ZOTAC Mod Box

[coolmiester]

If this one comes off as good as it currently looks in my head I’ll struggle to hand it over to Zotac once its finished tbh.

A little background.

While out at CeBIT I was shown the new logo and livery for Zotac which to be fair hasn’t changed a great deal but is now more pleasing on the eye by softening the actual logo font but the main difference is the addition of honeycomb effect which can be seen on the large image on the new GTX295 retail box.

I instantly knew what I wanted to do but actually doing it is another matter.
The basic plan is to turn a ATCs 840 into a giant retail Zotac box without all the smaller logos or specific card branding so newer cards can be added as they evolve without having to re-brand the entire case and also to incorporate the Zotac Nitro so the cards can be instantly overclocked on the fly.

The main problem is I can’t airbrush so got Pete at DP CustomPaint to take care of the paintwork.

Before I’m able to get the case to airbrush its down to me to get the chassis stripped and chopped to mount a GTX240 in the base and also to get the Nitro hard mounted into the alu front section then its all off for powder coating followed by wet sanding to get a nice base for Pete to work his magic.

Anyway a few images for now……….

[skullen]

Looking forward to this

[coolmiester]

Hey, cheers for all the encouragement even though i've not got a lot to show just yet

........and not to get anyone too exited under false pretences as even though its been a long day, all i seemed to accomplish was do the 550miles to pick up the mods that were out at CeBIT and i'm happy to report no damage.

On a brighter note though i have got some new toys to play with in the shape of a new Skulltrail board and a couple of CPU's which i'm over the moon with tbh as they are a bit special, plus the fact i just love Skulltrail.

Anyway, should have some modding to add in a few days.

[skullen]

That board does look the part

[Rig]

How did I miss this??

It sounds like a good plan, will be good to see the Nitro getting some attention.

Another Skulltrail have to say though I do like the multi CPU boards, just allows for some crazy water cooling.

[coolmiester]

After the great success with the Delrin top i7 block using the DD MCP Chipset block i decided to make a couple more for the Skulltrail but this tim i'm using the D-Tek Quick Mount.

I'll get them both finished but may swap the Quick mount for Pro Mount so a back plate can be used but for the time being it should be fine and it doesn't see, to be causing the board to warp too much.

I'll also flame polish them like the i7 ones to make them shiny black once i get them both finished.

Some pictures.........

[Rig]

They look pretty sweet, bet it will look good when the two are on there, you going to make a similar chipset block?

[coolmiester]

And then there were two.........flame grilled.

I like them, just hope they work as well as on i7





Yeah i'll be doing a chipset also Rig

[Rig]

They look awesome on the board, shame the pci-e's are blue, but they will be hidden when you get some cards in there.

[skullen]

Very very nice