CURV3D | By C4B

[C4B]

CURV3D | By C4B | Completed

Hiya!

Just registered today and want to show you a little project Im working on, its actually pretty finished, new motherboard and changing to only 2.5" disks will be the last thing. However, this all started as a side project to my other build Cold Winter, but turned out to be pretty fun and took a lot of time. Its a simple HTPC but with a special design.

Hardware that I build the case around:
Asus AT3IonT-I Deluxe
Intel X-25-V G2 40gb
4gb Corsair DDR3
Western Digital Green 2TB & 3TB

I have a Asus E45M1-I Deluxe on the way thats gonna be powered with a picopsu instead.

I also want to thank my sponsors.

LCDModkit.com &

Aquatuning.se

I got the idea for this build when I was looking at some of the acrylic I had left from Cold Winter. Saw some nice shape coming. So I started cutting, and got these two acrylic pieces:

I got some nice hifi-looking feet and some hinges to put the two pieces together.

Then I made a front and backplate and powdercoated them white. Installed a LCD and a simple power switch.

Installed a simple Intel Atom motherboard with 4gb ram and a lot of harddrive space.

Installed a intake 100mm fan under the motherboard.

And here is some overview pictures, its almost finished here. But as I said Im getting some newer hardware.

Left side

Right side

Backpanel

Frontpanel

With kind regards
Johan Nyman

 

[alienware]

Saw this on Bit Tech.

Not really my bag but well done none the less

 

[WillSK]

really nice and slick. Awesome job!

 

[Noz_God]

Nice looking rig.

 

[Snortan]

Looks very nice, quite slick! If I couldn't see through the acrylic I wouldn't guess that it's a pc in there.

 

[Genesius]

that is really nice. id buy that, or at least id want to buy it if I saw it in a store, regardless of if it was a pc or not.

I think its missing something on those front and back panels though, maybe badge it with a 'brand name' or a logo. That being said, its really nice and that idea may ruin it. Either way, nice build. Have you posted your other build yet?

 

[seumasbeathan]

Incredible dude

 

[Mark3Max]

Hi C4B and welcome to the OC3D forums,
Very cool little system you have there , great job.
You should post some pictures of the other system you spoke of , "Cold Winter".

 

[C4B]

Saw this on Bit Tech.

Not really my bag but well done none the less

Well you cant please everyone.

really nice and slick. Awesome job!

Nice looking rig.

Looks very nice, quite slick! If I couldn't see through the acrylic I wouldn't guess that it's a pc in there.

Incredible dude :biggrin:

Thank you all!

that is really nice. id buy that, or at least id want to buy it if I saw it in a store, regardless of if it was a pc or not.

I think its missing something on those front and back panels though, maybe badge it with a 'brand name' or a logo. That being said, its really nice and that idea may ruin it. Either way, nice build. Have you posted your other build yet?

I actually try to sell it at a certain time, but I changed my mind. Put to much work on it. Im not good at making logos and so on, and at the same time I like keeping the build minimalistic and elegant.

Hi C4B and welcome to the OC3D forums,
Very cool little system you have there , great job.
You should post some pictures of the other system you spoke of , "Cold Winter".

Thank you! Yeah a log of Cold Winter is coming for sure.

 

[C4B]

I can never really finish a build, like many others I think. Anyway, I sold the harddrives I was using in this build before, got a 1TB 2.5" instead and a Corsair Force SSD. Also a Asus E45M1-I Deluxe is coming as I said. So some hardware upgrades is going on here.

When changing to only 2.5" disks I wanted to make a harddrive bay. Here it is!

I drew up some different designs but I went with this one, measured out and cut with a jigsaw. What about some white paint on these?

And this is how it looks in the case:

What do you think?

Johan Nyman

 

[Mark3Max]

You do good work dude , it almost looks store bought.
Great job.

 

[C4B]

You do good work dude , it almost looks store bought.
Great job.

Oh thank you! Nice to hear!

Got some work done today again.

HCP here on the forum thought I should make a harddrive bay in the same design as the case. So heres the result.

Which one of the harddrive bays do you like? I cant decide really.

 

[wassupdoc]

1st one and I LOVE the design, it's so simple and elegant it really is a joy to look at :drool:

 

[C4B]

1st one and I LOVE the design, it's so simple and elegant it really is a joy to look at :drool:

Thank you! But Im sorry to say that I went with the second design.

Made new cutouts of the second design, this time for three harddrives. Sanded down the edges and ofcourse painted it white. I think Ill go with this design actually, I asked around what people thinks and its 50/50. But when the case has this round, smooth design it feels better with a similar harddrive bay instead of something with raw edges.

Second design rev 2:

In the case

It kinda looks like a smaller version of the case. Ill go with this one!

 

[badtaylorx]

great job on the curved plexi....thats not easy to do right!!! i had the 3-ion-t i deluxe too....wasnt a bad lil board for what it was....mine was mounted in a NES tho...
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[C4B]

great job on the curved plexi....thats not easy to do right!!! i had the 3-ion-t i deluxe too....wasnt a bad lil board for what it was....mine was mounted in a NES tho...

Thanks! Yes it works good for movies and music, but got kinda slow when I was checking internet and so on. Oh NES cases, love em!

 

[Lystfiskern]

Nice little system u made there C4B

Eager to see your other build....

 

[C4B]

Nice little system u made there C4B

Eager to see your other build....

Ill start a project log for that as soon as this one is 100% finished.

 

[C4B]

Hey!

My new motherboard is here! Finally, without the i/o shield though so I had to get a new one from ebay. However, I installed the new mobo and this time I need to use a picopsu so some sleeving was done. Now you can see my harddrivebay in action!

Whats in here???

Open it up and tada!

Goodlooking cooler!

Im pretty satisfied with this harddrivebay.

I cant decide if Im going to go like this, with sleeved cables, or hide them all under the harddrivebay and motherboard so only the sata cables is showing. What do you think?

Cheers!
Johan Nyman

 

[Lystfiskern]

I think U would end up with a more uniform look with all braided white/blue cables. However i think the actual routing of the cables is good as is.