Project: Cheap mans UFO U2

[hainer36]

Before i even start, i am not gonna post the actual pictures (even the rules say i should), just a link directly to em or to a gallery of em, because if i posted the picture, you would have to wait a long time, so this way, its easier for everyone

I was going to buy this case

http://img184.echo.cx/img184/5215/casedesignpic22vf.jpg
http://img184.echo.cx/img184/9898/casedesignpic9cg.jpg

but when i saw the hefty price tag of over 250 USD, i decided to get creative.
im gonna use a shelving unit i found at canadian tire (kinda like home depot, but better) it cost me $20 CDN. then im going to rip out my hdd racks and mobo tray from my old really moded case, and put those in there, add a few windows, alot of fans and theres the ufo for 50 bucks CDN tops.

http://img184.echo.cx/img184/97/dscf00011gm.jpg
http://img184.echo.cx/img184/4558/dscf00020rb.jpg

it was gonna be painted metallica blue and have a labatt's blue giant beer logo on the side, but when i saw that metallic blue paint is $19 a can and its really hard to get a big labatt's blue sticker, i decided to go with a AC/DC Back In Black look. heres the original design

http://img184.echo.cx/img184/2715/casedesignremix7ba.jpg

heres the gallery where you can view em all, and when i continue they'll be posted here as well as there too.
http://img184.exs.cx/gal.php?g=casedesignpic22vf.jpg

[P4mustangtime]

I don't know about that cube tower cases - but I like them! What company makes these?

[zebkoolindc]

I made my own cube case too here (http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=363906&highlight=100lb+monster).

What is that logo on the side? Are you going to put those words there or somthing else?

[hainer36]

its gonne be a giant beer logo/sticker if i get the actual stick from the company, or if i have to paint it on.

[hainer36]

my reasoning behind the beer case, is here, also here is the labatts blue label
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=380276

[hainer36]

I don't know about that cube tower cases - but I like them! What company makes these?
Mountain Mods @ mountainmods.com or xoxide.com sells some too

[hainer36]

UPDATE: the cutting was begun a while ago, now im at the point where i have to rip apart my old case to get the hdd racks and the mobo tray, then put it togerther and paint it
sorry about no pics, now, but 2moro they're gonna be here, and ive decided to go with a black case instead of metallic blue, the blue was just too hard to find in st. catharines and too expensive when it was found, the labatt blue logo is a question, i may just find another window/picture frames glass, and draw on my own version

[hainer36]

its all painted and now im just waiting for it to dry, will post pics tommorow, when i dont work,

i ordered an XP-120, NV5 (for my new 6800nu) a couple of switches and some fan splitters(to run some fans lower for noise), i got a ULTRA X-COnnect 500W and 2 uv ccfl's coming soon, and then it will be complete...for now

[Gabbiani]

Cool. Let us see it. I am fairly happy with how mine turned out. Would love to have the ufo with the 2x120 rad. Gets over $400 us real quick though.

[hainer36]

ok here goes, all the new pics (well new to you) first is 5 shots of the case, unpainted and assembled

http://img209.echo.cx/img209/1527/dscf00106wg.jpg
http://img209.echo.cx/img209/1393/dscf00110ee.jpg
http://img209.echo.cx/img209/7222/dscf00121dq.jpg
http://img209.echo.cx/img209/148/dscf00133np.jpg
http://img209.echo.cx/img209/2661/dscf00148gc.jpg

[hainer36]

next is a picture of my old crappy case's insides, mobo tray and hdd rack that is going in the "CUBE"

http://img209.echo.cx/img209/2529/dscf00152nf.jpg

the next pic is of the pinball machene in my garage, i threw it in because its not usual for someone to have a pinball machene in thier garage.

http://img209.echo.cx/img209/1027/dscf00169aa.jpg

the next 3 are of the case painted and mostly assembled

http://img209.echo.cx/img209/3500/dscf00172sd.jpg
http://img209.echo.cx/img209/8600/dscf00181sn.jpg
http://img209.echo.cx/img209/4512/dscf00197fc.jpg

[hainer36]

these 2 are continued from previous post
http://img209.echo.cx/img209/9985/dscf00202zs.jpg
http://img209.echo.cx/img209/6193/dscf00216up.jpg

the last one is of my cat(who is sitting on my lap sleeping as i post this), she gets so lazy after a hard day of watching me cut metal.

http://img209.echo.cx/img209/4348/dscf00272zi.jpg

i will post some of the finished case, when i get my vid card (tuesday!!!) and tehn some more when i get some of the stuff i ordered.looky what came in the mail today

http://img54.echo.cx/img54/3075/dscf00286te.jpg

my XP-120, 2 fan silencers (3-4pin deallys), 2 power switches and finnaly my NV Silencer 5 for the 6800nu that came yesterday alright...it is now put together and probably half way done i need to add my power switches (you can see the little one from my old case on the side in a shot) add some lighting, some better psu's, some more air flow and then...im basically done, after i add some window appliques of the AC/DC logo and Angus Young doin what he does best

http://img184.echo.cx/img184/6378/dscf00358pd.jpg

[squasher]

How long did you give it to bend the sides down?
how did you attach it together?

[hainer36]

How long did you give it to bend the sides down?
how did you attach it together?
bend what sides down? i used a dremel and cut everything then attached em with alot of metal screws, and the windows (that are picture frame glass) are held in there by a piece of metal and 2 screws per corner so it would hold the glass in place (like this)

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[hainer36]

alright, quick reply to what i have said...now that i have to wait for psu, lighting and some more modding stuff, ive decided to go one up on the chrome fan grills i have...not painting em black, im gonna make my own. sticking with the AC/DC-Back In Black design, i am gonna make one with AC one with the lightning bolt and the other with, you guessed it, DC. im not sur if im gonna make em grills, guards, or filters, most likely filters because i have some un-used fine mesh lying around. im designing them as we speak, so ill keep ya updated on them

[squasher]

http://img209.echo.cx/img209/1393/dscf00110ee.jpg
I still don't get it sorry :(
It looks like you bent the end and screwed that together.
edit:
forgot to say
looks amazing its awsome that you are able to build it

[hainer36]

http://img209.echo.cx/img209/1393/dscf00110ee.jpg
I still don't get it sorry :(
It looks like you bent the end and screwed that together.
edit:
forgot to say
looks amazing its awsome that you are able to build it
i used some hand clamps to bend em, then screwed em in...it was really easy, i coulda used some plyiers even, it was very easy to bend, it isnt steel, it was aluminum (i think)

[squasher]

Thats awsome man. I might try this over the summer, I know this sounds sappy but you have really inspired me to think of some cool things I could do. I have always wanted one of those box cases and I think I might copy you over the summer and do it, great job man!

[hainer36]

Thats awsome man. I might try this over the summer, I know this sounds sappy but you have really inspired me to think of some cool things I could do. I have always wanted one of those box cases and I think I might copy you over the summer and do it, great job man!
cool, glad to inspire people, it would be an awesome watercooling case, because it would fit anything, and btw (in case i forgot to post this) all you need is a shelving unit, a old case and a dremel (basically) and maybe some tins snips

[hainer36]

this is the 400th view update (conincidence)
ive got this stuff coming to me
2x512 PC4000 ram
2 blue ccfl's
1 uv ccfl
4 black 120mm fan filters

and i have made up an applique for the window, one is gonna be an AC/DC logo, and the other is gonna be ANGUS! (both depicted in attachment)
angus is gonna be on top window, AC/DC on side window, now a back in black case

[hainer36]

got the new psu's installed, 2 blue led exhaust fans and have a desk modding idea to make it fit in my room, plus i bought some logitech x-530's, i got rid of the short lived 2 monitor set-up as well, now only with the $20CDN monitor i got from my moms work, when they down-sized

pic of the new wiring and if you look close you can see my 2 switches for the 2 psus in the top right corner
http://img184.echo.cx/img184/23/dscf00032pl.jpg

next pic is a closer view of the pic above
http://img184.echo.cx/img184/5153/dscf00088hb.jpg

3rd is a pic through the top window, see the aspire psu, some wiring...useless really
http://img184.echo.cx/img184/7086/dscf00049hg.jpg

lastly its the desk and the idea i got for "modding" it
http://img184.echo.cx/img184/4568/dscf020014fp.jpg

and once again, heres the link to my imageshack gallery for my case
http://img184.imageshack.us/img_viewer.php?g=casedesignpic22vf.jpg

[hainer36]

update...modded desk to it case underneath

http://img184.echo.cx/img184/4886/dscf10012sd.jpg
http://img184.echo.cx/img184/9023/dscf10022ve.jpg

alright...now this has turned into a wc'ing project as well... these are the parts that will be in there by summers end:
Dangerden RBX for s478
A dual heatercore with 1/2" barbs
2 Panaflo 120mm FBA12G12M1A (86.5CFM) or 2 sanyo denki high speeds
A t-line
and as for the pump...im still looking

[hainer36]

i put the links inot pics now so ya dont have to reload to another page...and i got some black 120mm fan filters for the front 120mm fans, and 4 ccfl's, plus i got my 6800GT installed (not pic'ed) and i got my 2 36gb raptors good week overall

http://img184.echo.cx/img184/6236/dscf00055mp.jpg
http://img184.echo.cx/img184/7705/dscf00064ow.jpg
http://img184.echo.cx/img184/460/dscf00073uz.jpg

[blt111]

looking great! looks seriously close to the real thing too although it looks a little warped in places

[hainer36]

its warped because it was technically first mod, i bent too much...so did my dad

[khiloa]

Not really my style but it looks like you did a good job.

[hainer36]

bump for it being lonely

i got everything i need for watercooling now...except maybe some good tubing...it turns out that this is actually all dangerden stuff, kinda similar to this set-up http://www.burnoutpc.com/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=184 (except pump+heatercore) parts are
RBX
Z-Chipset Block (guy who gave it to me thought it was a Maze3, so i got an amazing deal)
Maze4 GPU block with adapter for 6800GT (with some ramsinks from wluk)
Swiftech MCP-600
1.75x120mm heatercore with a shroud made by me to fit 2 on it
some HydrX
i'll get ya guys some pics soon, but becuase i cant have a pic-less update...this is where i get most of the money from
http://img32.echo.cx/img32/6250/dscf00067ss.jpg

[maxio098ui]

nice poker chips

[dicecca112]

yeah, I get a lot of money that way to. I love texas hold em

[Contra]

nice job

but to point out that case is not $250 more like $350 either way i bought the little brother of that case
i can mode pretty well but i didnt wanna build it and not have straight angles (i am not that good)
see my avatar

[flamerail]

bump for it being lonely

i got everything i need for watercooling now...except maybe some good tubing...it turns out that this is actually all dangerden stuff, kinda similar to this set-up http://www.burnoutpc.com/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=184 (except pump+heatercore) parts are
RBX
Z-Chipset Block (guy who gave it to me thought it was a Maze3, so i got an amazing deal)
Maze4 GPU block with adapter for 6800GT (with some ramsinks from wluk)
Swiftech MCP-600
1.75x120mm heatercore with a shroud made by me to fit 2 on it
some HydrX
i'll get ya guys some pics soon, but becuase i cant have a pic-less update...this is where i get most of the money from
http://img32.echo.cx/img32/6250/dscf00067ss.jpg

That Dangerden setup you got looks amazing. I really like the tubing!!!!!

[hainer36]

i figure i should update this as i am updateing the rig inside it

well the new system specs are in my sig

here is the proc:
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/314/dscf00916bn.jpg
its a 650 for those with good eyes :D

here is the ram, OCZ PC2-5400 Value Ram 2x512mb, not the best, but it works!:
http://img348.imageshack.us/img348/5291/dscf00926hy.jpg

oh, and i might be considering installing ubuntu linux on this rig, since i got a big box of it from the link in cyber deals, dont worry, most of it is gonna be given away, im not hording:
http://img348.imageshack.us/img348/32/dscf00933ub.jpg

[hainer36]

do ya think i sinked this good enough?
http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/8794/dscf00796rz.jpg

here is the wc'ing set-up
http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/5714/dscf00807xh.jpg

BIX3
http://img430.imageshack.us/img430/8193/dscf00811in.jpg

pump and the rest
http://img430.imageshack.us/img430/2669/dscf00834ci.jpg

the window and sticker from my old PRO875B
http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/1741/dscf00826nx.jpg

[Burdman27911]

Looks nice man, I think it would look nicer if the Al had been thicker than it is, but it still looks very nice for that price. I'm considering doing something similar, but out of plain sheets that I will cut... it'll take too many man hours for me to do as of now, but I'm still thinking about it for when things are less crazy. Thanks for keeping my hopes up.

[PhoenixOfChaos]

When I first saw this I was kinda discouraged for you lol, but you pulled through with shining colors man, good job.

I must admit that from a distance if you were to fix the warped sides it would look exactly like its real counterpart.

Once again good job.

[hainer36]

this was a really quick case, i wanted to get it done fast, the case that i am building for my friend is gonna be carefully cut and bent and whatnot

[hainer36]

Hey an update finally

heres the new watercooling set-up with the Storm G4, i sold the 6002 and i had this just lying around, so...

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/3226/dscf09373qw.jpg


heres a shot for EC, i thought he might like these deltas :D

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/4849/dscf09386tl.jpg



the G4 in all its black glory

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/2731/dscf09399fn.jpg


i finally cleaned up the grills on the front, and the front itself, No more dust, for now

http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/6043/dscf09403pa.jpg



and heres the messy sig of the rig, lets not talk about it!

http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/1905/dscf09416sp.jpg

[hainer36]

i got a used x850xt not to long ago, with hopes of either watercooling, or pelting it, but im happy with a mild overclock of 550/1200 on stock air

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/1254/dscf09430vx.jpg



heres the top window, just incase ya didnt notice it before, ya thats right, Intel, Amd, and a Lanparty Sticker on one....and if ya notice in some of the pictures ive got some Asus, DFI, and A-Open case badges

http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/9831/dscf09445on.jpg



here is my new side panel, with black acrylic window

http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/4015/dscf09422hw.jpg



lights and everything off (flash, no flash, its black)

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/1193/dscf09459om.jpg



lights on (flash, same as above)

http://img335.imageshack.us/img335/5144/dscf09473ra.jpg

[hainer36]

oh ya i forgot

temps with the 6002-775 were 32C idle/ 42C load
now with the G4 they are 28C idle/ 39 Load

and thats with warmer weather too! and the AS5 didnt even break in yet

[Electron Chaser]

Yay!!! An update on a thread that I thought had long since died.

Wow!!! That really looks nice. Still amazes me the job you did considering what you made that case out of.

[-aDaM^]

nice job on the case, love that lanparty sticker :sn: