marcus000

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This is gonna be my entry to a comp, objective is to make a SFF (small form factor) case, within specific size requirements and able to accommodate all the usual components.
Its about the design of the case and not practicality of it so temps etc dont come into the equation...Here we go then:

First heres 16m of tubing


There will be 10 rows of tubing stacked on top of each other all connected via 2 x 10 port manifolds, you get the idea from the pic:


Rear of case, made from acrylic (if budget permits, alternatively its gonna be aluminium or steel as I can get it for free).
1 x Hard Drive and 1 x DVD Drive underneath the mobo. PSU to the side of the mobo


Tubing will coil into a spiral at the top (may change)


I will be making 2 x 10 Port Manifolds to put at rear of case, where the holes are in the backplate, water will be able to flow through all the tubes:


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UPDATE #1
This is the layout for the components, notice my cardboard cut-out DVD writer under the mobo tray, also underneath is a 3.5" Hard drive with some stand-offs in to keep everything level


A quick mock up of tubing coils (im not using this tubing, its just that I dont wanna start cutting the other tubing till my manifolds are complete).


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Update 2
Well I just got some pics off the Manifolds from Rob (WCUK) and wooo they looks sweet :-)
So a massive thankyou to Rob and his friend with the milling machine for doing these for me.

Heres the pics:




Comments & Suggestions welcome!
I Will edit accordingly as I progress thru it, next update shud be the weekend I think.

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marcus000

UPDATE:
The aluminium pieces have now been cut-out... measuring out the backplate was a right PITA. Its a nice fit though so it was worth the effort I suppose.
The lid has now got a rectangle cut-out in to acommodate the LCD.
I had a piece of scratched acrylic that I found at work months ago so ive cut that into a mobo tray (just needs drilling now)

THE PICTURES







PS: I know I need to cut the acrylic under the PSU.
Hoepfully gonna drill it all today and paint it 2moz.

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Syrillian

Oh man! ...this is gonna be sweeeeet!

Awesome design with some great creativity.

Count me in on the thread subscription.

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AMD_RULES

this should be intresting

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Very original!

Subscribed and rep+!!!!

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marcus000

Thanks for the positive comments, I wasnt sure what sort of reaction it would get on here. The comp isnt about building a working computer, hence the PSU with no wires. Its 100% about design and features of the case.

Ive not decided on a colour scheme yet, remember the tubings clear so I can dye the water. Any suggestions for colours?

thanks for rep

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chailvr

Rainbow?..lol
I mixed UV BLue with red dye to make a violet color.
You can put more or less of the red depending on what you like.

Syrillian

So this will be a functional system?

....I am a little confused by the comment you made about the "wireless" PSU...

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Looks cool, I'll be keeping my eye on this one.

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Dont think a rainbow would be possible as all the tubing is linked together, the manifolds will actually have water running through them, so its not like I can put a different colour on each level of tubing.
Theres a reason for me choosing to do it this way, but thats a suprise for the end.

No, but the case WILL be able to accomodate a functioning system if you get me. Its more than likely that this case would suffer from heat problems but that doesnt matter as its about appearance mainly.

Like I said, the comp is about design so to help me ive used some old components to make sure I get the right dimensions.
I cut the wires off the PSU to make it easier to work with as the wires pissed me off, get me?

I will be firing up the pump at the end though though, to get all the water running.

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