Stinkin Awesome. Absolutley wicked. I haven't seen a mod this cool in a while. Simple yet bada$$.
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Stinkin Awesome. Absolutley wicked. I haven't seen a mod this cool in a while. Simple yet bada$$.
Reppage!!!
grats on frontpage wag,very deserving mod
Looks promising !!!
Subscribed.
Hey WAG, can i ask a small favor of you. Can you take some pics of that fan while its pluged in? I want to see how orange it really is under its UV led's.
Thanks
J-Roc
Fantastic job, and glad to see its not just me that has issues with bondo! lol ! Cant wait to see the final results! + rep +subscribed
Wow, I never thought I'd make the front page! I'm so honored, thanks so much!
I've been spending most of this week keeping the case hidden from my brother who still doesn't know about it. His birthday isn't for another few weeks so I've got to have it finished by then. He's on spring break currently so its been a chore keeping the secret
Hey J-Roc, I do plan on taking some pictures of the fans before too long. I've still got everything assembled so once I get the fan off again I'll try to remember to take a picture of it for you with the fan going.
I'm going to the wife's dad's place for Easter so probably no big updates until next week. Thanks for all the great comments!
Congratz on the front page mate. I just took a look at your profile, hmmm your a winemaker. So is my uncle lol, and I live on a vineyard haha.
Truth Be Told, I'm a beer person. The winery I work at simply imports all of it's juice with the exception of some locally grown fruits that we add for flavorings. We don't grow any grapes (not up here in northern Minnesota ;-) but still manage to make a few good wines thanks to quality varietal juices imported from around the world. Ultimately, we're pretty small potatoes. Main thing is that I get a great discount on home brewing supplies.
I only brew beer at home though ;-) In fact I've got five gallons of a smoky oak brown ale that are nearing completion. I'm very excited
mmmmm. sounds good. I've always wanted to come up with a new beer and submit it to Sam Adams for a Homebrewers Contest but can never think of a good flavor. btw I'll be PMing you my address to be forwarding some of that ale, jk:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Wag
wicked mod so far, man
Definately agree, Rockstar Juiced is better, but I still like Khaos
Hopefully your brother loves it, I know I would.
really nice +rep
Dude, awesome work! Very clean. LOVE that color scheme too - anything orange is OK in my book.
And I hate those damn cases - just tore its twin in half. Took out the front mesh and the mobo tray for, ahem, other uses. :D
man I can't wait to see this thing lit up!!! Great mod man!! +rep for being awesome.
Well i couldnt wait for pics of that fan. I ordered 2 of them earlier today along with some extra goodies to help my case get finished. I'd still like to see your pics though, its going to be a while before mine arrive.
Thanks WAG!
Excelect log btw! + rep
HOw did I miss this awesome mod? lol... *subscribed*
I wanted to apologize to anyone for the lack of updates. My work recently lost two employees and I've had to pick up a lot of extra hours leaving little time for hobbies. It also turns out my Brother wont be home from school until after finals which means that I've got until the second week of may to compete his birthday present. Put two and two together and not letting down the job gets precedence over the build.
Things are looking up tho and once I find the time (fingers crossed for this coming Sunday and Monday) I'll get my drive bays mounted, buttons wired, acrilic installed, and LEDs wired.
Thanks for the patience!
Wag
Whew!
The dust has settled at work.... finally. On the sad side of things, even with all the extra hours I had to put in (at my projects expense no less!) my workplace had to downsize its staff. My position is no longer.
Not to worry tho, I was getting pretty burnt out after all those extra hours anyway. I've got a few leads on a new job already, and in the meantime i'm going to enjoy myself and get a few more projects done.
Starting with the Monster!
So after these couple months of inactivity on the case you can pretty much imagine how things looked...
So before I coudl start back in, I wanted to make everything shiny and pretty again. Bust out the soap and rags...
While I let those parts dry out again I got to work on my Drive Bay Covers. Pretty simple stuff. Just a cut up Monster can glued to one of the existing (painted) drive bay covers from the original case. That was then covered with a piece of acrylic with two bolts to affix the acrylic to the cover. This results in a nice smooth surface instead of the aluminum surface of the can alone.
A few days ago I had to finish up painting some of the remaining odds and ends of the case. Most notably, the drive bays. I opted for black instead of orange. Unfortunately, my hobby shop was out of any more of the same orange color and I wasn't willing to wait 2 weeks due to the job search.
The black actually does provide a very nice contrast to the orange interior of the case.
Another little annoying part was permanently affixing the power switches to my bracket. I ended up having to drill a couple of new holes and then hot gluing the switching mechanism into place. The actual push buttons had to be carefully filed down slightly to make them fit perfectly. If they were too tight, they would not push.
After that, I couldn't resist temporarily assembling a few panels of the case to get a taste of what it may look like when reassembled.
There is no acrylic in there yet. I should get that cut and fitted in this weekend at some point so you can expect another update within the next couple days. I'll also be working on the sleeving for the cables as well. Its all pretty simple stuff, but i haven't managed to find my sleeving kit and don't want to buy a new one. I know its in the shop somewhere. I'm sure it will turn up at some point.
Also, I'll be needing to install the case lighting and feet. These are two things I actually need to purchase still. Luckily they are some of the easiest parts to finish.
Oh, and if you're wondering, I did actually inform my brother of his birthday present. Its only 2 months late at this point. He said he would build a completely new computer just to do the case justice ;-)
Thanks for the patience guys!
Wow, it looks good
that is amazing!
Nice to see your still going :D
Great use of the empty can for the bay covers. Turned out very nicely. Make sure to post pics once your bro gets the system in it.
awesome color theme!
looks niiice!... i also like the bay cover:P
+rep!
That looks awesome! I was very sad about so few posts in the past few months, but this was well worth it. :) Great job, Wag. Can't wait to see the results of all your hard work after so many months!
Ok, its 3:56 in the morning (according to my watch at least) and I have some big news. The case..... is DONE.
Unfortunately, I'm tired, shaky, and can't take pictures worth crap right now... Sooo tired.....
So I'll finish up the formal worklog tomorrow. Thanks for everyones patience (especially my brother who is the recipient of this case!)
I did manage to take one picture that didn't completely suck. Yes, it is the real top of the case... in the dark... under its own lighting.
Now that is a cool pic. Congratz on the finish mate. Can't wait to see the rest of the pics.
woow, that one cool looking pic.:eek:
great work you have done with this case:up:
+rep for taking this pic( it's my desktop right now:D)
Ok guys, the last movement of this symphony is beginning. Hope you all enjoyed the show and sorry that it slowed down there for quite a while. Lets just say that loosing your job doesn't necessarily mean that you'll have a lot of free time, and when expensive things break, you think twice about how badly you need it...
Anyway, here we go!
First things first, I dug out my old orange cold cathode from way back. I knew I had one sitting around and wanted to make sure it was the right color and size for the application.
Looks like it will work just fine.
While assembling the top of the case, i knew I would have very little clearance over the power supply. This was going to cause issues for the lettering over the top. Not only that, but some of the supports on the windowless side of the case were going to be in the way of my cathode. I didn't want to, but some trimming had to be done with the dremel to make everything fit.
You'll also notice that the metal front has a notch cut in it as well. Thats my fault for not measuring properly and cutting the "KHAOS" in the top too far to the edge. The back also needed to be trimmed as well.
As long as I had a little bare metal showing, I took my black permanent marker and touched upthe spots with silver showing thru. I know that no one will ever see it, but it made me feel better.
Then there was the issue of the window itself. Since it was at the top and wasn't going to have the greatest "view" of the inside of the case, I experimented with a few different options. The one that seemed to give me the best light distribution over the lettering was a "frosted" plexi which basically means I sanded the heck out of one side with an orbital sander until it was barely translucent but scattered the light nicely.
A bunch of double stick tape later and the plexi was in.
The power supply will still interfere somewhat with the light where the "K" and "H" are, but there is enough light to make things pretty clear.
Here you can see how much clearance the cathode actually gets inside the case. It's tucked way up in the corner and I am a little concerned about things getting warm up there, but I did include a switch for the cathode in the back if it ever starts reacting to the heat.
I neglected to take a picture of the "M" panel and the acrilic install on there. Lets just say it was very straightforward and simple. It went on without a hitch.
After more sanding and dremeling on the drive bay covers, I was finally able to remove the protective wrapping from the plexi and get them installed.
Finally I could assemble the whole case.
Although they don't match perfect, I did pick up a pair of orange thumbscrews for the "M" panel side of the case.
To be honest, the front and rear fans were something of a disappointment due to them having "blacklight" LED's instead of orange or white ones to accent the transparent orange color of the fans. Although, once they are spinning they do manage to make the orange stick out pretty well. All in all, I'm pretty happy with them.
My brother has informed me that he will be building a completely new system for this case, so I'll be leaving the top drive bay open for the time being.
I'll conclude with some more "finished" shots in the next post.
kris, I have uploaded two new copies of the "KHAOS" picture to my server. they are both in a lot higher resolution for you if you wish to use them for desktop backgrounds.
You can find them here:
http://www.ghostobservance.com/uploa....1680x1050.jpg
http://www.ghostobservance.com/uploa....1600x1200.jpg
Ok, so these are all just "glamor" shots of the case. Nothing really exciting as I'm no professional photographer. Hope you enjoy!
Thanks again to everyone!
beautiful looking case you got there, you'r brother should be proud and happy to have it!:)
...now, too the next case mod...:D
ah... to the next case indeed. Samurai Champloo case for my cousin. Side panel is already cut ;-)
DUDE, thats so cool its unreal!
That thing is fricken awesome! Great job!
That thing looks beautiful. I love the drive bay covers, they look flawless. Love the mod, great work.
Wow! Very impressed with how this came out - very clean and unique. I bet he'll love it...
That turned out really great! The lighting is perfect.
The speaker grill on the front was a nice touch.
+Rep for Completed mod a Job well Done!
Amazing project. I'm so glad I subbed to this thread and came back to check on it.
Aaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmaaaaazzzing. This is totally my kinda style. I love the orange and black and the custom work.
This thing turned out to really be a killer rig. +rep of course
Sorry I did notice this was an old thread, but what a cool case......
HOLY Monster Khaos THREAD!
+Rep for the Sweeeet Project!!
I drink this stuff EVERYDAY!
awesome project! I drink Monster too, just not the khaos kind lol
