Scratch Build – In Progress Acrylic ITX by Parvum Systems - Finished - Final photos & iSeries!

Oh, it's so cute and flufy.

 

19 June - Asus, Bottom Chamber & SSD

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Small update for you all. This one took forever to measure and draw. It was a massive PITA. We used what technical knowledge and measurements we could for some of the case but other things like the placement for fittings was next to impossible to work out. Anyway... I'll let you see photos!

First was a package from Asus! This was in exchange for the work we did for Asus at the Computex event. Thanks Bindibadgi/Richard & Alex for this!

Nice baby 670 for the build:





Worked a little on cable management; all LEDs installed, USB3 header, SATA cable & Pw Switch.
Pretty nice, needs a little tweaking:




Now we cut the NIGHTMARE panel. Real headache. This is test cut number 2. Considering this we are stoked. Only one hole needs to be moved about 1mm for a CPU block connection:




The bottom chamber roughly installed just for you guys to see:







Next we installed a small piece with a little V bit detailing to cover the rad and fans. Very similar to the Onwards build. This time to mount an SSD. The SSD is a tiny bit wider than the section but it doesn't stand out to much and is a great spot for it (possibly got this idea from L3P).





That is all for now. Thank you again so much for reading. It really helps when we stay late to work on things like this to get such great feedback/response & criticism.

Until next time.

 

moreee, mooooorrree !

 

So much pr0n in such small case. Brilliant!

 

I've totally missed this one. Always interesting with compact builds. And baby 670, NICE! Maybe I missed it, but what kind of PSU are you using for this one?

 

Man, I cant believe you can fit so much awesomeness into so little space.
Really great photos too..

 

Looking great guys

 

Relentless! Give me a chance I just posted this update haha, glad you are awaiting more. Approx update will be Wednesday!

Thanks! All about the tiny powerful rigs!

Thanks quizz, it's really frustrating when some things are 1-2mm out from fitting. But so rewarding when you finish such a SFF build. We are using the 450watt silverstone SFX PSU. The thing is a little baby!

Wait till you see the backside of this one... its mental haha.

Thanks Nate, hopefully you'll see it in person at iSeries?

 

Are you going to be at SummerLAN? If so, I might see you there.

 

Sure will be. We have e-spark LAN the end of this month then Summer iSeries. I think 5 friends are going this time. We will have the finished and running Onwards and upwards & this very ITX . Come check them out for sure!

 

It looks really great, I love this mini-ITX builds

 

I'm a fan of your cases, loving how small this one is. Can we have a photo for a bit of scale ? I think the industry standard is the coke can comparison method

 

Thanks longyny! As do we. Small but powerful!

I will most definitely do that in the next update. Possibly tonight, possibly tomorrow!

 

25 June - Loop Complete, GPU installed

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Back with a nice photo heavy update. Got quite a bit done over a number of evenings.
We start by cutting some 1.5mm aluminum parts for the case, PCI/IO section & Radiator Grill:




Small bend on the PCI/IO section:







Grill installed:



Small annoying gap due to the fans overhanging the rad/fan shroud we made. We planned to back the 'Parvum' cut through with blue acrylic which in turn resolved the problem:





USB 3.0 in the top installed:



Case coming together pretty nice now:




Time to turn the case upside down now. Biggest beauty of a fully modular case. So easy to work with when doing something this advanced/custom:




Next shot gives you an idea. We have to install all the 90° fittings into this lower chamber. Nice and tight....:






Doing this was very frustrating, suppose this comes often in SFF modding:





Back the right way up:



Just two pieces of hard acrylic tubing in this one.. so we install:







Finally for this update we install the 670 mini. Really nice card. Due to the fact there is currently no full cover block available for this card we decided to keep it air cooled. They have done an awful lot of awesome work on the cooler and it looks great so we don't mind this at all:






Obviously this small bit of red had to go so we cut a small detailing piece from the same blue:



And installed:





That is it for this update. I will get the coke can size comparison in the next update. Kept forgetting to grab a can. We will be filling the loop and cutting all the white second layer panels in the next update!

 

Beautifull! Such nice and neat case.

 

Thanks Pranja! Nice to have some people following and leaving feedback all the way!

 

Bloody awesome work, these cases are starting to grow on me and now I love 'em, in fact I want one, well how many you got in the range man?

Got to say the attention to detail is second to none! Oh, that GTX670 Mini, WTH? Thats one card, I want one!

 

Thanks Noob! They are very much cases to complement the internals. I suppose after all most peoples GPU alone costs 2-3 times the case. I suppose they are very hard to photograph and look much better in the flesh. At the moment we have just the S1.0 in a range of colours. We are working on a more user friendly version of this ITX for release around the end of September. Should be great for the ROG ITX. Still need to tidy things up and make it suitable for a 240mm radiator at minimum.

Thanks again, it's nice that it's all falling into place. Getting that bottom chamber in wasn't straight forward. The card is amazing, had people shouting for a waterblock but I really like this cooler. Suppose I would have ordered one if someone had already made one. Maybe a future project to add one.

 

Thank you for showing us making of your product. I always believe that this is the future of industry-small manufacturing shops that are fully opened to community and always listen to their wishes and opinions.

I always had the wish to have my own company and do the same thing as you-making awesome products for people apreciate them. Who knows,maybe I even start soon.

 

Some drinks can size comparison photos. Thanks for the tip Asouter: