Case Mod - In Progress Project: Rage in the Machine - Video Card mod 5/17

Specs:

AMD 1090T X6
MSI 880G-E45
4GB DDR3-1333
Radeon 6850
80GB Intel SSD
700 Watt PSU​

I saw this skull on eBay and knew I had to have it on a wicked new build



I chose a black Raidmax case as the canvas. I knew it needed to be plain because I would be ratically changing it and didn't want any snazzy features poking through



It came with a cheap PSU, but I'm not using it



Every evil case starts with red



A 120mm intake fan is essential when using heat trapping expanding foam



And another 120mm fan on top. Yes, it is off center on purpose





Remember this boney hand? I pulled it off my GreatSatan mod



Here's a small intake fan for the right side



I took this intake fan from my Clowned mod that my Mom never used



I'm adding mounts for the spine I took from TheGreatSatan as well



Here's where I break out the metal wire





I guess this is supposedly used to clean paint brushes, or store them, or something. To me, I see a cool grill

 

whoa nice start there man.. that'll be an awesome computer when you're done!

 

Lol! At first I was thinking ^^ bumped up an age-old thread. So what are you going to change from GreatSatan?

 

nice start looks like it is gonna be good

 

Looking promising..excited to see where this goes

 

Great start, the red looks great!

 

The skull and something else coming...

The arm also came from my GreatSatan mod. I originally thought this would be a terminator mod, since it's literally terminating some of my past projects



Time to finally move on to the expanding foam. I have a bit of experience with this stuff and will make it look better than ever



I had to carefully add foam to the DVD door without making it stick shut



Then I added more to the top around the top exhaust that I purposely cut off center







Then I got to painting







Next comes the skull

 

Grr... You stole the title I was going to use for my project

 

Oooops!

 

Awesome foam! That is very original! I did like it better when it was white though

 

More like brain matter!

 

I used a wire mesh frame that I slid the skull over and forgot to take a picture of it. Then I filled it with tons of foam.



Here's where this mod will differ from many others. I will spend a lot of time with a small brush making it absolutely perfect









I made sure the drive worked. Guess what? It didn't. I had to tear the old one away from the foam and put this one in. Then I had to refoam and paint...

Annoying



The USB ports are actually part of a hub that is plugged into the real front panel ports. I put it on an angle because it looked better that way

 

That eye socket looks kinda infected.
It needs something in the mouth, but I don't know what.

 

An apple?

 

This?

 

Maybe one of those octopi USB hubs made to look like a tongue?

 

Here's my motherboard



And my spare 1090T



I even had a spare Radeon 6850 reference card laying around



All the parts are in and the system does start up. The motherboard is kind of cool because it has the power button right on the PCB



I'm using an 80GB Dane Elec SSD. It says it's actually a (1st generation) Intel X25 that was made by Dane Elec. They read at about 150MBps, which is slow for an SSD, but still quicker than a mechanical drive

 

It's an cool mod, makes me feel ill if I use my imagination too hard How about some of that foam on the inside??

 

Then it'll get hotter

 

that's true but since it will also isolate some, it should give better air flow for some well placed fans?