Zotac Mod Box

**coolmiester** · 03-14-2009, 12:45 PM

If this one comes off as good as it currently looks in my head I’ll struggle to hand it over to Zotac once its finished tbh.

A little background.

While out at CeBIT I was shown the new logo and livery for Zotac which to be fair hasn’t changed a great deal but is now more pleasing on the eye by softening the actual logo font but the main difference is the addition of honeycomb effect which can be seen on the large image on the new GTX295 retail box.

I instantly knew what I wanted to do but actually doing it is another matter.
The basic plan is to turn a ATCs 840 into a giant retail Zotac box without all the smaller logos or specific card branding so newer cards can be added as they evolve without having to re-brand the entire case and also to incorporate the Zotac Nitro so the cards can be instantly overclocked on the fly.

The main problem is I can’t airbrush so i'm on the lookout for a professional airbrush artist to take care of the paintwork.

Before I’m able to get the case to the painter its down to me to get the chassis stripped and chopped to mount a GTX240 in the base and also to get the Nitro hard mounted into the alu front section then its all off for powder coating followed by wet sanding to get a nice base for Rick to work his magic.

Anyway a few images for now……….

**~~ILikeCosmosS~~** · 03-14-2009, 12:59 PM

looking forward to seeing your mammoth build!

**Expat GriZ** · 03-14-2009, 01:00 PM

This is going to be good!!!!

Nice looking case and your workmanship is second to none!!! Looking forward to your progress!!!

**MrToad** · 03-14-2009, 01:01 PM

Originally Posted by coolmiester

The main problem is I can’t airbrush so have managed to get Rick from RB Customs to take care of the paintwork.

Love the homepage

"Type loads of stuff here!!"

However, that airbrush of who could well be Sephiroth surrounded by flames is really nice

**coolmiester** · 03-14-2009, 01:04 PM

Originally Posted by MrToad

Love the homepage

"Type loads of stuff here!!"

However, that airbrush of who could well be Sephiroth surrounded by flames is really nice

LOL yeah he can paint but not so hot with web design

**Mr_Mike** · 03-14-2009, 01:07 PM

Originally Posted by ILikeCosmosS

looking forward to seeing your mammoth build!

+1 to that

**SiGfever** · 03-14-2009, 01:36 PM

Originally Posted by coolmiester

LOL yeah he can paint but not so hot with web design

That is like saying that you just build computers.

**theseeker** · 03-14-2009, 01:51 PM

I am looking very forward to your latest endeavor CM! You builds never disappoint and they give us all a great deal of inspiration. BTW, I am seriously considering the Zotac 295 for my upcoming server build.

**R B Customs** · 03-14-2009, 02:10 PM

Originally Posted by MrToad

Love the homepage

"Type loads of stuff here!!"

However, that airbrush of who could well be Sephiroth surrounded by flames is really nice

Originally Posted by coolmiester

LOL yeah he can paint but not so hot with web design

oh don't start guys

! that website is far from finished. and as you can see I still have to type loads of stuff there :P

I've made a couple changes to the home page now though.

that is indeed sephiroth painted on the skulltrail system i built, I would have tons of pictures of that build on my site if I could workout how to use lightbox galleries!

Originally Posted by coolmiester

LOL yeah he can paint but not so hot with web design

Quoted for truth

Really looking forward to this mod. it's really going to test my masking skills, so stay tuned for some pretty tight paintwork. Just when I thought I had seen the last of painting honeycomb; along comes another one!

I should be meeting up with paul very soon to go through the design and take measurments from the case. there are elements I want to carry through from the retail box, and some elements that can be changed slightly.

**shazza** · 03-14-2009, 02:19 PM

Whoa ... I'm sure this will be great. Hey - RB, aren't you the one who did that fantastic BioShock case????

**R B Customs** · 03-14-2009, 02:19 PM

Originally Posted by shazza

Whoa ... I'm sure this will be great. Hey - RB, aren't you the one who did that fantastic BioShock case????

Hi Shazza, Yes that was me

thanks

**shazza** · 03-14-2009, 02:22 PM

OMG!!! (a phrase I seldom use

) ... I so covet that case. You and coolmeister teamed will definitely result in a 0ne-of-a-Kind dynamite build. Can't wait.

**rioja** · 03-14-2009, 02:58 PM

great looking case!
is it fully aluminium or it has some plastic parts?

**coolmiester** · 03-14-2009, 03:00 PM

Originally Posted by shazza

OMG!!! (a phrase I seldom use

) ... I so covet that case. You and coolmeister teamed will definitely result in a 0ne-of-a-Kind dynamite build. Can't wait.

Oh shazza did you have too........thats the price just gone up

@ rioja - yeah pretty much all alu apart from the odd little plastic bits and pieces

**dingdong555** · 03-14-2009, 03:32 PM

Originally Posted by coolmiester

Oh shazza did you have too........thats the price just gone up

@ rioja - yeah pretty much all alu apart from the odd little plastic bits and

pieces

hahaha.

Man, this is going to be yet another kick ass case in production.

**dreamaxx** · 03-14-2009, 06:04 PM

OMG this looks like it'll be amazing

**~~ILikeCosmosS~~** · 03-14-2009, 06:15 PM

show pic's already

i dying inside!

**mit78** · 03-15-2009, 08:32 AM

very nice,zotac good products,i have a zotac gtx 280 from the start,last year when officialy apper in romania,and work great,oveclocked all the time

**D0BR0** · 03-15-2009, 09:23 AM

Coolmiester is back with his gorgeous mods....

Let's see how it's gonna work! Looking forward to your build!

(I wanted to say good luck, but you're a talented guy so you actually don't really need luck

, but anyway, good luck and have fun!

)

**coolmiester** · 03-24-2009, 12:04 PM

Hey, cheers for all the encouragement even though i've not got a lot to show just yet

........and not to get anyone too exited under false pretences as even though its been a long day, all i seemed to accomplish was do the 550miles to pick up the mods that were out at CeBIT and i'm happy to report no damage.

On a brighter note though i have got some new toys to play with in the shape of a new Skulltrail board and a couple of CPU's which i'm over the moon with tbh as they are a bit special, plus the fact i just love Skulltrail.

Anyway, should have some modding to add in a few days.

**coolmiester** · 03-24-2009, 01:42 PM

Nearly had heart failure there

Just about to get the system up and running on the bench using my mini Cosmos box then realised i didn't have any blocks at home but found a couple of old dinosaur Storms which should be fine to light it up.............i hope

Long term, i think i'm going to make me a new set of DD MCP Delrin blocks as i reckon laminar flow is the way to go

**theseeker** · 03-24-2009, 02:05 PM

CM,
I will be following this build closely as I am close to pulling the trigger on a Skulltrail myself. I love your work!

**mpower1001** · 03-24-2009, 02:10 PM

Can't wait, this is going to be insane.

**charles_h** · 03-24-2009, 09:33 PM

Looking forward to following this one!

**coolmiester** · 03-25-2009, 08:26 AM

Ditched the idea of using Storms

After the great success with the Delrin top i7 block using the DD MCP Chipset block i decided to make a couple more for the Skulltrail but this tim i'm using the D-Tek Quick Mount.

I'll get them both finished but may swap the Quick mount for Pro Mount so a back plate can be used but for the time being it should be fine and it doesn't see, to be causing the board to warp too much.

I'll also flame polish them like the i7 ones to make them shiny black once i get them both finished.

Some pictures.........

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