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27th September 2002, 19:05
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The Freak
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When case mods go well....
Picked up my new case a couple of days ago, spent a few hours cutting holes, making a new fanbus, wiring up a case light (a modified led stop light from a car of all things), adding fans...
Ripped the bits out of my old case, spent 5 hours doing the wiring (im a perfectionist, there must be at least 150 cable ties in there), installed the hardware, tested if everything worked.... The result: a 1-2 degree temp drop...With the mega bright 20 led case light turned on. Rock solid 34 degree idle temp and load temp of 38 degrees, with the ambient temp around 20 degrees. I didnt get a monster full tower either, settled for a nice black midtower with a built in perspex window, and instead of having 7 case fans, i dropped it back to 4, two intakes at the front, two exhausts at the rear. So its ultra quiet, quieter than a standard pc. It looks ok, but doesnt have that bashed up, well used look anymore, oh well. And its still portable, but i will be adding a carry handle. Who knows why it runs cooler, it just does, maybe i got the airflow equation just right, maybe having 4 exhaust fans and 3 intakes causes an imbalance. Anyways, I'll take some pictures tomorrow if anyones interested. 
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27th September 2002, 19:09
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Ninja Master!
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hahaa that sounnds uber! pics! pics!
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27th September 2002, 19:36
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Rudolf the Red.
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That's sounds good but not this good
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27th September 2002, 20:26
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Ninja Master!
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right, casemod battle!
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27th September 2002, 22:18
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None of those are as good as my case.
Some of the pics taken were: http://www.buriedshadows.com/images/...oldcathode.jpg and http://www.buriedshadows.com/images/casepics/front.jpg there are a few other things I want to do with it, but it's hard without decent metal working tools. But, yeah, nice mod Atmo. Be sure to post some pics. | |
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28th September 2002, 00:13
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Major Dude
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I dont do shit like that to my comp.
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28th September 2002, 07:09
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The Freak
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Apologies for the pic quality (was taken with a webcam).
And its the case light thats making it look like its on fire... Will try to get hold of a digital cam to get some better pics hopefully. |
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28th September 2002, 07:16
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Interesting picture; looks like a metal tower in a steel foundry
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28th September 2002, 08:37
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Wind Chime of the Apocalypse
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It actually wouldn't surprise me if one day someone did manage to make a case mod that involved fire.
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28th September 2002, 08:40
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Not a case mod, but cool nonetheless.
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28th September 2002, 09:07
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damn that light is errr.... bright isnt a big enough word lol
pyrophones??? |
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28th September 2002, 11:46
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28th September 2002, 18:35
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28th September 2002, 18:41
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28th September 2002, 21:02
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woah...
and I thought I had no life...
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28th September 2002, 21:25
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Rudolf the Red.
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try putting laptop components in a clear PC case with a funky light and hard disk window
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29th September 2002, 02:04
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Ooooooh! Looks very nice all!
More pics.
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29th September 2002, 04:57
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Here is the front and left half of my case
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29th September 2002, 04:58
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Close up on the window, case light area
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29th September 2002, 04:59
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The front 5 1/4" drives area
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29th September 2002, 05:04
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and finally, the front/right side
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29th September 2002, 05:07
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i want one of those radio things
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29th September 2002, 05:26
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a couple of more pics
These were taken in the dark
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29th September 2002, 05:28
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and this is a pic of the inside without that damn 2coolPC in the way :P
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29th September 2002, 05:43
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Last but not least
Teh Specs:
CPU: AMD Athlon XP 1800+ w/ Arkua Copper Cooler Motherboard: Soyo kt266a Dragon Plus RAM: 256mb pc2100 Mushkin DDR Video: Gainward GeForce3 ti450 4ns 128mb DDR version Hard Drive: Maxtor 60GB ATA100 IDE DVD: Pioneer 105SZ 16x/40x Slot Loading DVD rom drive ATA33 DVD+RW/CDR/CDRW: HP dvd100i 2.4x/8x/12x/10x/32x That radio thing: NewQ Platinum DSP Equalizer/Radio Case: Made by FuturePower w 350W Power Supply and side window Zip 100 drive LS120 Superdisk/3.5" floppy drive Realtek NIC 10/100 LAN card Compaq PCI Firewire card CMI 6-channel Sound Card 2CoolPC 2 PCI slot cooling fans 2 Vantec Tornado case cooling fans Creative Labs Inspire 5300 5.1 Surround Speakers Kleer 17" PC Monitor  DSL Modem 8 port Ethernet hub Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro Logitech Mouseman Optical w/ MouseBungee and RatPadz gaming pad Zoom v.92 USB Modem Logitech Wingman RumblePad Hanaho Hotrod SE and a Microphone Case Stickers and stuff: right side: 7.5" Nvidia Sticker Front: 1 inch Nvidia Sticker 1 in. Athlon XP sticker 1 in. Powered By Gainward Sticker 1 in. Quake3 sticker Left side: Quake3 Etched Applique for side window |
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29th September 2002, 06:04
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Major Dude
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ooooo nick, pretty front!
PhotoFx -[=]-"Visual forms are not inherent in themselves, but are granted by the act of seeing..." -Trevor Goodchild |
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29th September 2002, 06:11
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see that bizz! More people have commented on my case than yours. HA. Eat that. Bitch.
My case own0rs. /me is teh Win!!
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29th September 2002, 06:18
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Major Dude
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i refuse to start a feud! i am no longer responsible for anyone else's actions!
btw nick, i think the side's pretty ugly
PhotoFx -[=]-"Visual forms are not inherent in themselves, but are granted by the act of seeing..." -Trevor Goodchild |
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29th September 2002, 07:44
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Best case mod... EVER. So good of a mod it is now a stand alone product.
http://www.frozencase.com |
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29th September 2002, 10:13
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Rudolf the Red.
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Marks deducted from Bizz for not doing the mod himself
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30th September 2002, 07:10
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hehe nice but...
only 256 ram???  get more in there now!
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30th September 2002, 08:21
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oh shit, i have 2 256mb sticks in there, forgot about that
[01:21] <Bizznatch> os[Windows XP Professional (5.1 - 2600)] uptime[1d 7h 20m 15s] cpu[1-AMD XP, 1529MHz, 256KB (9% Load)] mem[Usage: 222/512MB (43.36%)*[||||------]] |
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30th September 2002, 09:18
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tahst beter i got worried lol
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8th December 2002, 23:15
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has no CT
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had too.
Sry, but I just had to brnig this back to the font. I wanna see more mods
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8th December 2002, 23:36
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The Freak
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Not many mods recently, 5 1/4 bay fan controller/temp monitor thingy and some thermal switches and stuff. Not really worth taking more pics.
Planned in the next couple of months: New monitor, XP2800+ and 512mb of pc3500 so i can put my Thunderbird 1400, 512mb pc2100 and old A7V266 in this case, grab an Antec fulltower, chuck the new gear in that and go nuts. Since it'll be a gaming/graphics PC only, noise wont be a concern...I've got 10 80mm and 2 120mm fans that need a home.
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9th December 2002, 03:16
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Major Dude
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here is me while I make some modifications to my computer:
 EDIT: nevermind that... |
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9th December 2002, 04:46
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Major Dude
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 For the freedom to express myself in my own way without fear of being censored or banned. |
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9th December 2002, 04:48
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Forum King
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bah! the GrazerMaster case may be impressive to look at, but i hear it has little to no cooling potential - definately the choice of the showy amateur.
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