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Project: MNU (Sponsor Update)
Apr 30th
Hey!
Well it has been a very long time since I gave any of you any updates! I have been incredibly busy with school work preparing the move to university and also doing lots of background stuff for this mod which has meant there was no point in continuing on with the actually modding of this PC. Why may you ask? Well I would like to say a massive thank you to Fractal Design for sponsoring this mod with their new case, the Fractal Design Define R2. Although it has not arrived yet it will do in the near future!
Thanks Fractal!
But it is not just Fractal I have to thank!
NZXT are also showing their support with some of their all-new sleeved cable extensions.
Updates will be coming as soon as the new case arrives!
Cardboard Case Competition
Mar 3rd
The Cardboard Case Competition
The Cardboard case competition is now officially over! With some amazing entries, I must add. I am amazed where the human mind can go if given a few rules and some guidelines, from an arachnid to a standard box and even a psychotic teddy bear…
Here are a few of the entries, which caught my eye.
Project: MNU (Update 5)
Feb 23rd
Hey all
Well all my exams are done!!!! Therefore, to celebrate I decided to get my hands dirty, and did some modding! I got to work on the bottom panel, the PSU vent and holes for MNPCTech case feed need to be added. As well as getting rid of some extra holes in the base.
The PSU vent cut out and case feet holes enlarged to 1/4″
The feet added, and U-Channelling added.
MNPCTech Case foot
Filled in some of the holes from the former motherboard tray
Cheers,
Kyle
Project: MNU (update 4)
Feb 9th
Hey all!
Here I am with one more update and this may be the last (well there may be another on Wednesday…) before I go away to South Africa, and no, I am not going to be looking for the “Prawns” but if I find any I will definitely take some photographs! :P
I have not really been able to do any modding but I have had plenty of time to work on the design, well I should have been studying… So here, it is some teasers of the front panel, side panels and window design :) The front panel has changed slightly, I have found my ThermalChill PA120.3 that I pretty much completely forgot about so am going to watercool this rig! Oh, and I am still trying to work out where to put the MNPCTech grill but I am currently thinking on the top for exhausts.
Project: MNU (Post 3) – Cheers MNPCTECH!
Jan 24th
Project: MNU (update 3)
Well, the last we weeks since my last update have been an interesting few, with loads of snow, exams, school productions (I am a stage manager not some performer!) and loads of other things…this project had been left in pieces on my bedroom floor, to my mum’s disgust I may add! Although this weekend I managed to get to work on it again, I grabbed me safety googles and got too it! However, before I started work on that I decided to work on the side panel design.
A few sheets of A4 paper masking tape a ruler and scissors and I am done.
More >
Project: MNU (Post 2)
Jan 6th
Update 2
After a very eventful New Year… Happy New Year to you all! I started dismatling the case. It had a whole bunch of support beams drive cages, removable motherboard tray which was for AT motherboards as well as a few other bits and pieces. They were all riveted so I got busy with the power drill and a 3mm drill bit. After a few minutes I managed to make the drill bit all but disappear :p.
After getting rid of all the junk here are the remaining pieces of the case that I will need for the build.
The last thing I managed to do today is mark out what I wanted to do for the top and bottom panels. An exhaust vent at the bottom for the PSU and a 120mm fan at the top as an exhaust as well.
I have been working on the designs for the back and front panels but am still undecided, there is going to be a custom front panel for sure as for the back but I still need to work out some details.
Catch you later!
Project: MNU (Post 1)
Dec 30th
After a yearlong hiatus, I am back to modding! That is right you did just read that… I have had a number of issues with modding this year: time, money, health, school, etc, etc. Now that most of that has been cleared out of the way I can finally get back to modding. This project I have been planning for close to 4 months while doing other things for The Mod Brothers and Case Mod Blog. I have finally ironed out the concept of what I want this case to look like and it is going to be based on the awesome movie “District 9″. Bill Owen has been creating a District 9 mod as well which I am sure you are all familiar. However, I am going to be taking a slightly different side to the story. My mod is going to be a MNU General Purpose Security Vehicle. When speaking to Bill he sent me over this picture that he had found while researching for his project.
The Mod Brothers Cardboard Case Contest
Dec 28th
That is right! A card board case… We have been debating about having a contest for a while however, the time never came to do one. But then the members almost started one themselves so we though, hey… they have done most of the work why do we not repay them with some awesome prizes (which are still to be announced by the way). So if you head over to The Mod Brothers you can enter the competition. All you need is some cardboard, a bit of tape and glue and an imagination! Build the most wacky case you can think of or just make your version of a classic tower as long as it is cardboard we do not care!
So get modding people!
The Mod Brothers Podcast Episode 4: Frequent Power Loss
Nov 14th
This is the fourth Podcast that I have hosted for www.themodbrothers.com. In these podcasts you will find all the information that you want to know as a modding community. You can send in comments, or questions for us either on Twitter or to podcast@themodbrothers.com
Anyway here is the show.
Guest list: Craig Brugger, Jeremy Birch, Bill Owen.
Kyle starts the forth podcast with a nice small panel. We had Craig Brugger on with us where he told us all about Losias and his new projects. Moving on to our normal question and answer section we answered “What is the best method for finishing cut acrylic edges? Which sanding grits, polishes, and buffing tools to use?” among other questions before moving onto our latest section where we shared worklogs that caught our eye.
You can download it here or subscribe in iTunes here.
Worklogs
Black Freighter (Bill Owen’s Choice)
Precedent (Kylevdm’s Choice)
ABS/Tagan Black Pearl (Jeremy’s Choice)
Mini Me (Craig Brugger’s Choice)
