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Old Apr 17, 2005, 02:50 PM   #1
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"nightshade" mod
Well some of you may remember one of my renders a while ago. for those who dont you can see it over here http://www.driverheaven.net/desktops/

Anyway, ive been working on a cool mod for the case based on this render with the idea of tricking out the Coolermaster Stacker case.

Anyway the principal of the mod isnt anything that complicated, its just an acetate layered over a blackened side panel printed from a 10,000 pixel x 10,000 pixel render.

For those interested, the system is a Fx55, dual XFX 6800 ultra in SLI rig, scores in my signature.

I quite like the AMD FX55, its a good gaming CPU but I still prefer the extreme edition as an overall processor.
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Old Apr 17, 2005, 03:02 PM   #2
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Is that the acetate or a photchop of the finished item? Either way it looks pretty cool.
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Old Apr 17, 2005, 03:03 PM   #3
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The side panel was sprayed black, a matt black. The acetate was then machine cut and adhered over the black side panel. unfortunately its not a perfect cut, but its barely noticeable.
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Old Apr 17, 2005, 03:06 PM   #4
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Very nice!!
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Old Apr 17, 2005, 03:09 PM   #5
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(already mentioned) the desktop image compliments a very attractive case....excellent work.
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nice work zardon
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Woah that looks great!!! Almost as powerful as the inside.....
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Old Apr 17, 2005, 03:37 PM   #8
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Nice, Allan. How do you get something like that 'printed'?
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Old Apr 17, 2005, 03:42 PM   #9
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Nice, Allan. How do you get something like that 'printed'?
it is specialised and its "printed" onto an A1 sheet of industrial acetate, kind of like the material that is used in printing bureaus for plate printing. Its pretty costly but the results are excellent.

Of course this isnt something you can do at home with an epson bubble jet. the inks need to be virtually burnt into the acetate so they dont smudge or smear.
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Very nice Zaron, i wish i had that kinda money. But id have to get a job for that, and id rather play video games all day
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Old Apr 17, 2005, 08:41 PM   #11
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this isnt something you can do at home with an epson bubble jet.
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Whoa man awesome case mod zardon.. i really like it.. and its pretty cool how it says nightshade down the side!
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very seXXXy Z...i'm looking into that etching idea i mentioned earlier...I may try it yet
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Old Apr 17, 2005, 09:53 PM   #14
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whoa! now thats badass! Juss curious, can i ask wat MoBo yer runnin n wat the RAM is doin in there?
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thats tasty Zardon :P
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Old Apr 18, 2005, 01:59 PM   #16
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whoa! now thats badass! Juss curious, can i ask wat MoBo yer runnin n wat the RAM is doin in there?
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how much RAM? My guess is 2 gigs in 2x1024?
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how much RAM? My guess is 2 gigs in 2x1024?
2x512. Unfortunately ive found with DDR and AMD setups, latencies need loosened with more than 1 gig, not at all like intel and DDR2.

The only 1 gig modules ive seen are limited and the timings suck, thankfully for gaming right now more than 1 gig is not needed, and all my work is done on an intel P4 system with 2 gig of ram
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that does suck...and well, I am living proof that no matter how good the RAM, 4 stick will run slow
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Old Apr 18, 2005, 05:11 PM   #20
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Something like that would be cool on my laptop lid since its the size of a screen

Some people on FM are running at 1.5 , 2 , 2, 2 or 1.5 , 2 , 2, 0
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Old Apr 18, 2005, 08:49 PM   #22
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Although I wouldn't have picked that very image personally, it still makes me drool. Shame the XG Dragon won't be that modable when it comes out, but oh well ^_^
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Old Apr 18, 2005, 09:05 PM   #23
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hey Z can we see the goods inside since you moved it from that tsunami into the stacker :P
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Old Apr 18, 2005, 09:18 PM   #24
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definately a sweet looking case and mod. i would like to see how ya did the inside.
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Old Apr 25, 2005, 06:32 PM   #25
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hey I just spotted this thread.

Very nice Z. Goof use of the large and boring space available on the side panel.

I like the 'nightshade' logo on the front too - is that etched?
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my guess is it's stickers ?
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