So I thought I´d share some of my older, completed proyects while you wait for new updates on the Crimson Server Desk Module proyect.This specific one happened while I was workingin the Nº2 Tutorial Project, it was one of the readers who asked me if I could build a simple mod, same case, and she provided the hardware from her current PC, so I did. very simple and short post and no worklog was intended but instead used it as an example of what could be done by following the Nº2 tutorial project, enjoy!
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Post 1
As some of you know, at the time of posting this I´m also working on the tutorial project: nº2, it is however because of that project that this one came around. One of the readers in one of the forums really liked it and she decided she wanted something similar, using the same brand and model basic case, but with a "normal" window, and matt pastel green and white with a little detailing on the opposite side.
So for the last four days I´ve been doing it, it´s now been given to her, the client and she seemed over the moon happy with it, so that makes me happy : )
I won´t go in to much detail because really, there´s not much detail, it´s a minimalistic mod with simple every day hardware, somehow however, I had a lot of fun doing it, I found it quite relaxing to be honest.
So here goes, 18 photos from start to finish (most of the actual finished case but hey).
The flower detailing was done with a fine brush, I´d like to thank my sister for helping me with that.
Took me quite a while to find the right kind of matt clear lacquer so it wouldn´t shine whatsoever or reflect anything which is what she wanted, turns out that´s quite hard to find in acril based paints but did eventually find it, and I love the stuff!
Anyhow, the whole thing took just about 8 hours in 4 days (a couple of hours a day) from start to finish.
I know i have posted similar sort of issues in the past but as usual this gpu is fricking annoying me. It seems the only two games I get good FPS in is BF4 (when it works) and Farcry 3 which crashes all the time.
Also I booted up old BF3 (Latest BF4 Patch sucks) and i got better FPS with my old GTX 670. And also people may ask why i even bought the HD 7990 and that was because at the time it was a steal it was only £350.
So yeah pretty much I hate AMD with there terrible drivers. I have noticed as well that the gpu only runs toasty on games like BF4 and Farcry 3 which is strange because it seems the gpu doesn't seem to be using it's full potential because i get amazing fps in BF4 but shitty fps in BF3. I have monitored the gpu with MSI afterburner and it seems that both gpu cores are running but it doesn't seem to heat up as much as when i play BF4.
Anyway there is probably some repetition somewhere but help please.
Any advice is greatly appreciated. Also if someone could find a AMD driver that will give me good fps in most games i will love you.
This was in a different thread but i moved it to the correct one.
You'll have to clean install Windows 7. Your OS has drivers for your P8Z77-V and not for your MSI Z77A-GD65 and it's pretty much based on that. You can try to boot withouth clean installing Windows 7, but you'll have several errors/BSOD's.
Correct me if I am wrong.
what we first start off with is making some guideline holes so that we are able to do better cuts with the jigsaw allowing us to change angles easily.
Mid way cutting.
now time to lay it on, and all is good.
a wild cat appears! "hmmmm, can i fit through here?"
"Why yes! of course I can!"
marking out the other side, and repeating the process
both sides have been completed and look very nice. they are BOTH yet to be routered so that the grill sits in flush. but that is next days off job.
I quickly decided that I would do my 5.25" holes, one for a Blu Ray drive (basically just incase i need it for whatever case. And no, I couldn't be bothered getting a USB one), and also will be fitted with a Fan Controller too.
Here is the plan...
Holes done
all cut out
with a bit of extra little rasping (wood equivalent of a file) they fit nice and snug! Though like the rad grills. Will router a recess for them to sit flush in. If some may notice, the drives are sitting lower then centre, this is because I will probably put my power/reset buttons above the 5.25" area.
and ps, yes I know the middle piece between each 5.25" slot is weak as hell, and I understand that. If it breaks it breaks, if it doesn't it doesn't! it looks nicer with it though
Oh, and this is the glass installed
easy to remove to, simply put fingers between the two glass sheets and lift the top one up! the front bit is siliconed in place
Next update will be Wednesday of everything routered
and then theres only two holes left to do (PSU, I/O shield) and its time to d-d-d-d-d-drop the hardware in!!
Here is how I will be spacing my UP7 to the desk itself. just a few rubber spacers, that will be screwed into the desk, will have to go find some nice long thin srews while I think about it!
We start with the routering of the 480 grill rebate, so that the grill can sit nice and flush
The middle bits had to be done also, and were very difficult too as after a few cm's the router wasn't sitting flush anymore so would 'dip' as you can see in the picture where it dipped a little bit. but that's okay! it's not seen
Thinking about how I could find a packer to use that allowed an extra bit of width... duh, why not use the template to rest the router on!
Now, this is what it looked like! the rebate for the grill was done, and also i further rebated in a rectangle for the actual little hex-hole grills to sit in too
Then there was about a 2 week period where I did nothing in life but work/sleep. UNTIL my parts arrived! and I will also be getting another GTX 680 4GB too
After thinking and googling, I figured a way that I could mount my power supply tidily, by making a metal template I guess you'd call it. where you would screw the thin sheet steel to the desk so you could then be able to screw the psu in!
And then there she was. the template to cut out the... template :B
Mid way cutting it out, realised I shouldn't have cut the paper up so much as it was so hard to get the small rectangle square again!
And there it is. Not the tidiest and 100% most beautiful, but it will be painted, not seen. It will serve the purpose it was made to do _b
Time to mark out where the IO shield will be put, and also where my PSU hole will be too.
Time to do my preliminary guide holes for the jigsaw
And there it is, all nice and square!
The PSU Template works well too
Now, the one thing that bugged me the most... The PCI holes. How do do them? Do I rebate them? Do I cut out one big hole instead? I will do it individually instead and rebate me thinks..
I then proceeded to use the smallest router bit I had and rebate the groove for the PCI brackets to sit in.
Also, the top L piece of the bracket needed somewhere to sit in, so I marked the lowest point the bracket could sit, otherwise the card when in the motherboard will be on a lean and could have a dodgy connection to the PCI/E Lane
Making sure my depth was correct, I used a test bit of wood to make sure that when it came to the final piece, it was done properly.
A Perfect fit!
Just a FYI, to prevent any scratching this is how I lay the top down to do any cutting/routering etc
Now that the first PCI slots had been cut, it was time to finish the rest off
Here is how I measured the spacings for where the slots went, just an old case I chopped up!
All cuts done
Next, to square all the holes out I figured, what better way to do that, than with a Router! Least that's what I thought. The insertion of the bit went well, as soon as I itched it to the right BOOM. the middle piece of the PCI slots just snapped off.. I said a naughty word beginning with F. the next one began with C. hehe
It was time to resort to Plan B. Cut the whole damn thing out and chop the PCI bracket bit out of that old case that was in the pic above
it looks a lot tidier this way anyway, so while I am not happy the slot snapped out, I am happy with the result I guess!
So after cutting the PCI Bracket out, i gave it a quick sand and a quick paint with orange and will continue to polish it up over the next week but just wanted to test it out for the time being to make sure all was well... Guess I was just impatient and wanted to see if when everything was laid out in the desk it would all look pretty is more appropriate
PS- Hello Vita! (sheep)
After the day, I moved everything to it's little box. and covered it. Until tomorrow
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