MicroFly/Qpack MODernize

tzitzibp · May 3, 2009

MKmods said:
(I miss gaming)

So do I... :cry:

MKmods said:
I built this yesterday, its half the mold for the CF mobo tray.
http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo142/Partspicts/Picture003-5.jpg

I was gonna laminate the CF on the alum tray but had adhesion probs and it just didnt look cool enough so I decided to make a pure CF Tray assembly.

Question! : are you going to need holes in this tray? cause if you will need holes I think your mold might need adjustments!

MKmods · May 3, 2009

lol, when the CF is cured it cuts and drills just like fiberglass.
(that pict is just of the bottom half of the mold)

tzitzibp · May 3, 2009

MKmods said:
lol, when the CF is cured it cuts and drills just like fiberglass.
(that pict is just of the bottom half of the mold)

thanks for the quick answer!

ChaoticAtmosphere · May 4, 2009

DaMulta said:
WTF ARE YOU DOING MKMODS
I'm so fucking lost on this build.......for real

You and me both!!

MKmods said:
lol, correction... Im the guy God goes to when he cant do it....
(hopefully he knows Im kidding, hides from stray lightning bolts)

I'm sure God has a sense of humour! Afterall, he did create the platypus didn't he?

That's insane modding MK!! Subbed, can't wait to see more!! :rockout:

MKmods · May 4, 2009

Thanks crazy pyro and ChaoticAtmosphere and welcome to the thread :toast:

I will finish up the mold tomorrow for the mobo tray and shed some more insight to my thoughts..

h3llb3nd4 · May 4, 2009

I want to know how you would make C/F!!
don't they come in sheets?

MKmods · May 4, 2009

I am finishing the mold now, later on I will show how I do it. (I am gonna make a molded tray with curves edges)
You can buy flat panels pre made but they are more $ and take the fun out of making it urself.
(my favorite part)

EDIT: OMG! I just found this and it is so helpful (long but very helpful) Serious cheers to the guy that made this video :toast:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8801536764731290932

Naekuh · May 5, 2009

seriously your work is absolutely speachless.

Your electrical skills is also absolutely speachless.

ChaoticAtmosphere · May 5, 2009

Naekuh said:
seriously your work is absolutely speachless.

Your electrical skills is also absolutely speachless.

I'd say his electrical skills are radically calculated and implemented experimentally.

I'd say his mind is not planned and that leaves me "Speechless". :eek:

MKmods · May 5, 2009

ChaoticAtmosphere said:
I'd say his electrical skills are radically calculated and implemented experimentally.

I'd say his mind is not planned and that leaves me "Speechless".

lol, thank you both...
I have been working on the mold and got the inner piece done, I just need to paint the lower parts surface. The surfaces need to be perfectly smooth so I have about 5 coats of primer (sanding between each coat) so the surface wont leave any marks on the CF.
Here is the mold parts (the black surface is the underside of the mobo tray)

Here is a previous CF panel laying in the mold (was laminated to the alum mobo tray previously shown) It just didnt look good enough so I decided to make a pure CF mobo tray.

(the white parts are the holes where the original Corsair 620 was mounted)

technically when I lay the layers of Carbonfiber inside it will be pressed together and clamped till dry

This is very labor intensive, cutting the parts perfect, waiting for the glue to dry, filling the tiny grooves than coating with multiple coats of paint to make a perfect (as close as possible for me , lol)
Once done the surfaces will be waxed than coated with mold release so hopefully it will separate.....

at least thats the plan... :roll:

ChaoticAtmosphere · May 5, 2009

MKmods said:
lol, thank you both...
I have been working on the mold and got the inner piece done, I just need to paint the lower parts surface. The surfaces need to be perfectly smooth so I have about 5 coats of primer (sanding between each coat) so the surface wont leave any marks on the CF.
Here is the mold parts (the black surface is the underside of the mobo tray)
http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo142/Partspicts/Picture009-2.jpg

Here is a previous CF panel laying in the mold (was laminated to the alum mobo tray previously shown) It just didnt look good enough so I decided to make a pure CF mobo tray.
http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo142/Partspicts/Picture010-1.jpg
(the white parts are the holes where the original Corsair 620 was mounted)

technically when I lay the layers of Carbonfiber inside it will be pressed together and clamped till dry
http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo142/Partspicts/Picture011-2.jpg

This is very labor intensive, cutting the parts perfect, waiting for the glue to dry, filling the tiny grooves than coating with multiple coats of paint to make a perfect (as close as possible for me , lol)
Once done the surfaces will be waxed than coated with mold release so hopefully it will separate.....

at least thats the plan...

MK...that is sooooo sweet. I'm a cyclist so I know about CF. Watching this thread is a pleasure And I'm looking forward to the final product. Good work Chief!!

BOBDBONE · May 5, 2009

Awww nice Mark.

You are like a mad scientist of modding.

We should join talents and create carbon fiber ants that will rule the world!!!!!! :laugh:

Oh wait then we would die too... nevermind. :banghead:

Seriously though, I am so impressed. If you won't come to you know where then how will I ever see your stuff again? Are there any lans near you? Am I going to have to drive down there and knock on your door?

ChaoticAtmosphere · May 5, 2009

BOBDBONE said:
Awww nice Mark.

You are like a mad scientist of modding.

We should join talents and create carbon fiber ants that will rule the world!!!!!!

Oh wait then we would die too... nevermind.

Seriously though, I am so impressed. If you won't come to you know where then how will I ever see your stuff again? Are there any lans near you? Am I going to have to drive down there and knock on your door?

Carbon fiber ants??? Holy fuck!! It's not bad enough that they're taking over the world in alarming numbers?!? If you and MK get together then that would be the "end all" of Mods ans "the ants" would take over the world.

Now if you can make bees make honey in your case and multiply honey production with CPU power, then you'd both be the maddest scientists of the century!!! :toast:

Then we could all make Mead with our CPU's!!! That would be sweet!

MKmods · May 5, 2009

Thanks for stopping by Bob..

ChaoticAtmosphere · May 5, 2009

Please make a Mod that can use processing power to encourage Bees to make more honey to make more mead so we can better humanity one drink at a time!!!!! :roll:

That would be insane...but until then, Carbon Fiber baby!!!

MKmods · May 5, 2009

ChaoticAtmosphere said:
Please make a Mod that can use processing power to encourage Bees to make more honey to make more mead so we can better humanity one drink at a time!!!!!

That would be insane...but until then, Carbon Fiber baby!!!

Ok next mod... now to figure how to get bees to produce and not sting me :laugh:

I just realized I was gonna use a honeycomb material as the filler of the CF mobo tray....
http://www.acp-composites.com/home.php?cat=256

<<Onafets>> · May 5, 2009

Hey, Looks like you've made some progress. Can you teach me one day?

I want to make an all acrylic water loop!

MKmods · May 6, 2009

<<Onafets>> said:
Hey, Looks like you've made some progress. Can you teach me one day?

I want to make an all acrylic water loop!

sure no prob...Looking forward to a diagram of ur idea and picts.

I finally got the surfaces smooth, now just waiting for the wax and release agent (tomorrow) and Il show how I do the CF tray.

I managed to get 4 good 1 gig sticks of tracers for this (I cant believe I went through 3 different kick ass memories and I havent even started this thing up yet, lol)

BOBDBONE said:
Awww nice Mark.

You are like a mad scientist of modding.

We should join talents and create carbon fiber ants that will rule the world!!!!!!

Oh wait then we would die too... nevermind.

Seriously though, I am so impressed. If you won't come to you know where then how will I ever see your stuff again? Are there any lans near you? Am I going to have to drive down there and knock on your door?

ur the one who used live animals in ur mod :laugh:

I never would have thought to do that..

Some time this summer lets get together at one of the lans and catch up.

BOBDBONE · May 6, 2009

MKmods said:
Some time this summer lets get together at one of the lans and catch up.

Oh man, definitely. :toast:

You are one of the coolest guys I've ever met. And I do know a LOT of people so that puts you way up there.

For those here that have never met Mark you are really missing out. He is so talented and is willing to share his knowledge for free. That in itself, is priceless. :rockout:

MKmods · May 6, 2009

(us old fogies need to stick together)

Wile E · May 6, 2009

I'm just here to snack on the tasty carbon fiber goodness.

MKmods · May 6, 2009

glad you stopped by Wile E :toast:

Il get some CF goodness started tomorrow....and I was thinking of a removable CF Hdd cage to house the dual 74 gig raptors. Basically they will go 1 above the DVD and 1 below and have a good 80mm fan for cooling and slide out the right side.

So I will be looking for 3 cool 80s for the bottom (2 for the PS and 1 for the Hdds)

Here is a shot showing the GPUs (with displays) and CPU cooler

Im not sure if the fan will intake through the top or exhaust, I did experiments before and there was no diff but I will do a few more while OCing the 940 to see again if there is a big diff before I cut the fan to pieces..

_jM · May 6, 2009

Well well.. I'll be damned.. this thing is starting to look like a computer more and more.. Keep up the great work MK! I seriously need MORE PICTURES! Speaking of pix.. wtf is that thing on the VGA's?(not the sli bridge the other thing)...

Either way, damn good work my friend. I'm about to do some more modding very very soon on my new Cosmos S case.. I have been practicing with my wire sleeving on an older PSU. I have a brand new Corsair HX1000W and I want it to be fully sleeved but I don't want to mess up the new unit. Also I have a great deal on a powder coat job too.. I pretty much have to pay for the paint and that's it.

Keep it up MK.. I cant wait for this baby to be finished!

MKmods · May 6, 2009

_jM said:
wtf is that thing on the VGAs?(not the sli bridge the other thing).

Its the 2 displays that come with the video cards
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/GeForce-9600-overclock,2028-8.html
I removed tem from their bulky housings and will be making a custom shroud for them

icon1 · May 6, 2009

this build is great and one of a kind!! great idea & superb skills.. waiting for some carbon fiber goodness

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Video Card(s)	Powercolor LCS 5870
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Case	custom MDF case (I BUILT IT) check sig.....NOW
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Tagan 900 watt
Software	Win 7 RC / Open office / Games

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Motherboard	Asus Crosshair III
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Storage	Raptor 150's in Raid0
Display(s)	LG Flatron 24"
Case	Custom
Audio Device(s)	AuzenTech X-Raider W/OP637
Power Supply	Custom modded Corsair 750HX
Software	Win 7 64/Solaris Utility
Benchmark Scores	3DMark06--21963 so far

System Name	StarCruiser Dark Knight v.2
Processor	Intel® Core™ i5-3570K
Motherboard	P8Z77-V LX
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Memory	Viper 3 Black Mamba (4x4GB)
Video Card(s)	Powercolor LCS 5870
Storage	1X 128GB OCZ, 2 x 1.500 Gb Seagate
Display(s)	Samsung 24" LC24F396
Case	custom MDF case (I BUILT IT) check sig.....NOW
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Tagan 900 watt
Software	Win 7 RC / Open office / Games

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Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition
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Display(s)	TUF Gaming VG279QL1A 165 Hz
Case	Cooler Master MasterBox Pro 5 ARGB
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Realtek
Power Supply	Coolermaster Silent Pro 850W
Mouse	Corsair RGB
Keyboard	K70 Rapidfire with Cherry MX Speed
Software	Windows 11 Pro x64

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Processor	AMD 965 (4.04Ghz)
Motherboard	Asus Crosshair III
Cooling	Air
Memory	4 gigs Mushkin 7-7-7-20@1T
Video Card(s)	single 9800GT
Storage	Raptor 150's in Raid0
Display(s)	LG Flatron 24"
Case	Custom
Audio Device(s)	AuzenTech X-Raider W/OP637
Power Supply	Custom modded Corsair 750HX
Software	Win 7 64/Solaris Utility
Benchmark Scores	3DMark06--21963 so far

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Motherboard	P5KPL-E Bios flashed to 0601 (Piece of poo!!)
Cooling	Thermalright Ultra 120a
Memory	GENERIC 2 GB DDR2 800
Video Card(s)	NONE!! Beat that!!
Storage	500GB SAMSUNG SATAII, 250GB SAMSUNG SATAII and o'l crappy 4gb maxtor
Display(s)	ACER X223W Q
Case	AEROCOOL ZERODEGREE (planning to mod)
Audio Device(s)	REALTEK ONBOARD
Power Supply	GIGABYTE 460W
Software	Win 7 x86 build 7022
Benchmark Scores	Super Pi 1m 17.000 :(

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Storage	3 x X-25V in Raid 0 (OS) + 3 x Raptors in Raid 0 (Game)
Display(s)	Dual Gateway 2485
Case	MM U2
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Ultra 1.6KW
Software	Win7

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Case	Technofront Bench Station
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