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hi guys.
As some of you may know i've been in the market for a new computer case for some time. I can never find anything that needs my needs of style, customisability, internal space and cleanliness.
So i've decided to construct a case of my own, this is by no means a shy project and will take a fair amount of time due to the cost and sheer scale of this.
Imagine a case large enough to house not just 1 computer, but 2 with enough room to watercool both with enough room for up to 12 480mm radiators PER computer meaning enough room for a total of 24, 480mm rads!
Yes, the Pillar case is so called because its quite literally a Pillar of technology, measuring in at 2ft wide by 2ft deep, the real jaw dropping magnitude comes in with its height, SEVEN (yes 7!!!) full length feet make up the height of this goliath!
Consisting of an aluminum framework there will be 3 sections of grilled/meshed areas for radiator mounting, 2x2ft x 2ft acrylic panels with a custom terra nova themed pattern which will be backlit red.
EVERY part will be built, by me, there is NOTHING on the market that even comes CLOSE to this kind of project that i have seen.
this is ALSO sponsored by another company but for some reason OCUK seem to think they're competition so the mods removed it. but it IS sponsored by another company as well
To Lamptron, www.lamptron.com, for your modding needs! [/B]
Link to my youtube channel where i will be posting up video work logs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpKJN49Q3_c
You will have to forgive the MS paint images, but heres a little teaser of whats to come.... (also if anyone feels generous and would like to convert these into google sketchup 3d images or something feel free to drop me a pm as it would be highly appreciated. i suck with sketchup lol)
Firstly i give you the basic framework
Now where the grilled/meshed areas will be
Basic front panel/motherboard concept for strength and layout
rough design of the front panel. This is going to be hidden behind a flip down peice of mesh to conceal it all maintaining the clean simple look. but idea is this slots into the central area and gets bolted into place. Also toying with the idea of having the HDD cages under the ODD's and using longer sata cables to route up to the motherboard
the power supply mounts
worse than chinese instructions. actually this was to help me work out how much metal i need. the numbers like 609 are mm lengths.
Finally i present to you, a rough, basic image of what the Pillar will look like when completed
by all means, comment, discuss but please, try to be constructive.
oh, i know the idea of making a motherboard tray from plasticard may not sound overly much like a good idea, however i've had a lot of working with this stuff before and trust me when i say, it can be VERY strong when dealt with properly.
Here comes the material parts
this is off the top of my head at the moment but pretty final.
Main framework:
Aluminum right angle bar Approx 10,000mm ( 1/2" x 1/2") (considering using 3/4" x 3/4" box tubing instead of right angle bars. could be easier for assembly/dissassembly)
Aluminum H bars Approx 4000mm ( 1/2" x 1/2")
Aluminum flat bars Approx 2000mm ( 1/2" x 1/2")
Countersunk bolts
Countersunk rivets
The side panels:
6 translucent red acrylic panels measuring 609mm x 609mm x 5mm
90 A4 sheets black gloss 1mm thick plasticard
200ml plasticard bonding agent (commonly known as plastiweld to model makers)
Aluminum 1/4" round rod approx 2m
24 x LAMPTRON flexstrip pro red led lights
The motherboard tray
30 A4 sheets white 2mm plasticard
100ml plasticard bonding agent (commonly known as plastiweld to model makers)
1 pack of standard motherboard stand-offs
2m 18 AWG grounding cable
1m solder wire
bolts for standoffs
ring terminals to ground standoffs/motherboard to the framework
The air vent areas:
if i can source this in large enough sizes then hopefully Modders mesh with circular holes. sizes need to be 2.5ft x 1.5ft and need 12 of these
The hardware being placed into the top mobo tray
Currently owned hardware:
MSI X58 PRO-E motherboard
Intel i7 920 2.66ghz cpu
3gb DDR3 1333mhz ram tri channel
GTX460 1gb OC edition gpu
Corsair TX850watt psu
magicool 360 slim radiator
GTX 240 radiator
EK 800l/p pump
EK basics res
8/10mm tubing + compression fittings
koolance GPU 220 gpu block
XSPC RASA cpu waterblock
5 x scythe gentle typhoon 1850rpm fans
planned upgrades:
2x 120gb corsair force 3 SSD
another gtx460 1gb gpu
Corsair 6gb ddr3 tri channel ram kit (has to be 1333mhz though as thats the fastested my board will take)
PCI-e x1 sata III card to drive the SSD's at sata 3
Stuff to get eventually:
another koolance gpu 220 block
Possibly swap the 2 radiators for 2x 480 rads
11/13mm tubing 6m
14x 11/33mm compression fittings
6x compression fitting extentions (so the 11/13 fittings will fit onto the blocks)
4x thread spacers
5x Lamptron Vandal Resistant Illuminated Switch Connection Cable
10x internal 2pin cable extensions
between 5 and 10 120mm radiator gaskets
either 2x 480 rad stands or 1x360 rad stand and a 240 rad stand
2x 2usb front panel cables
then theres rivets, bolts, nuts, washers other cables but its like 3am so cant think at the moment haha
Progression
The entire build is broken up into 21 stages in all, as i buy various parts and make progress i will post in the relevant section below
Main framework - going to start work on this around the 11th/12th as the frameworks kind of needed to do anything on the panels.
Due to a low income the build will take a while but starting on the above date, the internal hardware listed from specialtech will take the longest to get annoyingly.
link to my youtube channel and where i will be posting video work logs.
http://www.youtube.com/user/MrReeve1987
As some of you may know i've been in the market for a new computer case for some time. I can never find anything that needs my needs of style, customisability, internal space and cleanliness.
So i've decided to construct a case of my own, this is by no means a shy project and will take a fair amount of time due to the cost and sheer scale of this.
Imagine a case large enough to house not just 1 computer, but 2 with enough room to watercool both with enough room for up to 12 480mm radiators PER computer meaning enough room for a total of 24, 480mm rads!
Yes, the Pillar case is so called because its quite literally a Pillar of technology, measuring in at 2ft wide by 2ft deep, the real jaw dropping magnitude comes in with its height, SEVEN (yes 7!!!) full length feet make up the height of this goliath!
Consisting of an aluminum framework there will be 3 sections of grilled/meshed areas for radiator mounting, 2x2ft x 2ft acrylic panels with a custom terra nova themed pattern which will be backlit red.
EVERY part will be built, by me, there is NOTHING on the market that even comes CLOSE to this kind of project that i have seen.
this is ALSO sponsored by another company but for some reason OCUK seem to think they're competition so the mods removed it. but it IS sponsored by another company as well
To Lamptron, www.lamptron.com, for your modding needs! [/B]
Link to my youtube channel where i will be posting up video work logs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpKJN49Q3_c
You will have to forgive the MS paint images, but heres a little teaser of whats to come.... (also if anyone feels generous and would like to convert these into google sketchup 3d images or something feel free to drop me a pm as it would be highly appreciated. i suck with sketchup lol)
Firstly i give you the basic framework
Now where the grilled/meshed areas will be
Basic front panel/motherboard concept for strength and layout
rough design of the front panel. This is going to be hidden behind a flip down peice of mesh to conceal it all maintaining the clean simple look. but idea is this slots into the central area and gets bolted into place. Also toying with the idea of having the HDD cages under the ODD's and using longer sata cables to route up to the motherboard
the power supply mounts
worse than chinese instructions. actually this was to help me work out how much metal i need. the numbers like 609 are mm lengths.
Finally i present to you, a rough, basic image of what the Pillar will look like when completed
by all means, comment, discuss but please, try to be constructive.
oh, i know the idea of making a motherboard tray from plasticard may not sound overly much like a good idea, however i've had a lot of working with this stuff before and trust me when i say, it can be VERY strong when dealt with properly.
Here comes the material parts
this is off the top of my head at the moment but pretty final.
Main framework:
Aluminum right angle bar Approx 10,000mm ( 1/2" x 1/2") (considering using 3/4" x 3/4" box tubing instead of right angle bars. could be easier for assembly/dissassembly)
Aluminum H bars Approx 4000mm ( 1/2" x 1/2")
Aluminum flat bars Approx 2000mm ( 1/2" x 1/2")
Countersunk bolts
Countersunk rivets
The side panels:
6 translucent red acrylic panels measuring 609mm x 609mm x 5mm
90 A4 sheets black gloss 1mm thick plasticard
200ml plasticard bonding agent (commonly known as plastiweld to model makers)
Aluminum 1/4" round rod approx 2m
24 x LAMPTRON flexstrip pro red led lights
The motherboard tray
30 A4 sheets white 2mm plasticard
100ml plasticard bonding agent (commonly known as plastiweld to model makers)
1 pack of standard motherboard stand-offs
2m 18 AWG grounding cable
1m solder wire
bolts for standoffs
ring terminals to ground standoffs/motherboard to the framework
The air vent areas:
if i can source this in large enough sizes then hopefully Modders mesh with circular holes. sizes need to be 2.5ft x 1.5ft and need 12 of these
The hardware being placed into the top mobo tray
Currently owned hardware:
MSI X58 PRO-E motherboard
Intel i7 920 2.66ghz cpu
3gb DDR3 1333mhz ram tri channel
GTX460 1gb OC edition gpu
Corsair TX850watt psu
magicool 360 slim radiator
GTX 240 radiator
EK 800l/p pump
EK basics res
8/10mm tubing + compression fittings
koolance GPU 220 gpu block
XSPC RASA cpu waterblock
5 x scythe gentle typhoon 1850rpm fans
planned upgrades:
2x 120gb corsair force 3 SSD
another gtx460 1gb gpu
Corsair 6gb ddr3 tri channel ram kit (has to be 1333mhz though as thats the fastested my board will take)
PCI-e x1 sata III card to drive the SSD's at sata 3
Stuff to get eventually:
another koolance gpu 220 block
Possibly swap the 2 radiators for 2x 480 rads
11/13mm tubing 6m
14x 11/33mm compression fittings
6x compression fitting extentions (so the 11/13 fittings will fit onto the blocks)
4x thread spacers
5x Lamptron Vandal Resistant Illuminated Switch Connection Cable
10x internal 2pin cable extensions
between 5 and 10 120mm radiator gaskets
either 2x 480 rad stands or 1x360 rad stand and a 240 rad stand
2x 2usb front panel cables
then theres rivets, bolts, nuts, washers other cables but its like 3am so cant think at the moment haha
Progression
The entire build is broken up into 21 stages in all, as i buy various parts and make progress i will post in the relevant section below
Main framework - going to start work on this around the 11th/12th as the frameworks kind of needed to do anything on the panels.
Due to a low income the build will take a while but starting on the above date, the internal hardware listed from specialtech will take the longest to get annoyingly.
link to my youtube channel and where i will be posting video work logs.
http://www.youtube.com/user/MrReeve1987
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