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Question of the Day: Have you ever been to an airshow?
Custom PC case - Multi Hex MKII
- Thread starter Archer
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Really nice stuff. I was designing my own case in 3D but balked at the price of making something myself so I ended up getting an nCase M1. Still expensive but I knew it would work.
Must be great to have a custom thing though, tick all the very specific boxes.
Must be great to have a custom thing though, tick all the very specific boxes.
Archer
Honorary Master
After a lot of interruptions from life in general, and dumb luck in finding my files, I'll hopefully be finishing up this weekend so that I can send this in for paint on Monday
Archer
Honorary Master
Don't see the need to, am I missing something?
Air in from the back, vent out the top. I've got a way overspecced PSU as well so the fan is hardly on anyway
Pitbull
Verboten
Don't see the need to, am I missing something?
Ponder is correct, currently your exhaust is in the case and your suction fan is on the outside. Sucking in air to cool the PSU and then blowing that Hot air into the case.
Electric
Honorary Master
If he adds a fan above the PSU exhausting it should be fine.
Pitbull
Verboten
Yea
I think he might have over looked it as he didn't understand what ponder was saying. However, seems like he's using watercooling? Should not be an issue then.
Archer
Honorary Master
There are no components higher than the PSU exhaust, and all other airflow is from two fans at the bottom pushing air up. Any hot air is going to go right out the top vents... I'm still confused.
Look at a Silverstone RV02, same idea
Pitbull
Verboten
O so, it's not going to be closed off at the top?
Either way, you're using water-cooling so it should hardly make any difference at all anyway. I was just adding my 2c's as per Ponder saw the PSU mounted in a non-normal way
Archer
Honorary Master
That would be a bit silly now wouldn't it?
Second pic in the OP should illustrate it quite well (only the side panel is missing form that view), I guess it is a bit strange because I dont have the typical plate that would surround the motherboard output ports, it is all open.
Archer
Honorary Master
Should have a substantial update this weekend 
If my social obligations don't get in the way!
I have also been thinking about ways to put in some LEDs at the bottom without turning it into a disco show - good thing I have an old arduino lying around. I'll create some macros on my keyboard and have the arduino listen for that over the USB connection, so I can control the lights as precisely as I want to. It's more for the minor challenge of doing some programming than actually having lights The side benefit though is I can recreate it by the TV - good for activating backlighting on the TV only when I need it
If my social obligations don't get in the way! I have also been thinking about ways to put in some LEDs at the bottom without turning it into a disco show - good thing I have an old arduino lying around. I'll create some macros on my keyboard and have the arduino listen for that over the USB connection, so I can control the lights as precisely as I want to. It's more for the minor challenge of doing some programming than actually having lights
The side benefit though is I can recreate it by the TV - good for activating backlighting on the TV only when I need it
Electric
Honorary Master
Should have a substantial update this weekend
I have also been thinking about ways to put in some LEDs at the bottom without turning it into a disco show - good thing I have an old arduino lying around. I'll create some macros on my keyboard and have the arduino listen for that over the USB connection, so I can control the lights as precisely as I want to. It's more for the minor challenge of doing some programming than actually having lights
Has dragon..... worries about led disco show.
Archer
Honorary Master
Electric
Honorary Master
You just keep quiet!
Nah, seriously though, you're doing a good job with this.
Archer
Honorary Master
What is this?
I started doing some assembly, but I don't have much time on week nights (and more social obligations planned) so the rest will have to wait until the weekend
And obligatory dragon picture for Electric (although I have it flipped the wrong way, so don't go comparing it to to the CAD pictures...). It has a little bit too much powder in the areas with finer details, I'll clean that up later.
I started doing some assembly, but I don't have much time on week nights (and more social obligations planned) so the rest will have to wait until the weekend
And obligatory dragon picture for Electric
(although I have it flipped the wrong way, so don't go comparing it to to the CAD pictures...). It has a little bit too much powder in the areas with finer details, I'll clean that up later.