Wow, that 24 pin looks awesome! Very original and sounds like it took a ton of effort. Very impressive!!!
Printable View
Wow, that 24 pin looks awesome! Very original and sounds like it took a ton of effort. Very impressive!!!
sniipe get a pic of the rez already
http://www.legitreviews.com/images/r...ptron_Logo.jpg
(click for their homepage)
Hey guys, guess what arrived via DHL express tonight?! you cant tell me this isn't quality machining at its finest! :cool:
Pictures are both added in background and original background, ENJOY!
http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/342/728w.jpg
http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/3505/7282.jpg
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/1038/7283.jpg
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/4228/7284l.jpg
Lamptron is such a great sponsor, a huge thank you goes out to them and their machinists!
Here is where you can buy this controller: http://www.performance-pcs.com/catal...ducts_id=25540
:eek2:
It's too beautiful
You gonna use both? I can think of a good home for the one you don't use :D
What size primochill tubing are you using btw? 7/16 5/8? I really need to get hold of some, i love the colour of it. But no luck here in Aus at the moment.
he has 3/8 5/8 tubing i think, and he said that there was going to be a contest like the other one
Ian, casemodding may be an art-form but to call your designs masterpieces would be a HIDEOUS understatement. You're elevating the case-mod to a fine art, on par with this guy.
Keep up the GREAT work,
and while it pains me to say it, I'm gonna have to explicitly ask to be counted out of the contest for the second fan controller due to inability to afford parts to hook it up to in the forseeable future.
Thats what I said :D my jaw dropped when I opened up the box and finally saw the two controllers, just beautiful all around and quality. You can ask zanz, when I got the controllers I hopped on ventrilo and I was flipping out over them :rofl:Quote:
Originally Posted by IKIKUINTHENUTZ
hehe, yes I have an extra controller :eek: it will be given away to one of our forum members!Quote:
Originally Posted by dreamaxx
aye zanz knows my build well :DQuote:
Originally Posted by zanzabar
Wow Quix, thats a great compliment thankyou - Nick does very good work and I very much admire his mods :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by Quixylvre
Hehe, the contest wont just be a random drawing, but I admire your honesty about that, it would pain me to give it to someone and have it disappear forever to not be used ;)
I just talked to my paint guy and the parts will be ready in an hour or two so I will be going to get them early by skipping out on work :up::up:
heh-heh! I'll be discussing my hopes for getting into case-modding in my own thread elsewhere soon. I'll be on Ventrilo this afternoon, too.
ditto on counting me out...got 2 computers, got 2 fan controllers...no third computer in sight for the next year or two
Goooooood morning Vietnam! (yes I am going slightly crazy under the pressure but things are going REALLY well - I cant say I will have a lot of pictures, I am devoting all my time to installing this beast and its really a matter of what my dad decides to take and shoot while I work. So much progress I cant show you guys it makes me sad :(
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/4070/7281u.jpg
http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/9476/72812.jpg
WOW :shocked: This is the best front case I've ever seen :clap:
I cannot wait to see this thing in person! looks awesome :up:
Looks great! What paint did you use? It's really smooth.
Methinks powdercoat
WOW that cnc guy made that last piece you showed us in post 511 ?
thats magnificent
Wow!......
Thks guys for the comments :) - yes that is powdercoat and yes it came out GREAT I am still waiting on the side panels as there was complications with getting their finish to work right but they will be ready tomorrow or friday
I worked on it a lot last night, found out some things that are problems a somethings that are good news :)
good news:
- the reservoir and lamptron fan controller fit perfectly into the drive bays with not a bit to spare.... this is good because I designed the res arbitrarily at 10" tall without thinking of the room for the fan controller and I am actually just the luckiest mofo in the world in that respect :rofl:
- the radiator and the pumps and the PSU will all fit in the bottom, I had to take the inside fan near the PSU off so that the rad would push in enough to not hit the side panel. Now there are 5 fans on the rad and the psu to help as a kind-of-sixth fan :)
- the case went back together completely and without too much issue
bad news:
- I am having to redo the VGA power due to a dffierent routing requiring more length :\ started this last night but I will need to finish it tonight.
- the 24-pin wiring is very very tnagled and I will have to sped a lot of time on this to manag it all behind the motherboard tray, lots of work :\
- the 8-pin cpu power will not reach and I will have to fashion an extender which should be interesting... luckily I just found the necessary female malex plug for that here at work.
- I need to sort out the rad mounting, I have not worked on this at all yet :\
otherwise everything is going good :) I think this is very finishable before saturday as long as I dont hit any major snags on the paint and I dont die from lack of sleep :rofl:
Ian this is so beautiful!!!
dude, NOT funny. A close friend of mine actually worked himself so hard that the lack of sleep DID kill him.Quote:
Originally Posted by SNiiPE_DoGG
wow I am sorry to hear that mate :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Quixylvre
I meant it in the most comical sense possible, like knocking myself out with the granite floor pieces out of pure exhaustion....
Front panel...
speechless
:shocked:
Looks sweet, SD :up:
Hey, did you get a chance to check how much room there is up above the mobo tray in that case? Thanks!
that the Japanese have a word for it. "Karoshi" which literally means "death from overwork" and is a genuine concern in Japan and has become a growing danger in the 'States, so be careful, man.Quote:
Originally Posted by SNiiPE_DoGG
hey your rig looks awesome. I saw it in MDPC
Congratz on the front panel, coulden't possibly come out any better! :up:
Wow, the front panel is jaw dropping.
FC and front panel are both looking great - your photos are excellent
keep up the good work sniipe
Wow that's really great! Can't wait to see pics of the finished build! :yepp:
Thank you guys very much :)
I posted this list at bit tech and I figured it would be good to update you guys too:
This is what I have done Done:
-Case assembly
-Radiator mounting
-8-pin CPU power soldered to the back of the motherboard
-Fan/Fan controller wiring
-Door Re-assembly
-Main case lighting
Not done yet:
-Reservoir installation
-Tubing hole in granite
-Pump mounting (waiting on last minute parts from performance-pcs)
-24-pin sorting (untangling the 24-pin wires ;))
-SSD mounting
-Plumbing the loop
-power switch and pwr LED wiring
-Final cleaning and pictures (next week)
Here are a few dirty, dusty, out of focus, shaky, available light from multiple sources photos for you guys to show some progress here... sorry but I haven't got the couple hours it would take to get this thing in the photo studio at the moment.
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/2452/7312090.jpg
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/88/7312094.jpg
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/5919/7312096.jpg
http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/4540/7312097.jpg
I know its not pretty look at this one, but it sure as hell makes the other side of the board pretty :D
http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/835/7312103.jpg
:clap::clap::clap::clap::clap::clap:
Any pics of the side panel ? :p:
blue zip tie anchors O_o...I've never seen those, lol
looks very nice
More MORE!!!!
oh and umm lol to that painted gentle typhoon fan
oh man, this just looks amazing! great job sniipe
Beautiful build, Sniipe.
can't wait to see this thing in person tomoro!
Damn!!!:shocked::shocked::shocked: This is looking very sweet! That granite was well worth the drilling time. It really adds to it. Damn it looks so nice and clean! Very envious of your mad photo skills!
:toast:Quote:
Originally Posted by Blizzy
not yet, those will come next week with the final photo shoot ;)
haha and you will never see them again either ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by DragoonXX
thanks :)
you dont like it? It was a beeyatch to get back together, I kept losing the shaft collar and had to gut other Gt's to get another oneQuote:
Originally Posted by IKIKUINTHENUTZ
thanks CP :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Chicken Patty
Cheers Xion, tyQuote:
Originally Posted by Xion X2
Hehe, Cant wait to meet you and rise too I think - I will be bringing permafrost as well for my brother to game on, although it wont be in the mod compQuote:
Originally Posted by sniperbob
thanks Sadasius - the granite was fo sho worth it :D I was so lucky that that :banana::banana: fillport fit in the hole :eek: makes it look much cleanerQuote:
Originally Posted by Sadasius
:shocked: :eek2:
Dude that is intense. I can't wait for final photo shoot. Any chance we can get a how too on breaking down and painting those GTs?
Looks great, but sleeve the yellow wires :D
this is the thread I made: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=224297Quote:
Originally Posted by millertime359
I think it is all explained in that thread - be VERY careful when taking that collar of, it is as light as a feather, makes no sound when it falls, and is prone to shoot off the collar upon removal. I was putting one on with two flat head screwdrivers, staring right at it, and without me even blinking it seemingly disappeared into thin air.
haha, I knew I shouldn't have show that picture, but I wanted to show my handy work :p:Quote:
Originally Posted by dreamaxx
Sniipe - enjoy the trip. Would be cool if you can take your cam with you and show some photos of the happening. I would love to see it :) Have fun there!
Oh Sniipe, have you turned that motherboard on yet? I love it, it has blue lights! :D MSI couldn't have done a better job with it, fantastic board. And unlocked my Phenom II X2 550 BE with EASE, got me a lovely quadcore now :) LinX stable too at stock!
Keep at it sniipe, you're nearly done!
Love the work by the way :yepp:
what parts exactly did you use to get the tubing through thegranite (i mean, part's wise, not to make the cuts)? Did you just make a G1/4" thread, then screw the barbs in?
<-- :D
Looks great :)
Look like BeePee fillports to me, though I'm not sure they're long enough for how thick that granite looks.Quote:
Originally Posted by jordan-com
to go through the midplate it is a BananaPower filport + a BananaPower rotary 90 :) just the right length to go through - another luck situation I am so prone to coming out of unscathed :rofl:
and yes kibbler, the nibbler is one of my favorite tools, if you actually work carefully with it you can make great clean cuts :) that was a 5 second hack job - I was holding up the motherboard tray with one hand, pushing the mobo up of the tray with the fingers on the same hand, and nibbling with my other hand.... sounds like comedy now that I think about it ;)
on an unimportant kind of irrelevant note: the system is finished and assembled
if its done then were is the rez pic
I've got a nibbler...used it a few times here and there...pretty nice...wish I had a better nibbling tool though, its mostly dremel and cordless drill for me *just gotta finish filing then I can do my test fits for my hardware...aircooled rig only though*
lol where about's can i get the fillport?Quote:
Originally Posted by SNiiPE_DoGG
Can you put barbs on both sides of the fillport?lol (Noob question???)
looks great man :up: :clap:
and please dont forget me with the things you were going to help with ;)
:clap:Quote:
Originally Posted by SNiiPE_DoGG
for now i can say only: WOW :eek:
logo on top is the best
Thankyou guys so much ,reading your comments is the best thing about making these logs :up: XS is truly my home forum so you all get the update fresh out of the Nor'easter LAN:
First off today was wicked fun! (appropriate terminology for the nor'easter LAN) - I brought the case in and spoke with so many people looking to get into liquid cooling and case modding and just admirers of the work. I got to meet sniperbob and play cod4 with Jonathan and the other guys of rip|, we as a team took 4th place in the tournament. I am sorry to all who asked for me to take pictures, I was so busy and involved with so many things at once that it was impossible for me to have the time. I was also super tired all day - yesterday I spent 20hrs straight finishing Flow and then slept for 2.5hrs and the went to the Lan event for another 15hrs. :eek:
The Best news of all is that I won first place in the case modding competition and I am the proud victor of an intel i7 965 extreme edition CPU (something I thought I would never own) I also get a small feature article in CPU magazine and a chance to get into a 2 page spread of CPU magazine later on. :D:D:D about this I am extatic, just too tired to really have it all sink in yet.
and I also have made a preliminary deal with Crucial memory as a sponsor of the build as they offered to get me some nice blue ballistix tracer ddr3 to try out in the machine (not obligated to use ;) for those who are fans of the nickel enzotech ramsinks)
cheers,
-Ian
Congratulations Sniipe :clap: You truly built a beauty :up:
Congrats on your 1st place win and the new CPU. Can't wait to see the pics.
Amazing, TRULY amazing, can't wait to see the good pictures ;)
congrats on everything you have accomplished man, you know also getting 1st place, the new cpu, sponsor, and making it on a mag. This project is def. one of the ones that have shocked me the most, its beautiful in every way. I think you truly deserve everything you have gotten, hard work pays off and this project log speaks for itself! Whether its from your updates, or the pictures. Also if that is not enough, just reading the kind words that have been left by other users are priceless!Quote:
Originally Posted by SNiiPE_DoGG
Wow I wish they'd give away prizes like that here. In fact, I just wish they'd have modding competitions AT ALL.
Congrats Snipe!
hey snipe/anyone else who frequents this thread that's familiar with google sketchup...does it have wacom tablet support? I've been looking at getting something along the lines of a Wacom INTUOS4 *small the 6x4* or a bamboo fun pad (I'm starting a CADD technical illustrator degree in september)
seeing this build in person yesterday gives me an entirely newfound respect for the work you put in Ian. great times at the LAN, congrats on winning, and watch out because I have a year to prepare a case in the hopes of being your rival:cool:
also, i totally forgot about those LED's i told you i had for you. I still have them if you really need some shipped to you...
Gratz there snipe. You deserved it. Now get some sleep, then ........ PRETTY PICS OF THE WINNER ........ :D
thankyou jpm :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by jpm804
Quote:
Originally Posted by shazza
Quote:
Originally Posted by NaMcO
:hrhr: pictures you say? thanks sharon and NaMcO :toast:
thankyou CP, likewise to your compliments I must thank you and all the other users who follow the log, without you guys' helpful and kind comments I would have given up on this stuff long ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chicken Patty
:D cheers Nat, I would love to see modding have its own international comp/convention its a shame its a relatively ignored hobby compared to overclocking - just like those LN2 clockers we modders are making our hardware perform its function best!Quote:
Originally Posted by dreamaxx
I wouldn't think a wacom would be good for cad, but thats because I have only used programs like solidworks, NX and pro/e which all consider each line its own separate entity with its own constraints of length, anlge and position.Quote:
Originally Posted by DragoonXX
I'm glad you enjoyed it in person, I wish that more XS users were in the area, that place could use some more people with better hardware knowledge :DQuote:
Originally Posted by sniperbob
as for the LED's I plugged in the ones I had to the mobo header and they worked, turns out the white lighting in the case completely drowns out any blue light from those LEDs :D
Why wait for pics when you can have them now? ;) :rofl:Quote:
Originally Posted by millertime359
I give you:
Project http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/7...owcutlogoc.jpg
http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/8479/flowfinal1.jpg
http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/6484/flowfinal.jpg
Damn......
~Bex
:eek2:
Duuuude!
That looks amazing, you really know what youre doing, a BIG inspiration to me and I'm sure alot more people out there!
Thanks for showing us the build, appreciated. :up:
MOAR PICS!!!!!!!! :D Loving it!!!
DDDUUUUUDDDEEE thats sweet
speaking of the lan where was it judging by the title noreaster im guesing its in the northeast ? please say N.Y.
My god that's good.
Well done sniipe! :clap:
wow! i love it! i could never do such a beautiful thing, congratulations!
:eek:
Must see more pics. :D From what I see, it's quite possibly the best looking build I've ever seen. You even had the side panel cut to match the front--AWESOME. Also love the etching that you had done in the upper panel.
"Dayum" is about all that needs to be said. But yeah, post more pics, please.
ok, my main guess behind thinking about a tablet would be precision, I've been finding (playing around with sketchup so far) that I have to crank the settings on my mouse WAYYY down to be able to get any real decent control over positioning/placement etc of objects
program lists that are primarily used in the course I'm going into...
AutoCAD, REVIT, sketchup, Inventor, and a few others that arnt listed on the website, lol
the thing is you dont draw a straight line... you select a straight line tool and define its length and orientation with things called constraints. Honestly its a bit tough to explain but you just have to use the programs and you will understand right away, the mouse is the perfect tool
I think the black lian li wheels would look a bit better than the silver ones :D
I use an older version (v7, and they're on v16 IIRC) of a CAD program called TurboCAD (it can be had cheap but don't let that fool you ;)). I've also had better luck with a trackball than a mouse and would never think about a tablet. :yepp:Quote:
Originally Posted by SNiiPE_DoGG
On Topic:
BRAVO SNiiPE. . . .BRAVO. :clap:
:shocked:WOW:shocked:
Sniipe, what kind of light is that you have in the top? I ask because it doesn't look cheaply made like most cathodes I see.
sniipe I agree, the support you get on your project logs is what keeps you motivated.
and as far as the pics, Im speechless man, just hands down amazing!
Yeah, once I actually get into the course I'll have some real time and teaching to actually learn how to mess around with the programsQuote:
Originally Posted by SNiiPE_DoGG
Fantastic Work Ian, But you have lacked on the photos :), go back we want more.
Wondering tooQuote:
Originally Posted by Xion X2
Anyways
WE DEMAND MORE PICS
open it up at least!!! lol
SNiiPE_DoGG ... while this is an okay build, I have to share a major criticism. I believe a lot of folks here would agree, so I hope you don't take offense.
... WE WANT MORE PICS!!!! ;)
(but it does look beautiful from what you've shown us :up: :up: :up: )
Fantastic sniipe....top job!
The top card looks to be warping a bit? Maybe the screw(s) are too tight?
Also, I hope the back has been neatened up because the outside + internals are exceptional.
To all you picture seekers ;) I am sorry but it takes time to get the pics done. Yesterday we spent all day setting up the the photo set alone, took about 3 tries to get it right. The thing is - this system is GLOSSY on the outside, its like trying to photograph a mirror, as such we had to set up a very very elaborate setup just so we could shoot it without seeing the rest of the room in the case.
pictures are being taken, it takes time and it takes patience - shooting shots like this without photoshop or any major retouching (we remove some seams from the background only because we do not have a 12 foot backdrop) makes it much harder.
You can expect to see a few new photos each day and eventually the shoot will be finished.
I am glad youve asked because I havent said much about the lighting - there are 2 Lamptron Flexlight 30LED strips which work wonderfully to make the best white light of anything I have tried. (better than white cathode and other white LED strips) I have so many extra lights now thoughQuote:
Originally Posted by Xion X2
that one screw on the visible side of the VRM is a slight tad loose (like a quarter turn) when I observe but the card really isnt warped at all in real life, the Lens we used for the shot makes it look more than it is and when I just pulled on the card a bit I think I fixed the wires pulling on it. There will be more pics and we will see if it has gotten better there.Quote:
Originally Posted by dingdong555
It's an MDPC, that's for sure! :o
More pic or i will kill u!
:slobber: it is just amazing i love the granite it is something i have never seen before in case and i got to say it turned out amazing but the coolest thing i have seen on this case has to be the FLOW on the top of the case:clap:
want more pics
Sincere thanks. I'll have a look at them as I'm in the middle of my build and need some light on the inside (didn't want to go with any cheap cathodes, though, as I'm going for more of an expensive look.)Quote:
Originally Posted by SNiiPE_DoGG
Understand about the pictures. We're all just so impressed that we're hungry for more. It truly is a superb build you have there, very, very inspiring. You and Charles have definitely kicked things up a notch and set the bar quite high for the rest of us. Between "Flow" and Daniel's Murder-mod, they are the two best builds I've seen yet. Super job.
Yeesh. I can second that... My meager photo studio only in its beginnings will take me hours to configure, reconfigure, re-re-configure and on top of that I usually take in the range of 10-25 photos for every one I post (though not as experienced of course as SNiiPE... the point is I feel ya on that one man.)Quote:
Originally Posted by SNiiPE_DoGG
And of course I love this build and the genuine creativity you continue to display. I only hope one day I can complete a build on par. :)
SNiiPE ... I know how difficult it is to get nice pic, and you are 10 levels above me! We're just pushing you, as you know, because I think we are all anxious to see the whole works in all it's glory. You really did a great job on this, and deserve the kudos!
Dude, so nice. Can't wait for more. Has someone submitted yet to MDPC? It seems S_D might be needing his own section just like Charlies if he keeps this up :up: :yepp:
... WOW guys, all I can say is THANK YOU ALL :bows: too many comments to respond too in turn :eek:
new pic, I post em as I get em, enjoy!
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/8118/flowfinal3.jpg
Well Snipe,
you've done it again, yet another simply amazing and beautiful build from you! you are an inspiration to me, and i hope i can produce something as fantastic as you have! it really is amzing, and i hope you make it into Million Dollar PC once again, cause you sure do deserve it :up:
Ah, another pic. :D
LOVE the waterfall effect. You'll have to make a video of that one so we can see it in action (once things calm down, of course.)
Really digging the granite, but I bet that sucker weighs a ton. :D
Very nice build, mate. VERY nice.
Holy bananas, very nice job Sniipe!!
It just all comes together so nice, the granite mirroring slightly while staying in the darkish colors.
The connectors lined out in absolute perfection, choice of parts matching in every detail.
There's only 1 thing I kinda dislike and that being the fan headers on the mobo, in my opinion it would've looked better if it was blue wire just like the rest instead of blue heatshrink.
(I kinda had to search for something I didn't like lol)
This is a build that has MDPC written all over it, even if Dualbrain wouldn't let it be, it would still belong to that class!
man that 24 pin is flawless!
Looks great! :up:
A video with the res in action would be awesome! :yepp: