Case Mod - In Progress Project: Cuda 440 - Matching Keyboard 4/1

Yep, exactly!

 

Look at the auction I won

 

Nice, but if it only plays '50s music, destroy it

 

Maybe it'll rebuild itself like Christine

 

I just picked up the Asus Radeon EAH4830 for this project.

 

Waxing nostalgic here. Nice find.

john

 

I would hate to think what you did in front of car stereos of that era! lol!

I would never buy a second hand back seat of you sir!

 

Question: Should I add wheels? And, if so where can I get some?

 

Got something else!

 

I got the videa card today, the Asus Radeon HD4830
As you can see next to my keyboard, it's about the longest box I've ever seen for a card of any kind



Here's the card. It's next to a CD case for size comparison



I do like that it comes shipped with caps on the outputs and the SLI

 

First off, Newegg said I'd get a copy of WoW with this card purchase, but I just got a trial CD with two 14-day certificates?? WTF?



OK, I tested the card in my Windows 7 test system.



So, I did test the card a bit for what I have available.

DXDiag



GPU-Z



3DMark05 (without my activation code, I can't find it)



And CPU-Z for the hell of it.

 

All copies of WoW come with 2, 14 day trials. You are supposed to give them to friends. That is odd that it just came with the trial version, but I think they are the same. I'd wait for someone else to jump in on that one though.

 

Alright some things to discuss.

I got the temp guage.





I thought about adding it to the 3.5" bay but it'll probably look stupid.



Your thoughts?

The radio came too.



Now, at best my drive bay is almost 6 inches



. . . . . .but the radio from dial to dial is 7 inches wide.



I'm not really sure I can make this work.

It was fun to take apart though





If I can't use it, I would love to encorporate this logo into the drive cage or something. It wouldn't be something you could normally see, but it would be a cool extra touch



Lastly, I WILL be doing hood pins on top. I kind of have to make it look good with washers and hood pins. I haven't nailed down the final design just yet

 

The hood scoop arrived from Hong Kong, but it's too shiny



So i took some sand paper to it





And flat black paint just as I used on the side stripe



After about 5 coats



It's on top for reference, not actually mounted. I'm going to take a hole saw to the top for an exhaust fan under the scoop

 

The scoop looks great.

 

This is simply amazing! I love themed mod's and you're doing a outstanding job!

 

Nice job on the scoop... pity about the temp gauge, maybe mount it somewhere in the top? or get a second gauge and make a hole in the front near the bottom to mount it in?

 

really nice scoop it looks great!

 

Next is the prep for the exhaust fan



After my dremel, this drill is the absolute best purchase I have ever made



It not only makes a perfect hole, but it does it in a few seconds



I just have to clean it up



Then add a grill. A fan will come later



And the scoop is on



The hood pins are next

 

The scoop looks nice in matt. Shame the radio is a bit too wide
Nice cutting job on all the holes btw, no nicks or chunks of missing paint anywhere, not one
The hood pins will look really good up front, looking forward to that
That temp gauge would look really cool in the 3.5 bay, but you'd have to make some sort of housing to fill the gap on either side, like from fibreglass or wood, such as a rectangle of wood, with a circle cut out.
That MOPAR badge on the radio is really cool, how about covering up the cooler master logo on the heatsink with it! So the heatsink would be a MOPAR V8

edit: and it might be a pain to rip everything out, but how about painting the inside of the case black?