Orange and White DIY case (DONE)!

[castkevi845]

  Hey, so for my senior project I decided to build a computer case. I pushed my self with a risk adventure which turned out better than I expected so far. I wanted to show off my case to hopefully get some opinions and different viewpoints on this case. I want to say that I fully design the case in cycles blender and the only thing that I fully didn't do was build the 20" by 20" chassis which was done by my mentor at my local tin shop. I am aware there are some imperfections which will be dealt with later just for a side note. I hope you guys find this build amusing to the eye. I will show some step by step processes that I did with photos. The photos do not obtain any of the hardware I will be putting inside besides the fans. 

CPU:Intel Core i7-7700k                                            
M/B: GIGABYTE AORUS GA-Z270X-Gaming K5

GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070             

RAM: Corsair Vengeance RGB 16GB DDR4 3200     
STORAGE: Samsung 850 EVO 256GB SSD 
STORAGE: (2x) Seagate 2TB BarraCuda 

 

 

The design:

 

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UPDATE!

I finished the final product which took me so long to do! I hope you guys enjoy!!

 

 

It's a little messy I know but I'm going to work on the cable management a bit better.

I would now like to present to you temperatures during idle and gaming

 

 

TEMPS:

 

CPU

(Fan rpm was fixed at 1000 rpm during this test)

 

Idle: 26C-32C

Gaming: 29C-52C

Blender: 32C-58C (CYCLES RENDER SAMPLES 1000)

 

 

GPU

Fan rpm was fixed at 40% on CAM (1450-1500 RPM)

 

Idle: 25C-29C

Gaming: 27C-40C

Blender: 45C-53C (CYCLES RENDER SAMPLES 1000)

 

 

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The design took me 6 months to fully finalize use blender. 

 

Building the chassis at my local tin shop. 

I had a difficult time with designing the case when the chassis was built because I unintentionally sealed the back panel so I couldn't access the back of the computer in like in a standard case. 

 

Trying to decide to use either wood or acrylic. (which I used acrylic )

I was planning to use 3 fans for the top for intake, 3 fans on the back panel out the exhaust, and 2 fans on the bottom that circulates air under the cover. 

 

Drilling screw holes for fans:

My first design for the air flow holes was drilling 8 by 8 holes for each fan (64) for 8 fans so 512 holes until I found a hole saw which was my best friend 

 

Using some engineering skills to make the legs of the case out of a smart robot I got from a tech store. (also don't mind the mess haha)

Honestly, this was the part that I'm most proud of due to how oddly successful this was.

 

The power supply and hardware cover was the hardest part. I went through 3 12" by 20" acrylic panels to finally finish this portion

My first cover I broke in half which bending it with a heat gun, my second one I overpainted it with loads of drips and bubbles.

 

Making sure everything fits (next 2 photos): 

You can see here that I went with the 64 holes for each fan on the back panel. This was before I found out about the hole saw.

 

 

 

The outcome:

 

Don't mind the nasty rgb strip (was for a test)

 

This has honestly kicked my butt but I'm happy so far of how it turned out. If you have questions please do ask I would love to answer any questions. I know I left out a lot of the building process as well but this was just a short post.

Please also leave feedback if wanted. It will really help me.

 

 

 

 

Edited April 2, 2019 by castkevi845
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[LukeLinusFanFic]

First of all, respect for DIYing something for the fun of it.

How are the temps of this thing? Are all the fans pointed in one direction?

 

I'd be worried about tempertures after prolonged use, because there are no vents at all. Curious to find out though 

[castkevi845]

1 minute ago, SwagMaestro said:

First of all, respect for DIYing something for the fun of it.

How are the temps of this thing? Are all the fans pointed in one direction?

 

I'd be worried about tempertures after prolonged use, because there are no vents at all. Curious to find out though 

I explained the airflow on the 3rd photo. There are 3 fans on top the are intake which is are vented with dust filters as well, 3 fans on the side panel which are exhaust then 2 fans on the very bottom under the cover that circulate air for my hard drives and other stuff.

[LukeLinusFanFic]

I see. I guess I was dismayed a bit at the sight of the solid metal compared to regular cases. But hey, if it works...

[castkevi845]

2 minutes ago, SwagMaestro said:

I see. I guess I was dismayed a bit at the sight of the solid metal compared to regular cases. But hey, if it works...

Yeah, I can see that as well. Anyway thanks for responding.

[Tech_Dreamer]

Beautiful . Nice job.

[castkevi845]

5 hours ago, Tech_Dreamer said:

Beautiful . Nice job.

Thank you!