Project: ATCS 840

[shazza]

Seriously??? i know you're a big fan of MM where as i tend to struggle with them but that's certainly a nice comment, thanks shazza

I'm only a fan of the Mountain Mods cases because they are relatively easy to setup multiple loops - especially for someone who has no modding skills. They are also easy to work with if you like to tinker and change stuff around a lot - particularly the horizontal mb config.

So, yes, I am a fan of those funky cubes - but not cause I think they look great. The stuff you do, along with the work of several other talented builders here - looks much better and offers top notch performance as well.

[coolmiester]

I'm only a fan of the Mountain Mods cases because they are relatively easy to setup multiple loops - especially for someone who has no modding skills. They are also easy to work with if you like to tinker and change stuff around a lot - particularly the horizontal mb config.

So, yes, I am a fan of those funky cubes - but not cause I think they look great. The stuff you do, along with the work of several other talented builders here - looks much better and offers top notch performance as well.

Eeek, sorry shazza, i wasn't having a go at all and if i'm honest, there are only a few MM that stand out which are yours, Andy's and BlueAquas so yeah i wouldn't say you had no mod skills as out of all the MM builds, those are builds that stand out so hats off to ya for even attempting such a bold build

[jellyrole]

Amazing paint job!

[whe3ls]

that is attention to detail.

[BlueAqua]

Great build coolmiester. I really liked the custom tops you made for your blocks, they really turned out nice. I'm thinking about polishing some aluminum and I thought I remembered a guide that I read years ago when you polished the Wavemaster. Do you still have that guide? I couldn't find it.

There is a part of me that would love to see you sleeve a few cables, but that's okay. It's definitely a rig that Zotac can be proud of and they really got their money's worth.

[skinnee]

You are a master with the fret saw CM!

The red looks very good, glad you went with red versus black. Excellent work as always!

[95RapidRiot]

AWESOME!

[Boogerlad]

Did you read what i just wrote or should we turn the prod log into a picture log

Its only a sticker to let the 1000's of people at CeBit know who made it...........don't worry, i haven't ruined it all together



Seriously??? i know you're a big fan of MM where as i tend to struggle with them but that's certainly a nice comment, thanks shazza

sorry. was tired and was just browsing.

[coolmiester]

sorry. was tired and was just browsing.

No need to apologies at all Boogerlad, you were right and i was wrong.........the sticker was cheap and nasty and did nothing for the case tbh and has now gone so thanks for pointing out the error of my ways

Both cases waxed and ready for packing to start their journey early yesterday (without logo ).

GPU loop reversed and looks much better with a bit of a curve matching the CPU loop imo without any degradation in temps so all in all im a happy chappy especially to be finished both cases a day early

[NaeKuh]

cd use a bitsplug for the bridge!

[coolmiester]

cd use a bitsplug for the bridge!

LOL, i'm old skool............barbs and free flowing hose FTW

[gr8golf]

Maybe this is just blasphemy - but what would you estimate the retail value / cost of this custom build would be, one price for the components and another for the elbow great / IP.

Stellar work!

[Mr_Mike]

awesome job man

[coolmiester]

Maybe this is just blasphemy - but what would you estimate the retail value / cost of this custom build would be, one price for the components and another for the elbow great / IP.

Stellar work!

Cheers and you know what, i really really don't know.

The components are pretty easy to put a price tag on as they are what they are but as for case modding like this its few and far between and i could probably count the names on two hands that get involved.

My good pal Bill Owen from mnpctech being one but i've not seen any other in XS doing anything similar so i'd have to say i have no clue tbh

That said there are still some really nice builds in XS


EDIT BTW, i don't profess to be in the league of Bill Owen in any way shape or form when it comes to true case mods, he is the only one i can liken my work too

[coolmiester]

The Background
Anyone that has followed the prod logs on various forums of both Tom (frozensnail) and myself may know that we were commissioned by Coolermaster (Hall 24 – Booth E39) to mod their new flagship chassis to further enhance their booth presence at CeBIT which proved to be a massive crowd favourite last year with the Cosmos so this year it’s the turn of the new ATCs 840

Basically we are left to our own devices to do as we please with the mods so this year Tom went for a gloss black and chrome, triple loop creation running Carbon CPU block which is a world first as far as we are aware and I went for bright red, black and chrome with my now seemingly characteristic side vents.

We do get access to early prototype chassis but it still doesn’t give us a whole lot of time to get these things complete and as usual it was a race to get finished with many delays and set backs along the way but we always seem to manage one way or the other.

I also have a previous Cosmos S Skulltrail system going out to CeBIT which will be on show on the Zotac booth (Hall 20 - Booth D12) so had to make sure that one was also up to scratch with a complete hose and liquid change along with a good old spit n’ polish.

6.30am Thursday 26 February
The journey begins, well for the cases anyway and as there isn’t a courier in the land I would trust these cases with, it comes down to me and Tom to make sure they arrive at CeBIT in one piece.

Thursday, I do the 540mile round trip to Toms leaving my cases with him and come Friday, Tom does leg two of the journey getting all three cases over to Coolermaster NL just mind as he slept in again and missed the ferry but I guess and returning home on Saturday for a quick wash and brush up ready for me to pick him up early Sunday morning so you could say its been quite a few days for the pair of us…….and that’s before we really start our main road trip.

[Arni]

Great case and great car what else ? Where are great girls

[lazy]

beautiful build as always CM...

[coolmiester]

This year Coolermaster decided to run a closed booth with access by appointment only which seemed really strange as our mods were only being seen by press and appointment visitors but who are me and Tom to argue!!!

Anyway, on day 2 they decided to put both our mods on display out front which instantly changed things and we now have visitors queuing up at the front of Coolermaster from opening time to closing time like last year which really does make all the hard work that Tom and me put in all worth while.

Oh yeah, and Tom managed to get his small 4" TFT working so he's been walking round with a big grin ever sinse as for some reason the drivers had got messed up and it wasn't working for the first few days but all seems to be fine now with drivers installed so good result at last.

I hadn't really realized how lucky i was to have the two Zotac GTX295's as they were causing quite a bit of interest with all the press etc but as there are literally only three in Europe it all kinda figures now as the only other one is on display on the Zotac stand along with my Skulltrail Cosmos S so no wonder we were being chased all around CeBIT.

Zotac didn't even have time to get them professionally photo'd so the ended up using one of my pictures for the promotion pictures.

Thursday night was Zotac booth party night so after dinking their stand dry hit the centre of town which ended up at the famous Irish Bar and was well after 4pm before we got our heads down so neither of us were in the best frame of mind but the Enquirer came knocking wanting to do video interviews so i opted out and pushed Tom in at the deep end to do both his and mine while i sed in the background nursing my bad head so there should be something on there once they get it all uploaded.

More pictures for now.......

[TedShred]

great update

sounds like some good times!

[Tile]

The quality of execution is excellent and the outside colour shade is outstanding.

[Zw_Roodbaard]

Hmm I've saw your Skulltrail case on the CeBIT2009, but i didnt saw your new CoolerMaster Because the CoolerMaster stand was closed at the 8th :S

But the Cosmos is very nice to :P

[coolmiester]

For all those unable to make CeBIT 09 i did a quick 33 second video of the ATCs 840 on the Coolermaster stand showing the new Zotac GTX295 Infinity Series in Sli

[theseeker]

Stunning builds coolmeister! Very clean, simply outstanding.

[shazza]

Wow ... sounds and looks like you made quite a stir at the convention. Congrats on getting such great feedback on your beautiful build.

[DragoonXX]

Simply amazing...I hope I can get to CEBIT/CES one of these years (as a visitor, dont have the INSANE skills to get in as a modder/overclocker)