Project: Silent Beauty!

[Suma]

Hey guys,
It's been a long time since I last posted in this forum, thanks to the IDF ofcourse.

Lately I've been planning my new room and I thought that I have to re-design my case.

Too bad I don't have much time these days to build my own case, so in this project I'll be using a Lian-Li PC60.

Project Goals:
1. Silence! , most of my problems of my current rig are noise related. My PC is on 24/7 and whenever I get back from the army and all I want is a good night sleep that stupid machine is noisy.
2. Neat, I want to have a neat setup with no loose cables, mixed colors or whatever bugs my eye.
3. Efficiency, the case will include all of my system needs, will have a good airflow and sound prevention.

OK, Let's get started!
Actually, there's something I'd like to have another opinion, the color scheme.
I thought of Silver/Chrome and Black. what would you say?

Suma.

 

[natewildes]

Chrome/black/red is what I'd do:
Chrome for every 'accessory' type thing; buttons, edging etc etc
Black for the sides/inards; black always looks good
Red for accents/lighting etc
It'll make a nice, crisp appearance with a flair

 

[Suma]

Chrome/black/red is what I'd do:
Chrome for every 'accessory' type thing; buttons, edging etc etc
Black for the sides/inards; black always looks good
Red for accents/lighting etc
It'll make a nice, crisp appearance with a flair

Sounds cool, I didn't even think about lighting though

I'll upload some pics of the progress so far.

Suma.

 

[Suma]

11-8-06:

- Picture of the radiatior I'm going to use, after some cleaning and oiling.

- That's the spot the rad will be placed, already placed some noise damping sheets.

- My new homemade fill port. Notice the chrome ring? that ring will be placed on top of the case with the black cap.

- I also placed a noise damping sheet for the 2x80mm fans built in the case. Had to cut and fit it, quite annoying I must say.

- Fans placed.

- Rad placed and stripped using a simple rope tied very tight. (atleast I learn something in the army )

- The other side.


That's all for tonight
Suma.

 

[DvBoard]

Looks good. What's the Radiator from?

 

[raevien]

Looks good. What's the Radiator from?

It is interesting looking, its not a heatercore is it?

I agree with the black and red, the silver/chrome is good just don't go overboard with it.

 

[CougarSE]

I can't see the pictures?

*edit*
<--I just got a star!

 

[sobe]

Nice, can't wait to see this thing finished.

 

[inkfx]

What kind of noise dampening mats are those?

 

[Suma]

Looks good. What's the Radiator from?

Well actually I bought it a while ago, so I don't really remember it's former use.

Anyhow it looks good

 

[Suma]

What kind of noise dampening mats are those?

Well I bought them localy, in Israel. There's no firm printed on them so I don't really know who made'em.

 

[warlock110]

it's the padding material they use in electronic boxes (sound cards ect...) i don't know where u get them, try the post office or home depot.

 

[WheaT]

Subscribed!

 

[Suma]

11-9-06:

Well, I thought it would be a good idea to preper a nice hideout for the fan cables that otherwise will be all over the place. After thinking and looking I came up with an idea.
Anyway, I started painting the radiator and a 120mm fan.

Today's update!

- A little fan wires planning. in order to hide all the unwanted fan cables.

- Damn army boots

- I glued the black pieces to the case, all the power for the fans will go through those. Notice the lower one, with the yellow & black cables, that one will be carrying 12v into the fan controller. All the other ones will carry the voltage set by the fan controller to the fans.

- Goes all the way back for the rear fan.

- All wires connected and secured.

- The radiator with primer on it.

- a 120mm fan colored black, will be placed on the radiator and pull air.

That's all for today, if I'll be awake I'll post pics after the painting's done.
Suma.

 

[Sleepy_Steve]

WOW, if only i could update as often lol.

Looking nice, you should get a lot of airflow over that rad.

 

[thaclassikz]

What exactly does that radiator do? Does it connect to anything? And where could i buy one?

 

[Suma]

WOW, if only i could update as often lol.

Looking nice, you should get a lot of airflow over that rad.

Well, airflow = noise. So I wouldn't want that, I'll have to keep the airflow/noise ratio in the level I can bare

 

[Suma]

What exactly does that radiator do? Does it connect to anything? And where could i buy one?

This rad will be connected to a watercooling loop as a heat exchanger. Just like the car radiatior acts.

Where can you get one just like this, that would be a problem since I bought this rad ages ago locally, in Israel.

You can get similar rads, like BIX or a heatercore perhaps.

 

[Seven]

Looking good so far, I really like the concept you have going here.

Black/Chrome/Red is a sweet color setup too, keep up the good work..

7

 

[Suma]

Another little update for the late night.. (it's 6am here!)

- After coating a coat of primer it's time for the real thing. BLACK!

- After finishing the front fans placement and wiring I moved to the rear exhust fan. Drilled a hole to get the wire through.

- Same thing for the top fan. BTW, the lower wire will feed the fan controller with 12v from the psu. You can see the PSU's side.

- Noise damping mat placed and the wire is hotglued and secured.

- A closer look.

- The finished product.

- Looks neat huh?


Well, I'm off to bed. Hope I can update some more tomorrow!
Suma.