Raawmeat

Hello So a little bit of background to how the project started. I have always wanted to modify a Ammo can to be able to hold an "okay" gaming PC. Which I had some problems doing in the past as I couldn't find a can that was big/small enough. Also I didn't want too big holes for cooling that is way too visible, but wanted to hide it as good as possible. So it had to be a few ATX builds before i stumbled across a site while I was looking for a more rugged backpack that aslo sold a lot of diffterent used Ammo cans. So of pure intrest i started to look for one that might fit a PC inside without being too big. Then I managed to find one with outer dimensions 30 x 22 x 18.5cm. I started then to take some diffrent measurments of SFF components to see if it was even possible, which to my suprise seemed to work with some really small marginals. So I orded a can to be able to see the inner dimensions and started to be worried as the few millimeters I had over dissapeard fast and was left with something I didn't know if it would fit or not. But I wasn't ready to give up or order components worth 2-3k $ that might not fit. So I bought a used SFF PC for less than 200USD which I could spare and use as a HTPC in worst cas just to make sure the parts would fit. To my suprise the motherboard just bearly fit with a small modification to the IO shield. So I stripped the whole floor of the can and glued (temporary) a honeycomb mesh for minimal airflow interference. And took a donor case and cut out the stand offs for the motherboard and glued in place. Also cut out a big hole in the mesh to be able to access the CPU cooler mounting. After that I started marking up all the sides for cutting so I could get enough cooling for both GPU and CPU and also for the GPU to be able to fit and the power cable and some front USBs and a start button. In the mean time I got my new PVC mesh that i was gonna use to "hide" the holes and use as a dust filter so smcashed on son feet to the case and started cutting out the mesh for the bottom. Then it was time to cut the sides and grind the edges smooth and the weld the meshes in place so there is no possibility for one to get loose and short something. Then it was time for cutting all PVC mesh for the sides as I said earlier I didn't want any big hole visible and works great as dust filters. After some grinding it was directly to the paint booth to paint the case then the mesh, also choose to keep the Original table of conduct on the side to make it more authentic and the got a idea (is lower down) and started tested to see if the products still would fit. Also got a new cooler for the CPU and a power supply before I started to spend the big $ on the rest. As I said, it aint much room to spare around the motherboard or between the motherboard and PSU. So at this stage I had to start looking for what type of GPU I could even fit into this as the inner length would be exact 300mm and I still have to get it in place and the height clearence wasn't much either as I knew I wanted 2 Noctua fans to in front to not loose on preformance. So was looking some and managed to find the Asus RTX 3080 TUF that should be 299mm in length and bearly be able to fit height wise. So now the issue was trying to find one at a reasonable price as to this summer the prices was all over the place. At last I managed to find a PC with and 3080TUF and a Ryzen 5600X at a deacent price. During this time I have also gotten som things 3d printed as a bracket to hold the Cooler and PSU in place with some goodies which i would like to thank kiim over at sweclockers . Also at the last project he helped me to print a M18 smoke grenade in Violet to match the table of contents and to make it a bit more useful I put a Xbox 360 controller reciever into ti. Specs: Motherboard: Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX WIFI CPU: AMD Ryzen 5600x RAM: G.Skill 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 3600MHz CL16 Trident Z Neo C SSD: 512gb Samsung evo 970 m2 ssd + 2tb sabrent m2 ssd GPU: Asus RTX 3080 TUF PSU: Corsair SFX series SF750W Platinum Cooling: Corsair iCUE H100i RGB PRO XT

Thanks Its actually NF-A12x25 fans, and staying on the same temp lower rpm i managed to get them near silent as my case fans make more noise. (this being the windforce cooler on from start) And I am controlling them through the motherboard and using its own fan curve.

No worries I love to help. Thanks, I wanted it to kinda blend in and not be just like a plain color so the wood grain was a perfect match (Here is the pic for those who want) Yeah the logo was a little tricky, I was so afraid that when I started that I wouldnt be able to finish it. First I Had to grind away all the top plastic with a dremel and then fill the hole with some plastic (took a square from some old safety glasses) and glued it together. After that it was time to paint and I had the same issue with outdoor temps and the moisture in the air so when I put on the varnish it just got milky, fixed the issue with putting a dehumidifier next to the parts and waiting for a better day with less moisture. After that it was time to use the dremel again and grind out the Noctua logo in the paint (it took some time) used one of their small stickers from their gift package as a guide on the mouse. How is the temps doing with the 92mm fans? have wanted to try to see which works best, 2 120mm fans or 3 92mm fans.

I asked for a few quotes and got all from 150-80 usd and me being cheap i got the latter one. And yes the thickness was 3mm on the one from fractal but none of the companies wanted to make it less than 4mm thick, but I didnt see that being an issues as to how the panel is mounted, just dont twist in the screws too much. I would advise getting a few quotes from different companies as I even had that issue way back when i modded my first case with a acrylic window in the side panel and the first one I asked wanted 60 usd for a 40x40cm square and the next one only wanted 15 usd. I would recommend still going tempered glass if you got children or pets that might get hurt if the glass would break. Nah the mouse pad is just an ordinary mouse pad with a custom print on it. I took a stock photo of a wood wall and photoshoped in the logo to look stained and uploaded the photo to custom-playmat.shop and got a 1 Player Custom Playmat for cheap.

Thank you for your appreciation. About the tempered glass I did order that from a local glaziery and yes I did provide pin point specs on the size and holes This being the img I sent to them. and they nailed it tho it had to be 4mm thick for tempered. I did even try to contact Fractal to see if it would be possible to buy one from them that was simply clear but couldn't. Probably gonna start with the bezel of the monitor next year or the headset, gonna have a chat with sennheiser tho to see if i cant get a pair of brown earpads to match it perfectly. Yeah the base of the keyboard is just painted like the case and half the mouse.

Monitor, headphones, mic and desk

Still got the rubber feeling and the look with a new pair of skates.

Still needs a bit of polishing.

Stay tuned for the next update.

Finally gotten the pieces to finish the keyboard. Its getting closer and closer to being done soon.

A small update as i finally have gotten the new glass and mouse pad. So now its the keyboard and controllers turn on being modded.

Thanks, im glad i get to see the finnished product the other way around color wise. Nah i just matched it with a brand of spray paint so it aint 100% match but not that far off. The brown is a little to much red in otherwise its all good. Yeah I know Noctua is good with their support normally, this time i got the cold shoulder when wanting to show of the product to them tho . And looking at your gpu, maybe just try and remove the current fans with shroud and just slap some Noctua fans ontop of the original heatsink. I love how you dealt the the nh-d15s heatsink with the chromax cover NA-HC4, I am thinking of doing the same or getting the NA-HC3 cover to get a two tone or simply painting on something on the HC4.

Purely for looks, Didnt see any temp or fan speed difference at all with the stock cooler. Im auming you are using a "taller gpu" that is wider than the pci bracket? If so you might run in to some issues if you got a big heatsink for the cpu and a vertical mount. So be sure to check that before buying. If you got a pair of pliers its easy as you have to cut off the small metal parts between the pci brackets and thats all you have to do.

Thanks for all the nice replies. And if anyone was wondering about the new gpu temps after the mod i just lowered the rpm until i was at the old max with its curve so its at a constant ~1200rpm and not going over 76 when under full load. Sorry for really bad pic