Scratch Build – In Progress Project - Silent fibreglass PC

haha, there you go riek!

 

Although your offer is very generous BobbyMParr I wouldn't want to risk putting my case in the post, as you live in the USA and I live in the UK. However here are the designs that I made when I was coming up with ideas for the computer case i'm making now:





















Sorry the pics aren't very good quality. Are you interested in any of those designs BobbyMParr?



Also back on the topic of my Silent PC case heres some pics of what the computer case looks like after all the filling and sanding:





I also applied some filler to the air funnel:



Tomorrow I will clean the case then give it a few more layers of paint.

 

you got my Vote!! for the Very nice Design and fiberglass Skill :>

Regards!

 

Thanks HeXeN, I think I should be able to put it on the mod of the month competion by the end of the week.

 

I just went through the whole thread. Very very nice work I must say. Keep it up and Congratz on the MOTM nomination, good luck.

 

^^Sorry, n00b question: How did you know it was MOTM nominated?

EDIT: nevermind, google fixed that for me. Need to keep a sharper eye on the forums

 

just read the whole tread from the beginning.
i really like it, it is a welcome change from 'box' cases, while still not taking too much place.

i have one issue, but i may be wrong: if this is a silent case, and you are watercooling everything with a passive heatsink and stuff, you do not seem to do any effort to silence the hard drives.. in my system (aircooled) that is where the most noise comes from...

 

riek were did u get those handles that sit flush then pop out?

 

Thanks for all the comments everyone.

I am planning on eventually buying some solid state hard drives, which make no noise what so ever, however it might take a few months for me to save up enough money so I'll have to make do with regular HDD's for now.

The handles are called Push latches and I got them from here:

http://www.sugatsune.com/products/productss.cfm?CATID=5&SUBCATID=7

Back on the topic of my case, I managed to sand down the filler on the air funnel and give it a coat of primer:



I then spent the majority of today filling, and sanding the case. I've now got the second lot of primer on the case:





However there are still one or two small imperfections which I will fill tomorrow then hopefully I'll be able to put on the final coat of black gloss.

 

wow nice work

 

Thanks BobbyMParr. Did you like any of those designs?

 

i like #12 but its not 100% the look im going for...

 

Is it abit too different from a normal PC case?

 

no its just not quite the picture i have in my head problem is explaining the picture in my head or drawing the picture from my head always goes 180* from what i want lol

see what im thinking is a

atx sized mobo
triple 120 rad
custom res.
idk on the pump yet
possibly a built in 15" screen
possibly a couple custom turbine fan intakes
and made from
steel/aluminum,uv plexi,wood, fiberglass anything just futuristic looking.....

 

More awesome designs This is my fav:

And second place:

 

Design #2 looks too much like my cervical pillow for sleep apnea.



john

 

Thanks mvagusta, the first one you picked is definately my second favourite after the case I'm making now.

O yeah lol, I've seen thoughs pillows before and I didn't even realise. Maybe I subconiously thought of the pillow as I was designing lol.

I'll see if I can come up with some more design ideas for you BobbyMParr when I have any spare time.

 

I forgot to mention that the current silent pc case is definitely the best looking of the lot!

Hopefully everyone votes so you can win motm

 

Thanks mvagusta.

After I had filled the imperfections and sanded them down I then applyied another coat of primer and used 1000 wet&dry paper to make the case perfectly smooth:





I then applyied the final cote of black gloss:





Heres a pic of how shiny smooth it is:



This is the power switch and front USB panel:



I still need to paint the underside of the LED's mode switch as you can see from the photo.

and heres the main connections panel:



You can see from the pics of the two panels that there are a few imperfections on the surface, however when your actually infront of the case you can't notice them unless your really close to it. Tomorrow I will be applying the black gloss to the bottom of the case then spraying on a final layer of laquer.

I will try and get hold of a better camera for the final shots as my current one seems to struggle with the large difference between the black case and the background.

 

I know i'm being picky, but it does look like the case could do with some more fine sanding, to make it perfect
You'd get some nice shots of it outdoors, using garden as a backround.