Dominion

[BerticusPryme]

Well guys I thought I would finally post as I have been a lurker here for some time. All of you have some pretty mad skills. This is what i have been working on. The case started out as a stock silver chieftec matrix series tower. I then ordered the door with the side window as I didnt have the time to cut one. It stayed like that for some months. Then the spark hit me. After many weeks of chain smoking, enough obscenity from cutting hands and spilt paint, and some time spent in local junk yards this waht we finished with(minus the front which is still drying). It is kinda of a tribute to cars/truckdrivers. There are accents on it that appeal to both. MY father was a mechanic most of his life , therefore i was around all sorts of vehicles my whole life. The system isnt that great as far as hardware specs but it gets the job done as far as I am needing it to.
Specs.
Proc - Athlon xp 2600+ oced to 3000+
mobo - Soyo KT880 Dragon 2
mem - 2 x Mushkin Blackline pc3200 1gb sticks
vid - BFG FX5500oc 256mb AGP
Sound - Audigy 2 Platinum ZS
VId cap - ATI ve pci video capture card
Opticals - Liteon dvd-Rom and dvd-RW
Storage - 1 x 250 gb western digital
1 x 200 gb western digital
1 x 30 gb western digital
2 x 80 gb western digital
3 x 40 gb western digital
total = 760 gb
monitor - 22" proview widescreen

Next upgrade planned is the vid card as this one sucks.

Now the fun part the mods.
Fresh Viper Blue Paint
Custom cut window in right panel
Wrapped all 5.25 bays with cf wrap
5 port 10/100 switch in 5.25 custom panel
Cut fan ports in the left door above window
6 outlet surge protector inside of case (ran of pws and to power switch)
Chrome AMD letters on drive cage inside comp
All the blue lighting you can stand.
Here are a couple of shots for you guys.
http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/1286/img0833gr8.jpg
http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/8968/img0839rj3.jpg
http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/6206/img0832fs3.jpg
http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/3499/img0834mt3.jpg
http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/4051/img0836bp8.jpg
http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/9561/img0837vj8.jpg

Let me know what you think..

[xmastree]

It's big, isn't it?

I like the blue, and the CF, but I'm not sure about the right side window. What do you see through it? Drive cages? :think:

How about the front panel, are you going to replace it?

[BerticusPryme]

yeha the front panel is still in the shop drying. THe only thing you can see through that side window is the amd lettering and some light thats about it. And yes it is big but i need the room to house the hdd's and such. This is the media server/my personal gaming system for the home. The paint is akenzo noble viper blue.

[SgtM]

Does everyone just have to have a better monitor than me?
</monitor envy>

Seriously tho, very well done. Welcome aboard.

[Drew]

I like the chrome lady, can I have it?

J/K....

[Ichbin]

Welcome aboard matey...yarr......

Damn you got flaming everything shoved into this case! Does it make sandwiches too?

Oh snap...mod idea. lol. I can see it now. "Bitch make me a sammich!" and the computer makes it....sooooo epic.

[DaveW]

Welcome to TBCS man. :)

-Dave

[Omega]

Welcome to TBCS, and your case is ****ing huge! I saw the HD list and I was like "How does he fit them all", but I see now.

[jdbnsn]

Totally love the mud-flap girl! And that is the first time I've seen a power strip on the case interior, cool though!

[intergalacticman]

DAM!!!!! THATS INSANE!!!!!
i love your case!!!, get a faceplate for the front though
it looks a little raw

[BerticusPryme]

well guys bad news I was bringing the faceplate back in to the house and dropped it. *sigh* it got scratched pretty bad. so I have to resand it down and redo it. And to top it off it is going to have to contrast a little cuz the blue paint is gone. but it's ok I will make it work. now that this one is almost done then I get to start on the new case mod on another case. going to go orange and another color but dont know yet. pitch me some ideas folks

[Ichbin]

ouuuuuccccchhh man! That really sucks!

[Drew]

Gutted.

[mwdaley]

Maybe I missed it, but what kind of case is that? It looks like a ThermalTake case I'm building in right now, and that thing is huge (and heeeaaavy).

[BerticusPryme]

The case is a chieftec matrix series server tower. I believe the color was called infinity silver.

[armadilloben]

Does everyone just have to have a better monitor than me?
</monitor envy>

Seriously tho, very well done. Welcome aboard.


no sarge my monitors are are ugly as hell

btw im calling you sarge from here on in;)

[simon275]

What on earth do you need all the storage for? :think:

Nice case btw

Maybe orange with black racing style stripes.

[BerticusPryme]

I use this system to house everything. It has all my music,movies games and all that jazz on it. It also has hdd's for the 2 (soon to be 3) comps in the house used for backup of windows and such. IT is kinda a gaming-workstation-server kinda thing. Getting readyt o reaplce all the drives after the new sytem is built. going to replace all the drives until I have 6 250gb drives in it.

[xRyokenx]

Going for a terabyte and a half? Wow... that's like an all-in-one "I do everything with this sucker" computer... pretty cool... this gives me an idea... someone could get a case that size, slap mobos, etc. in it, and mod it into something cool... I'm thinking... server and "general use" computer in one, heh, host and play your games out of the same case...