Water-Cooled Half-Life 2 Case Mod

Takara writes "In an enormous from scratch project, piloux has recreated the HL feel in his LAN PC. This UV reactive watercooled case features 7 fans along side the meticulously texture painted contents. Take a look at the finished product images."

Comments

Ouch

[taped2thedesk]

Cool, but that keyboard looks like it'd mutilate your wrists...

That keyboard...

[jawtheshark]

That keyboard looks just like mine, except mine wasn't case-modded. I just didn't clean it in ages ;-)

Not sure what's more impressive...

[TheLoneDanger]

I don't know what's more impressive, the case mod, or the way his server has thus far withstood the slashdotting with so many images on that page.

Re:Not sure what's more impressive...

[GeckoX]

That would be because the commonly known fact that windows and IIS suck, is actually not a fact at all...don't tell everyone else that though.

This is nothing new, phenomenal, out of the ordinary or exciting, it's just something that certain people can not bring themselves to accept.

Those of us that do run IIS do so quietly and happily.

Interesting

[Altima(BoB)]

Cool mod, not sure how he would explain computer plastic rusting, but whatever. I'd be interested to see what a Counterstrike case mod would look like. Oh wait, it would just be an eight year old machine that everybody uses anyway even though there are better machines readily available.

Ohhh, feel the burning cynicism!!

Re:Interesting

[grumpygrodyguy]

Oh wait, it would just be an eight year old machine that everybody uses anyway even though there are better machines readily available.

Don't knock counter-strike just because it's old. There's a reason that it's still popular, and I wish EA and some of the other "big" fps makers would pay more attention as to why it's been so succesful. Particularly it's smooth gameplay, quick movement/turning/weapon swapping, realistic theme, good open-map modders community, etc.

Re:Pretty good, but keyboard looks painful!

[Anonymous Coward]

In the (looooooong) thread (@BitTech) he explains how he actually did pay attention to typing comfort. Most of those sharp spots just look sharp or are out of the way of the wrists.

This case will be finished when

[imr]

it gets stolen.

Additional Pics

[Cam Wheeler]

http://pcdb.overclockers.com.au/view.php?name=Pilo ux71&page=pics

Has some additional pics of this case that showoff the keyboard and some of the lighting a bit better.

Re:Additional Pics

[Cam Wheeler]

Please get rid of the space that was introduced by Slashdot in the URL Fixed Link

cough, cough

[malia8888]

He did a beautiful job. The case looks like something that should have been in the Matrix. However, looking at all the colors he used--antiquing, base coats, primer, spray paint---I hope the poor sod can still breathe. I got light-headed looking at the pictures :P

Good to see originality

[bigmouth_strikes]

I'm not usually impressed by wacko case mods but I have to admit that this is one mean looking machine. Too often you see a case mod where the maker just bought a bunch of mod kits and threw them on a new box without regard for the overall result or theme. This, which shows originality, creative talent and attention to details is really refreshing. Good job!

Re:Nice

[nacturation]

Normally I don't think much of case mods, but this is very impressive. The attention to detail is amazing. I think Valve should reward this guy somehow... maybe buy the case from him and set him up with *the* very first copy of Half Life 2 made.

whew!

[circusboy]

talk about voiding a warranty...

Re:what to avoid

[platypussrex]

He needs to be careful though. The rust job is so good that should he go away for the weekend and leave it in plain view, his mother might well put it out with the trash!

Man, that's impressive.

Vapour

[Seehund]

Here is another idea for a good looking case mod, which I think captures and contains the HL2 feel just as well. ;)

Art vs. Hip

[Ibanez]

I know there are a lot of people on here who think that most of these case mods are overdone, and don't think highly of any modifying.

But you know what, I don't care what you think, this thing took a lot of effort and I think surpasses the point where its more art than just being cool or hip. If you think otherwise....I don't know what to say.

Blake

AGREES

[cybercomm]

I realize there have been a number of case mod stories posted on /. (although the numbers seem to have declined lately) but this one truly deserves all the kudos and credits it can get. The designer/maker of this should get an award of sorts.

A water-cooled Half-Life 2 case mod?

[Xenex]

Be careful: It might leak.

a true work of art

[InternationalCow]

This guy is really talented - the box looks fantastic. I'd hire him to do my car if I were up to it. It'd be interesting to have my family car modded like this, it might end up looking like a high-tech urban assault vehicle :)

Re:Nice

[tehcyder]

set him up with *the* very first copy of Half Life 2 made.

But maybe he wouldn't want to be without his machine for that long.

Re:Nice

[paulkoan]

Well, he might hope to get a reward from them before he dies though.

This isin't a case mod; this is art

[strider_starslayer]

Seriously, most 'impressive case mods' are just a bunch of kit, random applications, and of course cathode ray tubes to light it up in neon.

This guy made something impressive, and beautiful, and he paid such attention to detail (like painting the whole CD rom drive, and continuing the 'rusted' theme internally as well as getting the water to glow green without getting the whole case to be bathed in green light, as such- I think it needs to be viewed as art, and no 'just another case mod'

Rust Comparison

[Robmonster]

I've just bought a brand new case.

I'm willing to bet that by the time HL2 is actually released my case will look just as rusty as his :)