I pulled a lot of my ideas for this case from
www.bit-tech.net. They did cases like
"Project 3GClear" and
"Orac³" and
"The Invisible Case". I used them for inspiration but also had my own specific components that I had to fit in the smallest amount of space possible. So I went to the drawing board and came up with my own version. The final dimensions came out to 11"x12"x13".
My apologies for the rather poor photography. I did it late last night and wasn't very skillful about the whole thing. My plan is to get it in the studio in the next few days after I finish it. Try to capture how awesome this thing really looks. I'll post updated pics when I do!
I still have a few things to finish, including the lid. If your interested, here are the system specs.
Everything I had to cram in there so to speak.
Antec full size 350watt power supply
Abit NF7-S motherboard
AMD Athlon 2500+ "barton" with Zahlman Flower heat sink
ATI 9800 pro video card (128meg/256bit)
1gig Corsair RAM
Samsung 120GB SATA drive
CD-RW 40x
Super Flower Fan Bus (controls 4x fans and 4x thermal sensors)
Apple Pro clear acrylic USB keyboard (custom modded with blue leds for caps/number lock)
Acrylic optical mouse with blue LED lights
And the misc other stuff here
(4x) clear fans with (4x) blue LEDS each
Chrome wire loom from ebay
Rounded IDE cable modified to single device
(3x) 13"x36" sheets of ¼" PETG acrylic from ebay
LEDs and chrome holders from Radio Shack (blue for power on and White for HD activity)
Momentary switch from Radio Shack for power on/off (mounted at the rear)
Clear PVC pipe glue from Home Depot. Found that this was as strong as superglue on acrylic! Nicer to work with though because it gave you about 20 seconds before it stuck for good. Unlike superglue plastic adhesive I tested.
And I don't even want to tally up the $bill$. I know I paid about $30 for the ¼" Acrylic.
So there it is. I'm very happy with how it turned out. The only problem is that now I have the bug. I want to build another one. Different though. Case modding is addictive!