Into the unknown I go... (with pictures!)

Yeah, I love the color scheme. That big window thing you had I liked but at the same time I didnt... I tried altering it a bit, but no matter what I did I just couldnt put my finger on what it was that I didnt like about it. So I just got rid of it lol. I actually like it alot how it is right now.. but I will mess around a bit more and see if I can come up with something. I was thinking about signing it with both our screen names or something. Like...

"Audeamus" - Designed by MitaPi & Slug Toy of Thebestcasescenario.com

Or something like that? What do you think? It wouldnt be exactly like that... I just whipped that up real fast to give you an idea of what I meant by a signature or whatever. I would also have to run it by dave or rankenphile to see if I could put the sites address in there like that. But let me know if that is something you would be ok with. If you dont want any of the credit then thats fine too.

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Not that I dont want you to take credit because I do. I wouldnt have this design if it wasnt for you. lol just wanted to clear that up.. cuz it kind of sounded like I wanted to take ALL the credit there in that last bit. ^_^

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How's about this for size?

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Well I have all the measurements down and how I want them. But I like your window design. Its kind of tribal looking. Maybe I'll try that...

lol A thought just came to my mind while looking at your sketchup... That thing would be GINORMOUS! It would be like three feet long and three feet high! Hmmm... a server case maybe? lol

lol I didnt make it to scale... You could try 28 in. x 18 in. x 24 in.

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I would also have to run it by dave or rankenphile to see if I could put the sites address in there like that. But let me know if that is something you would be ok with. If you dont want any of the credit then thats fine too.

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you probably wouldnt need to ask to do that... its free advertising for them. as for me getting credit... sure why not. honestly, i dont care too much because ill know i helped and thats good enough.

that tribal design is interesting... in its own way. the archs and points and all that form a good pattern, but not one that works for a square cases. especially a case that consists of four squares. you need something like one of defyant's mod to make a tribal design work.

Well, lets vote! Leave the case without windows or put windows in the case?

If anyone has any other idea's feel free to drop them by! ^_^

i think this is the best design yet.......

i say that a window done right is a good idea. the question is how long will it take to design one that looks good.

Well I have over 2 weeks to design one, so time isnt too much of an issue lol. Actually I am working on an idea I had right now. Its going to look like... hmm... well like a microchip I guess?? Here, I barely started it, but I'll show you what I got so far...

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So are you going to be airbrushing that microchip onto your case?

I dont know as of yet... but I will decide what I will do when I have it finished. I think it would be pretty cool to have such small details as a window. It would be like airbrushing but with back lighting instead of paint.

That is an enlarged image as well just to let you know. It is actually quite small in size. But that is only a small piece of the over all design I have planned. I might cover the entire case with these small details or I might make them minute and/or here and there.

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you know what you can do? paint everything except what you KNOW is going to be a window. then, you can scratch off the paint and form a pattern. this should give awesome precision.

now if i were you, id spend some time and look at your video card or motherboard and try to copy come circuits off those for an idea. or maybe find some pictures of a processor die, and try to copy the patterns from that.

heres another idea. make the circuits lead into the screen on the side. so it looks like they're feeding it. and if you can get someone to make up an led circuit, you could have some sort of fast flash sequence to make it looks like optical signals travelling along. neat idea or what?

ok you know what would be pretty cool, and really time consuming...
paint your case black. and you know that paint that is almost clear, and uv reactive paint... do your case with a circuit board design

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Originally Posted by Slug Toy

you know what you can do? paint everything except what you KNOW is going to be a window. then, you can scratch off the paint and form a pattern. this should give awesome precision.

now if i were you, id spend some time and look at your video card or motherboard and try to copy come circuits off those for an idea. or maybe find some pictures of a processor die, and try to copy the patterns from that.

heres another idea. make the circuits lead into the screen on the side. so it looks like they're feeding it. and if you can get someone to make up an led circuit, you could have some sort of fast flash sequence to make it looks like optical signals travelling along. neat idea or what?

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That is pretty much what I had in mind to do already. Since it would be easiest and it would give me some sweet accurate lines.

That is what I am doing. I know what I want, but trying to find pictures of what I want is somewhat hard. But I found a few good pictures and I have a few cards and what not laying around my house.

Again, That is what I am doing. Thats why I designed the LCD screen in the way I did. So it better fits the design.

It seems that we are basically on the same wave length with this case! :D

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Originally Posted by EPYK

ok you know what would be pretty cool, and really time consuming...
paint your case black. and you know that paint that is almost clear, and uv reactive paint... do your case with a circuit board design

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That is what I am doing... I am going to paint the outside black and then I am going to paint the inside an almost clear UV blue. Hopefully I can find some bright blue like in that sketchup. Whatever color that is.. im still not sure. I dont know my colors that well.

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Or I can frost the glass and get LED's. The frosting would help pick up the light and spread it more evenly and the LED's would be cheap and easy to use so I can put them anywhere I want. That might work better than uv paint and uv cathodes/LED. Hmmm....

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It seems that we are basically on the same wave length with this case!

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in this case, and FOR this case.

sounds good so far. id say more, but im frantically shoving lunch in my face right now, and trying to get ready for school. ill say more later.

lmao, Dont choke! If you do.. Be sure to record it, So we can all laugh at you. :D

Well I give up on that design. Sketchup is dumb and it wont let me do fine enough details. So I am just going to wait to get all the pieces together and then I'll cut out the design using poster board and I'll tape it on. If I like the way it looks, then I'll start painting. Otherwise, for now at least, you are looking at something very close to the final design.

Oh and sorry for calling sketchup dumb. Its not, It just doesnt always work the way I want to. -Hugs Sketchup- :p

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More pictures soon! These next ones will be of the inside and how everything will be layed out. ^_^

OKay, I have the power supply bracket, 5.25 brackets, 3.5 brackets and HDD bracket finished. Now I just need to place in the mobo, pci brackets, case fans, I/O plate, ....and I think that about covers it for now. Pictures coming soon! :)

Bleh, I took a break from the computer design and started to design my dual screen in one case. I think I just spent 2 hours straight trying to design the stupid stand for it. And what do I have to show for it? Notta. How very... exhausting. I'm bout tempted to get duct tape and tape the two monitors together as is! :D

I'll have pictures up soon... just be patient. I guess I am just having another one of those brain farts. In any case... I'll post what I have so far by the end of the night. Unless of course I get dragged away or I forget. Which in that case I will post them tomarrow morning.

Happy Modding,
MitaPi

Update:

Well here, you can at least have some exterior pictures for now. The monitor is still in rough draft form...
Check Images Below...

ok for the window behind your lcd's frost it on the outside and etch your circuitry on the inside, then stuff EL wire in the etching

I could do that. I might just frost it and then put LED's in there instead. It might be easier. Since you know... you wont even be able to see the back most of the time lol. But I still might do your idea. Because it is a good one for sure!

OKay, Here are some updated pictures of Audeamus's Dual Monitor Enclosure. I think that is about good. Or at least as good as I can get it on sketchup. We'll all just have to wait to see it lit up!

It looks huge but in fact it isnt much bigger than my computer. The stand is a length of 9" and the entire height with the stand included is 1' 10". The width is 2' 3.5". Other than the height, the entire thing is smaller than what I have right now. So I happy.

*Undergoing Maintinence*

ok... that screen setup looks horrible. the stand in particular.

i can see why it was frustrating. that just doesnt fit with the rest of your project.

give me some time to think on this one.

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ok... that screen setup looks horrible. the stand in particular.

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I second that.

-Dave

lol yes, it is very very frusterating. PLEASE HELP! :p The screens are 17" LCD's

Maybe a tube somewhere, like the ones you got on your case that connects the different compartments? So maybe have a cylinder shape connect the base to the screens. Just a small suggestion to help you guys think (if it even helps any).

Well in the mean time... here is the inside of my case. Its alot different than how manufacturers do it. But that is because I am doing all of this from scratch other than a few parts and pieces such as I/O plate and PCI slots.

The 5.25's and 3.5's are pretty basic. But the dual hard drive bracket you might notice is alot different. It actually does serve a purpose though.

Purpose 1.
I only need two hard drive slots because I will be running dual 320GB hard drives. Which gives me 640GB all together. If you think an average person will ever need more than 640GB, you are completely insane. lol

Purpose 2.
As you can see, it is open on both sides of either hard drive. That is so the 120mm fan in the front of my case isnt just for looks. I think this is a much more effective way of cooling hard drives. Feel free to voice your opinions though, whether good or bad.

Ooooh, maybe have the chambers have their own cooling systems? i saw you talking about the HD cooling, but think about it...


I'll elaborate later. MSPainted, of course.

i think the fans for that need to be changed up a bit. some are in the wrong places in my opinion.

i say you need one on the front grill of course. one on the tube going up from the front bottom section. one on the tube going back from the front bottom section, and one going out the back bottom section. the power supply should have its own fan, and you dont really need lots of ait moving through that area.

now, as for the screens... im still thinking and looking and testing. im trying to use the same shapes as the case.

Just a quick update...

Slug Toy and I have decided to use 5" OD tubes instead of the original 3" OD's. I have to say, I like it!

The new monitor setup is also underway and is going to be alot better than my previous design. Stay tuned in for more updates! Pictures coming soon

Y'all ready for some new pictures? Well here yah go!

Audeamus is still undergoing the special treatment so you will have to wait a bit longer to see some more updated pictures of that... but hopefully that will keep you entertained for a while! :D

Okay, well here are some intake vents that will be placed onto audeamus... Just a small update, but I think they are pretty cool looking. I got the idea from something that Slug Toy did up for me. I just altered them a bit... :p

Top Vent

Front Vent

So what do you guys think. Good, bad, eh? Suggestions, comments, advice?

are you going to use the screens as one wide desktop and for ultra-widescreen gaming? or are you gonna use it as two seperate monitors??

I once tried to play raven shield (FPS) on a dual screen setup, I changed it back after 5 minutes... the edge in the middle of the screen is a killer... literally...

however, if you use the screens as two seperate monitors (one for gaming, one for something else) I see no problem...

the stand looks nice

Are you sure that stand will stop those monitors from tipping over? It is a nice design but it doesn't look very stable.
Maybe make it deeper and lower the monitors some?

I dont do gaming really. But in anycase, I can switch back and forth as I see fit. The edge inbetween the two screens is half an inch. Right now I have 2 inches inbetween and that doesnt even bother me. So it wont be too much of a killer. But like I said, I dont game that often.

Now I just need to figure up how much acrylic or lexan to buy to make it. I was thinking 12 pieces of 1/8th thick lexan that measure 18" x 24"? What do you guys think?

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Are you sure that stand will stop those monitors from tipping over? It is a nice design but it doesn't look very stable.
Maybe make it deeper and lower the monitors some?

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Oh dont worry, It's plenty stable. Just bad picture taking on my half.

Two question I need awnsers to if you guys can...

1. Is that enough Lexan (polycarbonate) to make the monitor enclosure out of?

2. Should I leave those vents on or off? I cant decide whether I like them or not.

Ooh and a third question actually....

What is the best solvent to use with LEXAN (Polycarbonate)? I was thinking Weld-On #16??

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I took the vents off.. I didnt like them.

NO vents, the mess up the lines, its much more cleaner with out the, as for the rest of the Qs i have no clue
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I decided to take off the vents after looking it over a few times. You are right, they dont go very well with the lines.

I think what I have decided to do, is have the two back 80mm's as intakes and have 120mm's circulate the air throughout the case and then finally out the back through the 120mm exhaust. This isnt confirmed as of yet, but I am still playing around with the idea. I still might have the front 120mm intake...

Does anyone have experience with using Lexan (Polycarbonate) and adhesives? Advice, tips, tricks, etc? Like I said before, I am thinking about using Weld-On #16?

Well it looks like this project is going to have to wait for quite some time. I unfortunately busted my specs in two and my replacements are going to run me 300(+) big ones. If only I could use a video card to see better.... :D

As soon as my friend gathers up enough time from his "fiance" and two jobs I can start using his account to ebay stuff off. That will bring in about 200. AT LEAST. It will bring in a max of 600 if the buyers are there. My main hope that it will bring in the triple digits is the fact that you cant find the stuff I am ridding myself of for the price anywhere else on the net. ...only problem is that it isnt desireble stuff lol. Oh well, we'll see how that goes.

sorry to hear that about your specs, and the build on that mater,

I was lucky with my eyes, a few years back i got clohdric acid in my eyes, and all over me, was trying to get some hidrogen:rolleyes:, and the thing went boom on me, now i got almost perfect vision

how did you bust them

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clohdric acid

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haha... what? are you trying to say hydrochloric acid? if thats what it is then you were VERY lucky. that can cause some big time damage. not as bad as nitric acid, or hydrofluoric, but bad.what were you mixing it with? most times you wont get hydrogen gas... you get carbon dioxide or something like that. the hydrogen usually goes in to forming water.

try hydrochloric acid and bleach. that gets you chlorine gas. youll know because it smells like a pool and it burns. for that matter i think you can do that with vinegar and bleach.... you can do a lot of cool things with acetone too. im leaving that alone now though... you'll blow yourself up if you arent careful... actually you will eventually even if you ARE careful.

so ya, breaking glasses. shame on you. what did you do to them? you must have thrown them at a wall, yelled at them, and then danced on them all night or something. thats the only thing i can think of that would break glasses. the trick is the yelling part, because it hurts the glasses' feelings and makes it easier to break them.

Eh, my ex was over and I was showing off how cool my glasses were because they were built out of flexon. So yeah.... I barely twisted them like I have many times before and the nose piece instantly snapped into two. Very embarassing to say the least! I was like.. wha? Am I being punk'd or something?? Thats not supposed to happen at all! Well, not untill you REALLY flex them that is. Thats how I broke my first pair, by over flexing them. But these I BARELY twisted them and they just snapped. Worse part is that I am no longer on a warranty or insurance or anything like that with them. WHICH means I have to pay the full price of a new pair. ....I am getting a different pair this time lol.

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Eh, my ex was over and I was showing off how cool my glasses were because they were built out of flexon. So yeah.... I barely twisted them like I have many times before and the nose piece instantly snapped into two. Very embarassing to say the least! I was like.. wha? Am I being punk'd or something?? Thats not supposed to happen at all! Well, not untill you REALLY flex them that is. Thats how I broke my first pair, by over flexing them. But these I BARELY twisted them and they just snapped. Worse part is that I am no longer on a warranty or insurance or anything like that with them. WHICH means I have to pay the full price of a new pair. ....I am getting a different pair this time lol.

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Heh, this sort of thing happened to a friend of mine. He got flexi glasses and a week after buying them, they snapped when he put them on. When he took them back, the guy in the shop tried to refuse him a replacement because he thought "He's been showing them off to his mates and broke them".

He got a replacement after verbally beating the guy to a pulp.

-Dave