[O-CuK]Marci
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As you can see from the shot above, this is a Beantech FullTower Plexi case fitted with Watercooling, additional 12v TEC PSU relayed to the Prometeia MkII mounted in the custom hand-built plexi base.
Mounted in the top of the chassis are 2x HE120.1 radiators and a DangerDen Clear Reservoir... All mounting holes were cut with a jigsaw...
Due to the Beantech FullTower being of an increased depth in comparison to the MidiTower, the whole Prometeia chassis has been replaced with a custom size-matched plexi base box.
To accomodate this, all wiring has been extended and double-braided with a chrome-braid base layer, and colored-braid top layer.
The watercooling side of things is powered by the DangerDen DD12-D4 pump wired to the adjustable-output Meanwell TEC PSU that you can see stripped from it's chassis and mounted beside the mainboard. The Meanwell PSU depends on it's own chassis as a heatsink. To get round this, custom heatsinks were applied to the PSU along with a silent Zalman 60mm fan.
The VGA Card, an Asus 9800XT, is cooled by a Swiftech MCW50-T block, and the morthbridge by an MCW20 block using 1/2" OD Tubing on quick-connect fittings.
All cooling fans are powered by an Enermax FanBus / Temp Display... stripped from it's original chassis and mounted onto a plexi frontplate.
The case was originally designed for DFI LanParty mainboards, so 4 Post-Probe LEDs are mounted on the frontpanel to report fault and status codes from the mainboard.
The Prometeia MkII also sports a similar error reporting feature bsed on 4 LEDs. To match the top chassis' DFI LEDs, the Prommi's LEDs are also relocated from the rear of the case to the front panel.
To enhance the fans, sticky-backed holographic paper was called into play... this covers the motor spindle that is normally viewable, and just adds a bit more "sparkle"
Obviously, as the case is plexi, everything is in full view, including all key PCBs that look remotely attractive... above is a shot of the rear of the Meanwell s320-12.
And the entire chassis from the rear...
There are further shots to come, along with a guide on how the blowholes were cut and the edge restored to it's transparent finish rather than being scarred by blade marks etc, and also how the base box was constructed from scratch from a sheet of 6mm Perspex!
And for those who may be interested, the entire rig is soon going up for sale to finance the next project!
XP3000+ Retail @ 250FSB, 2.75Ghz with DFI board... AN7 restricts FSB.
Abit AN7 (LanParty died... awaiting replacement to be fitted)
1Gb OCZ 3200 Platinum
Asus 9800XT
TopPower 520w PSU
Meanwell s320-12 PSU
DD12-D4 pump
DD Clear Res & mounting plate
2x HE120.1
All 80mm fans Akasa Chimera
2x Blue Akasa LED 120mm fans
NEC2500a
16x DVD Rom
nVentiv MkII regassed to r507 with Blue LCD
Pump & TEC PSU relayed off Prommi Compressor Controller Relay to take advantage of Prommi Controller's alarm / shutdown system (in event of system shutdown, TEC and Pump also shutdown)
Can't remember size of HDDs... 2x Maxtor SATA DiamondMax
Full frontal...
Backlit...
Doesn't photograph too well... and we've discovered that lighting effects are fairly useless when it comes to transparent cases... there's nothing to diffuse the glow and spread it to the inside of the PC... lighting just gets lost in there. All you see are the lights themselves glowing in the dark. With nothing to reflect the light back at the components inside it's just pointless... hence the lack of lighting! Only lighting is from the fans...
This case is designed for daylight viewing.
