Personal Rig Update 2015 Part 3

[nicklmg]

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When I reached out to Protocase about creating a custom, rackmountable case for my personal PC, I DID not think I would be this blown away with the final product...

 

[Alphinon]

Pretty pimpin' case.

[Kaita]

Nice lol

[desertcomputer]

That thing is worth more than my mortgage ... 

[Kobathor]

I like the in-factory stuff! Cool case. 

[NinjaJc01]

Poor Linus, standing on a box... Great case though.

[Bsmith]

Looks pretty nice, but the font of linus's name is so bad, the S looks like a Z

[NotMe]

Really disapointed in that custom faceplate, it looked sooo sleek in all black.

[iStartedTheWar]

OK, now I don't really mean to be rude; but Linus.

What the hell were you thinking with that airbrushed lightning. This isn't a chopper's gas tank from 2003.

[havok0159]

Throughout the video I was expecting Linus to mention the front and say that he was trolling us only to proceed to peel off the front and reveal some bitchin' LTT artwork or just a clean black finish. Needless to say I was dissappointed, what gives with that Linus? It reminds me of the cover of Ride the Lightning from Metallica.

[Tmt97]

Throughout the video I was expecting Linus to mention the front and say that he was trolling us only to proceed to peel off the front and reveal some bitchin' LTT artwork or just a clean black finish. Needless to say I was dissappointed, what gives with that Linus? It reminds me of the cover of Ride the Lightning from Metallica.

It's his case. If blue lightning is his thing, then who are we to say he can't have it on his own computer?

[wtfdude]

It's his case. If blue lightning is his thing, then who are we to say he can't have it on his own computer?

I'm pretty sure he didn't say Linus was forbidden to use lightening on his case. I believe he was expressing his personal preferences. I also agree the lightening is pretty lame and everyones 90% of the comments on here,youtube,vessel wouldn't be so negative if it was simply a black faced pc.

 

[brandishwar]

I'm more curious as to how the water cooling will perform given the design video showed it sandwiching radiators together. He'd get much better cooling if he used an external radiator setup -- in essence designing another chassis to hold the radiators, pump, and reservoir, and using bulkhead fittings to pass the coolant to the CPU and graphics cards.

[Tmt97]

So am I the only one who kinda likes the lightning? >.>

[JvrJava]

So how much did a case like this one cost? I know that if I went and asked for a custom case it would be a different price, but I would like to get a feel for what price range something like this would cost.

[Tmt97]

So how much did a case like this one cost? I know that if I went and asked for a custom case it would be a different price, but I would like to get a feel for what price range something like this would cost.

Probably best just to mod a premade rackmount chassis.

[Aibohphobia]

So how much did a case like this one cost? I know that if I went and asked for a custom case it would be a different price, but I would like to get a feel for what price range something like this would cost.

 

A bare enclosure from 45 Drives (a division of Protocase) starts at $725 USD: http://www.45drives.com/products/storage/enclosure-30drive.php?id=Enc60&config=01&model=Enc30-01&code=Enc

 

Since Taran's model was in SketchUp, an engineer would've spent several hours converting the design to SolidWorks. Plus, with small run manufacturing like this much of the cost is in programming and setting up the machines.

 

So my estimate is around $3000 for the two cases.

[Sam Z Man]

It's do overpriced it gave me cancer, and all the fancy things don't even matter, that company is just obsessed with buying tools that are not even needed.

[brandishwar]

A bare enclosure from 45 Drives (a division of Protocase) starts at $725 USD: http://www.45drives.com/products/storage/enclosure-30drive.php?id=Enc60&config=01&model=Enc30-01&code=Enc

 

Since Taran's model was in SketchUp, an engineer would've spent several hours converting the design to SolidWorks. Plus, with small run manufacturing like this much of the cost is in programming and setting up the machines.

 

So my estimate is around $3000 for the two cases.

When I had Protocase cut a custom 2U rackmount chassis for a project I worked some time ago, the quote was about 330 USD. Mind you this is a standard 2U model from Protocase Designer with cuts made in it for fans and a power supply. I didn't go anywhere near as custom as Linus's design. For another project, I may turn to Protocase again for another custom chassis or panel. I'm not sure yet, as that'll depend on the requirements when I have everything fairly well set as to how I want to do this. But they're a great company to work with if you can afford their pricing for a custom job -- expensive, but depending on what you're trying to do, it could be worth it in the end. Bulk pricing might also be more cost effective, so two chassis of the same design will probably have a less per-unit cost.

[JvrJava]

When I had Protocase cut a custom 2U rackmount chassis for a project I worked some time ago, the quote was about 330 USD. Mind you this is a standard 2U model from Protocase Designer with cuts made in it for fans and a power supply. I didn't go anywhere near as custom as Linus's design. For another project, I may turn to Protocase again for another custom chassis or panel. I'm not sure yet, as that'll depend on the requirements when I have everything fairly well set as to how I want to do this. But they're a great company to work with if you can afford their pricing for a custom job -- expensive, but depending on what you're trying to do, it could be worth it in the end. Bulk pricing might also be more cost effective, so two chassis of the same design will probably have a less per-unit cost.

 

That is awesome information and a decent price for a case that is customized. When I go to upgrade I will definitely try them out. Thanks for sharing.

[matthewjbauer]

I remember Linus mentioning in the CAD video for the case that he designed 2 cases, 1 for him and 1 for his wife, to be mounted to his home server rack. If that is the case, how is he going to get 4K and remote KVM? is he going to use some expensive Ethernet to DVI/USB? or could the same be achieved via wireless. I am wondering as I want to put my PC on display (possibly in another room) away from my desk due to fan noise. 

[glatzebart]

I remember Linus mentioning in the CAD video for the case that he designed 2 cases, 1 for him and 1 for his wife, to be mounted to his home server rack. If that is the case, how is he going to get 4K and remote KVM? is he going to use some expensive Ethernet to DVI/USB? or could the same be achieved via wireless. I am wondering as I want to put my PC on display (possibly in another room) away from my desk due to fan noise. 

 

Hey Matthew, he said (I think in part one) he will use one of these Corning Cables https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmxAcVvAO40

[Megalopath]

Is there perhaps the file for this design at all that was given to Protocase? I'm considering doing something very very similar to this and I'd like to possibly ask them to make one identical to this.

 

Edit: Nevermind, I found it, and upon inspection it is almost perfect. I would need to make sure there's a spot for a regular hard drive as well, but I may ignore that and buy a massive SATA 3 SSD for my personal files (all apps already run on a M.2 SSD). The link to the Linus case is: http://www.protocase.com/about/spotlight/linustech/

[Bouzoo]

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[Protocase]

On 3/12/2017 at 6:52 AM, CaptainMike47 said:

Is there perhaps the file for this design at all that was given to Protocase? I'm considering doing something very very similar to this and I'd like to possibly ask them to make one identical to this.

 

Edit: Nevermind, I found it, and upon inspection it is almost perfect. I would need to make sure there's a spot for a regular hard drive as well, but I may ignore that and buy a massive SATA 3 SSD for my personal files (all apps already run on a M.2 SSD). The link to the Linus case is: http://www.protocase.com/about/spotlight/linustech/

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