Project x by Desert Design "Design-log"

[DDesign]

Hello everybody i just started working on this project ..dont have a good name for it yet and dont know if im going to keep the EVGA fan boy look but it what im using now.Past couple days ive been designing this case im going to make all the inside compnents too i started the motherboard and blue ray disk already and some of the watercooling...

This is problabley 50 % percent complete and still very much in intial design stages

All the work was done and designed by me and im doing this all by eye so i havent measure a thing so please dont comment and say " hey the resistor on the motherboard looks like it a little big" hahaha

Also if you have nothing productive to say don't say it please i designed the case and love feedback and suggestions but ill let "the haters hate" but keep it to yourself haha.

Remeber this is very pre-design and at 50 percent and is missing major pieces which will come.. i want to do sort of a work log ..
well i start some info first

Project X
Full ATX Tower
Some pre-Design features.
“EVGA” based Design With Black steel case /acrylic compartments/Green accents/Carbon Fiber /Perforated metal (“modder’s mesh” accents)
Dual pump acrylic housing
Built in Fan shroud with laser-etched LED logo
See through Acrylic top
Built in LED lit EVGA Reservoirs
Acrylic “SLi” located on the main Floor lit up by LED
Dual Loop Water cooling
CPU: 1 quad and 1 single
GPU: 1 quad and 1 single
Dual “EVGA” reservoirs built into case
Dual Swiftech MCP 655 w/ Bitspower Chrome Mod kit housed into case with acryclic.
Each pump individual pumps fluid from “EVGA” Resevoir intone of the two 120mm Feser-X Radiators which are cooled by 140 mm fans with built in acrylic shroud.
This dissipates the heat from the pump from here the loop will go into the “Swiftech Apogee GTZ” and through the Chipset waterblocks.
OR
From the 120mm Feser it will go into the tri-GTX 280 HC SLI
From both of these loops will go into a quad Feser-X located on the bottom of the case back into reservoir.
The bottom quads will be placed on the sides facing each other .Fans from both sides will push sir through them and in between the two radiators…. then a fan located on the right will push the exhaust air away from the rads and out the case.
Wire Management system- codename….“Night Shift Manager”
Each of the cases corners has a small door that opens to reveal the wire-management system. From here the Motherboard is placed on an extruded surface that will be able to detach from the case to make it easier for your motherboard to be set up. There is a led placed behind it that will make the edges have a slight glow….The reason for the mother board to be extruded… is that behind it and on the sides there is a series of openings are set back away from the mobo to allow the cables from the power supply from the bottom to discretely go through you whole case and only been seen where it is connected onto the motherboard. There are two rounded extrusions on the side of the case that are hollow and have a series of small openings to allow any extra wiring not being used to be hidden.
There is a space between the back of the expansion slots and audio/video inputs in the back .The reason for this because it is an enclosed area which is enclosed by a door. The cables will run out from the bottom of it. On the very bottom the a vent to allow the top mounted fan to push any exhaust air escaping out of the case this will make sure no hot air from the power supply will back draft back into your case….
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Wire management with door off

[DDesign]

heres som pics of the motherboard its almost done need all the fine details yet...







forgot one up there

[grumpydaddy]

Never mind the design or build....the man has drawing skills!!!

Build this and EVGA will be bound to offer you something surely?

[DDesign]

thanks I learned Autodesk inventor like 2 years ago and i decided to jump on it again and start to design some stuff..Ive done eddie van halens guitar ..the terminator hand..lots of mechanical drawings and my phone which i just patented..

its quite fun and theres constant problemn solving trying to figure out how to "mold" things so it keeps your mind active...

and Yes i hope EVGA will sponser a project like this which would be very cool..

[Deton]

what case are using for this mod and budget?

[DDesign]

This is no mod.... this case would have to be designed from scratch each piece would have to be cut.This is just me designing something not something i have 100 percent plans of doing..i would like to build this if i could i would need to get sponsered or funded.I think it would be cool project if i had the budget.Everything designed on the board besid the hardware is 110 percent from my head .I havent looked at a single case while developing it.

[Geralt]

... i hope EVGA will sponser a project like this which would be very cool..

I really like your desing skills as well and i'm pretty sure that if such case would surfaced it would be a keeper for many. But i think EVGA wouldnt sponsor you on that, they maight try to byu a project of you (if you would have everything drawn and measured to the very last inch ) and do it themselfs.... and probably wouldnt even bother with any tantiems if the case would be selling like fresh rolls. I really would like to be mistaking on that but AFAIK thats the route of bigcompanies.... which is a pity coz i would love to see a full worklog on such project.

But Anyways Great Idea. Totally something different in a positive way!

[Doctor_Death]

Dan

If you want backing on this, email me some photos, and I will send them to my connection at evga. I think it looks fantastic, I also noticed parts of their X58 in your mobo design

[DDesign]

Sorry if i was unclear the motherboard is there x58 motherboard im designing the case all the components when done will be EVGA hardware.When im done maybe ill gewt back to you on that connection with EVGA.

[DDesign]

got a little update im working on the door for the case im just doing concepts and i think i want to go with a double split door

im thinking of calling it Cryo-1 as well

The door can be split open by turning the middle knob with the EVGA "E" on it from "C-1 Secure" to C-1 unsecure or "C-1 Breach" so depending if the door is opened or not will show a diffrent status

and here are the concepts for two doors one is more crazy which i kind of like more then the second one which is more mainstram.

as you can see there is a carbon fiber and black contrast





here the second one but i might adjust it more...

[Doctor_Death]

I think a clear window would look best, why have a window if most of it will be blocked by a design ? Most people that have windows, llike to see their hardware, but if I had to pick one that you have listed here, I guess it would be the last one.

[DDesign]

I did a few more doors with more of a open/full window look




This next picture i put in the name Cryo-1 on the window but made it look like frosted lettering

[Skyguy]

A plain clear window would look too..........plain. The previous designs were a bit too hectic. Try to keep it simple and sleek like the rest of the design. Go with something Nvidia-ish perhaps?

You could do some circular design on the one side with thick openings (clear) and thin metail lines. Then on the oppposite panel do the negative/reverse of that with thick metal and small clear lines behind the motherboard??? It would be subtle but noticable.

[DDesign]

this is my concept for the front door

I also messed around with the colors to my the black more of a reflective which i think gives it more of an elegant look

[maddawg138]

i personally like this window....but maybe have the corner window on the SE side as well

[DDesign]

I created a window that i think is a good mix and isnt too hectic or too simple and will be good if you place the quad rad on the bottom...Ill throw is some other pics with the new colors and angles i shot on it because i think it looks really slick nd would be a cool watercooling case..Hopefully nzxt will like the case and headphones that would be great...

Like always comments always welcome..thanks guys












Here is some with the hectic window from the before design...