Inside Case - Any ideas?

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The Halk

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In the next few days - assuming stuff arrives from Germany... I'm going to be stripping down my Lian Li V2000B for a complete rebuild.

It's getting a new M3A79-T Deluxe, 4GB of Mushkin Ascent. and um erm, a A64 3700... Only because I have the time just now to do the rebuild and the Phenom II isn't out yet. It's on full custom water.

However, I've always been unhappy with the grey aluminium inside the case, and today I thought maybe I could change that.

One thing I don't have is a few days patience to sand it down, prime it a few times and then paint it properly. Which leads me to think I can't get the inside of the case black. The only alternative I can think of is the one I've used in the past which is black soundproofing material. It's adhesive rubber backed. The edges where I can't put the material on I'm thinking I could paint with a paintbrush and normal black matt paint.

Anyone have an opinion?
 
Could you not send it off to the powder coaters?

Would save you the hassle of sanding it down etc, wouldn't of thought it'd cost much?

Andy`
 
Would rather just do it myself, in about 20 minutes. I'm just not sure if I'm kidding myself on that it's possible or not.

I'm thinking now that doing the entire inside of the case is a bad idea.

I'm thinking instead that I could do just the hard drive rack.
 
I would go with the akasa sound proofing as it really looks cool and also gets rid of the horrible aluminium case high pitch noises.

I have used it on my PC70 with good results and am now looking to do my ATCS 101.
 
It's not the Akasa stuff.

He's a pic of a small square of it.

sound-damp.jpg
 
I've no idea who makes it, it comes from AquaComputer. Picture was taken with a flash though, which is why it's shiny.
 
I bought a tin of Dulux Once Satinwood.

When I strip the case down I'll sand the aluminium, and then paint it on.

The finish isn't critical, since it'll be covered by the sound proofing, it's just really for the little bits where it shows.
 
That foam looks very odd for a sound deadening product. They normally have an open celular structure, to 'slow' down sound waves with no surface finish.

Idealy the surface should be rough/modeled or at very least highly porous, so that it disrupt soundwaves without reflecting them. The core of the foam should then slow the waves and the reverse side either reflect the sound back through the foam and/or form a density change barrior to absorb energy (the metal of your case can also do this).

Acoustic mineral fiber ceiling tile also work well as does carpet (don't laugh)
 
hyperst said:
wouldnt it be easier to spray paint it with a couple of matt black cans of metal paint
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Possibly easier. Definately better.

I went ahead with the Dulux Once, and it's awful.

However, I learned my lesson. Next time I'll not just sand any area I can get at easily, but I'll get the Dremel out and sand every single part of it.

However the end result is pretty good, since it's inside the case and mainly hidden. I'm pleased all in all.
 
Ended up not using the soundproofing, at least for now. Had a DOA motherboard, so I kept things simple.. Thankfully all working now.

Sadly I've gone from an Opteron 185 @ 3.0 to a A64 3500+. I'm waiting for Phenom II - hopefully OcUK will get the pre-order up soon :)

Might stick the soundproofing back in later, but at least for now it's staying out.
 
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