Project C

[Witchdoctor]

Here is a little something I threw together for Cecil.

This will be my last rack until I get settled in the new spread .....

After that if you draw it I will build it and ship it if anyone has an intrest in these types of racks

3/4" MDF with 3/8" ready rod construction ....

the pics shown equal $ 52.00 worth of materail cost unpainted ....

Labor is free for Alliance members shipping and materaial cost

this oarticular rack will accomidte the Swifttech tri rad on the MB level and will have a ton of room underneat for harware drivs and so forth

next to the board will be the pump and the top level is to accomidate a res

Hope it works out for C ........... :blink:

Sub zero configs include a motherboard tray with 1/2" elastmeteric insulation

[Chuchnit]

Looks really good Witchdoctor!! I see you are nifty with stuff like this.

[rickss69]

Yea, I like it as well! :good:

[MaadDaawg]

Dude, you should sell these bad boys as DocTech lol. Looks really good :)

[HITandRUN]

Looking good mate! :thumbsup:

[DOM]

looks nice :leghump:

[Witchdoctor]

DocTech. ??? ................ LOL

I just do it for something to do ... since my rig is down I need some shit to do ..... LOL

So I thought I would start building these things ....

Nothing like a macheined rack .... LOL .... I am lucky if the holes line up ...... LOL

[punx223]

dude... that is for sure sick dude... i love that design

[Cecil]

Cant wait for it to get here so I can get my loop going.

Trying to decide if I want to paint it or not, I have some primer and gloss black paint, and some clear coat. hmm

[DOM]

is it just for benching ? Cecil

if it is i wouldnt

[Cecil]

is it just for benching ? Cecil

if it is i wouldnt

Yup, thats what I was figuring, just leave it as is. But I have the paint sitting here, so I might.

[DOM]

Yup, thats what I was figuring, just leave it as is. But I have the paint sitting here, so I might.

reason i wouldnt cuz knowing me ill end up chiping or scratching the paint

but i would paint the top one with OCA something for the money shots ;)

[Neuromancer]

looks great witchy. Like the threaded rod legs. If you go 3 legs across (6 total) you could turn the motherboard tray into 3 piece of either strap or box tube which would really reduce weight as well as leaving hte bottom of the board open for insulation or airflow :)

[Witchdoctor]

Thanks bro ...

I will have to give that a go ... I think I know what your saying ..


Throw it down on a peice of paper if you could and post it

Sort of like bulid three bridges of aluminum box channel to carry the board ???

[Neuromancer]

Thanks bro ...

I will have to give that a go ... I think I know what your saying ..


Throw it down on a peice of paper if you could and post it

Sort of like bulid three bridges of aluminum box channel to carry the board ???

Yup they line up good from back to front. I am surprised no one has done it before (I have never seen it anyway) I did it to a lesser degree once on a desktop case build I tried... (plexiglass center with motherboard slightly raised.. sides were all wood and help PSU on one side HDDs on the other. Center under mobo was the ODD/FDD and the two sides doubled as monitor stands. It sucked but I may rehash it someday...

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/9526/photo002lh2.jpg
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/4694/photo001yt9.jpg
only pictures I could find of it

As you can see I did not go all the way back.. because I was raising it to fit ODD/FDD under neath the mobo and needed wiremanagement space...

Idea is sound though with a stiff enough piece...

I will try and draw something up and maybe have you build be one too :)

[Witchdoctor]

So this would be for an air or water system as the bottom of the board would be exsposed ???

Looks like it would be viable using 3/4" aluminum box channel but that shit is exspensive

11 bucks for 4'

Three rail design lined up with the board hole and I could hold them in on an aluminum carrage .... it would be light as hell ..... :thumbsup:

using 1/2" plywood on the bottom for HDD's, ROm and PS would not add hardly anything either .....

could even get some 3/16 aluminum sheet stack for the botton and take wood out of the equasion ..... you may have to ground this beast though as it would light you up if something ios touching ...... :taunt:

[Cecil]

Got it today (who ever heard of UPS ground making it overnight?)
Painting now. I suck at painting, but its coming along ok. Doing 2-3 coats grey primer, 2-3 coats gloss black, and maybe a clear coat or two. Got some gloss white for the "OCA" stencil I made.

[DOM]

post some pics see how its coming along ;)

[Cecil]

http://s864.photobucket.com/albums/ab207/ctmaudi/PC%20Setups/Benching%20Setups/Custom%20Rack/

[DOM]

i never done ups over night cost to much lol

so when is it going to be benched on ?

do you do more water cooling the ln2 ?

[Cecil]

i never done ups over night cost to much lol

so when is it going to be benched on ?

do you do more water cooling the ln2 ?

It wasnt overnight, he got regular ground and it got here in a day.

Hope to have my loop up before the weekend. I dont do LN2. I have a pot for DICE, but havent gotten to it yet. Not sure if I will cause I have an AC apart I can use to chill the water.

[Neuromancer]

I do UPS ground with newegg all the time, 90% of the time its overnight :)

(Because newegg's warehouse is close)

[DOM]

I do UPS ground with newegg all the time, 90% of the time its overnight :)

(Because newegg's warehouse is close)

you suck lol i always have to wait 3days :(

but now they charge sh on almost everything now

[Witchdoctor]

Hey C looks good

How did the panels ship .. any dammage ?

Please make sure the rad holes line up before you throw any more coats on

Just in case they need adjusted .... Kinda done on a wing and a prayer not having the actual unit there. I usally make card board templates of that many fixed holes due to having to free hand everything as I do not have a drill press and proper machienery

the two holes that were added from the OP are for the push pull fan wires

and the notch in the front is to accomidaste the tubes according the the diagram

Best of luck hope you like it ......:thumbsup:

[DOM]

It wasnt overnight, he got regular ground and it got here in a day.

Hope to have my loop up before the weekend. I dont do LN2. I have a pot for DICE, but havent gotten to it yet. Not sure if I will cause I have an AC apart I can use to chill the water.

aww i c

i was thing of moving my rack to the garage and using the ice box for the gpu loop but i dont think i have long enough tubes to run it but its a mess in there wife doesnt know what the dumpster is for

[Cecil]

Hey C looks good

How did the panels ship .. any dammage ?

Please make sure the rad holes line up before you throw any more coats on

Just in case they need adjusted .... Kinda done on a wing and a prayer not having the actual unit there. I usally make card board templates of that many fixed holes due to having to free hand everything as I do not have a drill press and proper machienery

the two holes that were added from the OP are for the push pull fan wires

and the notch in the front is to accomidaste the tubes according the the diagram

Best of luck hope you like it ......:thumbsup:

Everything seemed fine. Holes looked like they match up, havent tried with screws though.

I screwed up with the OCA stencil, the paper moved and smeered the white everywhere. Had to go through more black to cover it up, so Im only going to primer the bottom piece.

[Chicken Patty]

Subscribed man, looking good so far :toast:

[Cecil]

Witch, I have 3 extra nuts, but missing a washer. Is there suppost to be extra nuts (I can pick up the washer at the hardware store)?

[Cecil]

Got it finished, and put together.

http://i864.photobucket.com/albums/ab207/ctmaudi/PC%20Setups/Benching%20Setups/Custom%20Rack/IMG_1863.jpg
http://i864.photobucket.com/albums/ab207/ctmaudi/PC%20Setups/Benching%20Setups/Custom%20Rack/IMG_1859.jpg
http://i864.photobucket.com/albums/ab207/ctmaudi/PC%20Setups/Benching%20Setups/Custom%20Rack/IMG_1862.jpg

[Chicken Patty]

:toast: That looks freakin' great!!!!!!

[Chuchnit]

Looks good Cecil!!

[DOM]

you did a good job :thumbsup:

[Cecil]

The O is a little messed up, and there is a hair stuck in the paint on it lol. Other then that, Im happy with it.

[Witchdoctor]

On the bottom there should be no washers used so the feet stick past a hair further

on the end up rights there should be nuts and washers locking it down.
I know they were not on in the pics but that was because I was just tryiong tio give you and idea

Every deck should be locked in place on both sides and the underneath tof the bottom does not get washers

the rods shopuld be flush with the nuts on the under carrage and the space for the first deck should be measured to fit a power supply upright and tighteened down til it is snug ....

I personally use the little 3/8" round clear rubber dots at Home Depot in the feet section on the PS so it does not scratch the paint

if the 1 1/4" screws did not get tight grad 6 1 5/8" screws to replace

then all you should need is the rad mounting screws & the top deck is on upside down ............. LOL

Looks great BTW.................:clapping:

[Cecil]

On the bottom there should be no washers used so the feet stick past a hair further

on the end up rights there should be nuts and washers locking it down.
I know they were not on in the pics but that was because I was just tryiong tio give you and idea

Every deck should be locked in place on both sides and the underneath tof the bottom does not get washers

the rods shopuld be flush with the nuts on the under carrage and the space for the first deck should be measured to fit a power supply upright and tighteened down til it is snug ....

I personally use the little 3/8" round clear rubber dots at Home Depot in the feet section on the PS so it does not scratch the paint

if the 1 1/4" screws did not get tight grad 6 1 5/8" screws to replace

then all you should need is the rad mounting screws & the top deck is on upside down ............. LOL

Looks great BTW.................:clapping:

The top deck is where I messed up with the paint, so I had to put it upside down. The feet are just long enough that the washers fit on the bottom too, Ill just pick up another sometime for the top one that doesnt have it.

Thanks again :thumbsup:

[Witchdoctor]

You should have nuts in washers on the top of the second deck bro .....

it is just laying there and those nuts will not tighten ....

It will give the entire rack more stability .......... :thumbsup:

[Cecil]

You should have nuts in washers on the top of the second deck bro .....

it is just laying there and those nuts will not tighten ....

It will give the entire rack more stability .......... :thumbsup:

The second deck has them on the 4 rods, just not the two tall ones. I was looking at the pics you put up at EOCF when I put it together, and thats how it was.
Ill fix it though.

[Witchdoctor]

inshort bro all decks where rods penetrate should have an nut and washer on both sides of the wood except the the underneath of the bottom deck just gets a nut on it but the top side does get the washer as well

just helps the feet out a bit and gives you a bit more clearance lowering the chances of scratinging the table underneath

Can't wait to see it .... hardware on it yet .... and loop

praying the rad acomidations work ???

Good way to dress it up ios 3/8" cap nuts on the six riser tops. I didn't get them to save you a few bucks ...

[ReverendMaynard]

Nice work cecil!

can't wait to get mine setup at the new diggs. Not sure what color I'll paint it, but it'll be swanktastic.

[Cecil]

Dont have the loop yet, but added in some hardware that I had to test out.

The rad holes mostly match up, but I cant get it flush against the wood. Also, there isnt enough room for the tubing (the notch was about 1/4 short) so I had to mount it facing away from the board. Not a big deal though.
http://s864.photobucket.com/albums/ab207/ctmaudi/PC%20Setups/Benching%20Setups/Custom%20Rack/

[Neuromancer]

Holy crap stains that is a sweet looking setup

All it needs is a quick connect 3.5 and 5.25 blanks and your good to go :)

Personally on my setup I use the rad to cool the HDDs, fan controller and PSU. Using it to push air across the board is much better design...

I cant wait to get 360 rad instead of this 480.. it SOOO freaking big

granted it cools like a beast...

maybe I need a new WB, 360 rad and a 355 for my 24/7 setup ;)


Just let witchy build me a solid light weight bench station...

I was thinking 3 rad on a design now its changing ... *sigh

Ill be in touch before you are back to benching WD ;)

[Cecil]

Im hoping the block I have doesnt hold back the loop. I got a AquaXtreme MP-05 for $20, that can go from AM2/3, 775, 478, 939, 754, A without taking apart the block to change the bracket. It just looks like a crappy block though.

The Socket A board I have (NF7-V2) has tall caps next to the CPU socket, so I had to put some spacers on the mount for the block to get it to fit. Just looks wierd now lol.
Ill probably have the loop going by this weeked. I got to finsh with the upgrades to my laptop, and go see Iron Man 2 first though :cool3:

[Witchdoctor]

Hey C sounds like the rad was not quite dead on balls :ohcrap:

Hoping it is a simple enough fix

Go to hardware store buy a drill bit just a hair bigger than the holes .... prolly 1/16th bigger
drill through all 12 holes and try again ... that should get you so you can pull it tight

You will need a jig saw to fix the notch

take off end panle and the bottom cut extend 1/4" then on both sides of the notch

that should be just about it .... time to preform repair 15 minutes .....

I knew I should of had you ship me that rad ....

sorry for the screw up bro

[Cecil]

Hey C sounds like the rad was not quite dead on balls :ohcrap:

Hoping it is a simple enough fix

Go to hardware store buy a drill bit just a hair bigger than the holes .... prolly 1/16th bigger
drill through all 12 holes and try again ... that should get you so you can pull it tight

You will need a jig saw to fix the notch

take off end panle and the bottom cut extend 1/4" then on both sides of the notch

that should be just about it .... time to preform repair 15 minutes .....

I knew I should of had you ship me that rad ....

sorry for the screw up bro

Its not a problem. Ill probably just leave it as is. I wanted some slack with the tubing anyway for when I stick the rad in a cooler, so having it mounted the other way will give more room for the tubing to loop around.

[Witchdoctor]

Pics bro when your 100% done

Keep it clean bro and dump the photo bucket

[Cecil]

Pics bro when your 100% done

Keep it clean bro and dump the photo bucket

I like it cause I only have to upload once to one place, then link to it. Im getting lazy :clapping:

[Darth Iudicium]

Wow, really nice looking rack. Probably be my next step up from a case once I get things rolling along. Quite the Crafter.

[Cecil]

Finally got the loop flowing. Was having trouble with the inlet to the rad leaking, but I "think" I got it working now. Going to leak test over night, and hopefully get to benching again tomorrow.

Pics to follow soon.

[Cecil]

Here they are.

http://i864.photobucket.com/albums/ab207/ctmaudi/PC%20Setups/Benching%20Setups/Custom%20Rack/th_IMG_1874.jpg (http://s864.photobucket.com/albums/ab207/ctmaudi/PC%20Setups/Benching%20Setups/Custom%20Rack/?action=view&current=IMG_1874.jpg)

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http://i864.photobucket.com/albums/ab207/ctmaudi/PC%20Setups/Benching%20Setups/th_IMG_1878.jpg (http://s864.photobucket.com/albums/ab207/ctmaudi/PC%20Setups/Benching%20Setups/?action=view&current=IMG_1878.jpg)

http://i864.photobucket.com/albums/ab207/ctmaudi/PC%20Setups/Benching%20Setups/th_IMG_1879.jpg (http://s864.photobucket.com/albums/ab207/ctmaudi/PC%20Setups/Benching%20Setups/?action=view&current=IMG_1879.jpg)

[Witchdoctor]

Looking good C ... :thumbsup:

Need a DD :thumbsup:dual res ... that micro looks micro up there .... LOL

[Cecil]

Looking good C ... :thumbsup:

Need a DD :thumbsup:dual res ... that micro looks micro up there .... LOL

It gets the job done lol.

1F above ambient in BIOS without the AC on, with a P4 3Ghz HT 478. Still installing windows, havent got to load yet.

[Witchdoctor]

LOL

Hitting some retro benching .... It all good bro .... has been a long timme since I haev overclocked a P4 .... :thumbsup:

[Cecil]

LOL

Hitting some retro benching .... It all good bro .... has been a long timme since I haev overclocked a P4 .... :thumbsup:

Yup, low on cash and got a lot of old stuff for cheap. Going through some of the main platforms I missed out on. Lots of cheap $10-30 CPUs for them.

Once Ive benched them all, Im going to sell off the CPUs and get in to i5 I think.



Got the P4 3Ghz past 4.2 with 1.75v, max temp I saw with benching was 23C. The P4 2.8 Mobile I have is at 3.6 1.8v 18C lol.

[Cecil]

Anyone have any suggestions for the water build up in the AC? We arent allowed to have it in a window where I live, so its sitting on a file cabnet. I stuck a few pieces of cardboard under the back end to sit it straight so the water wouldnt dump out the back, but it fills up inside after a couple hours of running. Really a PITA to drain out by myself too.

[FACE]

There should be a plug in the bottom of it somewhere. If you attach a piece of hose to that point, you can let the unit drain the condensation into a bucket or out a window. :thumbsup:

[Cecil]

There should be a plug in the bottom of it somewhere. If you attach a piece of hose to that point, you can let the unit drain the condensation into a bucket or out a window. :thumbsup:

Cool, Ill have to check it when these benches are over.

[Cecil]

Found the plug, but its right in the center. Since its sitting, not sure how I can get to it. Might balance it part way on the table, and part on the cabnet.

[Kal-EL]

How bout using a rubbermaid cooler to dip the evaporator into and then filling it up with coolant and pumping the cold coolant thru your water loop? CHILLER!

Then no more condensation issue :D

[Cecil]

How bout using a rubbermaid cooler to dip the evaporator into and then filling it up with coolant and pumping the cold coolant thru your water loop? CHILLER!

Then no more condensation issue :D

Lol, thats for the 2nd AC I have down stairs. It just needs a drastic cleaning, and I got to actually get my self to do it :laughing:

Most likely, Ill just set it in a cooler with the rad too, so I can still have a closed loop. But, what Ive been doing so far, Ive been beating LN2/DICE P4s with my water setup as is :cool3: