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ASPHIAX

12-10-2011, 03:09 PM

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2001 - A Case Modyssey

I can still remember the first time I saw the movie when I was 11 years old.

It was on an old black and white antenna tv, the sound turned almost off so my parents wouldnt hear it as I wasnt supposed to be up that late, but it didnt matter... I was there, I was at Clavius Moonbase, I pulled HAL's memory modules, I was the monkey that cracked the skull of the rival leader. This is the movie that got me hooked on SCIFI . Stanley Kubricks's EPIC interpretation of the vastness of space, The sense of reality with which the film is shot, the 2 minute blackscreen intro, the special effects, the far reaching concepts, and good god ... the books by Sir Arthur C Clark were even better!

Anyway, after the build of the USS EURISKO - Intrepid Mark II Class (It only needs a good paintjob) I got in contact with the Dutch Modder Nixjuh. We started talking about our passion for SCIFI on the SCIFI OCD group and he showed me some of his work. His artistic skills are off the charts and we soon started brainstorming on how we could use his drawing and sculpting skills on a tribute pc to one of our favorite movies.

Here's what came out of those sessions :

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/2001-a-space-odyssey-tribute-pc.jpg

3D model of the inside of the case

The shape of the Case resembles the Monolith TWA-1 from the movie. We could not keep the 1².2².3² dimensions without making the case huge or to thin for any hardware, so we ended up with a design that was 80cm high, 43 cm wide and 18 cm deep. In real life the monolith shape does come out a bit better then in this 3d render.

So what's inside: (some of these are not confirmed yet)

BlackIce GT Extreme 560 Radiator

6 x 140 mm fan (4 for the 560 rad and 2 for intake)

Motherboard AMD

watercooled AMD 1090T processor

2 x watercooled 580GTX in SLI mode

2 x SSD

Custom reservoir with picture of Arthur C Clark

Bitspower fittings

Aircooled RAM

1200 Watt PSU

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/arthur-4.jpg

The inside of the case has been designed to resemble the inside of the HAL9000 computer. The scene where Dave Bowman disconnects HAL's memory modules and makes him sing a song as a means of a factory default is nothing short of brilliant.!

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/2001.jpg

The frame will be made of Pine and MDF. We would have liked to use ALU but we dont have any means of working the metal. The visible inside of the case will be designed around a full cover plexiglass sheet covering most of the hardware (creating a closed well ventilated room) with numerous frosted red/white illuminated plexi memory modules and black/red shades to finish it off. The 580GTX 's will be covered by a plexi encasing resembling the HAL9000 interface.

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/non-render.png

The outside is where Nixjuh will show his considerable talent! Special engravings of 10 of the most impressive scenes from the movie will cover the clean and featureless black metal hood that will be placed over the internal frame. We have something special in mind for the on/off and reset buttons and side window but we cant tell too much about that yet. We can tell you that the casing will be put onto a rocky platform with several USB ports integrated into it and that "the dawn of man" is its main design criteria. We cant tell you how much fun we already have had designing and preparing for the build and hope that you'll be as eager as we are to find out how the concept will evolve and grow.

Here's an update on the work done so far !

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/airflow1.jpg

ASPHIAX en NIXJUH

ASPHIAX

12-10-2011, 03:10 PM

At the gentlemen at the moderation team, will it be possible to add another user as a TS?

ASPHIAX

12-10-2011, 03:10 PM

Ok so here goes !

First, we have changed the buidling material from MDF and PINE to Aluminium. And boy did that make a difference. I build a large part of the frame but the feeling it was to light creeped up on us and after doing some homework we decided to go for alu. This did ment having to invest in some tools but I AM SO HAPPY we did. What a material, I know I will probably never go back to MDF again (except when there's a good reason)

Anyway , here is the MDF / PINE frame

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/1.jpg

The 3D design did come in handy now, easily got all the measurments from the design and was sent to the ALU vendor.

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/2.jpg

So what have we got? 12x12 mm square rod ..

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/3.jpg

And 2mm ALU panel ..

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/4.jpg

First sized up one of the major defining elements, the massive BlackIce GT 560 Extreme !

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/5.jpg

It should fit with a couple of mm left after the rods have been placed, we will see !

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/6.jpg

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/7.jpg

I already have most of the hardware so a quick test fitting to see how she goes ..

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/9.jpg

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/8.jpg

Only had green and 120mm enermax fans , they will be exchanged for 140mm red's !

One of the toughest things (IMO) to do if finding the right locations for the fan holes and screws ..

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/10.jpg

Couple of hours later, and a whole lot of sanding and filing ...
http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/11.jpg

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/13.jpg

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/14.jpg

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/14b.jpg

Couple of hours later, man that aluminium works great !

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/15.jpg

And the final state for tonight, got a good day tomorrow also ! Will be traveling to Nixjuh (30KM) and work on the frame from there. He has got something very (VERY) cool to show !

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/15b.jpg

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/16.jpg

And the monolith is born, Imagine all black alu and red enermax behind the rad ... Could look cool I think !

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/17.jpg

Laters !

OvRiDe

12-10-2011, 05:22 PM

Wow! That is going to be awesome. I know another member that has been looking to do a 2001 mod, but it looks like you beat him to the punch. Very nice start, love the plan!

At the gentlemen at the moderation team, will it be possible to add another user as a TS?

Forgive me but I am not sure what you are asking here?

ASPHIAX

12-10-2011, 05:24 PM

Oh crap, certainly hope I am not messing up someones plans now !
Sorry to whom it concerns!

Ehh add another user as topic starter, he will be posting updates on the engravings and stuff.

OvRiDe

12-10-2011, 05:28 PM

Well the forums will only let one person "own" a thread, but he can still post his progress in this thread. Does that work for you?

ASPHIAX

12-10-2011, 05:47 PM

Ehh yeah, I think our "home" forum in the netherlands works on a credit basis, get more posts in your thread or more likes, you can get additional services like picture hosting on the backbone and stuff. As long as he can post stuff in there that will do fine !
Thanks !

d_stilgar

12-11-2011, 04:03 AM

Oh crap, certainly hope I am not messing up someones plans now !
Sorry to whom it concerns!

Ehh add another user as topic starter, he will be posting updates on the engravings and stuff.

I've been planning a 2001 mod for a long time with a Hal 9000 face plate and "brain room" with 38 hard drives. However, it's not like I own the idea at all and I love to see other people build cool stuff. On top of that, I think my execution will be different enough from what you are doing that neither of us will step on the other's toes. Your mod will probably be better though. Haha.

Great work so far. I'm really excited to see someone do this. It's really surprising that it's taken this long for people to do 2001 mods.

ASPHIAX

12-11-2011, 05:17 AM

I've been planning a 2001 mod for a long time with a Hal 9000 face plate and "brain room" with 38 hard drives. However, it's not like I own the idea at all and I love to see other people build cool stuff. On top of that, I think my execution will be different enough from what you are doing that neither of us will step on the other's toes. Your mod will probably be better though. Haha.

Great work so far. I'm really excited to see someone do this. It's really surprising that it's taken this long for people to do 2001 mods.

Thanks man ! that sounds like a very cool build also! and you're right its something completely else! dont know about better, different yes!
There are a couple around mostly HAL9000's, I try to collect them all at the SCIFI OCD group. Give me a shout when you start building would be very cool to have it into the collection also!

Nixjuh

12-11-2011, 10:10 AM

Hi everybody,
First of all I will introduce myself a little and tell you my place in this build. I ran into Asphiax when I came looking for the EURISKO. Then we started talking about our passion for SCI-FI and came up with the idea for this build. The first weeks we only did a lot of brainstorming to come up with a good and unique concept. As you saw in the start post above, Asphiax made some awesome 3D renders and started building the case. Yesterday I saw it for the first time and it really shows some craftsmanship and quality! This case will be about the fun of building and learning new skills.

And this is where I come in, I will be doing most of the artwork on the outside of the case. There will be 10 engravings on the outside of the case, which will all resemble a scene from the movie. Also there will be some real 3D features on the outside, but that’s something for later (hence the censored on the photo) But remember, this is just a mock-up for the placing and the content of the engravings, the final engravings will not feature shadow or colors or anything ofcourse.

We want to give our special thanks to Simon Atkinson, who let us use some of his artwork for the engravings, he does some amazing artwork, model making and drawing! Be sure to check out his website (http://www.simonatkinsoncreativearts.com/)

Today we will show you our plans for the engravings so here we go!

This is a 3D render of the case including the outside casing.
http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/rendered.png?w=590
The front will show a picture of the apes touching the monolith, and the astronaut inside a tunnel.
http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/engravings-5.jpg?w=200&h=265
On the top we will have an engraving of the Discovery 1.
http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/engravings-3.jpg?w=500&h=265
And in the back it will feature the rising moon and the astronaut inside the centrifuge in Discovery 1.
http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/engravings-4.jpg?w=200&h=265
Now for the two largest panels.
The one on the back of the motherboard plate will be fully covered and show a picture of earth, the star-child looking down to earth and station V shooting out the Orion spacecraft
http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/engravings_1.jpg?w=500&h=265
And the last but most certainly not least side will have a plexiglass window in the shapes of some tears in the metal. This has to do with our own chimera, in which the ape finally manages to damage the monolith. Hence the theme “The rise and fall of men”. It will also feature an engraving of the EVA .
http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/engravings-2.jpg?w=500&h=1032
And an overall layout of all the engravings to give you a better understanding.
http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/complete_layout.jpg?w=500&h=513
And the final feature will stay a mystery for now, but we will keep you posted!

AmEv

12-11-2011, 12:08 PM

Keepin' the 3*4*5 dimensions?

Twigsoffury

12-11-2011, 12:51 PM

HAL9000 power button/activity light would be sweet. but i guess it's already going on the inside by the looks of the CAD drawing. it'd also be hilarious if the Bios speaker was integrated into the HAL panel.

it better say "I can't let you do that....dave" for the shutdown sound to!

ASPHIAX

12-11-2011, 01:49 PM

Hahaha, good idea's man !
The hal lense will be visible from the outside if we keep the ripped part like this, so hooking them upto the power led might be a cool feature!
Startup and shutdown GFX and sound are cool also!
Thanks !

Nixjuh

12-14-2011, 04:34 PM

So here we are with another update!

We wanted to keep a little surprise, instead of give all away in the first post.
The monolith will be standing on a baseplate. On that plate, in the place where we put the “censored” in the picture we will put an ape.

First of all, I see you think….. an ape?!? Remember the sequence in which the ape gets evolved by touching the monolith? The idea behind the monkey and the tear in the monolith comes from the human nature to break the things we don’t understand. Kubrick and Clark pictured Dave Bowman as our ambassador in the alien world, but what if we actually managed to break the thing…..??

Asphiax found this awesome picture online, and we just had to use it in some way.
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb294/nixjuh/Monolith%20Mod/743511225797094.jpg
In one hand he will be holding a stone tool (which will function as the power button of the pc) and in the other he holds a broken bone.
To start building the model, which I made in clay. We bought a wireframe and shaped it.
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb294/nixjuh/Monolith%20Mod/1.jpg
Then I put lumps of clay on it to get the basic shape. This was the first time I worked with clay, and at this point I really thought “what have I got myself into?”
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb294/nixjuh/Monolith%20Mod/2.jpg
But after a few hours of work it started to take shape like I wanted.
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb294/nixjuh/Monolith%20Mod/IMG_0214.jpg
Then I made the hands and the upper body.
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb294/nixjuh/Monolith%20Mod/IMG_0221.jpg
And put on the head.
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb294/nixjuh/Monolith%20Mod/IMG_0226.jpg
This is where the wire to the mainbord goes.
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb294/nixjuh/Monolith%20Mod/IMG_9341.jpg
So here is the final model, it only needs painting to be done, before we can place it on the baseplate.
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb294/nixjuh/Monolith%20Mod/IMG_9336.jpg

And today I went to the store to buy some tools to get started on the engravings! Don’t really know what to use yet, so I bought some engraving tools for the Dremel multitool, but I also bought a special engravings machine. So this weekend we will start working on that!
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb294/nixjuh/Monolith%20Mod/IMG_0253.jpg
Until the next update!

Fuganater

12-14-2011, 04:52 PM

WOW awesome clay work bud.

xr4man

12-14-2011, 05:46 PM

dayam!

Nixjuh

12-14-2011, 06:23 PM

WOW awesome clay work bud.

dayam!

Thanks a lot to the both of you!

billygoat333

12-14-2011, 10:04 PM

Very cool! is that a 4x12cm rad? this build is gonna be pretty big! lol Looking forward to it. Awesome start with the clay!

AmEv

12-14-2011, 11:41 PM

That would be epic to have "I'm afraid I can't let you do that, Dave." blare through the speakers when you hit the shutdown key.

I'm working on having Portal turret sounds on my computer. Just 'cause I can.

d_stilgar

12-15-2011, 12:56 AM

Fantastic work. Love the clay monkeys. They're awesome.

When I get around to doing this build I will probably build a sweet case and then go begging around for companies to sponsor the hardware, haha.

I always had this idea to do a Hal9000 with a Logitech quick cam orbit behind it for the lens. I've had one for a long time but it takes up too much desk space. I would sell it for $50 if you want it for your project. I want somebody to do it. Haha.

Also, it looks like your Hal is going to be obscured by the side panel all the time. I have a fairly rough Hal 9000 kit for sale (http://www.therpf.com/f13/2-different-hal-9000-kits-129319/) for $50. It could work really well for your build. Let me know if you are interested. Shipping would be free on both items within the US.

ASPHIAX

12-15-2011, 03:24 AM

Very cool! is that a 4x12cm rad? this build is gonna be pretty big! lol Looking forward to it. Awesome start with the clay!
Thanks man! Its actually a 4 x 14cm rad so a bit bigger even. Its about 80 cm high (or just under 3 feet)

That would be epic to have "I'm afraid I can't let you do that, Dave." blare through the speakers when you hit the shutdown key.

I'm working on having Portal turret sounds on my computer. Just 'cause I can.
Nice, this is on our to-do list , if possible !

Fantastic work. Love the clay monkeys. They're awesome.

When I get around to doing this build I will probably build a sweet case and then go begging around for companies to sponsor the hardware, haha.

I always had this idea to do a Hal9000 with a Logitech quick cam orbit behind it for the lens. I've had one for a long time but it takes up too much desk space. I would sell it for $50 if you want it for your project. I want somebody to do it. Haha.

Also, it looks like your Hal is going to be obscured by the side panel all the time. I have a fairly rough Hal 9000 kit for sale (http://www.therpf.com/f13/2-different-hal-9000-kits-129319/) for $50. It could work really well for your build. Let me know if you are interested. Shipping would be free on both items within the US.
Nice models you've got there man! Dont know if they are going to fit the space we have over the GTX's but we will look into this. Postage to the netherlands might be a bit costly though ..
Thanks for thinking along !

ASPHIAX

12-15-2011, 03:24 AM

ASPHIAX

12-15-2011, 03:26 AM

BLackIce GT 560 Extreme vs Iphone - Man that thing is big !
http://i43.tinypic.com/25kkl6f.jpg

xr4man

12-15-2011, 12:11 PM

that could cool my car!

d_stilgar

12-15-2011, 01:43 PM

I love the vertical shot. It just keeps going as I scroll down the page. Haha.

ASPHIAX

12-15-2011, 01:53 PM

that could cool my car!
I am actually worried it might not be enough now we are gonna have the opportunity to fully cool the entire pc (except for the SSD's)

I love the vertical shot. It just keeps going as I scroll down the page. Haha.
Hahaha, trick shot !
I noticed as well, unintended but very funny !

billygoat333

12-15-2011, 02:21 PM

0.0 that thing is massive.

LooseNeutral

12-16-2011, 07:07 AM

ASPHIAX

12-16-2011, 07:29 AM

Concepts to 1st stages of build look real good. I think, judging by the size of that rad and case, If you need to do another cooling loop you'll somehow find the space in that ...err :D Monolith! Sub'd

Hey! Good to hear from you !
LOL, yeah you'd think there would be enough room, but there actually isnt if you want to keep the "hood" as feature free as possible.
Got some help from a couple of friends and the 560 Rad is enough, may wanted to consider adding another pump for additional flow.

LooseNeutral

12-16-2011, 07:50 AM

Oh your going to need some Hoover Dam turbines to move some good flow through that thing LOL ... I saw a piece of this project on Facebook and some others from here so... here I is :D

ASPHIAX

12-16-2011, 07:57 AM

Great man!
The white arrows show where there will be 2 x 140 mm 1500 rpm enermax dedicated for intake. they will be stacked on top of each other with 9 cm in between in a closed chamber, so yeah a twin prop intake !
http://i44.tinypic.com/o552j8.jpg

AmEv

12-16-2011, 08:21 PM

Now, what would be awesome is if you could figure out how to make the "storage cards" actually hold something.

Oh, man, that's gonna be a lot of flash drives.

LooseNeutral

12-16-2011, 09:03 PM

Forture in SSD's! ... to dream

ASPHIAX

12-17-2011, 04:20 AM

Yeah on the dutch tweakers forum there was a very lively discussion on how to use watercool the plexi glas plates.
We had been looking at external memory banks, ssd's or just coolribs for the reservoir.
I think its just gonna be decoration ...

LooseNeutral

12-17-2011, 05:23 AM

Yeah but you know since you said watercool the plexi.. I'm looking at it and now I see heat sinks. Yes. It's going to be fun watching this one ! :)

ASPHIAX

12-17-2011, 05:44 PM

Hi All,

Here's another build update!

But First I can announce a couple of sponsors !

Asus is going to help us with a Corsshair IV Formula motherboard

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/asus_logo.jpg (http://www.asus.nl/Motherboards/AMD_AM3/Crosshair_IV_Formula/)

EKWB is gonna help us with the Full watercooling setup including motherboard, CPU, Ram and GTX580's

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/ekwb.jpg (http://www.coolingconfigurator.com/)

My favorite webshop for watercooling supplies Highflow is gonnan pitch in also ! Thanks Freddy !

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/highflow.jpg (http://www.highflow.nl/?sl=EN)

Lamptron is going to help us by supplying the powerfull touch fan controller needed to control the fans!

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/894x300.jpg?w=502&h=116 (http://www.lamptron.com/products/view/Fan_Controller_Touch)

The best group on facebook for your SCIFI Obsessive Creation Disorder. We have over 50 Star Wars, Star Trek, BSG, Alien and other SCIFI Mods. Join us and share your SCIFI creations !!!

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/ocd11.png (http://www.facebook.com/groups/SCIFI.OCD/#!/groups/SCIFI.OCD/photos/)

Ok Now to the build !!!

The Enermax fans have arrived ! 140mm of Red eyecandy !

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/18.jpg

Fitted the whole rad and fans in the tight space designed for it. It fits upto the mm!

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/21.jpg

I need to extend the Fan cables to the fan controller, but I was expecting that !

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/31.jpg

I am looking for a company that can laser me a sweet red plexi 560 fangrill with a design I made.

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/41.jpg

Another major obstacle, I need to get the exact position of the fans drawn out correctly. This proved to be a time consuming exersize.

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/51.jpg

Here are the chambers for the PSU (right) and the intake Fans (left)

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/61.jpg

With the fan holes very roughly cut out, I decided to do a quick testfitting to see how they would look within the whole design.

The 2 x GTX 580's have not been fitted with the EKWB blocks , hoping they will arrive soon !!!

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/71.jpg

I used a temp motherboard for the fitting and a stack of books to resemble the reservoir !

The real motherboard will be sent ASAP by ASUS

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/81.jpg

Get set, ready .... GO !!! Here's to a couple of hours filing !

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/91.jpg

Nom, Nom .... Enermax !!!

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/101.jpg

A quick test if they all worked before I close up the Rad compartment !

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/111.jpg

And here is the final status of today ! I need to put in more M4 screws to tighten it up but that's for next time, now to grab a couple of beers !

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/121.jpg

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/131.jpg

Oh yeah, I made this picture to show you how the plexiglas window will be placed. With the hood off, it will deliver a perfect look into the case !

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/141.jpg

Until next time !

billygoat333

12-17-2011, 05:53 PM

I am loving the ridiculous size of this thing. haha

Twigsoffury

12-17-2011, 08:26 PM

I can already tell this is going to be ridiculously sweet.

ASPHIAX

12-18-2011, 06:17 AM

I am loving the ridiculous size of this thing. haha

Ha, Yeah I tend not to build them small ..

I can already tell this is going to be ridiculously sweet.

Thansk man!

*singing xmas carol*
Its the season to be mod-ding .... la..lala..lala ... ... lala la la
Got some vacation coming this way so hope to make good progress soon !

Nixjuh

12-20-2011, 04:01 PM

So here’s a little teaser.

Today the mailman arrived at my door and brought me a package. After I was done with it, it looked like this:
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb294/nixjuh/Monolith%20Mod/teaser1.jpg

More about this in our next update!

LooseNeutral

12-20-2011, 06:10 PM

Nixjuh

12-20-2011, 06:40 PM

K, since you are so eager to know... ;)

I will tell you.. It's an MX Revolution!
I took it apart because we will be building it into the Aries 1B.

like this:
http://application.denofgeek.com/images/m/75spaceships/main/aries1b.jpg

The top will become the mouse itself, and the bottom will be the charging base.

Hopefully we'll post some pics of the progress soon! :)

ASPHIAX

12-21-2011, 02:51 PM

K...see ..now you went and did it! Whatcha gonna do with that 'lil thingy the mailman dropped off! And stop with the tease'n @what The :whistler: is it.com?... oh hell, you got me singing your xmas song AAAAHHHH It's stuck in my head LOL . ... Good news on the sponsors. Careful man..Caselabs maybe watching that pretty tower you got there :rolleyes:.. Looking real good - REAL GOOD!

Thanks man ! Yeah the sponsors are doing a great job in supporting us! There maybe a couple of new ones around the cornour! Even without sponsors there's always so much money you spend on little stuff, materials, and tools so couldnt do it without them! (except when you'r like richie rich rich)
*putting gun to head after humming the xmas tune for the millionth time today*

Twigsoffury

12-23-2011, 04:39 PM

just a FYI

The software running the drop crane for the Mars Science Laboratory (currently 34,000,000 miles away from us, going towards mars) is named H.A.L.S 9000 (High Altitude Lowering System)

ASPHIAX

12-23-2011, 05:09 PM

LOL, cool trivia dude Thanks!

SchaibleTech

12-24-2011, 01:39 PM

Holy massive case. keep up the good work dude!

Twigsoffury

12-24-2011, 07:02 PM

LOL, cool trivia dude Thanks!

I thought you'd lol a little.

Sorta reminds me of the aries 1B in the thrust vectors and pods.

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/9079/090615mslcrane02.jpg

Ares is also the name of the rocket taking us to mars (another FYI)

ASPHIAX

12-26-2011, 08:43 AM

That's made form the lookout window at the kennedy space center isnt it?
I was there a couple of years ago when i did a job in the US, spent hours just watching all the duded do stuff, so facinating !

ASPHIAX

12-26-2011, 08:51 AM

The 2001 – A Case Modyssey is made possible with the help from the following sponsors !

Asus is going to help us with a Corsshair IV Formula motherboard

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/asus_logo.jpg (http://www.asus.nl/Motherboards/AMD_AM3/Crosshair_IV_Formula/)

EKWB is gonna help us with the Full watercooling setup including motherboard, CPU, Ram and GTX580's

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/ekwb.jpg (http://www.coolingconfigurator.com/)

My favorite webshop for watercooling supplies Highflow is gonnan pitch in also ! Thanks Freddy !

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/highflow.jpg (http://www.highflow.nl/?sl=EN)

Lamptron is going to help us by supplying the powerfull touch fan controller needed to control the fans!

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/894x300.jpg?w=502&h=116 (http://www.lamptron.com/products/view/Fan_Controller_Touch)

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Hi all,

First of all a very merry xmas and a happy new year to you and yours!

So after gaining conscience again after the first of a set of 3 billion calory dinners, I found some time to post this work!

The fitting between the rad and the fancover is designed to be very tight fit!

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/114.jpg?w=590&h=330

I have made the window frame. Did some mayor thinking to make sure the window wont stick out to much an this is what is has become. I made an internal window support onto wihich the plexi will rest. Then there will be a 2 mm cover placed over it. By doing so I had to make sure the sides would be even and had to place thin strips of alu.

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/2a1.jpg?w=590&h=1051

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/23.jpg?w=590&h=1051

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/33.jpg?w=590&h=1051

For a test fitting i used alu to show the cover I have designed. this will be made of black plexi to go with the black powdercoated alu.

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/43.jpg?w=590&h=330

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/53.jpg?w=590&h=1051

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/63.jpg?w=590&h=330

Dont know if i did myself a favor here, the motherboard “space” is designed to fit upton the mm. Just hoping the Crosshair has the exact same size as my test board. (i do have 10 mm of cleareance by moving it to the left)

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/73.jpg?w=590&h=330

For a test with the plexi HAL memory modules I used some 10mm clear I had laying round.

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/83.jpg?w=590&h=1051

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/93.jpg?w=590&h=1051

It kinda looks ok, but it needs refinement. I think I will use 6 or 8 mm modules and they will be placed closer together.

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/104.jpg?w=590&h=330

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/124.jpg?w=590&h=1051

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/115.jpg?w=590&h=330

Ok That was it for this update, untill soon !

ASPHIAX

ASPHIAX

01-21-2012, 11:49 AM

The 2001 – A Case Modyssey is made possible with the help from the following sponsors !

Asus is going to help us with a Corsshair IV Formula motherboard

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/asus_logo.jpg (http://www.asus.nl/Motherboards/AMD_AM3/Crosshair_IV_Formula/)

EKWB is gonna help us with the Full watercooling setup including motherboard, CPU, Ram and GTX580's

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/ekwb.jpg (http://www.coolingconfigurator.com/)

My favorite webshop for watercooling supplies Highflow is gonnan pitch in also ! Thanks Freddy !

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/highflow.jpg (http://www.highflow.nl/?sl=EN)

Lamptron is going to help us by supplying the powerfull touch fan controller needed to control the fans!

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/894x300.jpg?w=502&h=116 (http://www.lamptron.com/products/view/Fan_Controller_Touch)

The best group on facebook for your SCIFI Obsessive Creation Disorder. We have over 50 Star Wars, Star Trek, BSG, Alien and other SCIFI Mods. Join us and share your SCIFI creations !!!

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/ocd11.png (http://www.facebook.com/groups/SCIFI.OCD/#!/groups/SCIFI.OCD/photos/)

Hi all,

Here is a long overdue update. Finally got a big part of the hardware in house! Xmas vacation, Logistical issues, Chinese new year it all added up to this untypical long pauze for the next update!

Lamptron has supported the Modyssey by delivering us a Touch Fan controller and a noise reduction set!
http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/dsc068811.jpg

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/dsc068821.jpg

30 watts per channel ! Thats powerfull !!
http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/dsc068831.jpg

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/dsc068841.jpg

Next is the major contribution from EKWB! Gregor thanks for the help and the serious kickass products. That's one cool monkey now !
http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/dsc069031.jpg

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/dsc069051.jpg

From left to right we have the EK-Supreme HF CPU waterblock, the EK-RAM Dominator X4 and the EK-D5 X-TOP Rev 2
http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/dsc069061.jpg

EK-FC 580 GTX + waterblocks
http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/dsc069131.jpg

The Monket is surrounded by GPU Power fitted with EK Backplates
http://i40.tinypic.com/2eatg75.jpg

Asus helped us with a crosshair IV Formula motherboard. Guys thanks!
http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/dsc069151.jpg

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/dsc069171.jpg

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/img_9595-1.jpg

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/img_9594-1.jpg

So I made a couple of plexi standoffs and mounted the board and the 580's. Also placed the CPU and RAM waterblocks where they will go.
http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/img_9591-1.jpg

That was it for this afternoon, I will be posting the design we worked out for the interior vinyl sticker that will go over the RED UV Reactive plexi I have ordered from Highflow. This and the ram, coolant, hose and a bunch of other stuff will arrive later this week, so expect updates regularly again!

ASPHIAX

msmrx57

01-21-2012, 12:31 PM

Woohoo progress!! Very nice hardware.

ASPHIAX

01-21-2012, 05:42 PM

Yess finally! Now the exact position and measurements are know, it will go a lot faster i think!

AmEv

01-21-2012, 06:02 PM

Buuuuuuhhhhh.
Baaaaaaaaaaaaa.
BAAAAAAAAAAAAA.
BUUUUHHH-DUUUUUHHHHH!!!

ASPHIAX

01-22-2012, 08:03 AM

Buuuuuuhhhhh.
Baaaaaaaaaaaaa.
BAAAAAAAAAAAAA.
BUUUUHHH-DUUUUUHHHHH!!!

You know there's medication for that mate !

ASPHIAX

01-22-2012, 08:03 AM

Here is the Interior Vinyl Design.

Just like the titel states we will be using black vinyl stickers over red UV reactive plexiglass to cover all but the most attractive parts of the hardware.

The plexi modules will be sticking out of the plexiglass like if they were disconnected but still illuminated.

The picture of Kubrick and Clark on the set of 2001 will be engraved into the clear plexiglass reservoir which will be filled with red UV coolant.
http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/layout-motherboard-plate-nb-1.jpg?w=590&h=885

Here is the design with the HAL 9000 interface installed. The HAL 9000 interface will be made of 10mm thick plexiglass covering the GPU’s. They are watercooled so there will not be too much heat generated there and with the 140mm fan blowing alomost directly into the ventilation shafts at the connector side of the GPU’s we will have some airflow there.
http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/layout-motherboard-plate-nb-hal-1.jpg?w=590&h=885

Here we have it integrated into a picture of the case. There are several issues with this picture offcourse. The plexi cover plates will come too about half of the depth of the case.
http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/layout-motherboard-plate-hal-1.jpg?w=590

In case your wondering, the red round elements in the vinyl are bitspower fillports adapted for passthrough. This is where the tubing will go through the plexi and alu.

The black square next to the reservoir with the picture is the EKWB top for the Laing 655 pump
http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/layout-motherboard-plate-1.jpg?w=590

Ok and now we need your help! In the yellow circle there is a text that should describe what the underlying plexi modules do.

We couldnt think of a good text to put there. We had : Led Panel Illuminator, Lifesupport enabler, Coffeemaker so you see we’re running a bit low on idea’s there.

Let me know what you think should be there and we might just put it there !

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/layout-motherboard-plate-no-hal-2.jpg?w=590

msmrx57

01-22-2012, 03:42 PM

Ok and now we need your help! In the yellow circle there is a text that should describe what the underlying plexi modules do.

We couldnt think of a good text to put there. We had : Led Panel Illuminator, Lifesupport enabler, Coffeemaker so you see we’re running a bit low on idea’s there.

After a quick look of image I found one that looks like a screen shot of HAL's GUI that said "Logic Unit Restricted Entry". Just a thought.

By the way love the look of the layout. :up:

ASPHIAX

01-22-2012, 04:06 PM

Thanks man
Logic Unit Restricted Entry will be put in the list with the other name : Heuristics Interface !

ASPHIAX

01-24-2012, 02:35 PM

Poll: What Text should there be on the Interior Design

I/O controller interface (http://poll.dezeserver.nl/vote.cgi?pid=378163&aid=1)

Backup memory (http://poll.dezeserver.nl/vote.cgi?pid=378163&aid=2)

GPU memory (http://poll.dezeserver.nl/vote.cgi?pid=378163&aid=3)

ASPHIAX/NIX MEM BANK (http://poll.dezeserver.nl/vote.cgi?pid=378163&aid=4)

A.I Logic Core (http://poll.dezeserver.nl/vote.cgi?pid=378163&aid=5)

Coffeemaker (http://poll.dezeserver.nl/vote.cgi?pid=378163&aid=6)

Sequence Initialiser (http://poll.dezeserver.nl/vote.cgi?pid=378163&aid=7)

Logic Unit Restricted Entry (http://poll.dezeserver.nl/vote.cgi?pid=378163&aid=8)

Heuristics Interface (http://poll.dezeserver.nl/vote.cgi?pid=378163&aid=9)

Tussenstand:
http://poll.dezeserver.nl/results.cgi?pid=378163&layout=10&sort=prc
Ook een poll maken? Klik hier (http://poll.dezeserver.nl/index.cgi)

Nixjuh

01-25-2012, 07:49 PM

You know there's medication for that mate !

I think he meant the intro tune from the movie ;)

*and yes, I'm good at reading phonetic songs.. XD

AmEv

01-25-2012, 08:21 PM

+rep for you, for figuring I'm not crazy.

ASPHIAX

02-07-2012, 03:28 PM

+rep for you, for figuring I'm not crazy.

LOL, sorry bout that!

ASPHIAX

02-07-2012, 03:28 PM

Hi All,

Wohoo! We got our first nomination in : Mod-Of-The-Month at BT. Thanks!

So I got the order from my favorite watercooling webshop Highflow (http://www.highflow.nl/?sl=EN) in!

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/1.jpg

We got the AMD 1100T processor, the dominator RAM, some fesser UV red coolant, some UV red plexi, some UV red tubing some UV leds for testing, Another enermax 140 Apolish fan and the Laing DC655 pump.
http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/11.jpg

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/3.jpg

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/2.jpg

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/41.jpg

So I started making the cardboard template for the red UV plexi after I made the plexiglas frame for the HAL9000 interface. More on that will follow later in a seperate post.
http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/5.jpg

I will use scrap pieces of aluminum to support the plexiglass.
http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/6.jpg

Full cover plate will be made of 2 pieces of plexi. I cant place the plexi over the hardware if it was made of 1 piece. Will use the vinyl sticker to cover the connection point.
http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/8.jpg

Placed the RAM and the CPU to see if the design still is ok
http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/9.jpg

With the lighting.
http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/10.jpg

So I have concluded the poll for the text on the vinyl sticker.
http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/layout-motherboard-plate-no-hal-2.jpg?w=590
Sequence Initialiser it is.
Thanks to you all for voting !
There were some other nice ones that might find their way into the build at other points!

Thanks for watching !

Aldersan

02-07-2012, 03:33 PM

Looking great!

Fuganater

02-07-2012, 04:05 PM

Loving it. Can't wait to see more!

ASPHIAX

02-07-2012, 05:28 PM

Looking great!

Loving it. Can't wait to see more!

Thansk guys !
hoping to get the plexi innerframe and modules in soon !

Neodymium

02-07-2012, 09:10 PM

It's awesome! Love that glow in the box!

ASPHIAX

02-12-2012, 03:06 PM

The 2001 – A Case Modyssey is made possible with the help from the following sponsors !

Asus is going to help us with a Corsshair IV Formula motherboard

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/asus_logo.jpg (http://www.asus.nl/Motherboards/AMD_AM3/Crosshair_IV_Formula/)

EKWB is gonna help us with the Full watercooling setup including motherboard, CPU, Ram and GTX580's

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/ekwb.jpg (http://www.coolingconfigurator.com/)

My favorite webshop for watercooling supplies Highflow is gonnan pitch in also ! Thanks Freddy !

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/highflow.jpg (http://www.highflow.nl/?sl=EN)

Lamptron is going to help us by supplying the powerfull touch fan controller needed to control the fans!

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/894x300.jpg?w=502&h=116 (http://www.lamptron.com/products/view/Fan_Controller_Touch)

Coolermaster has sent us a 1200W silent gold PSU! Thanks so much guys !
http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/cm_3d_logo.png?w=272&h=226

The best group on facebook for your SCIFI Obsessive Creation Disorder. We have over 50 Star Wars, Star Trek, BSG, Alien and other SCIFI Mods. Join us and share your SCIFI creations !!!

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Hi All,

Here is a short update. Waiting for the plexi innerframe to arrive from the cutter, I decided to make the intake fan. This 140mm fan will blow fresh air directly into the ventilation slots of the GTX’s. This will help in keeping the temps down in the HAL 9000!

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/dsc07179.jpg?w=590&h=1119

Also cut the passthrough for the PSU cables. This hole will be under the plexi coverplate so it could be nice and large!

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/dsc07180.jpg?w=590&h=962

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/dsc07181.jpg?w=590&h=1051

Placed the 1200W coolermaster PSU and the plate that will devide the case intake and the psu intake.

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/dsc07182.jpg?w=590&h=330

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/dsc07183.jpg?w=590&h=1051

One small problem. The connector for the powerplug and the on/off switch were in the way. So had to void the warranty of the psu, cut the side out and rerouted the connectors to the other side of the psu.

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/dsc07184.jpg?w=590&h=330

Replaced the side with a piece of mesh. Remember the connect the ground if you do this !

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/dsc07186.jpg?w=590&h=330

Got a special design for the radgrill. 2 layers of special lasered UV red plexi! More about that soon!

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/dsc07187.jpg?w=590&h=1051

ASPHIAX

02-13-2012, 03:24 PM

Hello all,

To keep the pace, here is another small build update.

This week the plexi arrives (hopefully) and that means I can finish the interior. So better close her up then and make sure everything is still working. Sorry for the crappy quality of the first pictures, they were made with my BB.

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/31.jpg?w=590&h=786

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/12.jpg?w=590&h=786

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/21.jpg?w=590&h=786

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/51.jpg?w=590&h=1051

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/5a.jpg?w=590&h=1051

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/61.jpg?w=590&h=1051

Cant wait to plave the red UV reactive radgrill here !!

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/71.jpg?w=590&h=1051

Just to be ahead of you perfectionists out there, I intentionally left the window covered with fatty fingers so you’d see there is a window there ! LOL!

Laters