Project :: Dark_Water

[ChrisUlrich]

i've put the first layer of black on the frount and it looks suprisingly good..

thanks people- and no, steel cases arn't bad, just heavy compaired to the new light aluminium cases.

Its a Viewsonic VX924 and its about 6 months old. Best £300 i ever spent.

How is that monitor for gaming?

 

[Mankz_91]

How is that monitor for gaming?

if anything, ts limited by my PC.... its a good size, really nice colours and amazing quality...

Frount Bezel Update......

her it is after the first layer of primer as above, then one layer of paint and some 1200 grit paper, then another layer, its alot nicer and more shiney than it looks, and im realy pleased as this is my first go with painting a case....

welll, i'll let the picceys talk....:

and now for all you people who like to take the p*ss, here is another object from my room...

Its a long coushin (i think thats how to spell it..) that looks like a cat..

 

[DiViDe]

The case is looking very nice. You think I could buy it off of you after your done. j/k

 

[Mankz_91]

mabey...... drop me a PM....

 

[Mankz_91]

Little update, im now in the middle of planning how i can mount all of my watercooling system in my case....

here is a stone-age mock-up done in Paint with an old photo...

the problem is that the outlet of the DDC is flat, not at 90* , so i'll eitther have to mount the rad so thats its impossible to bleed, or i will have to go and get a little box so that i can put the DDC in and it still looks black, with some small holes for the barbs, so it'l look like an aquacomputer FMJ sort-a-thing..

Otherwise, ive been hunting around for some blow-hole trim, and no-one has any... awwww...

And ive been planing the cutting area and holes to mount the rad and fans to the case..

(the reason its not fully painted is cos. i ran out of primer...) and these fans will be on the otherside of the metal, its just easier to work out how to mount it this way,,,

AJ

 

[DiViDe]

What liquid cooling system are you using?

 

[bball4life]

looks pretty sweet so far keep us updated

 

[Motoxrdude]

I cant wait to see that finished.

 

[Mankz_91]

im using a custom 1/2" American watercooling setup, comprising of::

Danger Den TDX 775 CPU Block
EDDY EK X18/19 GPU Block
Danger Den DDC + PLexi-top
BIX 2
Cape coolplex Bullseys res..
and a hell of a lot of Tygon tubing

 

[Mankz_91]

well havn't done much.....

i decided to take off the PCI back panel of my X1800 to get it ready for painting..

Before...

After...

and the back panel and tools i used-

And my little toolkit i use for my PC's that cost me £7.94 delivered off eBay...

 

[Praetor]

Nice work! Noticing the Vantec FC though ... it's good ... just make sure you dont overload it or tinker with it too much ... they tend frag a bit easier than expected.

 

[Mankz_91]

yeah, im gonna try and un solder the speaker or i may not use it in the end....

 

[Arti_2005]

Nice progress Post more pics plz.

 

[Mankz_91]

i will when ive done something more...

prepare for later this afternoons update..

 

[Arti_2005]

What kinda paint are u using? Would spray paint work good for plastic? I do some spray painting on my my cars and ive gotten very good at it so im gonna try it on computers.

 

[Mankz_91]

im using bog standard cheap matt black paint and grey primer, it works fine on the plastic frount panel...

 

[Praetor]

As an added touch you may consider polishing the HDDs ... makes for a really sweet 1st impression Here's an example

 

[footballstevo75]

sweet, gl with it

 

[Rambo]

Hey, how's this coming along? I've been waiting for an update...

 

[Arti_2005]

Yea we need upadetes! NOW!! JK