THATS CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Seriously nice quality though, outstanding workmanship!
THATS CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Seriously nice quality though, outstanding workmanship!
Wow, that is a monster case! Truly original design, nice work. :)
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Sweet job! I've built 3 systems from 2 airplane Lubic kits, and still have a couple of bars left. I've wanted to try watercooling, but for some reason, I enjoy working the aircooling.
Totally awesome!
navig
Fantastic job there:eek:
Thanks for the compliments guys! Really do appreciate it :) Hell after hearing what my wife has been saying about this case, i didnt know how it would go over.. Shes always called it "That Damn Big Monstocity" LOLOL! Can you tell she hates it?? Well she dont understand anything about computing or overclockers needs so.. figures.
Hey navig, Fun building with Cubic eh? Man i tell ya the instructions say to plan ahead but no matter how much planing i tried i had a hell of a time building this thing! Something of this size is impossable to plan. Hell i didnt even know if i'd have enough parts to finish it till i got close and then i still had to take away from this and that to get the structure finished.. I feel damn lucky that in the end i had just enough. Used every last piece! I even had to order more screws over the internet.. Another 150 screws and i again just had enough! hehehe. Took me a little to figure out that i was dealing with metric screws. Was fun trying to find them locally.
The crazy thing was that i didnt even know if this case was going to even work till i got it all together hehe. Frightning i tell ya. But boy was it a moment i had when that fan powered on for the first time in the case after sitting there for 4 months.
Anyways.. Aircooling. I cant believe no one mentioned this but i guess i will. What do you think would happen if i just put on the largest ALL copper Heatpipe heatsink i could find on this cpu with that massive air flow blowing threw that baby?? lol.. Hell i would love to find out! Then i could really get a true comparisen between this case and other retail cases.. Hell it would also really be interesting to go air cooling for the graphics cards as well. I do miss air cooling though cause of the ease of use.
Maybe one day when i get really board and have some extra cash i'll play with it.
Can you believe its just a real cheap $20 floor standing fan. It its powerfull enough! hehe. Always liked that fan and said i'm gona build a case around that baby!Quote:
Originally Posted by majestik
I originally was planing on using a huge 18" black floor fan that i bought from sears about over 10 years ago.. That damn thing is so powerfull and heavy that it would probably trash the case by sucking in the side walls and snap that thing like a pretzel! >< Maybe if i built it with some metal walls insted of plexy. But that thing on low if more powerfull then this fan on high. Would of been nice but the real main reason was the size.. I'd have to build the case a few inches wider and i would'nt of had enough parts for it.
Those latches are actually window locks and no there metal.. I know it sucks but what can you do? If i painted them it would just rub or crack off. Thats all i could find at the stores around here.. That and the same but brass. Nothing else would work. Black or silver would of owned.Quote:
Originally Posted by Poki
:shocked: That's gotta be the coolest, most overbuilt case I've ever seen. Great job. Next project should be to make a phase cooler and mount it in that damn monstrosity.:cool:
Sorry to say, but yes you are. That's why the Storm costs about twice as much. The Storm G5 is still the best block, only beaten by the Storm G7 which is made of pure silver and it's crazy expensive. Now go put that Storm back in! :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by eclypse
That_is_AWSOME!:woot:
Storm is the better one. Different lines of blocks. The Apogee replaced the 6002. Funny thing is the 6002 is a better block lol, but thats another story. Indeed the Storm is the better one, put it back in!!Quote:
Originally Posted by eclypse
Nice work.
Well i guess i've been had reading the info on the Apogee.. I thought 3x better flow rate and that they said it has an improved cold plate for dual core cpus ment it was better.
Well atleast i didnt sell the block.. Only question now is this version 1 storm ok to use or should i grab the version 2?? The version 2 says better flow.. so i'm thinking maybe not since that was what the Apogee has hehe.
Very, very nice! :up:
Yeah love it, altho i imagine its a little noisey.
Worth it tho cos it looks wicked.
This was my first system.
It was pretty big and ugly, based on the hot-side-hot cool-side-cool theory. But not nearly as overwhelming as your beautiful jukebox. My wife thought I was nuts also.
My second Lubic system.
I decided to go for a more sleek aesthetic look. Quothe the wife, "That one's not so tacky." Won me the cover of June's CPU magazine.
Third system here.
I felt guilty for abandoning my performance roots, so I constructed this baby. Haven't gone so far as a 16in fan (yet), but my GFB1212VHW comes close! pic 1. pic 2. pic 3.
All the bars came from 2 airplane kits, but I did supplement with angles and screws. Once upon a time Aerocool had a forum, where I posted the appropriate sizes for all the screws etc. but it got hacked.
navig
Thats cool Navig! Your second system the twin towers actually inspired me with my dream system. How funny.. So your the guy that built those. :)
Lubic is certainly not the cheapest meterial to build a box out of but its easier if you dont have the right tools.
I need to set the few that think this case is loud.. By no means is this case loud! My wife is the type where so needs complete silence to sleep at night. This computer is right next to the bedroom door and she sleeps every night with no complaints.. THis system is also in the living room as the spare room is my daughters. We can watch tv ext.. no probs.
Like i siad before its just a plain floor standing cheap fan.. Those fans aint loud.. plus with it in a box its quieter. Its a deep humming sound that easy on the ears and not loud by any means. My old case (Mountain Mods UFO) with 10 120mm/38mm YS tech 125 CFM fans was LOUD! I had to turn the fans down half way just to hear the tv and so my wife would sleep at night.
Remember.. small fast fans are loud.. When you go large you get more CFMs and its quieter.
Cool, it swells my head a bit to know I might have played a little bit of inspiration to such a monumental project. Altho if you lose any household pets into that fan, I had nothing to do with it ;)
Yeah, I like Lubic parts because I live in a flat and I had to build all those systems mostly in my kitchen. One day I dream of having a garage shop!
I was just thinking your system looks like an awesome Marshall Stack Amp. Maybe you should set up a stack on either side of the system and have the sound output thru them. I'm sure your wife and daughters would appreciate that....
Best mod like this i have seen!
xtreme in every sense!!! You have just inspired me :cool: tyvm :)
HAHAHA! Sure! They'd love me for that! lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Navig
I know the feeling man.. I live in a condo that has a garage but theres another unit right above so no power tools allowed. Hell i built this thing right on the dinning room table. I had to keep raising the chandelier as it got taller. It really sucked when me rich sister in law would come over to visit.. Super embarrised. Took over that table for 4 months. heh the floor was my work bench.. sucked.. Could do some real damage in a garage.
Thanks man.. Good luck with your case!Quote:
Originally Posted by Defyant
Best case mod I have sene.
What are you temps at idle and full load.
Thanks
Wish i had a temp prob or thermometer.. So far the cpu AMD FX-60 clocked at 2970Mhz x2 @ 1.6v idles at 29-31c and load temp tops at 40c.
The 2 7800GTX cards in SLI at 625 = 585+ 40 Delta /1500 at 1.7v ruffly idel at 32-34c and max load at 42c.
Just took the temps durring 3dmark 2k5.
Used Ntune to monitor the temps and make a log of it.. I dont know what else to use for the graphics cards.
The chipset sits at 35c and the PWM IC is at 37c idle and i believe tops somewhere around 42c.
I know for a fact that this cpu block isint seated all to well cause i messed with it trying to get that damn 3 gigs dual prime stable and i need to fix it again. Either this chip is going back to amd or i pop the top off either one. Prob just pop the top cause this top was messed up since day one.. i should of just boxed it up and sent it straight back to amd.. the damn top looks like it wasnt pressed very well.. kinda like the press was using too much pressure and dimpled the sides.
Still have some kinks to fix.. like yank out the cpu block and swap for the storm block and take out 2 of the pumps since i dont need 4.