Dark Side Machine - by tankian

[Tankian the Man]

Hi everyone!
I wanted to share with you a project that i've donne to CMWS 2016 Contest hosted by Cooler Master in the beginning of this year, hope you like it!

At this moment I'm working on a new build, trying to make a new case for my Media Center and this is the concept.
"Unnatural Project"


For now you can follow some updates in my facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/tankiantheman/
Will probably make a topic here for it so stay tunned!


Best Regards!



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---------------------------------Dark Side Machine worklog---------------------------------

Day 1

Hello everyone.

  My name is Alberto and I'm from Portugal, its my second year at Case Mod World Series and I'm really motivated about it, I have learned so much last contest and I'm confident this year, good luck!

  First a little about my self and my history, I have been modding since the past 4 years in three different projects, and all three projects I evolve so much in all strands, facing a lot off problems some more hard than others but in the end I have solve all off them and that gave me a lot off knowledge. I always try to do the best with the tools I have.

   You can check my past projects in this links:

1- Project ATX Cube Homemade (winner off ThisIsMyPC contest by Sapphire)

Worklog (in Portuguese): https://forum.zwame....tx-cube.859611/

2- Project ATX Cube Style

Worklog (in portuguese): https://forum.zwame....round-2.869996/


3- Project tankian

Worklog (in english): http://community.coo...ankian-project/

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Day 1

   This worklog will be divided in days/parts, as the project progresses I will post when I got solid news to show you!
   Now lets talk about this new projec that have "born" because of "a need".
   My past project was really good for me, many problems solve and in the end I got more than I first expected, speaking only about the design, because in the pratical way I failled in some aspects, and I got that confirmation when I received a new motheboard from RMA that was bigger than my last problem showing a compatibility issue!
   The motherboard feeted but I didnt look cool as the old one, so I became really disapointed and decided to put the two possibilitys in mind, buy one or build one, of course building one was the first choice!


  At this point the Project will have a unnamed name, and the build will be based in this four concepts:

- Simple
- Pratical
- Color
- Funcional
  
   I have been doing the project in 3D SketchUp and i can tell you is really hard to make a compact case with ATX motheboards and at the same time it must be easy to set up components and to carry on for any place I want, and at the same time get low temperatures and air flow.
   So I started to study the best positions to make a solid and funcional structure and i ended up with this:

Spoiler

 

   When I finished the struture it was time to start making the outside of the case. Like my last project I wanted an acrilyc window to see the interior of the case, one thing that I love is to watch all my parts working!.
  All colors are just an example.
 
Now lets see the result:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hope you guys like it and see you in the next day!
Best Regards Alberto Soares aka tankian

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Day 2

Hello everyone is day 2 and I set all the base struture in place!
I used iron square pipe 14x14mm and rivets to hold. The struture is really strong and at the end I really liked the final result.

Hope you like it.

 

Spoiler

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See you next day!

Best Regards,
Alberto Soares aka tankian
 

 

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Day 3

Hi!


I have some news, at this momment SilverStone is supporting this project!
I'm really happy to count with them once again, its a pleasure, they are a great brand to look out when you are looking for parts!
Next week I will share the materials that I will receive!

 

 

  http://silverstonetek.com/ 



And I got some other news to you about the project:

I have finish the 2º part of the structure, this 2º part is made of aluminium andis basically the feet of the structure and the support rails for the side windows.
I have donne all this at my girlfriend house and at my house, thats why you see diferent working tables

We end in this step:

Spoiler

New Stuff:

Spoiler

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hope you guys like it, its getting really was I wanted

Best Regards,

 

Alberto Soares aka tankian

 

 

 

 

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Day 4

Hello everyone!

I got some news about the project, I have receive some stuff from SilverStone that I thanks so much for their support to this project!
 

Spoiler

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once again thanks so much for the support SilverStone!

Now the project Update!

At my home:

Spoiler

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At my girlfriend home:

 

(new graphics card support)

 

 

 

 

 

At home again but this time painted with primer drying my house "fireplace".

 

 

 

Hope you guys like the update!
 

 

Best Regards,

Alberto Soares aka tankian

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Day 5

Hello everyone!

I'm happy to announce that Cooler Master is supporting this project, it's the second time they sponsor one of my projects.
This year I received a powerfull box!

Lets check it out!

Spoiler

 

 

 

 

 

- Cooler Master V1200 Platinum

- Cooler Master MasterGel Maker Nano

 

 

I wanna thanks to Cooler Master Portugal, in particularly to Sofia Mota for being an awesome person!

Now about the Case!
So I have painted all the structure and inside covers and placed the USB 3.0 and the Power Button!

Riser:
 

Spoiler

 

First layer of black textured tint

Spoiler

Sanded the paint to make it more smoth



Final layer of black textured tint



USB 3.0 fixed in place





Some rubber pads in the "legs" of the case




Power button getting fixed in place




 

Hope you guys like it, and see you next update!!
 

Best Regards,
Alberto Soares aka tankian
 

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Day 6

 

Hi, thanks so much for the words mate hope to see some new stuff about your project!


I got some really good news about the project, the light in the end of the tunel is getting realy closer!

After thinking alot about the colors to paint the case I decided to use the following colors:

-Black
-White

-Blue

With the colors choosed I started to isolate what I wanted in white color, the blue color will be used in vinyl, I didnt decide what kinda graphics will use.
I've donne the covers holes for the fans to.

 

 

Spoiler

 

First the covers holes:

 

 

 

Painting:

PCI cover

 

And now the case ready to paint:

 

 

 

 

Paint donne:

 

 

 

 

Hope you guys like it, next step will be getting the acrilics and all stuff mount to see how it looks


Best Regards,

Alberto Soares aka tankian

 

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Day 7

Hello everyone!

I'm on the final details of the case, I decided to mount everything to make some tests!
 

Spoiler

List to do:
- Acrilics

- Small details in paint
- Vinyl stripes in blue
- Cable combs in place

For now what I can remenber is this
Hope you like it, next update probably will be the "big final"


Best Regards,

Alberto Soares aka tankian

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Hello everyone!

I'm back after one month without giving news, I had some problems and that prevented me from continuing the project ... but I'm back now and full force to end this!

So I decide to use Star Wars was the theme for the project, in the beginning it was my first choice, but I end up not calling it, but now I'm feelling more confident that is the right thing to use. I'm a new Star Wars fan thing and the better way I can prove how much I like it is giving this theme for this project.
Let the Dark Side be with you!


Well already have the cut acrylics, and tests to see if they need to do more holes or not, because the upper ventilation (air exit)

Spoiler

 

The covers also already ready as you can see in the photos.
 

 

Actual State


 

 

 

 

 

Next step will be ilumination, vinils and paint details

I hope you enjoy the result will not be long to complete the project and have some regret not having done already for some time, but not everything goes as we want the important thing is to finish!



Best Regards.
Alberto Soares

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Day 9

Hi, for today I'm only showing a little of the work that I've donne yesterday, more photos will come soon

Hope you guys like it!
(Missing some adjustments)

Spoiler

 

Best Regards,
Alberto Soares

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Day 10 Project Finished



Hello everyone the project is finish and I'm really happy with the result, is true that the project could be finish sometime ago but sometimes stuff dont go was planned, in the end everything went donne and finish like I wanted.

General Conclusion

The project received a new name given to the subject I decided to opt already in the final part of the project now being named "Dark Side Machine".

At the beginning I had the following ideas: simplicity, mobility, color and functionality.

Simplicity - project through materials and tools available to all people.
Mobility - project with identical dimensions and weight of an ATX tower, almost every weekend walk with her in the car and for now I didn't face any problem, 5 *.
Color - red, white and black are the predominant colors in the project since i have followed the theme "Dark Side" of Star Wars.
Functionality - allows excellent temperatures, cable management and easy access to inside components.

Materials used for the project were essentially:
- Square Aluminum Tube
- Corner Aluminum pieces
- Square Iron Tube
- Plates Acrylic White
- Plates Acrylic Transparent
- Rivets and "L" corners
- White and Black Paint
- Vinyl Black

In the end I used easy materials to find and use, was also one of the main points of the project, so you can bring other people motivated to create their own projects ate home, of course it is necessary to spend some money, but the satisfaction of doing something ours and overcome all of the dificultys you have is fantastic!


I present to you the

"Dark Side Machine"


Day mode:


















Night Mode:
(with special guests)





















I want to thank Cooler Master Portugal and SilverStone Technology for their support, without them the project would never have gotten to this point.
I want to thank especially the Sofia Mota (Cooler Master) and Karin Lee (SilverStone) for being great people, my girlfriend Janete Lopes for the patience and help, to Hugo Matias for help in photo shootting, Steve Santos for patience in parts stores and all others who have followed and supported the project a big thank you!


Best Regards,
Alberto Soares aka tankian

 

 

 

 

 

[EPPHO]

Bro you have my respect for this

[Bananasplit_00]

this was awesome, tip for next time, put all the pictures in spoiler boxes, makes the post look better and if you just want to see one day you dont need to scroll for ages  awesome work, turned out really nice!

[Tankian the Man]

3 hours ago, frozeNNN said:

Bro you have my respect for this

Thanks

3 hours ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

this was awesome, tip for next time, put all the pictures in spoiler boxes, makes the post look better and if you just want to see one day you dont need to scroll for ages  awesome work, turned out really nice!

Nice advice! Post Updated
At the end everything worked was I planned, I'm really happy with the case!