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Hey guys, after finishing up a very cool mod project for Nvidia Geforce Garage, I can finally get back on the Rose case and tie up all the loose ends. I have a long list of items I need to fix/add/cleanup before I can finally call it done. One of the main issues we were having at the LAN was the intermittent video signal going to the monitor. Shannon and I were fiddling with the PCIe riser cable all weekend, and managed to get it working about half the time. So that was on the top of my list: 1. Swap out PCIe riser cable 2. Add acrylic window to back panel 3. Add led lighting to back S
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Well I made it! (barely) I had to do a few emergency hacks to get it up and running literally just before packing it into the car Friday morning. Here are a few pics of the Rose case set up at the lan. A wider shot of the kids both playing Lego Star Wars. I was dealing with a bad PCIe riser cable on the Rose all weekend, as it would randomly drop the signal to the monitor. So Helena would bounce between her rig and mine. Special thanks go out to Shannon Robb for helping me (numerous times) to get it working again. The Rose case came in 3rd in the CPU mod competition (
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So my earlier attempt at printing a transparent res with the T-Glase filament didn't go very well... It wasn't playing nicely with my initial settings (which were recommended by the company's website), so I'll have to play with it. But I don't have time for experimentation right now, so I'm falling back to plan B... printing with pink PLA.. Success! After 16 hours of printing, we have a full size rose reservoir.. It's now large enough to place the Primochill tube res inside of it. And what's a rose without a stem? And what kind of rose stem would it be if it didn't have
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Paint is done! Not the best finish, but it will have to suffice for now. My daughter absolutely loves the color, and that's all that really matters. Firstly, I painted the inside of the main panel a light pink, making sure to tape off all the holes so I dont get overspray onto the other side. Then once the pink was dry, I assembled the case and taped off all the holes again so I didn't get any purple overspray onto the pink. There were just a few extra parts to paint along with the case, so they were hung up on the ladder. When you don't have a nicely lit and air controlled
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Well, I didn't get much painting done over the holiday weekend, due to our well pump crapping out on Saturday, leaving us with no water for three days, and nobody available to come up to replace the faulty part! So instead of painting, I decided to work on something that didn't require water. I found the perfect 3D print model to use for the rose reservoir, and did a test print in black abs. Came out pretty nice! I think all I need to do is scale it up just a bit so that this Primochill tube res will fit into the center of the rose. Then I can utilized the G1/4 inlets on the top fo
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One more update before painting begins this weekend.. Had to make one more bracket, the main IO that will cover the ports on the motherboard, and extend down to the video card as well to provide support. Here is the cardboard template I made, copying the holes from the actual IO panel that came with the motherboard. Then it was just a matter of extending it down to cover the DVI, HDMI, and displayport on the EVGA video card. Here is the aluminum version along side the template. Unfortunately, I didn't pause to get pics during the drilling, cutting, filing, and sanding. Pretty standard
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And now for something completely different.. For the back panel, I wanted to showcase only specific features, and hide the uninteresting and boring parts. So Instead of one huge window, I'm doing two smaller openings to focus on just the cool stuff. After a ton of measuring, I settled on the shapes and locations of the two windows, and masked them out on the backside of the panel. Cutting out the SSD window first, I started with the rounded corners and finished off the straight cuts with the almighty jigsaw. For the more complex shape, I opted for the scroll saw. Window
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For the top of the case, I wanted to replace the magnetic mesh with something a little more substantial (and paintable), so I rummaged through my pile of left-over parts from my previous Thermaltake builds and found an extra case panel from which I could harvest a slotted section. Using the old mesh as a template, I centered and marked around it. Jigsaw cut-o-rama.. File and sand-orific.. Din done diddly! I also removed the magnetic strip from the old mesh and applied it to the new metal grill so it stays in place. Next up is the back panel windows, and more tubing.
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Working on the front rigid tubing.. I had originally conceptualized a curved manifold of sorts, but couldn't figure out a good clean way to secure it to the gpu block without gluing it. So I opted to do rigid tubing for now. I first made a paper template of the curve between the top bulkhead fittings and the GPU block. I wanted a smooth constant bend with no straight areas. Some extra thought had to go into the pieces that feed the CPU block, as I wanted to maintain the overall curve with the two tubes. Using the smallest bend radius, I managed to achieve the correct angles to fi
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Wow it's been a month since my last update! Gonna have to step it up, or else my daughter won't have a rig to game on come July.. and we just can't have that now can we! Did some modification to the front bezel, in preparation for a large viewing area for the rose res. Had to cut away some material, and remove all evidence of door hinges. After the extraneous material was surgically removed, I added a piece back in at the bottom to hide the pump area. It might also be a good location for a back-lit graphic or text of some kind. ;-) Speaking of lighting, there will be pink leds be
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Got a bunch of little things knocked out last week and over the weekend. First up was to mount the SSD's. I originally thought a nice geometric shape would be cool, so I broke out the circle template and worked something up.. But then I realized that it didn't quite fit the theme, so I scrapped that idea (but will keep it for future use) in favor of a more organic design.. Satisfied with the new shape, I went back to the scroll saw to cut it out. Cutting complete! After a quick de-burring with the files, it's looking better. SSD placed in the center for marking the bend
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Got the PSU power plug hole roughed out last night. A closer up shot.. I had to widen the bottom of the rose a bit more, so it matches the width of the power plug opening. Still gotta clean up the edges a bit. Here's a shot with a green power cord. This is just a photoshop mockup, to see how it will look with the stem. I'll be mounting the PSU so it will sit flush with the panel. But I'll be securing it to the floor so there won't be any visible screws on the back side.
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Finally finished the last rose cutout! This time I could use my scroll saw, as the cutout was located in a more accessible area on the panel. Made up a slightly different rose template to match the more vertical shape of the PSU. Glued it down, and started cutting out the holes. A bit cumbersome maneuvering the whole thing around on the saw, even with using a spiral omni-directional blade. So far so good.. .. and done! After the scroll saw, I went back over every hole with a dremel grinding bit to smooth out all the cuts. Still need to do some sanding yet. Final shot w
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Got the graphics card placement figured out over the weekend.. As much as I hated to cut into the angled panel, I needed to set the video card down into it. So I cut a wide H pattern and bent the top down so it was vertical.. Then I bent the bottom half so it was flat, creating a nice ledge for the card to sit on. Next was to cut away some material for PCI riser card and IO clearance.. Here's the card in place. Wide shot with mobo tray.. Close up of DVI ports. Wish I could just remove them from the card altogether, since I will just be using the HDMI and/or displayp