Hi everyone. Some of you already know me from Hadron Air mod department. Here goes the story,
Intro:
After successful winning of EVGA's Hadron Air mod contest, I have decided to design a case of my own. Being much impressed with Hadron I still felt like there is too much to change to get good results out of that case. After about a month of design work, many many measurements taken of another Hadron Air, I decided to have a go at laser cutting and bending some parts.
The idea was to have a simple minimalistic case, that would fit everything that my modded Hadron could, most of all, full size ATX psu with a lot more airflow, being only little bit bigger than Hadron. First thoughts went to SECC steel, which most cases are made of. After some measurements, I realized it was too heavy for a small case, so my material changed to 5251 aluminium. I'm hoping it will also help to dissipate heat better. This is what I have so far. I am making 2 cases at the same time
Final spec:
-size in mm = 345 mm [L]* x 191 mm [W] x 335 mm [H]*
-size in inches = 13.6" [L]* x 7.5" [W] x 13.2" [H]*
-1.5mm thick 5251 H22 aluminium body with 1.5mm and 3mm thick 304 stainless steel trim and foot
-mITX motherboard support
-nylon coated removable motherboard stand-offs
-ATX power supply support (up to 160 mm long)
-support for graphics cards up to 12" [305 mm] long and 6" [152 mm] wide, double slot
-support for 4-6 120 mm fans depending on configuration
-support for 120 mm x 38 mm radiator at the top (1 fan) or 240 x 27 mm radiator in front of motherboard (2 fans)
-2 x 2.5" ssd/hdd support
-power socket with rocker switch
-interchangeable fronts
-3.6 kg weight including power extension cable
*measured without power socket offset and front and rear foot
Design:
Final pics: [2015/02/28]
- Intel i7 4790K
- MSI Z97i Gaming AC
- 2 x 4 GB Corsair Dominator Platinum 2133 MHz
- 256 GB Samsung 850 Pro
- EVGA GTX 780ti Classified Kingpin
- Corsair H80i - 1 fan pulling
- 4 x Corsair SP120 Quiet Edition PWM
- Corsair AX760i
Intro:
After successful winning of EVGA's Hadron Air mod contest, I have decided to design a case of my own. Being much impressed with Hadron I still felt like there is too much to change to get good results out of that case. After about a month of design work, many many measurements taken of another Hadron Air, I decided to have a go at laser cutting and bending some parts.
The idea was to have a simple minimalistic case, that would fit everything that my modded Hadron could, most of all, full size ATX psu with a lot more airflow, being only little bit bigger than Hadron. First thoughts went to SECC steel, which most cases are made of. After some measurements, I realized it was too heavy for a small case, so my material changed to 5251 aluminium. I'm hoping it will also help to dissipate heat better. This is what I have so far. I am making 2 cases at the same time
Final spec:
-size in mm = 345 mm [L]* x 191 mm [W] x 335 mm [H]*
-size in inches = 13.6" [L]* x 7.5" [W] x 13.2" [H]*
-1.5mm thick 5251 H22 aluminium body with 1.5mm and 3mm thick 304 stainless steel trim and foot
-mITX motherboard support
-nylon coated removable motherboard stand-offs
-ATX power supply support (up to 160 mm long)
-support for graphics cards up to 12" [305 mm] long and 6" [152 mm] wide, double slot
-support for 4-6 120 mm fans depending on configuration
-support for 120 mm x 38 mm radiator at the top (1 fan) or 240 x 27 mm radiator in front of motherboard (2 fans)
-2 x 2.5" ssd/hdd support
-power socket with rocker switch
-interchangeable fronts
-3.6 kg weight including power extension cable
*measured without power socket offset and front and rear foot
Design:
Final pics: [2015/02/28]
- Intel i7 4790K
- MSI Z97i Gaming AC
- 2 x 4 GB Corsair Dominator Platinum 2133 MHz
- 256 GB Samsung 850 Pro
- EVGA GTX 780ti Classified Kingpin
- Corsair H80i - 1 fan pulling
- 4 x Corsair SP120 Quiet Edition PWM
- Corsair AX760i