Hello again all. I've been busy planning and have come up with the following design. Some of you may have seen my original plans of adding a simple WC setup I've decided to get a bit more ambitious as I'll be living with my parents during some troubling family times over the next several months (some devistating illness' are currently plagueing my extended family), on a brighter note with home comes free access to a rather well equiped machine shop, located in my fathers factory. The plan is illustrated in the images below. A few caveats - the 9800GTX SSCs are going to be replaced with 3x280GTX SSCs due to stability issues with the 9800 series severely affecting my ability to work. - all construction materials will be 3/16" copper, 1/8" aluminum annodized black, and several widths of carbon fiber panels(as carbon manufacturing is the business my father owns) - fabrication of the larger peices will be done with a CNC router and laser cutter to ensure accuracy - diagrams below dont show the transformer bricks that will live in the drive bay to power the ALIX, PICO, and 7" touch panel *click for big* with labels ROUGH Parts List (TAX + shipping not included in prices) < = Purchased and owned X = Yey to buy Code: .................PART NAME..............................................PRICE SYSTEM#1 CASE.............Lian-Li PC-A60C 10th Anniversary 294 of 300............0324.16 < PSU..............Silverstone Strider 1200W Modular ATX..................0299.99 < CPU..............AMD Phenom X4 9850 BE Quad Core AM2 2.5GHZ.............0265.62 < RAM.1............Corsair Dominator PC2-8500 5-5-5-15 4GB................0159.99 < RAM.2............Corsair Dominator PC2-8500 5-5-5-15 4GB................0159.99 < MOBO.............ASUS AM2+ M3N-HT Deluxe Mempipe 3-way SLI..............0290.45 < GFX.1............EVGA E-geForce 9800GTX SSC 770MHZ 512MB 2.3GHZ.........0375.75 < GFX.2............EVGA E-geForce 9800GTX SSC 770MHZ 512MB 2.3GHZ.........0375.75 < GFX.3............EVGA E-geForce 9800GTX SSC 770MHZ 512MB 2.3GHZ.........0375.75 < ..................................................................TOTAL 2692.11 SYSTEM#2 MOBO.............VIA ARTiGO Kit A1000 C7 1GHZ 1GB DDR2..................0334.02 < MOBO.ADD.ON......VIA Pico-ITX Video Card Module.........................0086.00 < RAM..............OCZ 1GB DDR2 SODIMM PC2 PC-6400 667Mhz.................0067.00 < HDD..............Fujitsu 2.5" IDE 5400RPM 120GB.........................0072.24 < LCD..............XDX 7" VGA Touch Screen TFT LCD 1024x768...............0195.94 < ..................................................................TOTAL 0755.20 SYSTEM#3 MOBO.3...........PCEngines ALIX.2C1 Kit 3x10/100LAN.....................0183.20 < WIFI.............Intel Wireless mini-PCIe 802.11N 300Mbps...............0059.00 < ..................................................................TOTAL 0242.20 STORAGE DVDRW............Pioneer Slim 8X DVD+/-RW Slot Load.....................0071.99 X HDD.1............Hitachi 3.5" SATA 7200RPM 750GB........................0105.55 < HDD.2............Hitachi 3.5" SATA 7200RPM 750GB........................0135.76 < HDD.3............LaCie Neil Poulton eSATA 7200RPM 1000GB External.......0169.99 < HDD.4............LaCie Neil Poulton eSATA 7200RPM 1000GB External.......0169.99 < HDD.5............LaCie Neil Poulton eSATA 7200RPM 1000GB External.......0169.99 < HDD.6............LaCie Neil Poulton eSATA 7200RPM 1000GB External.......0169.99 < HDD.ADAPTER......2x 18" SATA to eSATA Adapter Cable.....................0006.11 < ..................................................................TOTAL 0829.38 ADDITIONS SIDE.PANEL.......Lian-Li PC65 Black Stock Side Panel....................0045.00 < BLUETOOTH........Mini Nova USB Bluetooth................................0027.45 < RHEOBUS..........Zalman Plus Multi Fan Controller.......................0044.95 X LCD.2............Matrix Orbital GX Typhoon USB TRI-LED LCD 240x64.......0114.95 X CARD.READER......Logisys 3.5" Bay USB 52-in-1 Card Reader...............0009.99 X USB.HUB.1........Nexxtech mini 4 Port USB Hub...........................0009.99 < USB.HUB.2........Nexxtech mini 4 Port USB Hub...........................0009.99 < ..................................................................TOTAL 0262.32 AIRCOOLING FAN.1............Scythe Ultra Kaze 120mm x 25mm 133.60CFM...............0011.99 X FAN.2............Scythe Ultra Kaze 120mm x 25mm 133.60CFM...............0011.99 X FAN.3............Scythe Ultra Kaze 120mm x 25mm 133.60CFM...............0011.99 X FAN.4............Scythe Ultra Kaze 120mm x 25mm 133.60CFM...............0011.99 X FAN.5............Scythe Kama-Flex 80mm x 25mm 34.0CFM...................0015.00 X FAN.6............Scythe Kama-Flex 80mm x 25mm 34.0CFM...................0015.00 X FAN.7............Scythe Mini Kaze Ultra 40mm x 20mm 4.86CFM.............0004.95 X FAN.8............Scythe Mini Kaze Ultra 40mm x 20mm 4.86CFM.............0004.95 X FAN.9............Scythe Mini Kaze Ultra 40mm x 20mm 4.86CFMMM...........0004.95 X FAN.10...........Scythe Mini Kaze Ultra 40mm x 20mm 4.86CFM.............0004.95 X FAN.11...........Scythe Mini Kaze Ultra 40mm x 20mm 4.86CFM.............0004.95 X FAN.12...........Scythe Mini Kaze Ultra 40mm x 20mm 4.86CFM.............0004.95 X ..................................................................TOTAL 0107.66 WATERCOOLING PUMP.............Aqua Computer Aquastream XT Ultra USB Eheim 12 V.......0169.99 X RAD..............Danger Den Black Ice GTX Xtreme 360....................0124.99 X CPU..............D-TEK FuZion V2 Socket AM2 Waterblock..................0069.99 X RAM.1............Koolance Single Memory Liquid Cooler...................0034.99 X RAM.2............Koolance Single Memory Liquid Cooler...................0034.99 X RAM.3............Koolance Single Memory Liquid Cooler...................0034.99 X RAM.4............Koolance Single Memory Liquid Cooler...................0034.99 X GPU.1............AquaComputer aquagraFX 9800GTX Waterblock..............0125.00 X GPU.2............AquaComputer aquagraFX 9800GTX Waterblock..............0125.00 X GPU.3............AquaComputer aquagraFX 9800GTX Waterblock..............0125.00 X ..................................................................TOTAL 0882.90 .................................................................NEEDED 1353.40 X ..............................................................PURCHASED 4418.30 < ..................................................................TOTAL 5771.77+TAX I'm curious as to what you all think of this 3 in 1 machine, the mod design, and the not yet purchased component choices. Anyone have any advice or design suggestions before I proceed any further? Thanks - Jesse
