Project JDM | ITX scratch build!

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Project JDM

So its finally time to start on a new build log this time of a project i call "JDM". The core inspiration of the project was Japanese styled drift cars hens the radiator with outwards mounted ports to illustrate a oil cooler. And the other big small thing that is that i wanted it to be in mini-ITX format. So after a few weeks of thinking i decided to go with a tube frame to keep it true to the theme. Here are some of the renders i made after some designing in Fusion 360. Also big thanks to Bequiet and Teamgroupe for helping out with the hardware.

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Yes. Me likey.

It's a shame Alphacool is a sponsor (I mean, it's not, their products are awesome) but I can just imagine what a radiator from Aquacomputer would look like mounted there:

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I mean come on; if you're going for a carlike feel they're just on another level. Though perhaps a bit thick for your purposes.
 
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Yes. Me likey.

It's a shame Alphacool is a sponsor (I mean, it's not, their products are awesome) but I can just imagine what a radiator from Aquacomputer would look like mounted there:

** Do not Hotlink and from a competitor, please re-read the rules **

I mean come on; if you're going for a carlike feel they're just on another level. Though perhaps a bit thick for your purposes.

Yeah i actually thought about using one of those but decided not to because of the thickness. I could just mod pretty much any radiator to look similler anyways :)
 
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Massive drift fan so your project is on point for me. If the project comes out close to the renders your onto a winner, little things like the graphics mirror how they look on the car/windows. Seen as drift cars also use NOS have you thought of a possible reservoir looking like a NOS bottle at all?
 
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Massive drift fan so your project is on point for me. If the project comes out close to the renders your onto a winner, little things like the graphics mirror how they look on the car/windows. Seen as drift cars also use NOS have you thought of a possible reservoir looking like a NOS bottle at all?

Yes i have played with the ide' but i think i will have to skip it because there really isn't a good spot and space would probable become a problem :/
 
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First update to start things off.

One of the first obstacles i encountered was the corner pieces. I had a few options but after some thinking i decided to make some custom 3D-printed parts for the job.
These are the 2 versions I made but I ended up going for the simpler design.

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First print turned out great!

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Removing the support material.

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More metal work.

Making the support for the front radiator.

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I made a bracket from wood to make the welding a bit easier.

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Ready to start welding.

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This is what it looked like with no clean up and still 2 pieces left to go.

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Now lets clean it up a bit.

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More work on the front.

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I applied a light coat of primer to make it easier to see imperfections.

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Still need to glue the bottom piece together.

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More 3D printing and plastic parts

I made a small bracket for the start button which in this case will be a real key.

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Next upp is the part that connects the plexi tubes to the frame. You might ask why i didn't just go with metal tubes and the reason for that is LED's
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but more on that later.

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I still had to make some kind of motherboard mount so thats what i did.

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And with motherboard in place.

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There is also some other stuff i am working on like gpu braket, a good way to mount the rear fans and a psu mount. But yeah its mostly small stuff left on the fram.
 
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Its getting there!

So for time for an update, currently just have some sleeving and finale Assembly left so should be coming together soonish.

I wanted some lighting effects but still didn't want any thing to flashy so i decided to integrating the leds there into the plexi tubes under neat the motherboard which i think turned out really nicely.
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I also made made the supports for rear 80mm fan, psu and some case feet.

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Some test fitting before painting.

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Ready for some paint.

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Some days later i masked of the painted parts and made the rest glossy white.

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And ofc some pictures after it was all painted
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