The case took about 2 months to finish. Goal was to make it as small as possible, have room for ATX MB, 4xHD and so on. Important was to get good airflow without much noise. The PSU placement posed a problem, but solved it by "inventing" an easy removal system :). Rawmaterial: Plywood, Curly birch......... http://img227.imageshack.us/slideshow/player.php?id=img227/5357/1159357090576.smil
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i would worrry about heat getting trapped in there, what with what looks like noise dampening and wood (!one helluvan insulator!) and would've put another fan on the front(maybe one 80mm in front of each HDD cage set for 2 new fans, on low rpm's for low noise o course!), but it is one sweet looking case!
you mention the smallest space and still have room for full atx mobo, and i love the cubish outcome therefore! cheers!
Thanks for the positive response all....
IF thats two fans sucking in.
Did you lacquer/oil it? I give the case 9/10. It looks neat (not like other wooden PC cases) and its unique
About heat. The case inside is VERY cool. Have 2x120mm throwing in air in the bottom (see pics.) and 1x140 + powersupply 120mm throwing out the warm air from rear. The in-air passes HDs (3xraptor) flows over the motherboard nicely and goes directly out from rear! So the this case has better airflow than most of my previous cases including (4 home built, a couple of antecs, acrylic, small formfactor some chieftechs etc. My previous case was a P160 with watercooling and one extra 120mm that i modded in that was good but this has lower temps.
I can see you put a lot of effort (and time) into the box.
But sorry, I think the net effect is dreadful. Just looks like an old junk box.
Your expensive veneering didn't pull off, neither did your attenmpt to "hide" the edges by using the metal and wood trims.
I would knock it down... consider it practice... and design a more aesthetic piece. I see you've got some serious woodworking tools in the background! You can do it!
Dude, that's some serious hands-on kinda work. 9/10 for sure... yeah, particle board is easier to work with. Hardwood woulda been a 10/10!
With sheets of carbon-fibre that can be picked up at the cars shops
One thinks your box would look sweet in carbon-fibre finish.
I personally would have gone with a different veneer, or a darker stain, but it looks awesome!