Hello friends, My name is Felipe and I'm known as Samamba! For my new project I decided to use the theme SciFi (Science Fiction) as the theme. I thought of something with a very clean and functional look as you can see in my project. The interior in the project image is only illustrative, since it was designed before receiving the cabinet, and I could only think of the interior after having the cabinet in hand to make the measurements. For this project I have the support of Cooler Master America Latina and Team Group. BR Felipe Samamba The project Cooler Master gifts Victim
First step was to cover the interior. I used cardboard to take the measurements, then remade everything in 3mm MDF (same thickness as acrylic) for definitive tests. After I modeled everything in corel and sent it for laser cuts. With the pieces in hand, I started with the small adjustments to make everything fit perfectly, curvatures in the pieces, creation of spreaders. I also removed parts of the Case to get space and made some holes for fixing. And follow photos of all stages. Still without the final painting.
For the project an SSD M.2 from Team Force Group model Cardea II was used, but the red color would not match the project so I decided to remove the anodized one using caustic solder in a very simple process. I mixed it with warm water and immersed the piece for 2 minutes.
I was sick of the motherboard covers and the Water Block look and that's why I decided to make new covers for both. But first I decided to change the thermal paste. Right after I drew the covers on the cardboard to get the measurements and then cut and folded the pieces in aluminum.
I ended up removing the varnish and polishing and decided to paint the pieces in the color of the case, but first I made a piece to reflect the original lighting of the motherboard for the new lighting points added in the new cover.
Great work very clean and pro, I liked the project at first glance on the render, and it takes shape nicely
Next step was the construction of the front. As the space was bigger than I expected, I ended up using another screen at the bottom of the case. I cut the front based on the design of the plastic support of this piece, to keep the front rigid and made a specimen of sandwich. With layers of acrylic and lcds for fixing the screens and the support in the front. The smoked acrylic was more dark than I wanted leaving the screen without much lighting and without an indirect light effect that I projected for the RGB analog controller. But I intend to make a new one with a lighter acrylic. The top LCD is a 7 "screen and the bottom is a 128x64 white Oled with 2.64" controlled by Arduino.
Painting!!! The chosen colors were matte black and blue water clear (Volkswagen catalog) which is a silver drawn to very light blue.
That was the most difficult part. First I had to sand the corners of 26 pieces to make them matte to better dissipate the light, then I had to sand 104 pieces, paint, remove burrs from the paint and then glue everything and fix it in place. Final result were 2 Grills that are also VU of leds. One of which still has the built-in reservoir support.
It is controlled by arduino, so I can program the effect I want. I even intend to connect to the sound to work as an audio VU.
I still want to program some cool lighting effects. And I'll change the front acrylic for a lighter one. I found the final result very dark.
More pictures! Back of the front. From top to bottom: 7 "LCD controller, RGB controller with led strip for lighting potentiometers, 2 arduinos, 1 for controlling the cabinet's ARGB and another for the 2.42" LCD with logos. After assembling everything, I noticed that the Block was not aligned with the piping and needed to move the VGA 5mm forward. As it with the original support of the cabinet was also falling, I decided to use aluminum that I already had here to reinforce the support, putting everything in the position I needed and without adding too much weight to the project. And now the beginning of the pipe assembly and leak and refrigeration tests.
