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hi guys
felt like doing a small ish mod in december
im getting a cm 690 hopefully on tuesday. i will paint a mirror finish black with some ice blue flames on top and a GT stripe from the bottom to the back
here is my design i did before an exam

and here is what i am hoping the flames to look like

here is the list of what i would like to to so far
make a window
put leds under the case
any ideas on what else i could do

nice ...........keep us updated with pics

will post some pics of the case when i get it next week

Maybe loose the flames, you don't want it to look like a Danville jet now, do you?

These are nice:



while these are not:

so you say i should just stick with the plain GT stripe

i guess that could work since it wil have a mirror finish black
hmmmmmmmmm..........

Something that works pretty nice, but not sure how it would be on a case is an off center stripe like this:

i like how you think man
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.................
*brain explodes
too much thinking lol


ill have a look at both
when i mask the case up for spraying ill try off center first then if it dont look good ill do it in the center

EdIT: i dont have a scanner here atm so ill do the designs on the paper i printed and post them tomorrow
thinking of black with ice blue GT stripes with i white or lighter blue outline/pinstripe on either side

hey guys
update time

the white part on the left panel is the window
anything you think i should change

got my case last of last week just forgot to post it
here some pics with my stuff installed



i felt like seeing what the GT stripes would look like so i masked the tape up for a preview
here the pics of that



thinking of maybe,possible cutting out a radioactive sign for the side panel.and then i will move the fans to the bottom

and whats really cool is i am writing my last exam tomorrow then i only have one more day of school this term so i can start the modding (and looking for the cash to )

thinking of making the mod name GT instead of 690GT

this window looks intresting

heres a design i sketchuped for the side panel

comments?

a bit bland? unless you gonna do something special to it afterwards?

there will be some flashy m3(i think) bolts holding the plexi on
and i might get GT engraved into it with some leds on the inside to lite it up
sounding better

sorry i forgot to post all of that

masked it on my side panel to get an idea




sorry about the image quality web cams and a shaky hand don't mix well

the shape is still a bit "meh". add some curves maybe? something subtle, like round the corners, and maybe give the straight edges a slight curve, just to make it a bit interesting...

just mocked this up:

nice i like it

Nice

Cool. But don't take anyone's opinion as gospel.

This is your project, and you PC, you need to make it your own. You have chosen to take inspiration from cars. Great, but don't just take the obvious for inspiration (GT stripes), look at what is sexy on a car (the rear "rump" for example, or headlights) and see what design features (shapes/colours/dynamics) you can integrate into your box.

Now go forth and mod!

this mod isnt based on cars i just liked the look of GT stripes

a s**t..well there you go. ignore my previous crap.

from now on i will do my log in BINARY
so i only get the clever peoples comments lol
01110111011010000110111100100000011000010110011101110010011001010110010101110011

hey guys
wont be here for a while im on holiday
anyways
i got my new psu yesterday and thought i would just check in to see if there were any new post
but there wasn't any
will see if i can get some plexi today so when i get back i can start modding :!

damit
i did a whole update and clicked submit then eskom killed the power

list of what i have done so far
1.cut and filed down the panel
2.cut plexi for windows
3.stealthed my cdrom drive

things i will do
1.cover up the fan holes on side window
2. finish the window
3.mod fan controller
4.paint black
5. paint the GT stripes


anything else that i should do?

here is the update
*begs Eskom not to kill power

first i masked up the panel


then i drew the design


and added some white masking tape to make it more clear


started the dremel up

Now go forth and mod!

started the first cut


bottom halve of the panel cut


close up


both halves cut. looking where to place the nuts


time for the putty


the two compounds that come in the box


all done

than i started sanding that night and since it was a long night i needed this



there are the two plexi parts for the panel


the panel on the case

and one of the best parts

my new cm extreme 650w psu

and now I've run into a problem
after sanding the putty to the same thickness of the panel the edges of it chipped off

i thought of maybe cutting out the holes and welding a new piece in there place

would this work?

and does anyone have a better idea?