SketchUp The MNPCTech Case Design Competition, part II: Scratch Build

/me points at original post...

Just do a good post in this thread.

 

Time until deadline!

Yay I made a countdown timer! (Background colour is taken from our forums)

All of the designs are beautiful and well tought. It would be nice to see them all become real.

 

That's like 4 days left to procrastinate.

 

Awesome countdown clock Jozo. What program did you use to create that?


I'm sure this thread will see a lot of traffic within the next few days.

 

Well i am hoping to get the out part of this case finished soon, work has been keeping me stupid busy so firing CAD up in the evening is the last thing i want to do, since im on it all day.

Basically the whole case can easily be made with a jigsaw and a break, but i have a friend with a CNC punch that would make life much easier than a jigsaw.

For now here is a taster pic, i shall see if i can get some more up before the deadline.



Yes its a dual mobo case, originally started off as 'node' for a render farm, there custom WC racks, but i could live with just two in a normal style case.

 

I simply googled and found this > http://www.7is7.com/otto/countdclock.html
Wanted to make it an iframe but HTML isn't allowed.

Looking good Burnout. That will hold two systems, right?

 

Correct, two computers one box, I am still thinking there might even be room for a few ITX boards....

 

12 x 120

 

Woo! Finally completed (an albeit reduced form) of my final design!
M-ITX system with fully flash-based storage. Over-cooled by 2x120mm rads and a huge 'big-boy' fan. No optical (ruins the form ) And any high storage capacity issues can be sorted with a NAS No power switch as my systems always sleep when not used and woken with a keyboard command.
Unfortunately with a huge store upgrade over the next week or so this is the end of my run of design, as I will not have any time!

Overview:



Gallery:
http://img18.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=38279583.jpg

Can't wait to see the other entries, and the ones that have already been submitted look stunning!

 

john

 

My god Confusis! That is amazing!

My only idea to make it better is to have the motherboard section a little taller and squeeze a small graphics card in there, say a ati 4670? Using a 150 watt or more pico-psu would power that too! I might have to steal this design... maybe...

 

My non square case

After reading tru all the posts and looking at some beautiful cases. I wanted to give a try myself.
So here is mine entry. Dont have a name for it.

Its designed for watercooling rad, pump and res are there just no water blocks or piping.











@ cheapskate this better?

mvg,
Zanbee

 

Jeez confusis thats amazing... should be in an art gallery somewhere

 

that looks awesome Confusis! attention to detail is second to none good luck dude

 

Confusis - That is just beautiful! BUILD IT.

 

@Zanbee - It's good to see we pulled another longtime lurker into the thread.
You have something cool there, but it's too black to see. You might want to change it to dark grey. We'll assume it's black.
@Confusis - build it, but only after you add the 3rd tier.

 

looking really nice confusis

my project met the trash can, and I started with a much smaller and more "buildable" case.
I think I would build it if i had an industrial bending brake.



so this is my entry, still not 100% finished and needs some better pictures.
pretty small, 10x19.4x20.3 cm

 

you seem to have an unlimited amount of awesome designs stored up there dark!

Voting is going to be REALLY hard now theres so many awesome entrys

 

Mine still isn't finished

 

The contest has been a great success already. The thread will be immortalized for it's wealth of inspiring and ground breaking conceptual ideas. I'm very proud to have my business associated with this event. Good luck to everyone who participated!