Project MiniMe - Smallest (ever?) Watercooled mITX PC

[nightkhaos]

Keep up the good work man. Can't wait to see her in action. We can play some BF2.

[noobieocer]

ahh i got a fsp group 180 psu and its not exactly loud but itas slowly driving me crazy...... making me wana dump it in some mineral oil and shut it up

[oliverw92]

Hmm thanks for that, i may have to swap the fan out/voltmod it.

[oliverw92]

Update #14



Got an overclock.net sticker from someone, stuck it on the inside of the case, it looks amazing when you hold it up to the light!



My button-head hex screws came from MDPC. Everything is now replaced with black-oxide goodness!



Sleeving from MDPC. I have already run out of black and i forgot to order white SATA sleeving so i will place another order



First i got some nice big scissors and cut through all the 24pin wires so they were the same length. I also couldn't get the pins out, even after making a tool with my dremel and an old screw driver. I think they were extra strength pins or something. I then crimped and soldered on new pins and sleeved the black first.



Tada! Sleeved with white too. You don't see the cables so much through the white after i closed the PSU up, after you pull the sleeving tight it closes the holes.





Er slight problem, it now won't fit!



Better picture showing how you can't actually see the wires in the white sleeving



Clamped up the top of the PSU and cut a hole. There was already most of that hole, it was an opening onto the top of the fan. I just extended it to the edge of the case.



Neatened up with the sanding stones on my dremel. I've straightened that closest edge since then. I plan to get this part powdercoated



More sleeving shots



Got it closed! It actually looks very neat, i thought it was going to look bodged



In this shot you can see the 24pin, 4pin and then my auxilliary lead going off. Beleive it or not, the only connectors i have on the psu are 24pin mobo, 4pin cpu, 2x sata and 1x molex. The molex goes to the custom PCB which inturn drives everything including cathodes, LEDs, pump and cd drive. It's all about space saving!



Final shot of the PSU.

[laywill]

Very nice indeed!
Where did you get all of the sleeving etc. from?

[oliverw92]

www.mdpc-x.com Nils is a great guy (the owner). It is expensive, but it is the best! Rapidonline.com also do good sleeving

[Champman99]

This project looks totally awesome! Really great job, and really cool of all those companies to sponsor you like that (and good on you for convincing them to do it!)

[oliverw92]

Thankyou! Yeah i could have done it without my awesome sponsors

[Pob255]

Love that psu

[oliverw92]

Thanks

[oliverw92]

Update #15



Few things arrived from modelfixings.co.uk, my source of fixings. UK guys, check them out they have every single kind of nut and bolt, including all the rare black oxide ones: button, cap, countersunk etc all in hex fittings. They have a really resistant oxide coating too and very reasonable.



6/32 tap. It has taken me 2 months to track one of these down in the UK for a price less than £20. In the US you can buy them off the shelf in any major store, in here it is like a needle in a haystack! 2.8mm drill bit to accompany it.



Tapping the motherboard for mobo standoffs



Screwed in. The tap is amazingly well made, it works perfectly and the holes are excellent.



More things from modelfixings. 20mm M4 Button Hex Black Oxide Machine Screw! Long enough name?



10mm M3 Button Hex Black Oxide Machine Screw



20mm M3 Cap Hex Black Oxide Machi.... *yawn*



Replaced the silver phillips screws with black ones. I plan to have all the screws in the case black.



Replaced the block ones. I will do the ones holding the block together one i get the right size hex caps.



Motherboard test mount! Absolutely spot on. Very pleased with my CNC work!



Perfect distance back from the edge to allow PCI-E cards to fit properly



I have another 2 boxes full of machine screws and fittings



The fugly silver screws will be replaced, but i thought i would show how it fits and how close the rad is to the side!



The other side, showing the fan, rad, top and grill.



Test fitted PSU. Looks absolutely amazing in person! You can see the GPU, RAM and chipset block there too.



CPU 4pin connector.



Another shot of the 24pin connector and RAM.

Lastly i would like to introduce another sponsor, WatercoolingUK!



They will be providing me with metal laser cutting and powdercoating services! Massive props to marcus for putting up with me!

[Pob255]

Another one!

And you managed to get hold of a tap.

You . . . you . . . words fail me.







ps the black hex bolts look great.

[oliverw92]

Hahah that post made me lol

Thankyou so much Pob if you ever need to get button/cap/countersunk black hex bolts, modelfixings.co.uk . Very good delivery times and very cheap too £1 for 10 of each of the types. £4 for 50.

[M0nkeyb0Y]

This is an astounding build... keep it up!

[laywill]

How on Earth are you manageing to get all these sponsors?!?!
But it is certainly looking to be one amazing build! Keep up the frankly fantastic work!

[oliverw92]

It's never been called astounding before, thanks! Means alot

Laywill, i just email people lol. THanks