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02-06-2009, 02:56 AM
iandh

Quote:

Originally Posted by bentleya

The ram chips, we are working on :up:, and ian everything is not just about the money ;)

That's why I said I am not all about profit ;)
02-06-2009, 03:00 AM
bentleya

oo cool, ian, i think i just miss read all of what you said :yawn: god dam delxsiea
02-06-2009, 11:40 AM
Mick64

I had to post another, I forgot the O ring last time! :rolleyes:

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/k...4_1024x768.jpg
02-06-2009, 11:45 AM
bentleya

MIck, with that block, i think it would look good if you had the south bridge go into the north bridge, then have the other barb on the last mosfet and get rid of the rest of the block by the ram :), if you get me? But it looks fantastico :)
02-06-2009, 11:49 AM
Waterlogged

Quote:

Originally Posted by bentleya

MIck, with that block, i think it would look good if you had the south bridge go into the north bridge, then have the other barb on the last mosfet and get rid of the rest of the block by the ram :), if you get me? But it looks fantastico :)

I was thinking the same thing but figured he had his reasons for the way it is. :yepp:
02-06-2009, 11:59 AM
bentleya

Quote:

Originally Posted by Waterlogged

I was thinking the same thing but figured he had his reasons for the way it is. :yepp:

Yerp, thers always a reason why it is like that, i think it would look better that block if it was all copper and it had the inlets and outlets, near the same place on the side of the block then copper pipe taken it away from the block, that would look awsome :D:shocked:
02-06-2009, 12:18 PM
Mick64

Quote:

Originally Posted by bentleya

MIck, with that block, i think it would look good if you had the south bridge go into the north bridge, then have the other barb on the last mosfet and get rid of the rest of the block by the ram :), if you get me? But it looks fantastico :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Waterlogged

I was thinking the same thing but figured he had his reasons for the way it is. :yepp:

Your idea is sound bentlya! I can't say that I have definitive reasons for the way my design has turned out. I just had an idea, which I pictured in my mind. I then tried to produce this vision as a render. There are probably many ways that it can be improved. I just hope it gives others some inspiration and perhaps something similar may actually be produced. I think the motherboard manufacturers should think a little more about the needs and wants of the water cooling comunity...;)
02-06-2009, 01:07 PM
Metric

Sort of a mix between an Aqua Computer DI and an EK Supreme:

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/2028/Xtre...waterblock.jpg
02-06-2009, 01:58 PM
Mick64

Quote:

Originally Posted by Metric

Sort of a mix between an Aqua Computer DI and an EK Supreme:

Excellent design and great render! Your really getting quite creative Metric...:up: :clap:
02-06-2009, 02:25 PM
bentleya

MEtric, that block is amazing, what materials was used?, what settings? what light?
02-06-2009, 03:57 PM
Mick64

Just playing around with this one now....:rolleyes:

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/k...1_1024x768.jpg
02-08-2009, 10:37 AM
bentleya

Here's a little WIP, duel mosfet for the Asus Striker Extreme MOBO, render is crud i know but o well. Just the first basic model more to come on this :)

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...fetTestOne.jpg
02-09-2009, 03:41 PM
FrostyPanda

Woo hoo! I just got solidworks 2009 premier! i'll see what I can do about getting something modeled and rendered overnight........

Also, do any of you use solid works? Or is it a combo of Inventor and SU?
02-09-2009, 03:44 PM
zeroibis

Quote:

Originally Posted by bentleya

Here's a little WIP, duel mosfet for the Asus Striker Extreme MOBO, render is crud i know but o well. Just the first basic model more to come on this :)

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...fetTestOne.jpg

My GOD! :shocked:

It's beautiful!!!!11111 :oscar::eleph::shock2:
02-09-2009, 05:02 PM
Metric

Quote:

Originally Posted by FrostyPanda

Woo hoo! I just got solidworks 2009 premier! i'll see what I can do about getting something modeled and rendered overnight........

Also, do any of you use solid works? Or is it a combo of Inventor and SU?

Evil uses Inventor and I've been using Solidworks 2009 for some of my more recent blocks.

Bentleya, have you tried using HDR probes for your lighting? They definitely help with the realism.
02-09-2009, 10:13 PM
Metric

My Striker Extreme PWM block - MIPS and Bitspower style :hammer:

https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/2028/Xtr...AsusPWMs_1.jpg
02-09-2009, 11:33 PM
bentleya

Quote:

Originally Posted by Metric

Evil uses Inventor and I've been using Solidworks 2009 for some of my more recent blocks.

Bentleya, have you tried using HDR probes for your lighting? They definitely help with the realism.

Metric, i haven't got a clue how to change settings, :confused: all basic settings. Would also like to know how to make acrylic edges glow like you have LED's in them. And a Derlin materail + brused aluminum that works ;)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Metric

My Striker Extreme PWM block - MIPS and Bitspower style :hammer:

WOW. thats amaing :) what settings was used they? and materials? :up:
02-09-2009, 11:46 PM
jonathankru

Well i know my design is not very practical but i have been having alot of fun with Max (This is the second time i am trying to use Max to render).

By the way the CPU Block was modelled in Inventor 2009

By the way some of the renders and designs here are amazing!!!!

http://i40.tinypic.com/2pquuk8.jpg
02-10-2009, 03:56 AM
jonathankru

Another Attempt at Rendering :)

http://i44.tinypic.com/s5b9e1.jpg
02-10-2009, 08:18 AM
Mick64

:welcome: jonathankru. Nice renders!
Hope we will be seeing more of your work soon. :up:
02-10-2009, 08:22 AM
Mick64

Quote:

Originally Posted by Metric

My Striker Extreme PWM block - MIPS and Bitspower style :hammer:

Yet again, superb renders Metric! Any chance you can let us know what materials you are using for those blocks? :yepp:
02-10-2009, 08:52 AM
jonathankru

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mick64

:welcome: jonathankru. Nice renders!
Hope we will be seeing more of your work soon. :up:

Thanks, I am really enjoying Max. By the way your models in sketch up are crazy good.

Well back to the drawing board :yepp:
02-10-2009, 10:10 AM
evil-98

I think Metric is on the maxwell train with me now :p:

so unless you plan to switch over (which shouldnt be too hard theres a sketchup plug in) the materials wont really help.
02-10-2009, 10:46 AM
bentleya

Quote:

Originally Posted by evil-98

I think Metric is on the maxwell train with me now :p:

so unless you plan to switch over (which shouldnt be too hard theres a sketchup plug in) the materials wont really help.

I downloaded it a while back but been to scared to ask help, as your always so busy :), but if metric and evil will give me a hand lerning some stuff, i would change over ;)
02-10-2009, 10:53 AM
bentleya

Decided i suck at kerkythea now, so will move on to maxwell, if some help is provided.

But here's the 2nd revision in the duel mosfet block :)

Still a bit more to do but o well, and i'm starting to think i'm going from bad to worse on these renders :(

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...osfettest2.jpg
02-10-2009, 11:11 AM
jonathankru

I redid the textures for my first cpu waterblock and started to mess with depth of field.

http://i41.tinypic.com/2h87l15.jpg
My acrylic texture sucks!!!! Anyone using Autodesk Max 09 to render ,i could use help on creating the acrylic texture?
02-10-2009, 11:15 AM
kinghong1970

quit drawing em and git to making em!!!

damn you with your eye candy...
:P
02-10-2009, 11:28 AM
Waterlogged

Quote:

Originally Posted by kinghong1970

quit drawing em and git to making em!!!

damn you with your eye candy...
:P

:yepp:

I blame evil. :ROTF:
02-10-2009, 01:11 PM
Metric

Quote:

Originally Posted by evil-98

I think Metric is on the maxwell train with me now :p:

so unless you plan to switch over (which shouldnt be too hard theres a sketchup plug in) the materials wont really help.

Yep, I switched over to Maxwell since it seems to have much better support material-wise (and better selection) and it renders multiple times faster than Kerkythea.

Evil, think you could send a 2D profile of your BP barbs (something I can revolve around a axis)?

jonathankru: What's the IOR for your acrylic material? It looks too low, increasing it might help.
02-10-2009, 01:19 PM
jonathankru

Quote:

Originally Posted by Metric

Yep, I switched over to Maxwell since it seems to have much better support material-wise (and better selection) and it renders multiple times faster than Kerkythea.

Evil, think you could send a 2D profile of your BP barbs (something I can revolve around a axis)?

jonathankru: What's the IOR for your acrylic material? It looks too low, increasing it might help.

I am still a noob at Max. Only been using it for a couple of days. I dont know what IOR is but i am googleing it as i type to see if i can find out more.
Thanks for the tip.
02-10-2009, 01:36 PM
jonathankru

Well here is another one. I am still experimenting with textures so it is not a very good render. Will work some more on the render later and update it when i am done. :yepp:

http://i39.tinypic.com/2egekyd.jpg
02-10-2009, 02:09 PM
bentleya

Kudus, to metric and evil once again, masters of maxwell, been playing for about 2 hours so far, i have lernt not much :( can't change material + can't install material download from the interweb :( Will try again tomorow night :)
02-10-2009, 02:29 PM
evil-98

Quote:

Originally Posted by Metric

Evil, think you could send a 2D profile of your BP barbs (something I can revolve around a axis)?

heres are the inventor and solidworks files :up: sorry no sketch up version :p:

edit:

@bentleya;

depending on what software you choose to use will determine weather or not i can help you in the actual rendering. materials and such we can share no problem, over all setup of the renders etc are the same but work flow of each software is different. i render through 3DSMAX or use maxwell studio, tho i like the flow of 3DSMAX more.
02-10-2009, 02:32 PM
bentleya

it won't let me download it evil? i just get random smbyails come up on a webpage :(
02-10-2009, 02:33 PM
evil-98

right-click save link as :up:

also recommend you use firefox, when i click the link it asks me if i want to DL :shrug:
02-10-2009, 02:52 PM
bentleya

i use safari, try to keep programs to the least :)

Quote:

@bentleya;

depending on what software you choose to use will determine weather or not i can help you in the actual rendering. materials and such we can share no problem, over all setup of the renders etc are the same but work flow of each software is different. i render through 3DSMAX or use maxwell studio, tho i like the flow of 3DSMAX more

3ds confuses me more, i don't get it you get vray, maxwell, mental, i'm totaly confused i have maxwell and 3DS installed, so what ever is easier to learn :)
02-10-2009, 03:03 PM
Mick64

It must be nice to be able to afford the Maxwell render. :( There's no way I'd spend that sort of money, :eek: unless it was for a business venture! :shakes:
02-10-2009, 03:07 PM
evil-98

Quote:

Originally Posted by bentleya

i use safari, try to keep programs to the least :)
3ds confuses me more, i don't get it you get vray, maxwell, mental, i'm totaly confused i have maxwell and 3DS installed, so what ever is easier to learn :)

well it takes years of work to learn and understand the work flow of 3DSMAX, some pick i up faster then others. personally ive been using 3dsmax since version 5.

what are you using to model?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mick64

It must be nice to be able to afford the Maxwell render. :( There's no way I'd spend that sort of money, :eek: unless it was for a business venture! :shakes:

its a good thing im in the business :p:

definitely there's no reason you should have to switch over, you seem to be getting rather proficient with what your using. I personally have never used it but id like to see different lighting from you :up:
02-10-2009, 04:03 PM
FrostyPanda

Well, here's my first attempt at a waterblock. I finally got the gist of SolidWorks, so I threw this one together last night. I know I don't have an o ring, mounting hardware, or screws and such but I think it's pretty good for a first time. I'm still getting used to maxwell and I'm having some trouble with the depth of field as you can see by the blurryness in some places. Well here we go! Please feel free to criticize and give me pointers!

@Metric: What material do you use for the copper in your renderings? Do you make your own or do you download them from mxmgallery.com?

Block Rev. 1
http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/r...s/8b5c4faf.png
02-10-2009, 04:08 PM
Angmaar

Do you need sketchup pro to render things in Kerkythea Echo?

The renders look AMAZING!
02-10-2009, 04:24 PM
Webby

Quote:

Originally Posted by hotwaxisbad

Do you need sketchup pro to render things in Kerkythea Echo?

The renders look AMAZING!

No just a plugin to export the model to Kerkythea it is available on the site ;)
02-10-2009, 04:35 PM
Metric

FrostyPanda: Yes, the copper is one I made myself. You can download it here.
hotwaxisbad: Nope, you only need the regular, free version of Sketchup to render in Kerkythea.

Many thanks for the Bitspower barb Evil :up:

https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/2028/Xtr...sSE_Delrin.jpg

https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/2028/Xtr...SE_Acrylic.jpg
02-10-2009, 06:29 PM
Mick64

Quote:

Originally Posted by FrostyPanda

Well, here's my first attempt at a waterblock. I finally got the gist of SolidWorks, so I threw this one together last night. I know I don't have an o ring, mounting hardware, or screws and such but I think it's pretty good for a first time. I'm still getting used to maxwell and I'm having some trouble with the depth of field as you can see by the blurryness in some places. Well here we go! Please feel free to criticize and give me pointers!

:welcome: Nice to see you're off the starting blocks Frosty. Not a bad start! Keep em coming. :up:
02-10-2009, 11:42 PM
bentleya

Quote:

Originally Posted by evil-98

well it takes years of work to learn and understand the work flow of 3DSMAX, some pick i up faster then others. personally ive been using 3dsmax since version 5.

what are you using to model?

Well, using sketchup but did want to change to soildworks so i can get some stuff made, as sketchup sucks at exporting :)
02-11-2009, 01:48 AM
FrostyPanda

I threw this together earlier tonight. I'll post pix's of the top parts when they're done rendering...

http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/r...s/c66676b6.png

(:rolleyes: Dayam...it's really late........1:44, 1:45, 1:46......)

Also, thanks for that material Metric :up:
02-11-2009, 03:26 AM
basserdan

Quote:

Originally Posted by FrostyPanda

I threw this together earlier tonight. I'll post pix's of the top parts when they're done rendering...

http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/r...s/c66676b6.png

(:rolleyes: Dayam...it's really late........1:44, 1:45, 1:46......)

Also, thanks for that material Metric :up:

Excuse me for being too dumb to know better but - a top with an intake port in the middle and 4 exit ports (say 1/4"), one at each corner.
02-11-2009, 06:43 AM
PrometheusCon

Quote:

Originally Posted by basserdan

Excuse me for being too dumb to know better but - a top with an intake port in the middle and 4 exit ports (say 1/4"), one at each corner.

Or it could be like the gtz/fusion and have a mid plate with 4 corner slots that route the water to 1 exit port.
02-11-2009, 07:05 AM
FrostyPanda

Quote:

Originally Posted by basserdan

Excuse me for being too dumb to know better but - a top with an intake port in the middle and 4 exit ports (say 1/4"), one at each corner.

Um......not really haha. I just thought this looked cool, it doesn't have to be super functional.

Quote:

Originally Posted by PrometheusCon

Or it could be like the gtz/fusion and have a mid plate with 4 corner slots that route the water to 1 exit port.

But then I couldn't use acrylic!

Here is what the final block part looks like. i didn't make the field of view big enough, but w/e. I'll make a mount for it when I get home from school.
http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/r...s/57e7281d.png
02-11-2009, 07:32 AM
neo mike

nice

Nice stuff guys, wow very cool, i would like to get into this, what program would you recomend for a total noob, thats not to outrageous in price ? i have lots of waterblock, and heatsink ideas i would love to render.
02-11-2009, 10:03 AM
Metric

Quote:

Originally Posted by neo mike

Nice stuff guys, wow very cool, i would like to get into this, what program would you recomend for a total noob, thats not to outrageous in price ? i have lots of waterblock, and heatsink ideas i would love to render.

The completely free solution would be Google Sketchup and Kerkythea.

FrostyPanda: Great design. With your current pin structure, it would make more sense to use the same flow path as the Fuzion as PrometheusCon suggested. You could always have the middle section be made out of acrylic as well :cool:
02-11-2009, 11:03 AM
bentleya

@FrostyPanda - Loving that base design , you could also do a fusion style top like fitseries makes http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=215817
02-11-2009, 12:28 PM
Mick64

Been working on my "water cooling" case design. Made a few refinements and decided to show it without any components this time…..:cool:

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/k.../Case-mkII.jpg
02-11-2009, 12:34 PM
jonathankru

[QUOTE=Mick64;3645256]Been working on my "water cooling" case design. Made a few refinements and decided to show it without any components this time…..:cool:

That is really cool !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
02-11-2009, 12:38 PM
bentleya

@Mick - OOO looks a lot like a lian li but with watercooling mounts :) and more, Maybe make mounts for monsta rad :)
02-11-2009, 12:40 PM
Jokester_wild

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mick64

Been working on my "water cooling" case design. Made a few refinements and decided to show it without any components this time…..:cool:

Let me know when I can order one :clap:
02-11-2009, 01:20 PM
FrostyPanda

Quote:

Originally Posted by neo mike

Nice stuff guys, wow very cool, i would like to get into this, what program would you recomend for a total noob, thats not to outrageous in price ? i have lots of waterblock, and heatsink ideas i would love to render.

I'm loving solid works and maxwell......

Quote:

Originally Posted by Metric

The completely free solution would be Google Sketchup and Kerkythea.

FrostyPanda: Great design. With your current pin structure, it would make more sense to use the same flow path as the Fuzion as PrometheusCon suggested. You could always have the middle section be made out of acrylic as well :cool:

EDITED: Forum rules require me to not talk about alternate methods of obtaining software........
02-11-2009, 01:57 PM
SNiiPE_DoGG

hey mick, whats the depth of that design (front to back)
02-11-2009, 02:42 PM
Mick64

Quote:

Originally Posted by SNiiPE_DoGG

hey mick, whats the depth of that design (front to back)

I'm pretty sure it's 620mm front to back and 600mm top to bottom, but I'm at work at the moment and I can't be 100% definite without checking...
02-11-2009, 02:49 PM
warriorpoet

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mick64

Been working on my "water cooling" case design. Made a few refinements and decided to show it without any components this time…..:cool:

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/k.../Case-mkII.jpg

I would buy one for sure.
02-11-2009, 03:41 PM
headala

Quote:

Originally Posted by FrostyPanda

There's always torrents for the budget constrained..........

Eek, be careful saying stuff like that around here.
02-11-2009, 06:31 PM
emir

Hi guys, i loove the topic, it inspires me. Your works are very nice :)
I've tried to render my old work but i didn't get the quality of yours. Which programs and settings you use?

My Solidworks Photoworks render:
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/3681/yaamrcopyce3.jpg

I'll manufacture this block in a few days and test it.
02-11-2009, 07:06 PM
Mangofire

Well time to jump into this thread. I found this thread amazing to say the least. I started reading this thread about a month ago and thought I would get into this rendering stuff. I already love doing Mods to my computer, my latest http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=216792 and the addition of a quad core over my E8500 was influenced by yes rendering. This is the best stuff to really get the most out of a high end machine. I am a product designer by trade and have used Ideas for the last ten years but now we have switched to Catia, a lot like Solidworks from what I'm told. I'm still learning Catia but have been doing CAD for almost 20 years now so making the switch isn't that hard. Catia has an integrated rendering software but it is very limited. Never heard of Kerkythea, Blender before this thread but over the last month I have tried to learn as much as I can. My first challange however came from Catia itself. Now my job is to build only designs that can be manufactured so I built my cpu cooler based off the D-Tek design to scale just to learn Blender and KT. When you take a very small part 3x3inchs into blender it didn't work to well. I also found STL files look like crap from Catia so I found that scaling the parts up 15x and exporting .wrl from Catia into Blender works very well if you use layers as it comes in Blender as all seperate surfaces. I then use Blender as an exporter really to get files into KT. I'm a one month Noob but I'm learning, lighting and Materials are my weakness so please understand. Ok enough talk now here are some pics.

Here is what Catia can do with its own internal rendering

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/a...ngs/newone.jpg

With KT I've gotten this far

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/a...gs/164blue.jpg

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/a.../blacknone.jpg
02-11-2009, 07:24 PM
Mick64

Quote:

Originally Posted by emir

Hi guys, i loove the topic, it inspires me. Your works are very nice :)
I've tried to render my old work but i didn't get the quality of yours. Which programs and settings you use?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mangofire

Well time to jump into this thread. I found this thread amazing to say the least. I started reading this thread about a month ago and thought I would get into this rendering stuff. I already love doing Mods to my computer, snip

:welcome: Nice to see we are inspiring people to give rendering a try! Looking good, keep em coming...:D
02-11-2009, 08:06 PM
Sparky

I suck at stuff like this but I may just have to try it out and play with it :D
02-11-2009, 11:40 PM
bentleya

Nice , renders Mangofire and emir, look better then my ones, so your doing good as they your first ones :)
02-12-2009, 06:46 AM
Mangofire

I have a question about Blender. I use the Blender2KT program which uses Python. Once my Catia data is in Blender I use the Kerkythea rendering to generate a scene file I can import into KT by itself. The problem I have is I want to change the output location of this file. It currently outputs the file to /user/local apps/TEMP. Does anyone know how to change this?
02-12-2009, 09:49 AM
neo mike

need help

Hey guys i downloaded KT, im a complete noob, do i need a sketch program to draw my waterblocks, then import them into KT ? you can draw with KT ?.
02-12-2009, 10:42 AM
emir

Thanx for your nice comments guys.
Last design (hope so:p:). Manufacturing this saturday.

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/3538/1copybb4.jpg

@Mangofire your block is very cute with soft edges :D
02-12-2009, 11:50 AM
jonathankru

Quote:

Originally Posted by emir

Thanx for your nice comments guys.
Last desing (hope so:p:). Manufacturing this saturday.

@Mangofire your block is very cute with soft edges :D

hope you post results :cool:

looking good
02-12-2009, 01:02 PM
Mabyboi

emir what socket is that for? i need a nice cpu block for a am2/am2+ socket...
02-12-2009, 01:07 PM
bentleya

More tests :) got a bit of metric's style in it :) (hope he dos'nt mind)

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...osfettest3.jpg
02-12-2009, 01:26 PM
NaeKuh

bridge needs to be higher.

wont clear caps. Otherwise bei would of flushed both my nb/sb with the mosfet height.

trust me!
02-12-2009, 01:35 PM
bentleya

Quote:

Originally Posted by NaeKuh

bridge needs to be higher.

wont clear caps. Otherwise bei would of flushed both my nb/sb with the mosfet height.

trust me!

Clears my caps on my mobo :) because as i re solderd two compontants to the bottom :)

Plus these are renders so the real thing will be a lot diffrent :P
02-12-2009, 02:02 PM
emir

Quote:

Originally Posted by jonathankru

hope you post results :cool:

looking good

Thanks man, sure i'll post them.

Quote:

Originally Posted by MaByBoI

emir what socket is that for? i need a nice cpu block for a am2/am2+ socket...

LGA775 and 1366 :( But i'll made the same block for AMD.
02-12-2009, 06:44 PM
FrostyPanda

Well these next few renders from me don't look as realistic as my other one, but I'm still working out the kinks in my Maxwell skills....
http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/r...s/ad209484.png
02-13-2009, 12:27 AM
bentleya

intersting mount there frosty :)
02-13-2009, 01:24 AM
FrostyPanda

Quote:

Originally Posted by bentleya

intersting mount there frosty :)

Haha I thought it was kinda weird also...but it works! I figured it went well with the rest of the geometricness of the rest of the block :D

Well...I was going to post another picture...but my pc crashed halfway through. I guess that's what I get for trying to render and encode video at the same time on an inadequately cooled i7 :bsod:. I'm gonna start another one before I hit the sack tonight......It's an endless battle between me and my computer.

Sir Crashalot: "Frosty....I...Am.....Your......................FA THER (well, at least, loosely speaking.......very loosely)!!!!!"
ME: "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!" *promptly runs like hell*
Mr. Bluescreen (aka Sir Crashalot; promptly using another star wars quote): "I've got you now....."
Chipset Minions: "Sir, the Death CPU is active."
Sir Crashalot: *Haha now I can frack with his mind...Let's crash Maxwell!*
<moments later>
ME: Ah frick. Curse you red baron! (for this dialogues purposes, Sir Crashalot is the red baron.....hmmm, not quite sure how that works out, but w/e, its a rant :D)
Sir Crashalot: HAHA! VICTORY IS MINE!!!!!!!

:lsfight:
^this was to put an artistic perspective on my rant.

I'm terribly sorry for my rant; I'll delete it if you all prefer..... I'm rather irritated with my computer as you can well see. Just for an excuse, though, this all happened during my writing of a humanities essay, which I lost.........:am:.

Well I should get back to doing my spanish homework...not sure when that'll be, though. Ive still got an AP Spanish essay and radio notes to do......fiddlesticks :brick:...ugh. I hate AP classes.......

Anyways...to pertain to this thread...I'll be posting a picture of a better render of my block around 7 this morning. See you all then!

Here's some that I did manage to complete (before Sir Crashalot did his thang....)
http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/r...s/7ea1e657.png

And a preview of what could be coming (aka crap resolution/quality)
http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/r...s/54088088.png

WHY THE HELL AM I STILL UP!!!??? Sorry....I'm gonna leave now....:sofa:
02-13-2009, 05:50 AM
Mick64

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I think you've got .......:rofl:
02-13-2009, 10:42 AM
bentleya

Still more testing i like tests :) http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...osfettest4.jpg
02-13-2009, 02:45 PM
FrostyPanda

I'm suprised Sir Crashalot didn't spazz out again.....
http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/r...s/9c9b5428.png
02-14-2009, 01:53 AM
bentleya

Another test On it, need to Change a few things, Bolts them ones look a bit crud, All copper But with a 1mm Brushed aluminum Top cover on top of it, Add threads, Add a few channels in the base, Name the block and then add etched Logo :)

But here's the lastest test on it

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...osfettest5.jpg
02-15-2009, 10:01 AM
Mick64

I've now created a thread for this design in the 'Computer Cases' section, but I though I should let you guys see the latest render....

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/k...e-mkII-05s.jpg
02-15-2009, 11:01 AM
emir

Loking good mick, beside the color :p:
02-16-2009, 10:25 AM
eKirts

Great lookin stuff guys, some ppls renders look amazing =O

Anyway... ive been toying around with sketchup and kerkythea this time with the help from metric... its not the most realist render but i think its pretty good for a second shot! haha... i wasnt able to get softer shadows... it may have been the ground plane i was using... i had the "Sun" set at softshadows... metric mentioned HDR lighting to me, but im still kinda confused on how to go about that... if anyone has any info that would be great :)

CPU block concept:

its kinda hard to see the other side of that block, but it looks identical pretty much to the inlet side (side most visible)

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/1936/wb2bxz8.jpg

lemme know what u think :P
02-16-2009, 10:40 AM
Hockeydude

Quote:

Originally Posted by FrostyPanda

http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/r...s/7ea1e657.png

Interesting block design.
02-16-2009, 12:52 PM
Metric

Quote:

Originally Posted by eKirts

Great lookin stuff guys, some ppls renders look amazing =O

Anyway... ive been toying around with sketchup and kerkythea this time with the help from metric... its not the most realist render but i think its pretty good for a second shot! haha... i wasnt able to get softer shadows... it may have been the ground plane i was using... i had the "Sun" set at softshadows... metric mentioned HDR lighting to me, but im still kinda confused on how to go about that... if anyone has any info that would be great :)

CPU block concept:

its kinda hard to see the other side of that block, but it looks identical pretty much to the inlet side (side most visible)

lemme know what u think :P

Found that HDR set I was talking about: http://www.kerkythea.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=5896

Your block looks nice, but the base seems really thick, you could probably reduce the height by 30%-50%.

FrostyPanda: Great design, but your mounting bracket seems too thin, and I feel like it would warp if I tried to mount the block :shrug:

A little preview of my WIP. Storm remake anyone?

https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/2028/Xtr...20Inspirat.png
02-16-2009, 01:15 PM
Hockeydude

Quote:

Originally Posted by bentleya

Another test On it, need to Change a few things, Bolts them ones look a bit crud, All copper But with a 1mm Brushed aluminum Top cover on top of it, Add threads, Add a few channels in the base, Name the block and then add etched Logo :)

But here's the lastest test on it

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...osfettest5.jpg

I wish more of these were actually available.
02-16-2009, 02:48 PM
dsecrieru

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hockeydude

I wish more of these were actually available.

Me too.
02-16-2009, 02:49 PM
eKirts

Cool thanks metric, i found some on the kerkythea site and have been rendering one which i used of of the globals... ill post it when its done.... ill start tinkering with these right after :P haha

You think its a bit to thick? its only 5mm from top to bottom , and the tickness right under the fins is .5mm.... ill try reducing it some for the next renders with the new HDRs ;)
02-16-2009, 07:02 PM
warriorpoet

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mick64

I've now created a thread for this design in the 'Computer Cases' section, but I though I should let you guys see the latest render....

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/k...e-mkII-05s.jpg

Nice. Make it anno ALu and I'll take it.
02-17-2009, 09:13 AM
evil-98

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:up:
02-17-2009, 09:21 AM
eKirts

Quote:

Originally Posted by evil-98

:up:

beautiful stuff evil :) im always jealous of ure renders now :P haha
02-17-2009, 11:32 PM
bentleya

Evil that looks amazing :)
02-18-2009, 05:46 PM
emir

Hi everyone, i made the block as i promised. But i used a temporary bottom part, i'll assamble the true one tomorrow. Tests coming soon.

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/6129/1copybb4qk1.jpg http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/3910/img4313vg8.jpg
02-18-2009, 09:36 PM
eKirts

k... well this is as good as i could get it so far... still need to work on the mats a bit i think and also the make the polygon count a bit higher cause you can see some flat areas on the curves =\ anyway... lemme know what u guys think ;)

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/8385/wb2cjg9.jpg
02-18-2009, 11:38 PM
evil-98

very nice emir, how are you making those? you own machines?
02-18-2009, 11:46 PM
MisterMagoo

Quote:

Originally Posted by evil-98

:up:

You have very nice models. I do character modeling and animation to pay the bills. What are you using? Do you create your own shaders?
02-19-2009, 12:01 AM
Metric

Need to fix the clearance for the caps, but the basic idea is there (still some flow optimizing needs to be done):

https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/2028/Xtr...PwmPreview.jpg

evil, really liking the simple colors (esp. the blue o-rings), I'm curious on how you have your lighting setup. Is it just indirect lighting with a HDR environment or is there more to it?...
02-19-2009, 10:26 AM
bentleya

Metric great great great great work and a extra great :)
02-19-2009, 06:05 PM
emir

Quote:

Originally Posted by evil-98

very nice emir, how are you making those? you own machines?

Thanx evil, one of my friends has CNC and lazer cut machines.

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