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ShoNuff · 10-09-04, 10:24 PM

I thought I would do something a little different and share my work with all of you from the end to the beginning. Well, sorta, I'm not actually done yet.

I wanted to kick this off with a pic of my side panel. Just got it back from Custom Water Cuts

Anyway...here is the first pic. Many more pics to come.

I will be sharing all the particulars such as: case, mobo processor, cooling and the mods as I go.

Sho

Vio1 · 10-09-04, 10:28 PM

they did an awesome job with that door. was it expensive?

PLOBBY · 10-09-04, 10:39 PM

wow, i dont like lions a whole lot but looks really nice....

OLMI · 10-09-04, 10:50 PM

Wow, that looks really good! I also would like to know if it was expensive.

Daewood · 10-09-04, 11:54 PM

like everyone else how much, how much, and how much.

but so far its lookin' good now a light behind that cut and your good to go

ShoNuff · 10-10-04, 02:03 AM

Thanks for the compliments fellas

It wasn't much at all. CWC requires that you submit an image of what you want cut so that they can convert it into a pdf file and spec it for the machine. This will cost you $15. Should you decide to go forward they will credit the $15 towards your purchase. It cost me $70 total. Of course prices vary depending on the amount of work they have to do.

After submitting the image I measured and double-checked the location of the cut.

As you see from the background in the first pic I mounted an Aqua-Computer Evo 360 Radiator into the LianLi V1000. I am going with a green theme and will have a nice green lite illuminating the Lion when I am done.

I am going to put a plexi screen behind the window and wrap it in Modders Mesh. I got the idea from something similar at Gruntville.

mils128 · 10-10-04, 02:09 AM

That is awsome and the price wasn't much eathier. If i were to do it how do i convert te imgae file to PDF?? i want to do tat and set up a nice CC behind it. maybe i will do that in the future

ShoNuff · 10-10-04, 02:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mils128

That is awsome and the price wasn't much eathier. If i were to do it how do i convert te imgae file to PDF?? i want to do tat and set up a nice CC behind it. maybe i will do that in the future

When they sent the pdf back to me it had several measurements on it. So, I think that once you get a working drawing they scale it to fit your case. In otherwords, if you created a pdf they would probably have to redo it anyway. Send em' an email. Chris is a real nice guy. I'm sure he would be happy to work with you.

Sean Lindstrom · 10-10-04, 02:44 AM

"Art Nouveau is an elegant decorative art style characterized by intricately detailed patterns of curving lines." -artcyclopedia.com

"In general it was most successfully practiced in the decorative arts: furniture, jewelry, and book design and illustration. The style was richly ornamental and asymmetrical, characterized by a whiplash linearity reminiscent of twining plant tendrils. Its exponents chose themes fraught with symbolism, frequently of an erotic nature. They imbued their designs with dreamlike and exotic forms." -encyclopedia.com

Got that pegged. ShoNuff's lion would be perfecly at home in this stained-glass window landscape. Love it, BTW.

ShoNuff · 10-10-04, 02:50 AM

I am using an Aqua-Computer AquaTube Revision 1.1. Mounted in the hard drive bay as you can see below.

This thing was a bear to install due to the fact that it is "slightly" larger than the standard 80mm hole saw. Now it sits nice and snug it its new home.

I am going to replace the 45 degree elbows on the left with these 90's I got recently. Should be less restrictive and easier to plumb.

I imagine it will look even better with the green LED and water flowing through it.

Got the European parts (mostly Aqua-Computer) gear from SNT Systems.

Valk · 10-10-04, 04:54 AM

man. that is going to be one of the sexier wc'd cases i have seen to date. very nice work. that lion on your door is very impressive, but god damn.. $70 to have it cut? just.. wow.
Just very nice overall ^^ will look awsome.

dj_2004 · 10-10-04, 01:21 PM

i love that grill but damn 37bux is way too much for me. looks good tho. also do you need to pay $15 just to get a price estimate on a panel design or is it free?

Skeen · 10-11-04, 09:02 AM

Nice design. It looks like the stylized MGM lion that I've seen in a Stanley Kubrick film or two. With that kind of theme, it'd make a pretty cool media center type rig. Nice looking setup so far, looks professional.

ShoNuff · 10-13-04, 01:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sean Lindstrom

"Art Nouveau is an elegant decorative art style characterized by intricately detailed patterns of curving lines." -artcyclopedia.com

"In general it was most successfully practiced in the decorative arts: furniture, jewelry, and book design and illustration. The style was richly ornamental and asymmetrical, characterized by a whiplash linearity reminiscent of twining plant tendrils. Its exponents chose themes fraught with symbolism, frequently of an erotic nature. They imbued their designs with dreamlike and exotic forms." -encyclopedia.com

Got that pegged. ShoNuff's lion would be perfecly at home in this stained-glass window landscape. Love it, BTW.

Sean, I gotta say I like the way you think.

ShoNuff · 10-13-04, 02:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skeen

Nice design. It looks like the stylized MGM lion that I've seen in a Stanley Kubrick film or two. With that kind of theme, it'd make a pretty cool media center type rig. Nice looking setup so far, looks professional.

Thanks Bro. It is actually going in a "Home Office" where I have my customers visit. The design flows with the whole Herman Miller, Silicon Valley, high tech set up I have.

Its "purdy" on the outside and 110% gaming rig on the inside!

Quote:

Originally Posted by dj_2004

i love that grill but damn 37bux is way too much for me. looks good tho. also do you need to pay $15 just to get a price estimate on a panel design or is it free?

If you want a "Factory Window" it will cost you between $55-$65 including shipping. Unfortunately the LianLi's aren’t cheap. Yes, Chris will charge you $15 to prepare a quote. Based on the .pdf file I got back it seems like a lot of work goes into preparing a quote. You do get it back if you decide to go with him. Note, I sent the same image to Voyeur Mods and they quoted me $200 to do the same work.

ShoNuff · 10-13-04, 02:32 AM

I recently found some sleeving that I've never seen before. Given my "Green" theme I think it will work well. I should have the sleeving by Monday and finish the job sometime next week.

The PSU I am sleeving is below. It is the OCZ/Tagan Powerstream 520. It is a very nice unit. I had a PCP&C 510 Deluxe but it was very loud under load. I was using it to power my 3.2GHz EE cpu, two optical drives, 3 HD's, 9800XT, 2 120mm and 5 80mm fans and it would get very loud under load. At idle it was whisper quite. The rails were ultra tight under MBM as monitored in windows.

I haven’t been able to test the OCZ 520 much. I just know it is quite and also has very tight tolerances on all rails. So far I am impressed. In addition to that it looks so good my wife (who could care less about my hobby) had to stop and ask me what that shiny thing was.

Behold..."The shiny thing"

fzepnts · 10-14-04, 04:11 PM

looking great so far shonuff

Vio1 · 10-14-04, 06:22 PM

looks good. keep it up.

ShoNuff · 11-03-04, 07:30 PM

Finally got the PSU done. Did away with the annoying 24 pin connector and that one connector I've never used since I've been building PC's. The extra four wires for the ATX connector are hidden in the ATX connector sleeving. I'm happy with the way it turned out.

ShoNuff · 11-03-04, 07:36 PM

I had been waiting on this pump to complete this project and it arrived broken. It will be two more weeks before I will see another one.

Captain Slug · 11-04-04, 07:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sean Lindstrom

"Art Nouveau is an elegant decorative art style characterized by intricately detailed patterns of curving lines." -artcyclopedia.com

"In general it was most successfully practiced in the decorative arts: furniture, jewelry, and book design and illustration. The style was richly ornamental and asymmetrical, characterized by a whiplash linearity reminiscent of twining plant tendrils. Its exponents chose themes fraught with symbolism, frequently of an erotic nature. They imbued their designs with dreamlike and exotic forms." -encyclopedia.com

Got that pegged. ShoNuff's lion would be perfecly at home in this stained-glass window landscape. Love it, BTW.

However, seeing as how the rest of the cash is styled geometrically modern, I would have to say his over-all theme would be closer to art deco. Art Deco emphasized natural geometric perfection. Art Nouveau similarly, but in a different direct, emphasized the reflection of nature and the curves found there in. If he had made a case or chosen a case made of nothing but curves and bends to make it look as though it "grew" into those shapes naturally, then it could be considered art nouveau.
[/art geek]
Oh, and nice cutout. I've never seen the MGM Grand logo look so cool...

Quote:

Originally Posted by mils128

That is awsome and the price wasn't much eathier. If i were to do it how do i convert te imgae file to PDF?? i want to do tat and set up a nice CC behind it. maybe i will do that in the future

The easiest way to convert any duo-tome image to a PDF vector image is by using Adobe Streamline. Make sure you include your measurements in the iimage beforehand though.

Sean Lindstrom · 11-05-04, 04:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Captain Slug

I would have to say his over-all theme would be closer to art deco.

Agreed. *Sigh* I hadn't seen the rest of the case, and was trying to inspire a departure from the art deco norm. Art nouveau can't be everywhere like art deco (the historic, literal definition) is today, but it could work nicely with computer cases.

SpeeDj · 11-05-04, 11:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DerekDRP

got an email of the guy that did the side window?? ( I will want to get soemthing liek this done ( cough project ).

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ShoNuff Said:
I wanted to kick this off with a pic of my side panel. Just got it back from Custom Water Cuts
</snip>

I do always recommend reading the whole log per se as it always answers questions you may have.

J

ShoNuff · 11-07-04, 07:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SpeeDj

<snip>
ShoNuff Said:
I wanted to kick this off with a pic of my side panel. Just got it back from Custom Water Cuts
</snip>

I do always recommend reading the whole log per se as it always answers questions you may have.

J

Good lookin' out SpeeDj

ShoNuff · 11-10-04, 01:56 AM

I got my card...finally.

I gotta give props to my man Dennis at PC Club in Thousand Oaks. Called and they just happened to have one available. Sometimes you just can't beat the local guys.

If you guys are looking for XT PE's he may be able to get them for you. Give em call or check em' out out online.

I should have the AquagraFX 6800 (pic below) in about another two weeks. The only thing I don't like about this card is the noise of the stock cooling unit.

ShoNuff · 11-10-04, 02:04 AM

The good news is that I will have my N-E-W pump tomorrow.

Going to install the Aquastream with it. This will allow me to overclock my Ehiem 1046 to 1048 levels. Should be interesting.

My only concern with the Aquastream is that it may not have enough "oomph" to power my dual loop system. Looking at the pic below I am going to have a CPU and GPU loop. With this setup and Aquastream pump I will really be able to see how the "Low Flow" European systems work.

modsquad2 · 11-10-04, 08:49 AM

Excellent work Sho, you are going to have one mean-machine.
Questios:
What CPU and NorthBridge h20 blocks are you using?
Have you thought about using the AquaJet in your AquaTube?

Said to give an nice affect with the LED mod (I love Aqua-Computer gear)....

I have the very same video card (yet to get it installed).. Keep the updates coming as well as the first class work.

ShoNuff · 11-10-04, 04:17 PM

Yo ModSquad, thanks for posting.

I thought about adding the AquaJet, and I still may, however I am concerned about how it may affect my flow rates.

When I get a chance to test the Aquastream I may add it. Not sure at this point.

Are you going to "Vinyl Dye" or paint your flow meter? That is next on my list. Not sure if I am going to go the paint or dye route?

modsquad2 · 11-10-04, 05:05 PM

I had planned on painting it, but as it will be behind that 5.25" bay mirrored acrylic back plate I made no one will ever see it.

It's a shame AQ did not just make the thing out of black plastic. What brand water blocks are you using? They look like AlphaCool.. and more hardware information:

motherboard
processor
hard drives
optical drives

ShoNuff · 11-11-04, 12:39 PM

"OLD" System Specs:

M/B: Abit IC7 MaxIII
Processor: 3.2GHz EE @ 4GHz
Video Card: eVGA 6800 Ultra 450/1.2GHz
Memory: Corsair XMS4000, 2.5-3-3-5
Optical Drives: NEC 3500A, Pioneer 108D
Hard Drives: WD 36GB Raptors x 2, Hitachi 160GB storage/backup

Cooling Parts:
Radiator: Aqua-Computer Evo 360
CPU Block: AlphaCool NexXus HP Pro (performed slightly better than the AC block)
N/B Block: Aqua-Computer Twinplex
GPU Block: Aqua-Computer AquaGrafx 6800

Other:
Fan/Temp Controller: Aqua-Computer Aquero 3.07 VFD

Pump: Aqua-Computer Aquastream v3.0

I just got the flow meter yesterday. I don't think I am going to paint it. It will be hidden sitting down in the area next to my HD's.

In an effort to clean things up a little I may add the CF to my drives the way ModSquad did. That is such a clean mod.

10-09-04, 10:24 PM	#1
ShoNuff Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA	Check it...More new stuff on the way :) I thought I would do something a little different and share my work with all of you from the end to the beginning. Well, sorta, I'm not actually done yet. I wanted to kick this off with a pic of my side panel. Just got it back from Custom Water Cuts Anyway...here is the first pic. Many more pics to come. I will be sharing all the particulars such as: case, mobo processor, cooling and the mods as I go. Sho Last edited by ShoNuff; 11-10-04 at 02:07 AM. Reason: changed thread title

10-09-04, 10:28 PM	#2
Vio1 Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Toronto Canada	they did an awesome job with that door. was it expensive? __________________ Heatware

10-09-04, 10:39 PM	#3
PLOBBY Member Join Date: Aug 2004	wow, i dont like lions a whole lot but looks really nice.... __________________ "Oh man oh how I wish I didn't smoke Or drink to reason with my head But sometimes this thick confusion Grows until I cannot bear it at all Needle to the vein Needle to the vein Take this needle from my vein my friend" ~DM

10-09-04, 11:54 PM	#5
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10-10-04, 02:09 AM	#7
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10-09-04, 10:50 PM	#4
OLMI Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: San Diego, CA	Wow, that looks really good! I also would like to know if it was expensive.

10-10-04, 02:03 AM	#6
ShoNuff Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA	Thanks for the compliments fellas It wasn't much at all. CWC requires that you submit an image of what you want cut so that they can convert it into a pdf file and spec it for the machine. This will cost you $15. Should you decide to go forward they will credit the $15 towards your purchase. It cost me $70 total. Of course prices vary depending on the amount of work they have to do. After submitting the image I measured and double-checked the location of the cut. As you see from the background in the first pic I mounted an Aqua-Computer Evo 360 Radiator into the LianLi V1000. I am going with a green theme and will have a nice green lite illuminating the Lion when I am done. I am going to put a plexi screen behind the window and wrap it in Modders Mesh. I got the idea from something similar at Gruntville.

10-10-04, 02:44 AM	#9
Sean Lindstrom Member Join Date: May 2002	"Art Nouveau is an elegant decorative art style characterized by intricately detailed patterns of curving lines." -artcyclopedia.com "In general it was most successfully practiced in the decorative arts: furniture, jewelry, and book design and illustration. The style was richly ornamental and asymmetrical, characterized by a whiplash linearity reminiscent of twining plant tendrils. Its exponents chose themes fraught with symbolism, frequently of an erotic nature. They imbued their designs with dreamlike and exotic forms." -encyclopedia.com Got that pegged. ShoNuff's lion would be perfecly at home in this stained-glass window landscape. Love it, BTW.

10-10-04, 02:50 AM	#10
ShoNuff Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA	I am using an Aqua-Computer AquaTube Revision 1.1. Mounted in the hard drive bay as you can see below. This thing was a bear to install due to the fact that it is "slightly" larger than the standard 80mm hole saw. Now it sits nice and snug it its new home. I am going to replace the 45 degree elbows on the left with these 90's I got recently. Should be less restrictive and easier to plumb. I imagine it will look even better with the green LED and water flowing through it. Got the European parts (mostly Aqua-Computer) gear from SNT Systems. Last edited by ShoNuff; 10-13-04 at 02:38 AM.

10-10-04, 04:54 AM	#11
Valk Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Chocobo Alley, Aht Urgan Whitegate	man. that is going to be one of the sexier wc'd cases i have seen to date. very nice work. that lion on your door is very impressive, but god damn.. $70 to have it cut? just.. wow. Just very nice overall ^^ will look awsome. __________________ Fumika - HP2710p, My personal Tablet PC slave Intel C2D U7600@1.2ghz - 4GB Kingston HyperX pc5300 - Runcore Pro IV 32gb 1.8" ZIF SSD - 12" LED backlit with Wacom Digitizer - Windows 7 RC1/nLited XPTablet2005 Other Stuff Heat - Watercooled Lian Li PC-V600 - HIME, Watercooled SFF - Coming soon: CarPC in 2003.5 Mazdaspeed Protege. Aspire one 9" in dash =)

10-10-04, 01:21 PM	#12
dj_2004 Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Elk Grove, CA	i love that grill but damn 37bux is way too much for me. looks good tho. also do you need to pay $15 just to get a price estimate on a panel design or is it free? __________________ Its Alive! CPU: C2D E6400 @ 3Ghz Motherboard: EVGA 680i RAM: 4GB Crucial Ballistix GPU: 8800GTS 640MB HDD: 2.75TB PSU: Corsair HX520 Last edited by dj_2004; 10-10-04 at 06:26 PM.

10-11-04, 09:02 AM	#13
Skeen Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Cincinnati	Nice design. It looks like the stylized MGM lion that I've seen in a Stanley Kubrick film or two. With that kind of theme, it'd make a pretty cool media center type rig. Nice looking setup so far, looks professional. __________________ q6600 @ 3.6GHz Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L (vdroop is killing me) Nvidia 9600 GT 4 GB DDR2 Win7 Opteron 170 @ 2.4 1.25v Biostar Tforce 6100-939 Nvidia 7950GT 2 GB DDR WinXP

10-13-04, 02:32 AM	#16
ShoNuff Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA	I recently found some sleeving that I've never seen before. Given my "Green" theme I think it will work well. I should have the sleeving by Monday and finish the job sometime next week. The PSU I am sleeving is below. It is the OCZ/Tagan Powerstream 520. It is a very nice unit. I had a PCP&C 510 Deluxe but it was very loud under load. I was using it to power my 3.2GHz EE cpu, two optical drives, 3 HD's, 9800XT, 2 120mm and 5 80mm fans and it would get very loud under load. At idle it was whisper quite. The rails were ultra tight under MBM as monitored in windows. I haven’t been able to test the OCZ 520 much. I just know it is quite and also has very tight tolerances on all rails. So far I am impressed. In addition to that it looks so good my wife (who could care less about my hobby) had to stop and ask me what that shiny thing was. Behold..."The shiny thing"

10-14-04, 04:11 PM	#17
fzepnts Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Florida	looking great so far shonuff

10-14-04, 06:22 PM	#18
Vio1 Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Toronto Canada	looks good. keep it up. __________________ Heatware

11-03-04, 07:30 PM	#19
ShoNuff Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA	PSU is done...finally Finally got the PSU done. Did away with the annoying 24 pin connector and that one connector I've never used since I've been building PC's. The extra four wires for the ATX connector are hidden in the ATX connector sleeving. I'm happy with the way it turned out.

11-03-04, 07:36 PM	#20
ShoNuff Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA	Bad News... I had been waiting on this pump to complete this project and it arrived broken. It will be two more weeks before I will see another one.

11-10-04, 01:56 AM	#25
ShoNuff Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA	Finally... I got my card...finally. I gotta give props to my man Dennis at PC Club in Thousand Oaks. Called and they just happened to have one available. Sometimes you just can't beat the local guys. If you guys are looking for XT PE's he may be able to get them for you. Give em call or check em' out out online. I should have the AquagraFX 6800 (pic below) in about another two weeks. The only thing I don't like about this card is the noise of the stock cooling unit.

11-10-04, 02:04 AM	#26
ShoNuff Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA	The good news is that I will have my N-E-W pump tomorrow. Going to install the Aquastream with it. This will allow me to overclock my Ehiem 1046 to 1048 levels. Should be interesting. My only concern with the Aquastream is that it may not have enough "oomph" to power my dual loop system. Looking at the pic below I am going to have a CPU and GPU loop. With this setup and Aquastream pump I will really be able to see how the "Low Flow" European systems work.

11-10-04, 08:49 AM	#27
modsquad2 New Member Join Date: Nov 2004	Excellent work Sho, you are going to have one mean-machine. Questios: What CPU and NorthBridge h20 blocks are you using? Have you thought about using the AquaJet in your AquaTube? Said to give an nice affect with the LED mod (I love Aqua-Computer gear).... I have the very same video card (yet to get it installed).. Keep the updates coming as well as the first class work.

11-10-04, 04:17 PM	#28
ShoNuff Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA	Yo ModSquad, thanks for posting. I thought about adding the AquaJet, and I still may, however I am concerned about how it may affect my flow rates. When I get a chance to test the Aquastream I may add it. Not sure at this point. Are you going to "Vinyl Dye" or paint your flow meter? That is next on my list. Not sure if I am going to go the paint or dye route?

11-10-04, 05:05 PM	#29
modsquad2 New Member Join Date: Nov 2004	I had planned on painting it, but as it will be behind that 5.25" bay mirrored acrylic back plate I made no one will ever see it. It's a shame AQ did not just make the thing out of black plastic. What brand water blocks are you using? They look like AlphaCool.. and more hardware information: motherboard processor hard drives optical drives

11-11-04, 12:39 PM	#30
ShoNuff Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA	"OLD" System Specs: M/B: Abit IC7 MaxIII Processor: 3.2GHz EE @ 4GHz Video Card: eVGA 6800 Ultra 450/1.2GHz Memory: Corsair XMS4000, 2.5-3-3-5 Optical Drives: NEC 3500A, Pioneer 108D Hard Drives: WD 36GB Raptors x 2, Hitachi 160GB storage/backup Cooling Parts: Radiator: Aqua-Computer Evo 360 CPU Block: AlphaCool NexXus HP Pro (performed slightly better than the AC block) N/B Block: Aqua-Computer Twinplex GPU Block: Aqua-Computer AquaGrafx 6800 Other: Fan/Temp Controller: Aqua-Computer Aquero 3.07 VFD Pump: Aqua-Computer Aquastream v3.0 I just got the flow meter yesterday. I don't think I am going to paint it. It will be hidden sitting down in the area next to my HD's. In an effort to clean things up a little I may add the CF to my drives the way ModSquad did. That is such a clean mod. Last edited by ShoNuff; 12-24-04 at 10:38 PM.