Case Concept - Support This.

[Cortexian]

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=217611

Early concept images:
http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk77/mickcox64/Case-mkII-50-1024.jpg

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk77/mickcox64/Case_ani_panels.gif

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk77/mickcox64/CaseAirFlow.gif

Newer concept images:
http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk77/mickcox64/Case-mkII-Piped-10a.jpg

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk77/mickcox64/Case-mkII-Piped-14.jpg

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk77/mickcox64/Case-mkII-Piped-16.jpg

Amazing case for water cooling, obviously designed specifically for enthusiast water cooling users and nothing else.

[BobtheGreatII]

Wow, I really like it. I would buy one. Especially the black and white one. Great design.

[Rentafence]

More fans.

[Cortexian]

More fans.
They're not all necessary, depends on how you configure your radiators.

[BobtheGreatII]

Hey, just a few quick questions, what are you modeling this in and what are you rendering it with? Renders look pro. Seriously though... I can't tell you how much I love that case. I've always been a fan (heh...) of simple designs, along side some awesome looks. I hate cases that are crazy shapes. It's such a perfect case for me. I don't know how many other people are like that, but I'm sure there's enough of us that would buy it if it ever got made. You need to sign a deal with someone get this sucker made, then split off, become your own company, and then start producing it in custom colors. Seriously is pro. Well done.

[Cortexian]

I have no idea about the questions, check the original thread that I linked at the very beginning of the post.

I read that he did some in Google SketchUp, but that's not what he used for the renders I posted I don't think.

Edit:


I use Google SketchUp and Kerkythea for my designs and rendering.


If I could use said programs well, I'd definitely be modeling some case designs I've got in my head. I'm rubbish with 3D stuff though.

[Cagerrin]

Ugh, why in the world isn't he saving the renders as .png, or at least not saving them as .jpg in kerky and using something with a quality slider to convert them to .jpg? :saddowns:

This is probably the first case I've seen that I'd describe as "tacticool". Seriously, fans are like the computer equivalent of rails.

[BobtheGreatII]

Ugh, why in the world isn't he saving the renders as .png, or at least not saving them as .jpg in kerky and using something with a quality slider to convert them to .jpg? :saddowns:

This is probably the first case I've seen that I'd describe as "tacticool". Seriously, fans are like the computer equivalent of rails.

I disagree... for this reason:

http://icehot.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/_huge_fan_cooled_case_mod_32.jpg

[Cortexian]

If the above case actually worked than it would be cool.

3/4 of those fans are duds hth~

[TheGhost]

How would someone go about getting something like this made? I know you can do simple machining with Solidworks exports, but this is pretty intense and seems like it would require some specialized equipment.

[Cortexian]

The guy that's designing it is trying desperately to get a deal signed with a big case manufacturer, but he hasn't looked into any manufacturing costs yet.

[TheGhost]

Not to be a pessimist, but that's incredibly unlikely. They have trained professionals that they pay full time to do stuff like this.

Maybe a smaller company, but I still don't see it happening.

[Cortexian]

So because he's not a paid professional, his case that is a great deal better than most water cooling enthusiast cases out there has no chance of getting produced? I don't see how being a paid employee or not really matters, if I created a case that a lot of other people liked I'd be contacting manufacturers if only to see if they would consider it.

He has already been contacted by a couple of smaller companies, but they wanted permission to "copy" his design instead of sign a contract with him. He's considering this as well, since the "paid professionals" that copy it might have some insights on HOW the case would actually be manufactured.

[Cojafoji]

Pretty freakin' sweet case man.

[klange]

Supporting this case. Will buy for my next build if it gets manufactured.

[legionaire45]

In terms of actually building this from blueprints or whatever, it looks like most of it could feasibly built if you have access to a machine shop. Depending on the format of the blueprints, if you bring them into a machine shop they might make it for you, although it might cost quite a bit...

With the exception of the drive bays most of it could be made with a vertical band saw if you're careful with it. The ventilation holes could be made on a drill press.

The drive bays might require some bending equipment - I'm blanking on the name right now. basically, big scary looking device that makes bending things very easy and accurate. Basically, cut out a flattened out version of the drive cages, drill all the holes you need using a drill press or something, bend everything, etc.

CNC would speed some of it up, but unless you have access to a fairly large CNC machine you'd probably have to manual machine a lot of it.

[Rook]

Looks like a full tower case fuck that!

buy mid tower.

[Ganon]

Looks like a full tower case fuck that!

buy mid tower.

uhh lol

[Rook]

uhh lol

say it to my face!

[Ganon]

bigger is better rook, haven't your cousin's mentioned this before?

[Rook]

yeah try fitting that large package into a tight of space as this,


yeah ok

[Ganon]

there is a solution to every problem, modifications can be made to fit things of any size

[Rook]

even if it does fit do your research, who wants 20 hdds and 4 graphics cards????

[Ganon]

people who like to be ready and fully loaded for new things available to them in the future

[Rook]

fully loaded my ass have fun carrying your 50 pounds of bullshit around

[paladin]

I have 2 Hdd and 2 GPUs and my case is 49.5lbs

[Ganon]

I don't usually have to carry it around, and If I did I would only take the bare necessities.

[Rook]

look at all that shit you gotta take out not to mention mid towers are usually cheaper+beter. if you were smart and not a hardcoresupernerdenthusiant builder you would buy mid towers

[Ganon]

being hardcore got me more fans than you did now didn't it

[Rook]

3 fans got me this why dont you sit on it and spin

http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/9241/sitm.png

[Ganon]

whatever will keep me cool man, well cya

[paladin]

My cores (4) are 19-21C

[Ganon]

my gpu can get hot at times, but it's built to handle the heat once the fans are turned on.

[Rook]

My cores (4) are 19-21C

Stock AMD cooler is definitely not acclaimed.

OR QUIET FOR THAT MATTER HOLY SHIT CAN YOU SAY JET ENGINE

[DEElekgolo]

It looks like it would sound like a jet engine.

[Cortexian]

All the mid-tower case discussion is irrelevant, as I stated already the case I posted is for WATER COOLING enthusiasts using dual radiators. That's the reason for the massive size of the case, also it's ATX/Inverted ATX interchangeable.

[paladin]

Stock AMD cooler is definitely not acclaimed.

OR QUIET FOR THAT MATTER HOLY SHIT CAN YOU SAY JET ENGINE

Ah, Im running a Intel Qx9650 and Zalman 9700

[BobtheGreatII]

This guy has a bunch of his models for sketchup posted. Was thinking about building my own... We'll see.