My Home Made Wooden Case - COMPLETED!

JlCollins005 · 05-13-2008, 12:18 AM

or take some thin plywood and stain it, and do stealth drives, thatd be a nifty idea

911aaron · 05-13-2008, 12:31 AM

I like it. Nice work

Vizy93 · 05-13-2008, 12:53 AM

Nice!

royalmarine · 05-13-2008, 01:37 AM

excellent work dude!

agree with changing the white dvd drives. make some sort of a cover for them.

other wise, its perfect!

ramodkk · 05-13-2008, 01:41 AM

Great work man!

Next thing you should do is maybe a side panel window but it already looks very original

dave_w · 05-13-2008, 08:11 AM

Take a look at how Lian-Li's universal stealth drive bays work. You could even order one and reverse-engineer a wooden one of your own, perhaps even be able to take the cunning little door mechanism, remove it from their aluminum paneling, and apply it to your own homemade door.

But yeah...that's pretty badass. I agree, I wouldn't use it on a high-heat PC, but for a casual little rig, it's awesome.

Langers2k7 · 05-13-2008, 09:09 AM

Thanks for all the comments guys!

One of my mates suggested that I get some drives with flat faces and then use some sort of veneer to cover them in the same sort of wood.

The original plan was to have a formed door made of Plywood but in the end I decided that I wanted a flat face.

The case is remarkably quiet and in order to keep it cool, underneath the chrome fan-grill is a 22cm Akasa Fan

So far it idles about the same temperature as the same components in their old plastic case.

reddevil6 · 05-13-2008, 09:26 AM

where is the pwr button

Timo · 05-13-2008, 12:06 PM

Was thinking about a wooden case myself as well, only I'd have to have my new computer in first to start making it. Looks nice, though I would've rounded the edges of the iron plate you ripped off from someones house :p

(and plated the drives with wood... Basically make everything out of wood...)

One question; could you make a picture of the behind (shieldplate / slots / etc.) for me?

Langers2k7 · 05-13-2008, 04:44 PM

Hi - yeah the rear end of it is just the back of an old ATX case that I cannibalised for the MoBo plate, 5.25" drive bays and rear I/O plate. I will upload a pic when I got home - think I've already taken one.

05-13-2008, 12:18 AM	#11 (permalink)
JlCollins005 Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Michigan Age: 21 Posts: 925	or take some thin plywood and stain it, and do stealth drives, thatd be a nifty idea __________________ My Latop Hp zv6000 AMD Athlon 3200+ 2GB Ram 60GB Hdd Cdrw/DVD rom Ati 128 Vid 15.4" Glossy Widescreen

05-13-2008, 12:31 AM	#12 (permalink)
911aaron Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Inside your computer as a virus Posts: 195	I like it. Nice work __________________ * Processor: Intel core 2 Quad Q6600 * Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L * RAM: G. Skill 2GB F2-6400CL5d-2GBNQ * Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s * VGA: EVGA 256-P2-N751-TR GeForce 8600GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 * PSU: Ultra X-Finity 500-Watt * OS: Windows XP Home Edition 32-bit * Monitor: Samsung 906BW LCD 2 ms response time 2000:1 Contrast *CPU cooler: Arctic Cooler 7

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05-13-2008, 01:37 AM	#14 (permalink)
royalmarine Gold Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 374	excellent work dude! agree with changing the white dvd drives. make some sort of a cover for them. other wise, its perfect! __________________ want to download your favourite movies and tv shows and so much more? come join our forum and get them all for free! http://www.rapidfind.org/upload/regi...errerid=100905

05-13-2008, 01:41 AM	#15 (permalink)
ramodkk Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: There > Age: 16 Posts: 4,010	Great work man! Next thing you should do is maybe a side panel window but it already looks very original __________________ "If at first you don't succeed, you're not Chuck Norris" E2160 @ 2.7GHz AC Freezer 7 Pro Gigabyte P35-DS3L 2GB BallistiX Tracers DDR2-1000 Sapphire HD3870 Rosewill RD500 500W Rosewill Modded Case 3DMark06: 10,017 Winner of Photo Tourney: What were they thinking? & Grass

05-13-2008, 08:11 AM	#16 (permalink)
dave_w Silver Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 156	Take a look at how Lian-Li's universal stealth drive bays work. You could even order one and reverse-engineer a wooden one of your own, perhaps even be able to take the cunning little door mechanism, remove it from their aluminum paneling, and apply it to your own homemade door. But yeah...that's pretty badass. I agree, I wouldn't use it on a high-heat PC, but for a casual little rig, it's awesome.

05-13-2008, 09:09 AM	#17 (permalink)
Langers2k7 Silver Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Kent, United Kingdom Age: 16 Posts: 212	Thanks for all the comments guys! One of my mates suggested that I get some drives with flat faces and then use some sort of veneer to cover them in the same sort of wood. The original plan was to have a formed door made of Plywood but in the end I decided that I wanted a flat face. The case is remarkably quiet and in order to keep it cool, underneath the chrome fan-grill is a 22cm Akasa Fan So far it idles about the same temperature as the same components in their old plastic case. __________________ *My Rig* CPU: Pentium 4 3.2 Cedar Mill @ 4.54ghz MoBo: Gigabyte GA-945PL-S3 Rev 3.3 HSF: AC Freezer 7 Pro Memory: 2gb Corsair XMS2 800mhz GPU: XFX 8800GTS 320mb HDD: 750gb Samsung Spinpoint F1 and 2x 160gb WD PSU: 500w Jeantech O/S: Windows XP Pro Dual 17" TFTs

05-13-2008, 09:26 AM	#18 (permalink)
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05-13-2008, 12:06 PM	#19 (permalink)
Timo Gold Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Netherlands Age: 18 Posts: 289	Was thinking about a wooden case myself as well, only I'd have to have my new computer in first to start making it. Looks nice, though I would've rounded the edges of the iron plate you ripped off from someones house :p (and plated the drives with wood... Basically make everything out of wood...) One question; could you make a picture of the behind (shieldplate / slots / etc.) for me? __________________ Ordered and in the making (the current one isn't worthy to be mentioned): Mobo: XFX 680i LT Sli CPU: Q6600 Vcard: 8800GTS G92 RAM: DDR2 800Mhz CL5 (OCZ) CPU Cooler: Scythe Infinity Vcard Cooler(s): Arctic Cooling Accelero S1 Rev2 PSU: Corsair 650TX

05-13-2008, 04:44 PM	#20 (permalink)
Langers2k7 Silver Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Kent, United Kingdom Age: 16 Posts: 212	Hi - yeah the rear end of it is just the back of an old ATX case that I cannibalised for the MoBo plate, 5.25" drive bays and rear I/O plate. I will upload a pic when I got home - think I've already taken one. __________________ *My Rig* CPU: Pentium 4 3.2 Cedar Mill @ 4.54ghz MoBo: Gigabyte GA-945PL-S3 Rev 3.3 HSF: AC Freezer 7 Pro Memory: 2gb Corsair XMS2 800mhz GPU: XFX 8800GTS 320mb HDD: 750gb Samsung Spinpoint F1 and 2x 160gb WD PSU: 500w Jeantech O/S: Windows XP Pro Dual 17" TFTs

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