View Full Version : HP Resurrection 1 -Resurrected-
Defyant
06-19-2005, 11:38 AM
This case was built almost a few year back now! bit since i recently needed a new desktop to house some new hardware i thought i'd bring the old girl out of retirement ;)
The orig chassis was paint stripped and resprayed with 4 coats of 2pak auto GMH GTS silver.
http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/defyant/HPResurrection%201/DSCF0009.jpg
The panels where all rubbed , high filled and also painted in 2 tone silver and black
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a side hole was also cut and a custom side grill was shaped and added.
http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/defyant/HPResurrection%201/DSCF0022.jpg
2 years on and the paint still holds a perfect shine.
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Defyant
06-19-2005, 11:39 AM
Next was to get on with the Resurrection!
the first thing to do was set the Rad up, for this i guttted an spare 120mm
fan and used it as a mount.
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Onto some VGA goodness
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Next was to bolt in the mother board and vga, as you cnn im using on of my own custom made "fatboy" res's
http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/defyant/HP1%20Resurrected/IMG_2510.jpg
Defyant
06-19-2005, 11:40 AM
An MPC650 is choice of pump
http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/defyant/HP1%20Resurrected/IMG_2514.jpg
An OCZ psu was chosen to power the beast.
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a tidy up of the wiring some zip ties and HP1 is ready to resume service :)
By my side!
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Cheers,
Defyant
06-26-2005, 11:19 AM
thanx guys :)
Just to finish the old girl off, ive made a custom support bracket to support the quadro card, turned the side fans around to make them more usefull, added a CCF to light them and added some UV action internally.
http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/defyant/HP1%20Resurrected/IMG_3222.jpg
Cut and checking for clearance.
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Holes :)
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A bit milling to miss vital caps
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Sanded edges polished and fitted up.
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Card sits nice and even now.
http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/defyant/HP1%20Resurrected/IMG_3230.jpg
The fans.
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They now blow air in and across the pump.
http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/defyant/HP1%20Resurrected/IMG_3210.jpg
Defyant
06-26-2005, 11:21 AM
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The end result
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UV action!
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Defyant
07-28-2005, 07:08 PM
Those fans are mounted in the sides guys, when thecase was first built it had Dual 80mm side mounted rads for the wtercooling. The fans drew fresh air in form the side.
The idea was not to hack the front up for a blow hole and keep the case totally original looking, i think the side mounted fan and grill idea achieves this.
Hey im new to modding n i was woundering wat sort of paint u used and is it hard to put the insides back together thanks
the paint i chhose to use is a 2pak and its sprayed with a full size compressor and pro gun etc, you can achieve a similar look using spray can tho.
Putting the insides in is not hard at all :)
I took a few more shots for a local magazine with HPr2, the first shots show some added extras wich ive fully removed and gone back to a more standard looking case.
A custom top devider was cut from green plex, 2 layers were used, the top one sanded to difuse the light and give a frosted more even effect.
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A rear Fan guard was cut from old monitor mesh, bent ad edged it "clips" over the rear fans and will fingys from being hurt.
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Some custom plex flames were also cut from 3mm clear plex, using a template and a jigsaw, again sanded to a frosted finish. with the right lighting these should light up well.
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Defyant
07-28-2005, 07:11 PM
Playing with lights.
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A green LED is added to light up the Custom VGA bracket and make it more of a feature.
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With the side window.
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Link to original thread (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showthread.php?t=713)
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