[Complete] Condensation (20/09/08) - Page 2 - Overclock.net

**repo_man** · 07-29-08

Hey man, thanks for the PM.

This should be fun to watch, you have some interesting things going on! Sub'd

ice_owl · 07-29-08

That is one nice clean looking case you got there, Cant wait to see you chop into it.

Xye · 07-30-08

Hi sorry I know i promised an Update on Tuesday and its now Wednesday But Hopefully the wait will be worth it.

So straight into it:

Motherboard mounts

Spaced Just enough with Fiber washers so it doesn't touch

Remember this?

Well now it looks like this:

But wait doesn that not mean the HDD is right next to the PSU?

Erm, well yes

I spy with my.... yeah Thats where the original motherboard tray went so I cut a piece of Polystrene Sheet i have and you can see the Waterblock on the GPU quite nicely

About that GPU though. The part where the inlet and outlet points are interferes with the PSU so I had to modify the PSU Slightly (Can you spot it?)

And Finally back to the motherboard and the mounting of the I/O Panel, It took abit of Shimmying and some words were said but It fits and is something that could almost be called Straight

Anyway thats all for now, Hope it was worth the wait and all. Still Lots to be done though.

Thoughts:

Name:Ive been thinking (well trying) to think up names for this Project. Thus far i have come up with:
Blue Pheonix,
or
Nexus,
but im not sure The colour is going to be predominately Black with the insides lit Blue. So Suggestions are very welcome.

I/O Expansion Slots: Still need either some precise measurements or a template for where i can cut the Slots for the GPU to stick through the Case Window.

OMG: Im Honoured by the Presence of ice_owl AND repo_man, But yeah thanks guys I hope i don't dissapoint.

Other waffle
On another note its my Birthday tomorrow So There may or may not be an update....

Thanks for reading

nepas · 07-30-08

happy b'day for tomorrow mate

its looking well,i like the mod to the psu

Xye · 08-03-08

Ok ive been thinking more about designs for the windows (seen as theres not been much help from you lot

). Ive been having difficulty coming up with pinstripe designs on my own, so i wondered what if i found some kind of Chinese words meaning things that the Case Mod is all about.

So here are some suggestions (all taken from here so i hope these are really what they mean

)

Water (for the Watercooling)

Fire (for the heat that it will produce)

Power (Well I hope it will be anyway lol)

Two (for the SLI maybe abit of a weak one that one so if anyone has suggestions on it feel free

)

anyway thats all for now more pics will appear tomorrow though.

What of?

Well thats a surprise :P

**repo_man** · 08-03-08

Wow, that's alot going on in such a small area! I noticed your mounting of the HDD, really imaginative

great solution!

As for names, what about Condensation? Condensed for the LAN case, and condensation for the WC in it?

SmasherBasher · 08-03-08

Wicked! Makes me want to mod my wife's microfly case.

Xye · 08-04-08

All right then time for another update. Things seem to be coming together abit now which is very pleasing.

Today the Hinges have been created and the radiator has been fixed up so that it is free to be able to move up and down. Enjoy:

The Case half of the Hinge (sorry bad photo):

Fan half of hinge with The bit that goes through the middle (im sure theres a technical term for it but i don't know it):

Hinge put together:

Fans On the radiator:

Fans Spaced away from the Radiator (using 3 pieces of the 2mm Polystrene sheet):

Radiator Cover (haven't decided what i want to do with this yet, wether to go with Max Airflow or cut patterns into it):

Radiator assembly mounted in the case:

Radiator in the Upright Postion (For when the computer is in Use):

Final pic to show how close the Rad assembly gets when moving):

Now comes the fun part. I have the motor to Drive the Lead screw, which will have a Connecting rod attached to it, in turn attaching it to the radiator assembly. So thats all fine only worry there is clearance for the connecting rod. How it will be controlled though is a different matter, The motor works fine off the PSU (using the same connections the case fans use) so it will go up fine, its just the stopping at the top and returning to the down position that gets me. Going to have to think about that alot.

Thanks repo, I was thinking about it and was offering it to various places in the case and well it just kind of looked obvious to me, As i said though I will make a nice Polystrene mount to attach to the fan as the one atm is abit rough lol.

next update: Later this week (Thursday or Friday)

Xye · 08-05-08

Right just a small update, as this wasn't originally planned in the beginning but looking at the Case Frame its bending alot, with all the extra stuff that has been put in and all the structural parts of the case ive had to remove to fit it all in.

The original feet are just small round things with abit of padding on, not giving much support. Ive made a Big Foot that is slightly inset from the edge of the case.

Cutting Wood:

Clamped together Gluing:

Hummm maybe not my greatest work ever:

But i will be painting it black and im Considering maybe putting some LED's there so it has a kind of underglow. What do you think?