Project Snowflake restarted - [scratch build]
Hi! I´m glad you found your way here, welcome to this project!
I started this project way back in December of last year and I had a vision about how I wanted to create my own “ultimate case” and build a really cool system in it. I made a thread about it here on the forums and started working. The problem was that I underestimated how much work and time it takes to do something like this, and I didn´t have time at the moment. School and other things got in the way and my posts here became few and far between, so I decided to put the project on ice until the summer. Now I have just had my last exam and I want to get this going again!
So what’s is all this about then? I´m going to run you through the idea for this project and also where we are right now!
As I wrote earlier the main point of this project is to realize my vision about my “ultimate case”. After many hours of thinking and also my experience during past builds I have decided what I think represents the perfect case for me right now, in my current situation in life. This will probably change in the future and I guess I´ll have to build new cases when the time comes.
Anyway, the case I’m working on right now is an m-ITX case made from scratch in Plexiglas. It has an inverted motherboard with the graphics card then being on top, visible through the transparent top panel. The right side panel also has a transparent window and the rest of the case is all white. It will feature a full size ATX power supply and up to 28cm GPU. Everything will be water cooled with a double 120mm (240) rad in the front and a single 120mm rad in the back. Most of the components are already bought and some modded to suite the color theme, I´ll write a list further down the post and also some pics!
I´m also thinking about making some videos about some of the steps in the process, like installing different water blocks, working with acrylic or just computer building in general. Please let me know what you think about that!
Here follows some short info about me. If you want to read more about the earlier process of the project, feel free to read through the old thread if you want. The link is here:
LINK TO OLD THREAD
About me: My name is Axel, a 20 years old guy studying Industrial Engineering at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm Sweden. I’ve been into computers since my dad bought our first computer about 10 years ago. A few years later when we decided to get a new machine, I did get a chance to disassemble the old one and in that moment I was caught. I have now built about 10 systems and have gathered all the experience, knowledge and inspiration I think I need for this project! You can find my last two builds here:
http://www.sweclockers.com/galleri/12766-corsair-350d
http://www.sweclockers.com/galleri/12506-mitt-250d-delid
Specifications:
Intel i7 4770K (delidded)
MSI Z97I-ACK
XFX XTR 650W PSU
2x8GB Corsair DDR3 RAM
2x500GB Samsung 850 EVO
Asus R9 290X DCII
Cooling:
EK DDC pump
EK X-RES v3 res/pump top
Black Ice GTS 240 and 120 mm rads
Koolance 380i CPU block
EK Monarch RAM block
EK R9 290X Fullcover block + backplate
PS. Jag kommer att skriva huvudinläggen på engelska då jag har projektloggar på engelskspråkiga forum också men kommentera gärna på svenska om ni vill! DS.