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'The Quiet Viking' an IKEA case build

Katschung
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I present you my new project: The Quiet Viking, another project wich is based on a rather unusual case choice but more on that later.
 
First up the components wich will probably be used:
 
I7 4770K
Asus Sabertooth Z87
GTX 980 (770)
Corsair RM 650
8GB Crucial Ram
1TB Seagate HDD
240Gb Samsung 850 SSD
 
Later a custom loop will be added.
 
Now onto the case.
I had to choose between Silverstone, Cooler Master, Bitfenix, Corsair etc. and that was not easy, so my choice fell onto...
 
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IKEA!
 
Its the IKEA Oltedal if anyone is interested. And that name is the reason why my project is called "The Quiet Viking". Oltedal is a small town in Norway and when I think about Norway I think about vikings.
It is indeed rather huge, you can see that my dummy board (Full size ATX) has more than enough space in there. But that will help making my look perfect, and watercooling later will be a breeze.
 
 
 

Everything dissasembled work.
I can tell you taking apart ikea stuff is way harder than building them...
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The cuts are not that perfect but it does its job well.
Then some holes to screw the motherboard in.
 
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And what are those stranges holes for?
 
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Ahh yes, the 8-Pin CPU plug, I will never get it out there again...
 
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And the rest of the cables.
 
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In the top it looks like a complete mess, but no ones gonna see it in the end ...
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Peripheral Time!
 
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I gave my good ol' trusty IBM Keyboard a refresh with a bit of paint
 
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The build is now finished until I get the time to make put my custom loop in, I wont rush this one since its my first full loop and I want it to be pretty much perfect. If I make some progress I will of course let ya see it. smile.png
 
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Yes there is clear Plexi in the front, but it is so damn clear you cant see it unless you play around with a camera.
 
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The plexi is just leant against these plastic angles and the rest is friction which holds it in place, and that works very well

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To get it out I cut off a corner in the plexi
 
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Same with the top panel, just held in with these angles and friction
 
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That switch was too the last thing I waited for, since my last switch did just decide to go dead. (Pics of it at the end as fun)
 
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On the inside didnt change anything except the routing of my PCI cables, which I will def need to redo.
 
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This is the work of about 2 months, and I may get a sponsor in some weeks which will make the next progress much faster, otherwise it will need even more time :unsure:
 
Hope you enjoyed it anyway :D

 

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Hahaha quite unexpected, love the idea though, seems like it;s coming together well. 

Oh, and subbed!

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This is cool, good job.

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But... but.. W-what if you want to upgrade?

Amazing build anway :)

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Cool fucking build dude! Loving the vandal switch and the Enermax fans. Enermax FTW!

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You need to fix the 24pin cable so it's like the PCIe cable -- runs flat along the wall of the case and then comes out at a right angle and into the board. 

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Looks cool man. I have something similar in my setup =D My desk has tables like this set as legs and I have a hidden HTPC/Server in one of them 

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NICE!

 

 

Hahaha quite unexpected, love the idea though, seems like it;s coming together well. 

Oh, and subbed!

 

 

This is cool, good job.

 

 

Looks good. Good job.

 

 

Cool fucking build dude! Loving the vandal switch and the Enermax fans. Enermax FTW!

Thanks all for the nice comments ^_^  

 

But... but.. W-what if you want to upgrade?

Amazing build anway :)

What should prevent me in upgrading? All cuts are universal :)

 

You need to fix the 24pin cable so it's like the PCIe cable -- runs flat along the wall of the case and then comes out at a right angle and into the board. 

The problem is that the extension is not long enough. Once I will have my fully custom cables done it will all look even better, promised  ;)

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Oh wow, didn't expect this one. Actually a really cool idea when you think about it, it's probably really nice when it fits the rooms design/surroundings.

Between, how does the wood work compared to a regular case?

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This is pretty great.

 

The only thing I'm really concerned about is the fan arrangement you have here. I would think there would be a pocket of hot air where the GPU fans are blowing heat down, while your intakes in the front (I'm assuming they're intakes) are blowing cool air upwards. Meanwhile, your exhaust fans are higher than your GPU... so your cooler air is likely being blown over the GPU and removed above it, while the heat from the GPU is just circulating below it.

 

Of course, I'm not a physicist or anything, so I may just be talking out of my ass here... :P

 

Also, it won't matter anyway if you include your GPU in that liquid loop you're going to build.

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Wow dude, that's awesome. 

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New Stuff Arrived!

 

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These four beauties will swap in for my Enermax fans.

 

 

 

ound time to make small progress again. but I dont have any more time by hand currently so you will have to live with pics only for now, if you have questions feel free to ask.

 

First up some things you might not have seen.

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And now onto my Thermal Armor mod to finally make my CPU cooler fit the right way!

 

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Finished mod of today, with a sneak peak of the noctuas.

 

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Anyone who would buy this piece? :D

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Where did you get the cables?

These cables are Bit Fenix Alchemy extensions

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No, I haven't lost hope in humanity. Good job. 

 

What about a reset switch next to it and add some fan filter maybe? 

 

Edit: Didn't see them earlier!

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No real progress, just had fun with my camera and I just wanted to show off the Noctua fans.

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