[MAD] Contest: Mentor Crystal Plexi
 

We are giving away a flashy see-through plexi case.

**What do you need to do to win?
Using MS Paint create your MOD of this plexi case

**MOD ?
Visualise how you would modify this plexi case, that is just begging to receive some flashy LED's, rounded cables and other modding goodies

**What dimensions should the image have and what format?
Maximum 640x480 and saved as JPEG.


**How do I submit my entree?
Register at our forum and attach your "casemod" in this thread, adding a description on what you changed/added and how you would do it if you won the case can increase your chances of winning

**Who is the jury?
The whole [M]adshrimps crew will vote on the entrees at the end of the contest.

End of the contest: 30-04-2004 at midnight.


Our review of this case

Kzal hier is een poging wagen :)

eerst en vooral zou ik rode en blauw led fans hange. Een volcano 9 coolmod zou ook nie misstaan. Verder blauw ledjes vooraan ingewerkt (mor hoe da da gerealiseerd moet worde :s). Een blacklightje samen me wa fluoricenrende rounded cables zou ook schoon kunne zijn. De ledjes van de cdrom, hd, zou ik vervangen door rode. Verder nog een baybus met felle blauwe of rode ledjes en een blue lcd (4x20 of zo). De voeding en cdrom zou ik dan in een soort licht fluoricerende verf giete (iets da minder opvalt), oftewel gewoon zwart en dan nog een schoon logo gezandstraalt op de zijkant. Aan de achterkant van het moederbord zou ook nog iet moete kome maar da weet ik nog nie goe wa :) Ik hoop dak niks vergete zijn, kgon nu maffe ;)

hier is de tekening nog...

tot nu toe ben jij de winnaar :)

nice line of sight, it sure looks flashy :)

does it have to be done in MS paint, why not photoshop??

in this contest, we prefer creativity above photoshopping skillz

that's the challenge: make something good-looking with a crappy program everybody knows

MUST use MS Paint ! :)

Gonna participate this time, really could use a case with better airflow :D

Here we go :

(by the way, there's something wrong with the perspective of the drawing, I know I know :s )

1. MOD CDwriter, put in a plexi window, and some blue leds. Paint the front in silver or black, depending on the color of the rheobus (see below). Maybe paint the interiour as well, so that writer and DVD look alike...

2. DVD : pretty standard, same color as CDwriter

3. PSU => antec truepower480, blue led ;) Dont think it's necessary to mod this thing, looks fancy as it is. Maybe paint it in the color of the writer/DVD, dno yet :p

4. Rheobus, with blue leds behind the buttons, as displayed right here :

or maybe some home-made goodies ;)

5. Plexi Fanduct => 92=>92 mm, papst equipped

6. LCD in sidepanel, preferrably in blue, and with 4 lines display

7. Install Zallman heatpipe passive cooling over R9700 PRO, already ordered @ tones.be. Maybe even put some ramsinks if possible...

8. 3 120mm fans
- 1 outtake in the ceiling
- 1 intake in the frontpanel
- 1 outtake in the rearpanel, if possible there's enough room, else 80/92mm will do fine ;)
The one in the ceiling will get this fingerguard, nice and stylish :

doesnt protect your fingers very well though ;)

The finishing touch on the other fans, I still have to decide... (all papst btw, already got 2, still one left to buy ;) )


9. serial ATA hdd, no fancy shiny rounded cables, don't like that **** :p the thin serial ATA cable will pass nicely at the side of the mobo

10. all powercables etc will be put in a molding, allways gives a nice finishing touch :o

11. maybe put some ccfl's (blue) in the case, dont like the red & green stuff :p Have to look into that when the case gets here (*hint* :D)

Would look nice on my desk, nice/quiet/performant ;)

Here's the drawing :


mot : I want to mention that if I win the case, it WILL get modded (after skoolwork, juli... ) :) maybe with some small changes/maybe even high end H²O this summer :) If I find the time the H²O will certainly be on my agenda !

ik moet de case niet hebben maar ik zou het als volgt doen:

- bovenaan in de case een hole snijden en met een fangrill naar keuze en enkele lazer/superbright LEDs een mooi "projectorke" maken -> fangrill vorm uitgebeeld op het plafond. (looks nice met die 'naked' fangrills

- vooraan in de case een 10cm CCFL (blauw) leggen

- lang de zijkant (op de gewone plaats dus) nog een blauwe 30 cm CCFL

- alle kabels zoveel mogelijk met cable mesh samenbinden (ik haat messy kabels)

- een plexi omhulsing voor mijn voeding kopen/maken
Edit: een felle blue led in die voeding (ik heb iets voor blauw =))

- enkele silent coolermaster ledfans of zelf maken met behulp van aluminium fans (die zo blinken) en blue LEDs (moet mooi effect geven)

- zoveel mogelijk materialen met UV-reactive verf beschilderen en een UVlamp vanboven plaatsen

omdat ik de case niet wil hebben, ga ik geen moeite doen om een pic te maken...

Ik doe ook mee, maar ik ben nog ff bezig met de tekeningen en de ontwerpen...

Is het ook de bedoeling dat we deze kast achteraf ook daadwerkelijk modden?

that would superdupa :)

i'm not going to participate, 'cause i can't use that case :)

make something fancy with photoshop, and **** it up with paint :D

this is my mod ....
 

I think i covered most of it on the pic ... the water idea would completely work with a small water pump from a pet store... and the LED fins.. let me explain.....

The fins would come out from the corner each at thier own angle... maybe ill put them on small hinges hell I dont know? At each corner I would drill a small hole maybe 3/8 whatever would fit the led. Then I would pull out the old dremel to rough up the surface or maybe mirror the plexi fins so the LED's would shine a little better. The LED's go in thru the parrallel port so you can make them dance thru winamp or whatever. . . . ( the WINAMP LED's are a borrowed mod, but stuck with my plexi fin twist to give a cool effect).... Also the cut out corner were the fins are make for a good vent ... just slap a fan up there.....

http://www.madshrimps.be/forums/atta...=&postid=26694

sorry I made the pic a little big ill down size it if needed ....

yes, please resize :)

I present my case ;) :

- PSU with changed cover, with led in it.
- Underneath the PSU a small Blacklight CCFL
- 5 UV reactive BLUE fans with each 4 blue leds
- Rounded cables CHROME version with a molex attached to it.
- Molex mod with 2 leds in each of them (Blue & Red)
- Small etch with [M]ADSHRIMPS.COM
- HDD meter in front, all blue leds and the 2 last Red
- 5" or 7" LCD in the unused drivebays
- Small rheobus from eksitdata that goes in the floppy drive, modded to fit in a plexy front and not LIANLI like
- Small [M] logo in front
- PSU wires shortened and removed the ones that are not needed.
- 2 Blue CCFL on each side of the front.
- New "mat" plexy feet with blue leds in them. This will give a glowing effect. Case floating on blue ;)
- Pioneer slot-in dvdplayer in full plexy casing
- 40Gig Hdd specialy window modded for the occasion
- neato fangrill from Cosh ;) ( Lüftergitter 'Tri-YingYang' 80mm )

EDIT : BMP version can be found here :
http://jonas.3ts.be/case2.bmp

ok here it is resized
 

ok ok I got it right this time... but you cant read the descriptions now... all that time flushed ... just scroll up a few to the bigger image............................................. .........................................

MY idea is to make water splashing down from the corner....

1- id have to make a plexi water resevoir at the bottom of the whole case then put a little pet store fish tank pump in there...

2- slap a stainless steel flex toilet lead to the pump for looks and run a clear water tube to the corner were I got the polished alluminum cap...

3- If I wanted to fork out the cash I could proabably even just water cool the whole system.....

4- the colored lines on the right are 4 fins that angle out from the corner.... they will have holes drilled in each side with LEDs fitted in... The leds run from the parrallel so you can set it to some music and get the whole case to ligth up...

5- the middle would have your common store bought mods .... rounded uv IDE's , plexi fan grills, uv fans , uv PS cover , split loom the cables yada yada.... maybe even a window cut on the top cd-rom

6- I may even float around on ebay see what I could get a 5" LCD for and tie into the front panel.... shoot a custom video and give the pc a personality... ...

Great entrees!
@ mynamesnotjohn : I can read the description perfectly on the smaller .bmp!

:super:

sweet ... it was driving me nuts ... buts thats cool if you all can see it ok

this summer ill be in the works of making the mod happen anyway.... so some time in the near future Ill post a pic of the finished product so my ramblings make some sence....

front hole met andere fangril en een bleuled fan (voor zover ik zie is dat gat reeds 80mm)

front paneelkes van DVDrom en CDRW zilver spuiten + er een plexi ophangen waarin 1 blue led zit.
>> zo heeft volledige plexi een blauwe kleur.

binnenwerk van dvd floppy hdd PSU etc allemaal zilverkleurig en er dan met fluorescerende verf over gaan.

rheobus voor casefans en cpufan. (nexus vantec - zilver met blauw)

LCD - kleur van scherm wit-achtig (anders is het teveel blauw)
floppy zilver spuiten

front case liefst niet doorzichtig dus als het lukt een aluminium plaat eraan vastmaken ipv plexi of eropvast.

doorzichtige rounded cables '(kan ik nog fluorescerend spuiten)

blacklight om de effecten van fluo verf te tonen
!!n fluo verf bedoel ik verf die pas speciaal oplicht bij blacklight.

2 holes achteraan van 80mm 1 cpufanduct 1 outtake zelfde kracht als vooraan intake.

alpha pal omdat die lucht zuigt en naar fanduct dus kan of slk800
koelblok met 80mm (blok in die fluopaint)
corsairgeheugen met Heatspreader (hs in fluopaint)
passieve koeling op bepaalde delen van mobo en die dan ook met fluopaint doen

graka met zalman heatpipe of originele koeling > heatsinks op mem plaatsen
ook weer met fluopaint op koelvinnen.

Op de zijkant een matte tekening aanbrengen :p

achterkant moederbord het plexi ook mat maken met tekening die niet mat is (indien nodig een tweed blacklight langs die kant voor beter effect)

kabels van PSU binden in soepel plexi tubes.waarna de molexen er weer aan te solderen. (dees vooral voor mainboard power.)

T-power pls no 1.5 Mb bmp pics :/

T-Power's drawing

Witness - THE BADBOY - :super:



Cheers,
Graeme.



aka Mr :mad:

strong competition! great drawing! :o

I like the fish idea.
Very nice

Fish and fishy girls ... excellent !

sorry - It was so late (early in the morning) that I didn't pay attention no more.

sorry but thanx Jmke

gaia wont agree on the fish idea ;)

that poor fish...
he can't sleep and has no o² :(


but the idea is great :^D

The bubbles proof that there would be air ;)

oops.... sorry

but it is and stays hurtin' animals :grum:

Damn Graeme you stole my idea I wanted to do the fish thing too :)

Should have been faster :'(

1, Window applicte that says madshrip on the top
2, all fans and cables will be sleeved with uv sensitive paint
3, on the bottom of the case, leds will be placed in a way to make the bottom glow.
4, VU Meter on the front bottom of the case, in a swirl, with madshrimp printed below.

Here's my entry... yes, the picture is rather plain and basic, but that's because if I included all the detail, it'd become a cluttered mess. There is prefection in simplicity ;)


I'll describe it in the same order that I'd construct it... My ideas/themes are to have white lighting, chrome features, and minimal mess. I know I'm swaying from the norm with the white lighting, but I like being different.
* Using clear perspex/plexi, I'd construct a PSU housing in the front bottom of the case. Cut an intake into the front of the case, mount a clear fan to draw air in. This fan would have white LED's mounted in it, most likely a custom mod. The rear of the PSU housing would be vented, obviously.

* A CD burner and DVD rom would be windowed, the metal casings I'd have chrome dipped if possible. They'd then be mounted on either side of the case, so the CD faces outwards. A HDD would be windowed and placed in the front top of the case, if possible I'd get its case chromed as well, but I might have to paint it chome instead.

*A giant hole would be cut in the top of the case, to mount my radiator. I didn't draw the details of the watercooling, but this is my idea: Use braided stainless steel tubing (to keep with the chrome theme), watercooled CPU, VGA and NB, an inline system, with the pump hiding inbetween the cdroms to keep visible clutter to a minimum. The radiator would have a duct constructed out of clear perspex, and I'd use four 80mm clear fans... it would sacrifice performance, but look very good.

* Braided IDE cables would be used, yet again keeping with the theme. I'd try to find a way to use chrome/braided housing for all the psu cables, but otherwise black wiring loom would be best to hide the cable mess.

* For my finishing touches, I'd engrave a lightning bolt design into the sides of the case, but this would need to be illuminated to have visual impact, so, to avoid a visual mess, I'd use right-angle aluminium around the bottom of the case, to hide the wiring, and I'd drill holes and place LED's in the bottom of the side panels, facing upwards to illuminate the lightning bolt. The idea of the right-angle is to hide any wiring and the actual LED's, and this would be either polished or chrome painted.

I'd aim to have minimum clutter, as I mentioned, the problem with a clear case is it can become a mess if you're lazy, hence trying to keep all cables under control, and hide anything ugly. This PC would be built for more silent use than outright performance, it looks so good that I'd want to have it running constantly, and I don't like screaming PC's as they're too imposing for use in a bedroom.

man it is going to be a hard to decide on a winner =)

great entrees :super:

btw, contest ends on who's birthday ?

yes yes, mine =)

arite aangezien mijn engels niet zo echt goed is zal ik maar alles in het nederlands uitleggen:

Aangezien ik het bos niet meer door de lichten wou zien heb ik zo maar eventjes 8 ccfl's in mijn mod gepropt. Hope u have your sunglasses on =) . Dan zitten bovenaan 3 80mm outtake fans en vooraan 1 120mm intake fan. dan heb ik nog voor 2 'speciallekes' gezorgt. Het eerste betreft een mistmachine die wat voor extra effect zorgt :) . Het tweede is iets wat ik toch echt wel eens wil maken: een oude cd-rom drive waarvan ik de de knoppen die ik nie nodig heb wegberg met wat rubber erover, alleen de eject-button blijft over. vanvoor tegen de tray zet ik mijn LED's en op de tray zet ik mijn switches. tzal moeilijk zijn omdat te maken, but i'll do my best :)

ik hoop alvast dat het niet de bedoeling was dat je paint-skillz hebt en dat de mod primeert.