DarthBeavis Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 This is my first post here so be kind with the n00b :p: Wish I had a better name. First, I want to think the many guys out there who already did insane wall mount PCS. My number one inspiration was this build called the Recoil Machine: http://www.overclock.net/t/1467135/wall-mounted-water-cooled-pc-the-recoilmachine Anyways, NVIDIA wanted a custom rig for Maker Faire using components included in a New Egg package deal: Intel i7 4770k ASUS Z87 Sabertooth mobo Corsair Vengance RAM 16 gigs Corsair Force 240 gig SSD Corsair RM1000 PSU ASUS DirectCU2 GEFORCE GTX 780 GPU ASUS Blu Ray Drive EK Waterblocks for GPU and CPU, EK Radiators Primochill water-cooling fittings, tubing, coolant, resevoir/pump housing LEPA/Enermax fans I proposed we do a wall mount aquarium PC like we did for the Vanilla Ice Project but time contrants would not allow that so I opted instead to do an NVIDIA-themed wall mount PC. Granted, it really was not innovative as I just took what others have done and make it green (and added current technologies and processes such as Rigid PETG tubing. The end result turned out rather well. Primochill played a HUGE role in this project by turning my sketchup into a CNC fabbed product. I could not have pulled this off without my partner Travis Jank (V2V3). He helped me finsih it and delivered it to Maker Faire in San Mateo for NVIDIA's booth - we also worked the event for them). Let's get started with how this happened using CAD tools: I sent Primochill a rough drawing which they used to get formal drawings done: http://imageshack.com/a/img844/5641/f3gc.jpghttp://imageshack.com/a/img839/5566/hqho.jpg http://imageshack.com/a/img838/9237/j29z.jpg http://imageshack.com/a/img844/8813/9qwo.png http://imageshack.com/a/img838/9237/j29z.jpg http://imageshack.com/a/img837/9017/cqgm.jpg http://imageshack.com/a/img842/7051/6t58.jpg http://imageshack.com/a/img834/6153/v4e9.jpg http://imageshack.com/a/img835/9220/jr5t.jpg Lots of back and forth on the design part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthBeavis Posted May 29, 2014 Author Share Posted May 29, 2014 Once we agreed to the design, Primochill used a CNC router to great the mounting panel out of MDF: http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/843/boio.jpg Now to get it all laid out: http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/844/rdrz.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/835/tvnl.jpg I bought hex mesh and had it powdercoated green and paid it on top of a layer of carbon vinyl film. Loved the effect http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/845/7re1v.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/839/0m40.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/835/rz00.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/838/8ore.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthBeavis Posted May 29, 2014 Author Share Posted May 29, 2014 I polished all the EK CSQ blocks to a pretty clear finsih: http://imageshack.com/a/img842/8472/nrcm1.jpg http://imageshack.com/a/img838/4619/sbwrr.jpg http://imageshack.com/a/img842/3789/meibp.jpg http://imageshack.com/a/img838/4937/09o4.jpg http://imageshack.com/a/img842/8573/k1tcm.jpghttp://imageshack.com/a/img839/6610/khg7.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthBeavis Posted May 29, 2014 Author Share Posted May 29, 2014 The Primochill res and NVIDIA GEFORCE logo came out great http://imageshack.com/a/img842/8573/k1tcm.jpghttp://imageshack.com/a/img841/6196/8b1jn.jpg http://imageshack.com/a/img841/1356/mvco.jpg http://imageshack.com/a/img836/8977/b4wi2.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthBeavis Posted May 29, 2014 Author Share Posted May 29, 2014 I used a plunge router to route out paths for flexible 5050 led strips under each acrylic piece so they would light up. here are lit pics before we packed it up to take to Maker Faire (we finish it on site): http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/842/m9to.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/836/mjw77.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/842/vdfr5.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/838/1rad.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/839/f9ae.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/836/sn36.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/845/bfay6.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthBeavis Posted May 29, 2014 Author Share Posted May 29, 2014 More lit pix http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/842/xmr2.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/835/y1lb.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/844/zri0z.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/839/09py.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/836/6hkz.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/845/q7ata.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/835/1k55.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/842/zk7kn.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthBeavis Posted May 29, 2014 Author Share Posted May 29, 2014 It took us a full day on site to finish it up including wire management: http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/836/kjys.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/843/j74wg.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/841/0lt1z.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/843/w1qgz.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/842/j54bh.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/839/c3nt.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/834/be4p5.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/837/xxw5.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthBeavis Posted May 29, 2014 Author Share Posted May 29, 2014 Pix of it setup (we are making changes for V2.0 which will be on display at QuakeCon and PAX Prime) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/839/xxrh.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/842/cde6d.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/837/r6vw.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/843/jn002.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/839/iiy8.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthBeavis Posted May 29, 2014 Author Share Posted May 29, 2014 few more shots for you http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/845/drki.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/841/pnb75.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/839/rtol.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/836/vyb8p.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/842/78qez.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/837/9915.jp http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/843/uufos.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthBeavis Posted May 29, 2014 Author Share Posted May 29, 2014 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/836/gl8f.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/842/nq7rd.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/835/rm5ec.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/839/ujtm.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wytnyt Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 nice wall job,hard to decide if your first or this one looks best... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthBeavis Posted May 29, 2014 Author Share Posted May 29, 2014 nice wall job,hard to decide if your first or this one looks best... That first one is not mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wytnyt Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 That first one is not mine. oic,,well id already decided yours was topps,,awsome job on the acrylic bending, im still scratching my head on how you got such tight,nice 90 degree bends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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