I doubt these were anywhere near "common", consumer water cooling was still in it's infancy when beige cases were around.

also it seems to have leaked at one point ^^

Yes, it leaks through the cpu block, the gaskets are damaged, and it also leaks through the tube connections. the tubes are quite hard, it may be because of their age.

Seems to have been a Spanish outfit that developed the Speedplus / Speedplus Pro systems using TEC coolers

https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=aut … lo/ekspeed1.htm

Interesting looking case anyway, so shame about the rust.

I'd just pull the liquid cooling, clean/sand/protectant coat the rust, and then throw a 386 or 486 in there since that's the vibe that case gives me.

PC Hoarder Patrol wrote on 2021-07-19, 15:58:

Seems to have been a Spanish outfit that developed the Speedplus / Speedplus Pro systems using TEC coolers

https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=aut … lo/ekspeed1.htm

Interesting looking case anyway, so shame about the rust.

I had not found that article, it is interesting to know that it is from the socket A era. I have several computers from that era so I am encouraging myself to try to restore it. The difficult parts will be the support for the cpu block, the side panels that I do not have, and correctly remove the rust.

Hoping wrote on 2021-07-19, 16:24:

PC Hoarder Patrol wrote on 2021-07-19, 15:58:

Seems to have been a Spanish outfit that developed the Speedplus / Speedplus Pro systems using TEC coolers

https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=aut … lo/ekspeed1.htm

Interesting looking case anyway, so shame about the rust.

I had not found that article, it is interesting to know that it is from the socket A era. I have several computers from that era so I am encouraging myself to try to restore it. The difficult parts will be the support for the cpu block, the side panels that I do not have, and correctly remove the rust.

Hope your Spanish is up to scratch

Got it from their archived website at

https://web.archive.org/web/20010803030106/ht … ekspeedplus.asp

There's even a basic 3D Flash animation of the case - if your browser wont play it, you can download the Adobe Flash Player projector content debugger at https://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/deb … _downloads.html

Wan't to know what's the worst, part of this?
I'm from Spain, I thought that it was made by EKWB because of the name EK computers, and looked for EKWB computer cases. But it seens that there's no relation between them. My english is what's not up to scrath.
Now I need to find the time to try to restore it. For now, I've found that the water pump is an simple aquarium pump, and thinking of the easiest and cheapest way to fix the rust.

Maybe one of those rust converter compounds, or just wire brush / sand it down to bare metal and apply some silver primer/topcoat. Funnily enough, the actual case metal looks almost galvanised in your pics.

Yes, it looks galvanised, but it still had coolant inside the radiator and judging by color and smell, I think it was the typical green car coolant, I think that caused the rust even if the case is galvanised. Aniway, it needs a lot of work and time.
Another thin that bothers me are the side panels, I don't know how to make ones, but the rust go first, if it is to deep maybe I won't have the skills needed to fix it.

Galvanized cages do rust. Its a myth that they wont. On most computers it is just a very small coat. Leave them exposed out in the weather for a few years a most of the galved case will have shown signs of rust.

Hello hoping,
To remove the rust you can use vinegar and baking soda. The bicarbonate is a catalyst to speed up the process.
Later it would be interesting to give him a primer and a hand of paint. Or paint it with a spray, to protect the metal.

PS: Here is another Spanish, Greetings.

Update on this project, I am usually too lazy to document my projects but I am documenting this a bit, so I will share it.
Disassembled the box completely and removed all rust by hand with patience.
Then I painted it with a color that caught my attention but I have never been good at painting, and the result proves it. Part of the problem is that I didn't know that galvanized surfaces need special treatment for paint to adhere properly. Luckily the parts damaged by the rust were sanded and the paint would not fall from those areas.
The previous owner glued the lid of the reservoir with cyanoacrylate and also the copper outlets of the reservoir have cyanoacrylate on the threads. So patience is what I have left.
Also the reservor lid is deformed so with the help of my heat gun I hope to be able to straighten it.

Repaired the cpu block, new handmade rubber gaskets, no leaks. Now it leaks due to the connections of the tubes that the joints will possibly have damaged after so many years. Luckily the pump still works and gives a fairly large flow and is very silent when submerged. Now the problem is the tube connections. I want to keep the "home made" look so I'm looking for a solution, but since I don't have any experience with the subject I have to study my options. I would like to get a connection of the style that the radiator has.
So I'm looking for a connection with that thread and a smooth outlet.

Just get hardware store stainless steel hose clamps for about 50 cents each.

Sorry, edited the post, I've forgot one photo, the one of the actual tube connectors, I want to replace those with something with an outlet like the ones of the radiator and if I can find pressure clamps, not the ones with the screw, I'll be happy.

Ah, I see now, air tools section may have brass nozzles that fit, automotive section may have brake lines that you can cut off and leave a sleeve to clamp a hose to.