Project [~Dark Energy~]

nibble · 03-12-2007 09:21PM #1

Well I said I'd post this up, it's just me sticking some wc gear into a shiny new V2000B

The specs are as follows:

V2000B
PA120.3 - D5 - EK Res 250 - Apogee GTX
MCR220 - D5 - Ek Res 250 - EK NB block - MCW60 GPU block
8800GTS 640
Q6600
Asus P5K Premium
2GB Ballistix
Hitachi Deskstar 320GB x2

Anyway I've taken lots of pics but not to bore you I said I'd just throw up a couple for now. The project is far from finished but this is basically all I have so far!

A shot with ambient light, the window's tinted like papu's.

The Acryan Hexx mesh I used for the rad intake vents.

Internal shot with the lights on showing the uv plexi back thingy..

Another showing a bit of the bay cover.

A close up of the fan and grill.

I'll throw up some more soon, just have to find the time to work on it a bit more...

papu · 03-12-2007 09:28PM

Dark energy ehh?
nice name....
nice pix...great camera you have their :P!

PogMoThoin · 03-12-2007 10:15PM

This gonna b good, hurry up m8, i'm droolin

nibble · 03-12-2007 10:41PM

PogMoThoin wrote: »

This gonna b good, hurry up m8, i'm droolin

Thanks for the vote of confidence, hmm maybe it'll be done by the new year!

papu · 03-12-2007 11:25PM

nibble wrote: »

Thanks for the vote of confidence, hmm it'll be done by the new year!

Fixed

:D

awhir · 03-12-2007 11:45PM

hmm everone starts posten here the second i do !!! he he

where you get the bay coverthingy ?

looken very good atm and is that tinting sutf spray or a stickly film you place on ?

papu · 03-12-2007 11:48PM

awhir wrote: »

hmm everone starts posten here the second i do !!! he he

where you get the bay coverthingy ?

looken very good atm and is that tinting sutf spray or a stickly film you place on ?

he made it :P

awhir · 04-12-2007 08:53AM

wow very nice!!!!

wana make one for me !

Anti · 04-12-2007 01:32PM

Daaaaaamn. Now thats inpressive !

nibble · 04-12-2007 01:56PM

awhir wrote: »

hmm everone starts posten here the second i do !!! he he

where you get the bay coverthingy ?

looken very good atm and is that tinting sutf spray or a stickly film you place on ?

It's film, and yeah the baycover and all the various bits I'll be sticking to case are made by me, mostly from plexi and aluminium. The baycover is uv blue plexi with black anodised alu on top. I'll be mounting the dual res' there hence the various holes.

And thanks Anti, I hope to get more pics and a bit more work done later!

nibble · 04-12-2007 08:21PM

Ok a little more....

Here we have a seemingly normal DVD drive, a little hacked up but nothing unusual..

And this is a wire sticking out from the drive...

Touch the wire and.. BAM the drive is open!

How, you say? Well with the help of a QT113 touch ic and a little bit of soldering I built a simple circuit that can sense when a human touch is nearby, this means I can place the electrode (whatever metal I attach to the wire) behind for example a plexi panel and it will work. A touch switch!

Here's some internal shots:

The circuit stuck inside the drive with the output soldered to the correct points inside the drive, I've also replaced the stock led with a blue one.

The circuit itself as you can see it is really simple, just the ic and a cap. It gets powered from a +5v point I've taken from the drive. The output is white, with the green going to the electrode.

I've also got one for the power switch and one for switching the case lighting. The light switch was a little more complex using an NPN transistor to actually do the power switching.

papu · 04-12-2007 08:37PM

yeah i saw u use the drive , that thing is sick , get 1 or 2 cm from it and it opens BAM!

nibble · 04-12-2007 08:38PM

papu wrote: »

yeah i saw u use the drive , that thing is sick , get 1 or 2 cm from it and it opens BAM!

See Proof!!

unseen · 09-12-2007 06:18PM

very nice mod bro

nibble · 09-12-2007 11:44PM

unseen wrote: »

very nice mod bro

Thanks unseen

I've got a bit more done, Ill post the pics soon.

nibble · 31-12-2007 06:21PM

Grim. · 31-12-2007 06:24PM

very very nice

PogMoThoin · 31-12-2007 06:35PM

Nice, more pics pls

papu · 31-12-2007 07:37PM

your a bad man..... teasing us like that

Anti · 31-12-2007 08:57PM

MOAR PICS

Or you get banned

awhir · 31-12-2007 09:17PM

you using 3/8" tubing on the cpu and 1/2 " or 7/16" on the nb ?

nibble · 03-01-2008 07:36PM

awhir wrote: »

you using 3/8" tubing on the cpu and 1/2 " or 7/16" on the nb ?

7/16" all round

A few more pics, it's damn hard to shoot this thing in the dark and the cathodes always come out kinda pink! Anyway:

The left side, with the fans for the nb/gpu loop.

Front a bit messy, but I have a plan for the front panel..

With the tinted panel on.

Res'

Apogee GTX

Ek northbridge block

I really like this pic for some reason.

awhir · 03-01-2008 08:42PM

One word : Wow

KamiKazi · 03-01-2008 11:37PM

Looking sweet man

PogMoThoin · 03-01-2008 11:46PM

Deadly rig m8

DirkVoodoo · 04-01-2008 01:44AM

Some really nice cable laying goin on there.

awhir · 04-01-2008 02:36AM

More pics , show us where the rad is etc !

nibble · 04-01-2008 02:09PM

Thanks for the praise guys

Ill take some more and post 'em up later.

papu · 15-02-2008 02:57AM

More Pics Plox

nibble · 15-02-2008 03:06AM

papu wrote: »

More Pics Plox

Alright, alright I will... Still got to fix up the front panel and get some new water dye. Just been a bit pissed off with PC's and everythin a tad lately

. I'll give it a go tomorrow.

papu · 15-02-2008 03:15AM

nibble wrote: »

Alright, alright I will... Still got to fix up the front panel and get some new water dye. Just been a bit pissed off with PC's and everythin a tad lately . I'll give it a go tomorrow.

cooooL!:p:):D;)

Project [~Dark Energy~]

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