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What's the name / manufacturer of the case? Great video!

It has been a while since I posted on here. Loved the video, fascinating niche product. Great content always rules, regardless of how old it is. e.g. 12 Angry Men is a damn old film (1957) - yet I am so glad someone took the time to upscale it up to 2160p. Such a great movie. In a similar way, I'm very glad someone took the time to develop a solution to enjoy retro games in modern hardware. There's an old video of Linus trying a relatively old Hot Wheels computer, and his kids disregard the quality of video and just enjoy the content. And he makes a remark about it Thank you for making a video about this! And I don't even game.

And here the finished build Aluminium Wood And here's my desk Any tips / recommendation, please! Happy to hear them.

Good news everyone! I have finished putting together the watercooling components in the case Good news, everything fits! Here some pictures while the build was coming together.

Surely sir. I am actually based in the UK, Nottingham! I chose to manufacture it locally and I am very happy with the quality. Even better, volume pricing is in line with Dan Case A4 / NCase M1. Going local means I have no upper limit on how many I can produce. I tried to not make it look like a wood bin, the one you find in posh parks. I think I may have achieved that. What do you think?

Update! First prototype is out! I decided to experiment with anodizing, and while on the photos it looks alright, the finished product is quite poor regarding finishing. Due to welding / rolling of aluminium during the manufacturing process, it is full of scratches and uneven colouring. I am glad I did an anodizing trial with the first prototype to prove that anodizing is not a suitable choice. There is a quite visible vertical line on the outside of the external enclosure. The second prototype will be welded, polished and powder coated thus the joining line will disappear.

I planned for soft tubing as it would make the assembly easier. But then again, you look at some of the builds online where they manage to fit hard tubing in very small cases (ie SFF) and you look at the build log wondering how the hell they managed to do that. I guess the beauty of hard tubing lies not only in the looks but also in the challenging assembly process, where the owner of the build had incredible satisfaction at the end of the project. So it is totally doable to do hard tubing, I can't guarantee it will be easy, but certaintly rather satisfactory.

The case is semi-modular. With this I mean that the drive cage, radiator mount, PSU mount, PCIe bracket, feet, pump mount are all screwed in. As of today, everything but the components below can be taken out. In other words, the components in the picture below are welded together while the rest is screwed in. I went with a lightly coloured wood so it would fit well in a variety of indoor environments. Going with a stronger colour (walnut, any red wood) would make it rather challenging to place it on your desk and make it look good. Agree with you on Space Grey. Yes! Max height for air coolers is 120mm. Which means you can fit rather big ones such as the Noctua D9X / D9L, but not huge ones such as the Noctua DH15. Although you can use 120mm, 140mm, 240mm AIO coolers without any issue by mounting them either at the bottom or on the radiator mount.

FAQ I have decided to give this design a name, Rocket. When would I be able to see pictures of the case with a full watercooling loop? As of 22/08, the case as shown in the renders has finished manufacturing and it is on its way to the paint shop to be powder coated. Given this is summer time, delay may be expected. As of 30/10, another prototype has been manufactured while #3 is on its way. Anodizing was tested but it resulted in poor finishing. Powder coating is the better suited choice for this case. As of 23/12, watercooling build has been completed. Test fit passed with flying colours. What components is Rocket compatible with? Mini ITX motherboard, SFX and SFX-L PSU, Full sized GPUs (max length 307mm), 2x 2.5″ Hard Drives. What are the watercooling options? Rocket can support up to 1x 240mm and 1x 140mm radiator both standard thickness, 25mm with standard sized fans (25mm thick). A pump support can hold either a DDC or a D5 pump. What materials were chosen? Aluminium is the primary material, thickness 4mm or 2mm. Plywood, mixture of thicknesses, was chosen for the exterior. What are the dimensions/volume? Wood Enclosure: Height: 441 mm External Diameter: 299 mm Volume: 30.9 L Aluminium Enclosure: Height: 425 mm External Diameter: 267 mm Volume: 23.8 L How does the GPU connect to the motherboard? A PCIe extender brings the PCIe connection on the other side. If you are worried about long term reliability of the connector, don't be. I am writing this post from an early prototype which has been working with no issues for the past 3 months. I will update this part if any issues arise.

Hello people! I am a manufacturing engineer who has worked for different industries over the years, oil and gas, automotive and now aerospace. Over the past year or so I decided to design my own case and this is the result. I initially set myself a couple of goals: - Wood must be part of the design; - Cylindrical shape; - Full support for watercooling (and full lengths GPUs); - Relatively compact. Personally I think I have ticked all of the boxes above and this thread's purpose is to share the design with you guys to get general feedback and receive suggestions for potential improvements. A keen eye would be able to identify which component goes where. If not, here are some rendering which may help you visualize it better. Initially the project was personal, as a hobby. One day I mentioned this idea to a couple of (rather nerdy) friends and they were pleasantly surprised. One was not particularly keen on the wood design and together we came up with a 100% aluminium alternative. At this moment in time I have ~10 friends who would like to have purchase off me this case. Then someone mentioned that a crowdfunded campaign could help drive the cost per unit down and give the possibility to other people to possess such item. Why not, I thought. So here we are. You may have some questions to ask and I am more than happy to answer them. I have two for you: 1. What feedback can you provide to the design? 2. Would you be interested in this case if it launches on Kickstarter?

For work I am currently in Italy so I got it delivered it here. I was not quite sure on the taxes around here, but I did a bit of research on the topic. If delivered by DHL, you gotta pay taxes, but it's way quicker. Using the cheaper version Gearbest does the slightly illegal thing of declaring the value of the notebook at EUR 20. It took nearly a month to get here, but no taxes! Copied pasted from the website: Total Cost Commodity price : 756.89 + Delivery costs: 1.58 + Insurance: 15.99 = EUR 774.46 I used the code mentioned in the post before to get it down to that price. Very lovely indeed! Regarding any fear for chinese-spyware or other nonsense like that, I wiped the OS to use Win 10 Pro EN.

So I have recently bought this laptop and I am writing this post from it! Liking the keyboard. I reinstalled Windows 10 Pro with an old Win Pro 8.1 key I had around, all working fine. Such a bummer I can't record video footage using the GPU as I do on my main PC, but I found out you can use OBS + Quick Sync for the same result. I shall try to live boot some linux distro, let's see. Fire me any questions you may have