The Freebie Desk.

[bamaland101]

So I'm finally getting around to putting my Freebie Desk together, seriously enough the only tools i've used were a sawzall and a drill.. nothing else so no its not 100% pretty, this setup is honestly temporary until Spotwood completes my custom mobo tray a month from now. which will then be properly inserted into the cabinet.

so specs of the hardware is going as follows,
ASRock Z77M LGA 1155 Intel Z77
i3 2100T
2x 500gb (1x 5400rpm, 1x 7200rpm)
1x 120gb G.Skill Phoenix Pro SSD
sapphire vapor-x 4890 1gb(trying to snag another one to crossfire)
lite-on sata dvdrw
OCZ StealthxStream 700w
Corsair Vengence DDR3 1600 2x4GB

will be installing a RX360 radiator, apogee drive block/mcp350 pump combo, micro res(fitted with fillport on top) i plan to add gpu block later on but atm funds are limited.

I'll be using a 24in kitchen cabinet and attaching it to the left side of the planned desk.
I'll be using a 4ft section of Futura Smokey Topaz counter-top, and later on for the right side i'll be adding some 2x4 on top of my entertainment center that will be sitting under the right side.

I'll have some pics up shorty as i get thru the process of each step

 

[bamaland101]

I'll try and get some pics of the little work I've done so far, but I'm pretty much at a halt because a friend locally needed rig parts after his computer fried last night so i sold him mine on the cheap.
i bought some more stuff over the weekend and hope that they all get here in a timely manner so i can continue this build.

mainly im waiting on the mobo/cpu, and the rad and rad grill i ordered.

so far progress that is done, i chopped the bottom off of the cabinet, drilled some holes for the motherboard stands, and cut out the I/o shield and dual pci-e slot along with the power supply hole.

once everything gets here i'll be able to make templates and finish the drilling and cutting.
being that i went from a ATX board now down to a M-ATX board i'll have to re-drill the bottom holes for the mobo.

still waiting to find a PSU, fans, and some ram.

i'll try and have pics posted of progress tonight.
thanks for the 150+ views so far even though i've been slacking off

 

[bamaland101]

Well I'll start off with the these two.. Xena the warrior princess, and Kimbo Slice

they help get in my way everytime i try to do something lol.
she is 2 and he is 3, i bought xena when she was 3months old, and recently rescued kimbo from a home in slidell,la where i was doing some work.

arriving today i got my g.skill ssd and sata dvdrw

here are some quick pics of what was done to the cabinet so far. (not much obviously)

 

[bamaland101]

okay so i didnt get to take much pictures as i just happened to get in my just finish it already mood..
im still waiting on my rad grill and micro res before i install the w/c loop.

i ended up going with the rad in front instead of placing it on the side like i originally planned, so to make it fit i had to cut in notches as you see on the first pic.
a 360 rad fits perfect and will be looking good with a rad grill in place to hide everything.

im still waiting to hear back from dwood or spotswood about a custom tray that will house the m-atx mobo and the psu that will hold another 360 rad above the i/o shield and pci slots.

 

[bamaland101]

so got the rad grill and micro res today and did some more mounting and mock-up
still waiting for some new TIM and PT Nuke to come in.

rad&grill mounted

inner pic of rad mounting and micro res

mock-up of the apogee drive

starting with 10ft of black 3/8" tubing and still have about 4 1/2ft left over incase i cut that res-to-pump line to short


still trying to figure out how managing all these cables are going to work out..