Scratch Build – In Progress MiniMe - Smallest (ever?) Watercooled mITX PC - 22/03/2010 COMPLETE!

I'd cut a hole and strap a couple 120mm Deltas if I were you.

Coolest... Power... Supply... Ever...

 

Haha i would strap some deltas to it if there was room. I'll see what i can do with it though. I am going to try and paint the PSU, get rid of the beige. Also might do the slimline drive if i can't find a cheap black one.

 

could you possibly use one picopsu to power the board and a second (rewired outputs) using the power on LED output of the board to switch a relay to run the gpu?

 

The gpu runs off of motherboard power. It does not use PCI power cables. So that wouldn't really achieve anything. And then factor in the 9300 chip onboard, the ram, the CPU and the mothebroard itself, and you are still pushing the limits of a pico psu.

 

Update #8


Stuff!



Sponsorship from MNPCTech arrives! Thanks Bill!



Anodized black aluminium feet









Anodized black aluminium fan grill This thing is awesome!









And yays bill sent me a free t-shirt





e-sata backplate. 99p off ebay! What a deal!





250W 1u power supply



Soon to be sleeved





This psu is actually tiny...



I bought myself a present Razer Deathadder









Oh what's this... another present Razer Lycosa Mirror Edition









Touch sensitive buttons. Can turn the keyboard lights on/off/just WASD, control media player and volume



Keyboard approved





Back to the project! Decided to do some work at school today, these are some mock-ups i did on the laser cutter in black polystyrene sheet.







Cube. These are 1cm cubes made on the laser cutter.









They are very very small



Setup with the new keyboard and mouse





Still approves



Omg where the sun go!













Back to the mod! I adjusted the sketchup model a little to make the gfx card fit well



Fan controller V2





CAD design for the left hand acrylic side. The text will be engraved, not cut. The rest of the black lines are cut, the green is reference for the aluminium frame



This is the right hand panel. Will be the only plain one



Here we have the top of the box. Fillport hole top right, radiator mounts in the middle.



That is it for now! Time for some hardcore CAD design on the back, front and bottom.

 

Edit: i did a whoopsee

 

This is great! Missed it but i'm gonna catch up now! Epic, i cant wait to see how this turns out!

And damn id never imagined a Q9550 in such a teeny board.

 

You're off to a flying start!

 

Mnpctech's Anodizer, if anyone in the states is interested. Black Hardcoat is their specialty

Hard Anodize Inc
5178 W 76th St
Edina, MN 55439-2900
(952) 831-1623

Great photos Oliver, I look forward to seeing more updates on this cool project

 

THanks very much!

Yeh Bad_cancer, i was so surprised when i found this board could take a quad at all! I want an mITX i7 board

 

I couldn't see an mITX i7 board anytime soon.

i3 or i5 probably though.

 

Yeh cos x58 is needed. An i5 one would be nice!

 

Nice kit there. Anodised stuff looks sweeeeeeet

 

Lookin' good. Just found this. Sub'd

 

THanks very much guys Yeh woody, i love the anodized look!

 

Just found this. And I can't help but look at my almost 24" deep silverstone.... Man, that's one tiny PC you got in the works. Definitely one to watch -closely-. (Might disappear if not )

 

looking fantastic so far. i like your pc setup - your adium setup on the iMac is almost exactly the same as mine too.

 

Your use of 2D Design and PCB Design and Make made me wish i was still in 6 form where i had full use of the schools 2 laser cutters and etching tanks : ( You nostalga you loose >.<

 

Yeah, 2D Design was a good tool, although trying to make lines snap together accurately was a pain. In the end I just set my grid to 0.1mm and turned snap on. Worked like a charm.

 

Thanks for the comments guys.

THanks thegovernator! Yeh the acrylic tests i did really put home how mini this thing is.

Tominated, yeh i love adium! It is so good! i have facebook on there too so i can chat to people who don't use msn.

MrJay: We have etching tanks too, they are alright but we could do with some new ones. I'll be making the PCB with them soon so you shall have some pics!


stuartwood89: 2D design is great. I personally try to work in nice round numbers like 1mm, 2.5mm, 5mm and 10mm for my snap/grid settings. Makes it nice and easy. If it is any less than that, i bring it down to 0.1mm and zoom in massively. Or i go and do the drawing in Illustrator and import it





I would like to introduce my newest sponsor, AC Ryan! They will be sponsoring me with some materials like Aluminium sheet and CCFL's and such things. Thanks Guys!