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I've seen many of open air cases from wood, metal, pvc etc. and wanted us to have a discussion here on building our own. I saw one in another thread that really caught my attention that I really liked the most. So I'd like to see what the cost of materials with measurements that we need to get this put together.
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Re: DIY Open Air Cases?
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Re: DIY Open Air Cases?
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It's not the same. The one I linked is using 90 degree pieces and that one you posted is much different. I'd rather have the ability to have this thread set to we can come up with the materials to do a DIY thread of building our own from local sources, ie home depot or lowes.
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Re: DIY Open Air Cases?
2014/03/16 12:49:15
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I don't have a camera (wish I did) But I went to Lowes and purchased the lumber. In the plumbing section I found some little rubber washers that I used to space the motherboard from the wood. Total cost was 28.99 and This is what I built: http://www.ebay.com/itm/191059773574?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 I used the pictures as my diagram and his posted general measurements. I wound up going an inch taller and wider to add more space for the cards. So far it's working great for me but I only have 2 cards on it. Will be interesting to see what my temps will be like later on when I get more cards. There is enough room on my build for 6 cards spaced out 1.75 inches apart. So we'll see as time goes by.
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Re: DIY Open Air Cases?
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btw zero if you want to save a little bit on materials you can get a $25 Home Depot gift card on ShopDoge paid for with dogecoin lol
http://shopdoge.com/home/143-25-home-depot-gift-card.html
Yeah saw that. I still need to know what I'm going to do with the doge I have. Convert it to LTC more than likely.
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btw zero if you want to save a little bit on materials you can get a $25 Home Depot gift card on ShopDoge paid for with dogecoin lol
http://shopdoge.com/home/143-25-home-depot-gift-card.html
Yeah saw that. I still need to know what I'm going to do with the doge I have. Convert it to LTC more than likely.
its what I did with mine, I had around 9900 dogecoin at the time I switched to CEX IO I got 0.51 LTC out of it.
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Re: DIY Open Air Cases?
2014/03/16 17:45:42
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btw zero if you want to save a little bit on materials you can get a $25 Home Depot gift card on ShopDoge paid for with dogecoin lol
http://shopdoge.com/home/143-25-home-depot-gift-card.html
Yeah saw that. I still need to know what I'm going to do with the doge I have. Convert it to LTC more than likely.
its what I did with mine, I had around 9900 dogecoin at the time I switched to CEX IO
I got 0.51 LTC out of it.
How/who did you use to convert to LTC?
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Re: DIY Open Air Cases?
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btw zero if you want to save a little bit on materials you can get a $25 Home Depot gift card on ShopDoge paid for with dogecoin lol
http://shopdoge.com/home/143-25-home-depot-gift-card.html
Yeah saw that. I still need to know what I'm going to do with the doge I have. Convert it to LTC more than likely.
its what I did with mine, I had around 9900 dogecoin at the time I switched to CEX IO
I got 0.51 LTC out of it.
How/who did you use to convert to LTC?
Coined Up https://coinedup.com/
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Re: DIY Open Air Cases?
2014/03/16 18:40:31
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btw zero if you want to save a little bit on materials you can get a $25 Home Depot gift card on ShopDoge paid for with dogecoin lol
http://shopdoge.com/home/143-25-home-depot-gift-card.html
Yeah saw that. I still need to know what I'm going to do with the doge I have. Convert it to LTC more than likely.
its what I did with mine, I had around 9900 dogecoin at the time I switched to CEX IO
I got 0.51 LTC out of it.
How/who did you use to convert to LTC?
Coined Up
https://coinedup.com/
That was easy as hell. Still waiting for the transaction to hit my wallet. Edit: I'm a idot!  I don't have enough to cover the transaction fee...lol  Didn't have that much doge that converted to LTC to equal enough to cover it... 
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LOL its only 1 dogecoin for the transaction fee, how much did you send to coined up?
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2014/03/16 19:25:12
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LOL its only 1 dogecoin for the transaction fee, how much did you send to coined up?
1,772.68845038 all I had for doge. The transfer fee is 0.001 LTC. So if you convert the 1,772.68845038 doge to LTC=0.00004576 = Screwed!
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LOL its only 1 dogecoin for the transaction fee, how much did you send to coined up?
1,772.68845038 all I had for doge.
The transfer fee is 0.001 LTC. So if you convert the 1,772.68845038 doge to LTC=0.00004576 = Screwed!
take the , out of the 1772 thats your problem, the sell field doesn't like it then you will get 0.0811 LTC and after transfer fee will be 0.0801
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Re: DIY Open Air Cases?
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LOL its only 1 dogecoin for the transaction fee, how much did you send to coined up?
1,772.68845038 all I had for doge.
The transfer fee is 0.001 LTC. So if you convert the 1,772.68845038 doge to LTC=0.00004576 = Screwed!
take the , out of the 1772 thats your problem, the sell field doesn't like it
then you will get 0.0811 LTC and after transfer fee will be 0.0801
It put it there by default. It doesn't matter what I do.
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Re: DIY Open Air Cases?
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Coined Up has a click-able link to add your coins for withdraw and it will auto only apply the amount that can be withdraw - the transaction fee. Look to your right when on the withdraw page click on your coins link it will auto add them for withdraw an subtract the fee as well auto. You don't have to type anything if you want to make a full withdraw. Manually putting it in is only for when you want to leave some coins for trading for others coins or buying back when its low then reselling when the price goes back up..
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Coined Up has a click-able link to add your coins for withdraw and it will auto onlyapply the amount that can be withdraw - the transaction fee. Look to your rightwhen on the withdraw page click on your coins link it will auto add them for withdrawan subtract the fee as well auto. You don't have to type anything if you want to make a full withdraw.Manually putting it in is only for when you want to leave some coins for trading for others coinsor buying back when its low then reselling when the price goes back up..
I did that. The problem is that when it converted, the amount of LTC from doge is less than what the fee to withdraw.
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Re: DIY Open Air Cases?
2014/03/17 05:49:18
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I gotcha, there is also I limit on the low end for withdraw, and your just under it when the fee is removed.
I've ran into that on other exchanges as well.
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Re: DIY Open Air Cases?
2014/03/18 11:27:57
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Now lets get back to the topic.
I'd like to see what you/how you guys have your mining rigs set up.
I just started off so I'm using my HAF 932 till I can build dedicated miners.
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Re: DIY Open Air Cases?
2014/03/18 11:54:21
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One of my buddies is a serious miner, and he built his own cases. He shared the blueprint and design with me and I went out to buy the parts and built it myself. Very easy and very fun! All you need is a drill, rivet gun/rivets, a very sharp cutter, and some spare time! I will double check with him in a few days on the exact measurements etc so I can share with you guys as well!   That's my rig that I built. I'd also like to add that I removed the box fans and zip tied a few case fans onto the case for more direct airflow and less noise! It's currently running 5 x R9 270s, Gigabyte Windforce versions. Let me tell you, it's like a space heater. When it was 20-30s outside I didn't even need to turn the heat on. Now I gotta use my Window AC 24/7 which sucks  Profits > power bills though, as long as that trend continues 
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Re: DIY Open Air Cases?
2014/03/18 12:14:45
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I really like this. See some improvements that can be made for mounting the psu's, hdd but overall its perfect.  
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2014/03/19 00:34:40
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I really like this. See some improvements that can be made for mounting the psu's, hdd but overall its perfect.
The PSUs are actually really secure and snug... that giant zip tie does the trick very well! I'm thinking in the future I won't even use HDDs just buy a tiny SSD like a 32 or 64GB since it's all you need.
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2014/03/19 00:35:46
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This is so true. I have 3 rigs in my mining room and the temperature outside isn't cold enough to keep the room cool, but my wall AC doesn't work yet because its still too cold outside. This is a dangerous time of year.
Do you have a window in that room? I'd just open the window and let the temperatures DROP! It's never too cold for your mining rigs!
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Re: DIY Open Air Cases?
2014/03/19 05:38:28
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I have two windows and both of them are open. Unless its below about 40, the room still gets too hot.
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I have two windows and both of them are open. Unless its below about 40, the room still gets too hot.
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Re: DIY Open Air Cases?
2014/03/21 17:07:32
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Hey direraptor22,
Were you able to get the blueprints for the mining case?
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Re: DIY Open Air Cases?
2014/03/21 22:17:01
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I like the way this guy uses the HAF XB
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2014/03/21 22:21:48
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I like the way this guy uses the HAF XB
yep I mentioned that idea in another thread as well when I discovered it myself. its a combination desktop / bench case so I'm not surprised.
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Re: DIY Open Air Cases?
2014/03/22 04:38:09
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One of our very own Spotswood does custom builds Mining Tech Bench Stations. Here's a Two Tier Mining Tray that can hold up to 18 GPU's. A Web link to his other work.
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2014/03/22 14:54:47
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Home Depot has those metal racks for cheap. 24 in. W x 14 in. L x 30 in. H 
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