Hallow's End - HTPC Style

ChaoticG8R · Oct 28, 2012, 07:26 PM

This thread will be a Jack-O-Lantern style HTPC. Hope everyone enjoys. This will be entered into NZXT's Halloween Contest, I hope it gets your vote!!

MY ENTRY - Appreciate your support! Voting is from October 29th-November 2nd

AND NOW FOR SOME MAGIC.....

ABRA-KADABRA...

ChaoticG8R · Oct 28, 2012, 07:26 PM

And here we goooooooo.

So first is first, I'm going for the NZXT pumpkin competition, and I would appreciate your vote!!!
On this note, please provide feedback as to what my final picture should look like for submission. Any additions? Should I paint it white? Should I carve some TPU/NZXT into the "door"? THANKS!

My goal was to change my little HTPC into a Jack O' Lantern version.

Precisely one that mimicked a NZXT Switch 810. So the design first!

Fairly simple enough, now to cut n' gut.

Next I made a little template out of cardboard for my ECS H67H2-I with Sandy Bridge Celeron G550. Then I dug out my motherboard tray area.

I then measured up with the backplate and cut out the motherboard access.

Lined up the motherboard on my cardboard cutout and tested the fit.

Satisfied with the results, I went ahead and screwed it in using some long wood screws, holds extremely well!

Next big cut would need to be the vent fan. Decided to use a lighted fan to help demonstrate that the rig is fully functional in its pumpkin body.

Now its time for the uncritical, but makes it look very computer-y...CD-ROM DRIVE! For this I have an ASUS 24x DVD Burner that I need to actually do something with after this project, but this drove me to actually dig it out and get that going lol!

The last picture was disappointing for me, I tried to make the drive slot tight so it wouldn't sag, but nonetheless that couldn't happen. So, I made a Pumpkin Drive Mount

Before this mount picture was taken, I put down a protective coat of Vaseline on my pumpkin. This will help keep the moisture in the pumpkin (not rot immediately) and away from my components.

ANYWHO, that was simply a test to see who actually reads these logs and doesn't just scroll through looking at the pics.
I decided that mounting the PSU actually against the rear of the pumpkin would be close to impossible due to size, but luckily there is a good amount of room due to the size of this ITX board to have it rest in the pumpkin and just run the power cable out the motherboard hole.

All that's left is "install" the Vertex 3.

Little touch up things...instead of leaving the drive sticking out, I took shavings of pumpkin and covered the exposed areas.

So thats about it. I booted it up, it runs fine. I had to pull the power button out of my HTPC and just "flash" a power-on signal to the motherboard then remove it lol. I don't plan on this being a long term installment.

DAY 2: Did some additional features, including "ribbing" the top to give the grated appearance of the Switch 810, and carved out the NZXT.TM logo. I think this really helped with the overall goal. Added those additional pictures after the initial Glamour Shots. Happy Halloween!

ChaoticG8R · Oct 28, 2012, 07:27 PM

Here are my final glamour shots. Let me know what you think!!
I will be numbering these for people voting on which I should use for my submission!

Initial shots:

Spoiler

"Final" shots:

Spoiler

If you are curious about Hallow's older brother, look no further then here: Goðafoss - Waterfall of the Gods

adulaamin · Oct 28, 2012, 07:31 PM

Interesting... Can't wait to see how it looks/works when it's done...

TacoTown · Oct 28, 2012, 07:37 PM

God damn, cleaning that thing must suck.

NinkobEi · Oct 28, 2012, 07:45 PM

Organics and electronics? The world's first cyborg-pumpkin! Now if only the pumpkin were still attached to the vine and still growing, and you could provide electricity to the powersupply through it.

t_ski · Oct 28, 2012, 08:52 PM

Actually, this has been done a ton already, but it's nice to watch.

ChaoticG8R · Oct 28, 2012, 09:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by t_ski

Actually, this has been done a ton already, but it's nice to watch.

Yep, but mine is going to mimic an NZXT Switch 810

erocker · Oct 29, 2012, 04:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChaoticG8R

Updated, PLEASE VOTE OR HELP ME OUT WITH ANY TIPS/COMMENTS!!

Yes, Vaseline is a horrible lube.

ChaoticG8R · Oct 29, 2012, 04:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by erocker

yes, vaseline is a horrible lube.

A tip....just the tip

MT Alex · Oct 29, 2012, 04:31 AM

I like the angle of shot number 5, probably my favorite, but it would be nice if you shimmed the pumpkin so the DVD drive looked more level from that perspective. Other than that I like 6 and 9.

MxPhenom 216 · Oct 29, 2012, 06:15 AM

Its not everyday you see a computer shoved into a pumpkin

Phusius · Oct 29, 2012, 06:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by erocker

Yes, Vaseline is a horrible lube.

And you talk about me making silly posts!!!!

XNine · Oct 29, 2012, 08:24 AM

If it weren't for this damnable flu, I'd be super excited. Really nice work

ALMOSTunseen · Oct 29, 2012, 08:26 AM

He went there.......
All it needs now Is a window :P

stinger608 · Oct 29, 2012, 12:59 PM

Awesome job Chaotic!!!!!!!

ChaoticG8R · Oct 29, 2012, 07:23 PM

So recommendations on the submssion? Should I use flash, should I have it/them powered on? Should I do any last minute edits/changes? Should I leave the door on, which angle looks best?

Thanks again everyone, I hope to get your votes!!

brandonwh64 · Oct 29, 2012, 07:25 PM

Put a link to vote at the VERY top of the thread so you can get more votes.

ALMOSTunseen · Oct 29, 2012, 08:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChaoticG8R

So recommendations on the submssion? Should I use flash, should I have it/them powered on? Should I do any last minute edits/changes? Should I leave the door on, which angle looks best?

Thanks again everyone, I hope to get your votes!!

If you had any orange LED's, that would be the finishing touch.

TheMailMan78 · Oct 29, 2012, 08:47 PM

Damn G8tor it looks like Ray Charles made some of those cuts in the pumpkin.

HammerON · Oct 29, 2012, 08:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChaoticG8R

Here are my final glamour shots. Let me know what you think!!
I will be numbering these for people voting on which I should use for my submission!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # 1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
http://imageshack.us/a/img341/5529/img2722i.jpg

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # 2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
http://imageshack.us/a/img38/6927/img2723mi.jpg

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # 3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
http://imageshack.us/a/img560/1359/img2724r.jpg

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # 4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
http://imageshack.us/a/img90/7383/img2725a.jpg

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # 5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
http://imageshack.us/a/img198/525/img2726dy.jpg

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # 6 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
http://imageshack.us/a/img526/3933/img2727nh.jpg

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # 7 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
http://imageshack.us/a/img41/4753/img2729bp.jpg

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # 8 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
http://imageshack.us/a/img829/6237/img2730fd.jpg

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # 9 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
http://imageshack.us/a/img515/2452/img2731t.jpg

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # 10 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
http://imageshack.us/a/img194/6328/img2732n.jpg

I like pic 5

Nice mod

What Brandon said:

Quote:

Originally Posted by brandonwh64

Put a link to vote at the VERY top of the thread so you can get more votes.

ChaoticG8R · Oct 29, 2012, 11:53 PM

Got it down to two now:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ B ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

AphexDreamer · Oct 29, 2012, 11:55 PM

If you could have carved out some sick design into that pumpkin you would have truly used it to its full pumpkin potential.Even have it light up with some LED fans.

Sill clever idea.

MT Alex · Oct 30, 2012, 01:13 AM

I like the perspective of A, but I like the way the NZXT logo looks on B.

stevednmc · Oct 30, 2012, 02:15 AM

I also like "B", The SSD looks sorta thrown in in "A"

Oct 28, 2012, 07:26 PM	#1
ChaoticG8R Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 174 (0.31/day) Thanks: 11 Thanked 130 Times in 65 Posts System Specs	Hallow's End - HTPC Style This thread will be a Jack-O-Lantern style HTPC. Hope everyone enjoys. This will be entered into NZXT's Halloween Contest, I hope it gets your vote!! MY ENTRY - Appreciate your support! Voting is from October 29th-November 2nd AND NOW FOR SOME MAGIC..... ABRA-KADABRA... __________________ Last edited by ChaoticG8R; Oct 30, 2012 at 04:15 AM.

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Optical Drive:	LG Blu-ray Combo Drive
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Oct 28, 2012, 07:26 PM	#2
ChaoticG8R Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 174 (0.31/day) Thanks: 11 Thanked 130 Times in 65 Posts System Specs	And here we goooooooo. So first is first, I'm going for the NZXT pumpkin competition, and I would appreciate your vote!!! On this note, please provide feedback as to what my final picture should look like for submission. Any additions? Should I paint it white? Should I carve some TPU/NZXT into the "door"? THANKS! My goal was to change my little HTPC into a Jack O' Lantern version. Precisely one that mimicked a NZXT Switch 810. So the design first! Fairly simple enough, now to cut n' gut. Next I made a little template out of cardboard for my ECS H67H2-I with Sandy Bridge Celeron G550. Then I dug out my motherboard tray area. I then measured up with the backplate and cut out the motherboard access. Lined up the motherboard on my cardboard cutout and tested the fit. Satisfied with the results, I went ahead and screwed it in using some long wood screws, holds extremely well! Next big cut would need to be the vent fan. Decided to use a lighted fan to help demonstrate that the rig is fully functional in its pumpkin body. Now its time for the uncritical, but makes it look very computer-y...CD-ROM DRIVE! For this I have an ASUS 24x DVD Burner that I need to actually do something with after this project, but this drove me to actually dig it out and get that going lol! The last picture was disappointing for me, I tried to make the drive slot tight so it wouldn't sag, but nonetheless that couldn't happen. So, I made a Pumpkin Drive Mount Before this mount picture was taken, I put down a protective coat of Vaseline on my pumpkin. This will help keep the moisture in the pumpkin (not rot immediately) and away from my components. ANYWHO, that was simply a test to see who actually reads these logs and doesn't just scroll through looking at the pics. I decided that mounting the PSU actually against the rear of the pumpkin would be close to impossible due to size, but luckily there is a good amount of room due to the size of this ITX board to have it rest in the pumpkin and just run the power cable out the motherboard hole. All that's left is "install" the Vertex 3. Little touch up things...instead of leaving the drive sticking out, I took shavings of pumpkin and covered the exposed areas. So thats about it. I booted it up, it runs fine. I had to pull the power button out of my HTPC and just "flash" a power-on signal to the motherboard then remove it lol. I don't plan on this being a long term installment. DAY 2: Did some additional features, including "ribbing" the top to give the grated appearance of the Switch 810, and carved out the NZXT.TM logo. I think this really helped with the overall goal. Added those additional pictures after the initial Glamour Shots. Happy Halloween! __________________ Last edited by ChaoticG8R; Oct 30, 2012 at 04:18 AM.

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Oct 28, 2012, 07:27 PM	#3
ChaoticG8R Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 174 (0.31/day) Thanks: 11 Thanked 130 Times in 65 Posts System Specs	Here are my final glamour shots. Let me know what you think!! I will be numbering these for people voting on which I should use for my submission! Initial shots: Spoiler ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # 1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # 2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # 3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # 4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # 5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # 6 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # 7 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # 8 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # 9 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # 10 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Final" shots: Spoiler ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ B ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ C ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ D ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ E ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ F ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ G ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ H ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you are curious about Hallow's older brother, look no further then here: Goðafoss - Waterfall of the Gods __________________ Last edited by ChaoticG8R; Nov 3, 2012 at 12:12 AM. Reason: Added new pics, and made them stealthy for easier viewing.

Oct 28, 2012, 07:31 PM	#4
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Oct 28, 2012, 07:37 PM	#5
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Oct 28, 2012, 07:45 PM	#6
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Oct 28, 2012, 08:52 PM	#7
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Oct 29, 2012, 04:31 AM	#11
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Oct 29, 2012, 06:15 AM	#12
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Oct 29, 2012, 08:24 AM	#14
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Oct 29, 2012, 07:23 PM	#17
ChaoticG8R Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 174 (0.31/day) Thanks: 11 Thanked 130 Times in 65 Posts System Specs	So recommendations on the submssion? Should I use flash, should I have it/them powered on? Should I do any last minute edits/changes? Should I leave the door on, which angle looks best? Thanks again everyone, I hope to get your votes!! __________________

Oct 29, 2012, 07:25 PM	#18
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Cooling:	Stock
Memory:	G.SKILL Sniper Series 8GB DDR3 1866: 9-9-9-24
Video Card:	EVGA GTX670 "FTW" Edition @ 1006MHz
Hard Disk:	256gb M4 SSD, 500Gb WD (7200)
Optical Drive:	LG - 24x Double-Layer DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive
CRT/LCD Model:	24" ASUS 1920 x 1080
Case:	Cooler Master 922 HAF
Sound Card:	SupremeFX X-Fi 2 with Bose Companion 2 speakers.
PSU:	SeaSonic X Series X650 Gold
Software:	Windows 8 Pro w/Media Center 64bit
Benchmarks:	Benching is for bitches.

System Name:	Cruncher/Gamer
Processor:	i7 970
Motherboard:	ASUS Rampage III Extreme
Cooling:	H2O
Memory:	Patriot Viper Extreme 12GB 2000
Video Card:	2x VisionTek HD 7970's
Hard Disk:	OCZ Vertex 4 256GB x2 in Raid0 + WD 640GB
Optical Drive:	ASUS Blu-Ray
CRT/LCD Model:	Dell UltraSharp U3011 30"
Case:	Corsair Obsidian 800D
Sound Card:	On-board
PSU:	Corsair AX1200
Software:	Win 7 64bit
Benchmarks:	Always changing~

Oct 29, 2012, 11:53 PM	#22
ChaoticG8R Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 174 (0.31/day) Thanks: 11 Thanked 130 Times in 65 Posts System Specs	Got it down to two now: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ B ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ __________________

Oct 29, 2012, 11:55 PM	#23
AphexDreamer Eligible for custom title Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: C:\Program Files (x86)\Aphexdreamer\ Posts: 5,614 (2.59/day) Thanks: 812 Thanked 888 Times in 674 Posts System Specs	If you could have carved out some sick design into that pumpkin you would have truly used it to its full pumpkin potential.Even have it light up with some LED fans. Sill clever idea. __________________ Sent from my PC using chrome.

System Name:	Unknown
Processor:	AMD Bulldozer FX6100 @ 4.5Ghz
Motherboard:	Asus Crosshair V
Cooling:	ThermalRight Ultra Extreme 120 With two 120mm Fans/Heatsink and three 120 mm fans intake/outake
Memory:	8 GB of Rip Jaws DDR3 RAM 1680Mhz (8-9-8-24) 7.9 Rating
Video Card:	ASUS ROG MATRIX 5870 2GB GDDR5
Hard Disk:	Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s
Optical Drive:	HP DVD 840 Lightscribe DVD+/-Writer/CD-Writer & CD Drive
CRT/LCD Model:	AOC 23" @ 1920x1080
Case:	HAF X
Sound Card:	X Fi Titanium 5.1 Surround Sound
PSU:	750 Watt PP&C Silencer Black
Software:	Windows 8 Pro 64-bit

Oct 30, 2012, 01:13 AM	#24
MT Alex Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Montana Posts: 2,018 (1.45/day) Thanks: 2,535 Thanked 1,323 Times in 917 Posts System Specs	I like the perspective of A, but I like the way the NZXT logo looks on B. __________________ “growing up, i always wanted to be a vet. til i learned there was more to being a vet than just putting down cats all day.” -digibucc My 700D