[Completed] Greenie-poo (Mini ITX - Acrylic build from scratch)

Greenie-poo by CattleRustler - February 2009(quicklinks/TOC in second post)
1st Place February/March 2009 MOTM







current design (changes and evolves as thread progresses)


Hey guys, I'm back with a new mod. This will be a custom case from scratch using 1/4" cast acrylic in transparent green and solid black. You're probably wondering "what the f" with the name Its another case mod for my daughter Jessie. Since Gumdrop is at the "other house" and my daughter is getting older, she needs something decent to use and learn on when she stays with her daddio on weekends, hence Greenie_poo Its a play on her nickname ("beanie-poo", from "bean" lol) I asked her what color computer she wants for daddy's house and without hesitation she said green! So green it is. The name jumped on me a few days ago when I was calling her beanie-poo haha.

Welcome to Project Greenie_poo. I plan to make this a quick mod (2-3 weeks tops) and I am using this opportunity to learn how to make a case a)fully from scratch, and b) completely out of acrylic. I spent today in 3DStudio Max 9 modelling the idea. I had trouble with the transparent materials so the pic above is a bit misleading (I will replace it when I figure out the transparency issue) The basic design so far is basically an acrylic box with transparent green side panels, and black top bottom back and front, with green accents on the front around the switches. The lower green circle in the pic will actually be a 3" opening for an 80mm intake fan (green led) There will be the same fan on top and in back. See the first worklog below for more details.

Parts:
CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X4096-6400C5 - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145184

ZOTAC NF630I-F-E LGA 775 NVIDIA GeForce 7100 Mini ITX WIFI Intel Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813500020

Intel Core 2 Duo E7300 Wolfdale 2.66GHz LGA 775 Dual-Core Processor Model BX80571E7300 - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115132

Microsoft CA9-00001 Black PS/2 Standard Basic Keyboard and Mouse - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16823109132

ASUS VB172D Black 17" 5ms LCD Monitor - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824236054

Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500AAJS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136113

Antec Neo Power 500 500W ATX12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready Modular Active PFC Power Supply - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817103940

Logitech X-140 5 watts 2.0 Speaker - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16836121002



Thanks in advance for your interest and support
(I know its probably not the mod you were looking for, but dont worry, when this one is done I have some very sick ***** coming up )
Edited by CattleRustler - 5/2/09 at 10:00am

[project] Greenie-poo - (Mini ITX - Acrylic build from scratch)

Greenie-poo - Design phase gets underway
Greenie-poo - Some tools arrive
Greenie-poo - Design phase 02
Greenie-poo - Day 01 - acrylic panel cuts
Greenie-poo - Day 02 - panel touch-ups and anchor cube fabrication
Greenie-poo - Day 03 - front panel work
Greenie-poo - Day 04 - back panel work 01
Greenie-poo - Day 04.5 - sleeve led case feet wiring
Greenie-poo - day 05 - psu cut out, switch holes, bottom vent
Greenie-poo - Day 06 - new tools and some work
Greenie-poo - Day 07 - acrylic routing, back panel I/O
Greenie-poo - Day 08 - work work work" -Jessie 2009
Greenie-poo - Day 09 - feet holes and sanding/polishing begins (rare sunday modding)
Greenie-poo - Day 10 - Lotsa sanding, no pictures
Greenie-poo - Day 12 - Includes day 11 tests and day 12 Rouging begins
Greenie-poo - Day 13 - back panel additions
Greenie-poo - Day 14 - dpst switch, anchor cubes welding
Greenie-poo - Day 15 - we have box
Greenie-poo - Day 16 - side panel work, rouging continues
Greenie-poo - Day 17 - mobo rail work
Greenie-poo - Day 18 - final rouging session
Greenie-poo - Day 19 - psu support rails
Greenie-poo - Day 20 - mount case feet, prep feet led wiring
Greenie-poo - Day 21 - final assembly 01
Greenie-poo - Day 22 - finshed (needs cable mang)
Greenie-poo - Day 23 - the unveiling
Greenie-poo - Day 24 - OS Update: win 7 RC to win 7 Home Premium 32 OEM



Edited by CattleRustler - 2/26/10 at 3:09pm

Greenie_poo - Design

messed around in 3dsmax9 with the basic idea: fans in blue (80mm green led), mobo (red), psu (grey), hdd (yellow) (items are to scale) The green panel is 14.5" tall x 14" deep



started to mock in the black panels (1/4" cast acrylic)

I plan to screw the parts together, not use ips weld on to join them permanently. the green cubes are 1/2" that will be drilled and tapped for 6-32 black oxide screws, they will act as panel anchors. the cubes will be ips welded to the black panels



feet from same 1/4" acrylic, using 2x sandwiches, 1" circles

green disks inside case (back. top) are place holders for fan openings, as well as the lower front one. The upper two on front are going to house switches an led's

lets fit the parts...

mobo, psu, and hdd (omitted blue fan boxes as the desing is self-evident)



the left and right panels will be transparent green, pictured opaque here however






the design may change as the project evolves. all input welcome
thanks for watching


* This Worklog post was generated using WorklogCreator - Version: 1.0.0.7
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oh, and there will be green underlighting

thanks

thanks for the subs guys

modular psu and no drives other than hdd which is right next to psu. If a wire is seen I am not to worried about it. I can keep em in the blackout area alng the bottom