Lean and Green - modular dual PC scratch build

jimbaw · 12 Mar 2014 at 22:04

I'm speechless! it's a work of art

WalderX · 13 Mar 2014 at 15:34

Incredible! missed this one initially - subbed

Sandycheeks · 14 Mar 2014 at 11:38

Very very impressive...it's kind of like American Chopper meets PCs.

One word of advice...Gorilla Glue is the most difficult thing in the universe to remove from skin....get yourself a box of disposable gloves !
I recently had to scrub my hands with thinners and scotch-brite to even get a tiny bit to budge. Lots of hard hand scrubbing in varying harmful chemicals and 4 or 5 showers over 3 days and my hands still look like I haven't had a wash.
Oh and I know better cos I've done it before !

waynio · 16 Sep 2014 at 15:46

WalderX said:
Incredible! missed this one initially - subbed

Thanks Walder.

jimbaw said:
I'm speechless! it's a work of art

Thanks jimbaw.

Sandycheeks said:
Very very impressive...it's kind of like American Chopper meets PCs.

One word of advice...Gorilla Glue is the most difficult thing in the universe to remove from skin....get yourself a box of disposable gloves !
I recently had to scrub my hands with thinners and scotch-brite to even get a tiny bit to budge. Lots of hard hand scrubbing in varying harmful chemicals and 4 or 5 showers over 3 days and my hands still look like I haven't had a wash.
Oh and I know better cos I've done it before !

It is a bit strong eh.

waynio · 16 Sep 2014 at 15:47

Hi all.

It's grown up a bit, yaaaay.

No progress shots, been getting stuck into it with wanting this complete before 2015.

Designed & made a very tall (2.4m) shelving unit, blu-ray rack/cable stash unit, another shelf unit & hide away keyboard desk under a shelf for a massive expansion of places to put things in a smaller space.

More when I've got more to show.

Mik3 · 16 Sep 2014 at 20:35

Thats incredible, it looks like some kind of futuristic gothic grandfather clock.

jimbaw · 17 Sep 2014 at 09:48

I have absolutely no idea how I managed to miss this in the first place, but this is epic! in case you weren't aware: you are incredibly talented!

waynio · 23 Sep 2014 at 21:01

Mik3 said:
Thats incredible, it looks like some kind of futuristic gothic grandfather clock.

Fun description, cheers.

jimbaw said:
I have absolutely no idea how I managed to miss this in the first place, but this is epic! in case you weren't aware: you are incredibly talented!

Been starting & stopping quite a lot on this one, thanks.

Been sorting the framework to get the gaming rig together, still a way to go but can pick it up by the lower rods like a trophy, load of filing & sanding & a little more framework to do now, had to do the curved pieces twice.

I'll do final assembly shots so it can be seen how it all goes together since I've skipped progress.

montymole · 23 Sep 2014 at 22:22

Yes I have seen this on BitTech's forum epic work

jimbaw · 23 Sep 2014 at 23:27

This is so good! A work of art

waynio · 4 Oct 2014 at 17:30

montymole said:
Yes I have seen this on BitTech's forum epic work

jimbaw said:
This is so good! A work of art

Thanks guys.

Done extra framework using the optical drive as part of it, added the fans & side windows & fan controller window & added holes to the mobo tray.

It's getting closer.

waynio · 5 Oct 2014 at 16:31

Popped the front window in place.

waynio · 7 Oct 2014 at 23:59

Triple fan mount begins, so many rods cut, drilled & tapped, I'll try to complete it tomorrow, should be a sweet solid piece that snaps in place by tiny magnets in the ends & in the frame, hopefully they'll be strong enough to hold it firm.

waynio · 8 Oct 2014 at 20:56

Just test fitted the triple fan & I don't like it so will stick with the noctua fans, the wire clips won on easy maintanance, took a picture of it installed though.

waynio · 9 Oct 2014 at 18:31

So I've put it to use.

Specs
P67 MSI motherboard
i5 2500k @4.2ghz
Noctua d14 heat sink
8GB DDR3 @1866 Samsung low power
4GB GTX 770 SLI Gigabyte windforce
Corsair 860i PSU
Prolimatech, Akasa & Noctua fans
Lamptron fan controller
256GB Samsung SSD
1TB WD black
DVD optical

doyll · 9 Oct 2014 at 23:17

Just keeps getting better and better!

lovelyhead · 10 Oct 2014 at 11:52

This is the best project I have ever seen. Simply incredible!

fireman999 · 10 Oct 2014 at 12:58

Epic. Great work.

NMBlack · 10 Oct 2014 at 20:08

Nice bit of metalwork engineering there. I'm looking forward to seeing how this looks when it's completed!

waynio · 11 Nov 2014 at 15:56

Thanks all.

Gone mini-ITX all the way now.

Upgraded the HTPC to a z97 mobo with i3 4370 3.8ghz dual core 4 threads, far snappier than the AMD dual core 1.5ghz I had.

And

I sold the 2nd GTX 770 figuring it was a waste of electric for a smidge of extra eye candy so went mini-ITX for the gaming rig since the onboard audio was excellent on the HTPC.

Specs going into this one are.
Corsair AX860i
Gigabyte GA-Z97N-GAMING-5, I was that impressed with it I bought a 2nd one.

i5-4690K @4.3ghz
Noctua NH-D14
8GB DDR3
4GB GTX 770
256GB SSD
1TB HDD

So with the mini-ITX spec I designed & made a new case more suited.

And I'm calling it, Cubeydoodar.

The mesh will have to wait but what you see here took 2 good sessions, I loosely based the internal layout on a Lian Li case I like, supports 300mm GPU & 170mm CPU cooler, 1 HDD, 1 SSD, ATX PSU, was thinking back to basics on this one.

I did the panel edges bevelled like on the NUC project for nice sharp edges & used 10x 10mm nut blocks.

I'll post again when it's complete.

And yes, this means the ATX case isn't going to be used & this is probably the messiest project log ever.