Case ideas from scratch

richodude · January 9, 2021

wanted to redo my whole room and part of that is making my pc so I can see it. My desk doesnt really have enough room to put it on top so I came up with these 2 ideas. A cut a hole in my desk, make a little box in there, and cover it with acrylic. B Make a custom case and hang it on my wall. I can think of a lot of pros and cons like cable extensions and airflow but i wont bore you. Do you guys have thoughts? Any other cool ideas? My drawings are really messy rn and Ill make something better with measurements when im more decisive

Mling · January 9, 2021

hang it on the wall. I've thought about doing this for a while. Spread all the parts out and put glass over the top. There is a case that does this but i cant remember what it is called.

thrasher_565 · January 9, 2021

1 hour ago, richodude said:

wanted to redo my whole room and part of that is making my pc so I can see it. My desk doesnt really have enough room to put it on top so I came up with these 2 ideas. A cut a hole in my desk, make a little box in there, and cover it with acrylic. B Make a custom case and hang it on my wall. I can think of a lot of pros and cons like cable extensions and airflow but i wont bore you. Do you guys have thoughts? Any other cool ideas? My drawings are really messy rn and Ill make something better with measurements when im more decisive

is that a slide out keybord tray? dont. you will hate it.

richodude · January 9, 2021

6 minutes ago, thrasher_565 said:

is that a slide out keybord tray? dont. you will hate it.

yeah, was thinking that if I made it thin enough it would matter but I just realised cable management would be a mess. I'm making a better drawing rn and will 3d model one if I figure out how and feel ambitious enough

thrasher_565 · January 9, 2021

1 minute ago, richodude said:

yeah, was thinking that if I made it thin enough it would matter but I just realised cable management would be a mess. I'm making a better drawing rn and will 3d model one if I figure out how and feel ambitious enough

back then my dads family pc desk had one and we would lean on it an bend the shit out of it and he would get mad at us... plus it would have to be 2 and half feet wide unless you got the numberless keybord. but that imo

richodude · January 9, 2021

1 hour ago, thrasher_565 said:

back then my dads family pc desk had one and we would lean on it an bend the shit out of it and he would get mad at us... plus it would have to be 2 and half feet wide unless you got the numberless keybord. but that imo

I finished my second draft it looks a lot cleaner. I think that's enough to start a build if I wanted the only thing is I didn't mark out a mounting mechanism for the divider, mark out my rgb strips (if I use any), do any mounting in the bottom half, or design my cable housing. Do you think this is good? Do you see any small detail that I might've missed? (like I almost forgot a place for my power button.) Cables holes are approximate right now.

Also, do you happen to know how long the tubing on an AIO is? (https://pcpartpicker.com/product/4TpmP6/cooler-master-masterliquid-ml120l-rgb-v2-6559-cfm-liquid-cpu-cooler-mlw-d12m-a18pc-r2) I want to manage it like a cable if I can

thrasher_565 · January 9, 2021

5 minutes ago, richodude said:

I finished my second draft it looks a lot cleaner. I think that's enough to start a build if I wanted the only thing is I didn't mark out a mounting mechanism for the divider, mark out my rgb strips (if I use any), do any mounting in the bottom half, or design my cable housing. Do you think this is good? Do you see any small detail that I might've missed? (like I almost forgot a place for my power button.) Cables holes are approximate right now.

Also, do you happen to know how long the tubing on an AIO is? (https://pcpartpicker.com/product/4TpmP6/cooler-master-masterliquid-ml120l-rgb-v2-6559-cfm-liquid-cpu-cooler-mlw-d12m-a18pc-r2) I want to manage it like a cable if I can

i dont get the shape. dose the gpu get any cooling?

richodude · January 9, 2021

5 minutes ago, thrasher_565 said:

i dont get the shape. dose the gpu get any cooling?

its a hexagon (obviously) the 2 intake fans in dark green and push air up and through thr middle to may AIO which im using as a poor-boy exhaust which I'm sure would be bad but im fine with it. I was gonna cut a slot out behind the gpu so it gets some better cooling. It's 9 inches tall and divided into 2 levels. The front has the cool and rgb stuff, the back has psu and cable monstrosity.

The picture on the right is a bottom-ish view that peeks a bit to the inside top

thrasher_565 · January 9, 2021

9 minutes ago, richodude said:

its a hexagon (obviously) the 2 intake fans in dark green and push air up and through thr middle to may AIO which im using as a poor-boy exhaust which I'm sure would be bad but im fine with it. I was gonna cut a slot out behind the gpu so it gets some better cooling. It's 9 inches tall and divided into 2 levels. The front has the cool and rgb stuff, the back has psu and cable monstrosity.

The picture on the right is a bottom-ish view that peeks a bit to the inside top

well if your happy then i guess why not. i think the aio tubes will be too short imo and only a 120mm aio sucks. pcie gen 4 atm dose not work with pcie extensions atm in case you wanted to upgrade in the future.

Edited January 9, 2021 by thrasher_565