Project: Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2 !!!UPDATE!!! 26 April 2010

Thanks BoB

I am leaning more towards WC too. Kayin and I spoke about it the other night and he is willing to help me design a bad ass loop. I guess if I am going to do a mod on this scale I better do it big huh?

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I guess if I am going to do a mod on this scale I better do it big huh?

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Yup.

Got the word in today. NZXT has shipped a Sentry 2 touch screen fan controller, an Avatar gaming mouse and some extra 120mm fans. Thanks Guys!!!

Congrats on the sponsor.

I was in need of a new mouse since my Logitec 518 is thrashed. I went to Fry's and they had 2 Modern Warfare 2 themed mice by Saitek. Heavy mouse with weights and reversible slider pads. Painted in the camo theme with a MW2 logo on the heel. It has the green led glow on it too. I have been trying to find it online to show you for ideas but have not been able to find one...

EDIT: Here it is: http://www.frys.com/product/6071968

Thanks for the link Terry. Thats an awesome looking mouse. The NZXT Avatar has some blue leds I plan on changing out and it will be getting a similar paint job on its hard plastic parts.

congrats! that touch screen fan controller loos sweet IMHO :up:

It is pretty nice.

I published a review of the sentry 2 a few weeks back here.

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Congrats on the sponsor.

I was in need of a new mouse since my Logitec 518 is thrashed. I went to Fry's and they had 2 Modern Warfare 2 themed mice by Saitek. Heavy mouse with weights and reversible slider pads. Painted in the camo theme with a MW2 logo on the heel. It has the green led glow on it too. I have been trying to find it online to show you for ideas but have not been able to find one...

EDIT: Here it is: http://www.frys.com/product/6071968

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It appears that Madcatz, Saitek, and Gameshark are owned by the same parent company or related some how. There are lots of hits on it if you look for the Madcatz name instead of Saitek.

Official site is here.. http://modernwarfare2.gameshark.com/pc.htm

Looks like they have a couple of pretty cool looking keyboards as well.

The mouse is on sale here for $29.90

http://www.gogamer.com/MadCatz-Moder...VVviewprod.htm

Sweet. I have a contact at MadCatz....

Ok I promise to post some actual design / build stuff very soon. I would like to announce that I picked up 3 more sponsors: Thermaltake, Ultra Products, and Plextor.

:banana: cant wait to see this get started! :)

Ok I have my first official update!!
Today I got word that Thermaltake will be sending me a full compliment of water cooling parts from their Watercooling upgrade line. This will include 2 reservoirs, a pump, CPU water block, Chipset waterblock, 2 HDD waterblocks, 3/8 tubing with quick connects, 1000ml of green UV reactive coolant, a flow meter with digital temperature screen, a dual 120mm radiator, 2 120mm silent fans, 3 120mm Green LED fans, cable sleeving kit, Armor+ case and a few more goodies.

I took a little time in photoshop tonight to see what the digital camo paint job may look like on the Armor+. What do you think? The actual paint job will be brighter and more defined but you get the idea.

I like it!

Badass!

I'm not sure about the HDD waterblocks. From what I've been reading recently, cooling HD's doesn't make much if any difference to lifespan or performance. From what little I know about watercooling, I'd imagine the extra blocks would create more resistance in the loop(s) and more latent heat in the coolant.

Course, as it's free, you kinda have to use em heh ;)

That is gonna be a nice looking case :D Looking forward to seeing it.

Thanks guys!

i recently picked the game up and holy s@*t if the case looks even half as good as the game itll revolutionize the modding world

thats going to look awesome!!

a note on those waterblocks...dont bother. I have one in my rig for a while, and it keeps the HDD around the same temp at the rest of the cooling system (~30ºC in my case). I took it out of that and put it in the thermaltake icage that came with my armor case instead. it holds 3 HDDs and has a 120m fan in front. the HDD stays at room temp now, not coolant temp

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the HDD stays at room temp now, not coolant temp

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That's a good point actually... :)

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That's a good point actually... :)

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yea its more of a HDD heater than a HDD cooler lol :facepalm:

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yea its more of a HDD heater than a HDD cooler lol :facepalm:

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Only if the coolant temp is higher than room temp :twisted:

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Only if the coolant temp is higher than room temp :twisted:

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Which it would be (IMHO) unless refrigerated, or very agressively cooled (huge rads, big fans, lots of airflow... and noise).

Can anyone verify whether a water loop can cool below ambient temps?

I've been wanting to build a system that would for a while now; I imagine you could do it easily if you had external rads with good airflow through them, inside a freezer. Just use a liquid with a freezing point quite a bit below water, and you should be fine. Like I said, the idea's been bouncing around my head for a while now; I've just never had the money, time, and justification to do it.

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I've been wanting to build a system that would for a while now; I imagine you could do it easily if you had external rads with good airflow through them, inside a freezer. Just use a liquid with a freezing point quite a bit below water, and you should be fine. Like I said, the idea's been bouncing around my head for a while now; I've just never had the money, time, and justification to do it.

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What about using tech(peltier) coolers on your res?

You can put the RAD in ice water / freezer and it will chill below ambient air temps but would not chill below the now relevant ambient temp of the water or freezer the RAD is in.

Thanks for the tip on the HDD cooler. They actually only sent one instead of two like I originally thought. I will use it in the mod and if later the need arises to remove it then I will. Afterall TT was nice enough to send it to me so I kinda want to use it.

Has anyone seen any home made solutions to a door to case plug that will make an electrical connection when putting the side window back on the case? I would rather not have to plug a wire in every time I take the door off.

How about those magnetic couplers that were used on the Cygnus X build?

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How about those magnetic couplers that were used on the Cygnus X build?

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Actually that would probably work quite well. Most neodymium magnets are nickel coated, and nickel conducts electricity quite well. Another way I've seen is a friend of mine a few years back got a hold of conductive foam that he put on contact points. Worked quite nicely; at least for a fan and LEDs.

Or there's always a super fancy method.. inductive couplers... ;) Wireless power transmission to the side panel when it's close enough. WOOT.

Im liking the Neo mag idea.

Made a banner.

Awesome!

I have seen a case with contact connections built in so that works like you want. theres two small spring-loaded contacts by the hinge that connect the fan power when the door is on. It wouldnt be that difficult to make I dont think. I actually want to try to make one for my armor case, now that I've put a 120mm fan in the side of it

I will see what I can come up in sketchup later tonight. With both of us having the same case we should be able to perfect it.

I've got the regular armor, not the armor +, but I think the only real difference is the top panel and side panel window :think:

I'll see what I can come up with, and if I can find that case I saw before

:EDIT: actually the insides are different on the two as well

found it!! the Thermaltake SPEDO case

http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/Produc...C=1400&ID=1829

its at the bottom of the side panel

the video here on tiger's page shows it. funny how the video on their own page doesnt lol

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...077&CatId=1510

Yea some cases in their element series has that connector. I may just see if they can send me a few of them to cannibalize. I put my concept here

lookin good! gotta spread the rep first though lol

love the banner man:D