And I have been dreaming about this GPU and VGA Block for days... DROOL Nice nice and yeah Nicely done
Thank you. If you want to see some more pictures of this project, you can find it here. The last days I continued on this project. I removed th cover of the motherboard, I think it looks much better this way. just the green an beige colored connectors muck up the look. Also removed the air cooler vom the KFA2 GTX970 HOF cards insert the cards... After I've done this, I realize that the white tones are not the same. After that I mounted the Bitspower Summit. I dont know yet, if i will keep the black mounting mechanism or change it with a nickle plated one. At first I dont want to use the white backplates, but meanwhile I think it looks much better with this backplates than without. With mounted backplates: What do you think? Does it look better with or without the backplates? Some more random pictures: I will be back in a few days, I hope.
Small Update: a while ago i removed the original motherboard tray. Today I made a new one. After a lot of measuring and marking I cutted a 3mm Aluminium sheet and drilled the first wholes. I also need to cut some wholes where the graphics card can be putted in. I forget a picture of the finished wholes... here it isnt already filed. After that I need some new motherboard standoffs. I had to made my own because there werent any standoff in the correct sice available. Test fit:
Thanks a lot. hello, I have a small update to show. Achtually I'm not really in time... The following update takes much more time than I expected... I've designed a PCB to give the interior a cleaner look. The layout is drawn with Target. I thought I can do this in one evening... not really... takes my three days. A lot of measuring, drawing the connectors, big mistakes... etc... At first I want to summerize same potentials, but at the powersuply I couldnt recognize same potentials with the multimeter. I dont know if this is caused by some protective mechanisms or somethin like that... The circuit board has a 400my copper cover on both sides. I hope that is thick enough to keep the heating on a nice level even under full load. maybe I will get some problems at the 24Pin lanes... we will see... ^^ layout side 1: layout side 2: The problem is, that I have forgotten to mirror the layout before printing... I dont have an easy access to a laser printer... so its a problem. At the first try I asked a freind to print it for me... to complicated, so i ordered my own printer. Tis is how it works: direct-toner-method Some pages out of a catalog glued on a normal blank page and printed: cutted to right size: I wanted to try if the transfer from paper to copper works, so I cutted the PCB: I take the electric iron and start to transfering: the result was really bad... Second result with much more preasure comes out much better but even not perfect. I hope it will become better when i have my own printer and can change the settings of the printer.
Thank you. No progress on the PCB but on another site. Until now I didnt make any progress on the exterior, this has to change. A package from Plattenzuschnitt24.de arrived yesterday, thanks for the nice support. Based on this, I could start working. At first I cutted some profiles: mounted to the case. Some acrylic sheets I've ordered fitted perfectly into this rails. After that, I have done the cover for that. At first some cutting: finished cuttings: To avoid a gap between window and cover I milled some notches into the acrylic. I dont have any pictures of that but you can see them a little bit in the following pictures. Thats it for now. Next step: New front.
Today I continued with the front. At first I need to mark all cutting edges before I can start sawing. After this was done, I took the saw and my dremel: After that I fieled down the edges... but I dont have any pictures. For making a bending form, I bought some MDF. Finished the bending: Tried everything on the case: Tomorrow I will glue this parts together.
The case looks amazing. To jump back to you custom circuit board I found the tips and suggestions from this company very useful.
Thank you. And thanks for the info. I will read the source later. Small Update: All parts glued together: Started grinding and filling: Tested the result by using some primer. Its not perfect but looks really nice, I think. I friend helped me to engrave the logos of the sponsors to the sidepanel. I think it comes out very nice. With some light behind it, it will look even better i think.
I like your build! I almost bought the 1000w version of your psu but opted the Fractal Design. I think the pumps and res's look great! I'm a little confused as to what components you're going to use cause you had a X99 mobo in there (guess that is for measuring purposes?) and then you list 2x 970 gtx with 980 water block, and then in a later picture there is 3x 780 water blocks lol, maybe I missed something lol Looks great though and i'm looking forward to the PCB update
You are right. The hardware from the first post is corrcect. you see sometimes an Asus Rampage IV BE and three 780Tis, this hardware was originally planed to be used in here. But later I decided to us all white hardware. Thats why I switched to Z97 and the Mark S + two GTX 970 HOF. As you mentioned,in the entire post is written that I use two Bitspower VG-NGTX980GXHOF, that the oficial name of the product but it also fits the gtx 970 HOF because they have the same PCB.
