Onwards and upwards by Parvum Systems
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that's some really great craftsmanship, thanks for sharing the images, gives a real sense of the quality of finish
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Coming along oh so nicely.
As soon as you can do something custom, im in guys. I got my mind set on all black case with a 360 floor like you have done for 8pack. Id buy that yesterday.
Thank you very much. We are trying to get something sorted. 8pack should be selling some prebuilt units but we'd like to offer something a little more custom via OCUK if possible.
This thread really makes me appreciate the time and skill that goes into creating a case of this quality.
Keep the updates coming
Appreciate the comments and feedback. It should give people an idea on the price a little more. I know we are doing far more here than the standard case but just bending the acrylic & aluminium alone take a good amount of time. That on top of the cutting and assembly. We are looking to head towards flat back to make more options available for us AND the customer.
Thanks! Hopefully get a few more SSDs on there before iSeries. I suppose from start to finish and boxing.. we've not timed to be exact. We can make a number of cases in a day but depends if they are standard or customized. The problem with custom work is it can be super time consuming.
This case is actually for myself to use. It will be my daily driver at work and also to take to shows. This is just to showcase what we can do and give you an insight to how we make the S1.0. This is after all just a modified S1.0. We will be trying to offer some of the things you see here as add-ons to the case.
Thank you indeed. Means a lot!
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UPDATE 13th March:
Before our update I would like to introduce our sponsor Alphacool! We have a very good friend working with/for Alphacool & am super happy to have them onboard. As far as sponsorships go we are usually doing work in return for people where we can so it is more of a trade. But welcome to the watercooling power!
First thing from Alphacool was this 240mm radiator. Real nice quality and lots of options with fittings. Very useful when working in smaller spaces. This is the 60mm version:
The copper logo or the radiator colour don't suit the build so we decided to make a cover. We also wanted to make a nice feature with their logo.
Started with the drawing part:
And onto the cutting. Recycling old acrylic in this build as much as possible, especially for the smaller parts. Cutting the female part:
After we used the 45° cutter to detail 3 of the edges, looking nice so far:
Moving onto the frosted red for the male parts. Same cutter, more recycling of old panels:
Here are the two pieces finished. The cutter was running a little thin on the last pass and left a few little bits needed cleaning up.
Using some lubricant and some careful teasing the male pieces fit into the female *ok please go ahead and quote this, I really should have reworded this one*:
Just the inside of the O's to fit as a second inlay. Super happy with the results. Here are a few shots:
Moving back to the case we test if the new radiator:
Very tight fit here. Shaun likes to keep his tolerance very tight. If I say make it fit he will leave 0.2mm! Works really well here.
Next we decided to make a change to the front. We wanted to reuse the same technique that was used for the Parvum logo at the rear of the case and cut these new lines. We are both really happy with the results:
To finish today we today we test fit the radiator cover:
The bottom of this is actually a 45° cut going into the lower chamber 45°. This gives a really nice fit:
And a final shot of the case for tonight:
What do you all think about the new front? I'm sure a taste thing but we both really like it.
See you again tomorrow....!
Before our update I would like to introduce our sponsor Alphacool! We have a very good friend working with/for Alphacool & am super happy to have them onboard. As far as sponsorships go we are usually doing work in return for people where we can so it is more of a trade. But welcome to the watercooling power!
First thing from Alphacool was this 240mm radiator. Real nice quality and lots of options with fittings. Very useful when working in smaller spaces. This is the 60mm version:
The copper logo or the radiator colour don't suit the build so we decided to make a cover. We also wanted to make a nice feature with their logo.
Started with the drawing part:
And onto the cutting. Recycling old acrylic in this build as much as possible, especially for the smaller parts. Cutting the female part:
After we used the 45° cutter to detail 3 of the edges, looking nice so far:
Moving onto the frosted red for the male parts. Same cutter, more recycling of old panels:
Here are the two pieces finished. The cutter was running a little thin on the last pass and left a few little bits needed cleaning up.
Using some lubricant and some careful teasing the male pieces fit into the female *ok please go ahead and quote this, I really should have reworded this one*:
Just the inside of the O's to fit as a second inlay. Super happy with the results. Here are a few shots:
Moving back to the case we test if the new radiator:
Very tight fit here. Shaun likes to keep his tolerance very tight. If I say make it fit he will leave 0.2mm! Works really well here.
Next we decided to make a change to the front. We wanted to reuse the same technique that was used for the Parvum logo at the rear of the case and cut these new lines. We are both really happy with the results:
To finish today we today we test fit the radiator cover:
The bottom of this is actually a 45° cut going into the lower chamber 45°. This gives a really nice fit:
And a final shot of the case for tonight:
What do you all think about the new front? I'm sure a taste thing but we both really like it.
See you again tomorrow....!
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I think im going to have to wait for one of these Badboys, Bitfenix can get stuffed now.
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We are trying our best to deliver. SFF & watercooling is where its at! I like Mountain Mods website where you can choose each panel option and the customization and hope to get to that. They are way ahead as far as man power and functionality go I'm sure but we are chasing!
Well this is actually my personal LAN rig for the coming iSeries event. We would love to integrate some of the features & details seen here in retail rigs as purchasable add-ons either before or after case purchase. This is to showcase what can be done.
Thank you sir.
It's been a good while since we've seen that movie haha!
Its tricky sometimes but so worth it. May inlay one other section on the case we will see!
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Here we are again, stayed after work for a few hours to get this update together.
The main focus for this update was to make a custom reservoir. We decided to do this for a number of reasons. Mainly because they look amazing but also because we are going to be pretty tight for space once we do a double loop.
So we started by cutting a test piece of 5mm acrylic. The same size as the full reservoir to ensure a good fit:
A little later and the tool paths are set:
Onto the milling. Tools for the job, 2mm & 6mm:
Lots of mess when milling thick acrylic:
A little more cutting:
After a little cleaning down here is the finished item. We are really happy with results. After the o ring is installed and a little tapping we are in business:
Next the Gentle Typhoon fans are installed in the front:
Fitting really nice:
Then we cut the test top panel for the case. The top section for the case will be two layers. The first is this 5mm frosted clear. This also doubles as the lid to the reservoir. We went with this to match the frosted EK blocks and add a somewhat gray tone to the build:
Thanks again for reading. Can't wait to see fluid in this thing.
Next you can expect the second layer to the top & the top chamber.
Thanks for reading :rock:
The main focus for this update was to make a custom reservoir. We decided to do this for a number of reasons. Mainly because they look amazing but also because we are going to be pretty tight for space once we do a double loop.
So we started by cutting a test piece of 5mm acrylic. The same size as the full reservoir to ensure a good fit:
A little later and the tool paths are set:
Onto the milling. Tools for the job, 2mm & 6mm:
Lots of mess when milling thick acrylic:
A little more cutting:
After a little cleaning down here is the finished item. We are really happy with results. After the o ring is installed and a little tapping we are in business:
Next the Gentle Typhoon fans are installed in the front:
Fitting really nice:
Then we cut the test top panel for the case. The top section for the case will be two layers. The first is this 5mm frosted clear. This also doubles as the lid to the reservoir. We went with this to match the frosted EK blocks and add a somewhat gray tone to the build:
Thanks again for reading. Can't wait to see fluid in this thing.
Next you can expect the second layer to the top & the top chamber.
Thanks for reading :rock:
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Wow, just wow, that is mighty, mighty impressive.
Very nicely done indeed, I take my hat off to you sir.
Very nicely done indeed, I take my hat off to you sir.
Soldato
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this just gets better and better! would love one of these cases but the bank does not agree atm haha.
its listed as having 152mm height clearance for cpu coolers, i realise this is meant for water cooling but is the 152mm the absolute limit? would a 158.7mm cooler just about squeeze in?
its listed as having 152mm height clearance for cpu coolers, i realise this is meant for water cooling but is the 152mm the absolute limit? would a 158.7mm cooler just about squeeze in?
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Truly beautiful. I love my Corsair C70, but then you went and released the original Parvum case and you have made me regret my decision ever since.
As soon as I build a new rig (come on Haswell / Steamroller) I know what case I'll be using!
As soon as I build a new rig (come on Haswell / Steamroller) I know what case I'll be using!
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That res. is awesome! If I had one of those CNC machines I'd be making stuff all the time ;-D It's so cool seeing the designs being brought to life in physical form like that.
Soldato
That is incredible.
Out of interest if for the time being we were to purchase a case from OcUK, would we be able to ship the side panel to yourselves in order to get the window etched? Or do we have to purchase the case directly from you and choose the option then instead?
Out of interest if for the time being we were to purchase a case from OcUK, would we be able to ship the side panel to yourselves in order to get the window etched? Or do we have to purchase the case directly from you and choose the option then instead?