Custom Tech Station Worklog

Elysium · October 19th, 2007

OK, so I decided to do a worklog instead of a guide. Here's some starting pics to give you an idea of what I'm going for:

Here's what the mobo standoffs will look like:

And the materials. Six 3' bars of angle aluminum bar and a 24" x18" sheet of acrylic for the upper mobo tray and the lower tray also.

More to come!

Death_blooms · October 19th, 2007

This looks like an interesting project, Ill be watching...

Capper · October 19th, 2007

On Monday we'll be posting our review of the Danger Den Torture Rack.....

Elysium · October 19th, 2007

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Originally Posted by Capper

On Monday we'll be posting our review of the Danger Den Torture Rack.....

Ooh, yay! The only thing I don't like about the DD Torture Rack is that you can only mount DD's rads on it... Swiftech's and Thermochill's won't fit...

Capper · October 19th, 2007

I can't really test that theory, but I'd think you could mount the rad you want, with at most a little modification

Elysium · October 19th, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Capper

I can't really test that theory, but I'd think you could mount the rad you want, with at most a little modification

Yeah. The problem with the Swiftech rads (judging by the pics) is that the placement of the holes for the barbs are in the wrong place. The problem for the Thermochill rads (again, judging by the pics) is the spacing for the fans.

**RA1D** · October 19th, 2007

maybe a radbox could be used?

Elysium · October 19th, 2007

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Originally Posted by RAID

maybe a radbox could be used?

That's a pretty good use for one of those! But I'd rather build my own tech station.

More pics in a bit...

Elysium · October 19th, 2007

OK, more pics! I cut all the aluminum to size. I decided the station will be 12" wide by 18" long, but I haven't decided how tall to make it. Thoughts?

Here's some pics of the cut aluminum. I'm just seeing if I cut the aluminum without messing up, and I don't think I did! It's off here and there, but overall I'm very pleased with myself.

The plan is to cut the acrylic in half for the upper and lower sections. I'll go do that right now. Stay tuned!

Dread · October 19th, 2007

Enough jibber-jabber, lets get those pics posted! :)

How thick is that plexi you're using?

October 19th, 2007	#1
Elysium Fields Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Pacific Grove, CA Posts: 4,497	Custom Tech Station Worklog OK, so I decided to do a worklog instead of a guide. Here's some starting pics to give you an idea of what I'm going for: Here's what the mobo standoffs will look like: And the materials. Six 3' bars of angle aluminum bar and a 24" x18" sheet of acrylic for the upper mobo tray and the lower tray also. More to come!

October 19th, 2007	#2
Death_blooms This is why I'm hot Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Forest of doom :P, UK Posts: 564	Re: Custom Tech Station Worklog This looks like an interesting project, Ill be watching...

October 19th, 2007	#3
Capper My work here is done Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 6,467 Blog Entries: 6	Re: Custom Tech Station Worklog On Monday we'll be posting our review of the Danger Den Torture Rack..... INTEL QX9650 // ASUS Maximus Formula II // 8GB PC2-8500 // BFG GTX260 MaxCore // DD Torture Rack // Seagate 750GB HDD // OCZ Vendetta // PC Power & Cooling 620W PSU

October 19th, 2007	#5
Capper My work here is done Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 6,467 Blog Entries: 6	Re: Custom Tech Station Worklog I can't really test that theory, but I'd think you could mount the rad you want, with at most a little modification INTEL QX9650 // ASUS Maximus Formula II // 8GB PC2-8500 // BFG GTX260 MaxCore // DD Torture Rack // Seagate 750GB HDD // OCZ Vendetta // PC Power & Cooling 620W PSU

October 19th, 2007	#7
RA1D Trib Tiemz! Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,472	Re: Custom Tech Station Worklog maybe a radbox could be used? Intel Core i7 975 Extreme \|\| EVGA Classified X58 \|\| OCZ Blade 6GB DDR3-2000 \|\| EVGA GTX 295 Quad SLI Intel Core i7 920 \|\| Asus Rampage II Extreme \|\| Crucial Tracer 6GB DDR3-1600 \|\| VisionTek HD4870X2 Quadfire Intel QX9770 Extreme \|\| Asus Rampage Extreme X48 \|\| Corsair Dominator 4GB DDR3-1600 \|\| EVGA GTX 280 Intel Q8400 \|\| Asus Maximus II Gene \|\| OCZ Blade 4GB DDR2-1200 \|\| PowerColor HD4890

October 19th, 2007	#9
Elysium Fields Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Pacific Grove, CA Posts: 4,497	Re: Custom Tech Station Worklog OK, more pics! I cut all the aluminum to size. I decided the station will be 12" wide by 18" long, but I haven't decided how tall to make it. Thoughts? Here's some pics of the cut aluminum. I'm just seeing if I cut the aluminum without messing up, and I don't think I did! It's off here and there, but overall I'm very pleased with myself. The plan is to cut the acrylic in half for the upper and lower sections. I'll go do that right now. Stay tuned!

October 19th, 2007	#10
Dread Jumpmaster Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Lansing, KS Posts: 725	Re: Custom Tech Station Worklog Enough jibber-jabber, lets get those pics posted! :) How thick is that plexi you're using? Intel C2D 6550 Asus P5Q Pro OCZ Platinum DDR2 800 2 x 2 GB EVGA GTX260 216 Samsung SyncMaster 2253bw 1 x WD3200 2 x WD2000JD HP DVD640 Corsair 750TX Win XP Home SP3

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