I sure hope I do… lol,

Submitted by bjkdesign.com on Thu, 07/31/2008 - 23:14.

I sure hope I do… lol, stiff competition! But it looks like there are only 4 total people who have done work on their mods? The MGS4 and the Game Box haven’t been started… or at least they haven’t updated their modshop pages…

Dude I really like how the

Submitted by the1loneninja on Sun, 07/20/2008 - 22:38.

Dude I really like how the case is coming. It looks good, you’ll do real well in the competition. ;)

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UT3 SlaughterBox

Status

Ready for Battle

Deets

For full-size pictures please visit my site: bjkdesign.com or the actual album page: http://bjkdesign.com/thumbnails.php?album=5

For the worklog, please visit my thread on OCN:
http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-work-logs/362101-project-slaughterbox….

Please note that I have removed the sketches from this page because I believed they took away from the ‘experience’ since my drawings were quite horrible compared to the finish product. If I need them back up, I will put them up again

The Image:

The case will represent why, UT3 is a fun game… and why the Unreal Tournament series has been one of the premier gaming experiences! Although its sad that Epic and Midway have decided to focus the game on the consoles… the games will still be released on the PC. The series will still remain one of the best (of the few) deathmatch games. You’ll see the idea sketches soon! I don’t really think I have a chance of winning the games challenge, but I’m still making this case, just for myself… I had a great experience at the UVA iDTech camp a few weeks back which I spent making maps for UT3 with a bunch of kids that became my friends. Those memories will last me forever in the creation of this UT3 themed case!

The actual case will be built from a Lian-Li PC-A05B. It will feature a water cooling loop for the CPU and will utilize vertical airflow instead of the tradition horizontal configuration. Air will be pulled up from the ground since the case will be placed on a custom fabricated aluminum base and pushed through to the top to a 240mm Swiftech radiator! This will hopefully improve performance because heat naturally rises up, and thus, the airflow will match the direction of heat naturally. there will also be two additional intakes in the form of low voltage/RPM fans. One for the harddrive cage in the front of the case and one in the back next to the CPU.

The Specifications:

MOBO: EVGA 680i SLI-T1
CPU – Intel E2200
VGA: PNY 9600 GT
RAM: 2×1GB Patriot Memory (4-4-4-12) [1000 MHZ]
HDD: 640 GB Western Digital SE16
PSU: SeaSonic M12II SS-500GM 500 Watt Modular

The Cooling:

4× 120mm Scythe SFF21E S-FLEX Fans (49 CFM) [20.1 dba]
Apogee Drive Waterblock
Swiftech MCR-220 ‘Quiet-Power’ Radiator
Swiftech MCRES-Micro Hi-Flo Reservoir

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Past worklogs for UT3 SlaughterBox

07/10/08

Barbs and Tubing...

The standard plastic barbs that arrived with the MCR-220 don’t fit my 3/8" ID Tygon tubing… I’ll have to drop by Microcenter and Homedepot in search of some new barbs with 3/8" OD… Hopefully they will have some barbs in stock, otherwise the watercooling test will be postponed for the weekend while the new barbs ship. I’m currently selling my old PSU and a paintball mask to gather funds for the lighting.

07/09/08

Undercarriage Begun

The work on the undercarriage has begun… however, things may not go as planned. I need an aluminum bending brake… I was going to try to use a hammer with a cloth over it to just pound it by hand… but it isn’t working very well… It’ll probably work, but it takes too long…

07/09/08

Top Panel Radiator Cutout

I finished cutting out a part of the top panel for the radiator exhaust! I used a dremel and a jigsaw for the ovular cutout. The design was slightly altered from the pictures… with alternating edges rounded, so that one corner is rounded, then one is pointed, etc. This is only because I made a mistake while cutting… one of the rounded edges was accidentally trimmed. The cut was lined with u-channel from mnpctech.com. The holes I drilled to mount the radiator were slightly off, so I’m currently grinding them to extend them.

07/09/08

Watercooling Parts Arrived

I just got the radiator and CPU waterblock/pump from a member on techpowerup.com and the Swiftech micro reservoir from petrastechshop.com! I’ll be testing the loop overnight tonight to make sure that all the parts are fine…

07/09/08

Sketches Uploaded

I just uploaded some basic sketches of the idea… I’m not good at drawing what I see in my mind, so you guys will understand the gist of the idea once its being built! I plan on starting today by cutting the top radiator grill using the specifications off of Swiftech’s site and building the under carriage of the case which will prop it up to allow for increased air intake through the underside of the case.Please note that the sketches aren’t all correct.

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