[Scratch Build, log] 'The Box'

[TjeuvanBussel]

Beste mensen, sorry dat dit allemaal in het Engels is, maar dat is voor mij het makkelijkst, dan hoeft ik niet steeds alles te vertalen haha, als je iets niet snapt, vraag het dan gewoon...

Hello all,
This wil be the build log of the scratch built case that is going to be named ‘The Box’. Enjoy and comment if you have any questions or tips. Don’t be too hard though, I’m just 14 years old and this is my second case mod (:
First for the specs of the PC, I will make a case for my PC that I use for editing videos and other heavy work, even though the specs aren’t that great, it is from 2009 I think, and it costed 230 euros at the time, really cheap… The specs:
Mobo: Asus M2N68-AM
GPU: On-board
HDD: Samsung HD252HJ 250GB
PSU: MS-Tech ATX Netzeil (model unknown)
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+ (2297,9 MHz)
RAM: 2GB Samsung 1Rx8 pc2 5300u 555 12 27 zz (DDR2)

So, that are the not-so-impressive specs. Now on to the build log ( :



This is the original case, in which I bought this PC, a great case. There was not really a reason for me to want this case gone, but I have vacation, so I thought to make another case mod as a holiday-project.



The first thing I did was to get all the parts that I would need in my new case, out of the old case. Then I made a life-size model of the cube where all the hardware was going to be built-in, from paper. The dimensions of this cube are: 28cm x 28cm x 28cm



Then there were a few components I had to buy, first the power switch, the one in my old case wasn’t really usable for this project, so I asked for one at a local store, and they had one for €1,50.


I came to the idea to make a PC window at the front side of the cube, by watching a lot of Mnpctech videos, and implemented it in my design, of course the mobo, that will sit directly behind the windows, had to be lighted blue, so I went to a electronics store to buy blue LEDs, they sold them for €1,24 a piece, that is really expensive for me, as I thought of 10 to 20 LEDs to light up the mobo, and I don’t have that much money, so I bought 4 and went to another shop to see if they had any toys with blue LEDs, and I bought 2, each for €1. At home I got some other LEDs from some PC mice I had laying around, to make a total of 8 LED’s.



Here you see one of the expensive LEDs that I bought in the electronics store. (Yeah, I know it is connected to the wrong wires, I have to have orange and black, as I found out later) I did not think this was going to do the job of lighting the mobo nice, and went on the internet to look for some cheap LED strips, and I found what I was looking for on DealExtreme. (Link: http://dx.com/p/2-4w-192l...ble-strip-12v-48cm-135968) I ordered 2 of them, to make sure I had enough light, but it will take a while for them to arrive, the last time I ordered something on DX it took 5 weeks to arrive…



I also needed a fan with blue LEDs to get some ventilation in my case, and I found exactly what I was looking for in a shop that I had never heard of before, for just €8,-!



Then we calculated how big the pieces of MDF had to be, and how we were going to put the box together. We sawed the pieces of MDF under an angle of 45 degrees, so we would not have any hard-to-paint edges of the wood.



As you can see here, we sawed the pieces under an angle of 45 degrees



The next thing we did, was to saw out the front panel for the PC window, the square thing in the middle is where the fan is going to be placed.



Then we made some ventilation holes in the back part, to the air that was sucked in by the fan, could leave through it (in the picture only the dots of where the holes have to be)



Then we taped the box together to see if the pieces fit, and they did!



We fitted in all the components and marked their places.



We glued the box together and let it dry overnight, on the picture the extra glue is already removed and the edges are sanded.



Then we sawed the box in 3, so I can take the box apart when I need to reach the mobo or something like that.



We applied primer to al the edges, so they wouldn’t suck up all the paint later on.


Dat is alles dat ik nu heb, meer komt snel!

[ Voor 9% gewijzigd door TjeuvanBussel op 03-07-2012 18:47 . Reden: Sorry voor alle ongemakken met de afbeeldingen, het zou nu allemaal moeten werken. ]

[Axon]

De afbeeldingen werken niet, of ligt dit aan mij?

[Moi_in_actie]

Nee, dat ligt niet aan jou. Waarschijnlijk staat het forum niet toe plaatjes vanaf iedere random website te linken.

[TjeuvanBussel]

Rick van Gerwen schreef op dinsdag 03 juli 2012 @ 18:10:
De afbeeldingen werken niet, of ligt dit aan mij?

Het zou kunnen zijn dat de site ze niet laat zien omdat ze te groot zijn, ik heb geen tijd om ze allemaal aan te passen, je kunt ze ook bekijken op http://www.casemodcontest.com/f7/box-85.html

[Sorbo]

en voor die site moeten we inloggen, dus ik zou je aan willen raden je foto's toch even aan te passen, of ergens anders up te loaden, want volgens mij is dat laatste inderdaad het probleem.

[TjeuvanBussel]

Sorbo schreef op dinsdag 03 juli 2012 @ 18:24:
en voor die site moeten we inloggen, dus ik zou je aan willen raden je foto's toch even aan te passen, of ergens anders up te loaden, want volgens mij is dat laatste inderdaad het probleem.

Ben er nu hard mee bezig! Sorry, dit is mijn eerst post hier...

[Singular1ty]

Je zult toch eventjes langs de modjes moeten om toestemming te regelen om je build hier te posten man

[TjeuvanBussel]

Singular1ty schreef op dinsdag 03 juli 2012 @ 18:25:
Je zult toch eventjes langs de modjes moeten om toestemming te regelen om je build hier te posten man

Hoe moet ik toestemming vragen, en aan wie? (newbie)

Alle afbeeldingen zouden nu goede grootte moeten zijn...

[Singular1ty]

[CiP]Casemod in Progress policy - Eerst lezen!

[TjeuvanBussel]

Heel erg bedankt!
Is er voor mij een mogelijkheid om dit topic te verwijderen, of kan alleen een mod dat doen?
;$

[RobIII]

Op (eigen) verzoek dicht.