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Scout - A Robopocalypse inspired ID Cooling T-60 SFX [started Dec 2, 2015]

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A new build in the works, this one featuring the ID Cooling T-60 SFX, a very compact mITX case that I got in a MNPCTECH give-a-way.  I like free things.  I really like free things that inspire cool ideas.  

 

The Patient.

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In order to win the case, I had to describe how I'd mod it.  This was my idea:

 

"I'd stick with air cooling, with a top down cooler on the CPU and stock on the GPU. Put in a side window, staying inside the factory vents, to show off the hardware. Ditch the drive brackets, both for the 2.5" and 3.5". Cut an access in the mobo tray for the CPU cooler bracket and also mount a couple of SSD's on the back of the tray. Cut a window for the SSD's in the side panel to give them a little more room to breath. Windows, both sides, would be exterior mounted on spacers. Do like you all suggested and flip the PSU to pull air from the front and cut in a nice design in the front panel to pull air in through. Wiring would have to be sleeved and perfect lengths to keep it clean. Cut a spot for 2 120's in the top panel if they'll fit. If not a couple of 92's. If they manage to fit in the case, then top them with a window on spacers similar to the side panels except with venting to match the vent on the front of the case. If it's too tight inside the case, mount them to a grilled panel raised up on spacers Top it off with some LED strips to throw light on the board and put a little light on the ground through all the vents and add a handle or two since this would probably be a LAN rig."

 

I'm going to stick with this plan for the most part. But along with being inspired by Robopocalypse, which just hit me after I received the case, there are also a few issues with space...there isn't any. laugh.png  My plan to mount the SSD's on the back of the MB tray, it's just not gonna work. There's maybe a millimeter of space there and SSD's aren't that thin yet.

 

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So that idea will change to meet the overall concept of the case, while still staying as true as I can to my original idea. More on that later.

 

As far as the concept, Robopocalypse is a novel about, you guessed it, the robot apocalypse. Written by Daniel H. Wilson and set in the near future, it chronicles humanities fight against an A.I. that has escaped and decided that to preserve life on Earth, the human race must be exterminated. A little scary, because a lot of the ideas aren't that far fetched. If you like that sort of thing, I definitely recommend it. A bit of trivia, there was a movie in the works as well, to come out in 2014, though I guess it's been postponed indefinitely.

 

While this case won't be something from the book, it's definitely influence by it. I also want to have a little fun with the log as well, bringing a bit of story to it. It might wind up being a bit disjointed going back and forth between story and build, but hopefully it will at least be entertaining. biggrin.png 

 

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