Modcase Hyper · Node Alpha v0.1

Compute that stacks,
not sprawls.

Front-mounted Forge OS screen. RTX 5060 Ti 16GB inside. Physically stackable. Chassis by us — fully assembled by our build partner.

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01Choose your entry point

Three ways in. One chassis.

Print-on-demand
Tier 01
Chassis
The printed Modcase Hyper. Fulfilled by Holston Forge and our maker network. For builders who already have compute and want the chassis.
$149
USD · fulfilled by Forge + makers · 7–10 days
  • Modcase Hyper chassis, single module
  • Choice of 6 color finishes
  • Choice of 6 face patterns
  • Physical stacking hardware (bolt-together column)
  • Printed and shipped by Holston Forge & makers
Configure & Order
Most popular
Tier 02
Screen Kit
Chassis plus the 3.5" touch screen, mounting hardware, and Forge OS firmware. Bring your own compute.
$289
USD · fulfilled by Forge + makers · 10–14 days
  • Everything in Tier 01
  • 3.5" IPS status display (480×320)
  • Pre-flashed status firmware
  • USB-C breakout, cable, mounts
  • Setup guide for Linux / WSL
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Founder's Fleet
Tier 03
Node Alpha
The complete Node Alpha. Holston Forge prints and ships the chassis to our assembly partner, who builds and ships the finished node direct to you.
$1,150
USD · assembled by build partner · lead time TBD
  • Everything in Tier 02
  • Asus DUAL OC RTX 5060 Ti 16GB + Ryzen 5 5500
  • 32GB DDR4 · 512GB NVMe · Thermaltake 500W
  • Forge OS pre-installed · Cloudflare Zero Trust configured
  • 1-year hardware warranty · assembled by certified build partner
Reserve — Lead Time TBD
03Node Alpha specifications

RTX 5060 Ti 16GB. Sub-8B swarms. Ships assembled.

GPU
Asus DUAL OC RTX 5060 Ti 16GB · primary inference engine
CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 5500 · AM4 · 6 cores · vLLM orchestration
RAM
32GB DDR4-3200 · WSL bridge + system overhead
Storage
512GB NVMe SSD · model weights + 5-min work snapshots
PSU
Thermaltake Smart 500W · 24/7 low-draw operation
Display
3.5" IPS Touch Screen · monitor-less status + scheduling
Chassis
Modcase Hyper (Custom) · physical stacking hardware
Access
Cloudflare Zero Trust · Forge OS WSL bridge

The RTX 5060 Ti 16GB is the reason the BOM works. Current-gen Ada Lovelace at the price point that keeps Node Alpha under $1,200 while running 16GB context windows and stacked LoRAs simultaneously.

The Ryzen 5 5500 handles Ray orchestration and the WSL bridge while the GPU runs inference. 32GB system RAM means the OS never competes with the model for headroom. The 512GB NVMe is "The Vault" — fast enough for model swaps, sized for 5-minute work snapshots.

The 3.5" touch screen is the interface. No monitor required. Status, scheduling, and agent health at a glance. Tier 01 and 02 ship direct from Holston Forge and our maker network. Tier 03 is assembled by a certified build partner and ships direct to you.

04What the chassis is for

Each node is a spore. The network is the mycelium.

The Modcase Hyper is the physical layer of a larger system. Forge Mycelium is a decentralized compute network where specialist agents collaborate, verify each other, and earn stake by completing real work for the lab. Buy a chassis today, opt into the network when it's live.

— Layer 01

Mycelium Pulse

A 5-minute heartbeat. Every node syncs state via Cloudflare tunnel. If an agent hallucinates or a process crashes, we roll back. 95% recovery target.

— Layer 02

Swarm Consensus

Ray + vLLM orchestrate cross-checks. The Coder produces; the Analyst verifies against a 70B teacher's logic. Output ships only when the swarm agrees.

— Layer 03

Skill Cards

Drag-and-drop LoRAs distilled from open source. Your 8B agent learns a new specialty in seconds. Hot-swap as your work changes.

— Layer 04

WSL Bridge

Forge OS runs in a hardened WSL environment. The host stays a working Windows machine. The GPU is dedicated to the mycelium.

05The honest part

Questions you're probably asking.