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Case Mod's

Col_Loki · 2004-04-15 17:07:38

Ok guys this seems like a good idea for a sticky and it was in the idea's thread so here it is :) . Pop up pics of your rigs, mabye some info on it (tip or two) etc. I would like to mabye make a max of 4 photo's as its going to be very slow for us poor people who dont have broadband in there area yet (56k sucks). Any…

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#252 11-08-2005 12:43pm

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gline wrote:

what happened to your peltier idea for the 2 x gfx??? U gonna dabble in that or not??

i had backed out of the idea of using TEC's on the GPU's due to the fact that it was impossible to place them on two cards on the DFI mobo ..there was just no space for then thats why youll never find any of the DFI SLI mobos with dual pletiers ..but now im using the ASUS SLI mobo i might put them in ,but thats a while away at the moment as one of my BFG'S is gone back to the staes to be RMAed so god knows when it will be back ????also money is a big issue at the moment

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#253 11-08-2005 12:48pm

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dubdvd wrote:

i had backed out of the idea of using TEC's on the GPU's due to the fact that it was impossible to place them on two cards on the DFI mobo ..there was just no space for then thats why youll never find any of the DFI SLI mobos with dual pletiers ..but now im using the ASUS SLI mobo i might put them in ,but thats a while away at the moment as one of my BFG'S is gone back to the staes to be RMAed so god knows when it will be back ????also money is a big issue at the moment

ah good aul rma , where would we be without it

yeh tecs would be interesting to fiddle around with , im just wondering wen u'l ever go phase change and have a "real" overclocked pc - lol - just kiddin

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#254 11-08-2005 4:56pm

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Dub, you're a mod, you have a blog.
Login, get used to the interface and create a second category (if you like) called "Worklog" or "casemod" or whatever you like.
Might be easier on those reading your (very impressive) work if they're all in one area. People can still post comments on them (by default 3rd-party comments are added to your blog's moderation queue for review before display) and it would be a bit neater. it's kind of hard to keep track of your work when the posts are split up and intersected by replies.

Just a thought

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#255 11-08-2005 5:15pm

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SyxPak wrote:

Dub, you're a mod, you have a blog.
Login, get used to the interface and create a second category (if you like) called "Worklog" or "casemod" or whatever you like.
Might be easier on those reading your (very impressive) work if they're all in one area. People can still post comments on them (by default 3rd-party comments are added to your blog's moderation queue for review before display) and it would be a bit neater. it's kind of hard to keep track of your work when the posts are split up and intersected by replies.

Just a thought

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Good thinking SyxPak forgot about putting up a blog for all my rambling on's ..lol

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#256 13-08-2005 8:40pm

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Can any of you reccommend a good place to buy a PC case?

Im not too keen on ordering from outside of Eire so preferably in Dublin if its
possible.

Cheers,

BW

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#257 13-08-2005 9:06pm

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There is a sticky on all the best places to buy pc stuff from . Your best bet would be komplett.ei. There is also hitide and peats..........the list goes on

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#258 13-08-2005 9:19pm

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Maplin have a good lot of cases as well these days, if you need to get it in a shop for payment reasons

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#259 14-08-2005 6:06pm

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Ill be checking out Mapling and Peats. I seen a few alienware lookalikes in
Mapling about 6months ago...

Where abouts is Hitide? Ill check out the sticky. I appolgise for my ignorance

Edit: ah they are in dublin. But can I waltz on over and pick up a case instead of
paying delivery?

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#260 14-08-2005 7:29pm

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BlackWizard wrote:

Ill be checking out Mapling and Peats. I seen a few alienware lookalikes in
Mapling about 6months ago...

Where abouts is Hitide? Ill check out the sticky. I appolgise for my ignorance

Edit: ah they are in dublin. But can I waltz on over and pick up a case instead of
paying delivery?

yeah seen that alienware lookalike case your on about, but its some heavy fcker and thats without and psu and mobo.
still it looks the stuff

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#261 15-08-2005 9:50am

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BlackWizard wrote:

Ill be checking out Mapling and Peats. I seen a few alienware lookalikes in
Mapling about 6months ago...

Where abouts is Hitide? Ill check out the sticky. I appolgise for my ignorance

Edit: ah they are in dublin. But can I waltz on over and pick up a case instead of
paying delivery?

yes if you email hitide you can arrange to meet up with him either in ringsend or some other place im not to sure but he has meet up with a few guys of boards ...

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#262 15-08-2005 10:23am

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Hitide, great bunch of folks, and I haven't even ordered off them yet :)

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#263 15-08-2005 5:57pm

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Hi, I was looking at some of the W/C kits on Hitide would anyone here recommend a kit for a socket 939 mobo? I dont know if I'd be better off with a kit or building it myself thanks guys.

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#264 15-08-2005 5:59pm

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Hal1 wrote:

Hi, I was looking at some of the W/C kits on Hitide would anyone here recommend a kit for a socket 939 mobo? I dont know if I'd be better off with a kit or building it myself thanks guys.

building urself

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#265 15-08-2005 7:52pm

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Yo CombatCow, I also have the Diabolic Gaming Case. :cool:

How did you make the DVD rom drive with the red bezel that came with the case?

I think its really cool but i have a white drive that spoils it . how did you do it?

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#266 16-08-2005 10:53pm

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Had to post a small update ..I got rid of the plexy..and took out the original side panel and after a days full modding , i came up with this i re-cut the side panel window and cut some new plexy for the new window and placed it on the inside then i had to find a way to attach the power button to the front of the plexy ....

Then i put on some hinges ..So if you can imagine the same side panel on the other side of the case then thats what this will look like by the end of the week ...I need another 17" tft im not pushed about specs and so on just some cheap yok will do and thats whats going into the left hand side panel and in the front coming down from the top and then sitting in front of the fans and drive bays will be the 19" tft that i already have ...anyhow heres the latest pics ..ive still some tidying up to do to the hinges ill be painting the screws black and the hinges and so on ..

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#267 16-08-2005 11:20pm

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lookin good M8...

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#268 16-08-2005 11:35pm

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getting there slowly but slowly all i need is somebody to donate a 17" tft ...i think ill be waiting a while for that ...lol

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#269 17-08-2005 7:17am

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Plush Bus:D

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#270 17-08-2005 8:11am

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Very nice. Cool mod dub. You going to work these days at all??

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#271 17-08-2005 9:16am

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I just made the homepage of www.mountainmods.com with this baby ..lol

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#272 17-08-2005 9:24am

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Very nice. Congrats!!!

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#273 17-08-2005 9:37am

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Some nice advertising for boards too
Your famous - can i have your autograpgh!

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#274 17-08-2005 5:37pm

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wowha that is sexy! well... nice work there dub

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#275 17-08-2005 6:30pm

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Nukem wrote:

Some nice advertising for boards too
Your famous - can i have your autograpgh!

yeah i want one too

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#276 17-08-2005 6:33pm

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dubdvd wrote:

I just made the homepage of www.mountainmods.com with this baby ..lol

seen it, but tbh your case looks the best out of all of them, more because of the lcd.

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#277 17-08-2005 10:42pm

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This is what will be on the homepage of mountainmods website within the next week with a bit of luck... if i have it done by the next couple of days this is how it will look by then ...but then there will still be the 3rd TFT to go on ...lol

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#278 17-08-2005 11:14pm

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I happy with the simple things in lyfe. Neat and clean is a good thing. So, with that in mind, here's my computer. If I don't need something...I remove it. If I need it...I try to hide it. And if it has wires...I to reroute them. This is what's inside:
Flower 201-b case
Abit IC7g-max 2
P4/3.2 (heavy o/c'd)
2xw/d Raptor 74GB Hard Drives
2x1gig ram (o/c'd)
Ati 9800pro/256 (o/c'd of course)
XP90 cooler for the cpu
some other stuff
And here's what it looks like. What do you think??

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#279 18-08-2005 7:28am

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@dubdvd:
Class. You're putting everyone to shame with that mod!

@tnv: Very nice, neat & clean case. Impressive.

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#280 18-08-2005 5:19pm

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Here's my computer in it's natural surroundings...sorry about the mess. tnv

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#281 18-08-2005 9:00pm

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Nice. Wish I had that much space for my PC

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#282 18-08-2005 9:27pm

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NIce clean PC you have there! but the room looks a lil' to empty for me

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#283 18-08-2005 10:31pm

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dubdvd wrote:

This is what will be on the homepage of mountainmods website within the next week with a bit of luck... if i have it done by the next couple of days this is how it will look by then ...but then there will still be the 3rd TFT to go on ...lol

well fck me thats what i call a mod, whens the mags poping around for some snaps for the latest issue

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#284 18-08-2005 10:44pm

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Thats is sweet. Very nicely done. Wish i had that much room. Mmmmmmm convert attic and not tell the fams?????

Nukem

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#285 18-08-2005 11:00pm

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tnv wrote:

Here's my computer in it's natural surroundings...sorry about the mess. tnv

i love the room you have there and most of all i love the way you have your case very neat and tidy ..i had one of those cases before but it did'nt look as good as your does there ..i love to see a system like this so neat there is nothing worst than a rats nest of wire every where great work ...

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#286 18-08-2005 11:10pm

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Thank you for the compliments and kind words. It makes doing something like this worthwhile when one's peers can see the effort that went into it.
The attic? Close...the little wife doesn't like the basement, so I cleaned it up, paneled the walls, put down some carpet and mounted a couple of fans. The hardest part was running the wiring...I have a dedicated line into the house for the computer. Here is one (1) last picture...it's about 45' from the camera to the wall, and there's still about 20' behind me. Me wife says it's too far to call down, so she calls me on the phone when it's diner tyme. tnv

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#287 18-08-2005 11:20pm

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Woow, cool room, looks like one of those audio guru's would have a field day in there. U could get some really cool surround sound in there . Do u have any close up's of the case ??

EDIT>>> Ignore that last question :rolleyes: , didnt look at the top of the page, nice system . Arent all those 80mm fans loud though ? It might work better with 2 120mm fans?? Actually by the looks of it u may be able to fit 2 120mm in the front :eek: , crisis that case must be huge.

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#288 19-08-2005 12:56am

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Look about 8' this side of the desk and you'll see the left and right rear speakers. To the left side (under the small speaker) is the sub woofer. Over the monitor is a front centre channel and mounted in the ceiling behind and above the chair is the rear centre channel. There is a second rear sub woofer under the lamp, it has two 15" woofers and a 250 watt per channel amplifier. I'm running 7.1, so the surround effect is surprisingly realistic. The low freq. is about 18 hz, so there is a lot to be FELT. Sebelius' classic
"finlandia" is not only emotionally moving...but physically as well.
The 80mm fans are very quiet. There are no fan guards (they make noise), the blades have been high speed balanced (cuts down on the vibs and resonate noise from the case.) The XP90 has a very quiet 92mm fan and all the fans are controlled with a front panel fanbus. There are two additional fans on the case floor (just behind the front case fans) that pull aire in from the bottom. The ambient temp. in the basement is about 74degrees f., so with all the aire flow and low temps, I can run the fans at absolute minimum speed. They are almost silent, with the overhead fans making more noise the the computer. The second hard drive is mounted behind the mobo, so there is no sound from it, either. For all practical purposes...you can't hear any noise coming from the computer. And since I'm in the basement...there is no outside noise...ever. tnv

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#289 20-08-2005 10:27pm

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Few updated pics of my system since Iv finialy gotten rid of the ugly Hardcano12 unit.

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#290 22-08-2005 5:20pm

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you've got yourself plenty airflow in there , and a love the way you have the wires well hide and tidy ..most of all i like the aerocool fan controller ...i was going to get one of them a while back ...nice rig

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#291 23-08-2005 9:45am

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dubdvd wrote:

you've got yourself plenty airflow in there , and a love the way you have the wires well hide and tidy ..most of all i like the aerocool fan controller ...i was going to get one of them a while back ...nice rig

Cheers mate

Its way easy with the stacker as the cross flow fan port helps to tuck away alot of the wires and cables

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#292 23-08-2005 10:21pm

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GAh! sorry for crappy pictures that have way too much resolution in scale with their picture quality.

My old fileserver:

My old gaming rig

My matching Keyboard and mouse.

I used to use the two machines with one monitor. Had a hardware switch to change between the computers.

and heres my current pc:
http://boards.ie/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=13980

thoughts?

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#293 23-08-2005 10:50pm

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the last case is teh furry
does it talk?

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#294 23-08-2005 11:02pm

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Im thinking it will probably burn down well before it starts talking.

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#295 29-08-2005 3:14pm

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DiamondMax 10 Hard Disk Drive 200GB Serial ATA150 7200rpm
NEC DVD+-RW/DL 16x4x16x4x IDE ND3500 BLK
512MB 400MHz DDR PC3200 NECC DIMM
AMD Athlon 64 3400+/2.4Ghz L2-512KB Box 754p
MSI K8T NEO-FSR Mainboard socket 754 K8T800
ASUS 128MB GeF 6600GT TV/DVI 8x RET
P160EU/MT No PSU ATX Anodized Aluminium SuperMid
64Bit Linux

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#296 29-08-2005 3:34pm

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Very nice! Now, if only you stocked modding stuff

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#297 29-08-2005 3:38pm

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WizZard wrote:

Very nice! Now, if only you stocked modding stuff

at a good price

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#298 29-08-2005 3:57pm

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We do have some here is the list

http://www.elara.ie/products/cooling.asp

We also do all thermaltake stuff but they are not on the site ....have to email for thermaltake items

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#299 29-08-2005 8:25pm

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nice case! and weldone. you got the 300th post in this topic

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#300 14-09-2005 9:56pm

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almost done with the outside of the case ,ill have some pics of the inside next week with a bit of luck and trust me it will be worth waiting for

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#301 14-09-2005 10:31pm

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Ok while outshined by the enormity of Dub's system this is my main rig (1 of four decent ones)

Specs are:

Pentuim 4e Prescott 2.8ghz @ 3.45(In my old mobo)
ATM Useless Asus Motherboard while I wait for my DFI to arrive
1024mb(2x512) Cobra pc3700 DDR (Winbond BH5 Chips) @ 2-2-2-5
Thermalright XP120 (Scary to fit. Capacitor Bending Everywhere)
ATI 9600XT 256mb @ 500/301mhz
Western Digital 200GB and Western Digital 320GB IDE Drives
MSI DVD-RW
Antec SuperLanboy Case
Antec TruePower 480w PSU
3x120mm Fans.
19" BenQ T905 12ms TFT Flatscreen
Logitech Media Keyboard
Microsoft Wireless OpticalVer2(Orange) for everyday
Logitech MX510 for gaming.
Logitech Xsomething 2.1 Speakers.

And thats bout it. I have a few other systems in the pipeline i will show soon!

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