Battleground Europe Theme Case

[saxxon]

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This case was built to model the cockpit gauges of the game WWII Online.
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Everything but AC and a gaming port is internally wired or wireless. The keyboard slides in on dual drawer slides.
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There is a hinged protective cover over the LCD screen so it does not get damaged in transport.
http://www.saxxon.net/open3.JPG

The edges of the plexi are cut to 45 degrees so there is only one visible seam.
http://www.saxxon.net/seam.JPG

To keep the LCD and PC hardware from sharing heat, it utilizes several parts of wind tunnel technology. Here is a pic of the intake wide angle diffuser and settling chamber.
http://www.saxxon.net/bluelight6.JPG

The wide angle diffuser is a replica of this NASA Ames research diffuser with vanes.
http://www.saxxon.net/AC96.jpg

These are the only connections to the outside world. 1 3 pin AC input and the 5 pin gaming joystick out port.

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the goodies inside are:

Saxon Computers Hemmed LCD Case with Keyboard Slide
4 Honeycomb Flow Straighteners from Saxonpc.com
GIGABYTE GA-965QM-DS2 LGA Q965 Express Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
eVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB Superclocked PCI Express Video Card
Western Digital Raptor X WD150GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive
HIPER HPU-4B580 12V v2.2 580W Power Supply
OCZ Platinum 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 (loaner chip employee benefit)
ViewSonic's 20.1" VX2025wm widescreen LCD
HIPER HCK-1S18- Silver Slim Clavier Keyboard
Sony NEC Optiarc 18X DVDSATA Model AWG170S-B2
AeroCool TURBINE 1000 120mm Fan
LINKSYS WRT54GL Wireless-G Broadband Router
HAWKING HWUG1 USB 2.0 Wireless-G Adapter with Removable Antenna
ALTEC LANSING Speakers
Logitech 931379-0403 Cordless Notebook Mouse
Fieon Digital HYN104-BLU 4-Port Hub


And here is a pic of the inside as the screensaver:

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[mikey8684]

That is one sweet mod ... I would never have guessed it would have such awesome hardware in it ... 10/10

Ultimate LAN RIG

[DanTheBanjoman]

Looks nice, and it is an actual mod unlike many others in the gallery. What I wonder now, how can this be 10/10 like mikey says while someone with a normal cases and clean wiring is 10/10 as well? Perhaps voters should think of that some time, mods like these are way more deserving of high votes.

[tkpenalty]

20/10!

[saxxon]

Wow, a 10/10 and a 20/10, you folks make every one of the 400-500 hours of work very rewarding. I appreciate your thoughts. Now I am toying with the idea of another build with a 22 inch widescreen instead of the 20.1 :toast: