Mark_767

Some of you may have seen my case building topic. Well since this is a different subject (and my case building topic is kinda dead) I am making this a thread. I found a website to buy metal. Now what do you guys think I should make the case out of?

I make it out of either aluminum (probably considering it costs the least), stainless steel (a maybe cause it is cool looking right?), copper (an interesting idea, since the heated air could maybe be thermally conducted or something? Or since I am making the HDD racks copper I could connect them thermally to the wall of the case, giving it a lot of surface area, unfortunately if you touched the case here you might get a burn if the HDDs were running hot), brass ( ), or bronze ( ).

I am buying from http://lowcostmetals.com

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Hollowman8904

Are you going to LAN Party at all?

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You know what would be really neat to see......A wooden case that would be awesome!!

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i have a wooden case already ^_^, im thinking of making another classier one with copper fittings

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If you're going to be moving around a lot, go with an aluminum case. It's more expensive and weaker than it's steel counterpart , but a lot lighter. Go with steel if you arn't going to move around a lot or if it's going to stay in one place.

Mark_767

I'm not going to lan parties, and it will mainly be stationary. I was just saying steel was an option. Would stainless steel look good? I might go aluminum. I plan on painting it so I guess stainless steel looking good doesn't matter, however I could use it for certain parts.

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Mark_767

What about magnesium? Does anyone know which would stop the most sound? Maybe if I made the outside all really soundproof, then the only way sound could escape would be fan holes, then it would probably be really quiet. Perhaps get a 100+ CMF fan for the cpu

EDIT: Magnesium is expensive, nevermind that idea

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Aluminum case, copper HDD racks, and steel pump housing (assumuing you use a pump)

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I wonder what titanium alloy would be like... its as durable as stainless steel and supposedly half the weight...

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