Basic Idea behind this case...
I recently moved into the world of watercooling, for temperature, noise reduction, and the Wow factor. Now, with my current case, my rad is mounted externally, which takes up a lot of space, and with its mounting, ends up in a slightly choked for airflow area... which cant be good for temps. What I really wanted, was for my case to be sleek, elegant, and QUIET! I made the initial mistake of not w/c'ing my 7800GTX, not quite realizing how much of a noise source it was. In this project, I will be putting a block on it.
Now, whats the easiest way to have internal watercooling, without spending tonnes of money on a beautiful aluminum case like a stacker, or TJ07, and still retain the size of a mid tower case? Build it yourself was my only conclusion, after searching for a case that would be even remotly easy to install a 2x120mm rad up front. What to build it out of? Aluminum was way too expensive, plus its a lot harder to cut, than wood. So, off I went to the building center, and got myself some wood.
Basic design will include a removeable motherboard tray, removeable PSU tray, Motherboard above PSU (a-la newer lian-li's) Front mounted 2x120mm Rad, with fans on intake, a single 5.25" bay for my DVD burner, a custom resevoir, matte black finish, green lighting and green water.
So far, I have made the frame for front and back, the attaching pieces are cut out but not joined yet, as the rest of it needs to sit first. The wood glue I am using can sustain 3,500lb of pressure, so I figure im good for strength...
Anyways, on to what youve all been waiting for: Pics! Id say they're fairly self explanatory...
Current challenges -- How to attach side pannels. This is the biggest thing im having trouble with.
-Cameron
I recently moved into the world of watercooling, for temperature, noise reduction, and the Wow factor. Now, with my current case, my rad is mounted externally, which takes up a lot of space, and with its mounting, ends up in a slightly choked for airflow area... which cant be good for temps. What I really wanted, was for my case to be sleek, elegant, and QUIET! I made the initial mistake of not w/c'ing my 7800GTX, not quite realizing how much of a noise source it was. In this project, I will be putting a block on it.
Now, whats the easiest way to have internal watercooling, without spending tonnes of money on a beautiful aluminum case like a stacker, or TJ07, and still retain the size of a mid tower case? Build it yourself was my only conclusion, after searching for a case that would be even remotly easy to install a 2x120mm rad up front. What to build it out of? Aluminum was way too expensive, plus its a lot harder to cut, than wood. So, off I went to the building center, and got myself some wood.
Basic design will include a removeable motherboard tray, removeable PSU tray, Motherboard above PSU (a-la newer lian-li's) Front mounted 2x120mm Rad, with fans on intake, a single 5.25" bay for my DVD burner, a custom resevoir, matte black finish, green lighting and green water.
So far, I have made the frame for front and back, the attaching pieces are cut out but not joined yet, as the rest of it needs to sit first. The wood glue I am using can sustain 3,500lb of pressure, so I figure im good for strength...
Anyways, on to what youve all been waiting for: Pics! Id say they're fairly self explanatory...
Current challenges -- How to attach side pannels. This is the biggest thing im having trouble with.
-Cameron