Well, unfortunatly its that time again. The time every gamer dreads... absolete hardware.
And when we i started dismanteling my old tower, i realised how much i hated closed cases. Its a nightmare to drain the system (i allways watercool my PC,s), and disconnecting hoses is sometimes near impossible. So the decision was made, i will design my own bench case.....
Bench v1.0
The hardware is the easy part, ill keep the old Asus Rampage Extreme and I7 990x since they are still fast enough to work with. Also the 16Gb 1600Mhz Kingston memory is fast enough. Since my old graphics card is heaving trouble running the newest games its time to check out the new lineup from Nvidea. And after seeying the GTX Titan my mind was pretty much made up, i need two of those
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The rest of the parts will be renewed, a complete partlist shown below:
Specs:
Case - Custom designed bench case
PSU - Antec 1200W
Mobo - Asus Rampage Extreme, Black Edition
CPU - Intel Core i7 990x Extreme Edition
RAM - 16 GB of Kingston 1600MHz
GPU - 2x Nvidia Titan
Sound - Asus Xonar
Storage -2x 265Gb SSD
Cooling:- 2x EK 240XT (2x120mm)
- 1x Black Ice SR-1 (1x140mm)
- 2x EK Tube Redervoir
- 1x Aqua-computer flow meter
- 2x Swiftec MCP35x pump
Post Merge: August 31, 2013, 08:44:52 PM
The design & parts
Since i had a general idea of the case in my head, it did not take much time to get a initial design on paper (Well... on the screen in this case). I decided to draw everything in a 3D CAD program called Autodesk Inventor.
After a few design revisions i came up with the design below:
After ordering the parts at a plastic and a steel supplier i held my breath, i had never ordered parts before and was hoping i did not make any mistakes. But fortunatly it all turned out fine and i received my parts last week.
-- Front panel --
After doing some aluminium polishing and spraying on a few coats of clear lacquer
i had a beautiful front panel
-- Quick assembly --
Since the case itself bolts together i decided to assemblt it to check some of the mounting holes. Its better to find out flaws now then after i get it powder coated... and it turned out i had some flaws. But no problem cant be fixed with a drill and grinder, do after a couple of minutes the thing went together.
Tomorrow ill order the last nuts n'bolts and watercool fittings that i forgot to order before.
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