Zesti Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Project Index: 00 Start & Index 01 Chassis construction / power supply mount 02 Himuro for SSDs 03 Test fitting parts and sneak peak of the front panel 04 Graphics card 05 Chassis construction continued 06 Cleaning the motherboard 07 Chassis construction continued -- Hi guys! Eterne will be my new scratch build for this competition. Aim is to make it rather compact for an ATX-case - volume should be around 20 liters. I also love the 90° motherboard mounting so it will be featured here. For hardware I'm reusing my old components plus some new ones: MB: Crosshair IV Formula CPU: Phenom II X6 1090T RAM: 8GB DDR3 1600Mhz GPU: Radeon HD7850 SSD: Vertex 2 120GB + Vertex 3 120GB PSU: Strider Plus 750W For CPU cooling I'm getting the new H100i cooler with Coolermaster Excalibur BBB fans. And now onto the start without any longer stories.. Just some 3mm and 5mm aluminum here for starters.. Oh, and everything in this project will be hand built from aluminum - no fancy CNC etc for me. Notice the inverted standoffs for motherboard. Final size will be pretty much the same as seen here - it's rather tall compared to depth and width. Dimensions are currently about 410 x 310 x 158 mm. More coming soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor22 Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Possibly one of my favourite build at the moment <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozensnail Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Good to see that you are to hand make everything, going to be hard work, but a good start you got going I feel. CNC or laser cutting is sometime required, depends on what you wish to achieve & your level of being able to hand craft everything. Not everyone has the tools & equipment to allow such items to be made. Hence some choose CNC or laser cutting against the cost of buying equipment etc, etc Keep up the good work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zesti Posted September 2, 2012 Author Share Posted September 2, 2012 Thanks E22! Thank you frozensnail! Oh, and I like to think that anything can be made by hand, but it's really a personal reference. I just love hand work and the final result feels much more personal that way. Here's part made from 5mm alu for mounting the PSU: Also notice the L-profile which will be used to route cables. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zesti Posted September 4, 2012 Author Share Posted September 4, 2012 Hi again! I updated previous posts with couple more photos. And here's something new - Himuro for SSDs. Very beautiful piece of hardware.. I wish I would've got couple of these for my previous systems. Testing with one SSD.. There should be plenty of space for two of those. Might even try to cram a third one in. Next back to chassis construction.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zesti Posted September 8, 2012 Author Share Posted September 8, 2012 Power supply test fitting: And this is how Himuro will be mounted: And sneak peak of the front panel plus the floating logo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jones965 Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Wow! Perfect work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zesti Posted September 11, 2012 Author Share Posted September 11, 2012 Thanks jones965! This is the graphics card I'll be using: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zesti Posted September 13, 2012 Author Share Posted September 13, 2012 Some work with the front panel: And since I have a couple of Himuros, I decided to try how it looks painted.. I rather like it, but I'm not sure if that color will stay.. Not to say I'm not 100% sure about the color theme either. Might use the black one anyway. Quick test fitting with rough cut parts: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zesti Posted September 21, 2012 Author Share Posted September 21, 2012 Hello guys! Some random pics of the building process: And with dummy motherboard test fitted: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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