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| Processor | AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D |
|---|---|
| Motherboard | ASUS TUF Gaming X570-Pro Wifi II |
| Cooling | Hyper 212 EVO v2 |
| Memory | 2x16GB G.Skill DDR4-4000 |
| Video Card(s) | AMD RX 6750 XT |
| Storage | WD Black SN850 2TB, various other SSD's from ages past |
| Display(s) | LG 27GL850 1440@144, AG Neovo EM2701QC 1440@75 |
| Case | Zophos EVO Silent by Raijintek |
| Audio Device(s) | HyperX Cloud II Wireless headphones |
| Power Supply | Corsair RM850x |
| Mouse | ProtoArc EM01 |
| Keyboard | Razer Blackwidow X Chroma Mercury |
| Software | Windows 11 Pro |
Anyone familiar with the Dark Tower series by Stephen King? Great books, among my all time favorites. Back to that later, as first we have the case (16$!) that I have to dig through and pull apart. It helps with the thinking process.
For scale, I've used a can of Rockstar in most (all?) of my pictures. This case is the biggest I've worked on so far. 25"x15.5"x7.25" approximately. Not the biggest you can get, but still quite tall.
The whole case is rather non-descript. There's going to be a good amount of cutting going on. The front is fitted for a single 80mm fan...:shadedshu
The back isn't much better. 2x80mm possibly the system speaker, and maybe a 60mm fan. Things that will change...
On the inside, there's 6 full drive bays up top, and a little 3 bay HD rack. Plastic fan holder of the likes I haven't seen since working on Dells. Wires leading to the power/reset switch and some leds. No front panel though, I plan on adding one myself.
Ah, now here's the first pleasant surprise. Removeable motherboard tray.
The front panel taken off, power switch protruding. I have a nice rocker switch that I'm going to use instead.
Yar, here be the top half of the case.
Lastly, everything all strewn about for good measure.
So the front panel is just a standard chunk of plastic with buttons and pop-out bays. The rest of the case is some pretty heavy duty steel. Everything assembled it weighs in at 18 pounds. There's a good amount of things that can be done to this case just to make it functional. Obvious holes need to be cut to install fans. I might not even use the front bezel at all, and fabricate something else entirely. The entire thing is going to be de-riveted and painted after the cutting gets done. Thinking about swapping out one of the drive bays, or modding it to fit HD's instead. I'm really never going to use that many drive bays for anything, lol.
The Dark Tower bit I mentioned earlier, well. That's going to get outsourced. Each side panel will be done up by some starving artist. There's art fairs all through the summer around here, and I'm sure I can find one that's hungry enough to do some work for 50$. Part of the vision, would be a full panel shot of the tower in detailed color. One side being a view of the tower looking down a path to it sitting on the edge of a cliff, and the other side being the view of the tower from the opposite angle. The background is going to be cut-out, and a piece of plexi will go behind it. Lighting as appropriate to set the mood, probably an intake fan in the lower rear corner to catch the GPU and NB.
I'm still kicking around ideas right now. Pulling it apart got some juices flowing for sure. IF I ever get into watercooling, I'm pretty sure this would be the case to do it in. I'm rather open to thoughts and ideas, as I'm just getting things in my head as this begins to progress. This is going to be a bit longer of a process than the last case.
-Next time, some of the basic mods to get things functional.
For scale, I've used a can of Rockstar in most (all?) of my pictures. This case is the biggest I've worked on so far. 25"x15.5"x7.25" approximately. Not the biggest you can get, but still quite tall.
The whole case is rather non-descript. There's going to be a good amount of cutting going on. The front is fitted for a single 80mm fan...:shadedshu
The back isn't much better. 2x80mm possibly the system speaker, and maybe a 60mm fan. Things that will change...
On the inside, there's 6 full drive bays up top, and a little 3 bay HD rack. Plastic fan holder of the likes I haven't seen since working on Dells. Wires leading to the power/reset switch and some leds. No front panel though, I plan on adding one myself.
Ah, now here's the first pleasant surprise. Removeable motherboard tray.
The front panel taken off, power switch protruding. I have a nice rocker switch that I'm going to use instead.
Yar, here be the top half of the case.
Lastly, everything all strewn about for good measure.
So the front panel is just a standard chunk of plastic with buttons and pop-out bays. The rest of the case is some pretty heavy duty steel. Everything assembled it weighs in at 18 pounds. There's a good amount of things that can be done to this case just to make it functional. Obvious holes need to be cut to install fans. I might not even use the front bezel at all, and fabricate something else entirely. The entire thing is going to be de-riveted and painted after the cutting gets done. Thinking about swapping out one of the drive bays, or modding it to fit HD's instead. I'm really never going to use that many drive bays for anything, lol.
The Dark Tower bit I mentioned earlier, well. That's going to get outsourced. Each side panel will be done up by some starving artist. There's art fairs all through the summer around here, and I'm sure I can find one that's hungry enough to do some work for 50$. Part of the vision, would be a full panel shot of the tower in detailed color. One side being a view of the tower looking down a path to it sitting on the edge of a cliff, and the other side being the view of the tower from the opposite angle. The background is going to be cut-out, and a piece of plexi will go behind it. Lighting as appropriate to set the mood, probably an intake fan in the lower rear corner to catch the GPU and NB.
I'm still kicking around ideas right now. Pulling it apart got some juices flowing for sure. IF I ever get into watercooling, I'm pretty sure this would be the case to do it in. I'm rather open to thoughts and ideas, as I'm just getting things in my head as this begins to progress. This is going to be a bit longer of a process than the last case.
-Next time, some of the basic mods to get things functional.
