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Right, you've all seen bits n pieces of my setup in a few threads so i figured might as well start a log for comments and suggestions.....

Heres where we stand as of yesterday:







update to follow in 5 min.

Did some painting today. as seen in the previous update, im moving all my fans to sharkoon Silent Eagle 2000's non led.
Unsure about my next paint step, theres something missing....

Any comments and suggestions welcome.

Mod looks awsum.N00bcake

Thanks Justin....
There should be a watercooling update this wknd, just waiting on confirmation of another 2 radiators, a gpu block and some other goodies....

but im still stuck on what else the paint job is missing

The side is a bit bland bud, maybe you can do a decal or a racing stripe or an ST logo or something?

Another thing you could do is maybe some white edging on the chassis?

White edging.... that sounds interesting... got an example?

Excuse the paintwork,had to use word as paint couldn't open your image

I would do the lines thicker, but this is what I meant.

interesting.... thanks skwirrel.... i think you have given some insparation I was also thinking of doing the whole exterior white but leaving all fan grills black?

You're welcome bud

That could give you some nice contrast...are you using any lighting at all?

Looking into LED strip lights. but need to speak to a member from another forum over the weekend. will be blue/white leds.... but i think blue.... it contrasts nicely with the white n black.

Np....Just keep the thread updated!havnt seen a good mod in a while. .

Your mod is looking very good. Don't make the whole mod white, it wont be much different from your everyday old beige box then. What you could do is paint the inside white (Much like Wikid did a while back to his P180) Then light the inside Blue or UV if you can.

I've been brainstorming..... Inside will remain black.
Ill accent certain parts white like the drives holder plates, 5.25" drive clips and the expansion slot covers.
Thinking of doing a ghost effect on the sides. not sure what graphic to use yet........

And watercooling has taken a good turn.

2x 240 mm rads will be in play. a dremel and adding a gpu block/s and might squeeze a NB block in


also might see a change from nvidia to xfired ATI (48xx series)

There is a possibility of me doing white stripes down the sides to match up with the notches on the front bezel..... but need to get some tape and do a mock up

Looking Good.

Don't do the whole thing white, it starts to look dirty and tired very soon.

You might try adding small black detail back onto the white front piece, say in some of the recesses? or something metallic to it?

Edit: in all the photographs it looks like it lacks depth or texture (maybe its the light or camera?)

I think you'd be better off whitening the inside of the case TBH, the black just absorbs the light. You could even do a gunmetal grey or similar, if you prefer the darker look.

Very neat paintwork, Dude.
I'm with UrBaN on the edges as suggested...it does kinda "tie it all in", but the white interior has me wondering:
If you are doing watercooling, are you going to be making a feature of the water pipes? If yes, then I'd go dark interior with UV lighting, it will be more visible.

At the end, it boils down to personal choice, as you'll be the one seeing it all the time.

Keep up the good work.

update here.

the haf922 is gone. an antec P182B now houses my rig.... theres a performance-pcs box en route to me.....

all ill say is triple rad, dbl rad. gpu and cpu cooled..... clear pipes... clear liquid..... an update will happen in about a months time till then...........

oh and lots of black

Sounds like the coffee or something is kicking in...did I hear you say you are brewing something unique?

Looking forward to it.

time will tell if its the P182 or the 900

Alright so i changed the case. its back to a haf.... but a 932 and the build is done. just some minor tweaks left.

pics after the break

Firestrm wrote:Alright so i changed the case. its back to a haf.... but a 932 and the build is done. just some minor tweaks left.

pics after the break

waiting something to look at after a bad day

Initial double rad placement and mock up. you can see the nicely painted inside



cpu block on mock up board


Hmmm what could that be


TADA!!!! Triple Rad



Final Mockup



More pics to follow. stay tuned

and heres the current state

Spec:

QX9770 w/ Swiftech Apogee
XFX 790i Ultra
2x 2gig ddr3-1333 w/ Thermalright coolers
MSi Twin Frozr w/ Swiftech MCW60
Antec True Power Quattro 850w
Swiftech MCP655 pump w/ variable speed
Swiftech Triple and Double Radiators