Project: Midnight Blue

[Danm54]

Ahh, too big a window!

Respect for grinding in your bedroom though!

 

[James Manns]

lol yeah i really dont know ,

well it has to be done, + there is no room in my garage atm and i want going to carry it around so it was the easiest sollution and i didnt want a small window becuase after this amount of modding you have to show it off

 

[SupermotoMX]

looks so awesome, REALLY nice colour aswel

 

[James Manns]

thanks guys, soon i will be showing you the hardware and w/c bits

 

[Kurisu Makise]

pics pics pics

 

[James Manns]

i cant put them up yet, im waiting on some wc bits, i need fittings and no one is replying in the wanted section dam it !

 

[Kurisu Makise]

haha fittings are way too expensive if you ask me

 

[James Manns]

i agreee, there around 5 pounds for one 90 degree ! and about 3 per compression fitting

 

[Amakuma]

Looking forwards to seeing the finished article

 

[mast3r]

where did you get the paint from mate? looking good.

 

[NathWraith]

very impressive! nice to see someone with a sweet 300 case

 

[James Manns]

@ mast3r, the paint is Ford midnight blue from halfords, at £6 a can it isnt cheap and its a shame more people dont mod cases like this + it is quite fun to work on

 

[sh4dy1981]

looks like it needs another coat. looking very opaque

 

[James Manns]

ok, onto the hardware

motherboard:
i was looking for something future proof/reasonable performance/1156socket and not too pricey
so i managed to find a Gigabyte P55A-UD3 with 6gb sata 3 and a lot of good features considering i got it for £70 + 10 p&p

CPU:
i aimed for an i5 but as the budget was a bit lower than expected after getting my watercooling bits, i had to admit deffeat and get an i3, lets hope and i get some really good clocks with the cooling.

ram:
for the time being i got 2 x 1gb sticks of corsair XMS and in the not too near future i will get 2gb more.

here is some pics of the hardware and the waterblock on the board (xspc delta with 1156 plate)

and a few pics of it all in the case, btw this is the best i could do with this camera(my brother has taken the decent one on holiday )

the hdd is a WD black 500gb which i nabbed for £30 inc from MM

on the next update ill show you all the watercooling layout intended

P.S the cable management is very good atm

thanks, James

 

[Fallen god]

Looks great man, cant wait to see it finished, best of luck.

 

[Nemesis379]

very nice. like the colour, they mix well =)

 

[lankey]

Looking good man. Makes me want to rip my 300 apart and have a go

 

[Bicepo]

Very Nice, It's nice to see a project using the 300 a very versitile case something that you dont see everyday, Very nice colour scheme too!

 

[coolamasta]

Good work on the 300, don't see many modded ones about

 

[pastymuncher]

With regards to the rad, a blast of compressed air in the opposite direction that the fans were blowing is good for cleaning out dust, bugs etc.

Looking nice and will be interesting to see how you lay it all out.