[Scratch Build] Project Arrakis - A Dune Case Mod (in progress)
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I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
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-----------Introduction------------
Quite late in my life i realized i wanna go further with pc`s, than just putting parts together in a generic case .I recently started to create a scratch casemod by myself, teaching myself all the things on the go, so kinda trial and error, but it is super fun so far.Besides youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu4WIlyCOcAsJo1ttRwxN0A/play... , in which i post complete video logs of my build to show how i work and what i use , i thought i should go deeper into a real modding community with my build to get opinions or critics (positive or negative) on it.
newest picture :
https://imgur.com/a/tSUnav3
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First off i have no sponsors or helping hands for it and all is made by myself.I have no big machines or tools availble that would make my life easier XD.
It is a scratch build ( i think it is called that way, i kept the top and both sides of the base case because of the lock mechanism i really liked, but they will also be heavily changed), of which the front side, back side and bottom are completly cut and fit from scratch.The original case was a way more than a decade old Fujitsu/Siemens Esprimo OEM with a mirrored and weird layout, which i want to keep that way. (has its own charm and makes it special)
When it is finished, i want it to represent the Dune universe, that means sandy colors, a waved paintjob (to represent sand dunes), coated with EVA foam on the outside and inside to give it a nice look and a smooth touch and the eye-catcher (which makes it fully Project Arrakis) a sandworm which is making its way through the case with several exit holes, made and modelled out of PE and EVA Foam.Also a lot of the cable management in the inside will be coated to look like parts of the worm.
The case will have a triple fan setup, 2 intake in the front, 1 exhaust in the back + the power supply intake which will be located on the top.Since i really dislike rainbow puke RGB, the main color of the lights will be red, to fit in nicely with the rest of the case colors.When it comes to components (as i said i have no sponsors), i will take my parts of my working pc which is a Ryzen 7 2700, a GTX 1060, a 550w power supply and a Gigabyte Mainboard, but in the end the design of the case will be the focus, better parts can go in later i guess.
Below I will add all my Pictures of the progress possibly every day , enjoy
: 1. The original case from which i stripped all the insides and there was no airflow at all, just a single but covered front fan (and so many rivets to drill out O.o )
: 2. After i cut the new front with my trusty dremel and just wanted to see if the fans fit (and more rivets back in XD )
: 3. After i finished the bottom of the Case and attached a holder for the clip open door which slides onto it (even more rivets back in )
: 4. After i cut the intake for the power supply in the back and cut all the worm exit holes
: 5. Here u can also see the sidepanel which u can detach from the case ( it will also get a wave shaped acrylic window) and the power supply tray i cut, also closed the exit holes from the inside with epoxy and metal sheets since the worm gets attached and its not going through the case
: 6. Just to find out if it works with a random old power supply
: 7. Epoxy work, installed spacers for mainboard base and mesh front / top
: 8. sanded and getting ready for the paintjob
: 9. protective coat for the metal so i can start to coat it with the foam
: 10. foamwork, cut outs for the interior foam , exterior foam comes later
: 11. applied to the case with hotglue
: 12. whole case coated
: 13. tested if the fans fit , i can say fits perfectly
