Project: Tribal Fusion

[Ali_2k]

Project Tribal Fusion

Well, Today I ordered all the bits for my new computer, and with me nearing the end of my 7" LCD mod, I'm preparing to turn Project: Tribal Fusion into my first full blown case mod!

Parts I have just purchased:

EVGA Nforce 680i
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (2.4Ghz)
1x XFX GeForce 8600GTS XXX Edition
2GB Ballistix Tracer, PC2-6400 DDR2-800, SLi Ready
OCZ 700W Sli Ready GameXStream PSU
Zalman 9700 CPU Cooler W/Green LED FAN
Lian Li PC-7 II (Black)

Grand Total: £794.31 ($1591.24) (Inc Delivery which was stoopidly high on some sites :( )

So, now your thinking, "But Ali, you've spent all this money on an amazing system, what on earth are you going to do to it?". Well I'll tell yee, it all started when i was looking for a heat sink for this amazing system and i ran across the one listed above, which for those that don't know looks like this:

http://www.kustompcs.co.uk/acatalog/2615.jpg

Seeing as most other components I purchased were also surprisingly black... I thought hey... why not. My basic ideas for this mod is of visual perfection, something that appeals to the eye but does not rely purely on eye candy. The color theme black and green is my main source of inspiration and the words "Tribal Fusion".

Contradictory to my precision of perfection, I often have very unclear end goals, so as of yet have absolutely no idea what I expect to come out at the end. Its very experimental but will offer key insights into new skills I will learn, the aspects of design I do and do not like and ultimately offer a huge amount of fun and satisfaction through the entire project.

Right now I bet your thinking... "jeez your a wordy bastard, just show me the pictures!". Well, i know I am... anyway, I hope this little intro has enticed you to keep your eye on this.. I know I will :P I will begin work on some of the designs floating round the mess of a mind I have and get them uploaded asap! :twisted:

[jdbnsn]

I knew I'd heard the term Tribal Fusion before, it's a form of spyware! Anyway, the project looks cool! Can't wait to see...

[Ali_2k]

Wee! IT has arrived! well the PSU at least, pics to follow!

Looked more like a parcel bomb than a PSU... but hey
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b89/Ali_2k/DSC00161.jpg

Woot, Bubble Wrap!
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b89/Ali_2k/DSC00162.jpg

Behold!
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b89/Ali_2k/DSC00163.jpg

Hopefully my order from Dabs will arrive later today, if not tomorrow, Ive got some ideas coming to paper soon for the overall design of the case, will get them posted soon!

[Ali_2k]

Woot! just half an hour later the next delivery comes! xD
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b89/Ali_2k/DSC00164.jpg

Didn't realise the cooler was that big, but the colour of the fins is so hawt!
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b89/Ali_2k/DSC00165.jpg

The case looks fantastic!
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b89/Ali_2k/DSC00166.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b89/Ali_2k/DSC00167.jpg

Already i'm moddin it! taking out any bits that really dont need to be there!
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b89/Ali_2k/DSC00168.jpg

makes it look much cleaner!
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b89/Ali_2k/DSC00169.jpg

My only bad point to this case is the weak plugs that hold teh front bezel on:
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b89/Ali_2k/DSC00171.jpg

Oh and this stoopid bit of metal....
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b89/Ali_2k/DSC00172.jpg

Well, lets hope the rest comes soon, getting damn anxious with the most expensive bits still not here...

[Ali_2k]

Haha! and my Dabs delivery comes through just an hour later!
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b89/Ali_2k/DSC00173.jpg

It was like opening king tut's tomb!
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b89/Ali_2k/DSC00174.jpg

The invoice... good job i dident show u the price total O_O
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b89/Ali_2k/DSC00175.jpg

The treasure!
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b89/Ali_2k/DSC00177.jpg

ya know, this mobo... so hawt right now!
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b89/Ali_2k/DSC00179.jpg

And the "good things come in small packages" item!
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b89/Ali_2k/DSC00180.jpg

Just waiting on the ram to come through from crucial... they offer free delivery but it takes a damn long time...

[Luke122]

Killer hardware so far.. cant wait to see this one get underway. :D

[Computer-Geek]

OooOoO Nice ! :) :banana: :up:

[mercerman318]

i know the feeling of breaking out all the new parts, its the best part of it all

[onelegout]

sweet hardware!
Isn't it a great feeling popping open the dabs boxes? :D
That mobo is hot!
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[Ali_2k]

Bad news today chaps :( In the process of moving my 320gb drive to the new system, I went to install xp to the C:\ partition, but there was only a 131gb partition there... i was like wtf! :mad: anyway, ive lost all teh contents of the other partitions (Music/pictures/school work etc) God damn im kicking myself for not backing any of it up! anyway, ive decided to put Project: Tribal Fusion on hold for a bit till I can get my work sorted out and all the necessary programs and apps back up and running.

Dont be afraid of posting your continued support! i need a moral boost heh. Ill be out of the scene for just a week or so, but i promise once im back it will be better than ever! best of luck to all your mods too!

(PS. the system itself roxxes teh soxxes, cant wait to get some imba fps action goin xD )

[chaksq]

You sure you lost access to the partition or possible just lost access to it? Windows is not great at recognizing existing partitions.

I know if you install windows on a computer with different partitions containing other OSs (like Linux) it overwrites the bootloader and it won't "see" any other partitions on the HD or let you boot anything but windows unless you find a way to install another bootloader.

Not sure if that is you issue, I assume your partitions used Windows based filesystems. There should be a way to gain access to them. You might try booting from a live linux CD or something that would recgnize the different partitions. I really don't know what to do but don't give up yet.

[Spacehonkey]

Yeah I don't think you actually lost the information either. The same thing happened to my Maxtor 320gb harddrive too. It's a software glitch that will only recognize 131gb with the default settings in windows. I forgot the steps you have to do but it's only a few clicks of the mouse and you should be good to go. When I get off work today I'll try and do a little research with my home computer to find out exactly what you need to do.

[Spacehonkey]

I got off work early and I checked my computer. Try right clicking on My Computer then left on Manage then Disk Management. You should have a list of all your drives. Your C drive will only have 128-137gbs showing on it. You should also have another little window to the right of the C drive window with something like unallocated disk space. This should be the missing part of your hard drive probably around 170gbs. Right click on that one and it should give you some options. I'm not sure what step you should take next though. I know I clicked on Format and a window opened up then put then I checked on the Perform a quick format box and click OK but I didn't have any information stored on that portion of the hard drive yet so I'm not sure if that's erase the files you have stored on there.

EDIT: You might want to google for other T/S steps before you go and try doing a quick format. I don't want to be responsible for you losing all of your files.

[Commando]

You might try booting from a live linux CD or something that would recgnize the different partitions.

This is a great solution. But if your nervous around linux, even if it is graphical, I would try something else.

Whatever you do, take your time and don't get frustrated. The data is still there. Until you get flustered and format something you shouldn't.

I am a little confused. Did you buy a new harddrive? The best is to load windows on the new harddrive(master). Get it up and running then just plug your old harddrive as a slave and you should be able to transfer everything important, copy and paste style.

[chaksq]

I think he used a hard drive from another computer and reformated the boot partition with a clean install of windows for the new machine.

[Ali_2k]

Weee, righty, this is what I plan on doing with the side panel:

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b89/Ali_2k/compdesign2.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b89/Ali_2k/compdesign1.jpg

Woot woot, thanks to J-m@n over at google warehouse and http://www.j-man.nl for the superb model, slightly big but nothing to complain about ;)

Anywho, ive removed the holes and 3rd floppy drive as i want to completely remodel the bottem half of the front, dont like the fan holes with the badge in the middle on the pc-7 SE so will model some nice design or grill for that.

For the inside im planning on a fully green LED theme, need to replace the led's in the PSU and need to somehow cover the huge glow from the ballistix tracer ram i have (should have gone for the one without led's now i have the theme... oh well) :D

PS: I had a bit of a distaster with my IDEQ lcd mod... so am kinda between a mod and a hard place on wich to start on :P

[Spacehonkey]

I take it your got your hard drive working right.

[Ali_2k]

kinda, managed to get about 100gb of data back, no idea what was wrong with the rest of the disk but tried everything. Got most of the important stuff back so decided to format the rest, mainly old apps and installs etc... but its all up and running now so will start on some simple cable management and general housekeeping...

any tips for cable management from anyone btw?