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Good job on the orange accents 
My first build - Black / Orange Corsair 300r
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Yes I think orange LED's might be a bit much. Orange sticky back plastic film will do the job and wont void any warranty as it could be removed. This sort of thing:
It would involve a lot of cutting to size for each connector and might require 2 or more layers to be really orange but I think would look amazing?
You can get a roll for like £2 so why not give it a pop
So tempted mate but think it will be a ball ache. The nature of them, applying it would be a nightmare. Much easier to mod the LED area. Might look into it but wouldn't want to loose my warranty.
Thanks for the idea though! Will keep you updated after abit of Googling on modding a superflower - hopefully someone has done this before.
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Well if it's just swapping LEDs it's simple enough, very low risk, or very high risk depending on your soldering skills.
I suppose it boils down to your skill & how much you think you'll need the warranty. Superflower's a good make, might never need the warrenty
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Just found a review of this PSU online where they stripped it down. Looking at the front, I wouldn't be confident changing the LED's and doesn't look like there is room to fit the orange sheets internally. Fitting it on the connectors will make me want to pull my hair out too, they're far too small and will be a nightmare.
Looks like I might have to leave with the white lighting...
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aaaah, right, I'd say no too.
Looks like a smart wee setup in there, it'd take destroying one to check but I suspect they're PCB mounted, so magnifier + fine tipped iron and a good number of hours for a small gain in the effect.
Looks like a smart wee setup in there, it'd take destroying one to check but I suspect they're PCB mounted, so magnifier + fine tipped iron and a good number of hours for a small gain in the effect.
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Aye, i'd post the link so you get more images but not sure if breaching forum guidelines. Pretty much right though, LED's look like they're hard to get to and no where to mount the orange sheets easily.
Makes me wonder why they don't have an off switch for the LED's though, seems strange.
It's starting to look real beastly...
Thoughts:
That stupid PSU sticker has to come off or be covered!
You could place something black (hard sheet of plastic or something) over the sticker on the PSU, and make sure not to put any glue on the actual sticker itself (just around it). Then there'd be no problems with warranty (just clean off the glue around the sticker and it's good as new). Maybe even write a name (in orange) for your build on the black plastic.
As for the PSU LEDs, if you don't fancy the sticky plastic idea, go for a Transparent Orange Acrylic (also called Orange Tint Acrylic) mod. You could snugly surround the connectors with 4 pieces of this acrylic (or a 3D-printed UV-cured acrylic plastic single piece made to size).
Thoughts:
That stupid PSU sticker has to come off or be covered!
You could place something black (hard sheet of plastic or something) over the sticker on the PSU, and make sure not to put any glue on the actual sticker itself (just around it). Then there'd be no problems with warranty (just clean off the glue around the sticker and it's good as new). Maybe even write a name (in orange) for your build on the black plastic.
As for the PSU LEDs, if you don't fancy the sticky plastic idea, go for a Transparent Orange Acrylic (also called Orange Tint Acrylic) mod. You could snugly surround the connectors with 4 pieces of this acrylic (or a 3D-printed UV-cured acrylic plastic single piece made to size).
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Was thinking of an L-shape peice of black plastic mate so doesn't need gluing and was gonna write my name in an orange sharpie or something. Don't suppose you or anyone knows anywhere I can get black plastic cut to shape & size?
If I could find somewhere I can take the 300r window too and get a copy without the fan holes, that would be amazing too. Noticed it has an almost bezel around it and it fits into it's own clips to keep it secure.
Does orange tint acryclic come with it's own adhesive? What would be best way to apply it? Looking at the cables last night it should be 4 easy pieces to apply. Originally I was thinking i'd have to get it in all the gaps around the wires etc but don't think that would be necessary so shouldn't be too much of a pain.
Agreed mate! I think onces I get some hidden white light in the case though, should make all the orange pop.
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So I decided to overclock my GPU tonight and not much luck - If any of you guys have an experience with overclocking It would be great if you could help out on a thread I just created in right section:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=25990219#post25990219
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=25990219#post25990219
Yeah I've got the same card as you now and have had great results overclocking, I have posted a response in your new thread
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Yeah I've got the same card as you now and have had great results overclocking, I have posted a response in your new thread
Thanks mate!
Thanks mate, agreed the accents do really help
I'm going to get round to doing the other hard drive cages this weekend I think. Regarding the PSU, I think if I do mod it, will be the last step! Definitely the most fiddly part.I don't think covering the connectors in orange film would be that difficult. I was bored at work and downloaded your pic of your pc and changed the LED colour to orange using paint.net:
CMON you gotta try mod it!! This is Overclockers after all!
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I don't think covering the connectors in orange film would be that difficult. I was bored at work and downloaded your pic of your pc and changed the LED colour to orange using paint.net:
CMON you gotta try mod it!! This is Overclockers after all!
Now, I know I was a neigh sayer before, but can't argue with those results
Now, I know I was a neigh sayer before, but can't argue with those results
I think so! You could also use some of the orange film to cover the yellow bits of the 290...
Job = Jobbed!
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Just a thought:
1. changing surface mounted LEDs isn't that hard if you don't care about the old LEDs.
2. maybe swap the connectors with semi-transparent orange ones and leave the lights?
1. changing surface mounted LEDs isn't that hard if you don't care about the old LEDs.
2. maybe swap the connectors with semi-transparent orange ones and leave the lights?
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This build is sweet! I'm saving for my next build and I'm taking some inspiration from here if you don't mind
Perfect mate! Glad someone likes it that much they want to use it for inspiration. Get some pics up once you are done
I don't think covering the connectors in orange film would be that difficult. I was bored at work and downloaded your pic of your pc and changed the LED colour to orange using paint.net:
CMON you gotta try mod it!! This is Overclockers after all!
That looks amazing. Now you are convincing me!!
Regarding point 2, would it be easy enough to source orange translucent connectors to fit this PSU? That would give the desired affect and means I don't have to open the PSU up. I don't fancy messing with the LED's as my soldering skills are non-existent.
Option 1 = warranty void and difficult for someone with no soldering skills.
Option 2 = warranty intact and will look much better than using sticky back plastic. Also shouldn't be too difficult to do, if you can find the connectors!
I've seen you can buy various opaque coloured ones but not seen clear orange yet... Not sure if they are universal or you would need to get ones designed for your power supply