Lean and Green - modular dual PC scratch build -------56k warning =D-------

[Hails13]

well that was definitely worth a half hour catch up, though that's clearly nothing compared to the time you put in one this, it really does look great and it's amazing to see it coming together!!

[doyll]

Very impressive project

[pastyman]

Everytime i visit this thread i am left gobsmacked. The attention to detail is amazing. Can't wait to see the finished item.

[Waynio]

I would have cut my fingers or arms or even a leg off or something by now but man you just keep going

So very glad to see it taking shape and looking amazing!!

I won't ask how many hours you've had to work to get it to this stage!!

What made you do all of this for a PC case??

I'm kinda glad I didn't keep track of how many hours, might concern me a bit if I knew.
What made me do it lol, good question guess I got a bit obsessed & carried away with modding.

This just gets better and better everytime i read it

Thanks Morley

well that was definitely worth a half hour catch up, though that's clearly nothing compared to the time you put in one this, it really does look great and it's amazing to see it coming together!!

Thanks Hails13, it's pretty much half way put together requiring some tweaking but the bulk of the other half is already cut & just needs carefully fixing together, shouldn't take too long to work through once I start back up on it.

Very impressive project

Thanks doyll.

Everytime i visit this thread i am left gobsmacked. The attention to detail is amazing. Can't wait to see the finished item.

Cheers pastyman.

Sorry for taking forever on replying, I needed a bit of a time out, this is mostly a status update & an early look at something I'm going to make as an interval project.



Here is a preview of a HTPC I'm going to make before I continue with lean & green, it's for my dad & I want to get it completed before he gets home from Australia in February.

It holds mini-itx, sfx psu, 2x 2.5" HDD, 1 3.5" HDD, 140mm fan & marble power button new improved mini version, the form is simple & the cut work isn't complex so should be able to get it done quick once I start.

Because of where I made the psu sit I went with regular expansion slot height.










Slot for ventilation under the motherboard.










Got all the hardware & aluminium ready & waiting for action, everything in the design is covered this time so it should be a nice enjoyable project that I can quickly do before I step back into steep challenge mod lean & green.


I also upgraded my main rig to 2 670s in SLI after selling a bunch of parts I had getting no use but I lost my SLI bridge so had it performing as 1 card for a week, the SLI bridge I ordered came today though so I'm eager to have a good play with it, tried a run of 3dmark11 & heaven & wow it kills my previous 580, gave something like 3x the performance, so is an awesome upgrade.


Designed a dual layer homer eating his way out of the rig grill but I made the mesh holes too big so doesn't look too great, much smaller mesh holes & it should look OK, requires quite a bunch of hours to do though so some other time for perfecting this grill.




In more neutral colours.


With just getting the SLI bridge I'm going to resume modding on new years day or when the acrylic tube arrives so I can be 100% sure of accurate measurements, was going to get right onto it today or tomorrow but I only just completed this side project design & it would do me good to take some more days off so I can go at this new project mentally energised & not neglect my gamer side, would you believe I still haven't played all the way through the witcher 2 & I bought it on release day.

[phill]

Well all I can say is that its turning into a complete master piece!!

I'm really looking forward to seeing this finished

[Waynio]

Well all I can say is that its turning into a complete master piece!!

I'm really looking forward to seeing this finished

Thanks Phill, I'm aiming to have lean & green & this quick side project done before mid February, tall order to complete both but the side project will be done pretty quick I think.

I must have just got bored waiting for the SLI bridge with doing the homer grill.

Here is the tweaked updated model with scrapped double 2.5" drives, relocated SSD which will also make cooling better & internal e-sata HDD dock replacing the double 2.5s which can be switched on/off with easy remove mini side panel, side & top panels plug in place with little rod stumps by the way so the slots cut out will provide grips to pull them out, front, back & bottom are screwed in place.

The rearrangement gave some more breathing space too.




SSD relocation which will also aid in directing incoming air down to the motherboard.


HDD dock side has 2 side panels for quick easy access to the dock.




The sliding spring loaded block with gripper.


Bit of structure hidden to show it better.


One more look before I do this thing.


I'll make it printable & then enjoy the rest of this year before getting into it, I might or might not start before new years day, depends on if I get a sudden urge to make something or game on until new year.

All the best everyone.

[Waynio]

Started the side project log here.
http://forums.aria.co.uk/showthread....75#post2248175

This one is paused until I complete the side project.

[Waynio]

Re made all the motherboard trays overnight, seems I didn't account for the extra 1mm allowance for the motherboard IO shield so had to squeeze motherboards into place, they are good now, done it for Midlag Crisis & both systems in Lean & Green, also added a light line for the PCI/IO piece on the ATX mobo tray.




















This goes back to paused now.

Been stocking up on new hard drives too, would have stung me so much if I bought them altogether so I bought 1 whenever I could afford 1, got the last 1 the other day, the HTPC in this will now have 14TB of storage, bought Hitachi Touro external USB3 drives, they have 5400RPM cool spin drives inside them, got 3 4 TB ones & a 2TB one, I'll have to hack them open voiding the warranty but I'll get a pile of spare parts & I saved £80 on each one vs the OEM drives.

[phill]

Looking forward to more whenever it comes!! Very nice work!!

[Waynio]

Looking forward to more whenever it comes!! Very nice work!!

Thanks phil currently doing a side project for my dad.

Here is the link, it's nearly completed so I'll be back onto this real soon.
http://forums.aria.co.uk/showthread....-scratch-build