SP's AMD build!

Silver_Pharaoh · Apr 21, 2015

Mandrake4565 said:
Looks all purdy SP you must be dying to get it up and running.

I'm scrambling to get the case built!
I have it all laid out and planned. Just need to cut the tubing, bend it, hook it all up and attach the drives, mobo etc to the case base.
But alas, I must wait until my dad gets home.

Last thing I need is him smacking me with the wood I use because he needed it for his clients :-/

Mandrake4565 · Apr 21, 2015

Silver_Pharaoh · Apr 23, 2015

How to build a case:

Step 1: Put in the fridge the eggs and butter dad forgot to put away.
Step 2: He now owes me wood for my case.
Step 3: ???
Step 4: Profit!

Case build has commenced!

It will be similar to the Edelweiss, but made out of wood, and naturally, less fancy looking.
Same style though, mobo on display, res on the side and a box on the back for the PSU, rad and pump.

If it comes out like what I have pictured in my crude drawings and head, I'll be so charged for some serious watercooling overclocking! :rock:

bassnut · Apr 23, 2015

Your right there SP..... Canada post has updated their website their tracking sucks now ..... picked up ...... in transit then delivered ...... Ugggghhhhhhh.

Silver_Pharaoh · Apr 23, 2015

bassnut said:
Your right there SP..... Canada post has updated their website their tracking sucks now ..... picked up ...... in transit then delivered ...... Ugggghhhhhhh.

Very useful ain't it?

Blaylock · Apr 23, 2015

Silver_Pharaoh said:
Step 1: Put in the fridge the eggs and butter dad forgot to put away.
Step 2: He now owes me wood for my case.
Step 3: ???
Step 4: Profit!

Case build has commenced!

It will be similar to the Edelweiss, but made out of wood, and naturally, less fancy looking.
Same style though, mobo on display, res on the side and a box on the back for the PSU, rad and pump.

If it comes out like what I have pictured in my crude drawings and head, I'll be so charged for some serious watercooling overclocking!

That's a tall order silver. I need to see pick bro. I like the concept.

Silver_Pharaoh · Apr 24, 2015

Blaylock said:
That's a tall order silver. I need to see pick bro. I like the concept.

And pics you shall get.

I have to plane down the mobo's back board, then start building the base support.

I'm gone for Saturday so I'll only have tonight and Sunday to really put some time into this.

Blaylock · Apr 24, 2015

Very cool. I'd suggest taking your time as it always looks better than when rushed. What type of wood did you "steal" from Daddy Pharoah?

Silver_Pharaoh · Apr 24, 2015

Blaylock said:
Very cool. I'd suggest taking your time as it always looks better than when rushed. What type of wood did you "steal" from Daddy Pharoah?

Pine and 1/2 " plywood <--

I will see what I can do about the plywood though

I made a really nice looking Pine case for my rock & gemstone collection, and stained it a rich deep brown.
It turned out very nice, I was thinking of doing it again with a few coats of urethane for gloss

bassnut · Apr 24, 2015

There is some nice plywood out there ...... Oak $$$$ and yes 1/2 Pine as well at Home Depot ....... about $25 a sheet so not a bad price. That's what I used for my window jams here in the house.

Silver_Pharaoh · Apr 24, 2015

bassnut said:
There is some nice plywood out there ...... Oak $$$$ and yes 1/2 Pine as well at Home Depot ....... about $25 a sheet so not a bad price. That's what I used for my window jams here in the house.

Yep I might go wood shopping at lowes after work, since it's on the way home.
Trick is getting the wood in my car lol

Oak would be sweet for this build. Lemme see if I can "borrow" some

Blaylock · Apr 24, 2015

There's absolutely nothing wrong with pine. I find it funny that the knotty pine is usually cheaper but looks so much better. Drop a nice gloss clear on her and she's all set.

Silver_Pharaoh · Apr 24, 2015

Blaylock said:
There's absolutely nothing wrong with pine. I find it funny that the knotty pine is usually cheaper but looks so much better. Drop a nice gloss clear on her and she's all set.

I like pine myself. Nice and easy to work with.
Smells ah-mazing

I was trying to devise a way to attach the mobo and the base while keeping it vertical to show off the mobo.
Then I thought of using a 4x4....

Well, that's not pretty so I decided to make a hollow 3x3 column. This way I can hide the wires inside and drill holes for the wires to come out!
I'll get some pics when the glue dries.

Blaylock · Apr 24, 2015

Silver_Pharaoh said:
...I decided to make a hollow 3x3 column. This way I can hide the wires inside and drill holes for the wires to come out!

I like this!

Silver_Pharaoh · Apr 26, 2015

Blaylock said:
I like this!

Me too!
Sorry for the delay, I was at my uncle's house building a small corner garden for them

Anyways, I finished the support column:

And here's a very crude look at what the mobo would look like.

It will sit on it's own wood board which will be attached to the support column.

That's next after I cut the column to height!

Silver_Pharaoh · Apr 27, 2015

Motherboard mounts & base made!
1/2 Plywood with an Oak veneer.

Gives me lots of breathing room for the fan that will keep the socket cool.

And here's what it will look like more or less. There will be some supports for the GPU's of course. The res would look great with an LED I think. Might hook one up

Slowly but surely this rig is coming together.
More to come later!

bob4933 · Apr 27, 2015

While you're at it, Id fabricate a support structure for your GPU. Too many sagging gpu's make me sad lol

Silver_Pharaoh · Apr 27, 2015

bob4933 said:
While you're at it, Id fabricate a support structure for your GPU. Too many sagging gpu's make me sad lol

That can be done.
I'm going to have a support bar for the GPU's mounting bracket, so I can fabricate some wood to attach onto that support bar too.

That's why I left 1" of space around the mobo.
So I can attach a frame to help support everything!

Blaylock · Apr 27, 2015

Not sure if you have a plan for the 24pin connector but it looks like it maybe a tight fit with the res right there ( maybe a few of the sata's too). Looking good!

Silver_Pharaoh · Apr 27, 2015

Blaylock said:
Not sure if you have a plan for the 24pin connector but it looks like it maybe a tight fit with the res right there ( maybe a few of the sata's too). Looking good!

Cut a hole in the wood, then fish it through

I want very little cables showing in this build.

Also, almost all my SATA cables are 90* bends so I can just route then through the wood, so I should be ok there.
If worst comes to worst, I'll buy longer SATA cables.

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