Project - Black´n´Blue - 5/4/06 - Case pictures - page 2

I love the look of your watercooling; the heavy industrial look is something that isnt seen enough

 

Hmmm... I could mount a zalman gpu cooler i got laying around, plus the original cooler at 35dB! But I got a incoming 6600gt soon

 

Ive always wanted a clear case

 

Case Sketch

Hey.. As some of you might know, I talked about some polished alu cylinders for reservoir. Well, I have made a sketchup of the case so that you can see what I mean.. It´s my first time in Sketchup, so it aint so good...







Now remember, this is not a final sketch! Alot of things is missing on the draings, fx. the front door.

Kind regards Thizen

 

Re: the comments about combining aluminum and copper
As an alternative, why don't you buy aluminum wire and insert it into the waterblock instead of the copper wire? A good hardware store or building supply store should carry heavy guage Al wire - it's frequently used for the service line from the weatherhead down to the meter box. Or ask an electrician foa a piece.

 

#49, What a shame, it´s gonna be painted .. hehe..

#50 I could do that, but I really like the look of the two color combinations... anyway, if i changed it, the radiator is still copper

kind regards Thizen

 

Hey hey.

Those sketches looks real good to be your first time
Love the idea of the polished alu sylynders, thats gonna look sweet man.

So can you send me that sketchUp file over msn when you read this?

 

I agree with klikka, those are good sketches man! By the looks of the beginnings of your project it will end up looking just like em!!! Keep it up!!

 

#52 Thx Yes, I think does cylinders are gonna be pure eye candy!

#53 Thx It´s a little hard to get all the details in sketchup, like fx. the flames on the fangrill.. But It was just to give you an impression of how the reservoirs were gonn be placed..

Kind regards Thizen

 

Eye candy

Hey.. just wanted to show you some pics of the air intake duct.. I borrowed my dads Sony R-1, a neat cam (if it´s in the right hands ) Went outside and took som pictures, I was trying to catch the color in sunlight, but it seems to be really difficult for the cam to see the same as I see. It´s black with gold metal flack in it, but the cam can´t show it right.. anyway, here´s some pictures..









What do you think so far?

Kind regards Thizen

 

That duct looks awsome, good pics btw
Whats the diameter on the inside?

 

#55

The measurements are:

Outer ring diamter: 120 mm
Inner duct diamter: 80 mm
Outer Duct Diamter: 92 mm

Kind regards Thizen

 

Front pics

Hey guys, I know it has been a long time since I updated, but you know .. weekends, freinds and beer

Well I mounted the front with the front door yesterday, here´s some pics...







Now, imagin that all the alu you see is metallic black, and the air duct frame will remain chrom .. Now I don´t know wether to put the control panel just above the cd slot loading bay, or put it in the top fangrill as i mentioned before. Anyway, if I DO mount it in the grill in the top, then how should I fill out the space above the cd slot?

Also, I´m thinking about cutting a hole in the bottom of the front door and mount some mesh behind it, so that the air duct might suck fresh air in, how do you think it would look? should I do it, or keep the front door completly clean?

Also, I´m currently "turning" all the top and end things for the reservoirs on a lathe. And I might make some other things on the lathe now that I´m using it, some case feet or something

Tell me what you think..

Kind regards Thizen

 

As said many times before, the duct looks so good.

Like the front of the case, very clean, and stylish. Looking forward to see the front in black.

I think you sould go with the idea of making a hole in the front so that the duct can get all the air it needs. I also because it would look great.

But where did you buy the fan duct, or did you just happen to have it laying around?

[Danish]Men til sidst må man heller lige tage lidt dansk, det hele ser jo godt ud, og kan godt lide detaljen med frontlågen.[/Danish]

Keep up the good work

 

#57.. Thank you so very very much

The fan duct isn´t something you might just find, is a very expensive piece from a huge cooling compressor (on ships and so on) which happened to be damaged, so I could take it

kind regards Thizen

 

Reservoir update!

Hey.. Turned 4 ends a 2 finger screws on the lathe today.. the seal with 2 o rings in each end of the alu pipe.. ensuring a 100% watertight seal

pics..













Tell me what you think

Kind regards Thizen

 

To bad about the duct, but guess I have to go with sometingh else then.

Regarding the latest update, looks great but the screws look dirty



I kinda ruins the overall look of the case.

Keep up the good work.

 

#59.. The screw is dirty yes, it´s just wood, the screw isn´t finished, and everything you see in the pictures is going to be sanded and polished when finished.. So that isn´t the final product you see there..

Kind regards Thizen

 

Hey, that tank looks real sweet! woh did you make it?

 

hey man great job your doing.

i got a question

in the corner of your case you have that cube where it attaches the three sides..right?...does it work well?...what size screws did you use (5mm or 8 mm)?

here is the pic of what im talking about