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Great work man! Although, are you going to cover up that CDROM? or did you run out of LEGO's? :DQuote:
Originally posted by dorianbrytestar
Bah! Send em to me! Can always use more!
Toughest part of building the last one was cutting out the plexiglass for the little window =) I didn't want to just have a square shape, so I made it so it would lock into the sides.
man....I've been wanting to get around to building Lego PC Cases, just been busy lately. Looks like someone beat me to it ;) Nice job
sucks if it all caves in :p :DQuote:
Originally posted by dorianbrytestar
Got bored stopping smoking, so started building cases out of lego's.
Lego PCs
http://members.cox.net/richw/2lego1.JPG
Pictured are PCs V2 and V4
V1 was a desktop configuration that looked horrible =(
V3 went up in a plume of smoke (no clue why)
That is most def one of the coolest things I've ever seen. Hah, makes me want to make a tiiight case.
It is quite perty. My favorite part is the power cord going through the door.
That's a bit different to have the CD drive on top instead of inside.
Finally got around to doing what I wanted to. Here are my pics, nothing much, but I think my ghetto cabling looks a lot better than your standard multi colored crap coming out of the power supply.
http://www.steveng.netfirms.com/Blue%20Cabling.jpg
http://www.steveng.netfirms.com/Comp%20Case1.jpg
http://www.steveng.netfirms.com/Comp%20Case2.jpg
http://www.steveng.netfirms.com/Fan%20Grills.jpg
http://www.steveng.netfirms.com/Audigy.jpg
I also decided to do away with my SK-7 for a bit just to give my ears a break. I figure since I am in my computer every weekend anyways, I can just stick it back on if I want ;). So far this thing is a lot nicer with those 2 Antec fans as exhaust instead of the 2 Sunon's. We'll see what happens. :)
edit: ***?!?!?! I can't ever get these things right. It is always just red X's, I am using netfirms. i use https://www.sharkyforums.com/ and still nothing. Oh well, click on the links instead
edit: Click and drag, I will resize later see if that helps. :o
i really like the two or three computers in this thread.
the rest of you should probably get correctly working webspace.
What is that Compaq card in the background in the Audigy.jpg???? I know its a Compaq sticker on the corner. :DQuote:
Originally posted by Royal Oaks
Finally got around to doing what I wanted to. Here are my pics, nothing much, but I think my ghetto cabling looks a lot better than your standard multi colored crap coming out of the power supply.
http://www.steveng.netfirms.com/Blue%20Cabling.jpg
http://www.steveng.netfirms.com/Comp%20Case1.jpg
http://www.steveng.netfirms.com/Comp%20Case2.jpg
http://www.steveng.netfirms.com/Fan%20Grills.jpg
http://www.steveng.netfirms.com/Audigy.jpg
I also decided to do away with my SK-7 for a bit just to give my ears a break. I figure since I am in my computer every weekend anyways, I can just stick it back on if I want ;). So far this thing is a lot nicer with those 2 Antec fans as exhaust instead of the 2 Sunon's. We'll see what happens. :)
edit: ***?!?!?! I can't ever get these things right. It is always just red X's, I am using netfirms. i use [img]blah blah [/img] and still nothing. Oh well, click on the links instead
edit: Click and drag, I will resize later see if that helps. :o
I did run out of legos to cover up the CD, and with the color scheme of grey ones at the top, just decided to leave it like that instead of mish mashing several colors together to make a panel.
The whole thing is suprisingly strong. If you imagine it being split down the middle, there is a wall right behind the motherboard making sure it doesn't touch anything metal, and also giving it a bit more strength. The whole thing is incredibly stronger than you would imagine.
Thanks everyone for the kind words and such, I am thinking about taking it apart and going with the first design (Kinda like a regular tower) but add in a couple of custom shaped windows and some other effects.
Hmm.. you know, come to think about it, I have some motorized Knex stuff laying around....hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
Ahh you guessed it :D That is a Vodoo3 1000 (I think) that I had at home. I was using a Trident card from like 1996, that I picked up at a PC junk store about 2 or 3 years ago. I decided I would treat myself to a nice Vodoo while I wait for the 9800 Pro to come out so I can pick up a 9700. :) I have 2 leftover Compaq PC's in my house, and sometimes I use their innards when I need stuff. Maybe I can sell one to some unsuspecting guy for some dough. :)Quote:
Originally posted by Colossus
What is that Compaq card in the background in the Audigy.jpg???? I know its a Compaq sticker on the corner. :D
Here are some pictures of my main PC that i've been modding / adding bits to other the past few weeks and I would like some comments, suggestions and ideas on what to do / change / add or remove :eek:
http://www.da014a0002.pwp.blueyonder...tMainSmall.jpg
http://www.da014a0002.pwp.blueyonder.../FrontMain.jpg
This is an overview of the front of my PC, you can't really see much of the lights because the flash drowns it all out.
http://www.da014a0002.pwp.blueyonder...FrontMain2.jpg
This is a close-up of the LCD screen with my nice message displayed, taken without the flash so you can see more of the lights.
http://www.da014a0002.pwp.blueyonder.../NeonFront.jpg
This is a front view of my PC without the LCD screen enabled and without the flash. The neon string is green and goes all around the drives in the 5.25" and 3.5" bays. The front fans at the front are also green, the camera doesn't seem to pick the colour up very well but they are dark green IRL :)
www.da014a0002.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Overview.jpg
This is a side-on view of my whole PC, taken without the flash and with all the cathodes and neon strings turned on.
www.da014a0002.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/SideView.jpg
This is a side-on view of my whole PC, taken without the flash and with all the cathodes and neon strings turned on and without the side window panel on.
www.da014a0002.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/FullPic.jpg
This is another side-on view of my whole PC but taken from a different angle than the one above :p
I think this helps show my window etch with neon string better because the other lights don't get in the way.
www.da014a0002.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Left.jpg
This is the left side of my PC, showing the fans / ram with the new active heat sinks I got recently and the graphics card and sound card etc.
www.da014a0002.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Middle.jpg
This is the middle of my PC with the lights on, the cables could probably be tidied up a little better but it's really hard to do because I tidied them up as much as possible already. :eek:
www.da014a0002.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Right.jpg
This is the right side of my PC showing lots of grubby hand prints all over the inside of my case :p
The hand prints can't be seen unless looking at the case about 2cm away but the flash pics them up really badly :(
www.da014a0002.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/TopFans.jpg
This is a close-up of my top fans from a better angle. They're the Akasa Nebula ones with the hurricane fan grills.
http://www.da014a0002.pwp.blueyonder...BottomFans.jpg
This is a close-up of my bottom fans from a better angle. They're the Akasa Nebula ones with the Biohazard fan grills. I know the top one is upside down but I thought it looked like a gas mask upside down and so it goes with the biohazard theme :p
The reason for my choice in colours on the fans is I thought green on the front for cool air going in and red fans on the back for hot air going out :)
The cathodes are blue because I thought I would stick with an overall blue / red theme that the Lian-Li case has with the front HD and power LED's.
I'm currently thinking of getting 4 more smaller window etch's for around the sides of the window and maybe some neon strips to go around the window itself but so far they don't do a hot red strip just the silly pink looking red :(
Comments, suggestions and ideas are appreciated because I'm always on the lookout to add something else.
Thanks for reading.
I have the same case :) The Enermax 710!!! :)
Me too, but i have the B version. The price and the PSU were really nice. Thrill, that powercable really gets in the way. Do what i did, stick it with a zip tie to one of the cross-bars above the mobo.Quote:
Originally posted by Colossus
I have the same case :) The Enermax 710!!! :)