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

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I also love the fact that this worklog has gone ~10 pages or so and all you have managed to do is tear a LCD screen apart lol.

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So it's not just me. :D

lol

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I also love the fact that this worklog has gone ~10 pages or so and all you have managed to do is tear a LCD screen apart lol.

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Thats CJ for ya :D

A lot of talk and no walk?
Nah, he's doing a great job planning things out. THis mod will be epic when done.

Yea 13 pages is a lot for no actual work. In my defense I did wait 1.5 months on the case to show up lol. That is partially my fault though as I could not decide on what case I wanted to use.

I promise to have an actual work update this weekend guys.

Guys, look at how long it took me to finish Mithril. I had to get stuff sourced from Germany!

Let the man 'lone, he's still moving, albeit at a snail's pace.

Hell, it's all good. I mean, look at Frankenstripe. Still not done, been 2+ years now.

However, with that mod reaching V 3.0, it will be done this year.

If we want to talk about epically long mods one must not forget Tribaloverkill's Blackout.....

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Hell, it's all good. I mean, look at Frankenstripe. Still not done, been 2+ years now.

However, with that mod reaching V 3.0, it will be done this year.

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I know how you feel. I am STILL working on my bubble gum machine mod. When I started it I was planning on using a DFI LAN Party AGP board...

aw heck, I got all y'all beat (dubious distinction at best). My crawler is on version 3, and I started work on version 1 about 9 years ago. :P It took a few months to build; I started version 2 in 2003 but didn't finish til 2006, and version 3 I started in April of 2007...If it weren't for the Exploratoreum exhibit next month, who knows when I'd have finished the thing. In the last 9 years...let's see...I've had..ummm...at least 5 different computers in there. Maybe 6 or 7, I don't really remember.
I am, howerver, looking forward to seeing this mod once you get going on it, should be awesome!

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If we want to talk about epically long mods one must not forget Tribaloverkill's Blackout.....

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still waiting to see more of his drool-tastic skillz :bowdown:

To my knowledge, he doesn't mod any more.

Hey guys, I have awesome news. Plextor is also sponsoring me with one of their new SSD drives. I should have it in the next few weeks. Since this mod will feature their Opticals they thought it would be good for it to feature one of their new SSD drives.

You are a rat bastard. Srsly.

:stupid: (mnus stupid of course)

Sorry :(

thats awesome!!!

i really think this is gunna look sick!

you are one lucky bastard. lol

Thanks BG

There will be an update tomorrow. I just need to get the pics ready.

Also want to say thanks to my newest sponsor. Seeed Studio. They have donated a Rainbowduino to control the RGB Leds in the build. THey also donated several other items that will be used on this project. More on them with the update tomorrow.

When I see you at CES, I'm going to kick you. I just want you to be prepared.

Grats on the new stuff, and I may be announcing much of the same soon.

nice! same concept as this unit I used in Rockin Case, works mint :up:

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When I see you at CES, I'm going to kick you. I just want you to be prepared.

Grats on the new stuff, and I may be announcing much of the same soon.

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Can I make the RGB Led Matrix read "KICK ME" and attach it to my jacket first?

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nice! same concept as this unit I used in Rockin Case, works mint :up:

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Yea your project gave me the idea. A post on hackaday pointed me to the rainbowduino a few months ago and I just put 2 and 2 together and got the idea.

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Yea your project gave me the idea. A post on hackaday pointed me to the rainbowduino a few months ago and I just put 2 and 2 together and got the idea.

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yea the arduino powered one seems to have control over individual LEDs, which is sweet. the one I got just lights them all up at whatever color the IC chip says to, but the chip is easily reprogrammed for whatever sequence you want.

CJ, you've been sig quoted:

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Can I make the RGB Led Matrix read "KICK ME" and attach it to my jacket first?

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Can I make the RGB Led Matrix read "KICK ME" and attach it to my jacket first?

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Please do. As sight is one of my few good senses, this will help me find you when you run from me.

Free stuff = win! way to go ceej lets see you put that stuff to good use now!:D

I once knew a very old and very wise modder. Some would even go as far as to call him a sage ...Ok so maybe he was not old or had not reached sage status yet but Kayin once told me that a mod is not truly yours until you shed blood on it. Well I guess I can call this mod mine now. Warning the following photos are graphic and depict skin filleted off the body.....ok on to the gore . THats what you are all waiting on anyway right?

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Ouch, I hate it when that happens...why must case manufacturers insist on saving money by not rounding off all the edges :P

owe dude, that's gotta hurt

Hey, are you flipping me off???

No thats the ring finger...

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You are a rat bastard. Srsly.

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you are one lucky bastard. lol

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Pretty much all of that, wrapped in a razor-wire bow and delivered via high-velocity projectile.

I love you guys.

thats a good chunk of skin! lol

haha woo its yours :)

I had some free time to work on the case the other night. You have already seen the bloody photos so how about the rest of them?

This was the initial tear down session. I plan on painting the interior of the case black so I still need to drill out some rivets and sand everything down. I hope to get to that this weekend.

So here it is the Thermaltake Armor+ in all its glory.

The front is missing the right side "door" due to the shipping damage.

The back is about on par with other cases except this one has room for 10 PCI cards. It also has 2 sets of water cooling tubing holes.

Here is the damage done to the case during shipping. The only thing you can not see is the broken bracket that holds the right door on. Its just a hollow plastic tube so there is not much to see anyway.

Removing the side window is a little tricky. Not only is it protected by a lock you also have to push this thumbscrew down to unlatch the panel.

And here she is with her window off. Notice the 7 5.25" bays and the removable cage of 5 HDD racks. The 2 racks on the bottom are for adding an additional 2 HDD. They are easily removed by removing 1 thumb screw each.

Removing the left side door is made easy by these hinges. All you have to do push in and slide it down.

To remove the top you have to remove these four screws and the tray they hold down.

With the screws removed the tray will come right out. Now you need to push the top forward from the back of the case. It will be snug and you may have to move some of the top panel wires to get it to slide.

These 3 tabs are the reason you need to slide the top forward. They slide into slots on the case frame and lock the top plastic into place.

Somehow I forgot to take photos of the removal of the rest of the plastic pieces. The rest of the plastic is all held on by a few screws. The only hidden screws are on the bottom and are hidden by the case feet. Also be careful when removing the latches that hold the side panels on. There are tiny springs on each end and a screw in the middle of each that must first be removed. The tool-less clips that hold the PCI cards in can be removed as 1 piece by several screws on the back of the case.

And here is the bare frame. From the back side you can see all of the holes for the motherboard standoffs. These are all quite sharp and some have burs hanging off so be careful when handling the motherboard tray.

The empty frame from another angle.

The top of the frame has a normal metal panel but has several cutouts for different cooling options.

Looking at the frame bottom you can see yet another set of water cooling hose punch outs. I have been thinking about where I am going to locate the radiator and I believe this is a good option. I will weigh my options in the next few days and post my decision.

With the front removed we can see the gaping hole that will soon be filled by a LCD, fan controller, and an optical drive or two.

Just a quick shot of the motherboard tray removed. Notice the bracing on each end. The black plastic is a bearing of sorts that slides into a plastic groove. This is repeated on the top. The end result is a very smooth sliding motherboard tray.

This is the 5.25" tool-less clip that filleted my skin off.

To remove these clips you simply press down on the top of the black plastic and they pop out.

Here is everything I removed from the case. Quite a lot huh?

And finally here are the fans that the Thermaltake Armor+ comes with. A 220mm fan, 140mm fan and 120mm fan.

If you are going to do a case review, put it on the front page. ;)

As always, sweet score and we're all green with envy. Get to modding!

that is a bigassed fan. lol. case looks good naked. :D

o0o case pr0n! :D

Looking good, I can't wait to see some progress!