All New Me

[bigdawgfoxx]

Originally posted by clocker@29 July 2004 - 23:44
Easy for you to say.


Bitch.

hahahahahaha

[clocker]

Originally posted by bigdawgfoxx@30 July 2004 - 00:22
that thing has like no room to get air in or out i hate how those old cases were made..

Dawg,
If you'll recall, I have spent innumerable hours hacking up new cases to improve airflow.
Take the WaveMaster, for instance.
As stylish as it is, it's design, especially the front bezel, hardly lends iself to free intake flow and would require quite a bit of work.
Very difficult to do properly when the sleek, unbroken front is such a major feature of the overall aesthetic.
Very few new cases impress me as being well optimised for airflow.

As far a build quality goes...
I could probably run over this case with my car and not hurt it.
I hate how flimsy and cheaply most new cases are assembled ( the WaveMaster excepted....it was quite nicely made and the aluminum was well finished and sufficiently thick).

[Snee]

Originally posted by clocker@30 July 2004 - 12:40
( the WaveMaster excepted....it was quite nicely made and the aluminum was well finished and sufficiently thick).

It's supposed to be of a special kind whatever that means.


And I have this notion that'd it'd be really cool to have a big servercase as a sort of centerpiece in one's home, I'd fit it out with terabytes of storage, and use it as a...dun duN DUN! Fileserver! possibly /Linux Firewall.

And then sff's in every room, all connected in one big happy network.

All I need is a lot of money to make this humble dream come true.

[clocker]

Originally posted by SnnY@30 July 2004 - 05:53

It's supposed to be of a special kind whatever that means.

It appeared to be just a brushed aluminum with a hard anodized finish.
It was nice.

[Snee]

A 3mm thick casing of some aluminum alloy, something special about the alloy, someone IRL said.


All I could find now tho' was this:

They also use a higher gauge Aluminum making them much more rigid than any Aluminum case I’ve used. With that said, let’s take a look at the WaveMaster and see if Cooler Master has continued with this tradition.

all that means is that it's thicker, as far as I can tell.

source

Anyway, I wouldn't mind that server case myself, if I didn't have to lug my 'puter around for stuff.

[Virtualbody1234]

Originally posted by peat moss@29 July 2004 - 23:51
Clocker=Sprocket! OH OK , I keep thinging about the three faces of Eve. I'm so smart. You had me going tho clocker . Saw a post by sprocket and thought what a name rip off .

No! Sprocket isn't Clocker. It's his computer talking to us. And by what I can see so far is that she is a 'bitch'.

I want to hear about how well the Rapter works.

[clocker]

Yes, the sheetmetal was definitely a heavier guage than I'm used to seeing and the forming was very nice and even...all in all, a well made unit.

If that case was still around in a few months ( which it won't be at that price) I wouldn't mind getting it and playing, but right now I had higher priority purchases to make.
With the $100 I saved on the case I'm considering either chroming or powdercoating the chassis of this server.
Plus, I have to fabricate an entire rear panel to accept the ATX I/O panel & AGP card...not to mention a PSU.
The PSU is simple...it's the other part that will be difficult to do well and I'll probably have to sub out some work to a shop with a metal brake.

[bigdawgfoxx]

Yeah those coolermasters front bezel is extremly thick and sturdy it seems like lol...its like a chalkboard it gives me chills when my fingernails touch it haha

Thats another thing I like about the chieftec, there are those slots at the bottom for plenty of airflow.

[clocker]

In case you've been wondering what happened to this project, you can catch up here or here.

[mattesca]

nice job

What is that tubing stuff u used to mount the mobo and hard drives?

At first i thught u were crazy gettin a case like that, but now i think i mite get something like that to mod the hell out of.

keep us posted with ur progress