My Latest Creation..

RADARADA Apple Valley, CA Member
edited March 2005 in Hardware
Hi Guys,

Well she's not quite done, but I figured I start throwing up spme pics of my latest PC build.

Here's a spec list to start off with:

Cooler Master ATC-110-SX1 All Aluminum Case w/ slide out MoBo Tray
ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe MoBo
Intel P4 3.0 w/ 1 Meg L2 Cache
Thermalright SP-94 heatsink, w/ Panaflo H1 High Performance 92mm Fan
Antec Neo-Power 480 watt PS
Corsair TWINX1024-4000PT 1GB DDR500 XMS4000 Ultra-High Bus Speed Dual-Channel Memory w/Platinum Heat Spreader
LITE-ON CDRW 52x48x52
LITE ON 16x DVD-RW
Creative Audigy 2 Gamer Sound Card
BFG 6800 ULTRA OC Video Card
3 Coolermaster 80mm Clear fans w/ blue LEDS
SilverStone 3.5" bay front USB 2.0/Firewire/ headphone jack

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  • RADARADA Apple Valley, CA Member
    edited February 2005
    Here's how the case looked from the start:
  • RADARADA Apple Valley, CA Member
    edited February 2005
    My plan was to give this case a custom paint job, to liven up all the bare aluminum.

    Here's the case all stripped down, just before I pulled out the drill to start removing the rivets holding it together.
  • RADARADA Apple Valley, CA Member
    edited February 2005
    After drilling out all the rivets I used Duplicolor METALCAST to mimic anodized aluminum

    You start with a metalic silver under coat, then go over it with whatever color you want. Just keep the coat thin, so it's transluscent. If you go too heavy, it ruins the anodized look.
  • RADARADA Apple Valley, CA Member
    edited February 2005
    Next, I started to reassemble the frame. A good hand held rivet gun and some aluminum rivets did the trick.
  • RADARADA Apple Valley, CA Member
    edited February 2005
    Here's the frame fully assembled.

    You may notice the floor of the case is blue here, well, it was. After painting it, I thought it was "too blue" so I took everything apart and repainted the inside top and bottom with the silver METALCAST. Looked good at new after it dried.
  • RADARADA Apple Valley, CA Member
    edited February 2005
    Well, I lost a whole group of assembly pictures - memory card croaked :bawling:

    So heres what I was able to save:

    You see the drives going in along with the Neo-Power PS

    The other pic shows the MoBo w/ most of the goodies installed. :thumbsup:
  • RADARADA Apple Valley, CA Member
    edited February 2005
    Here she is during the burn in phase.

    I left everything open and hanging, just in case there was a problem.

    Since I'm using her to create this thread, I'd have to say it was a successful build.
  • RADARADA Apple Valley, CA Member
    edited February 2005
    Well, my digital camera is killing my memory cards so it may take a few days before I can post the conclusion.

    NEXT: Wire Origami

    Comments would be appreciated.

    RADA
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited February 2005
    That looks pretty suave. :thumbsup:

    I hope you get your camera problem straightened out - I'd love to see more. :)
  • Lord_NightLord_Night Piqua Ohio
    edited February 2005
    SSWWWeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetttttttttttttttt :thumbsup::D

    Drroooll
  • shwaipshwaip bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian
    edited February 2005
    That looks really cool.
  • MAGICMAGIC Doot Doot Furniture City, Michigan Icrontian
    edited February 2005
    looken good, cant wait to see it done
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited February 2005
    I like it!
  • 1030mhz1030mhz Tail end of tomarrow
    edited March 2005
    very pretty
  • Shadow2018Shadow2018 Northwest Missouri
    edited March 2005
    Looks good.
  • ClutchClutch North Carolina New
    edited March 2005
    Wow, that looks awesome. I like the color choice with the blue and all. Can't wait to see more pics as well.
  • GargGarg Purveyor of Lincoln Nightmares Icrontian
    edited March 2005
    Anodized look was a cool idea :thumbsup:
  • csimoncsimon Acadiana Icrontian
    edited March 2005
    really nice. :thumbsup: What will you do to replace the rivets ...use more or something else?
    Also, where do you get that metalcast stuff? My next project could sure use it.

    Thanks
    csimon
  • HawkHawk Fla Icrontian
    edited March 2005
    Very Nice. Cool that you took it completely down, did your paint, and reassembled.
    And I'll definitely go with clutch and others on --I like the colors.
  • FormFactorFormFactor At the core of forgotten
    edited March 2005
    Yes, the blue & silver is a nice color combo. Nice work dude :thumbsup:
  • RADARADA Apple Valley, CA Member
    edited March 2005
    csimon wrote:
    really nice. :thumbsup: What will you do to replace the rivets ...use more or something else?
    Also, where do you get that metalcast stuff? My next project could sure use it.

    Thanks
    csimon

    Hi Simon,

    I just re-riveted the case back together. You can buy a standard swivel-head rivet gun at ACE Hardware along with a box of aluminum pop-rivets. Make sure you check the rivet size.

    Arrow® Swivel Head Rivet Tool (Rht300)
    about $30.00 at ACE

    You can get the METALCAST paints at any automotive store - got mine at CHECKER Auto Parts. Just remember, you need both the silver base color & whatever color you decide to use.
  • GobblesGobbles Ventura California
    edited March 2005
    very nice...

    Id like to do something like that but using a deep maroon or crimson like what you have in your sig. Nice work thus far..
  • CyrixInsteadCyrixInstead Stoke-on-Trent, England Icrontian
    edited March 2005
    Love the blue colour, it's the same as my car :thumbsup:

    ~Cyrix
  • RADARADA Apple Valley, CA Member
    edited March 2005
    Hi guys,

    I was able to recover some of the pictures from one of my bad memory cards. I'll try to keep them in order

    Here's a couple pics for the front of the case, door closed & open
  • RADARADA Apple Valley, CA Member
    edited March 2005
    Detail, Details, Details!

    Did some masking and painting on the Motherboard tray too. I didn't disassemble this - TOO many rivets. Just spent a considerable amount of time taping off everything.

    I included the smaller pic to highlight the thought that CoolerMaster puts into their cases. They put this hole here so you can remove or add cards without having to slide out the whole tray.
  • RADARADA Apple Valley, CA Member
    edited March 2005
    Whew! everything fit - HOOT!


    Isn't that card a thing of beauty ;D
  • RADARADA Apple Valley, CA Member
    edited March 2005
    Yes I still have to do quite a bit of wire origami, but I ran into a little problem.

    As I stated in the stats list, I used a Antec Neo-Power 480. While I am thoroughly impressed with the performance of this PS, their choice in cable parts leaves something to be desired.

    I like a NEAT case, so I bought the Neo Power 480 thinking I could make custom cables for it - for aesthetics & improved air flow, not so.

    ALL the connectors & pins on the Neo Power 480 are proprietary. The connectors will plug into, and power, all peripherals(HDDs, CDRWs, Fans, etc) with no problems, BUT since the pins have a proprietary locking mechanism, you cannot use standard male or female molex pins on them, say if you wanted make modifications to them. The fins on the sides of these pins are JUST different enough from a standard Molex pin, that a replacement pin will not lock into the housing, on either end. The pins on the power supply side are completely custom also. The ONLY place to get these pins is fron Antec's supplier in Taiwan, and they will only sell them in quantities of 10K! I have a plan to get around this setback, but it will take some time.

    If I had known this before buying the Neo Power, I would have gone witha different PS, one that uses industry standard pins and connectors.
  • rykoryko new york
    edited March 2005
    wow....that sucks about the neopower. :wtf:

    thank you for that valuable info though, b/c i, and i am sure many others, where looking at the neopower for their next psu purchase. i have been a loyal antec user for years now, but i might have to switch over to OCZ.

    I like the modstream 520w...connectors look normal! :thumbsup:

    http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=17-104-155&depa=0
  • dragonV8dragonV8 not here much New
    edited March 2005
    Absolute art. Top job RADA. :thumbsup:
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