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pieterveenstra · 27th May 2008, 21:28

Hello people!

First i will introduce myself!:

I'm Pieter Veenstra, and i'm 18 years old, and i live in the Netherlands (small shithole) My english is very poor, but i do my best!

I started casemodding when i was 15 years old or something, and this is my second casemod i have made.
My parents have a stone machining company, so thats were the idea came from.
The material coms from Sweden, and is called: Light Labrador, or Bleu Pearl.
The normall price of this stuff is $150 m² not polished or anything.
But i got it for free

As far as i know there is no other computercase made from granite in the whole world, so its unique!

I started building my case in January 2006, and on november 2007 it was finaly finished.
I'm already working on this machine for a while now, and i still love him/her.
Actualy i'm posting this thread from the machine

The Hardware:

CPU: AMD Opteron 165 Dual Core (S939)
GPU: ATi Radeon X1800GTO By: Sapphire
Mobo:ECS nForce4 A-939
HD's: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320gb, Maxtor 80gb (both S-ata)
PSU: BeQuiet 600 watt's
Mem:1536mb DDR1 400mhz

I will not translate everything of my worklog on Gathering.Tweakers.net, and will also not post every picture here.
But it will give you a good idea of the whole working process.
I thought it would be a good idea to post this mod here, so many more people can see my caseconstruction.

Not under every picture is an explenation, but a picture says more than a 1000 words right?

Get a cup of coffee while youre scrolling through my thread...enjoy

Pics, form the start till now:

Sponsor, from my GPU

Materials
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1st few steps
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Workshop
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Cutting a square for the window
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Some machinery
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Total view
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The weight on that moment.
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Front
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On/Off Button
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Front Fan inside
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DVD Drive
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Total view
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Between Panel
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Building the topcase for the PSU, and HD's

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More Progress
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Upper Side window
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Graphics!
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Thanks to:

Motherboard tray
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Rear, and front from the topcase:
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Fitting, and Glueing the topcase
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Mobotray on light:
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Overview again
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Inside:

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Front panel inside:
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@ light:
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@ night:
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Inside again with primer:
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Panels painted:
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Lights on!:twisted:

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Topcase inner panels:

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Inside view:

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Topcase lights + overview
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(ALMOST) FINAL PRODUCT!!!

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Last pictures taken:

@ tBCL 2007

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I won the 2nd Jury price @ this contest!

And about €650,- of prices!

The PSU is changed already, by a BeQuiet 600watt modulair, and i'm going to change the HD stickers also...
BTW....the final weight of the case is 72kg!
If there are any questions...just ask

Is there a moderator who could change my thread name to: Project: GraniteCase ?
I'm new on this forum...u know :P

jhanlon303 · 27th May 2008, 21:48

Good idea and well executed. Congrats.
John

pieterveenstra · 27th May 2008, 21:51

It weighs 72kg's (158.7 LBS)
Thats also the downside :P

Tile · 27th May 2008, 22:01

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Dark~3nergy · 27th May 2008, 22:07

OMG !!!

That's a hell of a case ! I'm realy amazed !
Very good work !

=ACID RAIN= · 27th May 2008, 22:12

I'm impressed! That's insane!

Dira · 27th May 2008, 22:22

Very nice! But GOD :S Why did you use so many 80mm fans? Why not go with 120mm fans?

Also I think you should have used abit more creativity when doing something expensive as this is

But still impressed!

Oreon_237 · 27th May 2008, 22:47

ZOMG a case made from granite!! very original!! nice work!

Darkened · 27th May 2008, 23:22

Welcome to the forums mate.

This is one crazy case, in fact I've been wondering when someone does a case out of stone

I just love the mobo tray colors against the granite, that's somehow the most pleasing part of the case to my eye.

Weight is a downside, not exactly a lan case, but hey, at least it shouldn't vibrate much

Darkened

Yemerich · 28th May 2008, 00:20

The only donwside is the weight... the weight of this thread! Took ages to load all the photos

But really nice work! I loved the lights on it!

Have you considered using some wheels on it?

x06jsp · 28th May 2008, 00:48

looks brilliant! well done

MrWizard · 28th May 2008, 01:24

That's definitely something you don't see very often...OK...you don't see that at all. Excellent work mate! I have to second what Darkened said as well; I really love the mobo tray.

Oreon_237 · 28th May 2008, 01:41

haha guess you wont be going to LANs ith this one ae

oldnewby · 28th May 2008, 09:19

I'm a big fan of things a little left field, and a case made from
granite, well thats way left.

But the execution is also top notch and the final result is
beautiful. Five stars.

Burnout21 · 28th May 2008, 09:53

congrates, you offically have the worlds first anti-theft personal computer! u'll just find thiefs lying next to it with rather nasty hernia's!

[ZiiP] NaloaC · 28th May 2008, 10:20

good god! That's insane!

Congrats on it though, beautiful looking case. Unique as well!

[xXx] ãÇè_ƒr€áK · 28th May 2008, 12:40

Wow nice job! that is heavy! i dont like the blue it kinda ruins the effect of the granite. i like this photo better
http://i23.tinypic.com/2zhfus8.jpg

pieterveenstra · 28th May 2008, 12:44

Thank you for the positive reply's
It's amazing...you guys come from all over the world!

About the 120mm fans;

Well...if you can find a 120mm diamond drill..let me know.
I can't just use a cutting saw to make holes or something...you have to do everything by hand.
The material is to hard for metal tools...it has to be diamond tools.
And i don't like 120mm fans everywhere

About the costs;

I didnt spend a $ on materials...it was just stuff that was laying around in our stockyard, and i loved the colour.
The total cost of this caseconstruction is about $700/$800...ex hardware.

Thanks again for your replies

pieterveenstra · 28th May 2008, 12:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by [xXx] ãÇè_ƒr€áK

Wow nice job! that is heavy! i dont like the blue it kinda ruins the effect of the granite. i like this photo better
http://i23.tinypic.com/2zhfus8.jpg

The material is hard to photograph.
I used a proffesional digital camera, amd a tripod.
IRL the materials is darker then on the photographs

modgodtanvir · 28th May 2008, 12:57

Wow. Very original! Congrats on winning the prize! And you should have another one for being able to lift that case!

27th May 2008, 21:28	#1
pieterveenstra GraniteCase Join Date: May 2008 Location: Netherlands, Groningen Posts: 7	GraniteCase Hello people! First i will introduce myself!: I'm Pieter Veenstra, and i'm 18 years old, and i live in the Netherlands (small shithole) My english is very poor, but i do my best! I started casemodding when i was 15 years old or something, and this is my second casemod i have made. My parents have a stone machining company, so thats were the idea came from. The material coms from Sweden, and is called: Light Labrador, or Bleu Pearl. The normall price of this stuff is $150 m² not polished or anything. But i got it for free As far as i know there is no other computercase made from granite in the whole world, so its unique! I started building my case in January 2006, and on november 2007 it was finaly finished. I'm already working on this machine for a while now, and i still love him/her. Actualy i'm posting this thread from the machine The Hardware: CPU: AMD Opteron 165 Dual Core (S939) GPU: ATi Radeon X1800GTO By: Sapphire Mobo:ECS nForce4 A-939 HD's: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320gb, Maxtor 80gb (both S-ata) PSU: BeQuiet 600 watt's Mem:1536mb DDR1 400mhz I will not translate everything of my worklog on Gathering.Tweakers.net, and will also not post every picture here. But it will give you a good idea of the whole working process. I thought it would be a good idea to post this mod here, so many more people can see my caseconstruction. Not under every picture is an explenation, but a picture says more than a 1000 words right? Get a cup of coffee while youre scrolling through my thread...enjoy Pics, form the start till now: Sponsor, from my GPU Materials 1 1st few steps 2 3 Workshop 4 5 6 7 Cutting a square for the window 8 9 10 11 Some machinery 12 13 14 15 16 17 Total view 18 19 20 21 22 23 The weight on that moment. 24 25 26 Front 27 28 29 On/Off Button 30 31 32 Front Fan inside 33 34 DVD Drive 35 36 37 Total view 42 44 Between Panel 45 46 47 Building the topcase for the PSU, and HD's 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 More Progress 55 56 57 58 59 Upper Side window 60 61 62 63 Graphics! 64 Thanks to: Motherboard tray 65 66 67 68 69 Rear, and front from the topcase: 70 71 72 73 Fitting, and Glueing the topcase 74 75 76 77 78 79 Mobotray on light: 80 81 Overview again 82 83 84 85 86 Inside: 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 Front panel inside: 95 96 97 @ light: 98 @ night: 99 Inside again with primer: 100 101 102 Panels painted: 103 104 105 Lights on!:twisted: 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 Topcase inner panels: 115 116 117 Inside view: 118 Topcase lights + overview 119 120 121 123 124 125 (ALMOST) FINAL PRODUCT!!! 126 127 128 129 130 Last pictures taken: @ tBCL 2007 131 132 133 I won the 2nd Jury price @ this contest! And about €650,- of prices! The PSU is changed already, by a BeQuiet 600watt modulair, and i'm going to change the HD stickers also... BTW....the final weight of the case is 72kg! If there are any questions...just ask Is there a moderator who could change my thread name to: Project: GraniteCase ? I'm new on this forum...u know :P

27th May 2008, 21:48	#2
jhanlon303 6 decades of fun Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Westminster, CO, USA Posts: 7,283	Good idea and well executed. Congrats. John __________________ Life is it's own answer. Live life for itself. Accept it and enjoy it day by day. Live as well as possible. Expect no more. Destroy nothing, humble nothing, look for fault in nothing. Leave unsullied and untouched all that is beautiful. Hold that which lives in all reverence.

27th May 2008, 22:01	#4
Tile Banned Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 376	Deleted Last edited by Tile; 3rd Nov 2008 at 01:04.

27th May 2008, 22:07	#5
Dark~3nergy NI NI NI !!!!!!1! Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: switzerland, but from Sweden Posts: 722	OMG !!! That's a hell of a case ! I'm realy amazed ! Very good work ! __________________ PROJECT NEOPHYTE http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=149036 sponsorized by : www.pc-koolance.eu Bit Tech is more than games and hardware - check out the mods too. Don't let modding die in Bit-Tech.net.

27th May 2008, 22:22	#7
Dira Multimodder Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sweden Posts: 124	Very nice! But GOD :S Why did you use so many 80mm fans? Why not go with 120mm fans? Also I think you should have used abit more creativity when doing something expensive as this is But still impressed! __________________ Cheack out Project: Placebo Cheack out Project: This Picture

27th May 2008, 21:51	#3
pieterveenstra GraniteCase Join Date: May 2008 Location: Netherlands, Groningen Posts: 7	It weighs 72kg's (158.7 LBS) Thats also the downside :P

27th May 2008, 22:12	#6
=ACID RAIN= What warranty? Join Date: May 2008 Location: Kingwood, TX Posts: 7	I'm impressed! That's insane!

27th May 2008, 22:47	#8
Oreon_237 Lawrence Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New Zealand Posts: 1,123	ZOMG a case made from granite!! very original!! nice work! __________________ E8400, P5Q pro, corsair PC 6500 2x2GB, Galaxy GTX 260+, Samsung F1 750GB

27th May 2008, 23:22	#9
Darkened Oh, the monstrosity... Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 686	Welcome to the forums mate. This is one crazy case, in fact I've been wondering when someone does a case out of stone I just love the mobo tray colors against the granite, that's somehow the most pleasing part of the case to my eye. Weight is a downside, not exactly a lan case, but hey, at least it shouldn't vibrate much Darkened __________________ I have spread my dreams under your feet, tread softly because you tread on my dreams. Project: Orange Monster Project: Phantom Black Project: Red October

28th May 2008, 00:20	#10
Yemerich What's a rebimboca da parafuseta? Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Sao Paulo - Brazil Posts: 714	The only donwside is the weight... the weight of this thread! Took ages to load all the photos But really nice work! I loved the lights on it! Have you considered using some wheels on it? __________________ Bit Tech is more than games and hardware - check out the mods too. Don't let modding die in Bit-Tech.net.

28th May 2008, 00:48	#11
x06jsp da ginger monkey!!!! Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,651	looks brilliant! well done __________________ G0studio.co.uk [/size][project] Modularis evolution!

28th May 2008, 01:24	#12
MrWizard Still Wrenching Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Salinas, CA Posts: 318	That's definitely something you don't see very often...OK...you don't see that at all. Excellent work mate! I have to second what Darkened said as well; I really love the mobo tray. __________________ Gigabyte P35-DS3L \| Intel E2220 @ 3.0GHz \| AC Freezer 7 Pro \| eVGA 8800GT 512MB \| 2GB Crucial Ballistix DDR2-800 \| 1 x Seagate 250GB SATA \| 1 x WD Raptor 74GB SATA \| X-Fi Extreme Gamer \| Silverstone Strider 600 Modular \| Modded Antec Nine Hundred

28th May 2008, 01:41	#13
Oreon_237 Lawrence Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New Zealand Posts: 1,123	haha guess you wont be going to LANs ith this one ae __________________ E8400, P5Q pro, corsair PC 6500 2x2GB, Galaxy GTX 260+, Samsung F1 750GB

28th May 2008, 09:19	#14
oldnewby still thinking.... Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 380	I'm a big fan of things a little left field, and a case made from granite, well thats way left. But the execution is also top notch and the final result is beautiful. Five stars. __________________ Dual PC MK3 Cygnus X1. "The measure of any workshop is the number of clamps available! Human life on this planet is dependent on clampage". JHanlon

28th May 2008, 09:53	#15
Burnout21 is true bit-techer! Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Nott's Posts: 4,862	congrates, you offically have the worlds first anti-theft personal computer! u'll just find thiefs lying next to it with rather nasty hernia's! __________________ DFI P45-T2RS Plus, Q6600, 4GB Reaper HPC, GTX280 & FX3450, X-Fi Xtreme Music, 1570GB Storage

28th May 2008, 10:20	#16
[ZiiP] NaloaC Supermodder Join Date: May 2008 Location: Ireland Posts: 269	good god! That's insane! Congrats on it though, beautiful looking case. Unique as well!

28th May 2008, 12:40	#17
[xXx] ãÇè_ƒr€áK Or u can call me Ian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: U.S., Mass Posts: 351	Wow nice job! that is heavy! i dont like the blue it kinda ruins the effect of the granite. i like this photo better http://i23.tinypic.com/2zhfus8.jpg __________________ Future Projects: *Project Kyoko (A mirror)* My Flickr

28th May 2008, 12:44	#18
pieterveenstra GraniteCase Join Date: May 2008 Location: Netherlands, Groningen Posts: 7	Thank you for the positive reply's It's amazing...you guys come from all over the world! About the 120mm fans; Well...if you can find a 120mm diamond drill..let me know. I can't just use a cutting saw to make holes or something...you have to do everything by hand. The material is to hard for metal tools...it has to be diamond tools. And i don't like 120mm fans everywhere About the costs; I didnt spend a $ on materials...it was just stuff that was laying around in our stockyard, and i loved the colour. The total cost of this caseconstruction is about $700/$800...ex hardware. Thanks again for your replies

28th May 2008, 12:57	#20
modgodtanvir Prepare - for Mortal Bumbat! Join Date: May 2007 Location: Up a tree, Lincolnshire Posts: 1,963	Wow. Very original! Congrats on winning the prize! And you should have another one for being able to lift that case! __________________ Nexxo: Oh, and Relix is god, and ComputerKing is his prophet. Mankz: Meh. So what am I? dragon2309: Weak wristed...?

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