HTPCylon

Very impressive! I would

Submitted by SimParadox on Fri, 02/01/2008 - 13:35.

Very impressive! I would give 9/10. If the red light moved back and forth and it said “by your command” when you opened it I would give it 10/10.

Cogito Ergo Spud – I think therefore I yam

Without seeing it in person

Submitted by markkleb on Thu, 12/20/2007 - 19:41.

Without seeing it in person (I had the honor) its hard to imagine how MUCH is PACKED in such a small comp.

Even as a small package there is nothing small about its performance, AWSOME job Jeff.

thx ssr! BTW, it’s nickel

Submitted by Dgephri on Thu, 11/29/2007 - 18:44.

thx ssr!
BTW, it’s nickel plating, not chrome paint.

The Lamborghini style panels

Submitted by ssr on Wed, 11/28/2007 - 19:13.

The Lamborghini style panels are very unique and the chrome paintjob is dead sexy!

Status

Ready for Battle

Deets

the second edition of the Qmicra case, I took the task of packing in as much as physically possible to this SFF platform.

I split the top and added “lambo” style hinges for access.
I modded the drive saddles to hang two more drives off the PSU.
I polished the exterior to 1500grit with grease, then had a pro polish some more before Nickel plating the whole thing.
DangerDen helped me finish off the face with some custom laser cut goodness in the shape of an articulated Cylon face that still allows the BluRay burner to eject the disk.

Components:
Qmicra V2-shiny-fied
Gigabyte mATX motherboard
Intel QX670 CPU on DD Maze5 Chrome watercooling
4X1Gb DDR2-800 BallistiX tracer by Crucial
4X1TB Deskstar harddrives by Hitachi
8800Ultra on DD watercooling
BIP Xflow 2X120mm Radiator by DD
DDC 12V pump by DD
Black Fluid XP
Matrix Orbital GX Typhoon Tricolor MCE version