http://www.modshop.net/browse/rss Get fed up-to-date mods every day from ModShop.net en-us September 7, 2008, 3:18 am http://www.modshop.net/users/compcams78/rig/pimpin 2008-09-03 http://www.modshop.net/users/compcams78/rig/pimpin http://www.modshop.net/users/wherewillwhy/rig/civillian-millitant-computer 2008-09-01 http://www.modshop.net/users/wherewillwhy/rig/civillian-millitant-computer http://www.modshop.net/users/bobthemodfreak/rig/bobs-pimp-machine 2008-08-24 http://www.modshop.net/users/bobthemodfreak/rig/bobs-pimp-machine http://www.modshop.net/users/dabomb5/rig/hard 2008-08-23 http://www.modshop.net/users/dabomb5/rig/hard http://www.modshop.net/users/twisteddog/rig/junkyardsli
This is a complete build from new parts ordered all over. Its very plain and clean.. nothing extreem but still exceeds my expectations when using it for gaming. I am starting the next build in a few weeks. CoolerMaster Stacker Case QX6700 QuadCore Extreme Zalman Heatsink Cooler EVGA 680i Motherboard 2 EVGA 8800 GTS 640MB SLI MB, RAM,Power & VID 2GB of Dominator PC8500 Corsair Dominator Fan 2 WD Raptor 150 GB 15000 1 Seagate 500 GB Plexter SlotLoad DVD Burner Lite On DVD Player Floppy - 7 in 1 card reader Thermalake 850W SLI Power 7 Fans - 4 UV Lights Muskeeter 2 Fan Controller Creative Xtreme Fidelity Sound Card Coolermaster Temp. Alarm Controller Dual Boot w/ Win Vista Ultimate and WinXP]]> 2008-08-21 http://www.modshop.net/users/twisteddog/rig/junkyardsli http://www.modshop.net/users/alex/rig/project-fuze
V300 modded to accept a dual 120mm rad and polished to a miror finish with custom side panels and rad grill!]]> 2008-08-15 http://www.modshop.net/users/alex/rig/project-fuze http://www.modshop.net/users/acey/rig/paperazzi
Fully covered with paper pulp, glue to harden, and dual tone spray job. Slimed purple. Keyboard done, mousepad on the way.]]> 2008-08-11 http://www.modshop.net/users/acey/rig/paperazzi http://www.modshop.net/users/onikitsune/rig/neverless 2008-08-08 http://www.modshop.net/users/onikitsune/rig/neverless http://www.modshop.net/users/vdz/rig/x-case-vdz



















]]> 2008-08-07 http://www.modshop.net/users/vdz/rig/x-case-vdz http://www.modshop.net/users/petermannc31/rig/gfsm-supports-build 2008-08-07 http://www.modshop.net/users/petermannc31/rig/gfsm-supports-build http://www.modshop.net/users/vision/rig/aether-engine
..."A local Marauder Militia came across a old bombed out airship factory a while ago, and brought me a most curious find-a computational engine powered by Aether. The mystical substance is hard to confine, but allows for a vastly greater computational pretential then other difference engines."]]> 2008-08-06 http://www.modshop.net/users/vision/rig/aether-engine http://www.modshop.net/users/vision/rig/all-your-base-box
This is a Rig I made for a friend who helps me with detail paint work on modjobs. It's based on the internet phenomenon "All your Base are Belong to Us". The etching and paint is all hand done. A small magnifying glass is recessed into the top handle that magnifies a LCD temperature readout (lit red). I am a newcomer, so all criticism is appreciated. Vision]]> 2008-08-06 http://www.modshop.net/users/vision/rig/all-your-base-box http://www.modshop.net/users/nicholas-t/rig/jane 2008-08-05 http://www.modshop.net/users/nicholas-t/rig/jane http://www.modshop.net/users/electron-star/rig/blue-glow 2008-08-04 http://www.modshop.net/users/electron-star/rig/blue-glow http://www.modshop.net/users/dank-shake/rig/admiral
This is The Admiral! this vintage portable television came to me gray in color and full of vacuum tubes, after gutting it and painting it the classic cream and red i managed to cram it all in there with the help of some wood, plexi-glass, and a whole lot of bolts and screws. With a touchscreen and a swivel stand it is reminiscent of the megatouch bar games. The cd drive I was using burned out on the first trial, so i'm waiting on a panasonic slot load dvd burner. once the new drive is in i can make a back plate and be ready for battle! System Specs: pentium 4 2.8ghz 1gb (512x2) ram ATI radeon 128mb vga 230w psu ECS micro ATX mobo 250gb seagate (sata) ELO 15" touchscreen]]> 2008-08-04 http://www.modshop.net/users/dank-shake/rig/admiral http://www.modshop.net/users/dank-shake/rig/muntz
This is The Muntz! A 1954 television with integrated dvd drive in the front emblem. The picture knob is now a on/off switch and I have added a usb hub on the side with wood molding around it. There are speakers where the speakers should be and an lcd screen where the screen should be.I had to sand it down and stain and varnish it, it took alot of wood filler and brass polish to make it look new again. As companion pieces I've put a webcam in a vintage wind-up 8mm camera and a wireless headset in a rotary phone. It is wireless and on wheels and ready to go back to the future! System Specs: amd 64x2 2.8ghz 2gb 800 ddr2 ECS SLI mobo BFG 8500 gt 512 mb powmax 500w psu Soon to be upgraded to: AMD Quad core Phenom 9850 2.5ghz 4gb(2x2) ocz 1066 ddr2 BFG 8800gt 512mb ocx w/ thermal intelligence OCZ 750w psu seagate 750gb hdd]]> 2008-08-04 http://www.modshop.net/users/dank-shake/rig/muntz http://www.modshop.net/users/shez/rig/farnsworth
What started as a rough looking, unloved, 1950s Farnsworth tube radio is now a hand-sanded, hand-stained, hand-built beautiful mini-ITX HTPC. *The history:* For the better part of two years, I had been wanting to build a mini-ITX computer into an old 1940s/50s radio but simply couldn't find an appropriate case. Then one fated day I found the case for this rig in a dusty old antique store and was immediately drawn to it's unique shape. Sadly, the radio had been mistreated for years, the wood was split, the varnish was a dark, muddy brown and a colony of dust bunnys had taken up residence. However, after gutting the useless radio components, stripping away the years of neglect and giving the wood a new stain, the Farnsworth slowly started to take shape. *Neat tidbits:* The knobs and glass tuner panel, as well as the body of the case are all the original components from the radio. The right knob now serves as a power on and off switch, which I had to fabricate from a momentary switch and bits of wood. Keeping the tuner panel also allowed me to add a custom set of power/activity LEDs to the case, which shine through the tuner panel and give the Farnsworth a vintage sputtering glow. Originally, the front panel of the case was a mesh screen, used to hide the radio speaker. Instead of keeping the screen, I cut out a peice of plywood and hand painted the Farnsworth lettering and pin stripping before applying the final clear coat. The 'guts' of the PC are built onto the back plate of the case, which allows all the components to be removed as a single unit. The 'guts' of the computer measure less than 19cm x 30cm x 10cm. The design also allows for everything to be hidden out of sight. With the exception of the power cord and a VGA/audio cord (going to my TV) there is nothing else protruding from the case. The keyboard and internet are handled wirelessly. The keyboard works off a wireless USB reciever, plugged in and hidden in the case, and the internet is handled with a Gigabyte wireless card. Luckily, the mini-ITX board I used produces minimal heat, so a single, quite 60mm fan (which is all the bigger that could fit) could be used to cool the entire rig. The fan pulls air up from the bottom of the case, through two openings, and pumps it out the back. *The innards:* By design everything was kept minimal and wireless, where possible. Mobo: Intel D201GLY2 Mini-ITX CPU: Soldered down Celeron 220 RAM: 1GB Kingston ValueRAM DDR2 533 Hard drive: 250GB Seagate SATA X-Gene wireless mini keyboard GIGABYTE GN-WP01GS PCI Wireless PCI Adapter]]> 2008-08-02 http://www.modshop.net/users/shez/rig/farnsworth http://www.modshop.net/users/fleshcreeper82/rig/u-e-p-82-under-extreme-pressure 2008-07-31 http://www.modshop.net/users/fleshcreeper82/rig/u-e-p-82-under-extreme-pressure http://www.modshop.net/users/stealth/rig/linksys-bt320g-home-seedbox
Every case mod I have completed so far has been built with a specific purpose in mind. For the most part my previous case mod's have been built to perform resource hungry processes like video editing or gaming. This mod will also have a purpose. It is my attempt at "going green." Well, not really, I could care less about tree's, but nice to cut the noise and excess heat production at night when I'm trying to sleep. The purpose of this machine is to be a computer that I can leave on 24/7 to do simple tasks like bit torrent seeding (legal applications of course ), and hosting drives and other resources like printers on my network. My inspiration for this project was taking a look at VIA's pico ITX platform. I had already conquered big, now it was time to conquered small. Considering my main objective was to use this computer to host my torrenting needs, I wanted the box to be themed with a connection to the internet. I decided to use a Linksys router. Those who are fans of Southpark know best how the form has become iconic in its relation to the Internet. Not only that but it's about the right size, and will even be able to be stacked with my actual Linksys router. Furthermore, I decided to take one of my existing external 3.5" drives and put it into a second Linksys box. I always hated having only 1 of something that is stackable. Now I suppose I'm going crazy. Specs: 1ghz Via Pico ITX Mainboard Western Digital 320gb 2.5" hd Western Digital 400gb 3.5" hd (second box)]]> 2008-07-27 http://www.modshop.net/users/stealth/rig/linksys-bt320g-home-seedbox http://www.modshop.net/users/razer121/rig/bmw-pc
this is my bmw-pc, i started this before i even new modding was mainstream, it in total took at least 2 years to finsh, the main reason for it was so it would run as a ut server, i go to lans yasee :) anyway its nothing special inside, a generic psu, 800mhz mobo, 20gb hdd, althought it does have a slimline cd-r underneath :) the cars wheels are from a 1/8 scale electric car, the shell is a bmw m3 a beautiful car, it did have knight rider lights at the front...but there bust so untill i learn how to make pcb and so on there not working :) the spray job took round a month to finsh as alot of time was taken to get it shiney, the spoiler was also from a rc car, the top roof scoop was made from abit of cardboard then bondo'd over, the front silver grill was painted on, never should have done that lol, everything else can be found on the worklog as there is so much!! http://www.modders-inc.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=1115&highlight=bmw and here is a short video because....IT HAS ITS OWN SOUND!!! WHOO!!! http://www.modders-inc.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=1959&start=0 hope you enjoy my rig :)]]> 2008-07-24 http://www.modshop.net/users/razer121/rig/bmw-pc http://www.modshop.net/users/razer121/rig/leaping-dragon
long story short....this is just the case mod, its now a working computer, my mum needed a new pc so i decided to mod her one, etched the side window and cut the dragon on the front out, then sprayed it metalic purple, a nice plain and simple mod, hope you like it :)]]> 2008-07-24 http://www.modshop.net/users/razer121/rig/leaping-dragon http://www.modshop.net/users/tazz/rig/green-flame
My last personal mod, Ultra Sweet has been sitting by the side lines for a little while now. When I started it, I had planned on setting it up so that I could easily change the looks of it as I go. Each year I head out for a LAN event and like taking something fresh with me. This year wasn't going to be any different. I thought I would do my second version of the mod. So to change things up I will be loosing the smoked plexi and moving toward aluminum for the panels with a little twist. With Ultra recently releasing the case that this started from, I figured it was time to get it done. This one is slated to make its showing at this years NVISION 2008 event in late August. So while I was at it, I planned on doing some advertising at the same time :D. So I spent a little time working up a few sponsors for the build (have to go big or not go at all right?). Current sponsors are: BFG Tech9800 GX2, ES 800 PSU Asus P5N-T Deluxe MNPCTech parts carried over from Ultra Sweet. DragonModz Lighting. Lamptron Lighting. You can see the full worklog at Modders-Inc.com. Normally, AmericanFreak and I head down to QuakeCon for our yearly LAN event. This year due to some issues we decided to head over to NVISION 2008 instead. We are working with NVIDIA and CPU Magazine on the Case Mod Competition at the event and will be doing a modding workshop to cover some of the basics of our fun hobby. So to start things off I did a photochop on one of the pics of Ultra Sweet. I started out spending a little time photoshopping up three of the 5 panels. Top Panel Right Panel Left Panel I'm not sure yet what I am doing on the front panel. It will be close to the mockup, but might see a few modifications as well. I wasn't sure if I would be cutting the panels by hand or having them laser/water cut. After checking with a few places around here locally, I decided to do them by hand on the ol scroll saw. Once I knew the plan was locked in, I ordered 4 sheets of 24"x24"x0.10" 6061 Aluminum from Online Metals. At the same time I ordered the UV Green plexi from Delvies Plastics along with some components from Performance PC's. Everything arrived a couple of weeks ago. I was looking into having the aluminum all cut via waterjet or laser. After getting a few prices, I decided that I would tough it out and do it all by hand Very Happy. I will get more satisfaction out of it that way in the end. Before I started on the cutting, I knew I would be eating up a lot of Dremel disks and Scroll Saw blades. Cutting plexi or the standard case side panel normally isn't to bad and doesn't use up a lot of materials if its done correctly. This aluminum is just under 1/8" and will easily eat them up pretty quick. The size of the panel and the design of the cuts will also make things a little tougher. So I ordered in some extra blades and disks just to make sure I had enough to get me through. Running out and buying a couple of packs at the local Lowes (30 minutes away) everytime I needed more would start to get a little costly. While I was at it, I decided I wanted to make this as easy as possible (knowing that all the cutting would eventually be a pain in the arse). I picked up my first Dremel (I normally use either a Craftsman or a Die Grinder for cutting) along with a Flex-Shaft. On with the modding we go. I took my photoshopped scaled images and removed as much of the color as I could. Simply leaving the outline of each of the panels. I then pulled the images up in Paint (yup, I actually used Paint) and printed the images out to scale. This would allow me to simply tape the stencils to the panels and cut on the lines (can't get much simpler than that). So I start out by dremeling out the main size of the panels, leaving a little room for adjustments. The frame I am using is not 100% square, which means I will have to work them a little before polishing them. The above photo shows the Scroll Saw setup and you can see one of the blanks for the first 92mm fan grill. To cut this thick aluminum sheet, I run the speed on the scroll saw as slow as it will go and I take my time. Applying to much pressure will cause you to snap a blade, and cutting it to fast will heat the blade and the metal up causing the same outcome. Here we can see the outer shape of the first logo/grill cut. The next part will be the hardest of them all. Cutting the center out and cutting the letters. On the first grill I cut the center section out first and then used that blank to do the letters one at a time. With these being so small that proved to be a pain in the ass. So on the second grill I decided to cut the letters first which would give me a larger piece to hold on to. Here we have one of the F letters from a grill. You can see that it's definitely not perfect. A little time with a file and some sanding and polishing, it will look perfect. Before I get to far ahead. I actually thought about doing the logos/grills with thinner material and cut one logo to get an idea. It took me all of a few seconds to decide that I wanted to use the thicker materal. Before cutting the centers and letters, I figured I better pull out a 92mm fan and make sure my sizing was right. Here we can see the final 92mm grills cut. For those wondering how I plan to hold the BFG letters in the center. They will be epoxied to the mesh that will be behind them. On the next 4 pieces, I didn't snap a lot of pictures. Pretty much the same process took place. I laid out my stencils and started cutting the aluminum. I cut the top, front, rear, and mobo tray panels all back to back over a three - four day span. As I fit the panels I spent a little time filing the edges to clean them up a bit. The hardest panel so far was the rear. It gets sandwiched between the main frame rails and the rear frame. It has a tone of notches on it which all needed to be cut fairly close so that the edges wouldn't show from the rear of the case. The case is originally meant to be a ATX layout, but as you can see I run it in a BTX layout. In doing this I wanted to make the mobo tray and PSU mounting as adjustable as the main frame was. I took a little extra time to drill the mobo tray and install the PSU mount in both configurations, which will allow me to flip the case back to ATX at any point. Once I had the top panel cut, I decided to cut the plexi for it and do some fitting to make sure my color choice was going to come out as I planned. I was going to mount the plexi via some doublesided tape. I originally installed the plexi with a few strips of tape to see how well it would hold over a couple of days. Well, it didn't hold to well. I then decided seeing that this would be shipped to Cali for the trip, I didn't want to chance having a panel drop out and do any damage. I then drilled and tapped the plexi and installed the upper grill. Next up was cutting and fitting the front 120mm logo/grill. I backed it with some plexi to give it a little extra color. This one was a little easier to cut out because it was larger. For a little change in the process, I decided to do a little polishing on one of the 92mm grills. To make polishing a little easier this time around, I picked up a bench grinder and set up a couple of polishing pads on it. This definitely made that process 1000 times better. Then come another one of the tough chores... Cutting the flames on the side panel. These panels are just over 18.750" on both sides which made things a little harder to do. The scroll saw has a 16" clearance, which meant that I would have to adjust things a little. What I decided to do was simple. I cut the long runs on the flames and then I flipped the blade on the scroll saw around (pull the material out rather than pushing it in). This would give me more room to turn the panel as I cut the flames. The excess material still on the panel will then be removed with the ol Dremel. Page 3 to come.]]> 2008-07-22 http://www.modshop.net/users/tazz/rig/green-flame http://www.modshop.net/users/buddhateh1337/rig/tekky
My Current, everyday computer. Stats: Visual Case: Antec 900 Cooling: 4 120mm Fans & 1 200mm Fan Lighting: 2 cold cathode lights, 2 laser strips, 4 120mm fans. Hardware Motherboard: Asrock 775dual vsta RAM: 1 GB CPU: Intel core 2 duo e6300 @ 1.86GHz(ready to OC) GPU: ATI Radeon X1900 GT Keyboard: Logitech G15 (V1) Mouse: Logitech G5 Speakers: Logitech 5.1 surround sound Monitors: 22" LG & 19" Dell flatscreens OS: Dual Booting Vista Premium/XP ]]> 2008-07-21 http://www.modshop.net/users/buddhateh1337/rig/tekky http://www.modshop.net/users/diduknowthat/rig/silent-tower
This is my first attempt at a silent (or very quiet) computer. It all started with the Antec P180b case, which is designed for quiet computing. The specs of the computer are as followed: Intel Q6600 2.4ghz CPU undervolted 1.09v CPU Gigabyte GA-P35 LGA 775 motherboard EVGA 8800gt 512mb Video Card G.Skill 4GB DDR2-800 memory WD 400GB hard drive X-Fi Xtrememusic sound card the aftermarket cooling includes: Scythe Ninja fanless CPU heatsink Arctic Cooling S1 rev. 2 fanless GPU heatsink Masscool DDR-004 memory heatsink SilenX IXN-40C fanless northbridge heatsink Scythe Flex 800 120mm fan (800rpm) Arctic Cooling 120mm PWM fan (variable) SilenX Luxurae hard drive silencer So far the cooling is colding up to the 90ºF+ Boston summer, so I'm pretty optimistic about the 3 fan setup. The P180b has been lightly modded, including the removal of all 3.5" drive cages and the nibbling out of the front fan cage. The solo hard drive in the computer is now enclosed in a hard drive silencer and moved up to the 5.25" bay. ]]> 2008-07-21 http://www.modshop.net/users/diduknowthat/rig/silent-tower http://www.modshop.net/users/shikumru/rig/cool-bule 2008-07-17 http://www.modshop.net/users/shikumru/rig/cool-bule