Project: Cubit 3

No, that face plate is stock :)

I've hastily used the thumb screws for the back panel on the front just to take some quick pics :) The holes are recessed and there are separate hex screws that go in them. Once screwed in, it's flush and unobtrusive :) Will post better pics over the weekend. :)
 
Due to the way that the motherboard is mounted, you won't be able to use a dual slot graphics card at all unless you plan on using a riser ;) I've tried that and it is do able if you play around with the internals.
You can easily get 2 full size hard drives and an SSD in there though, and that was with me using an internal PSU (Qform 250 W) :D
Watercooling is also doable ;)

I've had mine for about 6 years now and pretty much tried every possible combination you can think of, so hope you'll have as much fun as I did!

Nice colour btw :)
 
Riser card sitting on my desk ;)

watercooling? hehe... out of my depth that's for sure.. i'll see how i do with this one first :P Did you ever attempt it yourself?

thanks! :)
 
I did indeed, but had a bit more of a faff than you will due to the internal PSU, and keeping the stock divide.

I actually fabbed up some trays and had the card bolted in place on a top, right angled PSU connectors for the card and HDDs underneath, but without a cut out on top of the case you'll end up cooking everything inside without any direct air flow (stock fan has to come out obviously)
I ended up giving up in the end as I was going to put it all in a Cubit 5 instead, but I STILL haven't even assembled the Cubit 5, let alone modded anything else!

I'd love to give it a go again, so I'll be following yours closely :)
 
ah yes, the internal psu, i gave that some serious thought and for me the only way was to use a psu externally as i still wanted to keep the ODD in place.. removing this of course would free up some nice space though now that i've done some thinking and some pencil sketching, i think i can fit everything in even with the ODD in place.. and it shouldn't be too much of a squeeze either. With the psu being external, a great deal of heat and complication is removed. Going to fab the trays myself with a little bit of luck ;)

As for air flow, i think i have the simplest mod for this, which i'll do over the weekend. I just hope it won't ruin the aesthetics... though there is a slim chance that it'll even improve it! :)

I think i've come to a decision about the back panel. Don't think i'm going to go the custom back panel as it's going to cost me an arm and a leg (for me anyway), plus i want to do it all myself :)

Going to have to mod the riser cable ever so slightly, so again will be doing that this weekend... all shown with piccies of course :)
 
right, here's my first mod:

New pcie x16 riser :)
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One end bent at near enough right angles. Need to add something to the underside to provide even pressure/tension when i come to fix it in place:
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Found some self adhesive pads.. the stuff you put on the bottom of chair legs to stop it scratching wooden flooring (the technical names escapes me!). Will be screwing this on to my custom shelf. Thankfully it has two holes on either side which looks perfect for me to make use of. Less mod work you see! :)
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thanks :P Am still trying to find something that looks better.. will have to do for now :P

it's a logitech illuminated keyboard... best KB i've used to date (though admittedly, i've not used that many... but still :P)
 
Can't wait to get it going myself... bits keep getting delayed.. hopefully everything will arrive by Wednesday latest! :)

Here's some more pics for now. The last pic shows just how 'easy' my project has become ;)

First off, some better case pics :)
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Motherboard tray. They did a nice job here and there's no need for any mods :)
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Tray for holding the ODD. This will get replaced by my own fab version allowing for space for a 100mm fan, cable routing as well as maximum air flow.. so excited! :P
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Stock tray that houses HDDs. Again, this will be replaced with my own fab that will house my GTX 560 ti with enough room to attach the pcie riser as well as room for cable routing from the ODD tray above ;) and also 2 power cables from the gfx card itself.

Also, it's going to double up as my HDD expansion area :P ...all cases have them, why not this one! :P

(doing these things needs a lot of thought!)
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Last but not least, a pic of a sample i bought just to see if it was suitable :) This stuff will make my life soooooo much easier. More details to come :)
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Hold on..what's this? Another pic? ;)
 
It's very nice, beneath that powder coated paint, is a single piece of aluminium. I would say, the average thickness of the case is around 5mm! Because the front and back comes off, it's very very easy to work with. I've owned a lian li v351 before and that was a nightmare to use... wasn't into modding then so was just a normal user and found it to be frustrating to use... dreaded changing parts! :P

Just to be clear, another objective of mine, is to try and fit bits made of aluminium if possible :) Also, to try and keep true to the spirit of SFF, all my bits will be 'SFF' styleeee :P
 
KiiYzOo said:
it's awesome :D theres no cut out in the back for a psu?!

where are you putting the 560ti? as there is only one slot
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The psu will be external and attached to my desk :P Easy :) No room for a dual slot gfx card otherwise. Also, it's not a bad compromise as a lot of room is freed up as well as heat removed :). Thirdly, the internals should be less cluttered with a 'cleaner' look.

Here's another pic of what i mean. Because i'm rubbish at modding and i'm unwilling to spend any money on tools i'm just going to use once, i have to rely on both the materials i source and the tools i have already :)
 
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I knew about the psu :p I actually meant that there is nowhere to mount a psu as stock

also I thought you might have been putting the 560ti in there :p just make sure that the back of the 560 isn't touching any metal!
 
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