ZapWizard's LAN PC -Custom Ammo PC -Completed Jan 18 '04

Without the fibers the light doesn't get refracted to the front at all.
(really no light is visible on the actual blades)

As for the plexi, yes it would block most of the air.
And I want the mods on this case to me mostly stealthed.
Where not even if you look closely, could you tell that it was even modified.

 

What am I doing today?
Duct work!
First I made a duct for the CPU

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The PSU sits on-top of the dimms, so I needed a unique way to get air onto the dimms.
I installed a small squirel cage fan and more plexi.
The air will pass down the center, and back around the sides of the dimms

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Here you can see the PSU on top of the dimms

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Now with all the duct work installed, the part mounting is coming together.

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Now with the parts installed in the box.

 

damn you have mad skillz

ps: is there a specific name for the 10 pin conector you used for the vga cable?

 

Zap, about that lighted fan... first off, very good work.

have you thought of making the pieces of plexi that connect the fan hub to the fan's frame thinner though? Or are they weak if they're any thinner?

And that CPU duct idea is great. I'm doing the same for my case... I just ran outta plexi unexpectedly. Heh

 

Part number's HR206-ND, and HR108-ND from www.digikey.com
The specs are here:
http://www.hirose.com/PDF masters/RM Master.pdf

I did at first make them only around 1/4" thin, but like you guessed they are too weak.
The fan would vibrate too much, and it started to push its' way towards the LEDs.

 

Glowey hardware time



Following another of Japala's excelent guides, I decided to make the motherboard and GFX card glow under UV light.
http://www.metku.net/

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I used a set of highlighters to create the effect.
(I used yellow and orange, which comes out to Green, and orange under UV light)
I have 6 UV LED's with which I can create the effect.
This effect though will only be visible though the fan holes, as I don't plan on putting a window in the case.

During the day, the yellow is praticaly invisible, and the orange is pretty dark.
In all reality this was just more of an experiment, as no-one will really ever see the motherboard anyways.

 

Y'know Zap, here in VA it's only been the third for a couple of hours...

Over there in texas it's been the third for an hour, or maybe just 14 minutes...

Just goes to show your dedication.

And the UV looks friggin' cool, it could be a hidden trick in the LAN PC.

 

Back to work on yr lan pc now

I like the way you cooled your ram. Nice Idea what is that tube made out of? How loud is that aero fan?

Good work aswell

 

So Zap is there enough room below the Radiation sticker to be able to implement my idea?

 

The duct work is all plexi and hotglue. All very simple.
That fan is fairly quiet, but it does push a lot of air.

I think you were talking about actualy venting air from behind the sticker? (Around it's edges?)
If I need any extra venting I will use the spaces behind the grill work at the bottom of the front, or more from the sides.
But so far all the air-flow seems to be working out perfectly.

If I do ever put windows into this case, I will still use the mesh to cover it up.

 

No, I asked if there was enough room behind the little radiation sign on the front sticker to cut it out and then use the cut out to project the radiation symbol on the ceiling. That way you get another lighted effect on the front but also a seamless integration with a projected image from the top of your case. Would look great I think.

 

Hmm, there is room, but I want the sticker to stay as authentic looking as possible.

I may integrate a projector into the LCD's case when I get to that.
I think that the hole in the side of the case would be perfect to integrate a projector into.
(It could also simply light up as a good radiation level meter )

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As for the other two posts above:
Thanks for the totaly Non-related Spamming
And that was a duplicate post anyways.
I am removing the two posts.

 

I AM GOING TO QUAKECON!

I registered today, and will be driving up on the morning of the 16th.
I hope to get there by 8 a.m.
The modding competition starts at 11am

By then I should have the pc in a mostly ready state.
I think I will try and order a low-profile radeon 9200 to get a little more boost out of the system.

Wish me luck

 

Good luck at QuakeCon Zap !

Hopefully you can win yourself something else for all your hardwork on this project

-cLoWn

 

Good stuff I was hoping you'd go so i could see it in person. I noticed Nvidia is hosting a modding comp. also so you should end up leaving with some goodies.

 

wow... loving that lan pc

 

Zap I got friends that goto that every year. I planned on helping setup. I do live right near Dallas, Sunnyvale actually. Anyone else going to be going; we need a MEMBER get together in which I suppose Zap would be the exception.

 

Well come by and check out the PC if you can find me there.

I just ordered at Radeon 9200 128MB low-profile card, it should be the last part I need.

Ok, list of stuff to do:

Mount everything.
Wire up LAN LED, and LAN Volt Meter Modification.
Install last remaining green LED behind 2nd exhaust fan
Build the light throber circuit
Build battery supply for throbber
Shorten up cables, and sleeve them.
Customize windows to look military style
-more will be added as I remember it

/Edit.
I found my Case linked from another forum:
http://www.thinkhardware.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=1543
Apparenly I get on K's nerves

If you do see my PC linked somewhere I want to know.

 

i like the glowing. i am not sure if one can see it at all, but it would be cool to look through a fan or the mesh and see that little bit of detail on the insides. i mean that's true attention to detail. how long did you plan this thing before you really started working on it?