[build] Speeds Scratch design and build log (case)

[speed]

Spent a solid two months designing this before sending the files out to have the acrylic cut for me. I have decided to go with black outside white inside. I wanted more colors but to keep material costs down I went this route. I have designed the case so that the two 240 rads + power supply and pump will be in the base of the case. I went with a SFX power supply so that I would have as much room possible in the base for air flow. The top of the case features a flat laying motherboard with three windows one top, and both sides.

The case measurements are H 312mm x W 292MM x D 372mm



Specs

Case: Custom designed ITX case made from 3mm & 5.6mm laser cut acrylic.
CPU: Pentium G3258 (for now)
RAM: Adata XPG 1866
Mobo: EVGA Z97 Stinger Core3D
display: Sapphire r9 290
PSU: Silverstone SX500-LG
SSD: Intel 730 240GB.
Fans: 6x Noctua NF-S12Bm, 2x Noctua NF-P14s
power Control 2x 8 Way PWM Splitter - Sata powered
30x Parvummodding cubes
100+ m3 screws
MNPC Diamond Knurl PC Feet, Silver




Watercooling

Laing DDC 3.25 18W Pump
EK-DDC X-TOP CSQ - Acetal
EK-DDC Heatsink Housing
EK-UNI Pump Holder (120mm FAN)
2x Darkside Cross-Flow Dual LPX240 Extra Slim Radiator
EK-Supremacy EVO - Nickel
Bitspower Multi Z 150 res
EK-FC R9-290X Backplate - Black
EK-FC R9-290X - Acetal
Feser One - Cooling Fluid - UV BLUE
DarkSide HD Cable Single Wire Sleeving - Dark Blue UV
Darkside UV lighting.
Bunch of Bitspower hard tube fittings.

[bungwirez]

ya Speed! Love a good scratch build. cool design buddy

[Hooded]

Nice looking case.
Can't wait to see the real thing.

[Bartacus]

Me too! Subbed!

[speed]

Pics for today

[Hooded]

Nice feet.
Who have you got cutting the panels for the case? Pavrum

[speed]

Nice feet.
Who have you got cutting the panels for the case? Pavrum

No, I tried to get it done locally but all of my attempts to find good source in Ottawa or Montreal failed. I ended up using Ponoko (http://www.ponoko.com/)
Its in the US and shipping was a pain but it ended up working out quite well for me. You can upload your design online and get an instant quote, while with most companies its more manual. The cutting is $2 per min, which is standard. I also sourced the acrylic from them.

[Hero1]

Subbed!
Nice case feet and I like the schematics.

[speed]

Got the feet installed onto the base.

So far the measurements I took are good.



More coming soon.

[bungwirez]

I'm always so amazed at you guys who can make a digital design become reality

[nass]

looking good speed, cool idea, be watching this.

[speed]

Got the Bottom intake fans installed with dust filters.

Rads, Fans and pump installed

Here is a shot with the PSU installed

I had made a little tray for the SSD but I wont be using it. Instead ill just twist tie it down somewhere near the PSU. As you can see its gonna be a tight fit in there.

[Bartacus]

That is one packed little basement!

[Hooded]

Looking good real good.

[speed]

Now for the part I was worried about... But everything fit as planned perfect measurements!
I had the laser cut smaller holes for the motherboard stand offs then I used a tap to get a 6-32 thread.

The next part was the back plate, it fit dead on perfect.

Here is a shot with the Vid card in.