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If you are keeping the heatsinks and all that uncovered then you shouldn't have a problem with heat. You could even cover up the heatsinks and have 40 or 60mm fans built into the cover with a rustified cog grill :D. The downside of this is that you do get slightly more noise and the cover has to be slightly thicker.
Check out Defyant's work, he made a mobo cover for practically every mod lol.
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As long as you find a POT rated at 120 volts or so and a few amps then it should work fine to drop the voltage. I saw a rotary dimmer at Homedepot the other week for like $7 IIRC.
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This is looking great! Looking forward to the finsished thing.
-gaz
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*low whistle* grats on the front page.. there seems to be more electronics than an E&E retard like me can handle here xD
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Looks really great ! kuddoos and rep +1
Heart of the Machine - Part 1
Quick update, I got the holes cut for the newly bottom-mounted PSU:
And the lovely 1000-watt monster in place with its wires tucked neatly away out of sight. (The purpose of the plexi taped to the top of the PSU will come clear in time.)
I made a cover for it from three sheets of plexi and gave it the first step of the rust treatment.
Got some small angle iron and gave it the real rust treatment. I love the way this stuff looks!
And again with some holes carefully measured and drilled:
I don't like the smooth look of the angle iron, so here we have a brass spiral nail with convenient round head:
I took a bunch of these and drove them into a board in rows. Obviously I can't have any shiny brass in here, so I hit them with a mapp gas torch until they were glowing.
To get the shine off of the heads:
Not so shiny now, are ya?? :)
Not content with mistreating them like this, I cut their heads off.
Gruesome, ain't it?
But it was for a good cause. I think stage 1 of the PSU cover came out very well:
I know, I am going to have to raise the whole machine up a little bit to allow the PSU to breathe. I'm still pondering something that will serve as feet.
Next update may be a while coming, but it will be worth it.
Opinions?
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that came out awesome! :bowdown: +rep
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wow thats sweet! lovin the rust look! it came out really good :up:
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The PSU looks amazing, fantastic work mate, can't wait for more :D.
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Awesome blue! Coming together fantastically. Watching...
On the bottom, what if you set it up like a boiler with a flickering flame effect? The entire case would be lifted up 2 inches or so and vertical slots cut all the way around.