PROJECT: sammy

[doom56]

ok thought i spill the beens now cos poor coolmister is iching to see what the hell am i ordering

at the moment my computer is knackered as the mobo is over heating as i can smell something burning and have a desktop fan cooling it down as well but if i take it away the computer cuts out and have to wait for an hour for it to cool down to start up again. and many other problems.

the vid of my old one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGHofKVXp_Q

so at the moment i am making a new computer but this time no fish tank or fancy clear cases....infact no case...

i am making a table with a box in the middle under the table where my new computer is going in with a glass cover over it like this crummy pic i made

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and so far i have just finnished making the box just now adding in the parts and so far i have got the motherboard plate in and screwed in and rear cut (will sand down later)

first off was to plan out things
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then make the box (yes i did it in my room cos it was cold outside)
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then when i made the box i needed to cut out the back plate out for the card slots (will sand down last just test fitting it first)
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put in the modded mobo plate in and screwed it down and hell its well tight on
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next was the psu now i havent got the new psu yes as its gonna cost me £230 for it and i need to know where the holes are on it cos i am having the psu exposed with modded fans for it (have checked with Tagan and said it will be fine if i did the fan mod. so for now i riped out of an 350W psu the mains plug conector and added it in the box

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ok i have drilled a 76mm hole for an 80mm fan so all the heat inside the box will be sucked out from the rear
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then added in the screw hole and screws
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and when done it looked like this
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i stoped of at my local hardware store (B&Q) as i needed some more parts wich costed me £50
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just looking at the space the res tank was in the way when i wanted to fit in the fluorescent black light so i had move the res tank closer to the motherboard and fitted in the fluorescent base
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and here are 2 pics when it was done and tested
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then i came up with a problem the raditor did not fit in cos of the fluorescent base was fatter then i thought so i had to move the base upside down and highter
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today i had my delevery from coolercases.co.uk and sadly i ordered 3 120mm fans but he only had 1 in stock but they are gonna send me the other 2 when soon as they get them in stock. :p

anyways i have fitted the one fan on the RAD with a danger den grill and here is what it looks like
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close up
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ok today i didnt do much as i was hard on time but for now i did was compare and add in some cables

[doom56]

this is what it looked like when flashed

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then in night
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here is where i wrap the cables up from the pvc to UV red

this is when i fitted the sleaves on and just placed the heat shrinks where they gonna go
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then i knicked my mums hairdryer and shrunk them
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i installed some cables (test fit) and looks like i will have do mod some wires so it can reach the mobo for when i get the 2 other fans.
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and this is taken with no flash
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my bro cam in the room and then smilled and looked at his teath and they were well funny and here are some scary pics of him in the dar and UV'ed at
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this when i installed the 2 rads
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and bam i came up this problem and tryed everyting and just wont fit cos of the poor holes in the rad (cos of the ALU fans are a little bigger then plastic ones)
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drilled the 3 107mm holes for the rad (B&Q didnt do anything closer then 120mm)
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and the given up and finnished rad job
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ok since i got the mains UV light i needed a switch and also a switch for the psu cos this one is going to be an open type so i added them in and also the same time added in a nice big power on switch on the right.
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and this is the messy inside bit but will clean later in time
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this is the mains temp wireing
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then i forgot the HDD so i used some brackets i was going to use but now are usless but works just what i needed for the HDD
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and so far under UV
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my cable arrived a nice 90cm RED cable but it was pink
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tested it under UV
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so i braided one side that it will be seen in the box
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[doom56]

retest under UV
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miles better

YEY my alpha cool LCD arrved and was dead easy to plug in just using a USB cable no power sorce needed
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after a few days trying to make this scripts i tested one
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and then the new scripts i had to mod to make it work
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yes it still has the protective film over it cos i aint dont yet.

then took it apart
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choped the side brackets off to mount how i wanted it using picture hangers upside down and modded to fit and mount then put it in the box but i had to drill a BIG 22mm hole in the back for the usb to hang out of the rear and here is the result
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well thats it but will make the power LED and HDD act led in a wired way tho so keep an eye out and i need a cheep any sort of 5 or 7" tft or lcd screen!!!

[coolmiester]

Absolutely brilliant...........i want one for the living room that can playtable top Space Invaders (http://www.gremlinsolutions.co.uk/images/Voyager%20Other%20Side.jpg) :cool:

[doom56]

paul i wanna kiss you now after showing me that about the glass.

cos i was thinking how the hell was i going to fit the glass as i havent let room for the glass lips to rest the glass on but you shown me of a glass covering the WHOLE thing and if i do that it will protect the wood too and dont have to use an anoying mouse mat.

can any one please do me a fave is to get a brass or chrome plate and carve on it the coolercases logo as i realy want to put one in the box.

if you have any mod ideas PLEASE SAY cos the more help i get from you the better it will be.

[Teebor]

Thats look absolutely rocking, I've always wanted a Tron style computer in desk, but yours beats that hands down and it aint even finished yet..

**edit**

Just read your post above, and you might want to look at something like these

http://www.gremlinsolutions.co.uk/glassclips.htm

They will hold the glass down to the table, but these are designed for tabletop arcades normally (and gremlin only seem to do black I think)

[doom56]

mmm was thinking of using trangles cornors to hold it down as i already have the table top and its 40mm thick wood (£79) but i mostly want this TFT or LCD screen that i can mod cos i was thinking the open ones but pauls one costed too much and so where car headrests so i looked at a PS1 portable screen and i might get away with it but i need a good one tho cos i wanna put it on the other side of the mid fan

[nyzrox]

hahaha, love the black light mate, bet B&Q thought you was the local dealer ;)

Good idea though mate, i may start a log and actually finish this one, as im in the process of sourcing the final parts for my Mini-ITX system for my car :D

Good luck with the mod.

[doom56]

ok sorry for the delay as i had some money shorts but i havent brought much this month so heres what i got and done so far from the parts i had already but just needed to fit in.

ok what i did was i had an cooler master drive thingy which was so boring and have to keep looking at a funny angle to see it well not this time as i striped it and wow there was nothing much inside so could have smallen the board but sadly i finnished collage years ago so i had to mod this one instead
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i took out the needle blocks out and put it on some wood and hot glued later on
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then i relised lighting as it was 6 blue leds and a strange backing to reflect it so i thought i make my own but im using 12 leds to make sure it was bright enough
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soldered them togeather
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then i tested it and NOTHING lit up the needles so i thought i'll try using 24 leds but was a little better but then i cramed 32 LED's and then soldered em all togeather minding the electral working
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i orderd a Tagan ATX2.01 Turbojet Quad SLi Silent PSU and arrived like this...sweet
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opend up
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took it out
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layed the cables out
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so i put thePSU on hold cos i cant do anything with it just yet so i look back at the 6.5" TFT touch screen (£170) and halfway made a box for it
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then i needed to make a plate for the box so i can install the switches and my first atempt was using steel sheets (mesured and predrilled)
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then disaster stikes.....on the 2nd hole during drilling a 20mm hole RIPED a metal chunk up
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so i thought i'll stick to wood and i did ( i know they are bulky bolts but will change the 2 later in time when i get more money)
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ok as i wanted to get the cooler master thingy sorted i made a copy shape of the board and marked the holes
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i was going to put it in that big space where the fan extention joints are...
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but to keep it off the wood and cables is by using these old spacers that i got from my old computer case (the fish tank)
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installed the spacers and yes i know its very wonky but i dont care cos i aint a carpter
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[doom56]

i installed more spacers for the meatal plate so the PSU can sit on by sticky tape then test fited it all and this is how it went
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next was the water pump and sadly my D5 was dying in my computer as its not moving much water anymore so...dont worry i slaped in my EHEIM 1250 (from my green monster devil looking case) and didnt fit very well
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so i took out the HDD out and refit the pump and screwed in
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conected the pipe from the res to pump
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then i left it for a while and got back to the things i needed to do first as it had to be done

ok i mounted the 32 LED base and cabled down the wires
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i made a back plate for it and pritstick some alu tin foil and then nailed it to the block
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and done...not bad eh altho i cant be bothered to clean it up
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then i got the PCB board and sleaved the cables and spend an hour finding which wire was which as i forgot to lable them
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when i done all that i move back to the box again and fitted the pipe from the CPU block to the res tank
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here is a bracket i was going to use for the HDD and they seemed a bit to long
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thats better
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then i mounted the HDD on the side of the box and leveled it up later on after the pic was taken
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installed the cables
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back to the TFT screen i needed to reroot the power switch if i was going to cover the whole box later so here it is
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then i went back to the cooler master thingy and soldered the 2 power wires for the 32 LED's
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then tidyed my cables
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i installed the PSU and what a mess it was
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so messy i coulnt stand it
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[doom56]

so i drilled a hole in the bottom of the box and fed the unnessery cables through it
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getting cleaner
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where the unwanted cables are (will sort it out later)
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found my old Y piece and found it was covered in limescale
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so i cleaned it all up and installed it so i can conect my fill port on the spare tube on the right
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well thats it for now will post more at the end of this month when i install the 7950 GTX superclocked GPU and watercooled and most of all leak testing.

[Alex Slane]

ha ha well got to be honest really loving this , nice to see something on the very diffrent side ! keep it up fella cant wait to see the next stage and the finsihed product.
alex:)

[doom56]

Right thought i keep you updated cos this month im not gonna do much as i dont have much money to spend as i just blew under £400 on the EVGA 7950 superclocked PCI-e. also i blew my HDD on the computer im using now so i lost a lot but here is what i saved just before i did...


ok i was getting less things to do so i got some more stair bannasters and now i have 4 :)
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i cut them down to 29" then sanded them down later (took me 5 hours to sand down them all)
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i cut a rear boarder and made the side boarders and screwed them all togeather (i left the front due to no leg room)

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when i spent £70 on this MASSIVE wood it arrived very badly warped and phoned them up and got an exchange then it was warped too so i laid it flat and put heavy weights on it and left it for 4 months and here it is
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then i mounted the leg frame on
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then fliped it over and here is the results
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next the tricky bit planing to cut the hole out and after 2 days i got a final drawing and all marked on the table
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the next thing was i preped everything ready and i had to change the mounting the box to the table cos one cornor was 1/2cm longer and when i rechecked everything i got diffrent results so this is plan B
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ok now the most expencive job ever on a 4 weeks to order and £70 wood board is to cut the hole out.

first off i drilled hole on each cornor so i dont have to do a wonky job later on
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then start to cut with a jig saw
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and volia
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[doom56]

ok now on to the computer box preping
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then i fliped the table over again so its flat and did a few mesurements and the rear leg support boarder was in the way so i had to remove it
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i fliped the computer box over and moved it about to where i marked the lines early on then screwed it in

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then i got 3 people to help me with the flip again as it weighed a TON and here is the ending results
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then i went to work on the back by putting the boarder on and this time lower
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well thats it for now and the next thing to do is mod and fit the DVD combo drive in a wood case :p sounding good already then keep checking back here.

[craig_t]

wha doom its looking very nice now!

you'd be stuck if you wanted to take it somewhere lol :)

[Rig]

Nice idea doom, i did once consider it myself with a m-itx motherboard and a flip up screen, but dropped the idea with the lack of performance and posibilitites with the motherboard. Keep it coming!

[doom56]

ok heres an update and almost done now

i needed to get on with the dvd combi drive so i choped up some wood and did some quick messurements
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i drilled some more holes so i can stealth the door in wood
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mounted the upper cover to the wood
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then i needed to have a hard think and a few trys and tests for the led so when the door moves the wire moves and this is the results
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i mounted it on to the table and did the wires
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I then moved on to the graphics card

this is the stock heatsinks it came with my 7950GTX and well looked plain just like the other makes
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added some tubes ready
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took the card in half ready for the water blocks to be fitted
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1 heatsink off and this was it was like
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took of the pads off and they felt like plasters lol
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here are the water blocks to be mounted
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i paste some heat transfer compounds and fitted both blocks on
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[doom56]

put the 2 halfs togeather
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and this is what the stocks looked like (so cheeply made)
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on goes the card
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then i ran out of tubing and luclky i found some old ones from my old setups and JUST about fitted in
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i then made the fill port
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smashed a USB hub and screwed it to the leg and i thought i rip out the stock green leds and changed it to slow changing colour ones
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fitted in the WI-FI antenna in (just 2 screws and it held up cos it had 2 maginets on the antenna)
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i went back to the touch screen box and cos i broke a switch when mounting it on i changed it to this one as i have a new mod idea....again
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well thats it im out of pics for now but if you wanna know what that switch was for then come back later and find out and no its not for UV lights.

[doom56]

ok i just did this a while ago and thought i show it now as next week this project should be compleated

ok i had this spare lamp holder and i got this for my room due to dim lighting but i went and got a better holder so i had an idea for this on
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took it apart
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mounted it inside the touch screen box and found some spare cable and pre wired it all in
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cut and soldered the live wire to the switch
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put the bulb in (no its not a lamp bulb its a 7 slow changing colour led bulb (£6 of ebay)
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and the results

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well thats it for the next 2 weeks do to no money so please send me some food to live on :p

[craig_t]

looking rely good now doom!

[Bubbles]

looks great man keep it up

[ash77ah]

Nice!

[doom56]

ok just to let you know and will put pics later...

ITS ALIVE...just leak testing for the next 24hours and have powered on the computer and wow ;)

[Alex Slane]

gimme pics dude i have been watching this for some time now and got to say it looks sweet as a nut !

nice one

alex :)

[RinSewand]

love the idea mate! and nicely executed too. Have you got any further with ideas on how to mount the glass?

RwD

[doom56]

well i have the computer up and running and only took 10 mins to install win XP and get on the internet :p (i aint kidding)

all i got to get now is just the glass and to mount them i was thinking like cornor brackets like you see on suitecases and things with brassy bits on the cornors but the looks of things im gonna have to make them as they are gonna be big unless i look in B&Q tmo if i get the chance...

its a lovely computer and will get the pics up and running as soon as i get the glass..

[craig_t]

lol thats fast! have you got the new pics yet?

[doom56]

well its not as good as i expected from an asus board as i should have sticked with an DFI as this one keeps crashing and other problems and its overclocking is prethetic from 2.4 to 2.75 GHx i can push more with a DFI board so im gonna get one as soon as i get paid and also to get the glass

the cd drive had given up cos of the poor motor to drive the door died as it couldnt give the power i wanted it to run so i made an new one and faild too but did some adjustments to the door by putting lighter wood on it and move the leds and made a box for a power switch and cd door switch and the 4 leds one is for the power led, 2nd is the HDD led, 3rd is the dvd led, and lastly is the cd/dvd writing status led.

i had to scrap the touch screen as the 7950 is just to powerful for it and it wont attach in the settings. so im gonna use it for something else now...

[craig_t]

cool! shame the mobo doesnt do its job... also what do you mean about the monitor? i dont get it

[doom56]

the mobo just packed in and made me lose xp :(

the touch screen wont work with the 7950 GTX card :(

[kevinbo03]

Sorry to hear about the Hardware issues, But man, Everything else is looking great!

I myself am a woodworker, And when I saw the first pic with the parts on the particle board, I was worried you would use that as the surface. But after seeing you went with a solid workbench block, My worries ended! I love solid carpentry and that surface is going to be perfect!

Keep up the work and keep us posted, Hope those dang hardware issues get resolved.

[BitingBunny]

well its not as good as i expected from an asus board as i should have sticked with an DFI as this one keeps crashing .

I knew it!!! Look, there is no airflow around those heat spreaders from chipset! That might be your problem and i've had exactly the same. When you using watercooling for CPU you must also use those stupid loud fans from Asus on those spreaders or get rid of them and get chipset coolers.
To this project. Good idea but you didnt go into details which make this project poor average.
I've also seen unresized pictures and i can clearly see saw dust in PCI slots and RAM slots!!! OMG :@ If this was my hardware, i would kick your ass.
This saw dust might be also reason of crashing...

Good luck anyway and next time do it better and think more further

[Conan257]

Nice first post in the forums... Chill out and offer advice rather than bitching and moaning.

[Teebor]

Way!!! to show your support BitingBunny

And moving rapidly along. Damn shame about the problems your having. Its odd that the touchscreen isn't working with the gfx card, any more details on why?

[Conan257]

I've seen issues with touchscreens and gfx cards before that were due to resolution/refresh issues. PCI gfx cards were normally required to get them working before swapping back to the main gfx.

[BitingBunny]

Nice first post in the forums... Chill out and offer advice rather than bitching and moaning.

I did, but i bet that the saw dust did damage allready.Dont wana be bitchy, sorry if this sounds like that. I build between 30 to 40 custom pc's and rule nr. 1 is keep the place clean and tidy and have a plan! I'd say Doom is now angry with himself. Not well spend money and by the time this gona work, this hardware dropped from top end to mid.
One more think. From starting installing software to getting connected to the internet in 10 mins? :lol: right lmao
Tested today on my X6800, 2GB Mushkin 8000MHz,Win XP Pro took 14 mins !!!

[Rig]

BitingBunny its his own computer and he can choose to build it however he likes, did you ever consider that he my have been saying 10 minutes as a figure of speech? Theres no need to go and conduct a test to see how fast it is physically possible to install XP.

[coolmiester]

Can't understand why you would want to join such a friendly forum to be so hostile BitingBunny

Lets see some of the 30 to 40 custom pc's you have built and let us judge why you would rule nr ??

Err whats that saying.................either put up or shut up;)

[BitingBunny]

Can't understand why you would want to join such a friendly forum to be so hostile BitingBunny

No no no, i want apologize to you guys and i mean it. Its just from my point of view, this project could be done better. Its propably just lack of time from Doom and in that spare time he is trying to do as much as he can, but as we can see after few months its not done and not working. Its a great idea and all credit to him but...
My PC are comercial shite compare to this. Just usual stuff like side windows, cathodes and watercooling so there is nothing to show off.
Im working (on the paper yet) on complete silent PC with not a single fan,my own case and heat spreaders, but that new 8800 is giving me headache...

[Rig]

I would be interested to see some of your work tbh, and the silent PC does sound quite a project escpecially with a 8800.

[craig_t]

i take it this your your review?

link removed

[BitingBunny]

[QUOTE=craig_t;29311]i take it this your your review?

It is review from Doom. 3 stars out of 5. Ok but you didnt mention what did u do with it!!!

[craig_t]

[QUOTE=craig_t;29311]i take it this your your review?

It is review from Doom. 3 stars out of 5. Ok but you didnt mention what did u do with it!!!

you seem to have a big problem with doom.. have you ever met him? do you know who he is? did he used to bully you or something, and now your trying to take revenge on a forum? whatever the reason, its not for me to say but i think either leave the forum. or post nice posts, and in other topics to, you registered to post anoying posts in doom's thread?

for example instead of "you didnt mention what did u do with it!!!"

say something like " but, maybe you should have mentioned what you done with it."

NOTE: not shouting, not YOU DIDNT!!!!!!!!!!!! not !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'s etc.

[Rig]

craig_t, you hit the nail on the head.

BitingBunny why have you only posted in this thread, and after what was said the other night you continue to start worthless arguments, an make a complete mess of Doom's Project Log, which is a shame cause i think the idea behind the project is very good and have considered a similar project myself for a coffee table in my living room, then i can browse the internet from my chair and still watch TV on the media center.

[Leeum]

Can we please keep this on topic guys, I'm sure Doom56 doesn't appreciate us turning his project log into a free for all. :|

[craig_t]

Can we please keep this on topic guys, I'm sure Doom56 doesn't appreciate us turning his project log into a free for all. :|

I agree, but i was just trying to help :)

maybe delete all them posts?

[doom56]

No no no, i want apologize to you guys and i
Im working (on the paper yet) on complete silent PC with not a single fan,my own case and heat spreaders, but that new 8800 is giving me headache...
after reading your posts the first thing i suggest is how the hell would you do a fanless computer EG find me a fanless psu that can support a WHOLE computer and that 8800 card, secondly if you water cool it your still gonna put fans on a RAD. to my suggestion is dont waste time building a comp to make it quite just simply wear earplugs or headphones....

ok im back on old fish tank computer as my new one had died. when i power it on the useal flashy lights flash but i get no display and no HDD blinking led and cant power off even the 4second trick till i turn the psu off.

i have spoken to my local computer store and they suggest me was the psu cos as soon as it starts the 12v works fine but to power the rest of mobo is dead....

OR

i blew the asus mobo as its not good enough for me so im gonna get the DFI LanParty UT NF590 SLI-M2R/G....(stop dooling please) but will get this as soon as i get paid but will be some time as i have been very ill in the pass few days. (heart problems but getting better)

and yes i did that review cos its not as good as the box says it does as the overclocking was RUBBISH as it only went from 2.6GHz to 2.75GHz and wont let you overclock the memory or mobo or nothing its RUBBISH so thats why im moving back to DFI as i can overclock everything i want...even my shaft :P

i scraped the touch screen idea and now looking at the 24" dell TFT but will be a long wait tho....

i had made a box and rewired the power switch and leds and made another dvd combo bay as the NEC died on me and this one almost died but came back to life but now with a lighter wood door and moved the led's with the new box i made (will upload pics soon as i get the settings working)

well keep u posted as soon as i can when i do something with it...

as for the wood dust...have you ever heard of a bush and a hoover? very efective....

[Axiom]

Dude sorry to hear about the heart problems hope you get better. get a DFI LanPArty UT NF590 SLI-M2R/G and over clock the baby. the touch screen would have been a nice touch but if it doesn't work oh well! good try thou! Well done looking forward to updates!

[craig_t]

Dude sorry to hear about the heart problems hope you get better. get a DFI LanPArty UT NF590 SLI-M2R/G and over clock the baby. the touch screen would have been a nice touch but if it doesn't work oh well! good try thou! Well done looking forward to updates!

exactly what i was going to say lol!

[Axiom]

hehehe beat you to it!

[doom56]

ok i thought i keep you updated...

i orded a new mobo and psu and installed em and still did the same problem :(

so i took the memory and cpu to the shops and they tested the memory and passed but they ran out of time for the cpu so i thought i buy an new PCI-E gfx card just incases and tryed it all when i got home and still wont power on properly but....

GOOD NEWS
i went out and got a new cpu and IT WORKS :D

it turned out i blew me 4800+ and i found a local shop that was open on a sunday on XMAS eve and i brought a 5200+ cpu for £275 cheeper then ocuk so far its been up and running for 7 hours and not a single freeze or crash or anything just runs so PURE and like a dream YEY

[Rig]

Good to hear you got the problem sorted doom.

[doom56]

so far not a single crash or glinch i love it :d but i cant conect my fone to it as sony e dont have 64bit drivers :( and one or to bits and pices but who cares its work s and also now got the xpbard today and wow its nice but is tricky to get used to as the little finger is lazy to move lol

all i got to do is solder the power leds and hdd leds and the switch to the pins on the mobo...infact ill start on it now :)

[doom56]

ok guys thought i give ya an Xmas prezzie more pics

ok this was the computer i had built and was waiting for the memory

http://s113016774.websitehome.co.uk/uploads/pic241.jpeg

under uv with no power to the motherboard

http://s113016774.websitehome.co.uk/uploads/pic243.jpeg

and with the power on to the mobo

http://s113016774.websitehome.co.uk/uploads/pic245.jpeg

memory arrived (dont dribble please it costed me £350 cos of the lowest timings

http://s113016774.websitehome.co.uk/uploads/pic246.jpeg

when was trying to install vista beta but keeps freezing tho

http://s113016774.websitehome.co.uk/uploads/pic247.jpeg

another pic of the computer with flash

http://s113016774.websitehome.co.uk/uploads/pic248.jpeg

BANG something stoped working as when i powered it on it switchs on but just freeze so i thought it be the mobo

the old asus board

http://s113016774.websitehome.co.uk/uploads/pic250.jpeg

in with the new
DFI LANPARTY UT N590 SLI-m2r/g

http://s113016774.websitehome.co.uk/uploads/pic249.jpeg

took off the cpu heatsink bracket and placed on the pins for the water block

http://s113016774.websitehome.co.uk/uploads/pic251.jpeg

in she goes

http://s113016774.websitehome.co.uk/uploads/pic252.jpeg

still wont power on porperly so i replaced the psu for a hiper 580W psu

http://s113016774.websitehome.co.uk/uploads/pic253.jpeg

http://s113016774.websitehome.co.uk/uploads/pic254.jpeg

sorting out the cables

http://s113016774.websitehome.co.uk/uploads/pic255.jpeg

under light and fash

http://s113016774.websitehome.co.uk/uploads/pic256.jpeg

and under UV

http://s113016774.websitehome.co.uk/uploads/pic257.jpeg


well thats it so far just got to finnish wireing the leds for the power and HDD and the switchs but will take some pics

so far the computer work and run stable as the problem was i blew the poor 4800+ but dont worry i put it away and slaped in a FAT 5200+ and it loves it

[Rig]

Wow that looks sweet now its all together, nice modding!

Whats the dominator fan like?

[craig_t]

nice!!!

[Bubbles]

looks nice mate

[Axiom]

looks brilliant mate well done lovin the PSU all colourful and completely different colour to the water cooling lol. it's like a disco in there hehehehe

[coolmiester]

Nice one Doom - i bet its not long before the big companies catch on and you can buy tables like this from IKEA.

I could sure do with one ;)

[doom56]

ok since i scraped the touch screen idea i still needed to have some switchs and leds so i made a box and soldered the wires and switchs in

http://s113016774.websitehome.co.uk/uploads/pic258.jpeg

http://s113016774.websitehome.co.uk/uploads/pic259.jpeg

http://s113016774.websitehome.co.uk/uploads/pic260.jpeg


and the finnishing looks

http://s113016774.websitehome.co.uk/uploads/pic261.jpeg

http://s113016774.websitehome.co.uk/uploads/pic262.jpeg

http://s113016774.websitehome.co.uk/uploads/pic263.jpeg

well what to do next you ask....i donno lol all i need to do is wire up one fan on the rad as i dont have any ports left on the motherboard as im one short

then i need to get a better sound card so anyone suggest to me a good one? maybe a phyx card if its worth one cos i only play bf2???

then i will cover it with glass

[doom56]

Nice one Doom - i bet its not long before the big companies catch on and you can buy tables like this from IKEA.

I could sure do with one ;)

yeah i know something like this will happen stealing my ideas :( i know i only make computer mods to the limit but its what i do :P

[skunkmunkey]

Lol yeah, an ikea flat pack pc.

I would go with a creative x-fi, you can get them for around £60 OEM now. As for the phsyx cards I think they are a waste of money... theres hardly any games that use them and with the new GPUs being able to process physics and games becoming mulithreaded i dont really see the need to buy one.

[elfy]

hey Doom, what was the problem with it in the end? was the mobo effing up and fried both CPUs? working ok now it's on the DFI? maybe get a creative sound card with the break box? bit of extra work but maybe worth it.

[doom56]

it was a blown 4800+ cpu but now it has an 5200+ dual core am2 cpu :p

[Mankz.]

you know something,

i like the idea of this so much im gonna give it ago and make myself a PCdesk...

[Rig]

I have seen only a few mods similar to this with the idea of integrating a computer into a desk and each of them have turned out wicked. Think im going to have to have a go sometime aswell and add my own touch, i prefer working with wood aswell.

Insprational mod there Doom.

[doom56]

thanx but remember if doing something extream mods like i always do like the fish tank and this desk is very expencive as i lost £200 on the fish tank and lost £2000 on the desk on non needed and distroyed parts.

[Teebor]

:eek: :eek: :eek:

And the award for destroying the most expensive stuff in one mod goes to.......... :lol:

[darren1678]

:eek: :eek: :eek:

And the award for destroying the most expensive stuff in one mod goes to.......... :lol:
I second that

most expensive part i ever ruined was 90 quid for x800gto16 gfx card.

I gotta say, should have planned this one out better, I mean wasting 2 grand is out of this world.

sorry but, i dont like this computer desk because of the wasted money, you didnt think this one thru. :sad:

[Rig]

sorry but, i dont like this computer desk because of the wasted money, you didnt think this one thru. :sad:

You can plan absolutly everything and still run into problems such as blown CPU, and that is no reason not to like the computer desk. Personally i think even with all the problems doom has run into the mod is superb, sometimes we all spend to long wondering about the negative sides of doing something new and different, when really we should just give it a go, if we fail, atleast we had a go.

The work doom has done, makes me want to go and build one myself, is that not part of what modding should be about? i got to hand it to him for doing a true custom case.

[darren1678]

You can plan absolutly everything and still run into problems such as blown CPU,
.

what about the other 1800 quids worth of ruined or unwise purchases for the mod??

All i am saying is he should have planned the mod better. installed the components in a less dusty environment and treated his components with more respect during the assembly.

The table isn't my cup of tea but, big ups to the guy for attempting it, but he should have, paid more attention to the details, less rushing to get it finished.:exclaim: :exclaim: :exclaim:

I'm no great modder, can barely handle a dremmal to save myself, but i can see rushed work , when i see it.

[Teebor]

Just had an awesome idea for an "upgrade" to this already awesome work.

One of those graphics tablets thats like $2,500 (displays the screen as well as being pressure senstive with pen etc) And just use that as the display nestled in to the table.

Maybe next time Doom?? LOL :D

Props on completion though, thats got to be some talking point in the dining/living room (or wherever you decide to let it live)

Nice one

[doom56]

rig thank you very much for your support and not to forget real modders knows what the word MOD means unlike others without having a go.

i started on the project last june and finnished on 24/12/06 but without glass so when you said the word rush think again as i did strip most of it down again and spend 2 weeks on each wood panel then refit it all again as i did cleartly say at the start is a mess but went back to finnish it off.

as for teebor's idea sounds good but last time i saw someone tried lost a whole 52" screen as he should have brought a bullet proof glass and not a fivers worth of glass...but its whats modding is all about.

MOD means Mad Overdone Distroyed.......

so i suggest is think before what you say when you never tried reall modding like rig, coolmister, teebor, me, and the others who i forget sorry guys....

[elfy]

Doom, slightly off topic but do you have an achieved ting of your fishtank mod? maybe posted on another forum? i'd be really interested in seeing that.

[doom56]

sadly i didnt do a log project of it as it was very easy and quick to build but this is the topic about it a while back http://coolercasesuk.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1528&highlight=fish+tank

[elfy]

saying "The requested URL /uploads/Doom56computer.wmv was not found on this server."

[darren1678]

i started on the project last june and finnished on 24/12/06 but without glass so when you said the word rush think again as i did strip most of it down again and spend 2 weeks on each wood panel then refit it all again as i did cleartly say at the start is a mess but went back to finnish it off.



I never said the table was a mess, i was criticizing your attention to detail when fitting the components, not treating them with enough, respect, when handeling them.

Like others have said, there was wood dust clearly visible in the motherboard's crevices, You wasted 2 grands worth of components. with either bad choices or "blown" components.

This is clearly an area where, you failed to plan ahead, and made bad decisions.

Just because you took ages on the project doesn't mean it doesn't have a rushed feeling too it..:eek:

You don't have to be a super moder to know when something, just doesn't feel right.:exclaim: :exclaim:

[Teebor]

rig thank you very much for your support and not to forget real modders knows what the word MOD means unlike others without having a go.

i started on the project last june and finnished on 24/12/06 but without glass so when you said the word rush think again as i did strip most of it down again and spend 2 weeks on each wood panel then refit it all again as i did cleartly say at the start is a mess but went back to finnish it off.

as for teebor's idea sounds good but last time i saw someone tried lost a whole 52" screen as he should have brought a bullet proof glass and not a fivers worth of glass...but its whats modding is all about.

MOD means Mad Overdone Distroyed.......

so i suggest is think before what you say when you never tried reall modding like rig, coolmister, teebor, me, and the others who i forget sorry guys....

52" screen??? OMG thats crazy talk!!

Didn't realise you took it apart and started again so often dude (even though been reading this from day one)

Nice one again :D

[doom56]

ok first of all its not wood dust you see its was the roof dust as a few weeks after i started the celling had clapsed and for the wood bits in the memory modual slots where cleared out and was all very clean before i powered it on.

and to what you said about me blowing money on components that i wasted was i was unable to test a fault after i had it running for 3 weeks as i did not know i blew the cpu due to crappy asus mobo's.


the touch screen didnt work as the 7950 card is to powerful but works on an agp card.

for ELFY www.kpcatering.co.uk/Doom56computer.wmv

[Teebor]

It doesn't matter how much I watch that video I am impressed everytime that you have a quantum trash disintegrator in your room powered by the PC :D

:D :D :D LOLz

[darren1678]

I love that thing at that end of the vid, wont spoil it for others!!~!!

you'll never guess,

before you looked inside i thought it was a giant passive water reservoir. lol

how wrong was I. !!!!!:smile: :smile: :smile:

thats original, never seen or even thought about that

[elfy]

blooming sweet :)

[doom56]

oh well sadly its comming to the end as the glass should arrive at the end of the week so here is some eye candy for you

http://www.doom56.co.uk/computer/pic001.jpg

http://www.doom56.co.uk/computer/pic002.jpg

http://www.doom56.co.uk/computer/pic003.jpg

http://www.doom56.co.uk/computer/pic004.jpg

http://www.doom56.co.uk/computer/pic005.jpg

http://www.doom56.co.uk/computer/pic006.jpg

http://www.doom56.co.uk/computer/pic007.jpg

[doom56]

Motherboard: Lanparty UT NF590 sli-m2r/g

CPU: AMD ATHLON64X2 Dual Core 5200+

RAM: 2x Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC2-6400C3 TwinX

VGA: Evga 7950 superclocked and overclocked and watercooled

PSU: Hiper HPU-4B580 Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU - Blue

HDD: Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB

Sound card: stock onboard

DVD/CD: wood

LCD/CRT: 19" viewsonic something 3ms

Case: table (no case)

Keyboard: xboard with bf2 keysets and 2 stocks

Mouse: microsoft cheepo but good wireless mouse

Joystick: logitech attack 3 (why need an expencive one for bf2)

SPKS/HS: solic slr-812mv headset

[doom56]

just a quick crummy vid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThOpEfdKfo4&mode=user&search=

[doom56]

well thought i keep going with this

ok the motherboard blew and i thought i save up and go intel but while i at it thought i do some low and cheep rework so this is what it looked like and its a mess
http://www.doom56.co.uk/computer/pic008.jpg

looking at the controls it looked boring and needed redoing
http://www.doom56.co.uk/computer/pic009.jpg

my mate asked me if i wanted to go to a ford show in donny so i went and fround this for £7
http://www.doom56.co.uk/computer/pic010.jpg
http://www.doom56.co.uk/computer/pic011.jpg

so i striped the touch screen box since im never gonna use it. choped a few bits off and cut a sheet of plastic i had about
http://www.doom56.co.uk/computer/pic012.jpg
http://www.doom56.co.uk/computer/pic013.jpg

i forgot to take a picture while i was making this but here you can see ive already put the switch panel on and the leds for power, HDD, CD, CD write and my headphone amp so i can hear. also installed the CD door switch
http://www.doom56.co.uk/computer/pic014.jpg
http://www.doom56.co.uk/computer/pic015.jpg

opend it and you can see what i did and now about to install the wires in
http://www.doom56.co.uk/computer/pic016.jpg

soldered all the wires in
http://www.doom56.co.uk/computer/pic017.jpg

next i stiped out the computer parts i had inside and replaced the wood base cos the old one rot as it had a slow leek from the old RAD to barb as the seals was poor
http://www.doom56.co.uk/computer/pic018.jpg

installed the new DFI lanparty LT X48 motherboard and the water cooling system
http://www.doom56.co.uk/computer/pic019.jpg
http://www.doom56.co.uk/computer/pic020.jpg

tested it under the UV lamp
http://www.doom56.co.uk/computer/pic021.jpg
http://www.doom56.co.uk/computer/pic022.jpg
http://www.doom56.co.uk/computer/pic023.jpg

leak tested the system and been 3 weeks and no leeks but it did keep foaming up in the res tank but turned out the Laing D5 Vario 1/2" pump is more poweful then the emiem 1250 so turned down the speed to setting 1.
http://www.doom56.co.uk/computer/pic024.jpg
http://www.doom56.co.uk/computer/pic025.jpg
http://www.doom56.co.uk/computer/pic026.jpg
http://www.doom56.co.uk/computer/pic027.jpg

[doom56]

cleaned the table up and this is the end result.
http://www.doom56.co.uk/computer/pic028.jpg
http://www.doom56.co.uk/computer/pic029.jpg


Motherboard: DFI LanParty LT X48-T2R Intel X48

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.66GHz 12MB-cache

RAM: Crucial Ballistix Tracer RED 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4

VGA: BFG GeForce GTX 8800 superclocked and overclocked

PSU: Tagan TG1100-U33 1100w 2-Force II PSU


HDD: Samsung 1Tb 32mb cache

Sound card: stock onboard

DVD/CD: wood

LCD/CRT: 24" Dell monitor with bench clamp

Case: table

Keyboard: Zboard with bf2 keysets and 2 stocks

Mouse: logitech G7 carbon fiber edition (import)

Joystick: logitech attack 3 (why need an expencive one for bf2)


SPKS/HS: solic slr-812mv headset

NEW VIDEO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv7UUCYUxrU

[Rig]

Nice (re)work :thumb: