AWESOME! Thats so pimp. I love it. Thats the same motherboard I'm looking to upgrade with! I've heard it being used a LOT lately, so it should work great for me!
Here's a tiny mod I did to my Logitech MX700, the base is next. Quality is castrated for internet use, of course.
I'm not too happy with how the final product came out, not enough shine. I'd like it to jump out at you, so I'll be re-priming it with white paint first. The metal flakes should show up better on top of white, and the blue anodizing on top will be re-sprayed with a clear coat to give it a nice shine and prevent the paint from wearing thin in some select areas.
It looks better in real life, of course. The Magic mousepad is a gift from a friend who managed to make his way into e3 for me, I have no connections to the game nor do I have much patience for any in the fantasy genre, so don't ask.
Here's a few of mine. Most, Ive gone through and added led fans, 12" cold cathode or UV bar lights, tied off all wiring, & added rounded color or UV cables.
The one with the dragon window was my first window & 120mm fan mod.
Office desk finished...
Office Rig 1......
Office Rig 1 Lit closeup.....
Office Rig 2 ......
Office Rig 2 closer look at modded window & 120mm fan on top.....
Office Rig 2 Modded Window........
Living Room Rig............
Living Room Rig closeup with my pal overseeing the shots to make sure they're right..........
First one is the front of my PC with the AMD 64, eVGA and Zalman sticker on it. Dont mind the mis-matching colors of my drives :shakehead
Second pic. is with the side window off, just doesnt do justice to how clean it is in there...
You can take out that beige drive, take the front bezel off, and spraypaint it. it worked on my old comp!
It was suppose to be grey anyways! I bought the damn thing at CompUSA and they had all the same make/model with diff colors. One was beige, one was black and one was grey. I bought the grey one,but in small bold print it says "Color may vary." Now, why the hell would they put the color on the box and list it as grey but then give me a beige one...? Oh the morons at CompUSA! I've always had bad experiences with spray painting things...they usually get all sticky.
cool cool - i wish i had that much money to spend on my comp!
Oh, Believe me, It's taken a few yrs of saving up parts, trading,etc, to get them all. Not to mention every time I upgrade inlaws, brothers, friends pc's, I get the leftovers. As a matter of fact--I just got an AMD K6-2 550 box built by Vega, from inlaws. I built them a new one --AMD 1.2 T-Bird system. They just scan the net, write a few letters, fax once in a while, and play a few card games, so that works well for them.
Nice system Rivers. I haven't made the transition to 64 bit yet. Pic's look fine.
As for the sticky painting, I've got the cure bud.....Always use Krylon Fusion. It's made specifically for painting plastics. Never drys sticky.
You can get it at most auto parts stores.
Oh, Believe me, It's taken a few yrs of saving up parts, trading,etc, to get them all. Not to mention every time I upgrade inlaws, brothers, friends pc's, I get the leftovers. As a matter of fact--I just got an AMD K6-2 550 box built by Vega, from inlaws. I built them a new one --AMD 1.2 T-Bird system. They just scan the net, write a few letters, fax once in a while, and play a few card games, so that works well for them.
Nice system Rivers. I haven't made the transition to 64 bit yet. Pic's look fine.
As for the sticky painting, I've got the cure bud.....Always use Krylon Fusion. It's made specifically for painting plastics. Never drys sticky.
You can get it at most auto parts stores.
Alright, thanks a lot. I'll definetely look into that, nice rigs by the way!
This is about the only 'real' visible casemod I've done. Used a dremmel to mount the BIX2 to the inner top of my case. I used case window mod rubber as the surround. Looks pretty good, and allows a lot of air out. Acts almost like a big blowhole.
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And the grills, with red lights behind them (washed out by the flash) look SWEET as is.
I'm not too happy with how the final product came out, not enough shine. I'd like it to jump out at you, so I'll be re-priming it with white paint first. The metal flakes should show up better on top of white, and the blue anodizing on top will be re-sprayed with a clear coat to give it a nice shine and prevent the paint from wearing thin in some select areas.
It looks better in real life, of course. The Magic mousepad is a gift from a friend who managed to make his way into e3 for me, I have no connections to the game nor do I have much patience for any in the fantasy genre, so don't ask.
The one with the dragon window was my first window & 120mm fan mod.
Office desk finished...
Office Rig 1......
Office Rig 1 Lit closeup.....
Office Rig 2 ......
Office Rig 2 closer look at modded window & 120mm fan on top.....
Office Rig 2 Modded Window........
Living Room Rig............
Living Room Rig closeup with my pal overseeing the shots to make sure they're right..........
Wifeys Rig -Living Room................
Wifeys Rig light shot.......She likes green........
Second pic. is with the side window off, just doesnt do justice to how clean it is in there...
***Thank you to Smalls for the digital camera that was used for all my pics***
You can take out that beige drive, take the front bezel off, and spraypaint it. it worked on my old comp!
Smalls
It was suppose to be grey anyways! I bought the damn thing at CompUSA and they had all the same make/model with diff colors. One was beige, one was black and one was grey. I bought the grey one,but in small bold print it says "Color may vary." Now, why the hell would they put the color on the box and list it as grey but then give me a beige one...? Oh the morons at CompUSA! I've always had bad experiences with spray painting things...they usually get all sticky.
oh ok thats understandable
Oh, Believe me, It's taken a few yrs of saving up parts, trading,etc, to get them all. Not to mention every time I upgrade inlaws, brothers, friends pc's, I get the leftovers. As a matter of fact--I just got an AMD K6-2 550 box built by Vega, from inlaws. I built them a new one --AMD 1.2 T-Bird system. They just scan the net, write a few letters, fax once in a while, and play a few card games, so that works well for them.
Nice system Rivers. I haven't made the transition to 64 bit yet. Pic's look fine.
As for the sticky painting, I've got the cure bud.....Always use
Krylon Fusion. It's made specifically for painting plastics. Never drys sticky.
You can get it at most auto parts stores.
I'm going to try to upgrade my mobo and cpu to socket 939 amd 64 towards the end of the year! i cant wait!!
Quite happy the way they turned out. (much better than my first effort).
2 cases, 1 done and 1 before pic.
Got an old cd as a guide and cut inside the line to give it correct size for a 120mm fan.
Used a rubber trim with chrome on one side from an auto spares place.
Figured if there is less resistance it has to be cooler and quieter.
dragonV8, Nice job on opening up that case for the fans.
And good touch with the chromed rubber trim on them.