For
Sale: Cenobite Computer - Buy Now... Own Something Awesome
Here's your chance to own a one
of a kind, fully functioning and wonderfully unique work of tech
infused art. Professionally designed and hand built, this completely
self contained, fully upgradeable (water-cooled) PC has over the top features
that include
a built in LCD
monitor, remote controlled
UV eyes and lasers
shooting out of the head.
This heavily modified
HellRaiser themed PC has seen media exposure
spanning numerous web sites, print publications and even television -
all verifiable facts that transform an already kick ass mod into an historically relevant
item.
Included in the deal
is a modded keyboard and a custom modified two wheel hand truck used
in transporting and storing the
monster, the protective head cover and face
guard (shown below), WindowsXP Home (installed) and all
drivers/manuals. I am also throwing in the original design
idea and final
layout pencil sketches and last but not least an original scratch built
HellRaiser puzzle
box mouse pad.
I wrote a nine
page work log and also made a short video of the creation of the
monster (best viewed in HQ)...
This killer modded PC has traveled from Michigan to Texas and back with no
major problems, the pictures above and below were taken during
QuakeCon 2005 where the HellRaiser Cenobite
PC took first place in their case modding competition. Here's your chance
to own one of the coolest modified computers ever created,
but for how much you ask? Read on for all the details that make
this mod awesome, the asking price appears below at the page end.
The head was sculpted and hand painted with a top window
formed by heating flat
acrylic in the oven, a brain pattern is etched onto the inside surface and a Laser-Pod
shoots a tri-patterned laser array onto the brain etch and out through the top
window. The head has four
stripes of Glo-wire wrapped around it, the eyes are keyboard controlled and move
left and right with another keyboard button that lights up the eyes UV.
The next picture shows the
chest section, installed are a CDRW/DVD slot loading laptop drive, a 6" TFT
LCD monitor that acts as an independent secondary display and the water
reservoir with a red LED as the heart of the beast. The chest section is
held in place by four screws and can be easily removed in one piece, the upper
halves of the arms are speakers that also can be easily removed... this is a
fully self contained and entirely upgradeable
computer.
The power
button is hidden inside the HellRaiser puzzle box and below shows the belly
of the beast, an oven formed acrylic window allows for a full view of
the motherboard and components, three different types of red LED
lighting give the guts their varying levels of glow. The memory
for the machine scrolls 'Project Lament' and other system information
and water is pumped through spring covered lengths of blue tubing to
water blocks that connect to every heat generating component.
The back is every bit
as detailed as the front and has a recessed handle installed between the
shoulders to make lifting and moving it easier. There are two red
LED rocker switches installed on either side of the handle that control
the lighting in the abdomen, in and around the head and the spikes that
run up the back of the arms. The radiator for the water cooling is
mounted into the left shoulder blade and the power supply is mounted in
the right, there is also a ventilated pump access area in the small of
the back near the base (not shown).
The following lists out all of
the hardware and water cooling components currently installed in the HellRaiser
Cenobite PC...
Hardware:
CHAINTECH
"7NIF2" nForce2 IGP Motherboard
AMD
Athlon XP 3000+ 400FSB Processor
Corsair
1GB PC3200 DDR XMS Expert Memory
Asus
GeForce 6200 128MB DDR Video Card
Western
Digital SE 120GB 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive
COOLMAX
400W CX-400B Taurus CX Power Supply
LCD
6" TFT-LCD VIDEO MODULE with Brackets
Logitech
2.0 Stereo Speakers
Slim
Line Slot Load CDRW/DVD Combo Drive
Water
Cooling:
Eheim
1048 Pump
Asetek
Pump Control Unit
Fass-o-Matic
Tank (Black)
Fass-o-Matic
blue LED kit
Innovatek
innovaRadi-D
Innovatek
CPU block
Innovatek
GPU block
Innovatek
HDD cooler
Innovatek
northbridge chipset block
Innovatek
anti kink springs
Danger
Den fill port
In-line
flow meter
Asking price is $50,000.00 USD
(firm), and here's why... I don't need to sell it. It
isn't hurting a thing by just sitting where it is now, in fact it is most
likely increasing in value as it does. It seems to me that
50K is more than fair as asking price for this highly detailed one of a kind
item, especially when factoring in the year it took me to complete the
build. If you are interested in owning this seriously kick ass
heavily modified HellRaiser themed computer send an email to
artbytroy(at)casemodgod.com, serious inquiries only please.