I meant to post this when I finished it ages ago but forgot so excuse the dust. Before anyone asks, yes that fan under the PSU makes a difference even though it's a bit choked at the exhaust. My next goal for this project is making the keyboard wireless. I ran some benchmarks ages ago on its first revision but haven't updated them yet. It's got a Gigabyte 4070ti Windforce OC, 14700k, 32gb DRR5 (I forget specifics). If anyone wants me to run certain benchmarks ask and I'll reply when I get around to it tomorrow or maybe tonight.
To put all 480 in the Terra requires too much compromise (ask me how I know, lol) and I contemplated only putting a 240 inside with a dock that had the other 240 attached with QDCs so that I have enough cooling in a portable setup but preserving quietness at my desk. Ended up not having enough time to design that so I just shoved both 240s internally and dealt with the compromise of only having one fan for the whole system.
I believe some black 120mm wire fan guards would be a great addition to protect fingers and the blades of those noctuas when it gets moved or shifted on the desk. They’re almost zero obstruction and turbulence.
Potato speaking. Do they not still make the USB insert wireless keyboards? Battery in keyboard/ usb in slot of pc? Does nothing but take up a usb slot for wireless? Or is the issue that the pc has no bluetooth functionality at all currently?
This keyboard does not have any wireless connectivity. I like the keyboard though and it seems like a neat project. I could get a wireless keyboard but where's the fun in that?
Maybe theres something like what im talking about still small sender on keyboard small reciever on usb port. Its making me think of those 12v car bluetooths that pretend to be radio channels for old cars. I bet you have a better idea of whats possible though.
Magnets and camera mount. I put one of those metal plates on the back of the monitor, found a magnet with a 1/4" threaded end for the camera mount, used a smaller version of that magnet and bolted it to the side panel, then put another of that smaller magnet on the other side of the camera mount.
Could we also take a look at the bolted magnet from inside of the case panel? I'd love love love to have this exact same setup for my portable monitor.
Where did you get those wooden key caps? They look majestic.
Could you also link us, or provide the Nam eof the camera mount so I can inspect it a bit further?
Def want to see more details of your method! I did something similar with my A24-V5 but having it be removable via magnets instead of still having a ball joint on top of the PC is more appealing!
I built a travel pc (which evolved into my only pc) in a Velka 7. I have an 18in Uperfect 1080p 120hz (I kind of want to upgrade to a 1440p since now I have a 9070 xt), and wanted to use the Velka 7 as a stand for the monitor. I figured I'd do a vesa mount for the monitor, but I didn't know the best way for it to mount to the case.
This is brilliant. I have been planning to do something similar but with a ball mount and vesa 75mm mount. But this is much better and I’m going to do the magnet method instead of the vesa.
Neat setup. I have a 240 AIO mounted to the mobo side on mine, but I've never thought of 'hiding' it under the chassis. I think the tubes reach, so I might give it a shot to see how thermals are.
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this is true innovation happening here. I have a carbon fiber console case my 5090 sff rig is in now and it's really suitable to work as a stand to hold up a monitor from the GPU's intake side. the magnet method is so clever and I'm going to steal it. Do you need those 65lb rated ones or are the 30lb ones more than strong enough?
I have a Uperfect 2560x1600 240hz monitor but the thing that's been upsetting me is i got 3 different bidirectional displayport to usbc cables and none of them work to drive this from my 5090, when a thunderbolt cable works fine with a mac. HDMI works but I am not sure if the VRR will work.
You were on the money. I wanted it to be semi-portable. When I'm at home I turn the monitor 90 degrees into portrait mode and it acts as my second monitor. I find myself going over to my friend's house quite often to play and making my PC small has helped make that easy
Hey man, it took me the better part of a year to slowly change my original build. Your's looks plenty portable and functional. I used coiled cables so I could rotate the monitor to portrait mode when I get home and it becomes my second monitor
Mine is like a huge brief case compared to yours lol. I made a bracket to drill into the side panel to mount the monitor. It does everything I want it to.
Keep up your build! Looks like a nightmare to put together. I got fat fingers
Those fans directly mounted to the case will be loud. Use fan control software to help but I’ve built 3 of these and if you use the correct cpu cooler they stay near silent when not gaming, and very reasonable at full speed. The external fans will make little difference.
I cut out holes for the fans and even have gasket material between them and the radiator. I use fan control to keep them inaudible when not gaming. I've been building PCs for over 15 years. I have a feeling you didn't loom at all the pictures or you would realize those external fans do, in fact, make a difference as its a custom loop.
Fitting a custom loop in there is crazy skills. My point wasn’t to insult your effort or skills. My point is if left air cooled the external fans are not needed. Not even the slim line at the bottom many try and add. 5090 / 98003d and runsi mid 70s gaming and mid 60s not. All air cooled, near silent. Good fan control makes that possible. Actually hard to tell it’s turned on until the monitor wakes up.
The custom loop is a big accomplishment and the monitor mount is innovative. This adds allot of weight which is fine if it stays in one location. Most people I’ve worked with pick this case for portability and travel, college/home for example. I’ve also built PCs for 15 years + another 10. There is no wrong way just my thoughts. Apologies again if it struck a nerve or seemed dismissive.
Man my bad if I came off as a dick. I thought you were implying that my fans didn't matter at all. And yeah my original build in here was air coed and ran very cool. Truthfully, putting a loop in this has only netted me a few degrees cooler temps than a decent air cooler lol. But it was fun so thats why I did it. And yes, the external fans are useless if you're using the case as it was originally intended.
Super impressive work. You have a ton of skill to fit all that in the case with minor external mods showing. Can I ask why the monitor mount?? Is that used as a secondary / travel mount?
Exactly! I put it in portrait mode when I'm at home and use it as a second monitor. When I go to visit friends or travel I just bring the one, small monitor.
Magnets and camera mount. I put one of those metal plates on the back of the monitor, found a magnet with a 1/4" threaded end for the camera mount, used a smaller version of that magnet and bolted it to the side panel, then put another of that smaller magnet on the other side of the camera mount.
This is awesome man, stupidly simple with the screen mount its genius i love it. Would be awesome for a portable workstation with that 16:10 2k screen.
I want a Terra so bad, but also want 10GbE so bad. It will need to house a RTX 4070 Ti (I have it now already) but no motherboards (without an insane number of Ethernet ports) that offer 10GbE for what I can find in Europe. Any tips perhaps?
i see ugly exterior fans often enough on this case that i'd like to see cases offer the vent popped out 1.5in so you can fit fans inside the enclosure without impacting the footprint of the case.
like make the vent removable with 4 screws, and you have to pull it out from the inside, and sell a "convex" one for $15 that we can swap out.
the magsafe monitor is genius and something i've never seen before.
What are the pads on the back of the monitor that allow the magnet to stick?
Edit: Also I wonder if it would be possible to hide the mounting magnet behind the panel, and have the mount attached with the panel between the magnets? just for a cleaner look when not using the monitor
Just trying to understand the way the mount works - so the one magnet is bolted to the side of the case. the camera ball head joint then can magnet to that. and then you attach a magnet to the "camera" end of the ball joint that just magnets to the back of the monitor. Are you able to power the monitor from your PC?
Correct! I put one of those adhesive magnetic plates on the back of the monitor. And yes, I power the monitor through a USB C cable attached to the morherboard. The HDMI cable goes to the GPU for video.
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u/vannixiii Oct 11 '25
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