Hi guys! This would be my first thread here on bit-tech and I've heard a lot of good things which is why I decided to post my mod attempt at recreating the Weighted Companion Cube from Portal here. I also know that a modder from bit-tech constructed a weighted companion cube a while ago and it was featured on the site so I thought I might show my interpretation of the cube The specs of the cube is as follows: Intel Little Falls 2 w/ Atom Dual Core 330 2GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2-800 RAM D-Link PCI Gigabit LAN card (needed for dual networking capabilities) 2x320GB Seagate 7200RPM 3.5" IDE drives in RAID0 D-Link DWA-120 Wireless Adapter 108Mbps Vizo Super Muffle Ultra quiet 80mm fan for a tad of airflow picoPSU-120 and a 108W brick to power everything I will show just the last few photos of the worklog I have at the techPowerUp! forums just to get some feedback. There's a LOT more detail if any of you need something else explained The cube is small form factor and measures 230mm cubed So let's start with a normal perspective view... Another angle Now the front... ... and the back. Can't really tell the difference except from the top heart orientation can you? Now the top... ... and the bottom. This one you can tell (almost missed it eh?) by the screws bolting into the other half of the case as well as the added highly rigid foam feet The back of the cube with the heart cover removed One of the bottom corners removed by removing the M6 bolt going through all the layers. ... and all the corners gone. Notice the placement of the screws that hold the internal structure. They were placed to be under the corners and there's small holes drilled in the corners just above the screw heads to allow the corner to fit flush with the cube. The top half of the cube dismantled showing the internal structure. Close-ups of the internal structure... You will notice the missing pico! :cry: The internal view of the top half of the cube. It looks pretty messy but all the wires are glued in place and routed as cleanly as possible. The top corners were screwed in place by three self-tapping screws after drilling holes into the perspex and corners. The bottom part placed onto the top part again before tightening the bolts. The holes are countersunk. Another perspective The lighting. They were powered by an external power source given that the pico isn't installed yet. The whole cube is covered in LED's. This is viewed from the left... ... and from the right... ... and the back, showing the power supply module feeding power into the cube... ... even the bottom is covered A close-up of the top. You can see some separation in the light, but it's not that critical. A shot in the dark. The light is ONLY coming out of the slots on the cube and there's no light leaking into the inside of the cube and coming out of the heart covers. Now when I turn down the UV, the cube is in red mode ... and the other way around in UV mode. Interestingly, the camera sensor, being more sensitive to the shorter wavelengths, captures a blue light although it looks purple-ish in real life Finally, I leave you with a comparison between the in-game cube and the final mediaBIN3.0 Weighted Companion Cube! Soooo, there you have it. Hope you guys are satisfied with the end-result! I know I am
Astonishingly neat, particularly the stacking form of the internal components. I won't ask how hot it gets (airflow supplied from behind the heart-discs, yes?) but all in all a stunning build. Is there a full log at TechPowerUp?
In all honesty I'm not sure how hot it gets as I have Ubuntu installed and haven't had the time yet to install lm-sensors. But I can't feel it warming up so I'm guessing it's not going to get too toasty inside. The vents are probably more than enough for the Atom 330 Also, the full worklog can be found here: http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=108257 Edit: I don't want to hijack the forum or anything, but since it's a pretty big worklog it's not really practical for me to copy it here. (Also, I'm a bit lazy... )
