mashie mods

2002 Syrinix

This is my main computer for a few more weeks. The mod consists of a Juno P3 case that has been a bit modified.


Specs:

XP1800 @ stock speed.
EpoX 8K7A+
2 x 256MB Corsair PC2400
IBM 60GXP 60GB
Plextor PlexWriter 16/10/40A
Floppy
Powerman 300W PSU


Cooling:

Eheim 1048
DangerDen Maze2
DangerDen northbridge block
DangerDen GF3 block
DangerDen heatercore
1/2" Silicone tubing
15mm copper bends and copper T for airtrap/refill.
220/12V relay to switch on the pump with the computer.
Heatspreader in copper on the GF3 so the waterblock also cools the RAM on it.
127mm ventilation duct with an integrated Y.S. Tech 120mm fan (heavily modded to fit inside) running at 7V.


Mods:

Removed 3.5" bays.
Moved HDD and floppy to 5.25" bays.
Custom made faceplates for floppy and CD-RW.
Rounded cables.
Custom made frontplate in copper to replace the old one that was full of holes (quite similar to a cheeze)
Custom made attachment to install pump hanging vertically.
Front blowhole with EL-wire as fanguard.
Window with 2.5m EL-wire around it.
2 green cold cathodes.

For more pics and details, click here

2002 Anemone

This is a conversion of a 1946 Bush DAC 90 bakelite radio into a home entertainment PC. The big brass buttons on the front are power and reset switches, between them in the round window are 200 red LEDs which belongs to two 10-channel spectrum analyzers connected to the left and right channel on the sound card. Above the spectrum analyzers which are embedded in clear cast resin is a modified CrystalFontz 634 LCD (converted from green to red and inverted). A slim line cd-rom player is located under the round brass plate.


Specs:

Intel Celeron-II 1200MHz
Shuttle FV-25
2 x 128MB PC-100
40GB HDD
24X IBM Slim line laptop CD-ROM
140W mATX PSU

Video clips:

Quick Time clip (4MB)


Links:

Full worklog with 60 more pics

Oenone built 2002

This project is a 1996 Silicone Graphics O2 workstation with an original 17.3" widescreen LCD monitor converted to a gaming machine.

Externally, the only hint of a modification is that the audio and video ports on the left hand side has been replaced with a dark blue piece of plastic. When powered up, blue light will flood from all air intakes and the dark blue piece of plastic will reveal a Noritake graphical VFD.
The most significant modification can only be seen from behind - a new chassis made out of Carbon Fibre...


Specs:

Intel P4 2.4 GHz
Intel D850EMD2
2 x 256MB Kingston PC1066 RDRAM
Ati Radeon 9700 Pro 128MB
80GB Western Digital HDD with 8MB cache
16X Toshiba DVD-ROM
Sparkle 300W 1U PSU


Mods:

Complete stealth mod, when the computer is powered off, only the backside will look different from an original Silicon Graphics O2 Workstation.
Chassis made out of carbon fibre.
Noritake graphical VFD.
4 x 4" blue CCFLs illuminating the internals.


Cooling:

1 x YSTech 70mm TMD fan mounted on a Swiftech MCX4000 heatsink cooling the CPU.
1 x Akasa 1U Copper HSF mounted on the ATI 9700 PRO
1 x 80mm aluminium housed fan for cooling the case

A full writeup with 82 pics can be found here

3 built 2003.

This project started when Intel contacted me regarding a case to show off their new Pentium 4 3.06GHz with. I couldn't let down this nice offer so brainstorming mode was next on the agenda.

After a while I got the idea, why not put a 3GHz computer inside the digit three...


Specs:

Intel P4 3.06GHz
Intel D845PEBT2
512MB generic DDR333
ATI Radeon 9700 PRO
Seagate Barracuda V 80GB S-ATA
LiteON External USB2.0 40x/12x/40x CDRW
QTec 400w PSU Gold


Mods:

Complete custom case made out of watercut anodised aluminium.
2 x 12" blue CCFLs illuminating the internals from Kustom PCs.


Cooling:

1 x YSTech 70mm TMD fan mounted on a Vantec Aeroflow VP4-C7040 heatsink cooling the CPU.


Pics:

Links:

Click here for more pics and a write-up

The Y2k-bug built 2003

Presidents and generals feared it, the investors feared it, more or less everyone feared it that very night a few years ago. Billions had been spent on hunting it down, still no one had even caught a glimpse of it... until now.


Let me present the Millennium bug.

Full 20 page worklog with 140+ pics here

Asteroid built 2004.

Here is a different little creation, a microATX case, in the shape of an Asteroid.

The outer shell is made from styrofoam and paper mache with a bit of paint added on top.

Hardware:

P4 2.4/533
Intel I850EMD2 with 512MB PC1066 RDRAM
ATI 9700 Pro
Panasonic slot-in CD-RW/DVD
Western Digital 800JB
200W Yeong Yang mATX PSU


The full worklog can be found here.

Doom 3: Hell Inside built 2004.

As the name suggest this case was inspired by Doom 3 and what I was aiming for was the more icky bits from the game :D

Hardware:

Shuttle SK83G
AMD64 3400+
BFG 6800 GT OC 256MB
1GB OCZ Platinum PC3200
74GB WD Raptor
Panasonic slim slot in CD-RW/DVD
Dangerden TDX block with nozzle 5
Dangerden NV-68 block
Laing D4 12V pump
Thermochill HE80.1
1/2" tubing just for the challenge. :D


And here are a few pics:

For a full 13 page worklog click here

Udat built 2004.

This case was built when I found a need for a small form factor 1TB server at home. One of the main design goals was to make it silent and power efficient.

Materials used:

Epia M-10000 mobo/cpu.
Raidcore BC4852, 8-port SATA RAID controller.
Morex Venus CP699 case.
3 x 5.25" bays into 5 x 3.5" S-ATA drive mobile rack.
256MB RAM
5 x Western Digital Caviar SE 200GB drives.


And this is how that mix of hardware ended up looking like:

Full worklog can be found here.