Handmade chassis Project Hi, i am Pablo from Argentina and i want to share a tiny log of my handmade pc. It is made basically from a 6mm aluminium sheet, another of 3mm and an aluminium bar to do the machined spacers I am always doing some minor tuning to my stuff but always wanted to make a full chassis with custom liquid cooling. The hardware is: - i7 4770k @ 4.6 ghz delidded with collaboratory liquid pro - Asus maximus VI formula - 16 gb DDR3 corsair dominator platinum 2400 mhz - Ati HD 7750 a bit overclocked (I chose it because at that moment it was the best card that not require external power) - Corsair CX600M power supply - 256 Gb Samsung 850 pro SSD for the OS - 128 Gb OCZ vertex 4 SSD - 2 Tb WD black for storage Water Cooling: - XSPC raystorm cpu block - XSPC ex240 radiator - XSPC acrylic DDC tank reservoir multiport - Laing thermotech DDC 3.25 pump (18 w) - Bitspower and Enzo black 19/13mm compression fittings - XSPC high flex black 19/13mm hose - Corsair air series SP120 quiet edition low noise high pressure External peripherals - Dell U2711 (2560x1440) - Alienware Tactx Keyboard - Logitech MX performance - Sennheiser momentum headphones So here it is: Measuring with old hardware Machined spacers The rest of the components The stand Ready to assemble Testing Finished at last! Hope you like it
You know, I have occasionally looked at Darwin Machines' PC cases, wondering how to adapt them to water cooling... Of course, building your own from scratch is much better. Great work!
2 things: Excellent build with nice look and great skills Second: dust send from Deathstar via HAL9000
Thanks man, I knew darwin machines, them partially inspired me. They offer a pc with water cooling nowadays Thanks, i have almost no dust in my computers room also is very easy to clean with my air compressor
Thanks, This is my everyday pc. I am currently developing another chassis, but i need some hardware sponsors, i can't buy good stuff. Very low availability and expensive in my country.
Perhaps a little inconvenient with the I/O at the bottom. Very cool build non the less. Love handmade builds!
Yes, this was my first log. I was so concentrated in the work that i forgot to take more pics. Now i see another work logs and i realize that they have a thousand photos. But i/o ports have good clearance although upper or back ports have always better access.
Upgrade layout Hi, i am upgrading the cable routing, the radiator supports and the relocation of some things like the ssd and the pump Here some pics