Monster Case - Progress Log

Frozennova

Frozennova

Frozennova

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Firstly I've called this a progress log as the finished article is somewhat a while away due to funds and finalizing some minor details on the design and getting some accurate costing to produce the finished article in a way that will require minimum fabrication.

I've chose to post here rather than Case Central as this is somewhat specialized to those who which to use the EVGA SR-2, Tyan and Super Micro 2 and 4 proccessor boards as it will comfortably hold a HPTX Mobo and plenty of cooling options.

Now a quick pic, a side view is coming but im waiting for the render to finish.

HPTX1.png


I'm going to email round various hardware companies for fans and W/C gear so I've got a proper looking setup to build in it as my W/C will look inadequate in a case of this size.
 
The design could even be scaled to house two uber crunch rigs with one mobo using Inverted HTPX quite easily as well S'ah

Heres a more side angled view

HPTX2.png


And this roughly outlines the cost of building one, however this is just for materials, I need to shoot off some emails to get quotes on bits being laser cut as I dont have the energy to put the man hours in needed to fabricate all the panels and won't get them anywhere near as accurate as they could be

materials.png
 
What aspect of the back panel production are you looking at halz, the easiest method would be designing in some form of CAD software, personally I prefer solidworks. once you have the dimensions you can export from there to DXF which is standardized for 2D and have it cut by an engineering company that has either a laser ot water jet cutter.


I'm not sure if the student 90 day trial of solidworks is still available but it can be found at a reasonable price ;) and is very simple to use, the basics I picked up within a couple of hours of playing.
 
Correct DXF are standard, ive not tried draughtsight but PhillyDee uses it. 2D is fine as DXF is 2D you then specify material and thickness to the company thats cutting it for you.
 
I found AutoCAD horrible and i used prodesktop at school for 3d which again was horrible, ill have a look at draughtsight if I get time.

leaving work now so ill sort it out when I get back, ill give you a dxf of mine as well
 
Halz these are for you

http://frozennova.limewebs.com/Rear Panel.DXF
http://frozennova.limewebs.com/Rear Panel.PDF

You might need to right click and save as on the DXF as they can be opened in notepad.

Pumpking Stew

Heres a PDF a drawing of the image giving height width depth

http://frozennova.limewebs.com/Full Build.PDF

For those that don't want to open the PDF dimensions are 636.4x612x228 - DepthxHeightxWidth

Designed to just fit in my desk gap...Side ways even my Antec 300 overhangs facing the right way
 
halz said:
Brilliant, thanks, all I need now is the starting position i.e the distance from the bottom and side where the i/o sheild hole would be cut.
One thing I have not mention..............never mind, I'm just hijacking your build post now :o, good luck.


Blimey, you got home quick :p
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Measure it off your existing back panel as it isnt a stardard spacing from the side and the top.

That was slow, I only a mile and a half from work and still drive. should have been back by about 25 past but forgot to grab something from work and im off now till next wednesday for my birthday.

Don't worry about Hi-jacking its still keeping things roughly on topic, its crunching a case building of sorts
 
Looks like a good starting point, a rad top like the bottom of my case maybe?

how do you intend on screwing expansion cards down as your new back plate will sit flush as I'm assuming you don't want the cost of have the material pressed to the correct shape. I'd you haven't though about of yet I'd suggest something as simple as a biy pf aluminium angle bolted to the inner of the back plate.

and again if your trying to keep cost down try local schools and colleges to see if they have laser cutting equipment, ive been told quite a few are willing to help. this might mean having it done in acrylic though as going from when I left school we didn't have the equiptment for doing sheet metal.

any way sorry for rambling but give me a shout if you need any help.
 
Dekez
head over to HTTP://formfactors.org

that'll give you the atx specs to work from for your mini itx case, than the mobo tray size which wickipedia has, and number of expansion slots are the only differences.

materials are coming from aluminiumwarehouse.co.uk and theres another place i was looking at for plastics but im browsing on my phone so will post it sometime tomorrow.

there's a couple of minor changes I'm going to make to the side panel to leave my self with less fabrication on the framework.
 
Thanks for the info Biffa, all the panels will be fixes using countersunk cap head bolts so it'll be a 30 second job swapping the rear panel over.

what reason so theu need the extra height if you don't mind?
 
I dont see why a riser cable wouldnt work but its not a particularly tidy solution, better off doing if properly if you ask me.
 
Will see what info I can did up on them regarding form factor.

EDIT: Looks very doable to fit a SWTX board although it would mean dropping down to a 360 rad in the front.

I dont see a problem with this though as in theory a 360 should fit in the roof as well, so it would still leave plenty of cooling capacity and more.

Whats cooling DarkMatter biffa?
 
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Hmm not sure a 3x140 would fit in the lower compartment with the psu flipped over. Threres room for a 3x120 in the roof and the bottom though with it laying flat.
 
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