Bitfenix Shinobi case mod

[HCP]

Yet another crazy Swede with a case mod.

I was looking for a case for my new workstation but i couldnt find anything i liked, so i bought a Bitfenix Shinobi (standard, not XL) to modify to my taste and needs.

Hardware is not ordered yet and i really dont know what to put in the box, but it will come later. Some kind of watercooling (cpu only) is going to be used, dont know yet if i buy a ready kit or buy parts to make one myself. We´ll se what space i got left later

I´m not a gamer, so you will not see a graphics card worth more than my car or any other gaming stuff

My taste of whats nice looking are a little odd from others, i really hate 5,25" visible slots and really like shapes, lines and something more than a box.

I have looked at Silicon Graphics Onyx, Altix & Indigo, SUN and IBM servers & racks for inspiration.

I will completely rebuild the front panel, old one will be gone. Roof part i may use some parts from, not sure yet.

I have some sketches and ideas about the case, but there´s no idea to show them, i will probably make many things different than the sketches on my way to the finish

Well, enogh talking.

The box, brand new. Sad to destroy it, pretty nice for the price.

Sketched the logo to CNC mill for the roof fans. (yeah, i know, the logo is 100%, fix later)

The bird is naked!

Good afternoon modding

More naked ?

Allright, one sketch for the side Black is window, Bitfenix logo in acrylic.

Some lines for cutting...

The lower line at the bottom is just a extra, if the window is too small i just cut on that line to get it a little bigger. Double choices

I managed to cut the power cord to the jigsaw, with the jigsaw, so i thought its enough modding for tonight

 

[Pr3d4t0r]

that looks amazing, cant wait to see it completed

 

[MAdion]

I shall follow this, that side panel looks intriguing.

 

[HCP]

Cut some 2mm plastic to the bottom frame of the front. I will build the new front on this and connect it to the case later

It will not be visible, so i´m not 100% with the measurements

Also bought some wood today and stain, going to put some inlays in the front with dark stained wood to keep a clean but nice look.

I really puke at visible 5,25" bays so i will not have a single one, its 2012 and if i need a compact disc in my computer i´ll use a USB drive.

And, a sketch again. This is going to be CNC milled to hold the SSD´s.

Three pics, first is from the side, green is SSD disks, second from the front, and third from the front, without disks.

They will be recessed 5mm in the "thing" and cables hidden in the structure.

Noticed now that the legs at the bottom where different thickness, going to fix that before its milled.

My idea with this strange thing is to bend it more and have the top go over the cooling reservoir on eaither side.

My brain has the perfect picture, you guys have to wait until you see more pics

 

[The Orange One]

Looking Amazing, Well Done. Can't Wait for more Pictures and Updates

 

[yassarikhan786]

Looking good so far. The windowed side panel should look awesome once it's done

 

[The Orange One]

Very Nice

 

[SEBAR]

This is going to be great. I can's wait for more updates.

 

[PetrolHead247]

Looks like this is gonna be a good one. Defo gonna follow this

 

[HCP]

Made some progress with the front piece.

Got alot of sanding on the wood.

Testing the pieces...

Sketch of the front, how i think it will be

(have not put any time into details, i put my time into construction, so the front piece is a little naked here)

 

[yassarikhan786]

Wow, a wooden front panel. Really nice idea

. The design looks very good as well, can't wait to see it come to fruition

 

[The Orange One]

The wooden Panel is a very Original Idea, and a big, virtual, THUMBS UP to you for thinking of it

 

[Solidarity]

I can't wait to see how this turns out. It looks like it should be pretty good.

 

[AverageNinja]

Great idea mate! Can't wait to see this coming together

 

[wassupdoc]

MOAR PICS!

 

[airdeano]

innovative and creative.. go man go!

airdeano

 

[G-Dubs]

showing a lot of promise.

can I ask why wood. i'm guessing its because you like to work with wood?

agree re 5.25 bays. they have their uses sure, but not for optical drives.

btw. If thats you in your avatar, you were great in the film troll hunter

 

[tinytomlogan]

Love the work going in but are you really basing the design off of a ThermalTACKY case? :/

 

[HCP]

I choose wood just to make something else than acrylic that almost everyone have in the case when they mod, using both plastic and wood in the front piece is a little different, that kind of wood is found on other stuff in my home office too

Its a little hard to explain the look i´m working on until you see a little more of the front of the case, i will update with more pics soon!

I´m building a house at the same time, so 2weeks on the house, then 2 weeks on the case when my kids are with me, so now its time for 2 weeks of case modding again

For the design i found some inspiration on SGI Onyx2 and the SGI Altix rack, as you can see on the pic below

Edit: I´m also waiting on a delivery for a NAS, Buffalo linkstation that will be cut open and get the same look on the chassis that this case has.

 

[AverageNinja]

Think this mod will turn out pretty awesome

Thinking about modding a shinobi myself atm