Hi Folks. As some of you may have noticed, I'm selling my heavy-duty "Modern Industry" to recover some costs, and because (tentatively) I'll be living at sea all summer. I'm therefore building a new rig with the following characteristics:

• Silent.
• Passive-cooled.
• Sturdy, durable.
• 100% hand-made.
• Ridiculously stable.
• Heavily EMF shielded.
• Light, small, portable.
• Dust, moisture, maintenance free.
• As green as a speed demon can be.
• Refined, understated; beautiful high-quality materials.
• Much cheaper than the previous protein-cruncher to recover costs.

Final hardware still undecided. But, case design nearly finished... I think you'll be surprised what this little monster can do

ETA: Late March.
EDIT: moved to May due to construction setbacks
HINT: Buy my old case so I can start getting more parts together

First item ordered due to excellent sale opportunity:

OCZ Agility 60GB (230MB/s read, 135 write) for just over $100 shipped, new!
 

jingiko
impressive.

Why dont you part your Modern Industry out? Im sure it will gain a lot of potential buyer interest.

Thanks, I'll take lots of pictures as it progresses later this spring.

I'm just selling the case, not the core hardware. Like it says in the sale thread, I'm happy to remove parts if someone just wants the case, but I need to sell the chassis first with that person's satisfaction in mind. If I part it out before someone buys the case, I'll have a chassis with a gaping hole where the radiator vents, empty light ports, an empty space where the upside down pump should go, etc. The case was carefully designed with airflow built around the radiator so they should really go together unless the initial buyer has other plans.

Cool plans, i wish i could buy the "Modern Industry", its a really awesome build, just don't have the money =/ Who ever ends up getting it will be a lucky person tho! Look forward to more of your awesome work, just out of curiosity why will you be living at sea?

warthorn

I'm therefore building a new rig with the following characteristics:

• Silent.
• Passive-cooled.
• Sturdy, durable.
• 100% hand-made.
• Ridiculously stable.
• Heavily EMF shielded.
• Light, small, portable.
• Dust, moisture, maintenance free.
• As green as a speed demon can be.
• Refined, understated; beautiful high-quality materials.
• Much cheaper than the previous protein-cruncher to recover costs.

Get a Mac.




I kid, I kid. Please don't poison my next meal.

Spent last week tinkering. However, I broke a bolt on my CPU cooler (the directions say "tighten until stops turning" but apparently I can exert an upward force stronger than a pillar of steel... cough) and several tools gave out trying to drill through the steel backbone plate for the chassis. I no longer have space/time/etc so work will resume in mid-May.

The worst part of this update is that the program I was enrolled in got overbooked for the first time in 50 years. So even though I was accepted, I had to transfer my enrollment to about 8 months later. Thus this project is pointless other than needing to recoup costs from the previous build... Anyway I'll shut up, enjoy some sneak peaks:




Thanks iNFAMOUSJACK


This power supply was chosen for several reasons. Are you PSU savvy enough to guess what the #1 is?


Dear Noctua, your products are absolutely outstanding, now please choose a non-hideous color scheme.


MK-13, one of the first ones to buy one at the time I got it. 470 being a short length and power hungry has messed up my plans...


No way in hell I'm leaving uncovered VREGs... Do you guys know what board it is?




Since building my last system I've been noticing an over-use of MDPC-X unisleeve. I'm still going to use a little in this build (it's in the mail) but this is a little more functional... You'll see why the function is extra important later...


A steel backbone and lighter aluminum for the rest of the frame...

Gone Cruising
Awe man!!! I want more pic's!!!!! more info!!!!!!.....your dangling a carrot in front of me!!!!

Can't wait!!!!

Thank you! Means a lot coming from someone who does such great work himself If the finished product lives up to your standards I'll be very happy with it.

warthorn

Gone Cruising
Awe man!!! I want more pic's!!!!! more info!!!!!!.....your dangling a carrot in front of me!!!!

Can't wait!!!!

Thank you! Means a lot coming from someone who does such great work himself If the finished product lives up to your standards I'll be very happy with it.

 
WOW!!! that has got to be the greates compliment I have ever been told, thank you!!! Your build will certainly surpass all standards!!!

I'm going to go out on a limb and say the board is some sort of EVGA board (pornounced E.  V.  G.  A.)?

I like the Zotac one better personally. Wish I could get a chance to do a ITX build

You guys are good.

I figured with everyone moving to bigger cases and boards the size of my torso, it was time to go the opposite direction... But still pack a big punch



I thought about the Zotac one, the wi-fi is nice, but after comparing the layout/design on this one just worked better for the build.

warthorn

You guys are good.

I figured with everyone moving to bigger cases and boards the size of my torso, it was time to go the opposite direction... But still pack a big punch



I thought about the Zotac one, the wi-fi is nice, but after comparing the layout/design on this one just worked better for the build.

Do you think a mod would be possible to do to have a transparent cover for the hdd?

warthorn

hologramg

I don't think so. The internal chamber is vacuum-sealed with sophisticated equipment. There's a reason the RaptorX is the only HDD of its kind, it apparently took WD a ton of engineering manpower to design it. Putting a clear, fragile top over a really delicate device that's usually wrapped in a metal plate would be extremely difficult for a regular person with regular tools to pull off.

I'm one of those people who doesn't believe in saying anything is "impossible" but the probability is so low for a regular person it might as well be...

Damn. That would be awesome. And btw your block got here today.

WOW, poor little mobo, I bet it's feeling crushed!!!!!

More..more!!!!! you have my interest peaked!!!!

wow I didnt know about that. I almost bought one when the first came out but opted with a hx-750 instead. its a great psu but I completely regret not getting the seasonic

http://www.grynx.com/proj...as-harddrive-window/1/

seems it can be done. Ill further look into it.