DIY Computing

from my twitter:

I started mocking up my DIY workstation enclosure case. I will make it with cheap aluminum extrusions from aliexpress and some plywood sheets, maybe acrylic if I can find that cheap.

expect it to def change once I'm done designing, it's late

this is in openscad

red = 450mm extrusion

white = 500mm extrusion

brown 'sienna' = 150mm extrusion

green = a 3.5" hard drive

purple = ATX power supply

black = my motherboard

beige = plywood sheet

blue = large radiator

light blue = 12cm fan

I can change the extrusion sizes programmatically if I need more space or can cut down on space.

issue is this radiator I bought is 15.5" long so that doesn't leave much vertical room for other stuff like the hard drive rack.

unfortunately might need a couple smaller radiators.

Workstation Thread 2022

I think this will be the final design:

room for 3 hard drives and a liquid cooling reservoir + extra space between mobo and fans and above and below that. and there should be space on the exterior for vents, PCIe io, and whatever else.

the code: https://github.com/greenempower/workstation/blob/main/casing/mockup.scad

I count 4 red, 7 white, 9 brown extrusions. I'll get extra of each especially the 150mm brown extrusions.

updates -

Ok I ordered $80 worth of aluminum extrusions - $5 discount - $10 extra I prob won't use for this.

Instead of ordering the 150mm precut I ordered 8x 300mm because they are tangibly cheaper per mm so I will cut them in half as needed and have a few left over.

I will prob get plywood from home depot and plastic sheets (cheap PETG or acrylic) from mcmastercarr.