Marks Tri-SLI SFF Lan box.

[jbunch07]

Awesomeness!

 

[MKmods]

thanks Jon. Here is a shot comparing its size to an average size tower

 

[dark2099]

Might want to add a grill over those cards, can do some nice benches and cook yourself some food while at it too! Amazing idea that I can't wait to see finished.

 

[MKmods]

My plan is to make a duct to guide air from the front 140mm fan straight through and out the back. Because my cases are so short and air has such a straight path cooling is pretty good.

Originally I got the 9800GTX+s as they were 55nm and should run cooler but I really think the full cover coolers block too much airflow over the surface to be really effective. I think these should run a lot cooler.

 

[Pinchy]

Looking good Mark !

 

[MKmods]

Thanks guys.

Here is a shot showing the front 140mm fans

See, there isant much in the way of the airflow. Notice the Laptop DVD on top.

 

[jbunch07]

Thanks guys.

Here is a shot showing the front 140mm fans

See, there isant much in the way of the airflow. Notice the Laptop DVD on top.

Im sure that would keep up the airflow. ive got a 120 fan blowing directly on my X2

 

[freaksavior]

oh boy oh boy oh boy another mk mod totally subscribed.

i'll be watching this i'm going the other direction i'm going to pick up a huge old server case and run a 2x 9800GTX+8800GTS for physx setup. on a EVGA 780i, e7200ES and 2 watercooling loops its going to be sweet

I got the space in my garage if you wanna come over and we work on this together. im fine by that

 

[MKmods]

oh boy oh boy oh boy another mk mod totally subscribed.



I got the space in my garage if you wanna come over and we work on this together. im fine by that

That would be so fun, I had a Lan Party once at my house and did modding in my shop. It was so much fun.

 

[freaksavior]

That would be so fun, I had a Lan Party once at my house and did modding in my shop. It was so much fun.

if you dont mind my asking, what happened to you? totally understand if you dont want to answer

 

[Silverel]

Finally the MODfather has returned to TPU! Glad to have ya back MK. Hope to see an excellent log of modding yet to come. Sucks to hear about debilitating injuries though. I've had my share from a broken shoulder to "crushed" finger, and a couple other things. Sucks being stuck with nothing to do, then your mind just gets bored and starts making you think about all the things you could be doing.

My mind is racing in anticipation. Rock it out MK!

 

[PaulieG]

Mark, glad you are feeling better. As you can tell, you were missed around here!

 

[MKmods]

if you dont mind my asking, what happened to you? totally understand if you dont want to answer

LOL, it was a funny story..

I was finishing my comp up for Nvision and about 3 days before I noticed a blister in the very top of my leg (the VERY top). I thought what a bad place to have a blister so I desided to get rid of it myself. The next day it hurt insane bad so I figured I would go to the Hospital to get some drugs and head down to Calif for Nvision.

I was hanging out at the hospital and the Dr started looking worried (not a good sign) and said I needed a surgeon and had to be transfered to a bigger hospital. I was still oblivious to it being a prob and was taken by ambulance to a big fancy hospital. I notice people were working around me with a bit of urgency (remember all I had was a stupid blister) and was told that I was going to be operated on.

I go to the operating room and they put me out and all I remember is I was back in my room the next morning. Apparently they had made a 1" incision and packed it with gauze to drain.
Ok now a day passes and Drs are coming and going and I am REALLY ready to go home when I notice the pain has moved to another spot. I mention it to Dr Adam (ResRant here at TPU) and he said he would get the surgeon to look at it. Later on the surgeon shows up and looks at me and freaks out and its immediately back to surgery where apparently I have gangrene (thats bad) and my little 1" cut turns into a 4 to 5" cut about 2" deep. It is left open and packed with gauze that is changed 2 times a day (ouch BIG time)....2 weeks pass and the gauze is replaced with a sponge and a pump (supposed to make it heal faster, like in a month or 2).

I have now been in the hospital over 2 weeks and I freak out and they agree to let me go home (with the big hole) as long as I let nurses come 3 times a week to change the sponge and dressing.

So long story short I miss Nvision and have a hole about the size of a baseball in me... Been a crazy month.

By the way, thanks to all of you for the kind words.

 

[freaksavior]

dang!!! Sorry to hear that! So you had gangrene?

 

[Cold Storm]

Damn mark... Sorry to hear it... I hope you the best, and wish you nothing but the best. Great guy right there!

 

[MKmods]

dang!!! Sorry to hear that! So you had gangrene?

yep.. I thought it was something you got in a jungle from like 50 years ago.(shows how much I knew)

Damn mark... Sorry to hear it... I hope you the best, and wish you nothing but the best. Great guy right there!

Thank you very much. Every day I get better so im gonna be fine.

 

[ResRant]

LOL, it was a funny story..

Man - you must be feeling better - already calling it a Funny Story. Just a blind guess but it seems there is no way you would have called it a funny story while you were there!

I'm just glad we caught it when we did - it could have gotten alot scarier

 

[InnocentCriminal]

Dual 140mm front fans... MUHAHAHHAHAAA!

Love it!

XD

Glad y'feeling better man!

 

[steelkane]

MKmods, sorry to hear about all that bad stuff, I hope to hear nothing but good stuff from now on, because the mods looking Kick-Ass.

 

[MKmods]

Thanks a lot for stopping by guys.

Cooling is very important to me (its the most important followed by value) so I did a couple of interesting things...
First I notched the mobo tray.

The plan is air from the front 140mm fan will cool the back of the mobo than be exhausted out the backside of the mobo tray and finally out the rear of the comp. Notice that the whole rear panel of the comp is modders mesh to aid exhaust flow

 

[jbunch07]

Thanks a lot for stopping by guys.

Cooling is very important to me (its the most important followed by value) so I did a couple of interesting things...
First I notched the mobo tray.

The plan is air from the front 140mm fan will cool the back of the mobo than be exhausted out the backside of the mobo tray and finally out the rear of the comp. Notice that the whole rear panel of the comp is modders mesh to aid exhaust flow

brilliant idea. i need to get a hold of some of that modders mesh....

 

[MKmods]

There are a couple of reasons I like to use it, 1 its very easy to work with and 2 it flows 79%, That is a LOT more than reg perforated metal. (some perforated metal can block up to 70% of airflow)
http://www.mnpctech.com/moddersmesh.html

 

[jbunch07]

http://www.mnpctech.com/moddersmesh.html

how flexible is this stuff, like, could you build a complete chassis out of it. or would it bend and buckle.

 

[MKmods]

its very flexible, not sturdy enough to support a case.
(that would be a pretty sweet idea though, a whole case made from it)

 

[jbunch07]

its very flexible, not sturdy enough to support a case.
(that would be a pretty sweet idea though, a whole case made from it)

Yeah thats what i was thinking...i may try and do that....of course i'll need some kind of skeletal structure to keep it sturdy but i think it would look pretty nice.