DIY Desktraction

nick.lidgett · 29 May 2013 at 20:48

acme15 said:
Looks interesting but might I suggest using a straight edge and some masking tape next time?

Thats not my style lol

Another email from bolton tonight saying my order has been pushed back till 5th June at the earliest GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

BluD · 29 May 2013 at 21:02

Thats in interesting idea, im a kitchen fitter so i always made my own desks, but never thought of fitting the PC straight into one before

Looks great but plz get some fan grills on there, theyre just at the height ya dont want them to be when ya stumbling to the toilet in the middle of the night and forgot ya left ya PC on.

nick.lidgett · 29 May 2013 at 21:26

BluD said:
Thats in interesting idea, im a kitchen fitter so i always made my own desks, but never thought of fitting the PC straight into one before

Looks great but plz get some fan grills on there, theyre just at the height ya dont want them to be when ya stumbling to the toilet in the middle of the night and forgot ya left ya PC on.

im waiting for some in the post mate

nick.lidgett · 30 May 2013 at 11:25

PARTS ARRIVING TOMORROW SO IT SHOULD BE 90% FINISHED OVER THE WEEKEND.

nick.lidgett · 1 Jun 2013 at 17:44

Ok so im stuck at my shop till late tonight but im hoping to update later or tomorrow.
Its 99% finished im just waiting for one more radiator grill.
I went through my parts bin last night and found i had enough spares to build a basic pc
I will probably use it as a htpc.
All i needed was a cpu and case and psu. I got the case and and cpu (really poor quality) and Celeron G540 local to me.
The specs of this new pc are

P8p67
Celeron G540
16gb of corsair vengance pmsl!!!! Overkill i know i could lose 12gb lol
80 gb hdd
LG bluray
EVGA 1GB GeForce G210 GDDR3
All wrapped up in a dodgey case and powered by an aweful psu.

I knocked it up this afternoon didnt take more than 15mins, still gotta install win7 on it.

Ill stick some pics up of this for the sake of it later.

Jay Blizzay · 1 Jun 2013 at 18:16

looks good so far

nick.lidgett · 10 Jun 2013 at 11:11

Ok so its finished now after finally getting all the parts,

Side 140 intake for psu and hdd enlosure

Side 120 exhaust fan for PSU and Hdd ecnlosure, also switch for cold cathodes.

Front 120 intake for PSU and HDD enclosue

120.2 Fan cover for Rad and fans

140.2 fan cover for rad and fans

Res in right side

Loop completed filled and finished leak testing.

CPU block

Connection between the rads

GPU

Back of res

A few pics of the fishished article.

Anyway thanks for looking, keep your eyse peeled for my next bodge job, its gunna be epic lmfao.

BluD · 10 Jun 2013 at 11:34

Plz tell me your buiding your next case out of bricks?

nick.lidgett · 10 Jun 2013 at 13:09

BluD said:
Plz tell me your buiding your next case out of bricks?

I might go green and make it out of twigs and leaves lol

apeksdiver · 10 Jun 2013 at 14:29

That's the biggest case I have ever seen! I like the glass top.

deFiniLoGy · 10 Jun 2013 at 14:49

would it be noisy or pretty warm if your PC is on load though??

nick.lidgett · 10 Jun 2013 at 21:28

deFiniLoGy said:
would it be noisy or pretty warm if your PC is on load though??

No not really, im using Akasa Venoms @ 30% all the time and its hardly audible, you cant hear it at all if there is sound coming from the speakers.
The noisiest thing is the pump, which is more of a dull hum than anything else.
In total i have 2 rads and 9 fans so idle atm with this hot weather its 31-35oC and Load is never more than 60oC in the main compartment.
the hdd and psu enclosure never goes about 30oC.

scotsdragon · 24 Jun 2013 at 12:48

Nice build alothough i dont likethe yellow but nice none the less