Ikle A05-B Project..

[Barry]

So, I was after a Mountain Mods H2Go, but I couldn't justify spending £200 odd on a case, when about half of it was going to be shipping...

So, I've ordered an A05-B with the plan of sticking my PC in it, complete with water-cooling...

I'll have a BIX2 on the top above the PCI ports as I only use the top (or bottom in this case) two ports for my GPU and my Wi-Fi card.

The point of this is to have a small, VERY quiet PC. I've ordered lots of ant vibration pump-y bits, and 4 quiet Low speed Yates and some 12v-7v reducers to keep the noise down.

Now. Where did OcUK put ma' case...

This is only a temporary distraction from Watery, as I cant use a Laser at home. Don't worry!

 

[Mullet]

Nice case choice....will be watching this one.

 

[Barry]

With my case now here, I made a gentle start...

The case I'm replacing: My Powdercoated Cheiftech Dragon Midi. She's served me well.

Internals.. Its rather dusty I know... Cable management wasn't one of my largest concerns when putting this system together..

After removing some parts, blowing and cleaning

I found some lovely copper deposits on my GPU block too.

Gave the Supreme-o a quick clean..

Case cutting starts tommorrow!

 

[Barry]

Its here! My first Lian Li....

It really is diddy. Its about 15cm shorter than the Cheiftech its replacing, but its deeper and wider.

The obligoratry internal shot

Where the radiator is going to be mounted. As far back as possible, so that it touches the PCI slot, but still gives me enough room to route the tubeing and the IDE cable etc. It fits nicely.

Todays workshop. I managed to drill the holes for mounting the radiator and grill, and then swapped to the dremel. It died after about 5s...

So its going to be cut by a local metal fabriator for me tommorrow (we don't own a Jigsaw etc.)

Low Speed Yate Loons and 12v to 7v resistors arrived. At 7v, they really are silent.

The front of the case as it will be. I'm debating about wether to get a 3.5" bay card reader.

And finally, a quick mock up to see how the drives would fit.

 

[Jeddy]

Looking good.

Are you going to fill the 3.25" drive bay? As the a05 has a problem with front exhaust (kind dificult to explain) where the warm air exhausted from the case fans/psu rises up the front panel of the case, and is "recylcled" by the drive bay covers, like the air scoops you see on a racing car. It has lowered some peoples GPU temps by as much as 12 degrees. Might be worth looking into fitting an air baffle below the drive bays if your not filling all of them.

The project should be worth watching , i'm planning to get one of these for a lan party case, and putting my main rig inside it

 

[Barry]

A quick little update, I'm hoping to start leak testing the loop tonight

So, I took the case down to a local metalwork shoppy called "Ting-Ama-Jigs" who were very lovely and did the cut for a £5 which I didn't think was bad at all! It required a little filing and some sanding to get a nice finish.

I enlarged the holes on the rad-grill to 4mm so that it was easier to fit. The drill is older than I am.

And it fits! Wahoo! I quite like the silver bolts, but they might have to be swapped to black hex ones...

Lots of clearance to route the USB, Audio and IDE cable, which is nice.

I hope to have another update tonight!

 

[Barry]

Righty Ho, lets get this finished...:

How I started today...

Coffee Ice Cream helps me think..

WAHOO! We have post!

The hidden cable mass...

I really love how clean these cases look...

The EK Supreme-O. and the sex-Dominators.

And the ever awesome HX520..

And how it looks on my desk...

I'm very happy with how this came out! The case is the perfect size, not too big, but not too small. If you were using thinner rads like MR220's or BIPII's you could fit another rad in the bottom easily too.

Next upgrade is a 750Gb Samsung F1 to add lots more lovely storage space. Also, the Low Speed Yate Loons @ 7v are AMAZING! They move plenty of air, and are sooo quiet..

The end specs are..:

e2200 @ 3.4Ghz (38*load)

DFI DK P35 T2RS

2Gb Corsair 8500 Dominators

Connect3D X1800XT 256Mb

500Gb Samsung F1

LG DVD-RW

Corsair HX520

EK Supreme

EK FC18/1900

Laing DDC1 w. Alphacool Top

BIXII

XSPC Pump+Res 5.25" bay thingy...

2x Noiseblocker XL2's @ 7v

2x Yate Loons (low speed) @ 7v...

It kinda pwns...

Thanks for looking!

 

[Mr. Smith]

I like it

I want to make my PC even smaller and fancy a tiny case... I might do something similar at some point!

 

[Jeddy]

nice work barry looking good there

Glad to hear the posting issue has been fixed (been following this on bit-tech)

 

[Brooksie]

Very nice, might have to get a smaller case aswell at one point..

 

[Hassan]

You could try to make some of the w/c tubing smaller. As it seems too long