Hpres-server

[OvRiDe]

is that your son, man?
cause if that is, i wish i had a dad like you =o

I agree .. If memory serves me right.. I believe Defyant built THIS pc for his son!! Its one of my all time favorites!!

[MarkTheDaemon]

All i can say is wow.

Defyant you've inspired me to start thinking about getting a cheap box and trying out some ideas on it...

Mark

[Omega]

Damn, defyant is a god.


he could easialy make 10k off of the case alone.

[FyR]

Great going defyant, i like the way you take a simple looking case and make it special, looking awsome.

I just had a thought though, i was sitting here at my PC and my pc sits on my desc with me, id just been fiddling with it and the case was closer to the my tft monitor than usual, the worrying thing was, the fans inside my case were creating a wavy effect on the monitor :O

Now, im assuming TFT monitors are pretty much the same as an LCD display like the ones your using, in this case do you think the two fans are going to interfere with the picture on the LCD's as they are very close? especially the one at the front? i REALLY hope im wrong and would gladly recieve a good ol kickin if i am.

Paul

[wingman358]

o.m.g.

[Defyant]

cheers once again guys!

FyR, Cheers mate seems ok?

The original plan was to put a Coolermaster water kit in the mod, the previouse server had a Modded version for about 4 months now and i was very happy with this setup.

As you can see here the setup fits easily... but i was left with the problem of mounting a RES!!

This unit isn't really that much better than good aftermarket air cooling.... it's just quieter!

I decided to use AIR COOLING... the only drama with aircooling is that imo with a motherboard cover heat becomes a problem.

To over come this problem, ive decided to ADD some ACTIVE cooling to assist airflow under the MOTHERBOARD COVER.


2 x 80mm fan holes are cut this will help to draw flow over the cpu and back out the side of the case... the fans are 2 x 80 super quiet coolermasters...which unlike the rest of the fans in the case can be left on the 12volt power.

For the side of the case i'm going to steel the side vent idea from HP4-FlameD.... but this time ive decided to go with the "bling Chrome Vents". the contrast on the All Back Case should look nice.

To make sure the Vent Holes are perfect rather than hand dremel cut and risk any wobbly lines ive decided this time to SCORE linecut the holes.


First score with a carbide but marker

The the final cuts are done with a stanly knife.

Then just press!

And Presto! perfect Dual side vent holes....i'll give them a smooth and paint the all the panels later.

A qik test ( excuse the messy wires for now )

[Defyant]

Now that the Cooling and layout of the internals were sorted it was time to sort out Break out jacks for the front screen.

the front screen has 2 inputs.

The simplest solution is to use a blank!

The new breakout plate can be connected to the RCA on the Screen.

and can be screwed into place.

The signal can pass thru from the card to the input.

[Defyant]

The good old standoff post is used to hold the motherboard cover inplace.

The mother board cover can be installed ! and final wires are cable tied behind the HDD Box.

Hard drives are fitted into thyr new home and SATA and power cables are fed from the hidden side then back out to each drive.

This method while not as clean as fully stealthed will allow for the qick changing of drives

The idea is a clean practical server solutin with goold flow and no messy wires.

[tybrenis]

As usual, you never fail to impress, defyant.

[snow99dohc]

omfg you are god