Monster Rig.

teer · Post by **teer** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 1:04 am

its so big. haha. i gotta go microatx. setting up a sweet water cooling for a micro i think would be immpressive as well as fitting everything in there.

Bio-Hazard · Post by **Bio-Hazard** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 7:08 am

There's a pre-modded version of your case with water cooling out already. You might want to take a look at it for some ideas...............

I've also got the same case that I'm building a rig for my wife in. They are a great little case.

http://www.voyeurmods.com/index.php?act ... revstart=0

killswitch83 · Post by **killswitch83** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 9:39 am

Man, when I thought I've seen everything, something else comes out and blows my mind, lol. A SFF with watercooling?? That's nuts! It looks good too, might I add. Definitely a consideration if you need to save space and want watercooling for those great OC's

bubba · Post by **bubba** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 10:03 am

thats nice, taking mental note for future ref...

was thinking of getting a qpac for my next case, running out of room around the desk.

Bio-Hazard · Post by **Bio-Hazard** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 10:05 am

For a matx case they really are pretty nice, removeable MoBo tray and all aluminum. They even say that the carrying handle will support 40lbs......................

killswitch83 · Post by **killswitch83** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 11:07 am

And all for a measly $299, lol. Not bad if you ask me...It comes with the radiator, right? Because I saw it's not installed, but I wondered if it came with the case? If so, that's really good, and would probably be a good setup for LAN parties, since you can carry it around place to place, and it looks good!! Hmmmmmmmm....................

Bio-Hazard · Post by **Bio-Hazard** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 12:20 pm

It comes with everything listed in the details section, some of the stuff is just not installed from what I can tell................

killswitch83 · Post by **killswitch83** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 9:29 pm

ah yes, that is a sweet price for a case with a fairly decent PSU and water-cooling kit...sure you gotta buy the waterblock for your individual components you want cooled, but hey, well worth it still, plus you have good options with blocks....I'm stuck between Koolance and Swiftech for my desktop build, and I'm going with the Exos 2 system by Koolance for my watercooling. You have a better suggestion than one of these, bio?

Bio-Hazard · Post by **Bio-Hazard** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 8:55 am

The new Koolance systems are pretty nice and they have gotten real good reviews. You should get good performance out of it, although I do find them a little pricey, got they have great quality products and are super easy to get up and running.

killswitch83 · Post by **killswitch83** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 11:02 am

sounds like a winner to me; yeah, they are pricey: $320 for the Exos 2 setup, which includes the temp monitor, pump, radiator, tubing, and coolant. What's REALLY gonna cost me are the blocks for my CPU, GPU, NB, HDD, and RAM. But, like I always say, go big or go home, lol

Bio-Hazard · Post by **Bio-Hazard** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 6:24 pm

I started modding the outside today, first up is the top panel. I went with a simple dual window to set off the dual radiators of my water cooling system.

First up the before top panel;

Sort of plain isn't it................ :o

Now for the after photo, but before I put the window in (which I still have to do).

Much better looking if I do say so myself.....................

And this is what it'll look like installed.

infinitevalence · Post by **infinitevalence** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 7:35 pm

did you cnc that sucker???

Bio-Hazard · Post by **Bio-Hazard** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 9:14 pm

Water Jet Cutter.......................

Cost a whole $15. But I did the programming so it was just a load and go...............

Wait till you see the next one I got on the drawing board..............

killswitch83 · Post by **killswitch83** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 9:40 pm

that is frickin sweet looking, smooth edges and all!!!!! personally though, I like the satisfaction of cutting up my fingers and still having rough edges knowing I did it myself....to each his own I guess, I might get my side panel CNC'd or wet cut, but the plexiglass is all mine, heheheheheh

Bio-Hazard · Post by **Bio-Hazard** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 11:18 pm

I normallly do all my own cutting but I just by chance came across this place that does the water jet cutting. Both the owners of the company are big into computers and such and when I mentioned to them about doing this case mod it was like come on down, we can do it better, faster and a lot cleaner than any other type of cutting. And they made me a deal I couldn't pass up. And the material on the UFO case is 3.6 mm thick which makes it extremely hard to get clean straight cuts by hand.
Here's a shot of a 120mm fan mount bracket I made out of some scrap aluminum for my Cooler Master case, all done by hand with my trusty dremel. It came out pretty nice, but the material is about half as thick as the UFO panels.

killswitch83 · Post by **killswitch83** » Sat Sep 24, 2005 11:45 pm

Very nice dremel work there; makes for a good case mod, that 120mm fan; probably would have went with that high-flow Evercool for the front, but Thermaltake does a pretty good job too, more power to ya

; I know I plan on using the 120mm Tt fans that come with the Tsunami for a nice little case mod, heheheh; let's just say the stock side panel fan will no longer exist, and a funnel may go in its place, and maybe those 2 120mm fans will have something to do with it (oh no I went and said too much, lol); anyways, nice work, can't wait to see everything in its glory (as if the case isn't enough, lol).

Bio-Hazard · Post by **Bio-Hazard** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 11:14 pm

I'll be picking up my 2 side panels on Monday when I head back into St Louis..............

I'm having my Bio-Hazard Logo cut into them, they're going to be 14" x 13.25, it's going to pretty much fill up the side panel...............

Bio-Hazard · Post by **Bio-Hazard** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 3:35 pm

Side panels are finished, I'll have to wait till Monday when I'm in St Louis to pick them up though.................

Can't wait to get them installed to see how they look. I do have a pic that the guy sent me of the finished panel though, check it out...................

kenc51 · Post by **kenc51** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 3:49 pm

That looks VERY nice...
You remebered the golden rule aswell, know when to stop... A case like yours opens lots of possabilities... yet you somehow managed to keep a clean, proffessional look - mucho props on a good job!

Are you going to leave the gaps open or add some kind of grill?

If you are going to add some mesh and such... give it a small bit of yellow color (the mesh/grill that is)-- would go with the Bio-Hazrd theme?

I wish I had the patience to do some REAL modding... but alas.. I'M TOO LAZY (my moto is -> "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" -> or "why sit down when you can lie down"

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Bio-Hazard · Post by **Bio-Hazard** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 4:05 pm

Thanks for the props...............

Right now the plan is for some mesh, but I'm still trying to find some that I like that is large enough to cover in one peice............................