Case Design

[SciManAl]

also (i am not spamming these ideas just "come out of nowhere") i am thinking that if there was a circut that would moniter each (qaudrent of space) and run fans based on the temps of the componets, not ambient temps... (just an idead)

gotta go eat so be back in a few hours

[clocker]

Excellent everyone!

Thanks for the input.

I think water cooling for sure on the CPU ( and maybe the chipset, also). The pump, reservoir and radiator housed separate from everything else. I saw a very interesting radiator the other day ( but forgot to bookmark the site, so I'll have to hunt it up again ), it used no fans at all and was much larger than you might typically see. Instead of finning it had extruded aluminum heatsink kinda shapes and worked much like a heatpipe....very interesting and quite beautiful to boot.

I already use heatpipe coolers on my HDD and video card and am impressed with the efficiency. So they will stay also.

What are your thoughts on controls?
Besides the normal on/off and reset buttons I am in love with my "clear CMOS" button- makes recovering from a clocking booboo sooo easy.
Let's see...fan/zone control of some sort and temp displays for each area.

I think I'll incorporate the base station for my wireless mouse into this beast also...

Now, what about materials?

Right off the bat, I think wood and glass.

Wood is so easy to work with and it is also a very good sound dampener.
Glass (and probably some Plexi/Lexan for the bits that need cutouts) to show off the pretty parts.

Maybe, no promises, but just maybe, a light or two for Abu.

[adamp2p]

Originally posted by clocker@30 November 2003 - 04:19


Maybe, no promises, but just maybe, a light or two for Abu.

Edit: I wish I could participate more in these great threads, but I am trying to finish my college transfer applications! They are due tommorrow!

[clocker]

Good luck with that, Adam.

[Virtualbody1234]

Maybe, no promises, but just maybe, a light or two for Abu.

A light?

[bob_the_alien]

I agree with the wood, would be the easiest.

But I think I'd go with just plexi, instead of glass at all.
I mean, you're not going to be moving the system around much, but if you do move it, and hit something or drop it, (Accidents happen) and opps glass everywhere.

Something that woild be cool to use though, Diamond Plate, or maybe stamped plastic, of course this would start to get expensive.

[lynx]

Originally posted by clocker@30 November 2003 - 02:19
Maybe, no promises, but just maybe, a light or two for Abu.

And a plasma ball?

Can we? Can we?

[clocker]

Van der Graff generator?

A waterfall?

[_John_Lennon_]

Hmm, a CMOS button would rock, but how could you hook that up? Make the small circuit going right from the two CMOS clear pins, and pushing the button completes the circuit? Interesting. Would like to hear more on that.

Oh and btw, they make the Reset switch so small so that you dont easily hit it, and reset your comp.


Also, careful with the wood, rather heavy unless you get a very light kind, like a beach would, which you would have to get special. I mean, are you just going to go Lowes and get some of their wood? Ack, not what I would suggest for a nice beautiful case.

[clocker]

John, this is essentially the switch that I used...

Connect the center terminal to the center pin of your CMOS header ( a fan connector will work perfectly here) and each end terminal to one of the other two pins.

We have plenty of exotic wood suppliers here in Denver, so Loew's is not an option.
I was thinking of padauk or claro walnut, but that is still to be decided.