Prj2 'Downtown' - [COMPLETED]

[ToddK]

 

*** Update: Final specs:

Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI motherboard
Cooler Master Nepton 280L AIO cooler
Cooler Master v1200 PSU
2x140mm Cooler Master Jetflo fans
3x120mm Cooler Master white led Jetflo fans
2x12" white Darkside led strips
Intel i3-4130 CPU
120 Gb Adata M.2 SSD
Case:  I don't know
Sapphire R9 270x GPU
8Gb HyperX  Fury RAM

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Hi all, just looking to share a project I started.

 

I've been watching a lot of case modding.  I'm amazed with what's out there and what people have done.  After some minor pimping of my own pc I got the idea for the following project.

 

Basically I'm looking to make a computer tower look like an architectural model.  Googling that you can see what I'm thinking about.

 

 

Being that the parts inside are older I got the idea to make the insides look like an old boiler room.

 

 

After working through a few sketches I came up with the following.

 

 

From there dug into this nasty old box.

 

 

I gutted the box.

 

 

And added some 'creative' cable management.

 

 

And created a template to hold some 120mm fans.

 

 

And got some fans installed.  Still some room for a slim rad should I want to go that route.

 

 

Created frames for both sides of the box.

 

 

Including cutting a window for the left side panel.

 

 

Papered the back and grabbed some old cathodes for the 'light box'.

 

 

And with the acrylic window in place was ready for some testing.

 

 

The initial cardboard mock up was looking pretty good.

 

 

Picked up some crafter's foam and started refining the mock ups.

 

 

NOW I was starting to get somewhere.

 

 

Finished up the right panel.

 

 

Then started duplicating on the left.

 

 

The right side will be a simpler back-lit painted acrylic window.  The left side allows a view into the 'boiler room'.

 

 

Still lots to do, but the concept is coming together.

 

 

 

 

 

Admittedly this is a bit of a budget build right now.  Most of the budget is going into the esthetics rather than parts at this time.  We'll see how things play out to see what gets upgraded inside.

[jameshumphries47]

Awesome its very different

[TheNinjaNextDor]

That's awesome, but maybe cover up that nest with something lol

[BenD]

very cool, hopefully you get arround changing the hardware someday

 

[ToddK]

Lots left to do.  Still balconies to be built out on the front and more cable management to go inside.  After that a bunch of tear down & painting.  Still a ways to go.  

[BenD]

Lots left to do.  Still balconies to be built out on the front and more cable management to go inside.  After that a bunch of tear down & painting.  Still a ways to go.  

at least you got the talent to actually do it, you should be proud! it allready looks fantastic at this fase

[One Who Craves Souls]

Very original! I like it!

[ToddK]

Very original! I like it!

 

Thanks!

 

at least you got the talent to actually do it, you should be proud! it allready looks fantastic at this fase

 

Thanks!

 

very cool, hopefully you get arround changing the hardware someday

 

 

Yeah, if it turns out well it could be worth some further investment. 

[Damikiller37]

Never seen anything like this before. Looking forward to see more

[ToddK]

Chopped up the leftover side panel to make a framework for the front balconies.

 

 

Set it up on the front bezel.

 

 

Cut up some foam flooring for the balconies.

 

 

And added walls to the balconies.  

 

 

Aaaaaaand ran out of foam.  Lol!  Will need to pick up some more to finish up the entrance at the floor of the bezel and the roof features.  After that I can tear it apart, sand, paint & reassemble.

[EldarNi]

Nice, keep going! Very different from the rest of builds!

[ToddK]

A little more work done on the front.

 

 

 

 

[Raboo]

Very awesome!!!!

[Admire]

You have got to be kidding me! That is honestly the most innovative idea for a build Ive ever seen. WOW!

 

Makes it even better that its budget....You are doing this is far less and your imagination is really the force.

[ToddK]

Very awesome!!!!

 

Thanks!

 

You have got to be kidding me! That is honestly the most innovative idea for a build Ive ever seen. WOW!

 

Makes it even better that its budget....You are doing this is far less and your imagination is really the force.

 

Appreciated!  It's definitely been a fun project to work on.

[alpenwasser]

Oi, this is here too? Awesome!

[Guest Generallee]

Oh god finally something different !

 

I was getting tired of those same builds over and over on the build log section

 

Sir, your work is awesome

[ToddK]

Oi, this is here too? Awesome!

 

 

Oh god finally something different !

 

I was getting tired of those same builds over and over on the build log section

 

Sir, your work is awesome

 

Very much appreciated.  It's quickly turning into a labor of love. 

[Amer]

You're a fucking genius..

[alpenwasser]

Very much appreciated.  It's quickly turning into a labor of love. 

Very evidently so.

[ToddK]

You're a fucking genius..

 

Lol!  Mind telling that to my wife?  I keep telling her and she won't believe me.

[Amer]

Lol!  Mind telling that to my wife?  I keep telling her and she won't believe me.

Haha, but no joke she should be proud and so should you. Nobody even thought of doing this before. But only thing I would change is that if you had a better case to hide those cables etc..

[ToddK]

Oops, left out this pic.  I've been doing a bunch of work on the insides too.  Still have to paint the insides and such, so I haven't been showing it off yet.

 

[austin541]

good work on the cable management. 

[ToddK]

good work on the cable management. 

 

Thanks!