Hellos and Introductions [Archive] - Page 4

WilfredR

20th September 2005, 13:01

Hi there all, thanks for the very warm welcome here. I posted one question in the MSI K8N Master2 thread and before I knew it I have my own thread and a lot of reactions.

As you can see, I'm a newbie at building compus, I've opended them before, but putting it together from scratch is something new. So I hope I can rely on you guys/girls from some help every now and then.

Please check-out my own new thread http://www.wizdforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2635&highlight=k8n+master

just a quick question. Where is this server hosted?? I have a 2 hour time difference with the server?

Jewels

20th September 2005, 21:25

Welcome Pete, TivaTar and WilfredR! :welcome:

Starbuck3733T

20th September 2005, 21:35

fivecheebs

20th September 2005, 23:20

Welcome to WizDforums WilfredR :wave:

Depco

21st September 2005, 13:14

*Stumbles into the room*

I first found this place by clicking on a link in one of MNPCTECH's Sigys. More specificly his worklog on Motherboards.org. Found the Modders mesh and the log on the Mesh window mod and was inspired. Started looking around the forums and found some great info.

So far I have worked on some small mods Windows, Blow holes, HD windows, and Mouse windows, and had many ideas that require more money then I have on hand. But the current idea for a plexi box can be made cheaply enough.

I look forward to visiting these forums alot more often. :D

fivecheebs

21st September 2005, 14:14

Welcome Depco :wiz:

Da_Rude_Baboon

21st September 2005, 14:21

...and had many ideas that require more money then I have on hand...

he he i think that sums up all of us! Welcome to the boards.

Depco

21st September 2005, 16:14

Thanks for the welcome... You know what I love about modding? It's international appeal. No matter what nation you are from... If you are a modder you are welcomed openly. Good stuff.

Pug

22nd September 2005, 09:55

Thanks for the welcome... You know what I love about modding? It's international appeal. No matter what nation you are from... If you are a modder you are welcomed openly. Good stuff.:nods: That's what I love about this place, too. :toast:

Welcome aboard, dude. :cool:

MoOstick

25th September 2005, 19:20

Hi there you all, greetings from France, I'm very happy to be a (small) part of WizD, I haven't been around for long, but I appreciate a lot the good spirit that lives here. No country, no nation but one passion, that is cool.
I don't mod much, but 'because' of you ;-) I HAD to buy myself a dremel, and some other tools, and I'm starting to mod my pc, hmm , my girlfriend's one as well, even if she isn't very happy about it :D... Each visit here is the occasion of discovering technics, ideas that I would've never thought of alone... Some of you are masters. I discovered modding with Defyant on BitTech, and started looking all around forums, and then fell on Dutch's BadAss, and... got mod-dependant!
Other than that, i'm 23 (since a few days), work in a big shop (Decathlon) in the workshop, and spend most of my time in front of my computer or on my bike, jumping downhill as often as I can...
There, I'm sort of introduced!
Before I go, a small question : how do you put pics on the net, I mean, pics of my PC for example?

Proxi

25th September 2005, 19:36

Maybe I am writing this to late, but I am from Denmark, casemodding in Denmark is not a big "problem"(:-p), I got my first computer when i was about 5-6years old, I have had many computers in my 10-year old computer-life. When if discovered the "modding-world" was about 2-3 years ago, one of the first site I clearly remember was mnpctech.com (!). I was the first I knew that liked at clean-style case, like Lian Li, all I knew was ThearmalTake fanatics(:D), but now are they in a right direction, they want clean-style.

One of my other interests is motor, - cars, bikes and scooters. I just love the "kick" when you get the speed. The dream car is a Supra after '93. In Denmark there are very few Spuras, because of the car-taxes (180%).

Hope you understand my spelling.:-)

/Philip Pedersen
/Denmark

fillip

25th September 2005, 19:37

The dream car is a Supra after '93.
I think you and me will get along just fine! :nods:

<<< Check out my sig ;-) :D

Hal

25th September 2005, 19:47

welcome! MoOstick and Proxi! do you have any mods you have done? do you plan on starting any? anyway, welcome again!

Proxi

25th September 2005, 19:47

I think you and me will get along just fine! :nods:

<<< Check out my sig ;-) :DExact!
I think you will finde this nice: http://www.bilgalleri.dk/html/gal_visbil.asp?ID=24528 . It is called "Tomaten" (In english: The Tomato).

Proxi

25th September 2005, 19:52

welcome! MoOstick and Proxi! do you have any mods you have done? do you plan on starting any? anyway, welcome again!I have only used one of thise http://www.mnpctech.com/HDhandle.html in my AOpen case.
And yes I will make a new case, I hope a Kingwin/Beantech I just can't finde a person that will buy one in Englang and sent it to me. If I don't finde one that will do it for me I will use a Lian Li.
But I will and can't make speciel cases like some of You. I have my scholl and my job.

Thaks for the welcome.

EDIT: I have also sleeved my PSU-cabels. UV-red.

MoOstick

25th September 2005, 19:57

welcome! MoOstick and Proxi! do you have any mods you have done? do you plan on starting any? anyway, welcome again!
Well nothing really extraordinary, tidying all the mess of cables inside, changing the front of my pc. I have a pre-modded case : AeroCool AeroEngine, everything is already done but i always find things that could be changed, but... not much time, and not that much money, freeride bike and pieces is expensive enough :-(...

fillip

25th September 2005, 20:07

Exact!
I think you will finde this nice: http://www.bilgalleri.dk/html/gal_visbil.asp?ID=24528 . It is called "Tomaten" (In english: The Tomato).

I've seen those photos elsehwere before, I used to spend a bit of time at the UK Supra Forums, great resource for Supra lovers. If I won the lottery next week a Supra is the first thing I'd buy. Seriously. :D

Proxi

25th September 2005, 20:28

I've seen those photos elsehwere before, I used to spend a bit of time at the UK Supra Forums, great resource for Supra lovers. If I won the lottery next week a Supra is the first thing I'd buy. Seriously. :DSame here, and also a trip to England so i can get me Beantech kabinet.:-)

flacowboy

26th September 2005, 20:49

well hey all
not sure what to say to on this form the states as you can tell been a member of bit-tech for awhile now just tend to lurk in the bacground and scope out all the great mods have done a couple but never posted but hope to change that soon not that mine will even come close to the ones i have see on here and on bit-tech
ala gnome starbuck you guys rock well it was nice to meet you guys and hopefully i can come close to you guys thanks fgor letting me join i feel honored to even be part of this great fourm

Leeum

26th September 2005, 20:53

:welcome: to the forums flacowboy!

flacowboy

26th September 2005, 20:56

thanks leeum :)

Starbuck3733T

26th September 2005, 21:32

cobalt6700

26th September 2005, 22:03

ive been meaning to post on here for while.

right then.

Im gareth. im 16, im into PC's, drumming, sailing, building model boats and cars and power kiting.

im in a mechinical aprrentichip. i cant spell. lol.

Hello everyone!!!!! :D :D

most people call me gaz, or big-g. reason for big-g is obious if you ever get to see me!!

lol

bit late but yeah. hehe. :thumb:

Bulldog

26th September 2005, 22:38

Lo, Newbie here :duh:

:wiz: Hi to one and all.

:thumb: :thumb:

Cheers

ỒĊBłůē

26th September 2005, 22:42

:wave: Hi Bulldog and welcome to WizD :magic:

Any chance you can set your country in your profile? - It's more help to others than you'd realise.

cobalt6700

26th September 2005, 22:52

so you came then bulldog. lol.

Pm pug and hell giv you that mod hat!!

:D

mnpctech

26th September 2005, 23:03

Welcome Everybody :toast:

Jewels

27th September 2005, 09:10

A welcome from me too! :toast:

fivecheebs

27th September 2005, 10:44

Hi Bulldog. Welcome to Wizd :wave:

Starbuck3733T

27th September 2005, 15:50

Welcome aboard. me -> ^_^ :more: <-- you

Pug

27th September 2005, 17:07

Lo, Newbie here :duh:

:wiz: Hi to one and all.

:thumb: :thumb:

Cheers
Johnny? Joooohhnnny! :toast: :wiz:

'Lo mate, good to see you here.
Been meaning to invite you since we started the place. Pull up a beer & sink a few. :more:

For those who don't know - Bulldog's a mod over on the VapoChill forums who's been water/extreme cooling longer than me and is a downright helpful & nice bloke to boot. ^_^

You know how hard it is to trust someone enough to let them play with any settings on your PC?
Well let me just say that Bulldog is one of the very few people who has ever been trusted with access directly to my BIOS (in the interests of overclocking, of course)!

/me heads to Admin Panel. :magic:

StoneNewt

27th September 2005, 20:10

So here I am, a clueless IT admin & 'professional' astronomer... What am I into? Well PCs, Photography, Cycling, Rowing & Cars (mainly Volvo, Fiat & Alfa).

I'll see you guys around and hopefully cause some havoc :thumb:

Cpl Rampage

27th September 2005, 20:21

hey, looking to get active in these fourms too, i active at pimprig (same name), hope to helpout around here.

fivecheebs

27th September 2005, 21:35

Welcome to WizD Cpl Rampage. :wave:

Do us a favour mate, could you put your country flag in your profile for us. Thanks

Dark Rukia

27th September 2005, 22:03

Well let's see...My name is Dan. I like Anime a bit. I like computers alot...although my current computer has its motherboard and CPU RMA'ing.

Although my current computer's specs are listed below:

Note: It was a budget computer.
Raidmax 10 bay Black and Silver ATX Case
Thermaltake 420W Dual Fan PSU
Gigabyte GA-K8NS Ultra-939
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice @ 1.8GHz
Stock Cooling (Soon to change once I get money)
2X512 PC3200 GEIL Dual Channel RAM with bad timings (2.5-4-4-8)
Samsung Spinpoint P 80GB SATA150 HD (Soon to buy a 160GB So I will have 240GB)
Leadtek GeFORCE 6800LE AGP 4X/8X

Running Windows XP and soon Gentoo or Ubuntu.

I live in NY and I'm a poor 14 year old.

Anyway that's me. Hope to be posting alot. Never modified my own PC though.

TotalEclipse

27th September 2005, 22:37

Hi, I'm Ed (TotalEclipse) and I'm a modaholic.

Over the last two or so years I've found myself lurking on various computer mod sites, religiously following worklogs and conversations. Until one day I foud Wizd and it just got worse. :(

I work at a company called The Eastwood Company which sells auto restoration and refinishing tools and supplies which I plan to use in my next mod. They also sell the Hotcoat powdercoating system which means I can powdercoat anything!

Anyway, I haven't done much modding yet but am ramping up for a project in the near future. I plan on asking a lot of questions so everyone be prepared :)

ỒĊBłůē

27th September 2005, 22:44

Hi Ed and welcome to Wizd :magic:

It certainly sounds as though you're working in the right place - I'll be watching your project with interest :thumb:

MasterP

27th September 2005, 23:04

Hi all - thought i'd get off my rrs and register! :thumb:

I'm a keen modder(albeit still no0bish) I've been a fan of Mr MNPCTech's work for quite some time now (seriously Bill,your work rips - inspirational dude!) and am a frequent visitor to this site, trawling through the worklogs and what not

So, um, Hi everybody! :D looking forward to getting to know you all (and getting some help from time to time too!)

fillip

27th September 2005, 23:15

I've been a fan of Mr MNPCTech's work for quite some time now

Lets be honest, who hasn't http://wizdforums.co.uk/images/smilies/grin.gif

Welcome to WizD! http://wizdforums.co.uk/images/smilies/thumb.gif

MasterP

27th September 2005, 23:27

Lets be honest, who hasn't http://wizdforums.co.uk/images/smilies/grin.gif

Welcome to WizD! http://wizdforums.co.uk/images/smilies/thumb.gif

You're right... Thanks fillip!:toast:

Tommygun

27th September 2005, 23:36

Hi Dark

enjoy your stay :-)

fivecheebs

28th September 2005, 00:20

Welcome MasterP

Oh and sorry, i missed stoneNewt Welcome to you too :wiz:

Pug

28th September 2005, 11:52

Welcome StoneNewt, Cpl Rampage & MasterP... :toast:
Total Eclipse, you work at Eastwood? Oh, you're sooo welcome (an' I'm sooo jealous :-p). :wiz:

Thanks for stopping by, guys.

scopEDog

28th September 2005, 13:29

Wow so many new peeps, Hi everyone :wave:

Da_Rude_Baboon

28th September 2005, 14:34

:welcome:

Hey guys! Enjoy the show. Fillip promised us a bearded lady but i havent seen her yet. <_<

fillip

28th September 2005, 19:52

:welcome:

Hey guys! Enjoy the show. Fillip promised us a bearded lady but i havent seen her yet. <_<

*Insert school boy mom joke* http://wizdforums.co.uk/images/smilies/tongue.gif

Sorry. http://wizdforums.co.uk/images/smilies/grin.gif

Jewels

29th September 2005, 08:50

Welcome StoneNewt, Cpl Rampage & MasterP... :toast:

^
Same, welcome guys! :welcome:

Bulldog

29th September 2005, 18:20

Thankyou gents for the kind welcome. I will be popping in from time to time. I am just alittle busy atm as we just had a little girl in june. As the time moves on I will be here more :)
If I can help anyone in anyway, just PM me or email.

Thankyou Pug, very kind words there, I will talk to you over msn hopefully :D

Cheers :)

Link

30th September 2005, 12:20

Mornin' all. I'm James, and I'm new to case modding. Been building PC's for ages, but never modded anything. Anyway, got a new build coming up, so I'm looking for some insiration for a mod, hence why I am here.

fivecheebs

30th September 2005, 12:36

Hi James :wave: Welcome to WizD

Plenty of inspiration in the gallery and chop shop, have fun browsing.

Starbuck3733T

30th September 2005, 15:59

You've sure come to the right place. Nice to have you here, and welcome.

Jewels

3rd October 2005, 09:42

Welcome to WizD, James! :welcome:

Fille

5th October 2005, 14:53

Hi im Filip from Norway.
Watching some amacing boulding here!
have just startet my own casemodd.
Just wont to say hi :toast:

Slickticket

5th October 2005, 17:17

Hello all. I've been reading these forums for a few months now and never posted anything so I thought I would atleast say hello. ^_^

I've been modding for years and been interested in watercooling for a while. I've had those pre-made kits and finally am ready to really take the plunge (I know bad pun ;-) ) and build a custom loop of my own.

Jewels

5th October 2005, 17:38

Welcome Filip and Slickticket - enjoy WizD! :toast:

Proxi

5th October 2005, 18:08

Welcome Filip and Slickticket. Filip du bor jo som en af de eneste tæt på Danmark så?

Tommygun

5th October 2005, 18:49

Hi Guys
Enjoy your stay ;-)

fillip

5th October 2005, 19:43

Not another fillip! now that's 3 of the buggers! http://wizdforums.co.uk/images/smilies/dry.gif

Welcome guys :welcome:

fivecheebs

5th October 2005, 19:55

Welcome to WizD filip and slick... *too many filxxsps lol*

Slick ... what took you so long to post .... we are not particularly scarey are we?

Fille

6th October 2005, 14:59

Welcome Filip and Slickticket. Filip du bor jo som en af de eneste tæt på Danmark så?
Ja jeg gjør jo det :) da kan vi prate vårt eget språk! hehe:D

lbreevesii

7th October 2005, 21:40

ello' all. just thought i'd add my bit to this big thread. i'm sure some of you have already seen me post..

CandyKid

7th October 2005, 22:09

Hello people.

PLUR
CK

Tommygun

7th October 2005, 22:11

:-)

Greeting

cobalt6700

7th October 2005, 22:26

hey there!

nate

8th October 2005, 03:29

hi all, finally decided to sign up. great project logs here, keeps me occupied at work reading them all, many many times over (yes, they're all that good!) :D soon, hopefully, i'll have a go at modding my case and watercooling my rig.

Starbuck3733T

8th October 2005, 03:42

Welcome aboard! :wave:

Olly

8th October 2005, 20:48

hello there :D

fivecheebs

8th October 2005, 21:26

Welcome Nate :wiz:

Jewels

12th October 2005, 00:27

Welcome to you all! :welcome: :toast:

atanum141

14th October 2005, 21:09

Hi chaps!
im new here but ive been lurking for awhile...im a regular member of the Bit-Tech family and [H]ardforums!

so im just saying a BIG HELLO from me!:-)

GodsUnicorn

14th October 2005, 21:20

Well hello, goodevening and welcome.

Where you from ? (no flag)

fivecheebs

14th October 2005, 21:25

Lo Anatum ... you might recognise some names here.

Make youself at home :more:

BTW flags are good mmmmkay ;-)

atanum141

14th October 2005, 21:40

opps mybad...i need to sort out the finer details later on.

well im from london and like most of the chaps here im a student.

its gonna be most awesome on this forums..ive seen quite a few faces already here that i kno from Bit-tech!

CandyKid

14th October 2005, 21:43

What're you studying?

PLUR
CK

p.s. Hello!

atanum141

14th October 2005, 22:07

Im on my last year of my computing degree in london but after that im gonna take a LONG holiday:-p

Tommygun

14th October 2005, 23:20

:-) Greeting atanum

penguin

18th October 2005, 17:22

I finally decided to sign up here, seeing as there are more active water cooling people than on GvL.

*Bothers MNPCTech about fan grills*

ỒĊBłůē

18th October 2005, 17:26

Hi penguin and welcome to WizD :wave:

fivecheebs

18th October 2005, 17:30

Welcome Penguin :more:

vwmaniac84

18th October 2005, 19:16

yo wazzup!

im Carlos here from colombia one of the fews interested in moding, i got too much ideas but unfortunaly absolutly nothing of the mod stuff can be found here so i have to do everithing..

you're forum rule!

and i'm glad to be here! please! help me a lot i'm just a novice!!! :D

GodsUnicorn

18th October 2005, 19:34

Me too, Welcome mate.

vwmaniac84

19th October 2005, 15:34

Thanx godsunicorn

i have already seen you're work (case) and it's cool...

nice work on the window. :thumb:

CandyKid

19th October 2005, 15:38

Welcome!

BTW, does VWManiac mean you're a Volkswagen fan? The guy sitting 20 feet from me restores them and has a 78 bus outside that he drove to work today...

PLUR
CK

kouri1977

19th October 2005, 16:57

Hi I've been lurking for a week or so and I finally decided to show myself. Felt a bit intimidated tbh :)
I don't even think I can call myself a noob as I don't actually have a PC (except this laptop). I'm just gathering knowledge and saving cash until I can by the kit I want. Main problem though is space for the PC and space to mod.
I've loved reading over all your posts though, especially the chop shop.

scopEDog

19th October 2005, 17:21

Welcome guys! And to kouri1977, always wanted to visit tokyo and do some real touge drifting ^_^

mnpctech

19th October 2005, 20:17

Welcome all!! :thumb:

Welcome!

BTW, does VWManiac mean you're a Volkswagen fan? The guy sitting 20 feet from me restores them and has a 78 bus outside that he drove to work today...

PLUR
CK

I'd imagine so...

Give your co-worker the nod from me Candykid :cool:

I've owned and restored/customized several air & watercooled vdubs including 2, 84 Rabbit(Golf) GTis, and the last resto job I did was this 84 Jetta Gli

http://prudhoe.codeword.com/mnpctech/aWIZB/mk1Jetta/184Gli2.jpg

Before and during resto shots

http://prudhoe.codeword.com/mnpctech/aWIZB/mk1Jetta/184GliB4.jpg
http://prudhoe.codeword.com/mnpctech/aWIZB/mk1Jetta/184Gli.jpg
http://prudhoe.codeword.com/mnpctech/aWIZB/mk1Jetta/184Gli1.jpg

jaguarking11

19th October 2005, 21:06

Welcome all.

Kinda weird how a totaly diferent group of people like the same things in diferent parts of the country and world. I was recently e-baying and what I was looking for is a decent vwbug to restore/hotrod. I was thinking about making it into a street machine with lots of grunt (about 300hp worth of grunt to be exact).

BTW bill you got any info on doing an engine swap on a original air cooled bug to something beefier than a boxter 4? I was thinking about a supercharged ecotech inline 4 motor.

PS: awsome restore on that rabbit. Is that the one you showed the video of when you took it out for the sumer?

mnpctech

20th October 2005, 00:06

jaguarking11

20th October 2005, 02:15

j/k11,

A swap like that never interested me. Its VW/Porsche or nothing, but I can understand why youre asking, the aftermarket for vw performance parts is super expensive. My old roomate built up a 2.2 Dual Port Longblock with dual Webers for a 66 Beetle. He vested $6K in the engine work/parts alone, but that lil 2.2 could make your ass cheeks clench :cool: It did the quarter mile in low 14s. If youre gonna spend that much money, buy a Porsche ..lol

I recommend you check out the Cal-Look Forum (http://www.cal-look.com/index2.html) These guys would be our equivelent in knowledge about Bug performance as WizD is about pc modding. Oh, and Gene Berg products would be equivelent in engineering & quality to Aqua Computer. The Berg family are lengendary Cali Tuners/Drag Racers. Gary Berg held the 1992 VW Super Street record at 10.39 ET.

and the video you saw was my 86 Jetta ;-)

Thanks dude. Definitly will look into them. Awsome jetta btw.:thumb:

And the whole thing about the ecotech conversion is that it will provide 300supercharged horses and still be street legal and very drivable providing its a good build and for less than 3grand to do it with a junkyard block. The smaller vwmotors once taken to extremes I suspect are not very streetable. Plus turbo lag gives me headaches. :cool:

Jewels

24th October 2005, 15:46

Welcome everyone! :welcome:

Oodin

26th October 2005, 23:05

Well i suppose after leeching information in the Tips forum i should come here and at least introduce myself. i found this site while looking for modding information (imagine that) and it just seemed like a friendly place to be, so here i am. I am currently a student at UND (Grand Forks, North Dakota), first semester EE major. I am originally from Beulah, ND (western part of state) I am planning on doing my first computer mod this summer, will probably post it here while i work on it, for now i'm just trying to get a detailed idea of what i'm in for.

looking forward to getting to know everyone here

CandyKid

26th October 2005, 23:08

Greetings!

Stick around... it IS nice here!

PLUR
CK

GodsUnicorn

26th October 2005, 23:21

Glad to have you.

Pug

28th October 2005, 11:50

Welcome Jon, Carlos et al.
I think we have a bunch of us VeeDub fans here... must be the German Engineering thang again. :wiz:

Here's a fairly old pic of me using a slightly modified one to instruct my nephew in the art of cool (though he must be about 16 by now! :D)

http://www.wizdforums.co.uk/Pug/pugBug.jpg

Reitau

29th October 2005, 00:08

Now im no newbie to modding or this formum as you can see by my join date, however I have only recently got B/Band at home and am lovin' it!
This means I can post my mods etc on here, and comment on others mods.

Likes: Im a PC enthusiast and have been for along time.

Claim To Fame: I met Pug breifly in Level 7 Computers several years ago when I worked in Gamesmart selling Games! And saw him a few other times while working for PC World as a technician (as I still do) - and at a LAN party (1st case I ever saw with neon - made me buy neon fan, then new case, then new cpu & mobo, then ........lots of stuff ).

Current Rig: P4 3.4, 1Gb RAM, 1/2 TB HDD, T/Take Tsunami Dream Case (no w/cooling yet)

Freinds In To Modding: Bozz, Zeffer

Leeum

29th October 2005, 00:14

Welcome Reitau mate, enjoy yourself ^_^

Dar Kuma

1st November 2005, 14:04

hi all
i joined yesterday after doing a search for an english modding forum
i`m Dar Kuma,allthough one or two people might know me as Dark Magic Ninja from another well known forum
i should change that cause i`m not that dark or magic at all and certainly not ninja like
so thats about it
and i know bills gonna be here soon so high bill and hi to the rest of you

fillip

1st November 2005, 14:12

:wave: 'lo all

Da_Rude_Baboon

1st November 2005, 14:17

:beer: + :dremel: = :duh:

:zen: + :dremel: = :toast:

Let that be a lesson to you!

fillip

1st November 2005, 14:21

:beer: + :dremel: = :duh:

:zen: + :dremel: = :toast:

Let that be a lesson to you!

Ohh gawd, now the monkey is trying to impart wisdom :duh: , whatever next...

furious trout

1st November 2005, 14:25

:beer: + :dremel: = :duh:

:zen: + :dremel: = :toast:

Let that be a lesson to you!
I didn't know you had a degree in smilie maths DRB?:-p

Da_Rude_Baboon

1st November 2005, 14:25

waxing tips... :idea:

lol thats one maths exam i might have got an A in.

simon_C

6th November 2005, 23:57

hey all, just recently found this place. starting to get into the modding scene.
im saving up for a wicked gaming machine so i can actually play some games other than ut2k4, quake 3, and warcraft 3.

my current rig is a single 1.8ghz powermac g5, 256mb (just about to purchase another gig), 80gb, dvd rw, geforce fx5200 64mb (good enough for me, gaming rig will handle the heavy stuff), etc etc ...

the rig im looking to build is here: http://24.62.175.197/gamingpc/
i might need to pick a bigger PSU and better ram. but im trying to keep it under $825.00. any recommendations? im looking to overclock just a bit as well.

anyways, hello all!

Simon

GodsUnicorn

7th November 2005, 00:06

Welcome mate,:-) hope you stick around.

RoadMonkey

10th November 2005, 15:48

Hi Everyone,

I have posted a couple times here and there, but I thought I would make a proper introduction. I have been looking through all the major mod forums and finally found this one that I think is by far the best. :)

I plan in the next week or two to start a worklog on my mod of a Silverstone TJ03. This will be my 3rd attempt at a mod that I hopefully will like. I have to date destroyed a Silverstone TJ06 and Lian-Li V2100B. Maybe with some input from you guys on my worklog I will be happy with the results on this one. ;)

Later,
RoadMonkey

fivecheebs

10th November 2005, 16:02

Welcome :wave:

scopEDog

10th November 2005, 16:06

Whats up fellas? :dremel:

fillip

10th November 2005, 16:33

Another Monkey hey, well, lets hope you're not as mischevious as the first one.

Welcome :wave:

Da_Rude_Baboon

10th November 2005, 17:29

:rolleyes:

Is that silverstone case an HTPC one? We dont have enough HTPC mods on here.

Welocme btw! :D I almost forgot. :duh:

fillip

10th November 2005, 17:33

:rolleyes:

Is that silverstone case an HTPC one? We dont have enough HTPC mods on here.

Survey says...

Noooo! http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&q=Silverstone%20TJ%2003&spell=1&sa=N&tab=wi

l1zrdking

10th November 2005, 18:08

:thumb: I knew there was an intro thread somewheres in here but I didnt stumble on it last night. Anyhow, I'm a modding newb, although I've been wanting to try my hand for almost 2 years now. Basically I got tired of looking at my Cheiftec Dragon the way it is so I gutted it and started planning. The problem is, I change my mind constantly heh but anyhow, on to me. I'm 28 (just turned yesterday) I live in North Carolina in the states, although I'm from Ohio. Ive been building computers since I was 16, and I recieved formal training (after being an art major for 4 years) at a small tech college here in NC. I am currently studying for my A+ (alot of money to drop on a test that I could possibly fail :eek:) Anyhow, I'm going to start a worklog today or tomorrow to show my (very little) progress I hope everyone enjoys.

AWACS

10th November 2005, 18:46

oh we had an hello thread?

well I guess I'll say hello then :wave:

I have no experience in modding, but I'm thinking about things I could do to my antec p-160... though that'll be happening after I've gotten watercooling into it, but that might take some time as almost all time I have is heavily consumed at school <_<

RoadMonkey

10th November 2005, 19:35

Is that silverstone case an HTPC one? We dont have enough HTPC mods on here.

I see Fillip already answered the question, but here is the exact one I will be modding.

http://www.frozencpu.com/cst-110.html

The great thing about this case other than being the highest quality stock case I have ever seen, is that 95% of the parts in the case are screwed together. This really makes things easier for disassembly.

Penguinmasta72

24th November 2005, 04:02

Hey all!

My name is Evan Devine, been moddin for about 2 years now i guess, only done a couple things, got 1 in progress (mirrored cube of doom, hopefully have a worklog up sometime soon), i like cars,games, 3d modeling, and long walks on the beach. J/K. I myself am a resident of the little apple (minneapolis for those who prefer the real name, i'll never understand them) southside near the river. been meanin to join the forums 4 a while, then just did and it said i already had an account! heehee oops... neway i'll cya guys around!

-oops!!! i changed the size of my sig btw...sry bout that.....

jaguarking11

24th November 2005, 04:54

:rolleyes:

Is that silverstone case an HTPC one? We dont have enough HTPC mods on here.

Welocme btw! :D I almost forgot. :duh:

I have a good htpc mod but no hardware for it. Care to donate to complete?

jaguarking11

24th November 2005, 04:56

fivecheebs

24th November 2005, 09:51

Welcome to WizDforums Penguinmastga :wave:

mnpctech

24th November 2005, 14:47

. I myself am a resident of the little apple southside near the river. been meanin to join the forums 4 a while, then just did and it said i already had an account! heehee oops... neway i'll cya guys around!

Welcome Penguin.. Do you live in a Van down by the river? ;-)

btw, since youre also from Modville USA (Mpls, MN)

KikBoxStu, from Kikboxes (http://www.kikboxes.com/), (I think hes from Applevalley) wants to organize a Case Modding Club.. He mentioned he would talk to DC Computer Mods in Burnsville (http://dcmods.abneg8.com/) about hosting meetings.. Thats all I know, just passing it on :-) Contact KikBoxStu via his site if youre looking for more info..

firstrate

27th November 2005, 23:26

Hi guys

Ive been popping in and out of this forum for over a year now. Think i'd better introduce myself.

my name Firstrate:-) not really done much modding always worried i'd make a complete mess. Anyway i have just installed my first watercooling set up could not beleive how easy it was.

Reitau

28th November 2005, 00:09

Welcome to WizD Firstrate!

fivecheebs

28th November 2005, 00:15

Welcome to WizD firstrate. Do us a favour and fill in your country flag in your profile :thumb:

Well done on your first loop, its satisfying isnt it ^_^. Did you not need to break out a dremel to install it?

fillip

28th November 2005, 10:47

Welcome one and all :toast:

MAOJC

29th November 2005, 19:15

hi folks, Found my way here off the Taig list server which is about CNC benchtop machines.

the MAOJC stands for Medium Array of Junk Computers

I do distributed computing for TeamPhoenixRising, play with my CNC stuff and do some computer Modding.

I am big into Diskless Computing environment and am currently running D2OL on a few XP3200 diskless nodes.

Starbuck3733T

29th November 2005, 20:44

Rock on. the F@H bug has bit me big time as of late, I keep adding more and more machines (as I find them do nothing useful ;-)) to my "horde."

StuartL

30th November 2005, 16:41

Stuart from West Berkshire, UK. Not really a modder as such but into "efficient" PCs. Found WizD through Google when researching passive radiators. Looking to go entirely passive in the A64/ATI X850XT if I can. Been looking at stripping the HSF off the X850XT and leaving the heat sink in place but sinking the heat with a modified CPU water block instead of the supplied fan.

Need to find a block that's about 65-74mm by 45-52mm with no mounting lugs so I can strap it down using a bracket of my own fabrication.

Knipex

30th November 2005, 16:59

Welcome aboard all.

Reitau

1st December 2005, 00:06

http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=47828 for the Wizard Designs distributed computing computing contribution :huh: to Folding Protiens to find the cure for cancer...

daz

1st December 2005, 02:48

sup guys,

my name is daz im from southern california and im really into modding and i admit im not YET a pro. hehe. im modding my second case right now. ive been checking this site for a while ago and i just tought that maybe i should sign up on this forums too in case i need some help. and i think everybody is helpful. hope i will be sponsored in here too! haha coz i saw the lian li case mod by tribal and he got sponsored im like damn thats cool! anyways nice site nice mods nice people. later dudes

daz

chakkuchan

1st December 2005, 03:02

Hi my name is Ryan, I'm shouting out from South Bend, Indiana (yes Notre Dame is 5 minutes away...). I am just getting started in the modding scene and I stumbled across MNPCTECH's website and got a link to these forums from there. First of all, Bill I love your work! I've been looking around the site getting ideas on case mods. My problem is I have so many freaking ideas that I have trouble figuring out which one I wanna do the most... lol. So far the only modding I have done is create a 2 5.25" drive bay fan mount to cool two hdds. more to come though!!!

Anyways just saying hi to one of the largest modding communities on the internet!!! happy modding.

BigBen2k

2nd December 2005, 00:06

Welcome to all! :D

GodsUnicorn

2nd December 2005, 00:20

Welcome one and all.

Starbuck3733T

2nd December 2005, 01:31

Good to have you here.

CandyKid

2nd December 2005, 01:36

...shouting out from South Bend, Indiana...

Don't worry, I lived in Goshen years ago, close enough I could spit on SB with a little wind!

Vilkommen.

PLUR
CK

mnpctech

3rd December 2005, 14:36

Welcome everyone!

First of all, Bill I love your work! I've been looking around the site getting ideas on case mods. My problem is I have so many freaking ideas that I have trouble figuring out which one I wanna do the most..

Thank you! I have the same problem.. hehe

See you in the Forums :cool:

xjrrrdx

17th December 2005, 00:15

Hey all, my name is Jared, and I am from Denver, Colorado in the States. Currently Im working on a new watercooled mod and got a lot of inspiration from Leeum but I hope it maintains its own identity, I would hate to offend anyone by "copying"

I like long walks on the beach, candle lit dinners...just kidding, i love fragging, modding, off-roading, and the whole assortment of computer related garbage.

jaguarking11

17th December 2005, 02:20

Cool. Welcome Jared. Are you on the subway diet too? LOL. Sorry I could not resist. Welcome dude. YOu will fit rite in. And copying is the highest form of flattery. I just try to be unique.

Reitau

17th December 2005, 12:11

Hi Jared. welcome to WizD...

Penguinmasta72

17th December 2005, 16:31

welcome my good senor, you will find these to be good forums

xjrrrdx

17th December 2005, 16:33

Cool. Welcome Jared. Are you on the subway diet too? LOL. Sorry I could not resist. Welcome dude. YOu will fit rite in. And copying is the highest form of flattery. I just try to be unique.

You know people always tell me I look like the subway Jared its really creepy. 95% of people say I do and the other 5% say I dont so who knows lol.

AWACS

17th December 2005, 16:40

but in theese circles the copy ends up beeing unique aswell...

fillip

17th December 2005, 19:07

Welcome all new comers :wave:

My name is Fil, and if you're easily corruptable I'll apologise now. :D

Silent

17th December 2005, 20:51

Hiya all, my name is Bernie.

Been reading the forums for some time now, never posted (until now), and was amazed to see such craftmanship displayed I thought I would now join an ever expanding group of people.

I have been making computers for some time, but have never worried about the looks of them...until now that is.

I am at the planning process of a yet unnamed project (possibly to be named Beast) to make a good case, but in my opinion, horrible looking case into a piece of art.
Thankyou all for the inspiration.

Bernie

Knipex

17th December 2005, 21:57

Welcome aboard all.

fivecheebs

17th December 2005, 23:58

Welcome to WizD Jarred and Bernie :wave:

Blimey Bernie, its taken you ages to post! Joined Jul '04!!

ỒĊBłůē

18th December 2005, 00:39

[Tommy Lee-Jones]"Miss July '89" [/under seige]

Welcome all :wave:

mnpctech

18th December 2005, 03:56

Welcome all! :magic:

Da_Rude_Baboon

18th December 2005, 13:39

You know people always tell me I look like the subway Jared its really creepy. 95% of people say I do and the other 5% say I dont so who knows lol.

Having a celebrity look-a-like is always a pain. <_< Mine was pointed out again at the christmas night out so Monday will be fun. That should get you guessing now fill! ;-)

Welcome aboard everybody! Bernie you have some posting to catch up on now.

fivecheebs

18th December 2005, 14:56

Having a celebrity look-a-like is always a pain. <_< Mine was pointed out again at the christmas night out so Monday will be fun. That should get you guessing now fill! ;-)
King kong .... only smaller ^_^

jaguarking11

18th December 2005, 17:44

Squelch

18th December 2005, 19:05

Hi to all new visitors to our forums.

Austin Powers?

No wait you're Scotish - Jimmy Crankie?

Psykotik

19th December 2005, 11:01

Rab C Nesbitt?

fillip

19th December 2005, 11:04

Having a celebrity look-a-like is always a pain. <_< Mine was pointed out again at the christmas night out so Monday will be fun. That should get you guessing now fill! ;-)

Welcome aboard everybody! Bernie you have some posting to catch up on now.

King Kong was the obvious one on the basis of your hairy arms and I reckon Chris was working off the same basis.
But honestly, I have absolutely no idea

Da_Rude_Baboon

19th December 2005, 12:00

The US members would not get it as its more of UK celebrity. It's a singer...

fillip

19th December 2005, 12:09

The US members would not get it as its more of UK celebrity. It's a singer...

Cliff Richard :huh:

CandyKid

19th December 2005, 12:20

Sir Elton John?

fillip

19th December 2005, 12:35

Will Young?

I know!!

Michelle McManus :D

It's so obvious now.

Da_Rude_Baboon

19th December 2005, 14:12

Will Young?

Yup you guessed it. :-( I have had small children shouting 'will young' at me in the street and asking for autographs. :rant:

Starbuck3733T

19th December 2005, 14:24

What does fillip win for a prize? a new hot-pink habit?

fillip

19th December 2005, 14:26

Yup you guessed it. :-( I have had small children shouting 'will young' at me in the street and asking for autographs. :rant:

LMFAO!! :lol:

Squelch

19th December 2005, 14:35

Yup you guessed it. :-( I have had small children shouting 'will young' at me in the street and asking for autographs. :rant:
Wow! I can't wait for your picture.

Da_Rude_Baboon

19th December 2005, 15:15

tbh i dont see the resemblance myself but it does get mentioned a lot. On friday night on the x-mas night out i was chatting to one of the girls from work when his song came on. her eyes kind of glazed over for a second before she shouted 'OMG! you totally look like him!'.

Pug

19th December 2005, 15:40

Blimey, lots of people coming in from the cold. :blink:
Welcome one & all. :toast:

Grab yourselves a glass of seasonal mulled wine & settle in for the long haul - it's a hell of a ride. :magic:

:cheers:
/Pug. :cool:

[/edit]Damn, missed your post DRB...
Lol! Get yer mug in the mugshots thread; this I gotta see! :D

perry

19th December 2005, 17:10

Helluuuu :wave:

I've been following some of the -amazing- work logs here the past few days/weeks during my micro-pauses behind the desk at work. And now, as I have a few minutes to spare before my ride gets here, I figured I might as well make myself known.

I'm from Sweden, as I'm sure you're all aware (if I managed to set the country flag in my profile correctly ..). I've been snooping around sites like bit-tech and arstechnica and the like for a while, as well as a few swedish modding/computer sites and forums. This place really appealed to me, however; I never bothered to register at bit-tech, for example. Could be the friendly attitude, collection of talented artists/modders, something else .. who knows.

I'm building up the courage, time and money to perhaps make a contribution to the modding scene myself, but that won't happen until earliest next year (which, of course, is not that far away any more ..). Until then, I'll keep a watchful eye on your worklogs etc.

Squelch

19th December 2005, 17:19

Hi perry, and welcome.

jaguarking11

19th December 2005, 17:20

Welllcome bud.

Grab a chair and lets wait for drb's pic.

fivecheebs

19th December 2005, 17:25

Hi perry :wave: Welcome to WizD

Let me take that glass of babysham and get you a beer ...

^_^:more:

Josie Wales

20th December 2005, 02:55

**stands up**

Hello, my name is Evan. I suffer from OCD - occasional computer destruction. I like to scrounge older computer systems, put them back into good working condition, and find them new homes. On occasion I will do a mod.

I'm a big fan of several WizD members (great work guys). There are always new ideas and techniques surfacing here. I figured that since I frequently steal your ideas maybe I should join the forum and give you the chance to take credit for your ideas when I put up a worklog.

**raises glass**

Cheers to you all!

Da_Rude_Baboon

20th December 2005, 09:53

Hi Evan.

Welcome aboard m8! :thumb:

Starbuck3733T

20th December 2005, 14:40

:toast:

dragracing_fan

21st December 2005, 21:05

Hi,

My name is Charlie Eden, I am 17 years old, im really into cars and drag racing

cobalt6700

21st December 2005, 22:47

hey dude, got that from the name! :D

welcome to wizd :toast:

you not into compuetrs then :wiz:

hehe

gaz

Psykotik

21st December 2005, 23:06

Welcome all to Wizd. Anything you have questions about, do feel free to ask in the relevant section of the forum. Try to keep it clean, well spelt where possible and have fun!

Andy

furious trout

22nd December 2005, 09:59

welcome to all the new comers :wave:

, well spelt where possible and have fun!

Andy Nice work andy :thumb:

Axly

22nd December 2005, 11:38

Can't believe I haven't found my way here earlier...

Slightly silly Swede on a mission of getting my girlfriend's sons into the modding scene (at 11 and 13 they're just about the right age to start under proper guidance don't you think?)

Been in the computer/engineering buisness for ever and cut my first blowholes right after the term was concieved, shortly after the battle of Hastings. Member 101 at [H] (at least I think that's a bit funny) and also lurking at quite a few other forums (procooling, bit-tech, sweclockers...)
I've never been very chatty on the forums, and never felt the need to, or felt skilled enough to display my work, but I've been running dual watercooled pelts on a home-made triangular copper heatplate with good results, been doing watercooling that works, and experimental stuff that definately didn't work (sorry neighbours, sorry walls, sorry floor...)

After realizing that over 40 computers has passed through my hands during the past year, more or less rebuilt, all of them working much better than before, I've decided to calm down a bit and maybe, just maybe doing something real for once... ;)

At the moment using a totally naked old p3 1GHz laptop, an "exploded" chieftec chassi with an AMD64 3200+ at various speeds, a "hacked-to-bits" noname with 100% ducted airflow (2800+ originally). With a large pile of old cases and good-to-have bits in the storage room (..which my girlfriend hates with a passion) that will however probably change in a very short period of time. ;)

Oh.. I'd better add that I'm Swedish again, English is not my native tongue so I'd prefer questions to unnecessary flames if something isn't clear ;)

/Axly

fillip

22nd December 2005, 11:43

Welcome to WizD Axly, glad you finally found us! :toast:

Firstly, your English is far better than that of some who speak it as their native tongue, so no concerns there. Also, we're a super friendly bunch so you wont see any 'flaming' on these forums - some friendly banter when we get to know you better maybe, but no insults. :thumb:

sounds like you've been around the scene for a while so feel free to share any of your mods with us in our case gallery or indeed any current projects in our 'Chop Shop'.

Oh and one more thing, we drink lots round these parts, so I'll start you off :more:

Da_Rude_Baboon

22nd December 2005, 12:03

welcome Axly. :toast: That was a great introduction! :D

:secret: btw Fillip its not a good idea to get the swedes onto the alcohol...

fillip

22nd December 2005, 12:04

:secret: btw Fillip its not a good idea to get the swedes onto the alcohol...

Why so? :huh:

Psykotik

22nd December 2005, 12:10

They argue with the sprouts and ruin your Christmas.....*Sorry!*

fillip

22nd December 2005, 12:14

They argue with the sprouts and ruin your Christmas.....*Sorry!*

:tumblewee

:slap:

^^ That's warranted and you know it.

Psykotik

22nd December 2005, 12:15

:nods: :o)

Welcome to Wizd Axly, I'll leave the bad jokes to our resident comedians from now on in :-) (you know who you are!)

fivecheebs

22nd December 2005, 12:26

LOL ... :duh:

Welcome to wizd Axly. As fill said, you shouldnt get flamed here, and if there is one we usually stamp it out pretty quickly.

Axly

22nd December 2005, 13:25

I've been sneaking around here for a while, and have yet to see any obnoxious behaviour, so to be honest I wasn't really worried about getting flamed. (Also, I'm pretty sure that I could handle it if it was to happen) ;) Baboon and Psykotik... I bet you're soon up for retirement considering you still use those old jokes ;)

Fillip, I'll take you up on that drinking part, but I was clearly born in the wrong country as the good stuff is made on that desolate lille speck of land just north of the hemp smokers... Tetley's "official Rugby" bitter was just fantastic, and Adnams just can't be bad anytime. I prefer the Islay stills but some highlanders know their stuff as well like the Macallan (at least the 18 y.o.)
Right now I'm pondering cracking open bottle 130 of 175 produced of Glen Craig 1975 (cask, Signatory Vintage bottling)

About the mods.. The same goes with them as with my drawings, I never get quite happy about them, and then get rid of them and destroy all the evidence ;) In another way, I've never bothered making any good looking mods, it's been all about function, and since I'm a design faschist I don't want anyone to see that I make ugly things... :eyebrow: I know.. it's not only silly but borderline nutters (or so the lady says) I do however hope to change that some day... some time... :inno:

FESTER

23rd December 2005, 00:50

hey all
my names craig im 17 and from northern ireland and im into pcs and modding
im curently just out of the shower and dripping on the key board lol.

cobalt6700

23rd December 2005, 00:55

haha, hi craig. i knackerd my last keybaord buy doing that!

are you an AMD or an INTEL man craig?

fivecheebs

23rd December 2005, 01:13

Welcome to WizD craig :-)

Do us a favour and update your profile with your country flag, thanks :thumb:

Beer and keyboards dont mix either .... this is what happened when i did it to mine!

http://www.cheebs.co.uk/images/forum_images/numpad.png

rhysmodder1

25th December 2005, 11:34

Hi im Rhys and i am 14.
I am from the UK, devon to be precise. I have been modding and building things since i was 5. I have had 3 near death experiences so i am pretty lucky to be alive!! :D The first thing i built was a go cart that has pram wheels then the second was a calculator and then a ton of mods after that. ;)

Project sci- fi is my second case mod so im pretty new to this scene although i have been building a selling computers for about 2 years.

Rhys

Squelch

27th December 2005, 15:17

Hey! Welcome to all new members.

The jokes might be cheap, but the friendship is priceless. :thumb:

Rodrigo Vicentini

27th December 2005, 18:00

I am Rodrigo G. Vicentini :thumb: , am to modder here new in fórum Wizd, but already I frequent has much time a forum of casemod in Brazil (www.casemodbr.com/forum (http://www.casemodbr.com/forum) :dremel: ), I live in Brazil, the city of Are João Del-rey, I have 25 years and work with dental prothesis. I wait that they like it my project. They forgive my poor English, but I am certain that and the sufficient pra in communicating them here in the forum, and my great friend Nightwalker helps a little (in the truth it helps very) with the English rsss :toast:

Nightwalker_Modder

27th December 2005, 18:47

hi there. like my friend Rodrigo vicentini. i'm new here. he indicates me. ^_^ and i realy find a cool enviroment here, the people is very pleasant. and i hope show all my works. trade information with all ppl. i'm from Rio de janeiro - Brasil.
:thumb:

.::G@$t0n::.

28th December 2005, 18:32

hi i am Gaston Perez martin i live in Argentina Buenos Aires. I have 17 years with a lot of ideas .my english is a mess but i am trying my best !

jaguarking11

28th December 2005, 19:45

Welcome one and all. No mod is too big or too small.

:D

mlracer

29th December 2005, 11:15

Hi everyone. I am Adam Duncan. I am originally from Pittsburgh, PA and now live with my wife and two kids in Hoboken, NJ. I trade foreign exchange for a living and race my bicycle whenever possible.
When I am not training or spending time with my family, I can usually be founded perched at my PC.
I have done 3 mods of my own so far and decided to get one done by the pros. I am the owner of the WoW mod done by Bill and Lin.

"Lance has taught me to find motivation from unpleasant things."
-Johan Bruyneel, Directeur Sportif for Discovery Channel Cycling Team

vile_asid

29th December 2005, 12:10

I never did this when I first started posting about a month ago, so Ya I am Alex from Denver but going to school in Collegeville MN at SJU, nuff said I guess, I have done a few minor mods and and currently doing my biggest, I have been for about three years been planning a Lacrosse mod but have yet to figure out what I want to do, so if you see me start on it is a few years in the making.

Peace

Penguinmasta72

29th December 2005, 18:00

hello one and all, glad you joined. always good to get some new modders on the scene, and some returning modders on the wizd scene

scopEDog

29th December 2005, 18:09

Welcome all! mlracer, working at a bank i can tell you FX traders can be a wacky bunch :D Do you MTB?

wedge22

30th December 2005, 09:30

Hi my name is Kristian Hargreaves and I am originally from the UK but since November 2005 I have been living in Vancouver with my wife. I am currently retraining myself so that I can get my CCNA qualification and then I will hopefully be able to get my foot in the door with an IT company. I have been a PC user for 7 years now and have only ever really made blowholes, windows and stealth drives in my modding time. I really like Shuttle barebones and currently have an SK83G with an 80mm top blowhole and no floppy drive so its getting alot of air. I really want to mod it alot more but its hard trying to work out where to buy stuff when you move to another country.

ỒĊBłůē

30th December 2005, 10:41

Hi there wedge22/Kristian, and welcome to WizD :welcome:

I'm sure we've got members that can advise you where to buy modding gear - looking forward to what you can come up with.

Good luck with that qualification and job :thumb:

furious trout

30th December 2005, 11:01

fillip

30th December 2005, 11:05

Welcome Kristian, the only member I can think of right now who lives in Canada is Marquee (http://www.wizdforums.co.uk/member.php?u=658), so you could try contacting him. If I think of any more Canadians I'll post back. :thumb:

wedge22

30th December 2005, 23:01

Thanks for the welcome guys. I just need to work out what to do with my shuttle now and where I can buy a Matrix Orbital VFD from.

ỒĊBłůē

30th December 2005, 23:18

These (http://www.matrixorbital.com/links.php?lPath=2) are the Canadian links on the Matrix Orbital site.

If you need any further info, it's best to start a new thread - Product Enquiries (http://www.wizdforums.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=15) would prolly be the best place :thumb:

littlejoe

31st December 2005, 02:20

Hi, I'm littlejoe (Joe) I'm new to Wizd' :dremel: (re-registered) I'm moding a silver Tsunami case, started about a year ago, OK so now I got it, then you stare at it for a month or so, what to do, what to do, so you get on the net to the mod sites, lucky for me I came across mnpctech and Bill Owen, such a cool site, such a cool guy, bought a few things, Billet blow hole for the top of the Tsunami, as a bonus I got to Wizd' what a cool forum, "You meet the nicest people here" honestly, every time I log in I'm amazed, I'm on my third go round in the worklog of Dutchcedar's "BaDassumption" I'm still rubbing my eyes:thumb: That one is going to win like every contest it's entered into, what a great worklog, I'm learning more every time I look at the log. I'm still exploring :search: Oh by the way I'm from Orland Park, IL. I work in Technical Support, Hobbies; trucks, computers, woodworking. Hope to get around to posting a worklog of my effort at starting the modwork (still taking notes on photography) Happy to be here and looking forward to sharing ideas. Thanks

Pug

31st December 2005, 22:19

Welcome all, from all parts of the world. :cool:

jedihobbit

1st January 2006, 06:15

Hello you all from jedihobbit!:D dutchceder suggested I drop by and am very glad I did as this is a :thumb: site. Initially I will most likely be "flooding" your case mod area as I will be running a couple of work logs on projests I could use help on.

A lot of work has already been done on both so the first part may be rather lengthy.:o) Hope I have the pic size issue correct and look forward to visiting here often!

dutchcedar

1st January 2006, 06:29

^^^ Hehe... Happy New Year jedi... :thumb:

We like worklog projects 'round here... :wiz:

GodsUnicorn

1st January 2006, 14:09

Hiya jedi, how are you mate, hope you enjoy it here.

Welcome.

jedihobbit

1st January 2006, 14:42

Hiya jedi, how are you mate, hope you enjoy it here.
Welcome.

So your over here too?!? Don't be too board with some of my repeat stuff! :worried:

Hope dutch and you have good New Year too!

GrandpaNoob72

2nd January 2006, 21:08

I kind of already introduced myself in my worklog thread, but I might as well do things "proper", I think...

John here, married 10 years, one child (2.5 y/o girl, "the wee one"). US Army, Infantry, 12 years active duty...

Quick explanation about my handle: I'm 33, but some days I get out of bed feeling old and decrepit... Kinda like an old man, thus, "Grandpa"... After 9 years or riding around in an armored vehicle at breakneck speeds, what else should I have expected?:duh:

I don't take myself too seriously, so I openly admit that there is much I don't know about computers and modding, compared to the little that I do know, thus, "Noob". 72 = 1972, the year I was brought kicking and screaming into this world. There, any other questions about that? No? Good...:lol:

I got interested in computers, gosh, so long ago... My father got me an old Timex Sinclair as my first computer... The 16K add-on module was the biggest thing that little old box of transistors had going for it. Cassette tape programs, printer paper about the size of a cash register receipt, that was LIVING!

Over the years, I've gotten to play with Apples and PCs, and I just really liked the versatility of PCs... Bought my first one back when AMD and Intel were basically producing the same socket... It was a K5-2 133MHz...:o

Since then, I've been trying to play keep-up with the speed increases, bought myself a pair of Dells (which are blessedly GONE now :angry: ), and finally got into building my own machines a couple years ago. That's about the same time I got interested in modding. The local comp shop keeper had a box that he'd worked on as a display model... Split-loom sleeving of the PSU cables, electrical tape-wrapped IDE cables, etc... I was hooked.

I've had one project that for whatever reasons just didn't get finished, although I'm mighty proud of the work I put into it, and a semi-mod that I did for my wife's machine (I also built that one for her). Right now, I'm working on a project to create a machine (or at least the shell for one) that I can be happy with and proud of for at least a couple years, before I get the modding itch all over again.

Bill (mnpctech) inadvertently brought me here, since his shop page links potential buyers here. One of his projects is the inspiration/starting point for my current project, and I hope I can do it justice...

That's about it for me for now... Anyone else?

TriX

4th January 2006, 09:02

Hi o/
Im Dirk , Im 18 years old (almost 19 :-p ) Im living in Belgium not so far from DarkStar who hasn't introduced himself I think :o) Im working in a local pc-store.
Well Im modding my 2 year old Chieftec Dragon Maxi Silver.
I now have a Lian-Li pc61 but it's too frigging small for all my needs :D
So I decided to customize my Chieftec.
You can find my Ideas all over this forum so If ur interested, just use the search :-p
Im still a student ofcourse, following IT-management in Belgium and Im in the last year.
My other hobby is organising LAN-party's with a group of friends, we're known as FatLAN. Visit us at www.fatlan.be .. yeah its dutch but the English version is coming ;-)

well that all I have to say at this time 9am...bleh TOO early!
buts it all worth it, Im getting a new bedroom today :D

over and out!
TriX

zer0

5th January 2006, 00:13

welcome to wizd hope you enjoy your stay

stygian

8th January 2006, 14:51

I'm phil, 22ish from somewhere near London. just getting back into modding after a few years having a full time job and no motivation but since my (craptacular) Alienware Aurora fell to bits and blew up i have no inclination to buy another built pc ever again.

I am really impressed and inspired with what i have seen from lurking around the forums so far and look forward to digging up my tools and getting stuck in :dremel:

ỒĊBłůē

8th January 2006, 14:58

Hi stygian (oh God! - not another Phil /jk)

Welcome to WizD :welcome:

Real shame about that Alienware PC ^_^ - looking forward to seeing some of your ideas/mods.

Enjoy your stay :wiz:

Can you remember where you buried your tools?

W00t! 1000 posts!

fillip

8th January 2006, 15:09

Hi stygian (oh God! - not another Phil /jk)

We shall inherit the earth :naughty:

Welcome Phil :wave:

ỒĊBłůē

8th January 2006, 15:13

We shall inherit the earth :naughty:I thought that was the meek :huh: (remembering from Monty Python)

fillip

8th January 2006, 15:15

I thought that was the meek :huh: (remembering from Monty Python)

Typo on the script, should've read "the Philips" :D

MadHatter

9th January 2006, 06:14

Hello my name is Alex, I've been lurking here for a little while and figured I'd register, say hi, join the community, and all that good stuff.

fivecheebs

9th January 2006, 09:57

Welcome to WizD everyone ^_^

promethium

14th January 2006, 22:17

Hi my real name is Manuel, I live in Bruges in Belgium so if my englisch is bad just say it so i can see my mistakes and fixe them ^_^
I'm 16 years old and still green after my ears in the modding world
Im now busy with my fist mod Eva:lol:
If you want to know more of me just add me spf_spitfire@hotmail.com
See you guys around in the large world of moding

JamesM

14th January 2006, 22:29

My name is James, I'm 28, from Wales, UK... and I hate introduction threads.

:mellow:

conan257

14th January 2006, 23:56

Simon, Scotland, 23, and I hope for world peace.

THRASHER2

16th January 2006, 11:54

n00b here :toast: A few guys here know who I am. :thumb:
Code name THRASHER2 A.K.A.T2 A.K.A. Deal Master

Btw.....where is the Deals and Steals Section? I have Tons to tell you guys about :)

fillip

16th January 2006, 11:58

Btw.....where is the Deals and Steals Section? I have Tons to tell you guys about :)

Welcome :wave:

We don't have a a Bit Tech style 'bargain bin' here as we haven't yet felt it a necessary addition to the forum, if you've seen a really good deal on some relevant PC or modding equipment feel free to start a thread about said product in the appropriate sub-forum, but don't just go posting up lots of threads for the sake of it. :thumb:

Ignition_Modz

21st January 2006, 17:48

Hey all, im Leigh, 22 from South Wales UK.
Im actually looking at starting case modding as a small business, as there isnt much call for product designers round my area.
Hope to get to know you all and make some good friends! Nice to see some more ppl from wales too :thumb:

If any of you have some suggestions about starting up my own business...please, lay em on me!

Leigh / Ignition_Modz

JamesM

21st January 2006, 19:21

Ignition_Modz

21st January 2006, 20:17

JamesM

21st January 2006, 20:55

Hey James,
Im from mountain ash, few miles up the valley from cardiff.
Im down Bridgend quite alot, for rally supplies. Im building a rally car on the side, so between that and modding the pennies soon go!:-(
Peter Lloyd Rallying? I used to go there quite a bit when I had cash to burn :D

He's got some stunning Metro 6R4's he likes to show off... lucky bugger :(

Ignition_Modz

21st January 2006, 21:57

Yep thats the one. Got quite friendly with Peter over the years....shame he hung up the perfect 6R4 for a run of the mill ex-works impreza B)

Haha, small world huh.

JamesM

21st January 2006, 22:10

Yeah, small World :toast:

Got any details & pics of the car you're building?

Ignition_Modz

21st January 2006, 22:19

Yea il dig one out, although probably better i PM you it, rather than hijack the introduction thread :D

JamesM

21st January 2006, 22:22

Yea il dig one out, although probably better i PM you it, rather than hijack the introduction thread :D
Troo.. post in the Wheels, Wings & Curvy Things (http://www.wizdforums.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=24) forum :thumb:

Techx

24th January 2006, 17:27

what's up all, 33 from NJ, I've been a forum lurker for years learning what I can but never had any space to work in, finally moved into a house and am gearin up for some fun mods :D got my rattle cans ready, funny thing is I work for a car dealership and the bodyshop manager told me he'd have whatever I want painted, any color.. professional automotive paint jobs free, can't beat that ;-)

scopEDog

24th January 2006, 17:40

Starbuck3733T

24th January 2006, 18:30

thingamajig

26th January 2006, 04:39

Been lurking around for a while getting a feel for the place. Top Notch. Just thought I's say my hello's to all.

THRASHER2

26th January 2006, 04:52

Been lurking around for a while getting a feel for the place. Top Notch. Just thought I's say my hello's to all.Welcome to the WizD :toast:

Knipex

26th January 2006, 10:44

welcome all

piojo

31st January 2006, 04:22

hi!
i'm new.
and that's all. :P

sorry 4 my english.
i'm from chile, south america ;)

THRASHER2

31st January 2006, 04:40

hi!
i'm new.
and that's all. :P

sorry 4 my english.
i'm from chile, south america ;)Welcome to the WizD :toast::thumb:

Stu55

1st February 2006, 01:00

Hello all, I have checked out the forums linked from mnpctech because I really like their stuff and I also like the stuff that you guys in the forums make. I will hopefully be getting a full tower (stacker or other big server case) to mod and watercool.
:toast:

Charlie

1st February 2006, 01:03

Welcome to WizD :D:D:D

THRASHER2

1st February 2006, 01:03

Welcome to WizD..... Stu55

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/THRASHER2/welcomewagon2.gif

jackpotcoast

1st February 2006, 15:10

Hello, Is there anybody in there? Just nod if you can hear me. Is there anyone at home?

Hey WizD! Glad to be a part of your forum and i hope i can stick around. Thanks for havin me!

Duck

10th February 2006, 19:23

Hello everybody :magic:

sdmotu

10th February 2006, 21:50

Hello all.

I guess it is time to introduce myself. I have been following various mods in this group for a while and have been both impressed and inspired. I was introduced to modding within the last year and have developed quite a passion for it. I am the proud owner of the worlds only modded emachine, or at least the only one I have ever heard of or can find reference to. Sorry I do not have any pictures to back up my claim. I do not own a digital camera.

Perhaps I will start posting, everyone likes an encouraging word.

Lynk3x

10th February 2006, 22:29

I've been breaking stuff for a few years now. I tend to work with wood more than metal, but I'm learning :)

Like a few others I made my way here through Bill's site. I ordered some mesh a couple of years ago from him and keep going back staring at his painting tutorial wondering if I'll ever get that much patience.

My projects tend to stall nowadays with my little girl wanting to get into everything. I'm starting her out young so she can build me awesome cases when I'm old. http://www.nerdwarz.com/images/lynx/old.gif