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Here is the same V2.1 as in previous post, but quickly painted.
 

 
 

Here is the same V2.1 as in previous post, but quickly painted.
 

 
 

This is just ridiculous. How is it so freakin hard to stop charging people for tax and then not even tell that for customers in order confirmation that hey btw we screw up all the orders. Instead "please contact us at support@lttstore.com" and then Linus is complaining on wan show how support tickets are endless. I wonder why, when you ask every single EU customer to create support ticket!

I've been building this thing and having fun with some old games on 32bit XP. I'm running atm Q6600 and 8800GT, 1440x900 19" LCD and all games I've tried run like a dream! Rally Trophy, 1nsane, Stalker, Halo, Soldier of Fortune 2 and so on... Just to point out something like 7970 is not really needed for those pre2010 games.
 
In picture there is SLI setup but that other 8800GT is not working for some reason so I'm only using one.

I'm interested to see if theres anyone here who has build their PC cases from scratch? Please share, small story and pictures would be nice! :) I'll share two of my most recent ones as an example.
 
First one is a test bench. I designed this myself after I didnt find any dimastech benches in stock in europe. Laser cut from 3mm mild steel. 90degree sata-connectors in front for SSD, HDD's can be screwed in from the side slots, PSU has plenty of room and cpu backplate is available from the rear side if no HDD's are in the way. The thing weighs 4,5kg so even with hardware on it, it will stand steady on the rear side so it can be accessed from the "bottom" like in second picture.

 

 

 

 
 
Next I have a rack mount 4U case for small home server. Didn't find anything cost effective and short enough here in Finland. I used 20x20 extruded aluminium profiles, and cut most of the sheets from 1mm stainless. Plastic tray under harddisks was 3d-printed. Front panel of the case is 2mm mild steel with 1mm stainless insert where motherboard can be accessed. It will hold ATX motherboard, standard PSU and 8 HDD's with ease. Exhaust of the hot air is on top of hdd's and blowing up. Holes for quad NIC were made later manually, originally NIC was straight in pci-e slot and ethernet cables came through stainless insert.
 

 

 

I'm interested to see if theres anyone here who has build their PC cases from scratch? Please share, small story and pictures would be nice! :) I'll share two of my most recent ones as an example.
 
First one is a test bench. I designed this myself after I didnt find any dimastech benches in stock in europe. Laser cut from 3mm mild steel. 90degree sata-connectors in front for SSD, HDD's can be screwed in from the side slots, PSU has plenty of room and cpu backplate is available from the rear side if no HDD's are in the way. The thing weighs 4,5kg so even with hardware on it, it will stand steady on the rear side so it can be accessed from the "bottom" like in second picture.

 

 

 

 
 
Next I have a rack mount 4U case for small home server. Didn't find anything cost effective and short enough here in Finland. I used 20x20 extruded aluminium profiles, and cut most of the sheets from 1mm stainless. Plastic tray under harddisks was 3d-printed. Front panel of the case is 2mm mild steel with 1mm stainless insert where motherboard can be accessed. It will hold ATX motherboard, standard PSU and 8 HDD's with ease. Exhaust of the hot air is on top of hdd's and blowing up. Holes for quad NIC were made later manually, originally NIC was straight in pci-e slot and ethernet cables came through stainless insert.
 

 

 

Heheh.. Would need couple more prototypes and then a batch of like 100 cases to make it reasonably priced, fortunately I dont have room for that kind of project. ?
 
So now the upgrade process.. I forgot the hardware specs from the OP, so lets first list the old setup.
CPU: AMD A10-5800k (4C/4T Socket FM2 beast APU from 2012, ran 24/7 since new)
MoBo: ASUS F2A85-M (ran 24/7 since new)
RAM: Kingston HyperX DDR3 2x4Gb (ran 24/7 since new)
PSU: Nexus NX-5000 R3 (been running like 10 years 24/7)
NIC: Intel i350-T4 4x1GbE (LACP with VLANs)
HDD: 2x4Tb Ironwolf mirrored
 
This setup served me well but its getting on the limit with vm's etc. Also PSU started going (BIOS gave sometimes surge protection notifications) so its was time for an upgrade. Old hardware will continue its life as a desktop machine in garage, mainly for internet access and access to 3d-printer controller (OctoPi).
 
New setup:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 (8C/16T Socket AM4, pretty cheap from a friend who's upgrading his main rig)
MoBo: AsRock Fatal1ty AB350 Gaming K4 (also bought used, no idea of usage)
RAM: Chinese Reeinno DDR4 4x4Gb (never heard of these, came with the motherboard so lets test)
PSU: Corsair VS650 (new)
NIC: Intel i350-T4 4x1GbE (LACP with VLANs)
HDD: 2x4Tb Ironwolf mirrored (2x ssd cache to be added when I find out what size I need)
GPU: Asus GT520 Silent
 
Then the case... Took everything out, and put new motherboard tray with ATX support and proper backplate to screw cards on

 
Recycled PSU support from the old HDD holder thingie

 
PSU in for test fitment, also mounting done for HDD cage

 
Put C13 plug thing with switch top the rear panel, still needs some plastic covering so I wont electrocute myself. Second HDD cage ordered so there will be room for 10 disks. Motherboard in, first 4 sata cables in, disks in... waiting for CPU and cooler. New front plate already designed, need to get some time on a laser.

I'm doing an overhaul on my server case atm, so lets first show you the initial building process a year ago...
 
Some extruded aluminum profiles...

 
Used 1mm stainless steel for most of the walls

 
Rev1 internal support thingie

 
Exhaust on the top

 
mobo tray from some old fractal case

 
Support structure

 
3d printed hdd holders

 
some custom cable routing

 
Up and running

 
front side... 2mm mild steel

 
Deployed 

 
Little update, added intel i350-T4 nic with lacp+vlans

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I'm interested to see if theres anyone here who has build their PC cases from scratch? Please share, small story and pictures would be nice! :) I'll share two of my most recent ones as an example.
 
First one is a test bench. I designed this myself after I didnt find any dimastech benches in stock in europe. Laser cut from 3mm mild steel. 90degree sata-connectors in front for SSD, HDD's can be screwed in from the side slots, PSU has plenty of room and cpu backplate is available from the rear side if no HDD's are in the way. The thing weighs 4,5kg so even with hardware on it, it will stand steady on the rear side so it can be accessed from the "bottom" like in second picture.

 

 

 

 
 
Next I have a rack mount 4U case for small home server. Didn't find anything cost effective and short enough here in Finland. I used 20x20 extruded aluminium profiles, and cut most of the sheets from 1mm stainless. Plastic tray under harddisks was 3d-printed. Front panel of the case is 2mm mild steel with 1mm stainless insert where motherboard can be accessed. It will hold ATX motherboard, standard PSU and 8 HDD's with ease. Exhaust of the hot air is on top of hdd's and blowing up. Holes for quad NIC were made later manually, originally NIC was straight in pci-e slot and ethernet cables came through stainless insert.
 

 

 

Hello!
 
So the project started as I was trying to find a Dimastech Mini or similar nice looking, simple and sturdy test bench for my PC.
Didn't want the cables hanging out, didnt need room for 360 radiator or millions of harddrives.
Dimastech was too hard to find, and nothing else looked like what I wanted so time to DIY.
 
I work as a service engineer fixing and maintaining laser machines (cutting and welding), and I also do cam/cam programming traning and support for our customers. So all I needed to do was open the software and start designing.
Few days later, the first prototype! Cut from 3mm mild steel so its heavy, built like a tank, and easy to paint!  
 

 

 
mATX FM2 setup (my garage pc) installed for testing purposes...

 
Case itself weighs 4,3kg (9,5lbs), so it is really stable also in "service mode". Even with heavy gpu!

 
PSU, HDD and SSD installed.

 
I added places for sata 90 degree bolt on connectors to use as "hotswap", or if you just want to display your SSD.  

 

 
There are holes cut and tapped for M3 threaded rod to use as support for PCI-e cards like in Open benchtable, I just didnt have any supplies when I took the pictures.
 
V2 prototype has already been ordered:
- Moved front side row of cable routing holes 2mm backwards so they wont interfere with bending process.
- Deleted higher SSD 90deg bracket holes from the front side
- Added hole for CPU cooler backplate access
- Cuts on the side were spaced out a little bit for better spacing for HDD's, and moved up to support 240 radiator mounting better
- Added 120mm fan mounting in the rear side