[Build Log] - Project Big2Small

Yeah that's including material cost. They have a calculator on their website to give you a cost. You enter material type, size, holes etc

Sit with handles, what do you mean?
 
Does it sit flush or proud from the handle moldings for the side panels? I measured the distance between the chassis and the outside of the handles and feet as 2mm, maybe I measured wrong?

Edit: my bad, just noticed you're not using acrylic side panels! Ignore :D
 
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looking good, what paracord did you get 550 7 strand, once i start my build i need to do my evga psu, which is gonna be a mission as ive only done extensions before, will look better in the long run. The front panel looks nice. :)
 
I've used Wild Elk Paracord 550. Seems to be okay :D

Just been waiting on my delivery from E22 with all of my connectors and cables. It's been a week now :(
 
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Was just about to do that, but the company I have been looking at who supply some good looking braiding etc seem to be in Hong Kong, so I'm going to have to find somewhere else. Can't seem to get hold of MDPC any more and i'm put off by the telios braiding.
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Icemodz supply MDPC if they have stock.
 
Did a test fit with the acrylic in the side panels and they all fit perfectly. I am going to be sanding down and spraying up the side panels to clean them up. Can anybody recommend a good brand of spray paint to use? I'm not sure which will look the best, Satin Black or Matte Black.
 
Yeah Plasti-kote may look good, sell it at the local store too :)

Right. So after a bit more Jigsaw play, I have cut off the front of the case and fitted my panel. Here are my results..

(Top handle is only placed on for pictures as the clips break easily when taking it on and off properly)

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The front panel is still the original one that the plastic people messed up on, the diameters measured 120mm around the fans instead of the 114mm I have drawn. I told them about the mistake and they promptly got me a replacement 4 hours later! I'm not going to fit the new one until the end of the build in case I slip with a screwdriver :p

The fans look real good with a background LED, and they change to what ever colour is reflecting behind them.
 
I'll get my proper camera out for the next update. iPhones just don't capture very well anymore -.-

All of my wiring turned up today. So i've got the fun of crimping and sleeving every cable over the next week. Currently trying to decide on what colour to have the top mounted rad, either black or white. It's going to have 2 x Noiseblocker NB-eLoop Fan B12-PS fitted running at 400rpm idle and up to 1200rpm under load. The front fans running at 1300rpm are pretty much inaudible as there is not airflow resistance.

Also another thought I had about the top rad. Mount it like Case > Fans > Rad then exhaust at the rear fan. I can't see this being an issue going against natural convection?
 
i go by what aesthetically looks best, you would prob only loose a couple of degree anyway, you can always try different set-ups and just bench it.
 
Haven't had much to update on lately, as I have mainly been making custom cables and waiting for parts.

I finally got the water cooling loop together for a test run. I'm using a D5 pump X-Res combo and i'm impressed.. I am currently just doing a leak test before I check what temps I'm getting.

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I couldn't even here the pump running once all the air bubbles went out the system. So I decided to turn it up to maximum, to see how loud it would be.. I then found it was already set to max and I can't hear it!

Will hopefully be spraying up the panels on the weekend if the weather is better.

I am going to be getting my LED's ordered soon as well. I have come up with a good way to control them. I will be running them off a fan controller that will be monitoring coolant temps. When the coolant is at an acceptable level it will just have the standard white LED's on, and as the coolant goes over the temperature I am happy with, it will turn the red LED's on.. If the temperature goes even higher, I think the controller even has the option to shut down my PC to prevent damage (handy for if I leave my PC on while I am away and the pump fails etc).
 
The build has been going a bit slower than planned due to faulty parts etc, but here is where I am at so far.

I decided to go with installing the radiator on the outside of the case and have the fans inside the case exhausting through the radiator.

As you can see in the picture below, the Prodigy has a 5mm pocket for the dust filter, this ment there would be a gap between the fans and the radiator.

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So I made a 5mm gasket to go inside the pocket, and sandwich between the radiator and fans.

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I then had to cut away a bit of these top to allow for the tubes to the rad.

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The radiator now sits flush on top of this with no gaps. I am also going to install a 3mm Thick Neoprene gasket (when it arrives) between the fans and the top of the case to seal any small gaps.

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For the lighting, I have gone with 12" Darkside White LED's. These are powered off fan headers, so the brightness can be adjusted to suit.

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Here are some quick pictures of the build so far. I still need to make all of my custom cables and tidy things up.

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The pump/res is the EK Water Blocks EK-D5 Vario X-RES 140.

I only use 3.5" external USB 3.0 HDD's for storage. I can't stand the sound of hard drives lol.
 
D5 is a big old lump to fit in it seems, especially if you need the HDD's. I do quite a bit of video editing so I'll likely be putting 4-6GB worth of drives in my machine, might struggle to put a D5 in there with the lower cage in.

Glad I saw your images, making me rethink my design.
 
Yeah, I was shocked at the size when I got it, even though I had measured it up before.

My drive config will be a 256GB SSD for system, and a 256GB SSD for temp storage. I'm going to be doing a server build with WD Reds in raid for my storage and also for running services.

What kind of videos do you do?
 
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