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M8, that looks pretty sweet

I dont like how you can see the cathode, lights need to be out of sight, but still a top class job

Nice...my case looks exactly the same with the lighting and fan on top, though I purchased mine that way.  Good job. +1 Karma.


P.S.  I don't have that Zalman CPU cooler you have, I have the one without LED.

Last edited by Orion126 (2006-09-04 23:12:43)

Okay, total dumbass question, but is that now a big hole in the side of your case or is it a perspex screen?

I only ask because people have asked if it has improved your cooling and if it was a perspex screen I don't see how it would, especially with two lights now adding to the heat.

Good job though, looks fantastic. Why do most people choose blue though?

Fruitloop, the lights he has installed are called Cold Cathode Tubes, very similar to flourescent tubes, but very low voltage. I have numerous ones scattered about. Due to very low voltage, the do not produce any heat.

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Good job though, looks fantastic. Why do most people choose blue though?

Well, there are many reasons for choosing blue... The most common being that it's the only color that most vendors have (!).
Also a lot of people dislike the green and yellow because it's pretty standard for PC gear. Orange and purple are too mixed colors to give you truly good results, unless you only want to illuminate a very SMALL area of your PC, in which case you'd usually use a diode instead of a tube. White is like... No way you might as well use a lightbulb. And then we're more or less at the end of the color spectrum.

Personally, I like to use blacklight (UV) and then use luminescent paint on some of my gear (like the fan blades, heatsinks or cable-eaters). UV has some disadvantages though. Bad for your eyes being one of them.
On one mod I took a laser pointer and pointed it at the northbridge fan (a very slow fan, as I attached a small fancontroller to slow it to around 100 RPM, NOTE: This is only practical if there is also passive cooling, or you have VERY good airflow), painted the blades with silver and polished them. It was AWESOME the way the light shone out of the case window... I'm almost sad I dont have that case anymore.

I DO have this to say to new case modders: Make sure that you do not overextend your powersupply, and also make sure that you do not "corrupt" your airflow, or cause heat to be trapped. These are very common mistakes, and will lead to system instability. A lot of new casemodders simply "give up" on modding after a bad experience or two. Don't give up, ask for help.

']['error wrote:

and ducktaped one of my mothers panty's at the back, to prevent dust to be sucked in.

What the hell? your mothers panties?

Like the case though, very nice.

very very nice mod can you cut me a fan for my 3d aurora

me like blue...

Nice mod, man.

I've never seen a case with a fan on top, but it looks kinda cool.

(I'd never have one 'cause my brother always sets his drink on the top of my PC and the risk of dribblage is just too much...)

My friends' Dad tried to do a custom case mod, but the lines on his are suck, they're all wavy and kinda ragged...



EDIT: Moved stuff around

Last edited by ilinear (2006-09-05 15:08:23)

max wrote:

Windrider_Melb wrote:

Modders - with the plexan/plexiglass windows where there used to be earthed steel casing, how do you maintain integrity of the faraday cage and prevent escape of microwaves produced by the CPU?

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we dont. the em radiation prduced by a pc is not high at all so we just let it out into the room. what you catch during 10min out in the sun is way more than i will get in my whole life infront of a pc.

and: nice mod. like it

Fair enough.... but its a few watts, at a few GHz... that's pretty powerful compared to mobile phones and transciever towers.

But I was thinking more in terms of interference with monitors and suchlike, and security.

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Do top case fans even do any good?