Udat2010
An EVE-Online themed 10 TB fileserver in half a cubic foot, built around hardware RAID 5.
Read the worklogCase modding since 1998
The art of computers.
I'm Johan "Mashie" Grundstrom. Since 1998 I've been turning computers into art — scratch-built cases, one-off conversions and competition winners.
- 10
- worklogs
- 28+
- years of modding
- 1
- CPL C3 win
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Udat2010
An EVE-Online themed 10 TB fileserver in half a cubic foot, built around hardware RAID 5.
Read the full worklogWelcome to Mashie Design
Computers, treated as a canvas.
The idea to mod computers as a hobby was introduced to me back in 1998 when the cooling for a Celeron 300A had to be improved to sustain a 50% overclock.
As the years passed the case modding improved, so in 2002 the Anemone mod placed first in the 2002 CPL C3 Competition in Dallas, USA. With Intel as the main sponsor it opened up some nice opportunities, one of them resulting in Project 3, a custom case to celebrate the launch of the Intel Pentium 4 3GHz CPU.
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Tranquillity
One case, nine systems and 36 NICs acting as a router lab and cluster, all made out of MDF.
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Udat
A 1 TB fileserver in half a cubic foot using hardware RAID 5.
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Doom 3: Hell Inside
A Shuttle SK83G infested by Hell after inspiration from id Software's Doom 3.
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Asteroid
The result of mixing styrofoam, papier-mâché, paint and a bit of imagination.
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Y2k-bug
A free-form case based on the millennium bug craze, from carbon fibre to sculpted Milliput and windowed hard drives.
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Project 3
A free-form case built in the shape of a three to celebrate Intel's Pentium 4 3 GHz CPU, designed in CAD and made from watercut anodised aluminium.
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Oenone
A 1996 Silicon Graphics O2 workstation converted into a gaming PC, with a custom carbon fibre chassis and a graphical VFD.
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Anemone
A 1946 Bush DAC 90 radio converted into a home entertainment PC, with a ten-channel spectrum analyser set in clear resin.
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Syrinix
The first full casemod, built in 2001: watercooling, lighting and visual enhancements in a Juno P3 case.
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