Project: Diary Of a Caffiene Junkie: Rockstar Energy Drink Case Mod

[PartyLikeARockstar]

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/jdbnsn/worklogbanners/rockstar.png

sessions.

I'm a Rockstar junkie, and the only Rockstar mod I know of is on a Wii. So hopefully I can generate some attention and maybe some $ for future mods.

The Concept: Powered by Rockstar!
(pending approval by Rockstar for logo and name use)



The Victim:

Thermaltake Armor Full Tower



The guts of the system:

eVGA 680iLT LGA775

Intel Core 2 Duo e4400 @ 3.33 Ghz currently, looking for 4Ghz with water

4GB G. Skill DDR2 800Mhz @ 4-4-3-5, can hit 1100Mhz w/ looser timing

WD 320GB SATA 7400RPM
Sony SATA DVD+-RW
Xion 600W PSU
eVGA 7800GT (not a hardcore gamer, just City Of Villains. PS this card KILLS under Linux)
Gentoo Linux 64-bit
Saitek Eclipse 2 KB
Kensington Ci80 Wireless Mouse

Hope to wow you guys with the mod, color scheme borrowed from the Zero-Carb Rockstar.

[PartyLikeARockstar]

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/1373/firstpicmollymoddingqv9.th.jpg (http://img72.imageshack.us/my.php?image=firstpicmollymoddingqv9.jpg)

(BAD CAMERA PHONE SHOT)

first quick shot of getting the case naked. Also: My cat will NOT be in the modded case. She appears to be supervising.

Side panels are off
Plastic parts removed from the inside
Doors removed from front
Port cover on top is off
ATX rear panel is off

Opinions welcome:
Plexi on window to be replaced with hex modder's mesh painted flat black to match the side panel, want it to look factory. Also, may cut the curved lines out of the window, but a lot of Armor owners seem to do that.

What do you guys think?

[PartyLikeARockstar]

I plan to route water cooling through an actual can. not a res since the cheap alum would corrode so bad. Also, I am planning to use a LED meteor light with a slow pulse to simulate the drink "charging" my PC. Hopefully it gets me in the good graces of the Rockstar staff, free caffiene is great! The coolant will be tinted to the color of zero carb Rockstar , with clear tubes to show the "Rockstar drink" flowing to my components. Spotlighting will be used to show off the logos on the can. Right now the chassis is taped off, and ready for paint! side panel plexi has been punched out, and the inside of the panel is painted atm.
By the end of the day the chassis and panels should be painted, with pics of before/after.

Modder's mesh is on order from Mnpctech http://www.mnpctech.com/moddersmesh.html
Sleeving for the PSU from Xoxide: http://www.xoxide.com/techflex2.html

[PartyLikeARockstar]

chassis being taped
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg80/rockstar_mod/S5030128.jpg

little more pre-game action
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg80/rockstar_mod/S5030129.jpg

inside of side panel, plexi punched out
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg80/rockstar_mod/S5030126.jpg

just a wee bit o' black. getting nice and dirty
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg80/rockstar_mod/S5030133.jpg

another peek inside
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg80/rockstar_mod/S5030130.jpg

just the inside of the side panel, now missing plexi of course
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg80/rockstar_mod/s5030136.jpg

chassis shot
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg80/rockstar_mod/s5030134.jpg


done for the day, sanding and more painting tomorrow!

thanks to my lady for her tape skills and some of the spraying after i went to work!

[Luke122]

Welcome aboard! Good to see another energy junkie on here.

[Vertigo]

I think I'm gonna do a Jolt Cola case ...

Good case choice, good luck.

[Drum Thumper]

Mt Dew, Monster, and now this. Who's got the bawls to do a case?:D

[Luke122]

Sign me up for the full throttle integration project.. it's basically the fuel/inspiration of my mod (Throttle Junkie.. hehe.. fitting) anyways, so I'll just incorporate it into the build somehow.

[b4i7]

Mt Dew, Monster, and now this. Who's got the bawls to do a case?:D

ive had one in planning for a while ...heh

[PartyLikeARockstar]

So I got to painting some more today, still have sanding and such (its 90% sanding with paint.)

today's victims
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg80/rockstar_mod/S5030137.jpg

inside right panel beginning to take paint
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg80/rockstar_mod/S5030140.jpg

inside right panel hiding on the tarp!
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg80/rockstar_mod/S5030145.jpg

plastic drive clips and fan mounts waiting for a bit o' bling
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg80/rockstar_mod/S5030138.jpg

inside of the ATX panel, black on the outside to match stock Armor paint
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg80/rockstar_mod/S5030156.jpg

rear HDD cage
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg80/rockstar_mod/S5030149.jpg

HDD cage again
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg80/rockstar_mod/S5030147.jpg

panel and HDD cage together
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg80/rockstar_mod/S5030165.jpg


that's all for now, rain ruined any more chance to paint. Maybe some of the Rockstar theme is sneaking out now :-P

[Luke122]

If you post those links with the [img] tags around them, then they will be pictures in the thread rather than links.

[chaksq]

This should be interesting. I don't like caffeine much so I don't touch energy drinks personally. I do however drink a ton of Arizona Iced Tea, I should make a case mod of that. I wonder if we could get sponsorships for this kind of stuff, probably have to have a bit of a resume of case mods first.

[modaholic]

Looks like it is going to be awesome!

[jdbnsn]

header added

[PartyLikeARockstar]

hey guys, it's been raining all week. pics later tonight. I did manage a wee bit of painting, mostly second coats of the metal-flake blue. got clear on some of it too. Also painted the inside of the bottom of the PSU with mirror finish paint, should help reflect the light from the LED fan inside to help reflect the light into the case.

[modaholic]

I will await! :D

[PartyLikeARockstar]

Sorry to necro this thread, but Rockstar never updated me as to if I could finish this. So here is the last of the pics that I could salvage off of my hard drive. Nothing special.

case assembled
http://i637.photobucket.com/albums/uu100/partylikearockstar666/S5030342.jpg

installing the Apogee Drive waterblock/pump combo
http://i637.photobucket.com/albums/uu100/partylikearockstar666/S5030344.jpg

a closeup showing the ROCKSTAR can and the jumpered power supply
http://i637.photobucket.com/albums/uu100/partylikearockstar666/S5030346.jpg

shameless plug & stupid grin
http://i637.photobucket.com/albums/uu100/partylikearockstar666/S5030351.jpg

filling the loop
http://i637.photobucket.com/albums/uu100/partylikearockstar666/S5030352.jpg

Drink up!
http://i637.photobucket.com/albums/uu100/partylikearockstar666/S5030364.jpg

hope you guys enjoy, but thats about all I have left. I didn't want to get sued, so yeah...Stay tuned for my current system mod: the Annihilator. It's the system in my specs.

[DonT-FeaR]

cool rad man... looks sweet

edit: ment res

[PartyLikeARockstar]

cool rad man... looks sweet

edit: ment res

np, it's actually both

[DonT-FeaR]

i knew that :)

[SXRguyinMA]

looks nice. did they threaten suing you for this mod? I'm doing my monster mod as well, hoping I dont run into any issues with it. I'm not selling it, so I shouldnt :O

love the black case though. I've got that same case, and I may be painting the insides all black this weekend as well, seeing how I need to rip everything out and do some serious wire management and cooling line rerouting to fit my new pair of HD3870x2's in :D

[XcOM]

i can see them sueing you, its free publisity for them

[DonT-FeaR]

/\ yeah true...