Pranja Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 This is my entry to Cooler Master Mod Competition 2013. It is mITX wooden HTPC named Arya. It is still WIP, but I would like to show what I have been done. Here are rendered images of Arya. Here is the box containing the laser-cut wooden parts. First mockup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pranja Posted October 27, 2013 Author Share Posted October 27, 2013 Side panels assembled-but this is not their final form. Brown paracord and golden power button. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pranja Posted October 27, 2013 Author Share Posted October 27, 2013 One meter long steel rod+saw= Assembly of top and bottom of the case. Top and bottom mounted on the case. Mockup with side panel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pranja Posted October 27, 2013 Author Share Posted October 27, 2013 Front part covered with leather, rear part and new spacers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pranja Posted October 27, 2013 Author Share Posted October 27, 2013 Mounted front USB connectors and I/O shield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pranja Posted October 27, 2013 Author Share Posted October 27, 2013 Lihts were needed so I got RGB LED. PCB is insulated. And now the fun part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pranja Posted October 27, 2013 Author Share Posted October 27, 2013 MBO used in project. I drilled holes for MBO standoffs. This time I didn't used dremel-instead of that I drilled manually. Then I started to mod MBO-I covered it with carbon foil and modded the CPU fan. I bought mini PSu to test if I could fit it in side panel because it was cheaper then power brick and pico PSU. You can see that I decided to preserve warranty. No seal broken. XD Compared to the iPhone 3g. Started with modifications. Finished MBO. Something completely new in the case itself- HDD mounting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pranja Posted October 27, 2013 Author Share Posted October 27, 2013 I replaced HDD sticker with carbon foil that I cut to the same shape as original sticker. There was more progress on other hardware-RAM was covered with leather and MBO I/O shield is covered with carbon foil inside and leather outside. I also made leather USB stick to be used with Arya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pranja Posted October 27, 2013 Author Share Posted October 27, 2013 Side panels were reworked and mounted. I am using magnets to keep them closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pranja Posted October 27, 2013 Author Share Posted October 27, 2013 After putting all hardware inside, Arya looked like this: Not very pretty and has a lot of wires. But it was changed-I unsoldered all unneeded cables and shorened the main 24 pin cable. Metal mesh was intaled in PSU section and all fitted nicely. No more wire mess there. I also swap the stock loud 80 mm fan with small laptop turbine fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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