Post Pics

[i3OSS]

Post pics of your case, mods, fans, cathodes, UVlights, glowing round cables, watercooling, etches, windows, etc.

[i3OSS]

Ill be the first to post a pic.

[Ryan2318]

nice... what did you do to the hdds? looks liek you put the tray on its side and put a fan in there... can't really tell..

[i3OSS]

what fans? lol yea its on its side.

[i3OSS]

<---im not using the fan right now, this is an old pic.

[Redo40]

That's sweet! :D

[i3OSS]

thanks, i havent unpacked it, i moved from Tacoma, Washington to Glendale, California and i thought i would make another build.

[suitcase]

Originally posted by i3OSS
Ill be the first to post a pic.

THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKIN ABOUT!!!!!!!!!!

[Cricket]

Originally posted by suitcase
THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKIN ABOUT!!!!!!!!!! :confused:

:) Cricket

[Fastfly]

Originally posted by Cricket
:confused:

:) Cricket



I think he ment......Hell yes thats awesome thats so what i am talking about.

[Bushtree]

nice watercooling.. i get some pics of my watercooling as soon as possible..

[i3OSS]

:D cmon guys post, even a sunon fan.

[usa67us]

This is a reply to the question about the MOB I have, it has really given me no problems the two years I have had it, except the cooling fan on the chipset started making a noise like it was dragging and I had to replace it, when I did I had to jump the CMOS back to default settings, then reset BIOS, everything is now working again. It suites all I do very well. Got 512 more memory today, added to the 256 I had. built it myself and it is a whole lots better than the TI 99 4A I started out with, whopping 16 bytes of memory back then. Regards; usa67us.

[suitcase]

Hey Cricket, I see that you're way out in the ocean so perhaps you don't get the commercials we do here on the main land. That's the latest buzz phrase in beer ads. Means awesome.

[Cricket]

Originally posted by suitcase
Hey Cricket, I see that you're way out in the ocean so perhaps you don't get the commercials we do here on the main land. That's the latest buzz phrase in beer ads. Means awesome. We have access to most Television and cable stations here...I just don't watch sports or reality TV shows and I don't pay attention to beer commercials :D.

:) Cricket

[Fastfly]

Is that a KT400 or Kt333 Dragon?

[Spyda]

er, you are how old, 14?? where is the money coming from?

I want a piece of the money making action!!

[Spyda]

Im bored and waiting for the pizza to arrive, so i took a pic of mine, even though it looks crappy compared to that wonder, god i love the blue.

[ILLPHIL]

wow ive i got lots to learn about wiring technique, hehe no pic as of yet but as soon as i get my hands on a Dig. Cam. one will be here.

[i3OSS]

er, you are how old, 14?? where is the money coming from?
Yea, im 14 but i was the kid who would not use his money, so his parents put it away for him. (Birthday, Newyears, Christmas, Allowance, etc.) if you save your money, they really add up. And right now im getting paid $500 a month to babysit 2 kids, that are a PAIN in the ARSE. 5 days a week for 4 hours, im getting paid like $6.5 an hour not even minimum wage...

[Ryan2318]

how much is min wage now? 6.50 seems over min wage

[Force Flow]

I thought minimum wage was about $5.50 - $5.75 or somewhere thereabouts.

[Ryan2318]

yeah i thought it was 5.75, 6.25 tops

[scott_d]

well, when i worked at Valentino's pizza, i got 6.50, and that was good for entry level

But! back on track now, lets get some more pics!
I painted my case this weekend, not a very good pic, so i'll get some more sometime.
The whole thing was green, so i decided to accent it with a little silver in the middle.

[Spyda]

looks pretty good, the silver goes well, it reminds me of an aston martin DB7 for some reason, maybe the colours and the shape of the grille

[Bushtree]

here you guys go..

[sam21]

wow sweet mod i3OSS,props i'm fourteen too and i'm very broke:D

[i3OSS]

Bush, that looks so cool where did you get it?
sam, thats a 17" monitor right?

[Bushtree]

I3OSS heres the links

Fan Grill: http://www.coolerguys.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=001&Product_Code=840556012344&Category_Code=FG-ST

Fan: http://www.coolerguys.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=001&Product_Code=840556014126&Category_Code=F-80

[Force Flow]

Hey Bushtree! That alien head grill on the heatsink is awesome! :)

[Bushtree]

ahhh.. is that what it looks like....umm. i guess it does a little. but if you want to know what it really is is its a 80mm window fan do cool the Videocard and that is just a fan grill..

[Jenni]

Mine:

http://www.etginc.com/~jen2sam/images/Mar04%2312.JPG

Celeron 1400 in a premodded case, GF4 Ti4200, 2 nics, one Firewire, LED fan, need silver spraypaint for the drives, no floppy (I HATE floppies with a passion), 15" Sony Trinitron monitor, Altec Lansing speakers that I never use cause I always have my headphones on, Logitech optical mouse, Microsoft KB...generic desk.

[i3OSS]

true, i hate floppies but i have to use them once in a while...not with XP pro, i just got it and its a lot faster load up than 2000 pro... Just get a Silver permanent marker.

[Cricket]

I'm not a case modder, but I'm curious as to why there aren't more pics of modded cases in this thread. I just thought there'd be way more case pics posted here by now :confused:.

:) Cricket

[Spyda]

i think a lot of people were going to, but then caught sight of i3OSSes case and then looked at theirs, and kicked it

[i3OSS]

oh, come on please just post. i would like to see more cases i havent seen, even if its onlly a blow hole in the front.

[velker]

im trying to think of a cool window design, not just one of those plain rectangles and such for a chieftec. I don't want it to be a logo or something, because im trying to go for a nice techy look but keep the window big enough to see through easily. Heres what im thinking i might do:

http://www.organizedfun.com/window.jpg

what do you guys think, any other ideas?

[blackhawk]

I never knew we had so many kids my age. I'm 15 and I'm currently BUILDING not working on saving the money, BUILDING a system with a chieftec full tower dragon with window, 2200+ AMD, TT Silent PSU, a really crappy K7S5A motherboard, 512 MB DDR Ram, 64 MB nVIDIA GE force 4, etc. I cut a lot of grass during the early spring and summer. The pics will be hear soon guys. :D
LaTeR....

[i3OSS]

velker it looks like its a street to your computer lol, it looks cool but wheres the root behind the picture?
by logo do you mean anything like transformer or the superman sign?
also wouldnt that be really hard to cut?

[BassMaster4000]

I just finished my computer so I will be posting a pic soon. ;)

[bleem]

Heres an early pic of my top window, cd drive edges are now cleaned up, lined with black electrical tape and the acess light is wired to under the window so it lights up :)

[Force Flow]

Woah! Is that a CD drive with a window? :D

[bleem]

yes

ill have to get up a pic of my side window, i do have a picture of my cpu fan (not premodded, wired led on myself.)

[bleem]

Err, Forgot to post pic

[Jenni]

Velker that looks like a cool idea to me. And I don't think it would be that hard to cut, I could do it with my Dremel in a few hours. Nothing really intricate there. I assume you're gonna use one big sheet of lexan/plexi and not a bunch of little ones, right?

[ssahl]

dont know if this counts but put it here cause of lack of posts

[i3OSS]

hey bleem, where did you get that cd rom?

[velker]

yep, just one plexi on the back

[blackhawk]

I said I would be finished soon, and I think this is good enough for a pic. NOTE: I am not finished moving around all the cables and place them right where I want them to be, so if it seems a little messy, my apologies. :D

[Spyda]

thats cool, i want to do something like tha except ill have a fan in the side and leave about an inch thick strip of metal running around where the fan is, then a strip right across the door so i can hid the wire :)

[bleem]

drive is a cendyne IV 48x12x48 , little on the loud side, but really the only newer cd drive that ive been able to find to do the window mod.

[wschino]

I need some new drives that match...hehe. Well here are the pics. There is still more wiring work to be done.

Outside (http://members.cox.net/wschino/MYPC1.JPG)

Inside (http://members.cox.net/wschino/MYPC2.JPG)

Inside(Dark) (http://members.cox.net/wschino/MYPC3.JPG)

[BassMaster4000]

Hey, check out my new build. I am posting it here in case you didn't see it in the GD forum.

[BassMaster4000]

And here is another for you. ;) Sorry the res is bad.

[i3OSS]

wschino
nice case what brand is it? and how much you pay for it?
bassmaster,
congrats on ur new build dont you think about it all night in ur sleep?

[wschino]

Originally posted by i3OSS
wschino
nice case what brand is it? and how much you pay for it?



Thanks i3OSS. I have no idea what brand it is...I bought it on eBay for $75 shipped and it came with a 450W PSU, a red & blue LED clear case fan, and a power supply tester.

[i3OSS]

nice, but i dont trust ebay.
what brand is the psu? i cant make it out in the pic

[i3OSS]

sorry to tell you but, i found ur case wschino and i think you got ripped.
http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=6688-KHS

[wschino]

I was very skeptical at first about buying it on eBay but it's been working fine for me. The PSU brand is Rhycom....I don't this it's a very good one. i3OSS the link your showing is for a different case. And how much is shipping for it? I paid $50 plus $25 for shipping with a some extras. I wouldn't say I got ripped...I got what I paid for.:D

[i3OSS]

yea i noticed when i compared them id say you got a fair deal.
im just so mad at ebay. :(

[wschino]

Hehe...eBay...I do more selling than buying there. I've had a few bad experiences myself.

[BassMaster4000]

LOL I got my Antec Performance case for $10 with PSU. I live right by MWAVE and every once in a while they will have a parking lot sale. It was $10 because it was a scratch and dent case. the dent was in the back left corner that I fixed with pliers. I can't even see it now. :D Oh and I3OSS, I like having it on when I sleep. It lights my whole room red. ;)

[LawyerRon]

So that's why that thing is on in the morning when I get up to make my coffee.

[i3OSS]

haha,
$10?!?! why dont you fill me in on these things, i live like 45 mins from Mwave so i dont want to go there too often.

[LawyerRon]

i3OSS,
Mwave has these parking lot sales once or twice a year. They post it on their site so it pays to check it regularly.

[drew.]

Hey wschino,

Where did you get that baybus? Really looks good.

[i3OSS]

does the other thousands of members not have a cam?
guys post pics

[wschino]

Originally posted by White Mike
Hey wschino,

Where did you get that baybus? Really looks good.

I'm not sure what you mean by baybus but if your talking about the fan controller it's a Vantec Nexus and you can get one off of newegg in silver or black. The only thing I don't like about it is that the knob lights don't dim or tun off at low settings. But it does help a lot for controlling that disturbing fan noise.

[Chicster]

Here's Mine

[LawyerRon]

Very nice system Chicster.

[wschino]

Yeah that's a really nice setup there Chicster.

[i3OSS]

chicster, where did ou get that ASUS sticker?

[BassMaster4000]

Looks good chicster. Very clean inside. ;)

[Chicster]

The sticker came with the Motherboard.

[Headcheese]

I have no digital camera, but I'll try to scan a couple of pics of my rig soon. The ones I see here rock!

[MAX452]

Okay , here's a pic of my new CPU I just built . It's my 1st try at it , have a few bugs to work out still . :(

[i3OSS]

nice max, where how did you do that? do you have a poster behind the acrylic glass?

[MAX452]

I used the game carton to make it . It looks harder than it sounds , one slip and your little project is ruined . One other thing was hard , it was making a picture only 102 KB . That picture started out like 724 KB in size . I took more pics of the whole system too . Check it out .

[Spyda]

what are you gonna do when your sick of delta force 2?

[i3OSS]

hes prolly gonna rip it out :D

[sam21]

man,u guys have such clean cases,mine's just hiding.....very loudly:D

[i3OSS]

haha, just get a exacto knife and some elctric tape and make ur own round cables and round up those lines and stick em to the corners and sides :D

[drewK7VT2]

my box :)

....i know the ide and power cables look messy but i am more concerned with airflow than appearance.

-andrew

[drewK7VT2]

and here's the exterior....


-andrew

p.s. my webcam sucks.

[i3OSS]

drew,
my eyes hURT! lol its all good i dont have a cam i borrowed one :D

[i3OSS]

Any pics?
I would take pics but no cam and very messy :D

[Spyda]

get a cam, id like to see your new creation :)

[i3OSS]

arg, no cam but my friend keeps forgetting to let me borrow it.

its a black alluminum chieftec full tower with a window, but the other side panel shakes when cdrom is working hard and is fairly annoying. and i got my gold Soltek mob in there, RED Ati 9500, ugly stock hsf, and wires bunched up right up at the top :D

[unit0229de]

Just got some pics of my first build. Let me know what you think.
The one of the inside doesn't have the blue light visible for clarity of the rest of the inside.

[unit0229de]

Inside

[mrmister1]

Wow...that's nice. Very neat.

[TechSupport420]

I built this one for my friend it was a budget build with about 800 bucks. It is a AMD 2400 XP 512 RAM 80 GB HD Sony DVD Memorex CDRW and a custom mounted TV Tuner. I have a custom cut window which was a pain to install. I put a red cold cathode in it with a custom mounted switch. My favorite part of this was a custom mounted fan in the extra drive bay area with a custom plexiglass cover to hold it breathes nicely.

[TechSupport420]

this one is my favorite. I built it for my girlfriend for christmas, she is going into graphic design and needed a computer so I put this together for her. It doesn't have many stealth mods or anything but it has a 2.2Ghz P4 with a Asus mobo 512 MB 60 GB HD blue cold cathode custom window matching keyboard and Wacom graphics pad. The best part is the custom paint job with our names on it on the side of the case.

[TechSupport420]

custom paint job

[wschino]

That's looks really nice Tech....did you do the painting yourself?

[i3OSS]

did you use airbrush?
if you did i would like to know if its a hard job and how to do it. it seems fun but it looks like itll turn ou like crap but looking at others jobs, makes me want to paint some things on mine :D

[Propain]

Originally posted by Spyda
i think a lot of people were going to, but then caught sight of i3OSSes case and then looked at theirs, and kicked it
ROTGLMFAO Im starting to get an itch. this mod stuff is pretty cool.

[i3OSS]

ahaha, dont have to worry bout that anymore i sold it :D

[TechSupport420]

Actually airbrushing really isnt hard if you practice alittle. I used to do it on RC cars so it wasnt too hard but it looks great when you blend differnt shades together. try it its worth a shot

[i3OSS]

i will, now where can i get these airbrush tools and paint and stuff? other than crafts store? do Walmart or some big store carry any?

[TechSupport420]

hobby shops carry them or artist stores but they can be expensive with the little air compressor it needs look on ebay I bet you can find a decent one.

[i3OSS]

nope, forget that. $200 for an Airbrush and compressor? im sorry but thats way too much.

[wolfie]

my new case a antec sonata "hear the silence" butch of crap. this one noiser then the antec plus 600 i had. plus the harddrives go in sideways. sort of messes up on the wireing.

wolfie

[wolfie]

the front of it. has 2 cool blue lites in the front:D

wolfie

[johnnybatters12]

Here's my first mod but it's not done yet. Yeah! right!
That's what they all say...

http://rebels02.home.att.net/casepage1.html

[KronoLeginaire]

Here is a recent picture of my case. I just took the picture with my HP Photosmart 320 (2.1MP) camera, resized, cropped and put some boarders on it for future useage.


http://home.neo.rr.com/deviance/mah_case_overall.jpg

I have more pictures, bigger higher resolution pictures that is... but I am proud of my clean wiring, if you can see it in this picture.

[i3OSS]

can you get the side picture :D i wanna see how you organized your wires and what hardware youre using ;)

[KronoLeginaire]

Yeah Yeah, here ya go:

http://home.neo.rr.com/deviance/mah_case_outside_1.jpg

The original image was 520k, so I had to pull down the size and save it for the web, brining it down to about 93k. Inside the case is a Radeon 9700 Pro, ECS Thundering Digital Sound Card and then a IBM NiC - which has LEDs wired to the front of the case. Yes, the case is a bit dusty, fans & sound card included. I need some filters I do believe... :cool: but yeah, the wiring it better than what I've seen myself in other cases.

[mousey4207]

ill post pics of my system tomorrow after i get the beast back up and running again i have had my main system down for close to a week and a half i have seen some clean looking insides in the pics that i have seen on this post

[embrelleur]

Here's mine, with a blowhole in front, baybus and topwindow with fan, all on an old OEM case

[i3OSS]

what kind of psu is that? i have an enlight and the wires come out from where your grill is so it looks kind messy neard the drives. i used some rubberbands to groupd up wires.

[sleepypost]

there are hardly any wires in some of these cases! man, how does that work? i know some power supplies allow you to disconnect wires that aren't in use.

[Spyda]

i took ages on my wires, and i think they are pretty good :D

a lot of the wires is hidden up top behind my DVD drive

[KronoLeginaire]

Originally posted by i3OSS
what kind of psu is that? i have an enlight and the wires come out from where your grill is so it looks kind messy neard the drives. i used some rubberbands to groupd up wires.

Sorry it took me so long to respond, I seen ur reply earlier but wondered off. I have a Enhance 300Watt Powersupply, it came w/ my very first case back in 2000 (i think).. but I dunno, it has the p4 powe connector on it though, so... but yeah, I got it from Directron.Com

[i3OSS]

nice, embrelleur
thats a fan controller in the floppy drive slot right?
krono, you organized them so well, jeez i gotta get a cam to show you my messiness. :D i was just too excited to build the computer that i really didnt care if it looked all pretty, but hopefully ill go back and get it cleaned up.

[KronoLeginaire]

nah, my first one was such a neatness violation. This one, with this new blue case, I went ahead and done that cleaning up. I wish I had like a VooDooPC case and was able to do their pc origami...

[drew.]

hey embrelleur, did you install that top window yourself, if so i want a window about that size, where did you get it?

[embrelleur]

Yes it's a home made fan controller on the floppy drive cover. If you want I'll post pics and schematics

And Yes I installed it myself from a sheet of plexiglass, I did not bought a kit, the only thing I bought is the molding. The hole was made using a jigsaw and the blowholw using a holesaw. I can post you dimensions if you want

[KronoLeginaire]

Originally posted by embrelleur
Yes it's a home made fan controller on the floppy drive cover. If you want I'll post pics and schematics

And Yes I installed it myself from a sheet of plexiglass, I did not bought a kit, the only thing I bought is the molding. The hole was made using a jigsaw and the blowholw using a holesaw. I can post you dimensions if you want

Hook me up, it may be intresting... :)

[glc]

i3OSS - don't use rubber bands, the heat inside the case dries them out fast and they will rot and break - and stick to the wires. Use plastic cable straps or twist ties.

[Cricket]

Originally posted by sleepypost
i know some power supplies allow you to disconnect wires that aren't in use. What? I've never seen anything like that in the 5 years I've been building. What brands?

:) Cricket

[johnnybatters12]

Originally posted by Cricket
What? I've never seen anything like that in the 5 years I've been building. What brands?

:) Cricket

Here is what he's talking about. It's a pretty friggin nice PSU.

http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=470

[wolfie]

that power supply looks pretty interesting.:) i like how they bundled up the wires.

wolfie

[Spyda]

that new ultimate rip off antec in another post has disconnectable wires

[sleepypost]

yea, hehee, i wasnt sure if that was necessarily a good thing. :) it sounds both like a great idea and a sloppy, half-assed marketing ploy.

[sam21]

Inner pic of case,you can see why I can care less about the wiring,huuuge case with lots of air space

[KronoLeginaire]

the point of having neat, clean case wiring is so that things cool off better since wires are not all on top of them and blocking airflow.

[sam21]

Originally posted by KronoLeginaire
the point of having neat, clean case wiring is so that things cool off better since wires are not all on top of them and blocking airflow.
But with that much free space,it won't really make a difference won't it?:D

[sam21]

Couple more pics,view of the work area..

[sam21]

Bad close up pic...

[sam21]

Very good old printer,HP Deskjet 694c

[i3OSS]

Ive heard people who use the cables to direct the airflows. very nice idea but i like how the wires are organized, i just stuff mine in the empty floppy slots :D

[delta013]

Sam21, what is your case brand/model?

Delta013

[sam21]

Originally posted by delta013
Sam21, what is your case brand/model?

Delta013
Antec SX835II

[djdannylee]

well, heres my effort, but this really is a terrible picture, i leftthe flash on :S,ill get a piccy of it glowing soon

[djdannylee]

ahem, i mean here.. lol

[Spyda]

what case is that?

[Cricket]

Originally posted by Spyda
what case is that? Not sure of the brand name, but I've seen that case at CompUSA.

:) Cricket

[sam21]

Originally posted by djdannylee
ahem, i mean here.. lol
What are those knobs above the floppy drive?

[KronoLeginaire]

Originally posted by sam21
What are those knobs above the floppy drive?
That is a sound blaster live drive. You can hook microphones, headphones to it. Control sound volume and some other cool stuff. I think it eve has a remote control too. :)

[Spyda]

never seen a case looking like that with that window on the side
looks like an AVGS case

[djdannylee]

im not usre really, i picked it up online over here in good old uk and it was a mere £30 with fan light and psu :)

[kissfan]

I would look to invest in a decent power supply for that case djdannylee.

The case is worth the money but the PSU is probably a £10.00 ($US15.00) no namer. Where did you get? Was it a computer fair or online.

Take a look at

Overclockers.co.uk (http://www.overclockers.co.uk) they have some great PSU's and yes they may cost a little more, but you will at least get piece of mind.

[sam21]

Originally posted by KronoLeginaire
That is a sound blaster live drive. You can hook microphones, headphones to it. Control sound volume and some other cool stuff. I think it eve has a remote control too. :)
Any idea of where I can get one/price?Or anything similar to that?

[glc]

The Live Drive comes with the Live and Audigy Platinum sound cards. It's only compatible with Creative cards that have the 40 (I think) pin header on the sound card, the cable looks just like a standard IDE cable. If you can find one separately, I hear that they are costly.

[sam21]

ook,anything similar to that?I think "baybus"es also have audio jacks also?Any ideas of where I can get baybuses?

[KronoLeginaire]

sure you can make one...

I hope you like the ideal of the thing and its functionality, not its looks, because you won't end up with something that looks anything like a live drive. At the most you can put 1 headphone and 1 microphone jack on the front of your case.

I don't know of any baybuses that have headphone jacks on them..

[Q-Frost]

Originally posted by Spyda
what case is that?

Hey Spyda, The Front Looks Like My Case, Except My Front Cover Is Royal Blue & It Doesn't Have a Window Side, But The Cases Are Made By Powermax (www.powmax.com)

The Front Makes It Look Like A SEL-8870, But It Would Seem That They Stuck A SEL-8077 Window Side On It ...Odd.. :rolleyes:

(Look Here: http://www.powmax.com/CASE_GENREAL_PAGE.htm)

I Find These Guys Make Good Price/Value Cases, One Can Be Had For Around $40 CAD With A 350w PS...

[Propain]

Got nicer pics coming soon. Actually modified my side panel today with 2 Sunbeam case fans, should have them up by weekend. modding is so fun. but my wife begs to differ. they just dont understand :(

cheers

[drew.]

nice looking case propaine, i love how you used the paper clips on the side to hold the wires

[Spyda]

very nice,

am i the only one thats actually used more than 1 or 2 PCI slots? im using like 4

[Propain]

What are you using them for? PCI video? Networking cards?

[Spyda]

Networking, modem, sound, USB 2 i dont have on board LAN

[djdannylee]

ahhh, here it is as promised, the pick of my case glowing!

you can actually see how terrible the wiring is but i still like it :)

iv also added the spec of my pc to my sig if anyone cares to have a peek!

[djdannylee]

damn it, twice in a row....

HEREs the piccy

[DragonBreath]

Heres my case.
Lights on (http://www.junnhorde.com/~dragonbreath/rig1.jpg)
Lights off (http://www.junnhorde.com/~dragonbreath/rig2.jpg)
db

[Spyda]

thats some nice flame detail!

blue is always nice :)

[DragonBreath]

Thanks, I wish I could take credit for it, but my hand has never been that steady :D I purchased it through Crazypc (http://www.crazypc.com) . Theres a link at the bottom of the home page to the window I have, it's named Inferno
db

[i3OSS]

Woah, you guys gots some nice mods, especially that window...i wonder if they have a sticker like that i could put on my window...

[bounty]

DragonBreath that site has some crazy keyboards i might decide to get:D


bounty

[Propain]

Ok I just got the pics from my panel mod back . check it out. I added 2 Sunbeam fans to the sides. Got some car door trim and some plexi glass and voila.

[i3OSS]

Bump~
more pics plz :D

[Spyda]

heh, i like the paperclip holding the wire back, now thats improvisation :D

[Propain]

I fixed that lol. Pretty innovative but looked knida cheap.;)

[ssahl]

I knew a guy I used to work with that had a cigerette lighter on his computer.
lol

[Propain]

Originally posted by ssahl
I knew a guy I used to work with that had a cigerette lighter on his computer.
lol
lmao
Now that would be cool!:D humm

[Mr N8]

Antec Case lighter adapter (http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=11-999-350)

Not too hard to do!

Edit:
Link didn't work. :cool:

[kissfan]

LOL, but surley any AMD chip will do !!

[i3OSS]

LOL, but surley any AMD chip will do !!
*sniff sniff* i smell another war coming...

[Cricket]

Here's a pic of a build I just finished for a friend. Not quite what I would build for myself. The blue lights do make it interesting though.

Antec Lanboy case with 2 Antec Blue LED fans. 2.4GHz C 800MHz HT P4, Intel D865PERLL motherboard, 1GB PC3200 Kingston RAM, ATi Radeon 7500 All In Wonder video card, two 120GB WD SE HDD's, Sony DW-U10A-10 DVD burner, Pioneer DVD drive, USR 2977 modem, Teac floppy drive and WinXP Home.

:) Cricket

[Propain]

Blue seems to be the norm theses days. Why 2 -120 gig HD if ya dont mind me asking?

[wickedstyle]

Damn your wires look neat Cricket did you use those twist ties?? My computer has wires coming out from every single direction. Nice job may I add.

[Cricket]

Originally posted by wickedstyle
Damn your wires look neat Cricket did you use those twist ties??I use lots and lots of nylon zip ties in my builds. I buy the 1000 piece bags from Home Depot.

:) Cricket

[Supernoma]

Here's my compy. I finished it early this spring. Notice the grey weiner in the back... you know its a boy computer! :o

[glc]

Wireless nic antenna?

[Supernoma]

Originally posted by glc
Wireless nic antenna?

yup

[Spyda]

yousa gotsa lotsa wires..a

[drew.]

ya as spyda said lotsa wires, play around a bit and see what you can do to hid some of them

[Spyda]

about half an hour and some zip ties and youll be able to have it all sorted, youll be amazed how clean you can make the inside

[tyoung]

Where are all of the water cooled cases?
Have to post mine. I figured there would be tons on here.

[Spyda]

some peope have them, some people have tried them, most people now just have high performance air cooling

[mystvearn]

here is my pc-Not that great. Just 5 fans 2 back, one side, 2 front. And some funky lights:D

[i3OSS]

did those lights come with the case? or is there a place to get some?

[David14259]

Here's mine:

http://home.comcast.net/~david14259/wrap1.jpg

and
http://home.comcast.net/~david14259/window.jpg

My Mods....

4 LED FANS - Front 2 are a light blue, back 2 are a darker blue, makes a very nice contrast!

Silver Rounded Cables

Blue Cold Cathode

Resplendent Case Wrap

Power and HD LED's changed to blue

[mystvearn]

Originally posted by i3OSS
did those lights come with the case? or is there a place to get some?

It came with the case.
The front panels you see white on the sides-its actually blue light

[mystvearn]

everyone here has a great system. i30ss yours is good. Here is the complete picture of my desktop. I like the paint job. I would like to do it too. Now here is the hard part. At my place: I know water cooling is still not available, and people here don't mod their case(except me and a few other geeks). For the paint. Is there any special paint I must get? Like the characteristics of the paint? What type of stores that sell them?
I heard that you need to leave the case 1 week before use, Is it that long?
Like the dektop?:D I just mix 2 speakers together. About the casing: actually I am one of the very few who makes this weird case. When I bought the components-everyone is looking at the stuff-apparently they have not seen a glass case. I really like one of the pictures I saw-the sony monitor screen. Maybe after this monitor is unusable(3 years) then I get a LCD(hopefully its cheap that time).

[Spyda]

hey i3OSS, as you requested on AIM, i charged my camera batteries up and took a few pictures :)

This is my fully home made, couldnt really be bothered but its better than the floor desk, made out of saggy kitchen worktop

[Spyda]

this is my beefy boy sub, for scale of how big it is, thats a 10 gang surge protector behind it, 5 plugs high on each side, so the sub is a good bit more than a foot high

[Spyda]

and these are my uber loud but deceptively quiet looking satellites

[KyleTheYellowDart]

heres my speaker http://www.missoizo.com/plaatjes/8260.jpg
i play bass lol

[mystvearn]

Is that our speaker kyle?lookls like you took it from some hifi? I have sen a friend did took aal the speakers of his hifi and changed it into pc speakers. desktop now....more case pics.

[KyleTheYellowDart]

well its not the exact picture, its the picture from the site but thats my model bass amp. It really doesnt have that good of quality; you have to get a converter from radio shack and a regular guitar cord and the guitar cord w/ converter can plug into your computer. but its not that good, it just looks big. 600w

[Propain]

Originally posted by tyoung
Where are all of the water cooled cases?
Have to post mine. I figured there would be tons on here. We're more laid back here than at www.overclockers.com :D

[SHARKY]

Cool cases. After a personal project which started in January ive got my system up to the standard i wanted and since everyone is posting there pics here, heres my contribution. The inside of the case is no where near "cool" yet, thats next.

[i3OSS]

another comp...

it isnt as great as my other one but hey~ im proud of it :P

[FLG]

Here ya go

http://community.webshots.com/album/84607504RIAFmz

[RTDopp]

Hey. whats up everyone? You all have some nice setups. I will post mine as soon as I can get a good picture of it. I cant get a good pic with the digital cam. The only way so far is with my web cam so it not so clear. But I'll keep trying.
Well, Later all, and KEEP MOD'N!!!

[RTDopp]

Ummm, ok, so does any talk on this thread anymore? Well, if ya do, I just got some pics of my puter I was gonna put up.....ok, nevermind, I cant figure out how to!!

[tyoung]

There are several of us who check on this post regularly.

[i3OSS]

i guess this forum is more laid back in terms of mods and kinda hesitant in posting their beige cases?

[FLG]

i guess this forum is more laid back in terms of mods and kinda hesitant in posting their beige cases?

i guess so, i just finished installing a equalizer, the eqalizer sliders on the front light up green and the 2 bars on the side light up red the intensity of the red bars move according to how loud the music is.

[Streams]

My Dual P-Pro system.

[Mr N8]

C'mon Streams! You've got to fill those hot swappable bays with 2GB hard drives. ;)

[Streams]

I wish I could find some more hotswap caddys, just got one 9GB SCSI in at the moment.

[Familyman]

This is the first system we built. (We had a lot of help from glc. Thanks again).

[David14259]

Very nice setup. What speakers are those? The z680s?

[Familyman]

Thanks David. We’ve had a lot of fun with it. It’s been a great farther son project.

Yes, they are Logitech z680’s. We like them a lot. We painted and vinyl dyed the case to match them. It was blue before. That vinyl dye is amazing stuff. Everyone who sees it thinks it’s a new case.

I see you have a ATI All In Wonder Radeon 9700 Pro. I just got one. Haven’t installed it yet. How do you like it?

[David14259]

Heh, fooled me, I wouldn't have guessed that wasn't the original color!

I love my Radeon, it's excellent! Make sure you download the newest drivers from the ATI website once you get your card installed.

[Joeberg]

Very Nice Setup. Excellent Paint Job :)

[afoctober2]

This is front of my case sorry about the quality and the case isn't finished yet.

[i3OSS]

:( i want a MX300 and a black corner desk...
nice setup familyman

[azscary]

Here is mine. No modding, but I have the blue insides.
#1 is with flash.
#2 is without flash.

[azscary]

#2

[FLG]

Nice azscary are you going to throw in some blue cathodes to match the fan?

[azscary]

To be honest, the only reason I got the ANTEC neon fan was cause it was half as expensive as a non lited one. :)

My processor fan was making some nasty noises, so I removed the fan, installed an adapter to allow the large fan and installed that one.. :):)

[FLG]

Add a window and some cathodes and you can look at it and feel you acomplished something :) and bring over your friends and watch the get mezmorized by a blue light :) :) :)

[PCNUBY]

nice cases- i wish i could do better wiring with my PC. are there any guides online that give some tips on wire management?

[azscary]

Round drive cables and various sizes of cable ties

[PCNUBY]

where can i get good prices on those?

[Joeberg]

Zip Ties can be found at your locla RadioShack, and click around here for the cheapest prices on rounded cables:
http://www.newegg.com/app/manufactory.asp?catalog=317&DEPA=1
Hope That Helps,
-Joe

[wschino]

I have had good experiences with both these companies for round cables :
BestByte (http://www.bestbyte.net/Category.cfm?CategoryID=9&Keyword=)
Openlinx (http://www.openlinx.com/english/index.asp)

Or you can always make your own :D :
Rounding Your Cables (http://www.twistedmods.com/modules.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=34)

[i3OSS]

nice wschino thats gotta be the cleanest computer ive seen on this thread :D

[Looneycooney]

oki,
i found my TT-window a bit boring after a while..
i bought myself a Dremel today and the first thing i did was this :) : ...i must say i have worked with these thing so ..
it's fine done.nice drawing of thick and thin lines..the pics don't tell much..but i'll make some when i have the case completely finished from top to bottom :)
window1 (http://users.skynet.be/looney.cooney/window1.jpg)
window2 (http://users.skynet.be/looney.cooney/window2.jpg) window3 (http://users.skynet.be/looney.cooney/window3.jpg)

i hope u like this ..hehe more pics will come...

[i3OSS]

nice work looneycooney

[lil Jimmie]

Here is my $15.00 mod (led fan & window). I am waiting on my fan guard ( crome blade ), lazer led and an enermax fan controler. I will later have the case panels powder coated either black or metallic blue as well as paint the front bezel to match.

[lil Jimmie]

The inside

[Looneycooney]

tnx :) ..for now i don't have any money nomore heheh ..but i'm still in trance having a 2600+ so i won't bother for a while hehe :p but the leds will come... :D

[Looneycooney]

nice clean pc lil_jimmy ;) ..
i'll do almost the same :) but i have just a original window ..
nice putting the window a bit angled...i like it!

[lil Jimmie]

THX Looney, I thought it would be a lil different with the window angled. I have changed out all of the black wire loom with chrome wire loom and will post some more pics once I get the grill gaurd and lazer led installed.

[Joeberg]

Nice setups :D
lil Jimmie, how many feet did you buy of the black loom? I liked your setup and I'm thinking of doing close to the same, just have no idea of how many feet I need to purchase :p
Thanks,
-Joe

[lil Jimmie]

With the black loom I had no idea as it was free from work, but when I replaced it with the chrome split loom I have used 8' of 1/4" and 8' of 3/8 I will need about 2' of 1/2" to finish the power leads.

[David14259]

Hey Jimmie, want to hook us up with some 'free' loom?

[lil Jimmie]

Originally posted by David14259
Hey Jimmie, want to hook us up with some 'free' loom?

:D The free loom was left overs from some engine jobs that I had done over the past few years. The plain black is about $4.00 -$5.00 for 10' the chrome I got was a $1.00 a foot.

[lil Jimmie]

Here is a pic with the chrome loom lights off

[lil Jimmie]

One with the lights on

[Joeberg]

Very Nice, looks much improved. Too bad chrome loom won't match my setup :(
Thanks for the Info,
-Joe

[David14259]

Looks great! I want to put chrome loom on my wires, but I haven't gotten around to it yet. What size did you use for the power supply wires? Thanks!

[lil Jimmie]

I uses 3/8" for the leads going to the HDD's but I'd rather use 1/2" I just didn't have enough cash on me when I went to the auto parts store.

[David14259]

Why would you want 1/2 as opposed to 3/8? I thought the smallest size that fit was the best.

[lil Jimmie]

For the power leads the 3/8 will work, but I will be adding 2 SATA drives here soon and will need the extra space to feed another power feed to the drives which will go below my 2 HDD that I have now. You could do what I did and just go with 10' of 1/4 and 10' of 3/8 and see if it works for you.

[David14259]

Will the power supply wires fit though 1/4"?

[lil Jimmie]

It will so long as you don't have to double it up inside the loom to hide any excess wire.

[David14259]

Alright, thanks for all the info! I think i'll go with the 1/4" chrome then...I want the smallest possible.

[nocturnx]

Here she is. The power cables are still a mess right now, i need to get some of that chrome tubing also. I have a second harddrive im adding, thats why the one round cable has so much slack. I also got a new 480w thermaltake psu ill be putting in sometime this week. Im open to any suggestions on how to hide all those power cords. Oh and when u check out the picks dont laugh, i named my computer Wyvern.

http://community.webshots.com/user/nocturnx

[Izumui Abriel]

In a word: <i><b>SLICK</i></b>

[Joeberg]

Does anyone know of any place that can install windows?

[IRISHFAN]

Cheapie case with premodded window added some fun mods for stealthing drives without using an eraser tip (the 2 buttons under floppy control open/close of optical drives) Loomed every bit of wire in the case to the point of being anal retentive. Added a 120mm blowhole to the top which cools the case down to a nice 25C at idle 27 under load. Couldn't think of any more mods to add to case so i painted in insides with UV reactive paints.

[nocturnx]

Sounds awesome irish! I wanna see some pics! Where do u guys get the loom at? I wanna get some of that chrome loom.

[FLG]

Nice nocturnx but i recommend getting rid of that L&C psu they die prematuerly and usually take something with it, get a good quality psu like Enlight,Antec,sparkle,enermax just to name a few, i'd hate to see a comp like that get ruind by a psu.

[IRISHFAN]

Sorry can't seem to get a pic to post so i will give ya a nice link for inexpensive black loom
http://www.allelectronics.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?category=860&type=store

10 ft for 1.20 compared to 1 ft for .99 at the computer mod places.I would also suggest getting the 4in cable ties in black while you are there they match up very well. I hope this link is helpful to some of you who want to organize your wiring and have a budget like i do.