New to FRC- You guys are all amazing!

[CMBrandon]

Originally Posted by thatprogrammer

My personal pc, often used by my team for cad, was made using a CM case and uses a 212 to cool the cpu.
Has cm considered attending the world championship? You'd be able to meet teams from every corner of FRC there and be able to learn quite a lot about the ethos of FIRST.

We have one team from the EU (Team Rembrandts) this year that is trying to qualify for world championships. I think that as we see how everything works out you can expect us to make a larger impact. In the meantime, we are hoping that the local groups we have sponsored provide a level of insight to other groups as well as our fans that haven't been exposed to FIRST.

[nighterfighter]

Not sure if this was a FRC team, but I remember seeing this a while ago: http://imgur.com/gallery/EpwQlpo

All they said it was a high school robotics team. May not specifically be FRC though.

Edit: After reading through the comments in that thread, it IS a FRC team. No idea what # though.

[CMBrandon]

Originally Posted by nighterfighter

Not sure if this was a FRC team, but I remember seeing this a while ago: http://imgur.com/gallery/EpwQlpo

All they said it was a high school robotics team. May not specifically be FRC though.

Edit: After reading through the comments in that thread, it IS a FRC team. No idea what # though.

That is Robodox 599. They are one of our sponsored teams this year. We are serious when we say that we are committed to helping out our teams.

[cbale2000]

Originally Posted by Sperkowsky

... Can't wait until you guys manufacture the CIM waterblock.

Originally Posted by CMBrandon

2- Take a liquid cooling system (closed loop) and disconnect the part that goes against the processor. Swap it out for a hallow cylindrical sleeve that fits around the motor...

As a general note about this, I'm pretty sure under FRC rules you wouldn't be able to use either of these on a competition robot per R9 in the manual.

That said, I'm glad to see Cooler Master jumping on board with FRC, you guys make some great PC components (of which I use several) and I'm excited to see how you'll be working with the community going forward.

[CMBrandon]

Who on here is going to be at the L.A. Regional? Anything you would like to see at our booth?

[nighterfighter]

Although I won't be at the LA Regional, I'll still throw in some things about your booth. Feel free to ignore it, since I won't be there.

When I was a student, some of the coolest booths I saw were the ones that had products in action/demos to use, or had some cool details about the product. Sketches, CAD, cross-sections, etc.

Your audience isn't just PC enthusiasts, it's a group of engineers/STEM students. Most of us won't shy away from technical diagrams; they actually look cool and interesting to most of us! I imagine a water loop running, with some technical drawings (not your trade secrets, but general things) to also look at would be cool.

Material talking about how CoolerMaster needs mechanical/electrical/etc engineers in the future is always a plus.

Of course, mentioning how you have helped those 4 teams is always a good idea. Showing community involvement always goes over well.

Those are just my opinions, from when I was a student. Take them with a grain of NaCl.


PS- Maybe a team can lend you a spare motor and you can watercool it.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by CMBrandon

Who on here is going to be at the L.A. Regional? Anything you would like to see at our booth?

Might be a couple of 1197 mentors dropping by. On asking them that question, the general answer can be summed up as: "cool stuff".

[CMBrandon]

Originally Posted by nighterfighter

Although I won't be at the LA Regional, I'll still throw in some things about your booth. Feel free to ignore it, since I won't be there.

When I was a student, some of the coolest booths I saw were the ones that had products in action/demos to use, or had some cool details about the product. Sketches, CAD, cross-sections, etc.

Your audience isn't just PC enthusiasts, it's a group of engineers/STEM students. Most of us won't shy away from technical diagrams; they actually look cool and interesting to most of us! I imagine a water loop running, with some technical drawings (not your trade secrets, but general things) to also look at would be cool.

Material talking about how CoolerMaster needs mechanical/electrical/etc engineers in the future is always a plus.

Of course, mentioning how you have helped those 4 teams is always a good idea. Showing community involvement always goes over well.

Those are just my opinions, from when I was a student. Take them with a grain of NaCl.


PS- Maybe a team can lend you a spare motor and you can watercool it.

We will make sure to have some cool things to interact with. We are limited to 10x10 so it's hard to cram it all in there. We are still finalizing the booth but when it's set up we will take pics and post them. I think everyone is going to dig our raffles and swag.

We also bumped up the button order so those of you not at the competition can still get one from our store.

[nighterfighter]

10' x 10'? That just happens to be the size of the team's pits for the robots...

And
teams
have put
lots
of things
in them before.

And they had to have room for working on the robot!


Hopefully those links will give you a few ideas of how to maximize your space.

[DoxCoach599]

Originally Posted by nighterfighter

Not sure if this was a FRC team, but I remember seeing this a while ago: http://imgur.com/gallery/EpwQlpo

All they said it was a high school robotics team. May not specifically be FRC though.

Edit: After reading through the comments in that thread, it IS a FRC team. No idea what # though.

If you look closely enough, you can see "ROBODOX" in the top left corner of the white board in the background

In other news, Welcome Brandon! We are really putting those cases through their paces, with two running CAD full time and the third being used as a programming workstation.

Sad to hear that we can't use the extra JetFlo fans on the robot, though.

[CMBrandon]

Originally Posted by nighterfighter

10' x 10'? That just happens to be the size of the team's pits for the robots...

And
teams
have put
lots
of things
in them before.

And they had to have room for working on the robot!


Hopefully those links will give you a few ideas of how to maximize your space.

I have to say, those look pretty sweet.

[CMBrandon]

Originally Posted by DoxCoach599

If you look closely enough, you can see "ROBODOX" in the top left corner of the white board in the background

In other news, Welcome Brandon! We are really putting those cases through their paces, with two running CAD full time and the third being used as a programming workstation.

Sad to hear that we can't use the extra JetFlo fans on the robot, though.

Maybe you can just use them as regular fans in the pit? It's got to be hot down there with all those people packed in.

[DoxCoach599]

Originally Posted by CMBrandon

Maybe you can just use them as regular fans in the pit? It's got to be hot down there with all those people packed in.

Good idea! I'll get the kids to figure something out. Those have insane air flow, so it should work!

[CMBrandon]

Just wanted to share a cool video Metalcrafers 207 uploaded today! Love the slo-mo effect.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iP8-dvjRbE

To read the whole blog entry, click here: https://metalcrafters207.wordpress.c...-big-progress/

[CMBrandon]

We listed some buttons in our store today. There is only a limited quantity. If we have more after the show we will restock it.

http://www.cmstore-usa.com/cooler-master-swag-button/


We are trying to expand the merchandise selection of the store, what other items would you like to see?

Also, stay tuned for a "test" sale of keyboards for FIRST participants.