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Cortexian
October 14th, 2009, 09:35 PM
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=217611

Early concept images:
http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk77/mickcox64/Case-mkII-50-1024.jpg

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk77/mickcox64/Case_ani_panels.gif

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk77/mickcox64/CaseAirFlow.gif

Newer concept images:
http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk77/mickcox64/Case-mkII-Piped-10a.jpg

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk77/mickcox64/Case-mkII-Piped-14.jpg

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk77/mickcox64/Case-mkII-Piped-16.jpg

Amazing case for water cooling, obviously designed specifically for enthusiast water cooling users and nothing else.

BobtheGreatII
October 14th, 2009, 09:56 PM
Wow, I really like it. I would buy one. Especially the black and white one. Great design.

Rentafence
October 14th, 2009, 09:58 PM
More fans.

Cortexian
October 14th, 2009, 10:00 PM
More fans.
They're not all necessary, depends on how you configure your radiators.

BobtheGreatII
October 14th, 2009, 11:27 PM
Hey, just a few quick questions, what are you modeling this in and what are you rendering it with? Renders look pro. Seriously though... I can't tell you how much I love that case. I've always been a fan (heh...) of simple designs, along side some awesome looks. I hate cases that are crazy shapes. It's such a perfect case for me. I don't know how many other people are like that, but I'm sure there's enough of us that would buy it if it ever got made. You need to sign a deal with someone get this sucker made, then split off, become your own company, and then start producing it in custom colors. Seriously is pro. Well done.

Cortexian
October 14th, 2009, 11:32 PM
I have no idea about the questions, check the original thread that I linked at the very beginning of the post.

I read that he did some in Google SketchUp, but that's not what he used for the renders I posted I don't think.

Edit:


I use Google SketchUp and Kerkythea for my designs and rendering.


If I could use said programs well, I'd definitely be modeling some case designs I've got in my head. I'm rubbish with 3D stuff though.

Cagerrin
October 14th, 2009, 11:42 PM
Ugh, why in the world isn't he saving the renders as .png, or at least not saving them as .jpg in kerky and using something with a quality slider to convert them to .jpg? :saddowns:

This is probably the first case I've seen that I'd describe as "tacticool". Seriously, fans are like the computer equivalent of rails.

BobtheGreatII
October 14th, 2009, 11:51 PM
Ugh, why in the world isn't he saving the renders as .png, or at least not saving them as .jpg in kerky and using something with a quality slider to convert them to .jpg? :saddowns:

This is probably the first case I've seen that I'd describe as "tacticool". Seriously, fans are like the computer equivalent of rails.

I disagree... for this reason:

http://icehot.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/_huge_fan_cooled_case_mod_32.jpg

Cortexian
October 14th, 2009, 11:54 PM
If the above case actually worked than it would be cool.

3/4 of those fans are duds hth~

TheGhost
October 14th, 2009, 11:57 PM
How would someone go about getting something like this made? I know you can do simple machining with Solidworks exports, but this is pretty intense and seems like it would require some specialized equipment.

Cortexian
October 15th, 2009, 12:17 AM
The guy that's designing it is trying desperately to get a deal signed with a big case manufacturer, but he hasn't looked into any manufacturing costs yet.

TheGhost
October 15th, 2009, 11:39 AM
Not to be a pessimist, but that's incredibly unlikely. They have trained professionals that they pay full time to do stuff like this.

Maybe a smaller company, but I still don't see it happening.

Cortexian
October 15th, 2009, 11:57 AM
So because he's not a paid professional, his case that is a great deal better than most water cooling enthusiast cases out there has no chance of getting produced? I don't see how being a paid employee or not really matters, if I created a case that a lot of other people liked I'd be contacting manufacturers if only to see if they would consider it.

He has already been contacted by a couple of smaller companies, but they wanted permission to "copy" his design instead of sign a contract with him. He's considering this as well, since the "paid professionals" that copy it might have some insights on HOW the case would actually be manufactured.

Cojafoji
October 15th, 2009, 02:06 PM
Pretty freakin' sweet case man.

klange
October 16th, 2009, 08:52 AM
Supporting this case. Will buy for my next build if it gets manufactured.

legionaire45
October 16th, 2009, 08:56 PM
In terms of actually building this from blueprints or whatever, it looks like most of it could feasibly built if you have access to a machine shop. Depending on the format of the blueprints, if you bring them into a machine shop they might make it for you, although it might cost quite a bit...

With the exception of the drive bays most of it could be made with a vertical band saw if you're careful with it. The ventilation holes could be made on a drill press.

The drive bays might require some bending equipment - I'm blanking on the name right now. basically, big scary looking device that makes bending things very easy and accurate. Basically, cut out a flattened out version of the drive cages, drill all the holes you need using a drill press or something, bend everything, etc.

CNC would speed some of it up, but unless you have access to a fairly large CNC machine you'd probably have to manual machine a lot of it.

Rook
October 17th, 2009, 10:08 PM
Looks like a full tower case fuck that!

buy mid tower.

Ganon
October 18th, 2009, 12:31 AM
Looks like a full tower case fuck that!

buy mid tower.

uhh lol

Rook
October 18th, 2009, 12:31 AM
uhh lol

say it to my face!

Ganon
October 18th, 2009, 12:33 AM
bigger is better rook, haven't your cousin's mentioned this before?

Rook
October 18th, 2009, 12:34 AM
yeah try fitting that large package into a tight of space as this,


yeah ok

Ganon
October 18th, 2009, 12:36 AM
there is a solution to every problem, modifications can be made to fit things of any size

Rook
October 18th, 2009, 12:39 AM
even if it does fit do your research, who wants 20 hdds and 4 graphics cards????

Ganon
October 18th, 2009, 12:40 AM
people who like to be ready and fully loaded for new things available to them in the future

Rook
October 18th, 2009, 12:42 AM
fully loaded my ass have fun carrying your 50 pounds of bullshit around

paladin
October 18th, 2009, 12:43 AM
I have 2 Hdd and 2 GPUs and my case is 49.5lbs

Ganon
October 18th, 2009, 12:45 AM
I don't usually have to carry it around, and If I did I would only take the bare necessities.

Rook
October 18th, 2009, 12:50 AM
look at all that shit you gotta take out not to mention mid towers are usually cheaper+beter. if you were smart and not a hardcoresupernerdenthusiant builder you would buy mid towers

Ganon
October 18th, 2009, 12:51 AM
being hardcore got me more fans than you did now didn't it

Rook
October 18th, 2009, 12:54 AM
3 fans got me this why dont you sit on it and spin

http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/9241/sitm.png

Ganon
October 18th, 2009, 12:55 AM
whatever will keep me cool man, well cya

paladin
October 18th, 2009, 01:22 AM
My cores (4) are 19-21C

Ganon
October 18th, 2009, 01:26 AM
my gpu can get hot at times, but it's built to handle the heat once the fans are turned on.

Rook
October 18th, 2009, 02:10 AM
My cores (4) are 19-21C

Stock AMD cooler is definitely not acclaimed.

OR QUIET FOR THAT MATTER HOLY SHIT CAN YOU SAY JET ENGINE

DEElekgolo
October 18th, 2009, 03:31 AM
It looks like it would sound like a jet engine.

Cortexian
October 18th, 2009, 04:53 PM
All the mid-tower case discussion is irrelevant, as I stated already the case I posted is for WATER COOLING enthusiasts using dual radiators. That's the reason for the massive size of the case, also it's ATX/Inverted ATX interchangeable.

paladin
October 18th, 2009, 07:01 PM
Stock AMD cooler is definitely not acclaimed.

OR QUIET FOR THAT MATTER HOLY SHIT CAN YOU SAY JET ENGINE

Ah, Im running a Intel Qx9650 and Zalman 9700

BobtheGreatII
October 18th, 2009, 08:00 PM
This guy has a bunch of his models for sketchup posted. Was thinking about building my own... We'll see.