love the auto theme actually pulled off. you see a lot of mods that try for a car-themed look but fall WAY short. love this mod too - the orange looks hot!
Heh, orange and blue, the 2 colours I've used in my PC's for ages saying to the g/f that it may be the next big thing and considering the recent trends of featured mods containing vivid oranges on some level I think I may have been right for once.
Its a nice mod but the thing that puts me off slightly is the fact that its actually a gloss finish. I personally think it would have looked better matte but hey, thats down to personal preference.
Nice usage of expanding foam though ;)
I need more details on how he did those leds on the saitek keyboard! I love my keyboard, but i do wish it had dark green leds rather than blue... To go with my razer copperhead and green cold cathodes in my case....
Heyya,
I'm new to this whole modding thing. Just been checking it out over the last few days so I don't really know much but that is an awesome looking case!
Love the white leds, really finish it off nicely.
I have a question too:
How does that filter attachment work? Looks like its attached to the case window, but then you wouldn't be able to open the case surely...
Can you explain please?
1st off, thank you everyone for the kind words and very supportive comments, I cannot thank you enough how much it means to have other modders take a liking to all (or parts) of my mod. That is flattering with a capital "F"! I would not have gotten to this point without places like this, and the resourcefulness of the modding community. You guys always finding difffernet way of doing something are what is inspiring to me, I hope that in some way, I feed the inspiration pool for the next group of mods coming out.
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Originally Posted by will. I need more details on how he did those leds on the saitek keyboard! I love my keyboard, but i do wish it had dark green leds rather than blue...
The LED's are surface mount devices that are suspect to all of the usuall LED laws regarding current/resistors... it's just that they are on a much smalled scale, and the LED's and Resistors are much smaller! ;) I'll look up the LED's that I used, as there are 2 predominant sizes that are used. For changing over to a green like your copperhead, you may find surface mount LED's lack color choices, and your green will be a difficult one to locate. Note what the current/voltages are for the green, and then use a multimeter on the lines to see if you need to change the resistor values too.
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Originally Posted by lnr How does that filter attachment work? Looks like its attached to the case window, but then you wouldn't be able to open the case surely...
Can you explain please?
(grin) There is *not* a case window. It is open air. The air filter would have been flush with the bottom of the window, or (more likely) pushing against it... so, I'm driving with the "windos down!" ;)
As for the glossy/matte finishes... keep your eyes peeled for one of my next mods I have cued up... ;)
Thanks again everyone! And thank you BitTech (WilHarris... you ROCK! Sorry we could not get our paths to cross while over...) for giving the creative throngs of the computer crazy a place to hook up and exchange ideas. ;) ;)
Originally Posted by Skylined Very nice clean mod!
Congrats! :)
Just one thing, you could paint the stripes on the "air intake" and top panel.
Yeah, I did think about that, but getting the stripe the same width as the front panel made it look odd on the top going over the scoop. So, I opted to leave it be.
Originally Posted by BFGunrunner that was slick I want that case! but why only a FX-57? and a 6800 GT?
"Only?!?! Only??!?!"
Man... we are performance whores, aren' t we? How soon we need more.... (I'm the same way bro, just giving you a hard time!)
The FX-57 was tha bomb when I built this rig last year. Thing still kicks serious a$$, so I'm not ashamed!
The specific Gigabyte 6800's were chosen by NVidia for their swooping heat pipes and SLI functionality. I was not expecting them to take such an active role in part selection, but I Was going for an engine compartment feel, and they delivered that to me in spades!
So, that is the story behind those 2 components.
;) ;) ;)
(edit: also, for those that want more detail... here is my log that I migrated over here to BT here...)
Was actually headed over here to edit my post. Thought you might have done that as you never mentioned cutting or fitting a window and I just assumed.
I've never comtemplated leaving a case with a gaping hole like that though. How does that change the sound and the temp? Aren't you worried about dust etc?
I might be being stupid here ( ), but I panic when ever I take the side of my case off (when it's real hot and I need the BIG fan :) )
Awesome case, its all the little details that make this great. I'm alittle surprised that you didnt do a horizontal so that the scope could dump directly onto the cpu, would have been cool with the cpu carb stickin out of the hood!
I have had no thermal issues to speak of, and everything gets good, cool air.
As for the dust, yeah, it gets a little dusty, but I pull the machine every 2-3 months and give it a good cleaning anyway, so that does not matter to me.
I did comtemplate the air channel for the scoop/CPU HSF duct work, but it looked tacky... I don't do tacky... ;)
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Beautiful orange!
Its a nice mod but the thing that puts me off slightly is the fact that its actually a gloss finish. I personally think it would have looked better matte but hey, thats down to personal preference.
Nice usage of expanding foam though ;)
Oh we are a vain bunch.. hehe :D
The bondo work on the scoop is very nice and displays talent and dedication!
I'm new to this whole modding thing. Just been checking it out over the last few days so I don't really know much but that is an awesome looking case!
Love the white leds, really finish it off nicely.
I have a question too:
How does that filter attachment work? Looks like its attached to the case window, but then you wouldn't be able to open the case surely...
Can you explain please?
Orange owns... ;)
Really nice mod, i love the scoop and the car theme is nice.
Love the top and side panels, no so fussed on the front.
Great modding, cpu fan shroud is genius.
this mod is f***ing cool :D
VBROMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!
for the stang insiders among us
The LED's are surface mount devices that are suspect to all of the usuall LED laws regarding current/resistors... it's just that they are on a much smalled scale, and the LED's and Resistors are much smaller! ;) I'll look up the LED's that I used, as there are 2 predominant sizes that are used. For changing over to a green like your copperhead, you may find surface mount LED's lack color choices, and your green will be a difficult one to locate. Note what the current/voltages are for the green, and then use a multimeter on the lines to see if you need to change the resistor values too.
(grin) There is *not* a case window. It is open air. The air filter would have been flush with the bottom of the window, or (more likely) pushing against it... so, I'm driving with the "windos down!" ;)
As for the glossy/matte finishes... keep your eyes peeled for one of my next mods I have cued up... ;)
Thanks again everyone! And thank you BitTech (WilHarris... you ROCK! Sorry we could not get our paths to cross while over...) for giving the creative throngs of the computer crazy a place to hook up and exchange ideas. ;) ;)
See everyone later!
Congrats, this project is really nice! I'm a big fan of mustang, so this project is eye candy for me.
BOSS rulez!! ;)
Congrats! :)
Just one thing, you could paint the stripes on the "air intake" and top panel.
Yeah, I did think about that, but getting the stripe the same width as the front panel made it look odd on the top going over the scoop. So, I opted to leave it be.
Great mod though.
"Only?!?! Only??!?!"
Man... we are performance whores, aren' t we? How soon we need more.... (I'm the same way bro, just giving you a hard time!)
The FX-57 was tha bomb when I built this rig last year. Thing still kicks serious a$$, so I'm not ashamed!
The specific Gigabyte 6800's were chosen by NVidia for their swooping heat pipes and SLI functionality. I was not expecting them to take such an active role in part selection, but I Was going for an engine compartment feel, and they delivered that to me in spades!
So, that is the story behind those 2 components.
;) ;) ;)
(edit: also, for those that want more detail... here is my log that I migrated over here to BT here...)
Was actually headed over here to edit my post. Thought you might have done that as you never mentioned cutting or fitting a window and I just assumed.
I've never comtemplated leaving a case with a gaping hole like that though. How does that change the sound and the temp? Aren't you worried about dust etc?
I might be being stupid here ( ), but I panic when ever I take the side of my case off (when it's real hot and I need the BIG fan :) )
As for the dust, yeah, it gets a little dusty, but I pull the machine every 2-3 months and give it a good cleaning anyway, so that does not matter to me.
I did comtemplate the air channel for the scoop/CPU HSF duct work, but it looked tacky... I don't do tacky... ;)