The Dark Phoenix

kenkickr · Nov 22, 2008

This system is for a friend of mine and I thought I'd make a tribute to his rare bird, A Pontiac Firebird. He knows I did this but has no idea what it is going to look like and I deliver it to him today.

Now the best part of the mod, to me anyways:
You can see my sweaty hand prints all over this pic

After a cleaning and test fit...perfect

With the flash off

I will talk to him about getting some cold cathodes cause I think this bird needs to be show off!

In case anyone is wondering this use to be a Dell server case but unfortunately I can't remember the model of this system.

onry · Nov 22, 2008

awesome job the phoenix looks great

kenkickr · Nov 22, 2008

Thanks neighbor!! Took a long fukin time! Goes to show though, the dremel is a modders best friend!

kenkickr · Nov 22, 2008

If anyone wants to know here are the system specs:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ w/ Cooler Master RR-CCH-LB12-GP HSF
ECS KA3-MVP Deluxe (heatsinks thermal pasted to cpu mosfets)
Sapphire 3870 single slot
2Gb Crucial Ballistix DDR-800(He's not getting my tracers...unless he pays)
500Gb Seagate 7200.10 SATA HD
Liteon 20x IDE burner
Some Samsung DVD reader but who really cares
and a floppy(just to fill in the space up front)

kyle2020 · Nov 22, 2008

Only thing i would recommend is some balls-to-the-wall cable management, but besides that, the bird emblem is epic. Nicely done!

kenkickr · Nov 22, 2008

I have no where to tuck cables into and I just cut off most of one of the Molex connection cables since there was a ball of connectors between the HSF and rear fan. I'll try but I screwed with that for awhile. Also I gave him one of my very nice Antec rounded IDE cables.

kyle2020 · Nov 22, 2008

Even still, im extremely impressed with your dremel skills on that side panel. Did you have a picture to go on or just your imagination?

WarEagleAU · Nov 22, 2008

Very nice Ken I love the Firebird.

kenkickr · Nov 22, 2008

I used a picture to work off of. Thanks for the compliments guys, much appreciated.

kenkickr · Nov 24, 2008

I delivered the system to him Saturday night and I almost got a hug!! I was scared but I was glad to see he was VERY happy with it. He really liked the Tracers in it but he knew they were not included so now I have another sell to him...when he pays me the rest for the hardware he already purchased.

Now I can get back to my case.

aCeFr3aK · Nov 26, 2008

excellent job on the firebird!

ChaoticAtmosphere · Nov 28, 2008

Nice job with the Firebird emblem! I like I like!!! :rockout:

LittleLizard · Nov 28, 2008

it look like a lot to the ones you fount on the firebird on the 70.

GREAT JOB

Binge · Nov 28, 2008

Firebird is definitely FTW! :rockout:

kenkickr · Dec 3, 2008

I guess he is getting the Bandit version 78 TA so that is why he wanted the phoenix so bad. He still tells me how bad it is everytime I talk to him.

Wozzer · Dec 27, 2008

Looks awesome. Is it hard to do (The firebird on the case). I wouldn't mind a naked lady on mine....

steelkane · Dec 30, 2008

Awesome bird,, I've had two Trans Am's, A 78 & 77 both black. I hope to have another one some day,, great job

kenkickr · Dec 30, 2008

Wasley said:
Looks awesome. Is it hard to do (The firebird on the case). I wouldn't mind a naked lady on mine....

It's not hard to do if you trace and have lots of patience. If wanted I could gladly do one for you...at a little cost.

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The Dark Phoenix

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onry

kenkickr

kenkickr

kyle2020

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kyle2020

Guest

WarEagleAU

Bird of Prey

kenkickr

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aCeFr3aK

ChaoticAtmosphere

LittleLizard

Binge

Overclocking Surrealism

kenkickr

Wozzer

steelkane

kenkickr

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