HCP

Lower line almost there, have some tweaking to do before its perfect.
(this is only a template, will use it to make the real one later)
 
Almost time to paint the insides and start putting everything together
 
Intel motherboard in now also, im getting closer and closer!
 

 
 
Here you can see the reason for the strange lower line, its the out-port from the pump.
And it will probably look cool filled with fluid
 
 

Tested to paint the EK block i had laying around, planning to hook up two white LED´s to it. Maybe remove paint from the rings to get more effect.
 

 
Also made some bracings for the radiator, the middle one need some shaping to not interfere with the air so much i think. And some more loving in the holes, going to make them like 2 holes high to make space for adjustments.
 

Lower line almost there, have some tweaking to do before its perfect.
(this is only a template, will use it to make the real one later)
 
Almost time to paint the insides and start putting everything together
 
Intel motherboard in now also, im getting closer and closer!
 

 
 
Here you can see the reason for the strange lower line, its the out-port from the pump.
And it will probably look cool filled with fluid
 
 

A little teaser, of a very early mockup.
 
I created a 25mm (1 inch) space behind the motherboard to hide some electronics, cables and stuff.
Radiator will have 2x120mm fans, one in the back and probably a 200mm in the roof (not visible). Still thinking about flow-directions of air.
 
Be patient, better pics comes when i have more progress to show
 

A little teaser, of a very early mockup.
 
I created a 25mm (1 inch) space behind the motherboard to hide some electronics, cables and stuff.
Radiator will have 2x120mm fans, one in the back and probably a 200mm in the roof (not visible). Still thinking about flow-directions of air.
 
Be patient, better pics comes when i have more progress to show
 

A little teaser, of a very early mockup.
 
I created a 25mm (1 inch) space behind the motherboard to hide some electronics, cables and stuff.
Radiator will have 2x120mm fans, one in the back and probably a 200mm in the roof (not visible). Still thinking about flow-directions of air.
 
Be patient, better pics comes when i have more progress to show
 

Bought this one just to check it out for a review, but i got stuck with it, really like the form and size of it and plenty of space on the insides.
 
First up, some pics of the case.
 

 

 
My idea isnt clear yet, so no project name, i´ll roll as i go with this one.
 
Started out with hiding the fugly LED corner with some matte black vinyl.
Sorry, cellphone pic. Will replace it later

 
 
And painted the bottom gray part, to fit my other color schemes i have on stuff.
Sorry, cellphone pic, will replace it later.
 

 
Started to rip it apart, and was thinking.
How about flipping the mobo standing, and turn the PSU horizontal to get more space for other stuff in the bottom and radiator to the left.
 
hmm, whyyyy cant i just paint a small detail and be done with it 
 
 

 
 
Back plate cut away, i left some of the frame still there to have something to add the acrylic to. Noone will see the back side anyways.
Will probably just add some bond/putty to the edges and wrap it in matte black vinyl
 
Its going gooooood right now, my earlier idea by standing the motherboard up vertically is what i will do now
Not sure if standing or having the PSU horizontal right now, i´m thinking about using a SFX psu, as i´m not going to use a extra GPU.
But at the same time, it would be cool to buy a smaller GPU just to make it a powerful little devil
 
Well, all these ideas...
 

Backplate cut, some minor sanding to do and other ventilation holes.
 
But this is the layout, so far
 

Bought this one just to check it out for a review, but i got stuck with it, really like the form and size of it and plenty of space on the insides.
 
First up, some pics of the case.
 

 

 
My idea isnt clear yet, so no project name, i´ll roll as i go with this one.
 
Started out with hiding the fugly LED corner with some matte black vinyl.
Sorry, cellphone pic. Will replace it later

 
 
And painted the bottom gray part, to fit my other color schemes i have on stuff.
Sorry, cellphone pic, will replace it later.
 

 
Started to rip it apart, and was thinking.
How about flipping the mobo standing, and turn the PSU horizontal to get more space for other stuff in the bottom and radiator to the left.
 
hmm, whyyyy cant i just paint a small detail and be done with it 
 
 

 
 
Back plate cut away, i left some of the frame still there to have something to add the acrylic to. Noone will see the back side anyways.
Will probably just add some bond/putty to the edges and wrap it in matte black vinyl
 
Its going gooooood right now, my earlier idea by standing the motherboard up vertically is what i will do now
Not sure if standing or having the PSU horizontal right now, i´m thinking about using a SFX psu, as i´m not going to use a extra GPU.
But at the same time, it would be cool to buy a smaller GPU just to make it a powerful little devil
 
Well, all these ideas...
 

Been working on this the latest weeks and finalizing most of the parts.
 
Also had to strip all base paint due to flaking, that took some time
Next step is a layer of base paint that can be sanded to fill the pores and scratches, and glue all stuff together.
 
The WOPR is alive, and its time to get it together, right now
 

Been working on this the latest weeks and finalizing most of the parts.
 
Also had to strip all base paint due to flaking, that took some time
Next step is a layer of base paint that can be sanded to fill the pores and scratches, and glue all stuff together.
 
The WOPR is alive, and its time to get it together, right now
 

Been working on this the latest weeks and finalizing most of the parts.
 
Also had to strip all base paint due to flaking, that took some time
Next step is a layer of base paint that can be sanded to fill the pores and scratches, and glue all stuff together.
 
The WOPR is alive, and its time to get it together, right now
 

I have been watching the movie and LED sequences for a month, frame by frame i wrote down wich LED was on when, and with wich others.
i have a pretty good feeling about the pattern from the movie.
From this i have made "clusters" that contain 200-400 LED´s each, they are placed on a programmable LED board, its basically ON and OFF for different clusters for different times.
Here´s how it works.
RED - cluster 1
BLUE - cluster 2
GREEN - cluster 3
YELLOW - cluster 4
And so on. (colors are just identifiers for the different clusters, not the LED color)
The clusters contains both yellow and red LED´s and have their own specific location.
Each (except for two, one always lit, one always off) clusters get lights on for X milliseconds, X is different for each clusters of LED´s and all this together gives the nice blinking and lightshow on the WOPR
This work, to find what color goes where, wich led is lit togheter wich others, their speed and location and so on took me a month.
But, after i tried to just do some random blinking, it didnt look right, so i got stuck in perfection. I want my WOPR to be a small version of the WOPR in the movie, not a random christmas light flash-thingy.
LED positions/groups on the panels are 99% identical with the original, when AT & T made a replica, they didnt care about that detail, i will though :)
I have about 35 of the pics below, the example shows about 1/8 of the panel, each containing the ~1400 leds in different modes. + a layout for what color goes where.

Current state of the case.
Testing the led-panel, i wish i made the cutout bigger... See if i make that change later or if i just go with it.
Almost time for some Tic Tac Toe

Been working on the black one, getting closer on that one so i show progress from both the white and black in the future
 
A mockup of all the parts.
 

Been working on the black one, getting closer on that one so i show progress from both the white and black in the future
 
A mockup of all the parts.
 

Been working on the black one, getting closer on that one so i show progress from both the white and black in the future
 
A mockup of all the parts.
 

Been working on the black one, getting closer on that one so i show progress from both the white and black in the future
 
A mockup of all the parts.
 

Been working on the black one, getting closer on that one so i show progress from both the white and black in the future
 
A mockup of all the parts.
 

Some hardware pics, like shown in the pics there is alot of space left for drives or a SFX PSU.
I will just use a small SSD so no need for space in my case.
And, it can be cut a inch more on the height if a H60/80/100 is used
 

 

Been working on the black one, getting closer on that one so i show progress from both the white and black in the future
 
A mockup of all the parts.
 

Been working on the black one, getting closer on that one so i show progress from both the white and black in the future
 
A mockup of all the parts.
 

Well, this is done enough right now.
 
I have some small details left to do, as lacing the cables, adding two more memory modules and stuff like that.
But i need this computer now so i have to get it up and running
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Well, this is done enough right now.
 
I have some small details left to do, as lacing the cables, adding two more memory modules and stuff like that.
But i need this computer now so i have to get it up and running
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Made some more progress in this mod.
 
Side panels, i use the side panel with buttons and audio jacks from the original panel.
 

 
And here is the side panel for the black prodigy (yeah, i´m making one white, one black and one Black Phenom cut the same way)
Some bubble-popping to do before its done.
I was trying with adding a Be Quiet logo on the acrylic, then wrap flat black on top of it to get embossed logo, worked pretty well.