x120mm radiators.
My father is renting a welder, he's building himself a car trailer. I'll get to use that. The steel angle pieces will come from the local Home Depot. Same story for the acrylic. Now, the big issue: the metal panels! I cannot find them ANYWHERE! Somebody have some information?
The case will probably end up being powdercoated black, if I can't find a service/can't afford a service, it might be given a high quality spray paint job. It will be mounted on four locking wheels.
I intend to watercool this if I can somehow deal with my car for less than expected this summer. Assuming that goes well, my plan is as follows...
Laing DDC Swiftech MCP355 18W pump
>>> home build top from clear acrylic
CPU block = impingement style, i want it to be universal (building once!) but have clear acrylic top so i can see the water inside it
GPU block = i need a good low-profile universal block, probably impingement, dont care about seeing into it
Chipset block = yeah, just enough to cool the NB a bit, dont really care about impingement, its not relevant
Thermochill PA120.3 Radiator, with two shrouds for a total of 6 fans
Yate Loon D12SL 120mm 38.5 cfm 25.4 dba fans, some with blue LED's, some plain black
home made acrylic reservoir.
Anybody want to chime in please?
