Project Vulcan

[jjsky5000]

Project Vulcan

This will be my main Gaming rig that travels to about 10-12 lan parties a year. It a micro atx case theme Black and Orange,

Some of my concerns was the dual 120 radiator. it doesnt fit any where in the case. not yet any ways (dremal time). Air flow was another concern. But i finally came up with a pretty simple solution, mount the raditor on the botton and have air blowing in from the top and through teh bottom. The Mb has been staying at a pretty constant 30c on the test bench for about a month. I will aslo be adding soem arylic ilumminated panels and case feet.

I am pushed on time on this one and have about 10 days to complete before I take it to a Lan party on the 11th . So get ready for metal & plastic to fly !!!!

Part list

1 NZXT Vulcan Case

1 EVGA Micro atx Sli MB
2 EVGA GTX 280s
1 Intel Core i7-965 Extreme Edition
1 Cooler Master 1000w Slient PS
4 XIGMATEK Case Fans orange and white leds
1 DD- Stealth GTS 240 Black Ice Radiator
1 DD-Single 5 1/4" Bay Reservoir
1 DD-CPX-Pro 12V Pump
1 LG DVD rewritable.
1 Mod/Smart Supreme System Sleeving Kit - Black
1 Mod/Smart 20 Station LED Board - Base w/ 10x LEDs - Orange Base / Amber Switch / Amber LEDs
1 Logisys 4" Dual Cold Cathode Kit - UV
1 Feser One Orange coolant
1 Orange Tubing
12 3/8” by 5/8” compression fittings
1 TDX CPU block with Orange top

Update #1
Disassemble the Vulcan Case

Needed to make room for the Rad

Well My wife told me to move all this stuff to the garage

But i didnt have any benches

So i went to the lumber yard picked up some wood Saturday
and built 2 new ones

the parts started to arrive.
One awesome Custom TDX CPU block from Danger Den

Some really cool Xigmatek Fans

A little test Fit
wow that aint going to work (lol)

Time to get the dreamal out

 

[jjsky5000]

Update 2#

Making the first Cut for the Rad

Came out nice and Clean

Cutting out the botton for rad air flow

a little dusting but came out great

Test Fit

Looking good so far

More cuts on the front bezel to make room for the rad

made a small cut on the MB support for wire managmnet and room for the rad

break !!!! lol

 

[jjsky5000]

lunch break is over
Side panal I didnt like the mesh

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So lets remove it , it left some nice scratches on the side

Few new cuts for the new panel

Pretty clean so far

u channel even makes it better

Very Happy !!!

Lets go cuts some plexi!!!

Lets add a little something

A steady hand

I am not confendent with my sand blasting yet, so the hand ecting will have to work

 

[jjsky5000]

Update 3#
Case feet & Sleeving
Sunbeam case feet

What the hell are you doing !!!

I have a little differnt vision than the originals

More on this later but here a little peek

Sleeving

Why such a ugly blue !!!!

Prepping the Bench for 09/08

 

[elkodust]

Very excited to see this done. I just got the vilcan and have been thinking of doing things to it, and have even looked at the same fans. Great stuff so far.

 

[jjsky5000]

Another update from the past week.

Back on the case feet

adding the leds

Lights on

lights off

add the led to the side panel

lights off

another test fit

 

[H@RD5]

Wow, I love it, I also like the black and orange scheme! Great work, keep it up!

 

[mrbrad]

I considered the vulcan earlier, but my cardboard mockup made me think that it was going to be way large for use as a portable rig. Any thoughts?

Nice look with the feet. How are you routing the LED power -- through the circular hole, drilled into the case, and under the rad to a spare 4-pin, or other? Agreed with H@RD5, I dig the color scheme, etched "VULCAN" is also very nice.

 

[jjsky5000]

I am using a mod smart 20 led block in the back. the led leads under teh psu and rad , the ones on the panel are just zip tied and routed through currenlty. I thinb the case is super portable, the handle is super sturdy it would be super light without the water coling, it was surprising light when i pulled it out of teh box.

 

[Jesse B]

That looks fantastic!

How are you liking the case? I'm wanting to upgrade my current desktop and replace it with an mATX or mITX rig, and I was looking at this case.

 

[fellas]

some more pics of the finished wc setup inside pls...

 

[jjsky5000]

almost done, i have a few more things i am doing

 

[H@RD5]

I would really like to know how you scored that orange DD block!

 

[jjsky5000]

its a secret, but if you go to www.dangerden.com and order a tdx and say custom orange and say jj_sky500 sent you to buy one, they would do it for you

 

[ekuest]

this looks awesome man. great work. how did you make the vulcan lettering and light it?