Soldato
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Rubber edge is a good idea and a good spraying of liquid electrical tape would do it. Costs about £7-9 a can and is quite useful.
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Great bit of progress there, and nice little bending rig, sure beats how I ended up doing it. clamping it into a vice and using a block of wood and a hammer.
Got some nice results from it but a bending jig would have helped.
From the looks of it your planning to mount the graphics card on that 33 degree angle with a PCI-e extender? or am I barking up the wrong tree here.
Got some nice results from it but a bending jig would have helped.
From the looks of it your planning to mount the graphics card on that 33 degree angle with a PCI-e extender? or am I barking up the wrong tree here.
Rubber edge trim would also be cheap and very easy to apply:
get it on the bay mega cheap
Yeah it something to consider, and as it's so cheap I'll see if it will fit into the gaps in the mobo. Cheers WalderX
That sounds like the best option, and fairly easy to apply, I imagine it can be used the same way as spray paint and I'll be able to mask nice straight lines
Thanks Cypto, That's how I was going smaller stuff, but for the longer panel using the old rubber mallet and clamp method would have been messy, a cheap break (or homemade one) is the way to go.
Yes I will be mounting the graphics card on that plate but ... on the inside. The exposed side will have a res mounted horizontally accross it, a nice aurora fluid swirling around and in view ... I plan on doing a DOTA2 theme inside and out and the fluid should give a nice feel to match the game
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The D33P thought build is amazing, superb. Do you have a build log??
Thanks Nick,
The build log is here : D33P THOUGHT
It's on Bit-Tech, hopefully the admins won't mind me posting the link, Overclockers do advertise there
S'ry for the late reply (been busy) The trim is a good idea ... but I might not need it, I'm thinking of re-doing the mid plate so that it sits further away from the mobo
UPDATE 4/4/14
I've been working out some issues with the design, and I've replaced the rad. This one is nice and square, has standard fittings and is much easier to work with. I've gone down to a 240mm rad to make room for the PSU, no matter which way orientated, the PSU would interfere with a 360.
Corsair have been very cool and sent through some fans and another item (which I'll share later) this was for the article in Custom PC (Mini Moto Mayhem)
I have removed the two flange fittings as I found a better use for them on something else ... but here's the rad and fans ...
The power supply is also from Corsair ... again from a magazine article (Custom PC) It all seems to be turning into a bit of a Corsair fest (not a bad thing)
The PSU is fitted in it's standard position, so no mods needed there and I can make use of the air filter fitted under the case. The GPU is fitted and I have a PCIE riser ready to connect it up to the Mobo.
I have also fitted an old CPU water block and had a quick play with some tubing and fittings that I had left over from the last build. (The look fits in with the minimalist feel to the build).
I ordered up one of those new compression reservoirs from PrimoChill, I chose this one because after rotating one of the ends 90 degrees, the inlet/outlet ports can be routed through the mid-plate and I can hide the fittings out of sight. Here it is ..
I drilled through a few holes in the mid-plate, to match up with res ...
and using the flanges that were originally fitted to the rad, fixed them onto the midplate, clamping the res in place ... nice simple solution. The SSD is placed there temporarily with blue tak
but gives me an idea of the how it will look.
And a final "where it's at pic" I still need to do a few more panels, and I have been over ridden by my step son on the paint scheme ... so that's still up in the air ... ohh well
UPDATE 4/4/14
I've been working out some issues with the design, and I've replaced the rad. This one is nice and square, has standard fittings and is much easier to work with. I've gone down to a 240mm rad to make room for the PSU, no matter which way orientated, the PSU would interfere with a 360.
Corsair have been very cool and sent through some fans and another item (which I'll share later) this was for the article in Custom PC (Mini Moto Mayhem)
I have removed the two flange fittings as I found a better use for them on something else ... but here's the rad and fans ...
The power supply is also from Corsair ... again from a magazine article (Custom PC) It all seems to be turning into a bit of a Corsair fest (not a bad thing)
The PSU is fitted in it's standard position, so no mods needed there and I can make use of the air filter fitted under the case. The GPU is fitted and I have a PCIE riser ready to connect it up to the Mobo.
I have also fitted an old CPU water block and had a quick play with some tubing and fittings that I had left over from the last build. (The look fits in with the minimalist feel to the build).
I ordered up one of those new compression reservoirs from PrimoChill, I chose this one because after rotating one of the ends 90 degrees, the inlet/outlet ports can be routed through the mid-plate and I can hide the fittings out of sight. Here it is ..
I drilled through a few holes in the mid-plate, to match up with res ...
and using the flanges that were originally fitted to the rad, fixed them onto the midplate, clamping the res in place ... nice simple solution. The SSD is placed there temporarily with blue tak
but gives me an idea of the how it will look.
And a final "where it's at pic" I still need to do a few more panels, and I have been over ridden by my step son on the paint scheme ... so that's still up in the air ... ohh well
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Looks interesting, subbed!
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will be keeping my eyes on this project looks great
looking interesting!
look forward to seeing this one progress
Thanks guys, hopefully I'll have a new update for you in the next few days
UPDATE 18/04/14
I ordered up a grill form E22, nipper chose it as it's a nice design and will fit in with the build really well, I was pretty impressed with the material used and it has a nice solid feel to it. Cheers Nate
So i marked off the screw holes and where I wanted to cut, I drilled out the holes before cutting (makes it much easier to drill)
Used the Dremel to cut out the shape, and filled off the jagged edges.
I salvaged some of the pop fasteners from the Thermaltake case windows, I like these as they're easy to use and have a nice clean look to them when fitted.
Here's the grill fitted.
.... and a closer look at those fasteners, I prefer the look of these as opposed to looking at crew heads.
Here's a photo of me pretending to drill through the top of the case, this is for a fill port. A nice simple job.
and finally the fill port fitted ... like I said simple job
Next on the list is to fit the Rad in place and fit the front window which will be salvaged from the Thermal take case, it's a nice moulded one and will fit better than slapping a bit of acrylic behind a square hole.
I ordered up a grill form E22, nipper chose it as it's a nice design and will fit in with the build really well, I was pretty impressed with the material used and it has a nice solid feel to it. Cheers Nate
So i marked off the screw holes and where I wanted to cut, I drilled out the holes before cutting (makes it much easier to drill)
Used the Dremel to cut out the shape, and filled off the jagged edges.
I salvaged some of the pop fasteners from the Thermaltake case windows, I like these as they're easy to use and have a nice clean look to them when fitted.
Here's the grill fitted.
.... and a closer look at those fasteners, I prefer the look of these as opposed to looking at crew heads.
Here's a photo of me pretending to drill through the top of the case, this is for a fill port. A nice simple job.
and finally the fill port fitted ... like I said simple job
Next on the list is to fit the Rad in place and fit the front window which will be salvaged from the Thermal take case, it's a nice moulded one and will fit better than slapping a bit of acrylic behind a square hole.
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looks quality
UPDATE 22/04/14
I'm going to use one of the windows from the old Thermaltake case, I separated the acrylic window from the side panel (saving the fasteners) The widow sections are moulded and will sit flush with the new panel.
I cut out the bit I wanted with a dremel and sanded the edges.
I used the old panel as a template for the shape and used the end of a needle file to score onto the new panel.
That was also cut out with a dremel, the edges are sanded and the holes drilled.
The old fasteners were re-used and the new window ties in with the grill that was fitted earlier
I'm going to use one of the windows from the old Thermaltake case, I separated the acrylic window from the side panel (saving the fasteners) The widow sections are moulded and will sit flush with the new panel.
I cut out the bit I wanted with a dremel and sanded the edges.
I used the old panel as a template for the shape and used the end of a needle file to score onto the new panel.
That was also cut out with a dremel, the edges are sanded and the holes drilled.
The old fasteners were re-used and the new window ties in with the grill that was fitted earlier
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Creative use of old cases
Looking forward to see where else you go with this one!
Your last project was quite something
Looking forward to see where else you go with this one!
Your last project was quite something