T3h uber l337 Water Cooled Cardboard Box!

You guys'll probably find this one amusing... First, a bit of background, though...

I've been planning on doing a nice bit of modding to a Sonata2 to use as a display machine; however, due to the amount of modding and painting involved, it would likely take me about two weeks from start to finish. Unfortunately, I didn't have that kind of time available before a little 'opening party' that was thrown a couple weeks ago... so... I decided to use a cardboard box instead. :D

It was actually surprisingly difficult to get things mounted in there...then again, I don't normally build computers into cardboard boxes :rolleyes:. Also, all of the tubing and stuff was cut for the Sonata, so it's kinda crazy in there (with a little extra wire mess thrown in for added ghettoness).

Specs:
A64 3000+ Venice (haven't had time to overclock yet... :( )
1GB Crucial Ballistix PC-3200 (borrowed from personal gaming rig)
DFI LP NF4 Ultra-D
MSI GF6600GT
Water Cooling: Silverprop Cyclone EvolutionSE (CPU), Silverprop Cyclone FusionHL (GPU), BIP2, Swiftech MCP655, and 7/16" ID Tygon tubing.

http://www.petrastech.com/blogimg/CB...htNoLights.jpg
http://www.petrastech.com/blogimg/CBC/brightLights.jpg
http://www.petrastech.com/blogimg/CBC/dark.jpg
http://www.petrastech.com/blogimg/CBC/inside.jpg
http://www.petrastech.com/blogimg/CBC/insideClose.jpg

Fun with the fish-eye lens...
http://www.petrastech.com/blogimg/CBC/insideFish.jpg

The wall prints are on loan from my parent's photography studio, incase you were wondering... they're really not "normal" office decoration. :rolleyes: ...and the default WinXP background is there because I had just installed the OS the night before. Yay for procrastination... ;)
http://www.petrastech.com/blogimg/CBC/outsideFish.jpg

My kid brother playing NFS:MW
http://www.petrastech.com/blogimg/CBC/brianComp.jpg

Anyway, I can't wait to find the time to overclock it (especially since my warehouse/office gets really cold). At stock speeds (which really isn't saying much) the CPU is idling at 22*C...which is a mere 4*C above the ambient room temp :D

...That's 4*C assuming that the thermostat on the wall a few feet away is somewhat accurate... and assuming that the temps reported by nTune aren't just FUD....

Dude, may I be first to say that F UCKING ROCKS !!

That is awsome. Nice work.

Ryan

Nice work !!!!

Wow, that is an awesome box mod :D

nice work, isnt it a bit dangerous? i mean, is the cardboard able to hold all that weight???

awesome :) just dont let the cardboard get wet and saggy :P

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Originally Posted by skane

i mean, is the cardboard able to hold all that weight???

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Well, so far, yes... Hopefully it'll stay that way :D

Who's up for phase change in a cardboard box now ?

Ryan

Nice cardboard is awesome :D

not as good as your build hehe

http://www.fileshosts.com/AMD/DFI/rigs/1/RIG1_001.jpg

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Hahah all you've done there eva is put you watercooling inside a box. lol. Close but no cigar :)

Ryan

yeah need a bigger box to fit all that stuff horizontally LOL

That is the Funniest box I have ever seen

Where can I get one? LOL!
Nice mod!

lol insane almost no weigth if you want to go to a lan party me wants one...

Nice one :worm:

Needs duct tape!

-pickles

That's just awesome! What a looker! :banana: :toast:

Eva, btw is that a PCP&C 510 or 850 SSI you have there on a box in the corner?

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Originally Posted by ExtraPickles

Needs duct tape!

-pickles

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Unfortunately, I didn't have any duct tape there while I was working on it... but the DVD-ROM is secured almost entirely with tons of packing tape :p: (at one point, the pump was too...but then it attempted to fall off. As a result, it is both taped and bolted to the box)

very well made for a cardboard box though, good job

AWESOME! :slobber: Great for Lanparty's. Great mod.

Usama aka Ferrari Freak

lol this is a unique mod :toast:

First case is sweet; second, not so sweet... both need wire management ;)

Ghetto but nice

From now on, whenever someone asks me what I mean by term "Ghetto Fabulous" I am directing them to this thread.

Three words... Best. Case. Ever.

That's. AWESOME.

A-w-e-s-o-m-e Mod!!!

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Originally Posted by Rustafur

From now on, whenever someone asks me what I mean by term "Ghetto Fabulous" I am directing them to this thread.

Three words... Best. Case. Ever.

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Man, for sure, you can.
Watercooling running in this too

All I can say :clap:

No need any Li, Tec, Master, or Take to blow people eyes :banana:

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Originally Posted by Shinuza

No need any Li, Tec, Master, or Take to blow people eyes :banana:

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Of course not! Silverprop + cardboard for t3h win! :woot:

Besides, I'd take my cardboard box over a Thermaltake case any day :p:

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Originally Posted by Petra

Besides, I'd take my cardboard box over a Thermaltake case any day :p:

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Seconded.

that is teh sex. \m/ (-_-) \m/

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Originally Posted by krille

That's just awesome! What a looker! :banana: :toast:

Eva, btw is that a PCP&C 510 or 850 SSI you have there on a box in the corner?

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650W Silverstone SLI psu http://i4memory.com/showthread.php?t=441 :)

Nice I remember my friend lacking a case last year so he built a computer file box but you took that one step higher.

happy birthday (balloons in the background)

and how did you do that fish eye effect?

xyus

happy birthday (balloons in the background)

and how did you do that fish eye effect?

xyus

Your kidding right?

Actually i saw some guy build a mce pc aobut a year ago in one of my mags using a cardboard box, ill dig it up and scan it

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Originally Posted by Xyus89

happy birthday (balloons in the background)

and how did you do that fish eye effect?

xyus

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Thanks...but it wasn't my birthday :p: (it was a grand opening party)

The fish eye effect was achieved through the use of a fish eye lens, of course (they make those for cameras, 'ya know...no Photoshop required ;) )

On a different note, I got it to boot at 9x250 this morning... not exactly a great overclock for a 3000+ but it doesn't seem that my Ballistix wants to push much past 250MHz. Meh, I'll play with it more when I find some time :rolleyes:

hell yes man. We are all about ghetto mods around here. anything to make it work IMO.

That rocks my socks.

lol ownage
I love it mor than my tsunami :P
I bet u take that to lan party ull win contest for best case mod hands down, grafix on box look almost cartoonish and usable :)
Sweet mod try contest

my system was running about a month without case ^^
http://home.arcor.de/luxemburger/Vapo%20LS/100_0637.jpg

That stuff is nowhere as easy as it looks.
Nice work.

LOL ... couldn't imagine a leak. Very soggy case :). Good work though.

ghetto but it actually looks pretty damn good for a cardboard case. you could probably sell them at your store

hah, I had my local server in a cardboard box it was great...wasent water cooled tho...you got me beat :p:

I've seen comps in cardboard boxes numerous times.. But I actually like this one.

hehe funny but nice :)

ROFL .... quality art work

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Originally Posted by mindwreck

ghetto but it actually looks pretty damn good for a cardboard case. you could probably sell them at your store

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I had thought about that...but, seeing as how I had to custom fit everything for the components used, I'm not sure how practical that would be.

...would be a really cheap case to ship... :rolleyes:

looks soo good :slobber: makes me wanna convert my spare boxed into a case (this cardboard box is putting my stupid I-Cute case that looks like a giant subwoofer to shame even more than before i saw this) :S

dude just looking at that makes me want to do this: http://ojclan.heatlan.net/forums/ima...nanarocker.gif

Ive seen this been done before, imo it looks :banana::banana::banana::banana:ty. Id love to see your modded sonata though :)

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Originally Posted by PyroFire

Ive seen this been done before, imo it looks :banana::banana::banana::banana:ty. Id love to see your modded sonata though :)

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Meh, I'm getting there... I'm getting there... Right now I'm too busy with website design and setting up a pH-style socket 939 waterblock testbed to finish that Sonata... :rolleyes:

Haha that's awesome.

:D
I'm building a wooden (mostly MDF) case, regular style. I will be posting soon :)