Project: BlackFlame (Update!! 16/11, 56k = Die.)

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Rofl, there are countermeasures and Rob isn't stupid.
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I34z1k wrote:Rofl, there are countermeasures and Rob isn't stupid.
WOW I34z1k lol i didnt know you could be so nice, did you get a new girlfriend(or boyfriend) or something?! where did she take the old I34z1k!?!!? LOL jk...

no it wont be connected permanently, 1 because of the condensation, which living next to the sea, is bad lol and 2, i dont have the space in my case to mount it properly. so for now its a benching only item.

BUT in december after finals ill design a circuit (proberly intergrate a fan controller in aswell) with a pic microcontroller to detect ambient temp and not let the water temp drop below that point for day to day use. but under um, special, cicumstances ill turn it on all the way :wink: :twisted:

more to come!

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W00T update time again lol!

just realised i havent taken many pics of my rig ATM so i decided to share lol.

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Thin strips of red perspex that will be glued into a tube to make my pink CCFL's RED! lol

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Sanding...

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YAYAYA! bit untidy but no one will see :wink:

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WOORKS!!!!

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Fan controller, RED led's, camera flash on

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Fan controller, RED led's, camera flash on

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DVD led mod, flash off

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DVD led mod, flash on

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W00T!!! new fanless window AND alen cap screws!!!! FTW!!!

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Loving these alen caps...

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More CCFL goodness

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ah yes, here we have, in order of appearence, 3mm black and 3mm red perspex for doing my radgrill AND 5mm clear perspex for doing my watter chiller!!!! W00T!!!!!

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OH YES!!!! MY NEW TOY!!! SCROLL SAW FTW!!!!!! YEAH!!!


hope you like!!!(let me know, oh and notice the smaller pics :wink:)

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first of... Thanks a MIL for the smaller pics!!! And second - That is looking so good, makes me want to trade my Lian-li in for a p160 (not reely , but it wouldn't hurt to have both!!!)
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LOL! ah Lian-li's are just for people who cant mod well enough to make a crap case look good !! :wink: :twisted: :lol: lol jk.

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Nice work Rob, hey come on MSN bro.
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RobThePyro wrote:LOL! ah Lian-li's are just for people who cant mod well enough to make a crap case look good !! :wink: :twisted: :lol: lol jk.

Rob~!
Gee thanks!!!! :D

My mod is coming ! It won't be anything as spectacular as this but hey. Omw I've read your work log like 3 times now your case reeely does look exceptional!
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Lian-Li = as good as a modded case.

Modded-Li > All.
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Why dont you make those plexi ccfl holders a bit more tidy. Sand the edges and make them look pretty. It doent matter if anyone will ever see it, it will bother you to know you skimped on that part of your build.
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i like them red LEDs :D
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Hey guys, small update! :

YES SMD LED MODDING TIME!~! the blue led's on my OCZ XTC memory cooler just HAD to go....

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Blue VS Red

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Thats my LITTLE finger just so you can see the size of the LED's (and i have small hands lol)

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MY trusty Magnum solder station!!!! W00T!

BRB, just gonna go upload some pics of the cooler in my case....
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... Lol sorry about that.. forgot to upload the other pics..

Gonna let them talk for themselves :wink: :

Oh and the ones that are like VERY red are with the camera flash off and the "clear" ones are with the flash ON!

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ecthelion wrote:i like them red LEDs :D
YESS I KNOWW!!!! THEY ROCK!!!!
DeanMF wrote:Why dont you make those plexi ccfl holders a bit more tidy. Sand the edges and make them look pretty. It doent matter if anyone will ever see it, it will bother you to know you skimped on that part of your build.
Yea im going to i think... as soon as I get a chance, just gotta finish me finals... lol

Let me know what you guys think!!!!
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What a sick mod dude!! Awesome work, you got some serious potential bro :D

Keep up the awesome work :bigups:
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Dude...

Please please please tell me you are going to remove those hideous cable ties keeping your light tube (ccfl, whatever) to your case... It really makes it look bad... Supaglue it if you have to, just get rid of those ties that are showing...
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silv3rback wrote:What a sick mod dude!! Awesome work, you got some serious potential bro :D

Keep up the awesome work :bigups:
Ah thanks buddy!!! you rock!!!!! lol.. YEA!!!!!!
Slasher wrote:Dude...

Please please please tell me you are going to remove those hideous cable ties keeping your light tube (ccfl, whatever) to your case... It really makes it look bad... Supaglue it if you have to, just get rid of those ties that are showing...
Yea, sorry about that, i just did that so i could take it to the F.R.A.G lan, i have been thinking of a better mounting plan, prob redo the red perspex ccfl holders and tap one side for an alen cap screw, then use two alen caps through that black bar thing, just as soon as i get a chance :wink:

I also got 2 get some more of that vantec red cable sleeving to finish up my wiring..

Also this mod might take a new direction in decemeber and i might "expand" my case with some Aluminium!!! lol... havnt decided what im gonna do yet, might just build a whole new case from scrath with some better cable managment, cause thats the problemi have with this case, no space for cable management.... sucks.

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You are definitely gonna be the next modder to represent SA overseas!
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LOL! AWSOME!!!! THANKS!!!!!!

I think im gonna partner up with Doobs!! we can be a team :wink: 8) lol...

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RobThePyro wrote:LOL! AWSOME!!!! THANKS!!!!!!

I think im gonna partner up with Doobs!! we can be a team :wink: 8) lol...

Rob~!
Killer team! That'll be mental!
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MENTAL FTW!!!! lol... yea, like i have told D0obs, as soon as my finals are finished, i want him to come help with my next project. My dad has said i can use his workshop at work. here are some of the BIG tools it includes:
:P Metal Milling Machine
:P Metal Lathe
:P Mig welder(can do aluminium)
:P Arc Welder
:P two guiliteens(SP?) for cutting aluminium
:P 4 diffrent sized drill press's
:P Scroll saw
:P Circular Saw
:P two belt sanders
:P jigsaws
:P anglegrinder
:P 3 (THREE) DREMELS!!! :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

:P LOTS of aluminium sheeting!!!! :P

W00TTTT and thats just what i can remember off the top of my head... LOL!!!! oh and also i hear my dad is friendly with the lasercutting place, the anodising place and the engineering place down the road!!!!!!

GOSH IM AMPED NOW!!!! CANT WAIT!!!!... Hopefully even if doobs cant join me all the time(i plan to spend 2-3weeks, all day of my 3month holiday there!!!!) he can help me with some of the design aspects in Sketch-up and i will just bulild them lol!!!

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Take me with! LoL (joke)
that sounds awesome bro, bet you can't wait for finals to finnish! (hehe)
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RobThePyro wrote: :P Metal Milling Machine
:P Metal Lathe
:P Mig welder(can do aluminium)
:P Arc Welder
:P two guiliteens(SP?) for cutting aluminium
:P 4 diffrent sized drill press's
:P Scroll saw
:P Circular Saw
:P two belt sanders
:P jigsaws
:P anglegrinder
:P 3 (THREE) DREMELS!!! :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

:P LOTS of aluminium sheeting!!!! :P

W00TTTT and thats just what i can remember off the top of my head... LOL!!!! oh and also i hear my dad is friendly with the lasercutting place, the anodising place and the engineering place down the road!!!!!!
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psYChowIt wrote:Take me with! LoL (joke)
that sounds awesome bro, bet you can't wait for finals to finnish! (hehe)
dude.... you DONT e v e n know...


Dae, I love you 2 bro :wink:

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RobThePyro wrote:MENTAL FTW!!!! lol... yea, like i have told D0obs, as soon as my finals are finished, i want him to come help with my next project. My dad has said i can use his workshop at work. here are some of the BIG tools it includes:
:P Metal Milling Machine
:P Metal Lathe
:P Mig welder(can do aluminium)
:P Arc Welder
:P two guiliteens(SP?) for cutting aluminium
:P 4 diffrent sized drill press's
:P Scroll saw
:P Circular Saw
:P two belt sanders
:P jigsaws
:P anglegrinder
:P 3 (THREE) DREMELS!!! :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

:P LOTS of aluminium sheeting!!!! :P

W00TTTT and thats just what i can remember off the top of my head... LOL!!!! oh and also i hear my dad is friendly with the lasercutting place, the anodising place and the engineering place down the road!!!!!!

GOSH IM AMPED NOW!!!! CANT WAIT!!!!... Hopefully even if doobs cant join me all the time(i plan to spend 2-3weeks, all day of my 3month holiday there!!!!) he can help me with some of the design aspects in Sketch-up and i will just bulild them lol!!!

Rob~!
I think we need to set up a meeting that I can come along aswel......um.......Im a.........inspector person for metal, shiny things :wink: :lol:

Have fun in that place, and bring out some crazy mods dude!!
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Hey guys!

Update time:
The bad news: i have decided to stop modding my case for two main reasons: A) Its to small to really achive what i want
B) I have decided i dont want to mod some one elses design, but rather want to do something wiht my own design!

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The good news:
Im going to build an entire watercooled case from scratch! the specifications im working around are:
BIG - lots of space to play with, im thinking CM stacker size or bigger.
Aluminium - Light weight, relitivly cheap, easy to attain, easy to work with.
Watercooling - this case is going to be designed around my water cooling rather than my mobo(since im an overclocker at heart and need the best erformance possible! :wink:)

Im not going to give away to many details just yet, but expect some sketchup models soon.

In terms of hardware i have just upgraded to a C2Q Q6600, an extra 320gb sata hdd(for vista), and 4gb ram but other than that the specs will stay the same and it will still be called Black Flame just with a new and improved case!

So, why havent I been updating for a while?
As alot of people know the South African Matrics have been writing finals, and im one of them :lol: i have one more to go (computer theory) and then im FREEEEE!!!!!! and im going to take over my dads workshop and build my case! also i just recived my C2Q and some more ram which i have been playing with in my free time, so, i havnt had a chance to mod yet...

BUT, that being said, i did do some small mods a little while ago:

What to do if you have 10mins, a piece of perspex and a 13mm drill bit?
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lol yea, i needed a quick/cheap/dirty radgrill so i drilled some holes in some perspex and screwed it on, simple, buy efective!

ALSO!, i decided to mod my G15 keyboard, with some red LED's but i knida screwed up, after i did it i realised i used highbrigh LED's instead of superbright.... so its not as brigh as i wanted.. BUT i will order some more superbrights and do the mod again (and prob some film for putting over the lcd to make it red!)

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No Flash:
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But as i said, there is a part 2 to come.

So guys, you know whats coming, check back soon and whatch the work progress!

Enjoy!
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