Project: Animus

[Frenkie]

It looks really good, makes me wanna mod a case just like it.

[Vertigo]

Ok, so a brief update. The weather has finally let up, and as of now I am off of work till Friday. I got some paint and other assorted goodies in this weekend, but I'm still waiting on a particular little box of paint to come in so I can go further on the case. After some erands today, I'll be spraying the inside of the case with primer and a coat (or two) of Milano red. And as soon as the rest of the acrylic paints get here I'll get to work on the outside of the case.

[Vertigo]

Internal parts are NOT here yet, but I wanted to see how the bezel looks attached, so I tossed it on one of my computers and I was pleased with the results

Fullsize version: [ 2816 x 2112 ]
http://srsbusiness.org/files/worklog...7-fullsize.jpg


I was worried how the grey would look with the red lighting, but I think it turned out nice. I have some finishing touches to do to the paint before I do the clear coat. But overall I'm pleased ^_^

[The boy 4rm oz]

Mate you have nothing to be worried about. Fantastic work buddy.

[Vertigo]

JUST put in the order for the goodies, I decided to quit World of Warcraft, and my accounts look like they'll pay for the remainder of the project (and then some). So, I ordered the following to get the mod going. I'm going to mess around with the configuration possibilities a little bit and maybe post a little pic to give an idea of what I'm doing here. Still waiting on the weather to finish painting the interior of the case, it's primed black now ... but we've had tornado warnings, snow, and lightning storms over the past few days ... not kidding. Gotta love Arkansas.

From NewEgg:
ACCES FAN|THBLADE 80 A1908 RD TT RT - Retail ( Qty=4, Price=$19.96 )
ACCES CS| IBOX ACC 5.25 A2315 BK RT - Retail ( Qty=1, Price=$6.99 )
DVD BURN SAMSUNG|SH-S203B % - OEM ( Qty=1, Price=$29.99 )
HD COOLER MASSCOOL|SHF1-UTRA-BK R - Retail ( Qty=2, Price=$49.98 )

From PerformancePCS.com:
4 x ACE 40x20mm LED Fan - Red (ACE-40-R) Black Sleeves and Heatshrink [$23.80]
4 x Thermaltake Thunderblade 120mm Low Noise Red LED Case Fan - Black Sleeves and Heatshrink [$43.96]
1 x *** NEW *** Black Delrin Vandal Proof Switch - Black Sleeves and Heatshrink - Red Dot [$29.95]
1 x *** NEW *** Black Delrin Vandal Proof Switch - Black Sleeves and Heatshrink - Red Ring [$29.95]
1 x ***NEW*** XSPC LCD Display Temperature Sensor - Red [$8.95]

[Eclecticos]

Hell yea, that looks badass!
Looks like you have allot of creativity going on the front. Can you post some more pictures? I'd like to see the detail.

[Vertigo]

I'm in the process of picking out parts for the inside of this new beast. I've decided on dual hard drives. One, a partitioned WD Raptor with all of my programs and a dual boot of XP and Vista. The other I'm deciding if I want to go with another raptor or ... one of those sexah 1 terabyte drives from Toshiba for copious amounts of storage space.

As for the rest:

I've decided on my motherboard and processor:
ABIT AW9D-MAX LGA 775 Intel 975X ATX Intel Motherboard - 219.99
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor - $269.99

For memory, I'm thinking of going with 4 gigs of Corsair Dominator ram. And a BFG GeForce 8800GT. I'm thinking also of adding some new cooling parts, since I have some Zalman Fatal1ty Coolers and assorted bits laying around from some tournaments. I'll be back with a more in depth parts list and some pics of the interior panting soon. Thanks all

Edit:
I've decided to move to this century and upgrade all of my computers with Wireless Cards too, I also got a new wireless Printer/Scanner combo from Lexmark. So ... weee. The compy room is getting a serious facelift!

[Braveheart]

tri-monitor's, nice

[The boy 4rm oz]

Yep nice.

[Vertigo]

So, it's a good news bad news situation.

First, the bad news.
As you'll notice one of my 19 inchers is on my coffee table along with my towers. The thing died, and I'm currently in the process of trying to RMA it, but I'm not sure how well that's going to work since it's a couple of years old. But, worst comes to worst, I'll get a new one. And possibly upgrade my middle monitor to a widescreen, then I'll have 19 on each end and a wide 19 in the middle. We'll see.

Onto the good news:
The weather finally gave me a break recently, so I managed to get the interior of the case primed and painted over the past couple of days. And as more of my WoW accounts sold, I've been ordering parts. Today, the first delivery of parts arrived 2x Sytrin HD coolers, 4x 80mm fans, 1 Samsung DVD burner, and a thermaltake iBox for a little extra physical storage.

I had intended on getting just red fans, but somehow I ended up with these Thermaltake fans that switch from green, red, and purple. The 120mm fans I have ordered are just bigger versions of these, so I need to figure out how I'm going to switch these. I have the bulgin switches, temp gauge and a few other odds and ends en route now. So, more work coming soon.

And in an odd twist of fate, my wife and I were out touring local head shops for posters to decorate the house with and we found this:

It is a sign ...

I'm getting the Giger poster, and a couple of others I bought today framed in the morning. And hopefully the replacement fans for the Sytrins will be in tomorrow, meanwhile I'll be doing some more detailed painting work on the Sytrins and other smaller parts. So, more as it develops.