Portal Sentry Turret Open Air PC Chassis

Turn your computer into a grand desk ornament representing one of gaming's most famed and beloved turret enemies!

I decided that if I was finally making the leap to a fully watercooled system that it was going to be a truly unique, stylized build. While brainstorming ideas, a particular configuration with two radiators upright and parallel to each other reminded me of something (it was either this or a tie fighter). After much planning, modelling, printing, and gluing, I've brought it to life on my desk, and I'm now releasing the STLs here on Printables as well as on Thingiverse.

Initial post on Reddit about this project: https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/1n4xkv0/had_this_idea_for_a_truly_unique_pc_build_and/

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ASSEMBLY GUIDE VIDEO: 

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PC Component Compatibility:

- If you couldn't already tell from the photos, this is intended for full custom loop systems
- ITX Motherboard
- SFX PSU
- Dual 360mm radiators
- PCIE Riser cable for GPU
- Soft tubing (Black Rubber Tubing to fit in with the aesthetic)
- I made the clearances as tight as was comfortable for my components. You have around 215 mm height clearance for the GPU (230mm with the alternate part) and you can probably push the CPU block height to 40mm before the tubing gets too bent.
  - CPU block used in my build (AM5 Socket): Thermaltake Pacific W9- 30mm Height
  - GPU block used in my build (PNY RTX 4090): Bykski - 214mm height
- Rear reservoir seat and holder is made specifically for the Thermaltake Pacific PR32-D5 Plus
- Flow and Temp sensor in my build from Bykski (DISPLAY ONLY, DOES NOT OUTPUT DATA)
- Readable temp sensor in my build is the Alphacool 17362 Eiszapfen Temperature Sensor

3D Printing Stats

- I've made a spreadsheet to guide you along this project: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1U0T0Zu2dUt0j5tljGGUOeWNFoUV0ArABURN6zZ8-EyY/edit?gid=0#gid=0

- Required filament colors: Black, White, Red, Silk Silver
- 76 total parts to print from 69 unique parts (including optional 3.5" HDD holder and alternate parts). See last preview image for recommended groupings. There are two alternate parts should you need extra clearance for the GPU and/or PSU.
- Using the recommended print settings in the sheet (including optional 3.5" HDD holder):
  - 3.830 kg filament
  - 217 printer hours
- Storage / Companion cubes not included. The size I printed is 4cm.

Other Parts Needed

- Super glue. Highly recommend one that comes with a long narrow spout for precision placement. I used this one: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B8SRDD46
- 2x 2020 Aluminum extrusions, 200mm long, for mounting the motherboard to (or you can print your own)
- T-nuts to screw the motherboard standoffs onto the extrusions
- Velcro or strong double sided tape for mounting the PSU and sticking the shield parts onto the radiators. I recommend this for double sided tape: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07YB1ZXG6
- Felt fabric to pad the 3.5" HDD inside the holder
- For the eye light:
   - Electroluminescent Trimmable Sheets. You can get these on Amazon. They connect via USB. If you're one to put your PC to sleep instead of shutting it down, make sure to enable hibernation in Windows and use that instead. That way the eye shuts off instead of staying on.
- For the Super Button
   - 12mm PC power button switch for the Super Button. You can get these on Amazon.
   - 4x 0.5 x 5 x 30mm (14 coil) springs for the Super Button.