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    Discussion in 'Notebook Cosmetic Modifications and Custom Builds' started by lupin..the..3rd, Jul 6, 2007.

  1. N00d13s

    N00d13s is too legit to quit!

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    liquid steel, where did you get that desk. i need a new desk and i really like that.
     
    N00d13s, Jun 21, 2008
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  2. Liquid Steel

    Liquid Steel Notebook Consultant

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    It is a 4 year old Ikea Jerker (the table version). I think they make a new model that isn't as deep (I got it when I still had a 22in CRT, so I wanted the deepest thing possible). I believe the new one is called Frederik, but I am not positive.
     
    Liquid Steel, Jun 21, 2008
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  3. atbnet

    atbnet Notebook Prophet

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    Yeah the Frederik is the newer one. I should have gotten that instead of the desk I have now.
     
    atbnet, Jun 21, 2008
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  4. Cin'

    Cin' Anathema

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    Nice ~ desk & setup (very minimal)! ;) :cool: My desk is sort of similar..its more *antiquish* but, has 2 drawers, instead...I should just post a pic' I guess! ;) :)
     
    Cin', Jun 21, 2008
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  5. haquocdung

    haquocdung Notebook Virtuoso

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    do it (with you on the pic :D if u dont mind)
     
    haquocdung, Jun 21, 2008
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  6. bmwrob

    bmwrob Notebook Virtuoso

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    This is a beauty, no? It's stuffed into a little alcove/closet area just off the garage. It's a beater machine used for nothing aside from disto-hopping with Linux. Notice the extra effort put into cable management, and how well the assorted peripherals match and blend into so nice a theme: Modern Classic Male Mess. [​IMG]

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    bmwrob, Jun 21, 2008
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  7. yang88she

    yang88she Notebook Evangelist

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    nice rob, what happened to the G5 and 30" apple displays?

    I'll have a few pics up in the next couple of weeks when I finish my new build :p
     
    yang88she, Jun 21, 2008
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  8. bmwrob

    bmwrob Notebook Virtuoso

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    Still have them, yang, but thought people could use a good laugh seeing the shots above. :D

    The desktop isn't a G5, though, it's a MacPro. Look the same, but the MacPro has Intel innards.

    Good to see you, btw.
     
    bmwrob, Jun 21, 2008
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  9. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    Do you wear a different baseball cap for every day of the week, bmwrob?
     
    Bog, Jun 21, 2008
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  10. yang88she

    yang88she Notebook Evangelist

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    ah very sweet rob, and nice avatar! lmao!

    how's the Bay Area? I miss going to wine country, this GA. heat and humidity is the pitts :(
     
    yang88she, Jun 21, 2008
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  11. bmwrob

    bmwrob Notebook Virtuoso

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    A silly collection, I know, but I probably could wear a different one every day for the next couple of years.

    The weather's nice lately, yang. Actually, it's been downright hot for the past couple of days, but humidity really isn't an issue. Good-lookin' guy in the avatar, ain't he, but he needs a bigger boat. :D
     
    bmwrob, Jun 21, 2008
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  12. Mark

    Mark Desktop Debugger

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    Well, my desktop has changed a bit since last time I posted, which was probably quite a while ago. The desktop in the picture isn't near finished yet...I am waiting on water cooling related parts so I just put it together air cooled for the time being...

    IMG_0572.JPG
     
    Mark, Jun 21, 2008
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  13. N00d13s

    N00d13s is too legit to quit!

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    i found it on the site, it is Fredrik. it is only $120 and i want to buy it, but i live in syracuse,ny and the closest store is in NYC.i added it to the cart and went along to see what it would add up to, and with shipping/handling and tax it comes up to $400.

    i can't find any other places that sell it.

    can anyone recommend some other table style desks?
     
    N00d13s, Jun 22, 2008
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  14. Liquid Steel

    Liquid Steel Notebook Consultant

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    I'll more than likely be building my new desk out of an 8ft piece of laminate countertop, and some prefabbed legs from either ikea, or home depot. If you are so inclined, it is pretty cost effective, if you just want a flat, sturdy surface.
     
    Liquid Steel, Jun 22, 2008
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  15. theEnemy

    theEnemy Notebook Enthusiast

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    [​IMG]

    Powered by my Toshiba Laptop :D
     
    theEnemy, Jun 22, 2008
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  16. mattireland

    mattireland It used to be the iLand..

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    @Mark: I really, really love that desktop/server/whatever it does on your desk.

    G15 - nice!
     
    mattireland, Jun 22, 2008
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  17. Mark

    Mark Desktop Debugger

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    Thanks! It is my desktop in a Mountain Mods H2gO case...although not quite done yet. :)
     
    Mark, Jun 22, 2008
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    That's why I didn't get it because I would have had to go to Illinois to get it. Soon after though they built a store in Ohio, go figure.
     
    atbnet, Jun 22, 2008
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  19. chrixx

    chrixx Product Specialist NBR Reviewer

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    What's that keyboard? I've been looking for something like that.
     
    chrixx, Jun 23, 2008
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  20. mattireland

    mattireland It used to be the iLand..

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    Mark, thanks for detailing the case. I'll have to look into one!
     
    mattireland, Jun 23, 2008
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  21. haquocdung

    haquocdung Notebook Virtuoso

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    Here is mine. I apply the red leather on my xps 1530.

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    In my signature is a link to my thread about that. If you have free time, tell me how do you like it ^^!
     
    haquocdung, Jun 23, 2008
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  22. exiled

    exiled -_-

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    its the same keyboard im using. its called the Razer Lycosa
     
    exiled, Jun 23, 2008
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  23. Negz

    Negz Notebook Consultant

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    Why does it say DEAD in the thread title now?
     
    Negz, Jun 24, 2008
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  24. mattireland

    mattireland It used to be the iLand..

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    Doesn't any more.

    It's alive like me!
     
    mattireland, Jun 24, 2008
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  25. pixelot

    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    That's wicked awesome! :D
     
    pixelot, Jun 24, 2008
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  26. piker28

    piker28 Notebook Consultant

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    wow i wish i had as nice stuff as most you guys, making me jealous ha
     
    piker28, Jun 24, 2008
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  27. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    I am selling my old computer, so I took it apart to dust it out today and while I was at it snapped a few up to date pictures as most of the old ones I lost or were poor quality. I have to share a handfull of them because they are like works of art! The front intake could be a wallpaper!

    All of these are with my point & shoot and no tripod.

    Click for bigger view:

    The "EVGA 7800GTX Mirror"
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    The "Dragon" (my intake mod)

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    Those are the pretty ones, all the rest I will put in my for sale thread later.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Jun 25, 2008
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  28. pixelot

    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    Woah!!! Those are awesome, ViciousXUSMC!!!
     
    pixelot, Jun 25, 2008
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  29. haquocdung

    haquocdung Notebook Virtuoso

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    this thread is going slow :(
     
    haquocdung, Jun 25, 2008
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  30. synic

    synic Notebook Deity

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    i have this same case (i think, looks exactly like mine. i got it at bestbuy on sale for like ~$70 :D) and it's a monster, and i sort of don't like how the power supply is on the bottom. the cables from my PSU almost didn't reach my mobo :eek:
     
    synic, Jun 26, 2008
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  31. foo_ball76

    foo_ball76 Notebook Evangelist

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    Me too. :cool:

    $47 for the case, $8 for the window. I love it, but it could use a better airflow (I'm working on a solution for that now...).

    [​IMG]
     
    foo_ball76, Jun 26, 2008
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  32. nizzy1115

    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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    Thats a great price for a case that looks like that!

    As for cooling:

    Cut a hole in the side panel for a fan blowing in on your components

    Cut a hole in the top back blowing out

    Mount a fan in the front bays to blow in and i think it will stay really chilly in there!
     
    nizzy1115, Jun 26, 2008
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  33. Thaenatos

    Thaenatos Zero Cool

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    I might have to join in on this once Im done with my new setup.
     
    Thaenatos, Jun 30, 2008
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  34. mattireland

    mattireland It used to be the iLand..

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    Why don't you join in on your current setup?
     
    mattireland, Jun 30, 2008
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  35. yehrulz

    yehrulz Notebook Consultant

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    This is still posted as dead. Is that true?
     
    yehrulz, Jun 30, 2008
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  36. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    Im working on a new computer, I want to build a custom desk for it but its probably not gonna happen. Still tho all the parts are here today so will have some pics of the new "area" soon for this thread and a TON of pictures of the build on Desktopreview.com in my new build thread.

    http://forum.desktopreview.com/showthread.php?t=234528&page=7
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Jul 1, 2008
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  37. Thaenatos

    Thaenatos Zero Cool

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    At the time I didnt have a setup, essentially I was waiting on some things to come in and now they are in. Im about 90% done at the moment.
     
    Thaenatos, Jul 1, 2008
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  38. zfactor

    zfactor Mastershake

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    when im done ill post some pics
     
    zfactor, Jul 3, 2008
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  39. haquocdung

    haquocdung Notebook Virtuoso

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    here's mine :)

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    haquocdung, Jul 5, 2008
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  40. nekrosoft13

    nekrosoft13 Notebook Consultant

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    how did you do that?
     
    nekrosoft13, Jul 5, 2008
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  41. haquocdung

    haquocdung Notebook Virtuoso

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    measure & go to a leather shop & ask them to cut!
    buy logo somewhere else :)
     
    haquocdung, Jul 6, 2008
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  42. Corazu

    Corazu Notebook Enthusiast

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    That is a very sleek looking laptop. May I ask what you used to attach it to the laptop? I would think glue would come unstuck due to the heat.
     
    Corazu, Jul 6, 2008
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  43. nizzy1115

    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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    How did you get those lines and the "stickers" on there? Are they burned on or is that printed?
     
    nizzy1115, Jul 6, 2008
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    gnuh Notebook Consultant

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    here's part of his answer :) read more in his thread

     
    gnuh, Jul 7, 2008
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  45. haquocdung

    haquocdung Notebook Virtuoso

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    2 words: Laser Engraving.

    it will never fall off unless you remove the leather.

    somebody actually reading what I said, thanks :D
     
    haquocdung, Jul 7, 2008
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  46. Kierkes

    Kierkes Misanthrope

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    More importantly: badass wallpaper. Where did you get that?
     
    Kierkes, Jul 7, 2008
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    WackyT, Jul 7, 2008
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    Thanks. Quick response too.! :D Repped just because.
     
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  49. haquocdung

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    Sorry about the quality but these pictures were taken on my new phone and I haven't had the time to tweak the camera settings.

    From left to right: Averatec 2155 my mobile rig, Toshiba P4 from 2004 my new possible home server, and my dell vostro 1700 my main rig. Pretty plain setup, but I like it and it works out.
     

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