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Old 05-02-06   #1 (permalink)
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The Throne for my Armor

Hey all I’ve decided to build a base (a.k.a. Throne) for my case. The main reason for this is to gain more open space in the case itself. At the moment the case is rather full. The plan is to move the radiators, pump and drain spout in the base. At the same time I will be adding 2 more 120mm radiators and moving to ultra silent fans.



Here is what the system looks like now:




Here is the design for the parts:




The material I am using is ½ inch MDF. It seems to be strong enough, although I will be adding a lot of interior support as my case is very heavy.

Here is what it looks like so far, I still have a few holes to cut and some sanding to do:



There is still a lot of work to do here and I’ll keep you all posted.

Edit: BTW the fans on the rads will pull through them.

Edit 2: Changed thread name as this is a project worklog
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Looks good and sweet lay out. I hope i can try watercooling. Still need understand the whole >waterblock>cpu or something like that
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That would look sweet if you bolted it to your armor and put diamond place around the wood box... It would be 50 or so lbs but hey it'd look kewl.
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I'm not sure diamond plate is my thing, but it might look alright.
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Heh it was a suggestion. Wood will just be a bit tacky under your armor:P
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Heh it was a suggestion. Wood will just be a bit tacky under your armor:P
Sand the edges and paint it!
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Hmm the grain of the wood would still show after like 5 coats. Im thinking you should get some thin aluminum, screw it onto the wood then paint
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When I'm done with the paint you'll never know it was wood.

Edit: I was thinking of using some aluminum that I have but found a different way. BTW MDF doesn't really have any grain to it, it's very smooth
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When I'm done with the paint you'll never know it was wood.
Exactly, and that looks like that composite type wood, not grained wood, so the grain shoulden't show through.
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I totally didnt enlarge the pic. (SORRY):P
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