My 8.5lb BomberMan LAN rig is done!

[Captain Slug]

If you're willing to try a different heatsink, I have this one and it performs exceeding well for it's low profile:
http://www.overclockers.com/articles597/
It should leave you more room for a fatter fan.

I had already looked at that one in plans for when (if) I upgrade to a faster CPU. But thanks for telling me anyways.

 

[mycotopian]

Nice rig!

 

[Temo Vryce]

That's a Sweet, Tight, Pimpin' system. No offense though. I still prefer the big honkin Full towers where a man can get inside beside his mother board and work on stuff.

 

[CrystalMethod]

Sweet rig guy! Good job on shoe horning it in there.

 

[Nico3k]

very good job...i love the window

 

[couchpotato]

Very nice --
my LAN rig is 16 x 14 x 3.5
and not half as good lookin.

see pic on left
case is an old ICL M40
Standard Mobo QDI advance 10b
celeron 1.3 without fan
sealed case with 2 x 80mm 7 volt fans
really hacked sound card
and a whole Geforce 2 mx
(has anyone else been brave enough to
un-solder the agp socket and lay it in at 45degrees)



I took a standard PSU and a hacksaw to squeeze it into
the case (too expensive to buy areal smallone)

the usb CD-ROM is a dog - trying to install from a 4X
drive is painful...

 

[Is_907]

that is an amazing machine... and of course other than the onboard video i'd love to run it at a LAN =) (just got off of a GF2 so i'm loving my radeon8500 and couldn't stand going back =)

btw, how much does a waterjet cut like that cost? i'm considering something like that only a bit more detailed (chinese text) for the back of my next case (unless i get a laptop... =)

 

[TyRex]

yeah, how much does that cost??? And where can it be done??

 

[64Thunderbolt]

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Charlie

 

[Captain Slug]

LiquidThunderCreations.com..... Email me for quotes!!

Charlie

Yep, Charlie did the cutout for this case.
The cut edges are so smooth...

 

[SniperXX]

NICE CASE!


<----- IS



hehe.

 

[Crazy Jayhawk]

errrrr...shoehorning?

Fitting stuff into small spaces.

 

[diggingforgold]

Awesome rig!!! I love the case. I don't know how you managed so squeeze everything in there like that. Maybe on a future rig, if you dare to get smaller, , look into using mobile parts (laptop). But that might cost a bit more

BTW- How did you cut that???





JK you guys! I had to ask that question one more time just to make one of you snap

"IT'S IN THE ****ING POST YOU ***-**** ******-****ING ***-OF-A-*****!!!!"

 

[Captain Slug]

Maybe on a future rig, if you dare to get smaller, , look into using mobile parts (laptop). But that might cost a bit more

It's using a Laptop CD-ROM (case requirement) and a laptop Hard drive (only spare I had at the time). The laptop hard drive saves alot of weigh and noise.
The case case with a Floppy drive, but I ditched it because I wasn't going to be using it with this rig.

 

[JoT]

mind providing a link to where you got the case?

 

[Captain Slug]

mind providing a link to where you got the case?

$63 at newegg
or
$72 at directron

 

[wilhelm310]

Bow down to the Master of Shoehorning! |
Iam Bowing Bowing 1 more Bowing lol

 

[JoT]

$63 at newegg
or
$72 at directron

Thanks Slug, and very nice job, I must say.

 

[f00t]

anyone seen this.

http://www.hitechmods.com/mods/The_Ice_Cube/The_Ice_Cube-48.jpg

looks masively nice

 

[Captain Slug]

anyone seen this.
http://www.hitechmods.com/mods/The_Ice_Cube/The_Ice_Cube-48.jpg

I've seen that a number of time and it's nice looking, but not a very intelligent use of the space or materials. He could have arranged those parts together differently and had a machine half the size and twice the cooling efficiency. (IMO anyways)