Peter Brands Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 Here a small project The TC-100 is already an out of production case and was a present from Marco en Ruud van Cooler Master Benelux. Always wanted to do something with passive cooling! Cause it was a really busy year for me I wasn't able to find the time for it... Finally found it! For the support I got from several company's I though, why not make is a small project My plan is to get this working as a passive cooled htpc/internet pc with a Corsair logo (I have something with sailing boats lol) window and brushed aluminum look. Hardware: Cooler Master TC-100 Cooler Master Copper passive cooling kit Lian Li SD-03A Case Stand Silver AC Ryan Aluminum brushed 1mm panel Lamptron 19mm switch blue Intel Core i3 2120T Asus P8H77-I PicoPSU 150XT Corsair Dominator Platinum 8GB 1866Mhz Corsair Neutron GTX 120GB Corsair Vengeance K60 Corsair Vengeance M90 Big thanks to: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Brands Posted December 30, 2012 Author Share Posted December 30, 2012 The hardware. Don't know why, but I just love brushed aluminum. Won't be much left of the original steel frame. Will also replace the front since it won't have a dvd/blu-ray player. Can't wait to figure out the cooling as the original kit was designed for real old VIA chipset mainboards At first it was going to be an AMD setup but cause of some driver issues and heat problems I went for an intel based setup. Also ordered a PicoPSU 150XT. The H77 board. And the Intel i3 2120T (35W) So glad Corsair wanted to help out on this little project! First run with the new psu went perfect. Without any airflow it gets pretty hot Set of aluminum Lian Li casefeet. Outside all Alu. Next update the heatpipes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Brands Posted December 30, 2012 Author Share Posted December 30, 2012 So ... got everything off my attic Ohh boy Just love untreated copper. Ever seen a Cooler Master heatpipe bending iron? Because these sets are originally for VIA chipsets it was quite a puzzle. This'll be it. Left for the CPU with 4 heatpipes, on the right, 2 pipes for the chipset. While I was at work I came up with a solution for the front with unwanted DVD slot. Just make a new one Because it's about $4 a kilo I also took 2 bigger panels for if I ever want it to support ATX. Finding the right size logo for the casewindow. Further with the copper. Was looking for a way to mount it all .. luckily I had an EKWB bracket left somewhere. Will probably become something like this. First need to clean it up and shorten the bolts. Nice mess again To get the EK bracket working with the copper parts I had to change some parts. Bottom with just 4x M4 and plastic rings. Top with a nut and MDPC-x cap. And measuring again. Decided to just replace the front panel only. (Not add a back one) Getting the tools from the car. The panels are pretty damaged, will be quite some sanding. Getting the switch in the panel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Brands Posted December 30, 2012 Author Share Posted December 30, 2012 Larger update this time! (For the ones who didn't know, all my photos are linked to bigger ones) Finally able to use the investment I did a year ago AC Ryan Brushed alu panels. Lets get the grinder first. Hi I'm going to use the brushed aluminum on both sides of the original bottom/mainboard tray. Panel for the bottom, will be using acrylic on top of that. And the inside, or mainboard tray. Measuring and fitting the bottom panel. And again measuring and fitting with the mainboard. This is how the bottom will look. Drawing the panel for the casewindow. And used the grinder to cut it out, also cut a hole in the original panel. Cutting the logo in the right size. Determining the spot. Drawing it on the aluminum. Cutting out the logo with my fully automated lasercutter with built-in footpedal and spotlight. Lots of filing and sanding to do afterwards. Polished the thin edges so they will shine. Glued the alu panel to the original panel. Also glued in the acrylic panel. Measuring the exact spot of the copper parts. Drilling and tapping. Determining the holes to attach the new front panel. And again drilling and tapping... Cleaned up 2 out of 3 desks on the attic to move on there (As in, all the mess is on the third now) Shortening the bolts so I won't damage the cpu. Can't wait to test it all to see if it actually works. Testsetup First boot in bios is always exciting .. but looks good. Light stress, 65 degrees max .. works for me. Next test, streaming blu-ray for 3 hours. Temps were between 40 and 50 degrees. With light from the original powerbutton. Next update ... more light Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Brands Posted January 1, 2013 Author Share Posted January 1, 2013 To start off right .. an update .. and .. Let's get rid of all the cables. Where to hide them? Connecting the vandal switch. Shortening some cables for led and psu. Had some Enzotech heatsinks laying around and used them too. Testing the ledstrip and vandal switch. Psu and all cables Gone! Another full test and photos with flasher. And without flasher. Time to do something about the ssd. My idea is to make it a 'bit' shiny. Almost there. And a last shot before it disappears in AlCu. Done. My daughter is extremely happy with it! Daddy's happy too as it's the first time since the new Xbmc he can see the DTS-HD notification on his receiver What's left to happen. - Sanding the frontpanel. - adding thermal paste between all the heatpipes and copper side plates - adding a Cooler Master logo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodrigo Vicentini Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Wow, another beautiful work, was very small case = D great job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Brands Posted January 14, 2013 Author Share Posted January 14, 2013 Thanks Rodrigo! And another small and last update. First disassembled all copper again. To get some thermal paste between it. And cleaning it all afterwards. Disassembling the front panel. To start sanding again. Also did something else with the SSD. Wet sanded it with P2000 which gives a non mirroring nice shine. After sawing a Corsair logo into the Cooler Master case .. well thought it would be nice to add a Cooler Master logo somewhere too More sanding. And even more sanding. Finally the result I wanted. So assembled it again. And a few photos before powering and testing it again. Also a few in daylight. Oops ... wrong wire.. Not even that weird (ssd also still not attached) And a final test with temperatures. Idle 40-45 degrees, stressed 70 max. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Brands Posted January 15, 2013 Author Share Posted January 15, 2013 Hereby the final photos. I have to say, I really liked this small project, a complete different thing. Also very weird to have a running pc making no noise at all ... 0dB. I want to thank the following companies for all their support the last 2 years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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