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shiltz · 07-19-2005, 10:44 PM

currently working on making a new case for my new computer i'm putting together.

first the computer specs:
CPU: Athlon 64 3000+ Venice
Motherboard: Asus A8N-SLI Premium
Memory: 2X Corsair XMS 512mb PC3200
Video card: BFG 7800GTX
HDD's: WD Raptor 74GB/WD Raptor 36.7GB/Maxtor 120GB SATA
PSU: Antec TruePower 2.0 TPII-550
Sound card: Audigy 2
Monitor: Dell FP2001
Radiator: Danger Den double heater core
CPU block: Swiftech Storm
GPU block: Maze 4 GPU
Pump: Eheim 1250

next here's some shots of the model when I designed it. most of the parts in the case are made out of oak except for the rear panel which will be aluminum and the motherboard tray which i'm gona cut out of another case.

now here's the pictures of my progress so far, first the bottom panel where the radiator is going, still need to cut the hole for the PSU to intake air from but waiting for that to come in the mail still.

here's the top panel with the danger den fill port installed, had to route out the bottom of the opening to make the wood thin enough to actualy get the nut on that holds in in place.

here's the front panel of the case, I still need to cut out the bottom opening which will hide a multifunction drive bay with USB / firewire / card reader / fan control / etc behind a hinged panel. for a while I was trying to decide what I wanted to do for the power button, mostly it's going to be the oak and i'm going to paint other components with one of those spray paints that make it look like antique brass and posibly a few things black but most of the buttons I saw were chrome or just cheapo plastic ones which would match so I decided to make my own.

for the button I took the switch mechinism from an old case then I designed the button to fit on it, the button is .125" thick oak with the power button symbol cut out all the way thru, then I cut a piece of acrylic and drilled a hole to put an LED in it and glued it to the oak piece and then I made the mating piece to mate it onto the switch mechinism, the LED will be the power on LED so the power symbol will glow blue when the computer is on.

and here's a close up on the actual button.

07-19-2005, 10:44 PM	#1
shiltz Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: usa Posts: 84	Project: custom oak case, work in progress currently working on making a new case for my new computer i'm putting together. first the computer specs: CPU: Athlon 64 3000+ Venice Motherboard: Asus A8N-SLI Premium Memory: 2X Corsair XMS 512mb PC3200 Video card: BFG 7800GTX HDD's: WD Raptor 74GB/WD Raptor 36.7GB/Maxtor 120GB SATA PSU: Antec TruePower 2.0 TPII-550 Sound card: Audigy 2 Monitor: Dell FP2001 Radiator: Danger Den double heater core CPU block: Swiftech Storm GPU block: Maze 4 GPU Pump: Eheim 1250 next here's some shots of the model when I designed it. most of the parts in the case are made out of oak except for the rear panel which will be aluminum and the motherboard tray which i'm gona cut out of another case. now here's the pictures of my progress so far, first the bottom panel where the radiator is going, still need to cut the hole for the PSU to intake air from but waiting for that to come in the mail still. here's the top panel with the danger den fill port installed, had to route out the bottom of the opening to make the wood thin enough to actualy get the nut on that holds in in place. here's the front panel of the case, I still need to cut out the bottom opening which will hide a multifunction drive bay with USB / firewire / card reader / fan control / etc behind a hinged panel. for a while I was trying to decide what I wanted to do for the power button, mostly it's going to be the oak and i'm going to paint other components with one of those spray paints that make it look like antique brass and posibly a few things black but most of the buttons I saw were chrome or just cheapo plastic ones which would match so I decided to make my own. for the button I took the switch mechinism from an old case then I designed the button to fit on it, the button is .125" thick oak with the power button symbol cut out all the way thru, then I cut a piece of acrylic and drilled a hole to put an LED in it and glued it to the oak piece and then I made the mating piece to mate it onto the switch mechinism, the LED will be the power on LED so the power symbol will glow blue when the computer is on. and here's a close up on the actual button. __________________ Athlon 64 3000+ Venice / Asus A8N-SLI Premium / 2X Corsair XMS 512mb PC3200 BFG 7800GTX / Audigy 2 / Dell FP2001 20.1" / Antec TruePower 2.0 TPII-550 WD Raptor 36.7GB / WD Raptor 74GB / Maxtor 120GB SATA Water Cooled: CPU Swiftech Storm / GPU Maze 4 / Danger Den Double Heater core / Eheim 1250 Last edited by shiltz; 07-20-2005 at 08:13 AM.