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  1. Willy Dijo
    Been working on the acrylic top and side panels. This is the acrylic panels on the system, Waiting for the ITX motherboard to arrive before I can make the rear panel and GPU support, and that would be the last of the aluminium work.
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    The H55 cooler arrived, quick test fit. After using the H100i GTX, the tubing on this is a pleasure to work with. Started by drilling out the rough shape then filing back to the boundaries. All filed out, these are the files I used. Using vinyl for marking the edges worked out great, its a clear marking and holds to the metal better than masking tape. Close up of the logo. All that's left to do is drill the holes to mount it to the case. Next job is to make a GPU sag support bar, its not in the rendering because I thought of it after.
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    Radiator mounts and top braces sawn and filed to shape. Assembled view of the filed parts. Got to work on the front plate, scribed the line and used black vinyl wrap to see it better, ended up with a very straight edge. To mark out the "WD" Logo I got the size of the final design on my iPad then put paper over the screen, marked the corners and used a ruler and connected the dots. Then I wrapped the aluminium plate with black vinyl wrap then placed the paper over where I wanted the design then cut through the paper and vinyl... then removed the centre vinyl. The negative spacing of the logo will be acting as an exhaust route for the radiator.
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    Sawed, filed and sanded the vertical fame lengths Looking a lot nicer.
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    @UnlimitedTMD Yeah, it was in the big write up at the top.
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    Whole lot ah drillin'... and a whole load ah tappin' but that result was worth it entirely, I love this case a lot and its going to be hard to give it to my friend when its done. I'm looking forward to seeing the temps when this system is running.
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    "WD XOI" www.instagram.com/willydijo willydijo.com _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ XOI as in "EXO-I" This case is designed to be a very space efficient M-ITX system for a friend that is moving for university. Dimensions being 343mm long x 206mm wide and 283mm tall, all measurements include the bolts. The cases frame is entirely made from 3mm angle and plate aluminium, with black acrylic panels. The side window panel is not finalized, it will be either clear or black depending on how the inside turns out, a lot of the view will be the back of a PSU and its cables. The case is designed to house a reference GPU, ATX PSU, 2x 3.5" HDD's, 2x 2.5" Drives, M-ITX Motherboard, 2x 140mm and a 120mm AIO cooler radiator. The PSU will be covering the motherboard and will require a Corsair H55 120mm AIO cooler. I am looking forward to seeing how the case performs thermally, I haven't done any temp tests before but I'll post my results once complete, I'll test with my GTX 690 and try with my friends R9 290 two quite hot cards. There are two 140mm intake fans at the bottom of the system directly under the GPU, a 120mm radiator as an exhaust behind the front cover and the PSU's fan drawing air away from the motherboards heatsink. The case manages storage by having two 3.5" HDD's behind the motherboards support rails and two 2.5" drives screwed to the underside of the top panel. System Components i7 4770k ASRock H97 M-ITX 8GB DDR3 RAM GTX 690 EVGA 750W 120GB Intel SSD + 1TB HDD Corsair H55 120mm Cooler 2x Thermaltake Riing 140mm fans _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All the angle aluminium for the case. Each length being 1 metre bar a couple being half a metre. Hacksawed to their rough length. Filed to their final length. Quick system size mock-up, I've never seen at an ITX system in person but I couldn't help but "Naaaww" at how tiny it is. Scribing markings at the moment, please let me know what you think of the case.
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    In that time I also created a pin-out illustration so I wouldn't fry my system, figured out the ideal cable paths and cut the existing power supply cables to length, that also was my first attempt at sleeving. The statement was probably misleading and it didn't take that long to just sleeve 8 cables. Again, its something you have to do to realise just how long it takes.
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    I'm not sure what you mean, I'm not trying to pitch PC cases to LinusTechTips, It's orange because that colour is my favourite, not because it's Linus themed.
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    It's something you have to do or watch someone do in real time, it doesn't sound like much work but it really is time consuming, the video @Spotswood linked is a pretty good representation of what is involved and you times that by 48 individual cable lengths and that's how much work it is.
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    @KSores Haha thanks
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    Since last update I've completed the PCI mount bar and painted all the aluminium for the case. This is all the aluminium in the system after preping for paint, quite a lot more metal than last build. The screws I bought for the last build started to surface rust not long after assembling, so this time I used a drill and sanding block to take off the original black paint and respray. I wet sanded then hung the parts to dry. I used double sided tape and a scrap length of acrylic to paint the screws. Painted parts left to air overnight, assembled case pictures will be out tomorrow morning. I'm still waiting on a couple of things to arrive before the final build photos though.
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    @Infin8 It will be very close to the size of the previous rendering, but about 25mm wider to fit 2x 3.5" HDDs. 270mm tall x 330mm long x 200mm wide. http://imgur.com/a/6cMd5 (Colour not finalized)
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    @Infin8 Thanks, well remembered, Yes that ITX build is what I'm planing on doing next, the designs aren't finalized because it may or may not be given to a friend when he moves to a dorm and would be designed around his components.
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    Today I migrated my system into the case to ensure that the case functions as intended. Poor EXO looking empty. I found out that my original plan for a PCI mounting bar wouldn't work so I need to alter it. then it's off to paint.
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    All the acrylic panels are complete, I used angle steel as a buffer and a file to file straight edges into the acrylic. Tapping M5 thread into the acrylic sheeting, never done before and it turned out ok. all the panels test fitted I quite like the gap in the system for airflow. This is the internal acrylic panels. also my 900D being a good plinth.
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    All the filing has been done and this is the result Next job is making the acrylic panels, then paint, then complete.
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    Since last update I've been filing to ensure all components measurements align and have started on sawing and filing the cases designs It was such a relief that the motherboard mounts aligned. These are the parts that I've filed to shape so far.
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    I've been doing a lot of drilling and tapping recently. I've been roughing it a little because I'm using an old table saw as a workbench. This is the current state of the case, all the lengths have been drilled and tapped and assembled to make sure all the holes align and are ready to be filed to their final design. Not all case parts are pictured because some need to be filed to fit. This build log may have less photos and frequent updates as my last build log, however by doing all the drilling, tapping or filing at the same time makes the overall build take less time to complete.
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    @ericlee30 Yeah I meant also the window on the left, intake at the front and power supply in a basement at the bottom.
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    @RustyHamrLickr Thanks, This case was also a concept to alter my previous design to be more friendly for the average system, like being wider, supporting a 420mm intake radiator, A front plate to stop things hitting the fans, and having a basement rather than mandatory unique cables @tnlich Thanks, I really like this layout design and I'm surprised no case manufacturer has picked it up.
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    "WD Bonk" Hello all, This is my second scratch built case, It's a case that's designed to be a replacement for a friends ageing case, The name "Bonk" is a shortening of his nickname and I thought it was a fun name for a scratch build. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I've been doing a lot of hacksawing, filing and scribing markings for holes and design boundaries. A whole lot of this happened, filing the aluminium for precise edges. Result of a lot more work than it looks, all markings scribed ready for drilling and hacksawing. I'm in for a whole load of filing for this case.
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    Thank you to everyone who commented on and followed the build, you were my main drive to get this done. Its likely you'll see more of my creations around because I love doing this. If you'd like to follow me I'm at; https://www.instagram.com/willydijo/ https://www.facebook.com/willydijo
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