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Old 10-07-07   #1 (permalink)
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Niko Time commissioned a scratchbuilt HTPC style case from me and gave me a blank slate to work from. His only requirements being that it be HTPC form factor and that it not have a bunch of lights or LED fans all over it. He stressed that he wanted a stylish and classy looking case.

After considerable thought I came up with a way to arrange the hardware in a small footprint and still have good cooling and ease of access.

To be honest the budget for this build does not provide for much labor or fancy parts. But I will still be able to provide a nice custom enclosure...it just won't be elaborate.

After a couple of mock ups with inexpensixe 1/8" acrylic I decided that acrylic strong enough to hold up to shipping would be too heavy to use for the interior and chassis. Afterall part f the factoor here is meeting a budget. Shipping is going to be a big part of that.

So I searched and found a very nice HTPC with the layout I was looking for: this case has room for full sized components and so on and provisions for 120mm fans on either side to get a good crossflow going.

I will clad the sides of the case in some killer custom acrylic slabs and do a few other things to bring the case to the next level.

Here are some shots fof the case that arrived 10/29/07 about noon.




















Fan caddy for PSU venting


Side vent.



Should make a very nice platform for the build.
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Oooo, thats me!
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Yep! It is finally time....Niko Time!
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Sounds like some awesome plans, I want to see more already!

Aren't there any acrylic motherboard trays available? I'm planning an acrylic case (clear rather than the retro style your going for ) and I think the motherboard tray might stick out a bit much...
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Syrillian makes nice motherboard trays. I think I have seen one somewhere but it was crap.
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System: Black Knight: Quest for the Graal
CPU
2 x Xeon E5420 @ 3ghz Folding
Motherboard
Intel D5400XS (SkullTrail)
Memory
Transcend 4 x 2GB DDR2 800 FB DIMM ECC
Graphics Card
2 Sapphire HD 3870X2 in Xfire
Hard Drive
Velociraptor/ 4 x Samsung F1 750GB RAID5 Areca1210
Sound Card
Creative X-Fi Extreme Music and Console
Power Supply
Silverstone DA 1200
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Soldam Windy Alcadia XR-1 NRS
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Updates?

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I know you would like to see..but I need to get further along before the first load of shots.

It's underway.
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System: Black Knight: Quest for the Graal
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2 x Xeon E5420 @ 3ghz Folding
Motherboard
Intel D5400XS (SkullTrail)
Memory
Transcend 4 x 2GB DDR2 800 FB DIMM ECC
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Sound Card
Creative X-Fi Extreme Music and Console
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Silverstone DA 1200
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Soldam Windy Alcadia XR-1 NRS
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