In honor of my favorite television show, I am beginning my Stargate SG-1 themed case. Hopefully people who are familiar with the show can offer some imput. I have a ton of ideas for this case and am going to try and incorporate as many of them as possible over the course fo the project. I have included pictures (and the episodes I took them from) of what I plan to mod or build for those who are unfimilair with the show and to give a better idea of my plans.
I appreciate any help and feedback you can give me. This will take some time over the next month or two (work, time, funds) but I plan to be finished by the end of August.
I google-picture searched for hours to find some great pics that gave me more details than I could get from screen-caps. I've got tons and some 3D models too. This site has some of the best and most useful: http://www.stargate3d.fsnet.co.uk/
His main site: http://www.quantumss.freeserve.co.uk/
He does awesome work. A lot of his pictures I have set as my background. The mothership one is my favorite.
The system will be the same one that is in my sig but I will list it here again so that you don't have to scroll all the way down to read it.
IC7-G Max 2 Motherboard
2.4c P4 on Zalmon 7000CU
1 gig of Kingston HyperX PC3200
Windows XP Professional
Sapphire 9800 non-pro (has 3.3 samsung memory and can be flashed to pro settings)
Radeon 7500 PCI as second video card
Lite-On 48x24x48x16 Combo Drive (LTC-48161H)
Lite-On 4x DVD+/- RW (LDW-411S)
120gig (master) and 80gig (media) Seagater Baracuda IV's w/8mb cache
Soundblaster Audigy 2
Logitech z640 5.1 Speakers
Leadtec XP 2000 Deluxe TV Tuner
Enermax 460w PSU
Logitech Elite Black Keyboard
MS Intellipoint Optical 3.0 Mouse
Nostromo n50 Speedpad
Ratpadz GS
4 yr old Dell 17in Monitor (from previous PC) eventually replaced by NEC DP930 BK
Samsung 15in Monitor as 2nd display (preowned)
I plan on adding two 120gig (or larger) SATA drives in a RAID array for the OS and games. Since I am now finished with college (BA in History; FYI, Sobek is the ancient Egyptian (favorite history) crocodile headed god of the Nile) I don't need all those damn school apps and docs so it will be mainly for games and video recording/viewing.
I am ordering a Black Lian-Li PC-61 for the case since I love the look and hate my Current Frozen Acrylic one.
The case will be watercooled with the pump and possibly heatercore in an external enclosure. I have not settled on parts yet I am very open to suggestions in this area (no kits though).
External pump housing:
My idea for the pump is to place it inside a Naquada Generator. It will be hidden inside and the hoses will come out and run into the case so that it looks like it is trying to power it up (or the Stargate!) I want a pump powerful enough to cool an OC'd 2.4c and video card (haven't decided if I will cool the southbridge) while being mounted externally (like Cathar's Box). I am considering the Eheim 1250 but will take suggestions.
I took some screen caps of both versions of the Naquada Generator. The first version (seasons 3-7)(below) I think would be much more interseting looking and more fun to make. It also gives me room to possibly add things like power buttons, LCD display, and maybe a card reader. I would need some inexpensive buttons and info on how to wire them though. I could add a dual heatercore hidden somewhere in it as well so that there is more room in the Lian-Li. The Generator would possibly have a CCFL and/or EL wire for the parts that illiuminate. I was able to find some 3D model pics of this one as well which would greatly aid in its construction.
(pictures are from Ep 4x09 - Scorched Earth)
V1
The new version of the Naquada Generator (season 7 and above) is smaller so it would take up less space.
However, it may be harder to make and looks more "alien" than the one above. I don't seem to prefer this one right now. I may make it later on for something else but not likely.
(pics from Eps 7x21/22 - Lost City)
V2
If I go with V1 I will need to find a case similar to the one above. I will also need to figure out what common materials to make it out of. I'm thinking plastic bowls, etc. I need suggestions here please or you can help me out by finding me a cheap case similar to this one.
I appreciate any help and feedback you can give me. This will take some time over the next month or two (work, time, funds) but I plan to be finished by the end of August.
I google-picture searched for hours to find some great pics that gave me more details than I could get from screen-caps. I've got tons and some 3D models too. This site has some of the best and most useful: http://www.stargate3d.fsnet.co.uk/
His main site: http://www.quantumss.freeserve.co.uk/
He does awesome work. A lot of his pictures I have set as my background. The mothership one is my favorite.
The system will be the same one that is in my sig but I will list it here again so that you don't have to scroll all the way down to read it.
IC7-G Max 2 Motherboard
2.4c P4 on Zalmon 7000CU
1 gig of Kingston HyperX PC3200
Windows XP Professional
Sapphire 9800 non-pro (has 3.3 samsung memory and can be flashed to pro settings)
Radeon 7500 PCI as second video card
Lite-On 48x24x48x16 Combo Drive (LTC-48161H)
Lite-On 4x DVD+/- RW (LDW-411S)
120gig (master) and 80gig (media) Seagater Baracuda IV's w/8mb cache
Soundblaster Audigy 2
Logitech z640 5.1 Speakers
Leadtec XP 2000 Deluxe TV Tuner
Enermax 460w PSU
Logitech Elite Black Keyboard
MS Intellipoint Optical 3.0 Mouse
Nostromo n50 Speedpad
Ratpadz GS
4 yr old Dell 17in Monitor (from previous PC) eventually replaced by NEC DP930 BK
Samsung 15in Monitor as 2nd display (preowned)
I plan on adding two 120gig (or larger) SATA drives in a RAID array for the OS and games. Since I am now finished with college (BA in History; FYI, Sobek is the ancient Egyptian (favorite history) crocodile headed god of the Nile) I don't need all those damn school apps and docs so it will be mainly for games and video recording/viewing.
I am ordering a Black Lian-Li PC-61 for the case since I love the look and hate my Current Frozen Acrylic one.
The case will be watercooled with the pump and possibly heatercore in an external enclosure. I have not settled on parts yet I am very open to suggestions in this area (no kits though).
External pump housing:
My idea for the pump is to place it inside a Naquada Generator. It will be hidden inside and the hoses will come out and run into the case so that it looks like it is trying to power it up (or the Stargate!) I want a pump powerful enough to cool an OC'd 2.4c and video card (haven't decided if I will cool the southbridge) while being mounted externally (like Cathar's Box). I am considering the Eheim 1250 but will take suggestions.
I took some screen caps of both versions of the Naquada Generator. The first version (seasons 3-7)(below) I think would be much more interseting looking and more fun to make. It also gives me room to possibly add things like power buttons, LCD display, and maybe a card reader. I would need some inexpensive buttons and info on how to wire them though. I could add a dual heatercore hidden somewhere in it as well so that there is more room in the Lian-Li. The Generator would possibly have a CCFL and/or EL wire for the parts that illiuminate. I was able to find some 3D model pics of this one as well which would greatly aid in its construction.
(pictures are from Ep 4x09 - Scorched Earth)
V1
The new version of the Naquada Generator (season 7 and above) is smaller so it would take up less space.
However, it may be harder to make and looks more "alien" than the one above. I don't seem to prefer this one right now. I may make it later on for something else but not likely.
(pics from Eps 7x21/22 - Lost City)
V2
If I go with V1 I will need to find a case similar to the one above. I will also need to figure out what common materials to make it out of. I'm thinking plastic bowls, etc. I need suggestions here please or you can help me out by finding me a cheap case similar to this one.