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Introducing
Project ECHELON, a custom fabricated computer case I am in the process of
designing and fabricating. I will be updating this webpage with my progress as this project evolves. I have been WAY over due for a new computer, and I decided that I was going to go all out, designing a almost ridiculously large computer case, that I would never out grow. Over the last few months of design work the case has grown in both size and complexity. Adding more controls, fans, I/O ports etc. |
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I started out
with a few sketches and eventually some crude CAD
drawings of what I wanted. And then drew the case and the places to be cut
out onto the 5/8" thick Oak covered plywood. Then I cut out all the panels needed, top, bottom, left, right, etc. So that I could see the case taking shape, and get a better feel for where I wanted to place all the components. This really helped me visualize the completed case better in my mind. As you can see from the photos, the case will be rather large. Outside dimensions are roughly 22" cubed. The case could have actually been made a little smaller, and still held everything I want it to, but I hate cramped cases, and was tired of trying to squeeze my hands into tight places.
I have
collected a rather large amount of spare computer parts over the years,
but there is still a great deal of things I will need to purchase for this
case. I was able to round up some drive bays, and hard drive racks,
and a few other small parts. The actual computer components, which I will
go into detail later, have reached a total of about $1500. I setup the case panels so I could see what the case looked like assembled, and placed what parts I had, for a mock-up. This made positioning everything really easy, I simply moved each component around, till it was all just like I wanted it. Some of the parts you see in the mock-up photos are NOT the parts I will actually be using. For example, I will not be using that old Dell power supply ;) |
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