So once again (first time I'm posting over here though) it's time for new project and this time I thought "why not build your own case?". The case will be 2mm thick steel, bent and lots of details cut out with laser.
The thought of this project is that it's going to act as a rendering/streaming computer, but also act as a testbench.
The top will be open so parts can be changed quite easily if you want to test other parts and make comparisons.
The cpu will be watercooled, but with soft tubing instead of hard tubing since hard tubing would more or less kill the idea of a test bench...

Parts that I'll be using in this project...
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
Mobo: MSI X470 Gaming 7
GPU: MSI 1050 Ti 4GB Gaming X
RAM: Team Group Delta Black RGB 3000Mhz 2x8GB
SSD: Team Group Delta Black RGB 250GB
PSU: be quiet! Straight Power 11 850W
Fans: be quiet! SilentWings 3 PWM (2200rpm och 1450rpm)

Water cooling
All parts for water cooling is provided by Alphacool and I will be going through this in a post later on once these arrive.
I will be using a 360 radiator in the front of the case and the pump/reservoar in the open top compartment.
Pass throughs will be used for combining all parts and help get a minimalistic look...

Case
So far I've only created small sketches in paint and just thought about how it looks and made sure that all parts fit without a problem.
I consider myself to be almost there, so very soon I'll sit down with a friend that knows his way around CAD and we'll create a file so we can get going with cutting all parts needed for the case.
Pictures of all components and progress on the case will be posted as soon as they arrive or I've made some progress on the case!

I hope you all want to follow me on my journey towards my first scratch build!

A huge thanks to all my sponsors for making this project a reality!

First part for this project have arrived

Something arrived at the local post office today



Once all hardware have arrived I'll post more photos and do a minor review of each and every component!

The final pieces for the puzzle have arrived...

2x8GB awesome looking Delta Black RGB RAM from Teamgroup
250GB Delta Black RGB SSD from Teamgroup





850W Straight Power 11, fully modular gold psu from be quiet!







Now it's all up to me to get started with the case! Can't wait to do my very first scratch build with some genuine machinery and get it all done exactly the way I want!