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Hey, So its finally happening.

KillerByte is modding his case.

Here is what I have at my disposal

Thermaltake Tsunami Dream Chassis

AOpen 450W PSU

DFI Infinity P965-S Dark Motherboard

Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 @ 3.0GHz

Enzotech Ultra X Cooler

GSkill DDR2 800 Low Latency Dual Memory Modules (2*1024Mb)

XFX 7900GT w/ Zalman Fatality Cooler

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So the case is 2 years old and has no warranty on it. Which is ideal since I don't like warranties.

The modding to the case will not be major, the exterior of the case will remain true to the original design, but certain key factors will change.

Firstly, I've installed 3 CCFL's. While some people don't like them I prefer to make my PC look like a display cabinet and allow people to see all my gear. The door of the case has 2 led's on it, these create an effect on the front door. These LED's died about 12 months ago and I am now installing 2 new super bright LED's. These LED's are so bright that a single LED can light up half my room. lol. I have 4 of these LED's so I want to find a use for the other 2.

I will be sleeving the PSU, and thanx to doobs I will still be able to use my PC while I am sleeving. He has graciously allowed me to borrow his spare PSU, 400w, and by the way it is for sale. PM if you want it.

I will be spraying the inside of the case black as currently its bare metal and that looks terrible.

The rear fan will be replaced with a AC Ryan Blackfire 4 Kameleon fan, which is black but when you turn on the LED's it glows blue, which I think is a nice efffect since the black fan will blend in with the black interior then it will light up and glow blue.

I am afraid that the last to be changed will be the exterior panels.
These will be done last because I don't want to get them scratch while I do this mod. They will all be sanded down to bare metal and then resprayed, except the plastic panels which are fine.

And finally, my greatest joy will be the removal of the current window which is a boring sheet of perspex with thermaltake written on the side. That window will be replaced with a sheet of AcrylMirror 2 which I think is one of the best modding ideas that I have ever seen. Its a acrylic panel with a mirror finish but when you turn the lights on inside of the case it goes clear allowing people to see into your case.

Phase 1, which was the installation of the CCFL's, is complete.
Phase 2, which is the installation of the LED's, is 50% complete.

I feel like Homer, I've installed the CCFL's before the repsray. but at I did this because I want my PC to look good even while I am modding it. I go to loads of LAN's so I like to show it off.

Ideas? Comliments? Complaints? Flames? Spam?

Pics?

using cellphone. Will upload picks of stuff asap.

its the black version of the TT Tsunami Dream Chassis.

and mobo is going to be paid for tomorrow.

Oh yes, you have the VA3000.

Cool, good luck

yeah. its not an extreme mod but it should make the case look far better than what it does atm.

Nice one on getting started, dude

its picture time boys (and girls)

Click on the thumbnail to see the 800*600 image. Down sized to save your cap.

My Enzotech and the little chip it has to cool.
My Attempt at keeping things neat
Black Ray up and running



Some close ups of that massive cooler. Ooh look at the pretty blue light.



This little lappie was a god send. Ode to the lappie that kept me sane.

Oh the chaos! This is what happens when I have PC trouble. My life goes all wrong. (My mom never saw this mess. Thank goodness.)

The spare PSU that doobs has kindly let me while I do my cable sleeving.


The PSU that will be sleeved, and sprayed.
My GSkill sticks. These babies are killers.


The XFX 7900GT OC. with a fatality cooler
My Acer 1951D. LCD FTW!!!

The Best Mouse In The Universe
More shots of some cooler on chip action

So Alone, SO Cold, So Ruthless!
Stock vs. Enzotech. lol
Never Been Used!
Packaging
Shiny box
Good bye boring clear perspex, Hello AcrylMirror2
Some cables that will be sleeved.
A Bare back. Going to be sprayed black.

The CCFL at the top of my case.
Note the CCFL hiding in the corner
The CCFL sitting at the bottom.

Hiding in the back...
Say goodbye to TT Crap, and hello to AC Ryan BlackFire4 Kameleon... Coming Soon
Side shot, Nakedness

Before I installed my gear. This was what my desk looked like while I waited for my board.

OOO Acryl mirror hmmmm nice!

Looking nice!

*Off Topic*

That laptop there is the HP 530 right...??!!

The dual core or celeron if i may ask?

You think you could post some benchmarks, cant find them anywhere...Want to see if its worth getting!

Thanks!

i have the HP 500. centrino 512mb ram 60gb hdd.

just finished sleeving my psu and have installed it. Its not the best PSU sleeving job but it will do for the moment. when I get my case sprayed I will redo the bad sections.

Nice! Don't get put off by the cabling and sleeving though...when you take your time and do it right, you will certainly see the results

Good luck.

so last night I came up with a far better name, the name Black-Ray just did not sit well with me.

So last night I tripped over my tower, cursed and then mumbled to myself about the fact that my case is a bloody monolith. and Thats where it hit me.

The new name for my system, Monolith.

Black, Sleek, Beautiful, powerful...

yeah. Cool name.

looking forward to this! ( my friend and I actually sprayed his tsunami black just the other day... FUN-FUN-FUN)

so update (sort of) time.

does any one know the price of arcylic/ perspex panels from Maizey?

I want to get a black sheet 3mmx500mmx500mm

Lithe_Joint wrote:Nice! Don't get put off by the cabling and sleeving though...when you take your time and do it right, you will certainly see the results

Good luck.

Have to agree with that! The first PSU I ever sleeved was taking for ever so I rushed it and got really crap results...

The mod is looking good dude, Its inspired me to do something with 777 again, the money a touch tight at the moment though

Keep up the good work bro

thanx. yeah money is tight my side as well, thats why I'm getting local acrylic

KillerByte wrote:so update (sort of) time.

does any one know the price of arcylic/ perspex panels from Maizey?

I want to get a black sheet 3mmx500mmx500mm

I paid about R160 for a 600x600 offcut.

i emailed maizey last night and they replied saying that they don't sell transparent black.

anybody know where I can get some from.

What, the Maizey's here in Witbank had transparent black when I bought my transparent blue.

that sucks. the maizey's here tells me that they have bronze but no black.

Here's their number 0136924307

which branch is it. I'll email them.

Witbank, call them rather and ask for Minnaar, he knows his stuff. I don't think there'll be much in the way of a delivery charge, as there are vechicles travelling between this branch and JHB headquarters at least once a week.

i live in durban