Project <<| Black3d |>> | Update 14/04/207 | Completed final pics

Water loop for CPU installed. No leaks as usual and looks ok





More pics when I'm not on a lappy and I get another SilenX fan through along with some edging and bits

 

Quick update to say that I'm being sent one of these from dabblet (Thanks mate - legend) so I've bought another one. Going to send some others back to Kustom

Here's what the new grills look like

 

Well had a bit of a productive evening.

Got my SilenX fan through

Don't like the "gunmetal". But I know you can clean it off. A bit of surgical spirit and a use found for those cotton swabs women (the missus) use to clean their face and tadaa!!

Before



After



Trimmed the fan holes too. One day I'll get the hang of it. But not right now. At least it'll be covered with a grill!





Cut the mobo tray and the side of the mobo to get some wire management going on. Twas hard work but looks ok. Trim has been changed a bit and smartened up a lot but I also have plans to cover it a bit





What dya think then??

 

One knackered me today

Well: I had a day off and played a round of golf just before a nice bite + pint at the pub

But I did manage to get the rig installed into the case as both myself and the fiancee (well: mainly the fiancee ) are getting annoyed at the mess

Had to cut a hole to allow the fan to get past the PSU holder but thats another story...needless to say I now have a dremel minus about 5 cutting wheels Pics another day

Internals are ok. Wiring is a bit of a nightmare and I may have to hack around some more we'll see





Haven't put the lighting in yet. Thats for another week (maybe next week) when I'm not quite so tired and hot.

I haven't cleaned up the case yet so the pics are ok..ish





Got one fan grill through today. put it on with the bare fan for a comparison. I would like to know people's thoughts on this as I quite like the fan without the grill...but I also like the grill..



As usual thoughts and comments welcome!

Back to 2.8GHz now and temps are pretty good although the PWM IC is pretty high. Maybe I will get some replacement sinks.

Its a drop of about 7-8*C from my last setup...but remember that there's no GPU loop in there until I complete another bench PC.

 

Without the grill looks better. Maybe you could make a grill similar to the bottom one out of clear perspex for the invisible look.....

 

it now looks even bigger than when you first got it.....

 

Yeah I'm thinking that without the grill it looks better. Not sure tho. Not a big fan of Acrylic grills

I will get some lighting in next week, along with the UV dye in the water and some coolant.

@Mankz..It does look bigger doesn't it? Feels pretty small when your trying to get all the wires into one small hole

This is sort of an intermediary "finished stage"

Things I want to do:

*Set up the UV Cold cathodes, switchbox and LED's

*Sort out the fugly rear-end of the pump

*Hide the drive bays

*Maybe get plexi over the cable tidying

 

i say with out the grill

but then again it is not very practical if u like your fingers

 

No true that. Mind you its sitting on the floor so thats as much of a problem

 

what about making some custom plexi fan grills which sit behind the case and in front of the fans? make them clear as well so they are hard to see

 

I'll give that a go as I have a load of plexi. Any idea whats good to use to cut plexi? Can I use the dremel and if so what discs are good to use?

 

why not use a laser cutter?

 

how would u go about getting to use one of those ? or using one?
i would use either a dremel or a jigsaw with a fine tooth blade

 

Ye not sure how many laser cutters there are around me or how much it costs.

I have had a thought though - I may put the grill behind the case side in front of the fan. See how that looks. What dya think?

 

yea give it a try and post some pics up to let us see

u might want to try polishing it to a mirror finish to match with the fans

 

Ye will do. I may buy a polishing wheel for my drill actually. The grill is pretty mirror but a bit more polish never hurt anyone did it??

 

Don't use your dremel to cut the plexi. It'll melt....I usually use a jigsaw with a fine blade.

 

Brilliant work, that case looks amazing

Im liking the hardware too

 

Thanks lads

@Bullitdodger: Thanks for that. May have to steal Dad's jigsaw

Bad new about the fans though

The grill inside the case looked cool. Stopped the fan from working tho

Going with no grill mefinks





OK so I just had to get some UV in there. Turned out well





And the front:





Haven't made the switch box yet but the switch I have works well

Also going to add a couple of white LED's to the front plexi...if it looks good

 

Looks a bit bland, it needs something on the outside of the case, the fans are nice and the blue LEDs and the display are nice but there needs to be some engraving or perhaps some art on the outside... you could use a spray paint and stencil on a design like Back3d in a bold text or a symbol that stand for Black3d...