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Mallus
05-19-2005, 09:01 PM
For a moment I stared in the murky water. the dark and oily supstance that floated in the water, it was diferent in color everytime. but did it stop me? no I don't think so.... what was I thinking? why did I go back to these ruins. its that vision... it haunts me still.
I see it still in front of me. as if it actualy happend. al those people..... but now it comes back to me...... the Vision.......

No! this is not true. leave me alone.

The ruins twist and turn around me. I can't seem to stand still, but then it stops. just like the first time.
I can see them coming..... They are coming...... mechanical bugs. vast in numbers. winged like grasshoppers. they devour everything in there way. and they are heading my way... faster and faster. as if they are here for me. fear is running trough me like a runaway train. no controle. and then like the first time they stop. just a feet away. it seems the whole hive is here. I can hear there motors and servo's. a tereble noise. and at once they charge in to kill. TO KILL!
But they fade away like a ghost. A small group remains. and ontop of them a huge figure floats. death... no but he's like him dead,alive,and darkend clothing.
He slowly opened his mouth as if he was trying to speak. but nothing came.
then I heard a voice deep inside my head......it was him.....

This is your vision. make what you will. but remeber me.
Look around you, and what is it you see? the ruins of old, but you will revive them. as I did.

-Mallus-


Oke this is a worklog on Vision My second casemod. some of you already met in the modding Q&A section of this forum. and for the rest of you here are some details.

Im planning to build a ruin like landscape on the bottom of the case with the figure i mentiond in the story above. Industrial ruins.
and a small model lake. with a dead tree next to it.
on top of the case ill fix my rad for the watercooling. this will be in the same style as the ruins. same color to keep it unifide. it will be in black and white and all the grays in between. this rad cover will also hold the Vision logo. to keep the name clear.

Now the hardware.

Mainboard: K8N Diamond from MSI (sli)
CPU : 3500+ AMD 64
GPU 1 : GF 6800 GT from Asus
GPU 2 : GF 6800 GT from Asus (what a pair they make :D )
HDD : 300 gb sata 16 cache
PSU : Tagan tg480-u01 (480 watt pci-e)
Ram : 1024 mb ddr400

Cooling

Pump : DD12V-D4 from Danger den
CPU : MAZE4 for Athlon64 & Opteron 754/939/940 from Danger den
GPU's : NV-68SLI from Danger den
Chipset : not yet (and never will be W.C.'ed simple no room so we stick to the stock fan)
radiator : ThermoChill HE120.3

Stay tuned. :)

Zeus
05-19-2005, 11:25 PM
can't wait to see this one progress

Crimson Sky
05-20-2005, 12:40 AM
Hehehe...case mods with backstory...I love it--I hope we see some progress coming up! :D

Xato
05-20-2005, 01:40 AM
sounds awesome, sounds like the second matrix, in the sewers... lol
which i admit is a pretty cool looking style for a comp mod.
(this is just what i imagined from your backstory) =P

Mallus
05-20-2005, 05:45 AM
Update 1

here are some pic's of the hardware and the case im going to use.

http://www.xs4all.nl/~quist1/the%20case.jpg

http://www.xs4all.nl/~quist1/The%20hardware.jpg

first im going to put all that hardware in side this case and take some measurements. to see how much room i have to play with

and yes it is a kind of matirx feel

Zeus
05-23-2005, 01:22 AM
you have more money in hardware on right there then I do in all my computers combined

jonopaul01
05-23-2005, 06:35 AM
Wow, I when I read that I started to wonder what forum I was on. Brilliant writing skills. But as for your mod, I am really looking forward to it. There is a kind of Matrix/Sentinel feel to it as well as a bit like the Stargate replicators *cough*me fanboy*cough*. Can't wait to see how you implement your "vision" into a case mod.

Mallus
05-23-2005, 02:19 PM
Update 2

first I like to say that the NV68-SLI isn't easy to find out here in the NL.
So ill go for the MAZE4GPU-SLI (http://www.dangerdenstore.com/product.php?productid=169&cat=48&page=1). In a parallel circuit.(they have this one in stock for somekind of reason)

but i have to wait for that piece to arrive at my door. like the rest of the cooling.

Now.... did I do something... uhmm not much.

But I have my measurements and I found out the HDD bay had to go. So there would be place for the pump. now the hdd will be housed in the 3,5" bay. (not present in pic.)
http://www.xs4all.nl/~quist1/hddgone.jpg

I hope to do the inside floor this week. but its waiting for the cooling.
so don't worry and stay tuned for the next update

Guttenaffe
05-25-2005, 03:44 AM
Whooho! Transparent Aluminum! Where can I get some?! ;)

Xato
05-25-2005, 06:20 AM
Star Trek. the one where they go back in time and save the whales.
Spock roxors my boxors

Mallus
05-26-2005, 03:46 PM
Update 3

I started on the window yesterday

http://www.xs4all.nl/~quist1/Startwindow.jpg

http://www.xs4all.nl/~quist1/windowmidstage.jpg

made it to expose sertain parts in side the case like the bottom plate.
the pump, and the custom fan (pic's to come of that fan)

Now for the bottom plate it wil be some kind of dioramic view of the vision
this will hide the PC speaker and some wires. it will also hold the pump

http://www.xs4all.nl/~quist1/startbase.jpg

I hope that ill be able to do lots of things this weekend.
so stay up to date.

jonopaul01
05-26-2005, 04:16 PM
Looks great so far. Like the Hexagonal shape of the window. Update us ASAP.

Zeus
05-26-2005, 06:31 PM
yeah, the shape of the window is quite unique. I can't wait for more updates

Xato
05-27-2005, 01:09 AM
Its gettin sexier =D

Mallus
05-31-2005, 05:54 AM
since I have been a litle sick this past few days. I havent done much.

but I have some great nieuws.
my watercooling is here at last.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~quist1/thecooling.jpg

So stay tuned! This week will be major update week. :D

AKA_RA
05-31-2005, 06:19 PM
looks great so far. im looking forward to updates

MrSlacker
05-31-2005, 06:44 PM
looks good so far!

Mallus
06-07-2005, 12:16 PM
somethings change. so did this case mod.
I ran into some problems with the water cooling. so i needed to change somethings on Vision. since I have no more room for the dead tree it had to go from the plan. and the ghostlike guy with his robot pets is on the maybe list.
but since i have a story to work from I decided that I would write some more.

here it is. Part 2 of the story.

This is your vision. make what you will. but remeber me.
Look around you, and what is it you see? the ruins of old, but you will revive them. as I did.

I slowly opened my eyes. and as I did. the ruins came to life. I heard the cries of people in the distance. the sound of metal agaist metal. the army had arrived now it is only waiting for the slaghter that has to come. the fire of plasma weapons is seen in the distance. they do not know they can't win this. as this battle was comming towards me. I decided that I needed to make my escape.

and so he did he disappeared into the darkness of the ruins. but the battle raged on. the machines they moved fearless into the ruins. into the deep of this once great city. to the sewers.there they still live. humans and alike.
but the army did not care. this was to be the place. here it will be decided.
at all cost.

this was the signal for the rebels. they where ready. now it is there turn. they will take them out in small groups.

one of those rebels stood in front of a oily pool glowing in the darkness.
as there leader joined them with a third member. all hell broke lose. two of those killer machines enterd the room. though a ventilation fan. stoping the fan with brute force. almost braking it. as they entered the room one holding the fan and the other in a killing mode made a killing run in the direction of the rebels. the rebels opened fire. the second machine made it self also ready. both now heading towards the small group. plasma and bullits hurld towards the machines but to no effect.

-Mallus-

in this last moment ill freeze the scene.

here are the machines
http://www.xs4all.nl/~quist1/themachines.jpg

and the rebels
http://www.xs4all.nl/~quist1/therebels.jpg

and what I did so far.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~quist1/sofarsogood.jpg

Zeus
06-07-2005, 04:51 PM
very nice. I love how this is shaping up

Guttenaffe
06-07-2005, 10:26 PM
If you could only build some sort of faux building exterior / wall in front of you pump to make it look like some sort of futuristic building. This might help blend it in with your fighting people.

Rachel
06-07-2005, 11:30 PM
Nice work. I like how you did the window. Your fighters remind me of little D&D Miniatures or DC HeroClix. Wow that makes me feel pretty geeky... :D

Xato
06-08-2005, 01:29 AM
They look like Warhammer to me. From the rebel ones and one looks like the Vindicare Assasin...
My brother used to play it OK!
Looking awesome tho dude... the ambient glow it gives off it awesome.

Zeus
06-08-2005, 02:00 AM
don't lie, you know you used to be all about that!

Mallus
06-08-2005, 07:32 AM
They look like Warhammer to me. From the rebel ones and one looks like the Vindicare Assasin...
My brother used to play it OK!
Looking awesome tho dude... the ambient glow it gives off it awesome.

what you name Vindicare Assasin are in fact Necron flayed ones.

since it ran for a hour or so yesterday I decided i'll overclock it and run a benchmark in 3dmark05 here is a screenshot

http://www.xs4all.nl/~quist1/marked%20oc%20tr.jpg

Xato
06-08-2005, 07:33 AM
*Cries* Its not my fault that bloodmarines looked so damn cool!
Back when i was in love with Diablo and what not, me and my brother were going to make a Diablo mod for warhammer... How nerdy is that... lol

Mallus
06-08-2005, 08:27 AM
don't cry its oke. I had my Diablo days to.

I have a lizzard man army in whfb and a spacemarine flesh tearer company in 40K LOL Its just so much fun. :D