START HERE: Antimemetic is a scratch-built, fully-fanless, 0-Decibel, passively cooled gaming PC enclosure lovingly hand-crafted by me here in a small New York City apartment. This is a build log continued from a thread that started on few other places, including RIGHT HERE AT THIS LINK Click there to read the history. After a long hiatus, I'm picking back up. Here's the latest...
Admit it, you thought I had given up, didn't you? Here's the story: I got busy with work, time passed. I started building the GPU cooling solution (which is complete - as demonstrated by the screenshot above) then three things happened:
1) I started getting into the SFF forums and well... I decided that Antimemetic was just too damn big. So much wasted space on the inside! I am not an SLI guy, so why bother with four heat sinks anyway? Where am I going to find the space for the gull wings in my tiny apartment?
2) I realized that copper wouldn't match my new office decor.
Most importantly:
3) I decided I wanted to keep it, not sell it, and I still wanted to automate it.
So I completely redesigned the thing! No copper. No hinges. Instead, low key stealth:
From the top:
And from the bottom:
Here we are without one of the heat sinks:
And without the other:
Here's a sense of size:
With a case this tiny, it'll actually be quite difficult to maneuver around inside. It is only 100mm from the inside of one heat sink to the inside of the other. Indeed, the entire width of the case, heat sinks included is less than 165mm...
SO HOW ABOUT WE AUTOMATE IT
The automation separates the heat sinks by a total of 200 mm for a total of 300mm of space inside to work. It is driven by a single large linear actuator. You can see the two rods that will push the heat sinks out. They ride on a set of drawer slides:
Let's be honest with each other though: These heat sinks are monstrously heavy. There's no guarantee that the slides will support the weight without sagging or otherwise falling apart. If, in the sad face case, the automation is unsuccessful, It'll be a dark day, but I will settle for this alternative:
An even tinier, but much simpler and sturdier case.
Next up, an in-depth description of the cooling solution (with pictars). I'd love your feedback!