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Hello everyone, my name is Mike. I've been building computers with my father for years, and I've been frequenting these forums on a daily basis for a little over a year now, posting some nonsense here and there. I've got a pretty decent rig right now as is (rog gene v, 3570k, gtx670), but it's mATX, and i want smaller, AND i want something with some more oomph. So it's time for me to present the beginnings of my very first scratch case build, Project Strongbox:

The case will be built out of 80/20 aluminum extrusion and .04" 6061 aluminum (or mild steel) sheet, with one piece of acrylic for the side window.
The case is 12"L x 7"W x 12"H, houses 5 fans, and will hold 1x HDD and 2x SSD on the opposite side of the motherboard tray.
The rest of the hardware will be:
- SeaSonic 80+ Gold SFX 450w Modular Power Supply
- ASUS MAXIMUS VI Impact
- Intel i5 4670k
- 8gigs of DDR3-1600+
- ASUS GTX Titan or 780 (i'm not sure whether the power supply can run a Titan or not?)
- Bitfenix Alchemy LED strips (X2)
This is just the initial design, i might have to increase the size of the case to allow a full atx power supply to fit in it, in case the Seasonic SFX one can't crank out enough juice.
I feel i can get the design down pretty quickly, and as soon as the Impact makes its way onto newegg i will be buying the hardware.
thanks for looking and i look forward to feeding you guys some more goodies soon!
The case will be built out of 80/20 aluminum extrusion and .04" 6061 aluminum (or mild steel) sheet, with one piece of acrylic for the side window.
The case is 12"L x 7"W x 12"H, houses 5 fans, and will hold 1x HDD and 2x SSD on the opposite side of the motherboard tray.
The rest of the hardware will be:
- SeaSonic 80+ Gold SFX 450w Modular Power Supply
- ASUS MAXIMUS VI Impact
- Intel i5 4670k
- 8gigs of DDR3-1600+
- ASUS GTX Titan or 780 (i'm not sure whether the power supply can run a Titan or not?)
- Bitfenix Alchemy LED strips (X2)
This is just the initial design, i might have to increase the size of the case to allow a full atx power supply to fit in it, in case the Seasonic SFX one can't crank out enough juice.
I feel i can get the design down pretty quickly, and as soon as the Impact makes its way onto newegg i will be buying the hardware.
thanks for looking and i look forward to feeding you guys some more goodies soon!
