Next mod: Acrylic, water, bling. (Planning stages)

[Azriel]

I'm tempted to size this up to 10x 10 x8.. ITX boards suck. I think i could do a lot more for my money with a matx. Still deciding.

[Azriel]

Okay, past my little moment of weakness. Definitely going ITX.

This is what I am considdering.

http://www.servercase.com/miva/miva?...e=Motherboards

This board's strength is that it has 2 dimms, it's cheaper, and offers all the same things as the via Epia. I'm waiting for some answers on maybe getting one without heatsinks installed, but that's a long shot. The board measures 6.7 inches square. I was under the impression that the ITX standard was 7.6. I could actually make it smaller than I had planned.

I've also been looking into running the silent ITX PSU, ranther than wasting space on a flex PSU.

At 6.7 inches, if I slot all four walls .100" deep, I can make it a 7" cube. (walls will be .250" thick lexan.) If I ditch the floppy, and use a ITX silent PSU, I can make it shorter as well. I may have to look for a smaller pump. The top section can shrink to about .625". If I hang the drives from the top, no plate of lexan would be required between the drives and the mobo. The motherboard would be held by the groove in the casing. I would have to cut a pocket in the front wall to allow the IDE cable to get to the drives. It would still be .100" inch thick after the pocket. This is very doable.

I am also rethinking the water flow. Rather than running a line to the block for the water input, I could make open waterblocks that would essentially be passive pin heatsinks in a acrylic tube with the water being jetted onto them fountain style. It would be a much better effect. Cheaper, safer, and easier to make. That's always a plus.

[Azriel]

I ordered some clear lexan tubing.

Decided to go with round waterblocks. Each of the three locations that currently have air heatsinks on this board will get water.

The construction of the waterblock is going to be dead simple. I'm Using 2 different sizes for this. What I am describing is the larger one for the CPU.

A .500" ID/.75" OD clear lexan tube will feed straight up the center of the crosscut 1.750" Dia. x 2 inch Aluminum round. The line will terminate .100 inch before the base of the fins, making the water spray outward and run down them. This bock will be press fit into a 2" OD/1.750" ID Lexan tube. The Outer tube will just clear the splash guard and allow the water to freefall to the reservoir.

[Azriel]

Just lost a huge addition to that last post. What is this 10 min limit on edits???

Let's try this again. (Hope I'm not limited to 10 min to type it this time.)

I have decided the PSU will be going outside the box. Just a small PSU, skinned in the remaining bronze smoked lexan. (using some for accents on the box)

The Wires will be extended to 6 feet, sleeved, and will terminate at this Amphenol connector. The flange is 1.750" square. The connector has 37 conductors.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y40...tled-1copy.jpg

[Aedan]

Yah, there's a 10 minute limit on edits. After 10 minutes, it's commited!

[Azriel]

This is the PSU I will be using. 200watt, 5.9x3.2x1.6 inches. it will make a nice looking power brick.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y40...xatx200pla.jpg

[madcatmk3]

this seems promising.

[Azriel]

And keeping with the tiny theme. Here are the keyboard and mouse I plan to use with it.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y40...n/IMGA0758.jpg

[Azriel]

ANyone know where a nub could find a 4-port PCI hub card? I used to have one. Can't find any .

[Exile69]

Like this?

[Azriel]

Nope. Hub as in network. Was thinking about putting one in... thinking maybe better to put a wifi in though.

[Gizmo]

Originally Posted by Azriel

ANyone know where a nub could find a 4-port PCI hub card? I used to have one. Can't find any .

D-Link used to make a 4-port NIC. They quit making it several years ago, though, and I don't think anyone else does, unless you want to go to server-class NICs and spend about $400.

edit: How about this one, by AEI?

[Azriel]

Still on this. Minor setback. My laptop dvd came in and it's got a retarded bezel on it what just won't work out well with the design, so I'm hunting for a different one.

[captaincurran]

why not mod the bezel?

[Favu]

:: Bump! ::

Is there any news on this, Azriel?