Cuda 440

[TheGreatSatan]

Time for a new mod.

Project: Hemi-Cuda

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/1970cuda1.jpg

This is a present for my Brother-In-Law who is a HUGE mopar fan. He's been drooling ever since I built SuperbeePC (http://www.pcmodhouse.com/id54.html) for his parents.

In the same spirit as Superbee, my Brother in law does not know!!

The specs thus far are:

Foxconn A74MX (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813186151)
AMD Phenom 9150e
4GB DDR2-800

Video card and Hard drive are still unknown

Alrighty, the victim case is the Orange In-Win F430 (review coming soon!)

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030328.jpg

This vent is the dumest thing ever thought of. It's nearly totally useless, minus it's "cool look"

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030335.jpg

Fortunately, it comes right off!

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This is what you're left with

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Here's where I'm cutting. This case needs a window with an intake fan, not a vent

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030340.jpg

The drive bays have a bit of mesh on them, but not the see through kind

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I've already taped off the panel where the window will go

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030351.jpg

And painted the bays. I'm not sure what I'm going to have besides a DVD drive, so the painting is "just in case"

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030353.jpg

I put the bays back in, for now.

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030354.jpg


TGS:twisted:

[TheGreatSatan]

More done.

I added the first DVD drive. I say that because there may be more

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030390.jpg

I got my Motherboard

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030391.jpg

And added the Phenom x4 9150e

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Here's the 500GB My Book I got at Office Depot for $39!!

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And in the flesh

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There were no obvious screws so I had to pry it open

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And there you go, a 500GB internal SATA drive

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030396.jpg

I cut out the window too. I will clean it up tomorrow night as today is Sci-Fi Friday

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030398.jpg

[TheGreatSatan]

Next up is the window. When you look inside you'll see....

this (http://www.coolermaster-usa.com/product.php?product_id=2869)

[TheGreatSatan]

hahahhahahhahhaha

I just bought that exact same motherboard.

http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/9673/dsc03171sy3.jpg
If i remember right it was 46.99
cpu was 100$ or so
Didn't add the img code cause i figure you dont want a random picture included in your work log.

No prob. Newegg sent me an email because the mobo was nominated for some award :lol:

The window cut is done. I still need to buy more rubber trim for the plexi

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[TheGreatSatan]

Now to do something with the right panel

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030406.jpg

I taped off my work surface

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030407.jpg

It's gonna look a hell of a lot better than this, but it helps me visualize the goal


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[TheGreatSatan]

I received my fender logo. Oh, and it's real not a reproduction

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030455.jpg

Here's where it's going

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These are the marks for where I'm drilling the holes. I'd love to do it today, but my wife is off work and doesn't want me near it.

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030459.jpg

[TheGreatSatan]

I got the 4GB (2x 2GB) of RAM

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030419.jpg

And the Coolermaster V8 heatsink

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It's pretty damn BIG!

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030461.jpg

Here's about where it'll be in the case

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I padded the bottom to simulate a motherboard underneath. And as you can see it's still about a half inch from where the panel window will be.

http://ww.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030464.jpg

[TheGreatSatan]

I'm sure you have a pretty solid vision for this already, but some 40mm fans and "headers" coming from the heatsink would be cool.

I'm not sure what you mean.

This morning I drilled the holes and added the fender emblem.:up:

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030466.jpg

[TheGreatSatan]

Time to test the components. Pictures do a lot of talking!

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It's shiny.

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It's HUGE!!

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Everything seems to be OK

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[d_stilgar]

Well, considering that the fan on the heatsink now is 120mm (I assume), you would need four 30mm (25 maybe) fans on the side of it, and then make some pipes like these pictured.

http://www.streetperformance.com/ART/PRODUCTS/101436/GP119.jpg

http://www.bbexhaust.com/truck/srt10/images/srt10-headers.jpg

Looking at the heatsink again now though, I'm not sure you'll be able to do that on the sink itself, although the metaphor for the CPU being the engine, and then having the heatsink look like an engine, would be pretty cool.

You might be able to do that same idea on the side of the case though. Although, like I said before, I think you probably already have a vision in mind.

[d_stilgar]

You could go with eight straight carburetor pipes like these, although it's a little more hot-rod than muscle car.

http://www.nancyandjon.org/images/maxton/max07_299.jpg
http://www.thewarfields.com/img/Cars/MRYRaces2004/DSCN0059.JPG
http://www.italianhorses.net/Gallery/Resin/HiroF156/buildup08.JPG

Or bent . . .
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1179/1318598788_0bebd361dd.jpg?v=0

You could also go for the Shaker that was on the Hemi Cuda. Here's a pic of a 1/6 scale model that you can find online for ~$30. I'm not sure what the original shaker dimensions are, but if 1/6th of that is skinnier than the top of the case, then it will fit with little modification (I love the HemiCuda, and thought of doing a mod like this using this idea. I got the inspiration from your superbee) I should add that you would probably have to put 426 on the side instead of 440 since the Shaker was featured on the 426 only I believe.

http://www.northerntool.com/images/product/images/800855_lg.jpg

Edit: I stand corrected. This is from a rendering of the Chrysler turbine car if it had made it to production.

http://www.bradleisure.com/440turbine.jpg

[TheGreatSatan]

Here's one of the videos showing a 1972 Cuda 440 that got me on to this mod.

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And another with the shaker

Hc-0GpLW3ew

[TheGreatSatan]

Oh boy! I've got one hell of an idea!!

Find an old 8 track player or AM radio for a car and remove the bezel. Then fit the bezel over the DVD bay and thus stealth it!

[TheGreatSatan]

I went ahead and bought the same hood scoop as SuperBee had. Also, I'm considering a authentic gas cap for the right side under the striping

[TheGreatSatan]

I cut out the side stripe by hand on a vinyl shelf liner. And no, not directly on the panel

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030503.jpg

And applied it to the panel.

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Then sprayed on the flat black

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I bought the "440" as a decal, because I'm horrible with painting on numbers/lettering

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Then peeled off the backer

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I purposely painted the stripe to go to the front

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030510.jpg

I'm sorry if it's not perfect. I did it all by hand with no rulers or guides

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[TheGreatSatan]

I do like a Tach or an actual speedometer from a cuda on the bezel somewhere. Maybe hack it into the two 3.5 bay doors?

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/4842/dashtc7.jpg

I have looked. Authentic ones are pricey!

[TheGreatSatan]

Thank you!

I cut out the window with my acrylic cutter

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And that's done

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[TheGreatSatan]

Me too! Ha!

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

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

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

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030553.jpg

[TheGreatSatan]

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?

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

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp143/TheGreatSatan/P1030561.jpg

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

DXDiag

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp143/TheGreatSatan/dxdiag.jpg

GPU-Z

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp143/TheGreatSatan/GPU_Z.jpg

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

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp143/TheGreatSatan/3DMark05_wo.jpg

And CPU-Z for the hell of it.

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp143/TheGreatSatan/CPU_Z.jpg

[TheGreatSatan]

Alright some things to discuss.

I got the temp guage.

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

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp143/TheGreatSatan/P1030583.jpg

Your thoughts?

The radio came too.

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp143/TheGreatSatan/P1030584.jpg

Now, at best my drive bay is almost 6 inches

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp143/TheGreatSatan/P1030574.jpg

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

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp143/TheGreatSatan/P1030576.jpg

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

It was fun to take apart though

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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

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp143/TheGreatSatan/P1030577.jpg

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

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp143/TheGreatSatan/P1030582.jpg

[TheGreatSatan]

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

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030586.jpg

So i took some sand paper to it

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

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030597.jpg

After about 5 coats

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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

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030600.jpg

[TheGreatSatan]

Next is the prep for the exhaust fan

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030606.jpg

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

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030607.jpg

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

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I just have to clean it up

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Then add a grill. A fan will come later

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And the scoop is on

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The hood pins are next

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[TheGreatSatan]

The bezel is next. I want to mount the radio in the dual 3.5 inch bay

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030635.jpg

Looking like this

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But first I have to trim it to fit the bay

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030633.jpg

And that's where I got my first Cuda related injury

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And it's in!

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And then with the face plate. I still have to touch up the sides

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030641.jpg

I still have to paint the bottom and inside with the flat black

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And cut out the front where the head lights go

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030625.jpg

And get to the hood pins

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030644.jpg

[TheGreatSatan]

I sprayed the inside till I ran out of paint. As you can see, I need to touch it up a bit more

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Here is a pic with the panel on

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[TheGreatSatan]

Cool, next I cut out the headlights. Then I trace the holes on to the frame underneath

(I also decided to add a 2nd DVD drive)

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After that I trace the holes on to the frame underneath

I also decided to add a 2nd DVD drive

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030658.jpg

^^ I still have to paint the bottom of the case ^^

[TheGreatSatan]

I painted the bottom

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030666.jpg

And under the hood scoop

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030669.jpg

[TheGreatSatan]

After protecting the surface I decided on a good place to mount the hood pins

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030677.jpg

30mm seems like a good spot

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The pins had to be cut way down because they had to go into the case without interferring with the DVD drives

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Once I drilled out the holes, I added a single screw to each. These screws were once part of the radio and now are another touch of the real thing

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And filled it with Loctite

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And I added the pin. I'll let it dry overnight

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[TheGreatSatan]

Oh, I got my 130mm (http://www.xoxide.com/thermaltake-silent-wheel-130mm-fan.html) (not 120mm) exhaust fan in today

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[TheGreatSatan]

I'm thinking of mounting a small digital photo frame (http://www.shop.com/+-a-sunpak+3.5%22-p168919226-q-k24-skipn-st.shtml) into the remaining 5.25 bays. I can connect it via internal USB and have it play a bunch of Cuda photos in a loop

[TheGreatSatan]

Thanks. I found some cool motivational mopar pics and vids here (http://www.moparts.org/moparts/picture/burnout/burnout.html)

[TheGreatSatan]

I ran the cable through

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030690.jpg

And there's that

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I decided to not use the temp gauge on the front and mount a small photo frame that will scroll through 200 or so Mopar images

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030687.jpg

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030688.jpg

It'll go right there

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030689.jpg

I'll need to construct a frame for it.

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030694.jpg

I'll cut it soon

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030696.jpg

[TheGreatSatan]

oh cool... what was that out of and can you please post careful instructions how to wire it up :)


oh... digital photoframe dw lol looks cool tho

Are you ready? Do you have paper? Here we go....

I use a single internal USB cord!:banana:


I cut out the panel

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And here's how it's going to sit

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I started the paint process

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[TheGreatSatan]

Here's how the radio came to me

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I cut out the mopar logo

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And added a coat of flat black

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030706.jpg

And I remembered that my brother-in-law watches TV and movies on his aging laptop, so I removed one of the DVD drives and added a Blu-Ray ROM. The Radeon HD 4830 has a DVI to HDMI adapter so with the use of a quality monitor he can watch the latest and greatest in Hi-Def

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030705.jpg

[TheGreatSatan]

I've thought about this for a while and decided to start signing my mods. They are, in fact an art form, so it makes sense to sign them.

This is on the inside left panel

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030710.jpg

I mixed up some Loctite and smeared it on the Mopar logo

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030712.jpg

Then pressed it on the back panel

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030713.jpg

[TheGreatSatan]

Yeah, Satan made it, then . . . . . . I don't remember.

Anyway,

I used Loctite again to secure the frame to the bezel I cut out. A little pressure is enough to ensure that it dries smoothly

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030760.jpg

I was about to add the PSU, but the screws I have are silver

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So, I painted them to match

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Once I get the system in, I'll be installing Vista Ultimate 64 bit

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[TheGreatSatan]

I haven't updated in a week or so, but I have been working on the front panel radio

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And the LCD bay

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[TheGreatSatan]

So after a few days of thinking I'm not sure what I want to do with the front bays. I still have the frame, but I kind of like adding a media reader/fan controller instead

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Here's with the fan controller. It's the same one I used with Project Namesake

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And here's with the LCD frame

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I've put in most of the components so far

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Here's a look with the panel on, minus the video card

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030783.jpg

[TheGreatSatan]

The LCD display is garbage. When I turned on the computer it blinked and beeped again and again. Even the numbers were rubbish. Since I do like the idea of having a card reader and additional USB ports on the front panel I decided to gut it. I then merged the frame to the LCD cover

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030792.jpg

This is how it looks

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While I wait for the silicon to dry I installed Vista Ultimate

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[TheGreatSatan]

Here it is mounted

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And then while the computer is on playing the photos

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So here's some pics with the lights off. All you can see is the Coolermaster V8lights

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030805.jpg

And more

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I loaded about a hundred photos of Mopar/Dodge and set the screensaver to play them

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030813.jpg

[Luke122]

Awesome! For the startup sound, you should use a big Hemi V8 start and rev! :D

[TheGreatSatan]

I already do! And when you shut it down the sound is peeling away!

BTW, since the motherboard is MATX and not full ATX, I don't have enough PCI slots to add a wireless card so I picked up a USB one (http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=0&pid=566)

He's a fan of free internet, so I picked up a Wireless-N one to make it a little easier.

[TheGreatSatan]

I need help. I'm almost done, but there's something bugging me. I can see some of the wiring through the window and want to cover it maybe?? The video card is just above so mesh might be good here, but it needs to look appropriate. I considered tacking the mesh to the inside of the window too, what do you think?

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp143/TheGreatSatan/P1030826.jpg

[TheGreatSatan]

Maybe make it look like its coming down from the video card and over the wires or something?

http://www.autosportz.com/exhaust/alphawerks/alphawerks_header.jpg

[Remy]

Maybe you could use headers similar to these coming from both sides of the case??? Then you could sleeve the wires to look like spark plug wires and not necessarily have to hide them?

http://my-pc-nerd.com/mod/headers.jpg

[TheGreatSatan]

I almost think I should just leave the wiring too. Look how many wires there are on an actual motor

http://www.lincolnmotorsport.com/mopar5.jpg

And in Remy's pic

http://my-pc-nerd.com/mod/headers.jpg

[Remy]

Now there's an idea for your wiring woes...

http://my-pc-nerd.com/mod/eninge.jpg

[Remy]

You could do this using braided sink hose (a cheap alternative to the real thing), and paint the fittings to give it an anodized finish.

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m238/creepy_02/breathermod.jpg

[TheGreatSatan]

I decided to loom the wiring inside.

I think I'm done now

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030851.jpg

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030855.jpg

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030853.jpg

[TheGreatSatan]

I am finished.

The final specs are:

Foxconn A74MX-K
AMD Phenom 9150e Quad Core
4GB DDR2-800 (2x 2GB)
ATI Radeon HD 4830 1GB
1x DVD-RW
1x Blu-Ray ROM

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030856.jpg

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030860.jpg

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030863.jpg

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030867.jpg

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030869.jpg

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030874.jpg

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030875.jpg

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030881.jpg

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030883.jpg

Here's his wallpaper

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030893.jpg

[TheGreatSatan]

I bought the Logitech S520 to go with it.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41zuljGCBzL._SS400_.jpg

Coming soon.....

The grey parts will be painted orange to match the case and maybe more....

I'm leaving on Friday to give it to him!

[TheGreatSatan]

I got the Logitech S520 mostly because of the gray bar along the bottom that I will be painting orange

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030906.jpg

Krylon calls this color Pumpkin Orange

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030905.jpg

The bar along the bottom does not come off, so I taped it off and painted it in place

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030904.jpg

And the mouse too. Fortunately the mouse does come apart

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030902.jpg

So far, so good

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030899.jpg

[TheGreatSatan]

When I bought the 440 logo it came as a pair so I put it on the keyboard too. Then I clear coated it all.

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030910.jpg

And I am done.

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030909.jpg

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030912.jpg

I promise this time :)

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030907.jpg



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