 | outside
400W x 500D x 650H
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 | all 4 lids open
top left: CD/CDR etc (with CD/CDR lid)
top back: 120mm fans
front: HDD
back: dust filter drawer
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 | exploded
2x 120mm fans (or 3x) for main air circulation
2x 80mm fans for hdd cooling, in serial with the
80mm PSU fan
air intake area: 3x34cm² = 102cm²
dust filter area: 1350cm²
air exhaust area: 32+72cm² = 104cm²
4 3½" HDD slots
4 5¼" CD/CDR/DVD slots (5¼" adapter for for 3½" FDD)
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 | Top of case, CD lid closed
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 | Top of case, CD lid opened
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 | Opening the top part of the case
Note: The top part weights around 10kg, including CD players.
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 | Top part open
Revealing the dual 120mm "case" fans and the air maze
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 | Top part + fans open
The fans are on hinges as well, giving easy access to the
motherboard and components.
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 | Motherboard
120mm sucking case fans (keep the direction of the airflow!),
2x80mm helper fans, Papst 8412 NGL on the same voltage
- very low airflow, but enough to keep things better.
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 | Bottom part of case
Lid to HDDs and fan controller, air intake
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 | HDD lid open
The 5¼" power connectors make a mess - this is the HDD
level of the case with the fan controller.
The white stuff is the dust filter.
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 | HDDs
HDDs suspended in foam in a cradle that is suspended on foam.
Behind the cradle is the PSU.
2x80mm fans in the cradle
to keep the HDDs cool (they report 30-35°C) - that airflow
passes the PSU and then a maze.
4xfan controller out of focus, sorry about that.
The yellow thing to the left is a screwdriver that
fits the resistors on the fan controller. :)
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 | Fan controller
This gives up to 1A or so for each of the four groups.
Big connector goes to my control unit.
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 | Front
Front of the computer, lids closed. Air intake closest
the ground, with unpainted MDF board showing.
(Sloppy me.)
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 | Top lid
Top lid open.
The top lid weights around 10kg.
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 | View down
Top lid open. "Fan lid" down. Those are two 120mm fans.
IDE cable, floppy cable, power and sound cables going up to the
CD players in the top lid.
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View at the motherboard. ½" silicone hoses for the water,
slightly pink from the water wetter. Danger Den Maze 3 CPU
cooler on the AMD 1900+, Swiftech GPU cooler on the 9700 pro.
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 | Rear view
Rear view. Air exhaust at the top. "My Burk" water tank -
it's a kitchen supply plastic can (~$3) with some plumbing
done to it.
2x Senfu "Dual Fan" radiators, stripped of the casing and
fixed with screws to the my case.
The black tubing is stiffer cable tubing I put around the hose,
so it wouldn't bend too much and block the water (kink).
The cable is from the water pump. I'm planning on building a relay
solution for it instead, but I haven't got around to it.
I noticed today that I have algae in the tank. I should
do something about that... :/
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 | Dust filter
Rear view, dust filter out.
This is the large-area dust filter I use. The large area
makes almost no air resistance for the fans, which is important.
It's normal "window-type vent" filter, put on with velcro.
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 | Side view
Side view, with the machine running - all cables connected.
Note that the radiators are quite deep, measures about 10x10x20cm (x2).
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 | Top-side view
Top side view for a general feeling of the case.
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silent case version 2
