Ben's new porta

jeroen · Post by **jeroen** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 3:51 pm

benheck wrote: If all goes well and God smiles on me, it might be done this coming week! I also have to finish the story, what you saw on the site was from early July, there's a lot more stuff since then I have yet to document. (case building, welding, etc)
-Ben

*smiles* I hope you get it all done soon ben. May the solder be with you!

Xiro · Post by **Xiro** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 5:02 pm

ben if you pull this off you will prob be mentioned in magazines and stuff because Dano2k from Xbox scene was in like 4 magazines just for an externally watercooled 360. This trumps that

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 5:27 pm

wow! i am extra impressed!

what were you welding though?!

and one really dumb question...how much are you charging to build it?

Post by **bicostp** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 5:52 pm

Well, hopefully that water cooling system will keep it cold as ice.

What happened to the old motherboard? Did the water cooling leak onto it? And do you have to use water or is there a special coolant? I know the damage is done already, but is the old board completely shot or is there some hope for it?

Indigno · Post by **Indigno** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 6:00 pm

I'm guessing that one of these things is well over $1000 considering that the 360 alone costs $300.

Cyberblade · Post by **Cyberblade** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 6:17 pm

Indigno wrote:I'm guessing that one of these things is well over $1000 considering that the 360 alone costs $300.

With something like this that's obviously going to get a lot of attention, I would think it would make more sense to auction it off on eBay or something then to stick a static price on it. With the attention it's going to get it could easily go over a thousand dollars or beyond. Well, thats what I'd do with it anyways, tis Bens choice though really.

Klefmung · Post by **Klefmung** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 6:59 pm

You are welding your aluminum case together? Ben, always outdoing yourself. Why do you make the rest of us look so bad? Seriously. >_<

Electric Rain · Post by **Electric Rain** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 7:04 pm

I'm saying $1500.

Darth Fett · Post by **Darth Fett** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 7:16 pm

I'll give $100,000 for it In monopoly money!

Indigno · Post by **Indigno** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 9:27 pm

I said well over $1000 not $1000 statically. And if I had something that Godly I would totally keep the original.

joevennix · Post by **joevennix** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 10:41 pm

I dont think he welded the case together, I think he welded the water cooling system. (radiator and such)

Nicholai · Post by **Nicholai** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 10:48 pm

You can't weld metalloids without problems..

totokan · Post by **totokan** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 8:34 am

heh, water cooling, which can't really be water it needs to be special coolant (or a mixture of regular car fluids...) or else it could cause piping probs.

Post by **Triton** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 11:54 am

what are you talking about? welding metaloids? aluminum is not a metalloid nor is copper

Post by **benheck** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 1:10 pm

Yeah the case is welded together, all aluminum parts routed out and then connected with welding. The only plastic part of the case is the inner keyboard/speaker/screen control/Ring of Light section.

There's so much stuff, and weight, no other choice really. Plus the metal case sinks a lot of heat off the radiator which is clamped directly to it.

So far it's looking like this final build is good to go, will work on it a bit more today but will also do something "fun" for myself, a prototype Benheck.com podcast.

As far as price, this was a comissioned project so it's already sold, so to speak. While I won't devulge specifics, most of your guesses (as to cost) are about right. The case alone was more than most whole portables I build.