[Build Log] - The Big Budget Boomer Box (aka, the "BBBB") - Page 2

thanks carmas! it will be fun.


thanks tipo33! glad you're along for the ride.

I lugged this beast upstairs into my 'faux' studio, and took some more pictures. Here are some without the pedestal.










More to come!......

Now here are some of just the pedestal:








More to come!.......

Here are pics of both together. This case is VERY large:




and it de-skins in seconds. here it is naked, and blushing:


now a few more angles:








Ok.....that's it for the case. Next up....some of the accessories I got with it.

Here are some pictures of the accessories I've started with from CaseLabs.

First up are the hard drive cages. There are HDD cages for both the motherboard side of the case, and the PSU side of the case, available from CaseLabs. The 4 below that I got are for the PSU side, where I've elected to keep all of mine:



This next shot is a close up of the cage. The cages attach to the case by sliding these rubber grommet covered holes onto pins sticking out of the case. This should eliminate any vibration coming from the harddrives from being transmitted to the case. The attention to detail in the production of this case is amazing.



And in this shot, you can see the 4 HDD cages all lined up on the PSU side of the case. Each cage holds 4 drives, so these 4 would hold 16 drives total!



But wait...there's more! (in my best late night infomercial voice) If you act now, you can DOUBLE the capacity of your HDD cages by using these specially designed 2.5 inch SSD adapters. Each one of the adapters holds 2 SSD's, and takes up one slot in the HDD cage. So each HDD cage will effectively hold 8 SSD's with these attachments. I ordered 8 of the SSD attachments, so two of my HDD cages will hold 16 SSD's. Nice.



Next up are the accessory mount bars. The 4 bars on the right side of the picture below can attach to the frame of the case in either a horizontal or vertical position. Then you can add various attachments to these bars with simple thumb screws. Its a beautifully thought out setup. You can see in the picture below I've started with some plate attachments and some fan mounts. Each of these are available in a normal straight format, or an offset format also. The plate attachments also come in larger sizes.



Here are some pictures with a horizontal accessory mount bar inside the case, and the two plate mounts attached so you can get an idea how they work. The horizontal mount bar can slide up or down the case and attach where ever you want it. As you will also see on the left side of the picture, I've attached the fan mounts directly to the frame of the case. Another beautiful detail CaseLabs has done with these cases:



Here's a closer pic of the plates. You could make a false floor out of these plates along the bottom of your case, to hide some of the ugly wiring parts. Or you could create a second level floor in your build for pumps or other items. The only limit is your imagination with these cases!



Here is a shot of the vertical accessory mount bar, and the two fan mounts. I'm imagining the air coolers out there creating a few columns of fans where ever they want to in their case, to really get the air moving. Very cool idea.



This picture is of the different bay area mounts. In addition to those below, you can see the 5.25 to 3.5 converter in the picture above this at the very top of the case. In the picture below, from left to right, we have:

1) short device mounts
2) normal device mounts
3) anti-vibration mounts (see the rubber grommets/screws)
4) adjustable device mounts (notice the play in the screw holes....allows for non-standard devices)
5) double bay normal mounts
6) double bay short mounts

I got a lot of them.





In the picture below you can see the tubing management plates, which assist with passing wires/tubing from the lower compartment to the main compartment:



Here is a picture of two of them installed in the bottom of my main compartment:



Now, I can already hear a lot of you poo-poo'ing the idea of these tubing management covers. You'll say that "with my Dremel I could do that quickly for free". Yes. Yes you could. I would agree that it is easy to cut a hole. But....you'd have to agree that it is pretty hard to "un-cut" that same hole. By simply swapping out these plates, I don't have to cut holes in my case. AND....I can change my mind later in the build and not have those holes still there. This is the better way.

This next shot is of the fan mounts. The two on the left are for the motherboard side, and the two on the right are for the PSU side:



Here is a shot of the two motherboard side fan mounts inside the case:



Lastly....here are some cable ties, rubber grommets, plates and bay covers.



I also got two 480 radiator mounts, that are in the pedestal right now. They will be in plenty of upcoming pictures. And I got two additional size tops that will allow for fans, or even radiator and fans, to be on top of the case and out of the main compartment. Will probably be using the larger size, and placing radiator and fans on top of the case. Jim ran out of powder, and had to order more. These will be completed and shipped shortly.

The way these cases have been designed, you can really make it do whatever it is you need to do with your build. And you can do so with limited cutting necessary. And like I said before....that's a beautiful thing. It may feel manly to carve into that case with your Dremel, but that cutting might limit your ability to use the case differently for your next upgrade. With CaseLabs, its all modular, and you can setup your case exactly the way you need it, and then change the case when you change your mind. They really are amazing.