Project : Wood, Metal and Water (The Start)

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imported_Bazza

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[before i start with the wrighting, i don't think i'm breaking the project rules, but if i'am then sorry, i'll have some proper work photos tommorow]

Hello all. :toast:

This project is going to be a fully custom semi-cube (namely basically cubic, but not exactly :naughty: ). Its going to be made, as the name suggest, out of mainly Wood and Metal, with Water being used for cooling. The Plan is to have all of the insides built from metal to aid cooling, and then having a 'second skin' of 12mm mahogony around the outside to give the correct looks. The metal parts will all be bolted together, while I havn't decided hot to get all the wood together. Also, all the wood is going to be professionally milled on a Boxford CNC Wood Machine.

So, lets start then shall we...

The Front Design

(all CAD done on iMac using Cobalt)



Thats how the front started out a few days ago. Now, after an afternoon of CAD we have....









The Materials

For the wood, I'm planning on using pale Mahoganny, 5mm for the front plate, and 12 for the side panels ect. As for the metal, i'm using 3mm sheet, and 3mm right angle bars for rigidity. All of this should be cut by tommorow after-noon, so i can get tapping. ohh what fun.





The Hardware

For the actuall parts, there are only 4 things i'm sure of, and they are an Aquacomputer Aquatube in silver, a Black ICE GT Stealth 120.2, a Samsung DVD-RW and an Aquero USB in blue.

The Timescale

I want to get all of the panels ect. machined by the 30th of June, so i can spend the rest of the summer putting it together ect.

Next Update

As i've said before, i'm hoping to update again tommorow with a fully done front panel and the various bits of metal having been cut.

Thanks.

AJ.

**Sorry about image sizing, will try to alter**
 
Sounds interesting. Don't think i've heard of any 1 'plating' a pc case in wood. would like to see how it turns out.
 
Not the best material to use with computers as it will hold the heat; you want something to get ride of the heat like aluminium.



But nice design I like it.
 
inside yes....but if you cover it in wood....hows the heat from said metal going to escape....?

thats like saying its summer so you'l take your tshirt off, then putting a jumper on.... :p
 
name='Bazza' said:
Hence the reason for having the insideds built from metal.
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Even though it has metal on the inside the wood will still hold the heat that the metal gives of and will just build up hotter and hotter as it has know where to go?
 
name='Bazza' said:
hmm. never thought of that. Well, its being water-cooled and there are going to be at least 5 120mm fans, so surely thats gonna help?
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It will help and it does look good what you are doing, but at the end of the day it is what you want from a PC, do you want to just have it sitting there looking nice or do you want to be able to run it at the max speed, this is what you have to ask yourself, if you just want it to look nice then there is no problem with what you are doing as you will be running things at stock and it will not produce that much heat, on the other hand if you are going to clock the hell out of it then things will start to get very warm even for water-cooling and you want to be able to get rid of the heat that will build up within the case, this is why wood is not a good idea even though you have metal and then covering with wood it will hold the heat like and oven and just make things very hot in the case and make your hardware unstable.
 
I'm after looks, but not to the point where its going to be effecting the harware. I'm set on getting something like an e6600 and getting it to 3Ghz or so, and that is all i would be over-clocking. Now, i don't know the TDP of a 2900 XT yet, buy when i get one, i won't be over-clocking it.
 
WOW 2900 XT will produce some heat mate, but should be OK with some water cooling, just make sure you have room in your case to run another power supply just for the card
 
Can someone please close this tread. This project has been swapped to being something else. However, look-out over the next day or two for a much bigger, better project!
 
As always, never seen a project started/ completed by you. I cant see why you'd waste your time with plans if you have no intention of doing it.

However i hope to be corrected in a day or two ;)
 
Nope, this will be finished, just as my GCSE Project.

The next one is 'MY' project and will eventually serve as my big-ass server/gaming/OC'ing/fun/work computer all at once.
 
name='stocky' said:
It's better to plan it right; rather than make it wrong :)
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Yeh I totally agree Stocky. All im saying is that Ive seen numerous plans from Bazza but no real modding.

Hopefully that'll change ;).
 
Sorry, this all got pushed under the mat becuase of GCSE's.

Anyway, I started today by cutting up some 13mm solid aluminium bars. Instead of using a hand saw and file, I used this :



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Its a water-cooled metal saw that rotates to cut at 45* or 90* and leaves a very nice, clean finish. :thumb:



After cutting the bars, I didn't have time to drill an tap the corners ect. so I thought I would put it together to show you.



to show the dimensions, thats a 30cm ruler. The dimensions have changed because it would have been a bit of a squeeze but with the new larger dimensions, I have the felxibility to use different parts.



The bars going across the back will be mounted in different places. I'm planning on using a NexXxos Pro II rev2. or a PA120.2 and a BIX. I'm not sure on hardware though.

There should be another update on saturday :clap:
 
Only had 20 mins this after-noon, but here is a taster of what I'll be upto tommorow...



I started by finding a centre point, then drilling a 4mm hole through one of the bars. I then drilled in a small about with an 8mm drill bit so that the heads of the bolts were flush with the metal itself.



The other bit of metal will be tapped to take an M4 bolt.



Lovely and flush.

Next I need to choose a PSU for the project, so that I can construct the support for it. I'm thinking of going for either a 720W Enermax Infiniti or possible an 850W Enermax Galixy unit.
 
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