Performed Mods:
Drilled varrious holes throughout case to run Tygon Ultra Soft tubing; mounted Danger Den radiator on right side panel; built a housing for the radiator w/ white styrene sheets .080mm from Hobbylinc; painted sheets w/ Alclad metal finish and then used rusting material from MicroMark; sealed paint effect w/ tripple thick clear coat from Krylon; installed many UV lights to illuminate UV non-contuctive coolant; enhanced custom Biohazard paint job; painted green slim coming out from many cracks w/clothing paint; connected fans to a Sunbeam baybus fan controller; all wires were sleeved and extended with electrical componets from Frozencpu; used custom fan grills from MNpctech; installed Koolance nossels and Quick Disconnects; wraped Tygon tubing w/ Primoflex anti-king wraps; purchased danger den radiator and Swiftech watercooling parts from Frozencpu and Preformancepcs; used custom printed case badges from Directron; UV lighting from Xpcgear; Lian Li P-60 plus case from CrazyPc; used stickers and stenciles from HobbyLobby; did my own custom painting on the warning signs; used hardware from Home Depot; drilled all holes w/ Dremel and inserted rubber gouments of varrious sizes;
BIOHAZARD CASE MOD by Kurt Leyba, Denver Custom Cases; this mod took about a month to build; due to the many paint jobs, the case had many layers; I was going for the government waste effect, or irresponsiblity; at first, I wasn't sure that mounting the radiator outsinde on the side panel would look good...I didn't think the box housing that I built would look good...but after painting it, I was surprised by the effect. the best part is the "Acid Green" non-conductive coolant from Feser gives it the bubbling, churning effect I was going for.
58 Comments on BIOHAZARD Case Mod
8/10 only cuz the pink tubes look a little out of place with the rest of the color scheme and also you didnt do anything with your optical drive.
Maybe paint the existing bezel or get one of those aluminum ones
other than that one of the most creative builds ive seen
Well done!
Looks Really cool. Rated: 8/10
and how have you got 0 posts?
Have any mod questions? feel free to contact me: Kurtleyba@hotmail.com. also, if there is anything else that I should do to this case, please let me know. thanx
That is the most awesomely sick case I have ever seen! GREAT JOB!
the 3 8800 GTX graphic cards in 3 way SLI run @ $1300 alone! then you add-in the CPU, motherboard, high-end watercooled RAM, and the very expensive watercooling hardware; that's how you can understand the very low asking price. then figure in the amount of work, the cost of the specialized tools, and the model items used that were all high-end, then you can understand how quickly the cost rises.
so, if you think it's "ugly," then I accomplished what I set out to do....and that is a case that is an industrial accident!
The Lego Case uses regular Legos and measures 7" square and 3 1/2" tall. Mark
thanx to all for your reviews. I really appreciate the input. this case was, for me, very hard to build. I am very glad to see that most of you like it.....or appriciate the effort. again, thanx.
sincerely
kjl
I will take some pics. today. I guess I should have done this before? It will take a few min. to do; so when I get home--which is very soon--I'll hook-it-up for you
this is one of the nicest biohazzard case mods I've seen. Excellent work! 10/10.
thank you sir. and I read your idea--I really do think it's worth trying. I originally wanted to work-in conduit & run the tubing through it. I thought about putting the conduit on the outside only. and then rusting it of course
can't wait to see it.
10
By kurtleyba at 2008-05-04
Here's the pic. of the smoke stack I'm gonna add on top of the case in the fake tank housing that I will build this weekend
also, I am gonna mod my 22" LCD to look like that Capital One commercial where their building their custom credit card instead of the monster. in the background, there is a tv that has rivets and has rust water stains running down the sides. can't wait to get started.
I've ordered some half circles from US Plastics made out of acrylic that will work great as fake rivets.
great idea, I've been trying to come up with a way to incorporate a fogger. That's brilliant, should look really good. Have you seen the little brass steam engines? They are fully functional, fueled by butane. I have this image of a brass and leather case with a couple of steam engines powering some fans.
could be interesting...
6x6" sq. and about 7 or less inches tall.
sounds like it will be great, seeing as the case is a "box" the container would look good round... it's gonna look sweet.
Another idea I've been wanting to try is to build a resevoir into the window panel. The possibilities would be endless. I wonder how hard it would be to find curved arcylic to work with. i know it would be alot more work but just image the end results...
Here are the three 8800 GTXs; I have one card out--it's the RMA. over the weekend it stopped working; just went off an' died---we had a funeral, it was nice. I should have it back-in by next weekend. When I do, I'll take some more pics
By kurtleyba at 2008-05-03
By kurtleyba at 2008-05-03
By kurtleyba at 2008-05-03
By kurtleyba at 2008-05-03
I mounted the dual fan Danger Den GTX radiator on the left side panel. I then built a box-housing out of white styrene sheets and clamped them together w/ plastic welding cement and L-brackets. I did not weld the top of the box to the rest of the box-housing since there might be a chance for the need to take the box apart. so, the housing was designed to be collapsible. I then built a door out of "Modder's Mesh" from MNpctech. It gave the whole unit an industrial feel. I also installed two 4 inch UV lights inside the box-housing. the power wires were threaded through a 1/8 inch whole drilled through the panel.
By kurtleyba, shot with SP-2000 at 2008-04-26
Above is the radiator and the UV lights before I sleeved them with the "Orge" sleeving kit. I had put everthing together and then sleeved the wires last--I wanted to make sure that everything worked! besides, the sleeving of wires is my least favorite thing to do....in fact, I hate it!!!!
I painted the box w/ Alclad metal paint and then applied the "rusting" material from MicroMark.
I used a Dremel to drill many 1 1/2 holes throught the case to run the Tygon tubing, and then lined them w/ rubber gouments from Performance-pcs. I used Koolance Quick Disconnects on the tubing so the both side pannels could be removed w/o having to empty the fluid.
the waterblock is by Swiftech, and the watercooled RAM is by OCZ, which in their FLEX XLC series, comes watercooled ready. however, since my tubing is 3/8 ID and the RAM is 1/4 ID, I had to attach reducers from Thermaltake. the reducers came in a kit that converted 3/8 ID to 1/4 ID. I also had to attach 1/4 ID tubing, which I did not want too, but had no choice.
By kurtleyba, shot with SP-2000 at 2008-05-03
ABOVE AND BELOW:
on the front bezel, I cut out a whole for the 120mm fan. I then inserted a black fan duct, which comes in a large tube-like piece of stock. you measure the depth needed and then cut it w/ a hand saw. this black fan duct was from MNpctech. it looks better w/ a duct than having the sides open and visible. I used the Dremel w/ cutting disk. I also cut a 80mm hole on the window panel for the side fan. the grill is another great item from MNpcte/ch.
By kurtleyba, shot with SP-2000 at 2008-05-03
On top of the case is the 6 inch "Urban Assualt" 120mm fan grill--from, again, MNpctech. it came in black; however I used the rusting paint to go over it.
I also changed out the front LEDs for 5mm UV ones from Frozencpu. the Bulgin switch is also a replacement from the ugly grey power switch. the front LEDs had to be attached to this very neat item from Frozencpu which is a small LED docking station where you can attach up to four LEDs. it is powered by one 4 pin molex. it has four 2 pin male connectors.....pretty neat, huh? it has a sticker/glue on the back side so it could be mounted anywhere in the case.
I hand painted the "warning" signs on white styrene sheets. I then mounted the Invotech Tower resavoir filled it w/ Feser "Acid Green" non conductive coolant.
By kurtleyba, shot with SP-2000 at 2008-04-26
I also used Logysis plasma lights from Xpcgear to give the "industrial" look. I mounted UV lights throughout to enhance the tubing.
the slime was done w/ green clothing paint from Walmart. I finished the mod by ording custom case badges from Directron.
the entire case was then sealed w/ tripple thick clear coat from Krylon. oh, also, the fans, along w/ all the wires, were sleeved w/ Wirecare's "Orge" sleeving material. the fans were then routed to the fan controller by Sunbeam from Xoxide.com.
you really got talent..^_^
might look into it..
to mount the res ouside the case, I would suggest you use Quick Disconnects on the tubing running inside the case. this works well should you need to take the side panel off for fixes or upgrades. I really like my Koolance Quick Disconnects; now I can put the door out of my way and not having to station it near the case because of the tubing limitations.
not to bad
Great specs!
well tbh, im a fan of grunge type fallouty-mad max like cases. This one I dont feel the jive. I can see that you were going for the toxic look. Its nice. but imo, I wouldnt want something like that on top of the desk ^^
cheers!
Sickest case I've ever seen
As for the rig... um... WOW... and eew!
10 from me just because... well... yeah, because.
I have painted and modded the keyboard and monitor to match the case. used same tech. as with the case; however, I added plastic 1/2 rounds from U.S. Plastics and painted them to look like rivets.