Project : Monolith

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Small update .

Midplate/floor cut from dark red tint 3mm acrylic, then covered in black vinyl film.

Covered with masking tape and then the pattern is drawn on. The pattern is the same design as the window cut on the side panel.

Out with Mr.Scalpel

Finished design

 

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Installed, and a couple of rough dark shots ;

Be back soon with the watercooling installed.

Cheers

 

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Thanks all

Another small update.

Had time to sort the window to follow my original black/red design.

Black tint and Dark Red tint 3mm acrylic.

Missus had a bit of an accident, nothing serious, so i can't do anything too noisy at the moment hence the brief posts.

Should be back to normal next week,

Cheers,

Mark

 

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Get well soon Mrs Bristol

Lol, thanks

 

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Update time

As i've been on nursemaid duties looking after the missus, i've been confined to desktop mods - braiding and soldering etc..

Wasn't a great fan of the floppy bezel cover on the front of the case ( does anyone still use them ? )

The easy option would have been a fan controller or card reader to plug the space, but i wanted something subtle that kept the front smooth.

All the way from China, via an auction site, a simple USB HD44780 display

As with 99% of these, they are a blue display

Managed to find a Red on Black screen , so just needed to solder the screen to the USB circuit board

Then out with the hacksaw, ansd some dark tint acrylic to make the fascia

And voila ;

 

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http://www.wcdyes.com/Shop/

The colour i wanted for the water loop was a deep red, or blood red.

So i contacted someone who clearly ( i'm sure there's a joke there ! ) knows his stuff when it comes to dyes - Mayhem Dyes.

Mick / mayhem was a great help and very kindly agreed to sponsor me what was needed.

I've spoilt the surprise now, but guess what's in the box ?

Still wandering ?

A rainbow of liquid goodness

Enough dyes for this build, and plenty more to experiment with, top stuff

Lets meet the team

Should have some fun mixing them at the weekend, and fitting the water cooling.

Back soon ( barring accidents )

Cheers,

Mark

 

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Cheers guys, thanks for the comments

Time for a bit of an update

Made a small acrylic ' lens' for the Asus mobo logo ( which used to illuminate in a whitish blue colour when powered up ), keeps it in keeping with the colour scheme.

Now then fun part, fitting the watercooling ( again ! )

 

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After playing with the dyes kindly sponsored by Mayhem Dyes, i was very pleased to come up with exactly the colour i wanted

I hope the pictures do the shade of red justice.

(ignore the white tube, thats me filling the reservoir)

Northbridge to CPU is always a tight bend, so this short length eliminates the problem.

Bubbles

Random pic

Will be back soon, tommorrow i hope, with some more pics.

Thanks for popping by

Cheers,

Mark

 

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Excellent build mark them red pipes look loverly i hope to do something similar on my build when i go watercooled, again thanks for the idea's i'll go draw up some plans

Cheers mate, your build is looking good also.

Love the colour schemes in all your build mods, this one doesn't disappoint
cant wait for more pictures

Thanks for that, much appreciated

 

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Love the towel, although the colour doesn't quite work
Seriously, great build and gorgeous colour scheme. Love the colour of the braiding too.

Cheers, yeh the towel wasn't doing much for the temperatures so i removed it !
Thanks for the positve comment

Brilliant build there.
You get those braids from Chilled PC am guessing

Yes, from a 'competitor' !

Quality built. Well done m8.

Thanks

 

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A bit more work done today

Fitted the illuminated floor.

I'll take some shots of it in the dark later, and post them up.

 

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Leak testing has been done, and safe ( ! ) to put my 5850s' back in the case.

I photoshopped a small design to cover the fugly crossfire bridge. It'll do until i think of a better way to mask it.

The 'pump room ' ;

Random;

More to come.........

Cheers

Mark

 

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Impressive stuff Mark, great blog notes and a good read

Good work again mark i spotted this wallpaper you might like for your build
http://www.wallpaperweb.org/wallpaper/Abstract/Abstract-30822_1680x1050_30822.htm
anyhow chat laterz m8 hope it goes with u theme

wow that simply looks amazing, well done soooooo jealous

Thanks for the comments

 

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Had a couple of people ask about the illuminated floor via email ( which is always welcome )

So here's a basic guide to making one.

Step 1

12mm right angle cross section.

You can get lengths of the stuff from most DIY stores in aluminium or plastic. As this was not for strength, put simply to raise the floor, plastic was sufficient ( and far cheaper as i had to buy 2.8m of the stuff )

Simply cut to size with a Stanley knife, and in my case, spray the outside edge with black paint.

Step 2

Fix some of my favourite SMD led tape, available from Phenoptix, to the inside face.

Dead easy as it is self adhesive.

If you position the top of the tape 3mm from the top of the plastic cross section, then the 3mm acrylic floor will sit on it flush.

Step 3

After experimenting with different options, i found that a simple piece of white printer paper acts as a great diffuser for the light to even the spread out under the acrylic floor.

Step 4

Secure your cross section to the case, and the acrylic will rest on the SMD tape.

Step 5

Sit back and admire your work

 

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The finished article

Daylight :

Dark :

The pictures have an orange tinge to them, but i can assure you its red

Cheers for looking, and i hope this little guide helps

Mark

 

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Thanks all

All done now, here's some final pictures ;

 

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Montage ;

Thanks for posting your comments throughout this build, all very much appreciated

Cheers,

Mark

 

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That is amazing. I love the red and black colour scheme and that window just looks great.

Well done!

Thanks. Thinking of a unique design for the window was probably the hardest part, i wanted something simple, yet different.

Looks really awesome im pretty jealous, good job

Cheers

 

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Stunning Build Mate

excellent build mark, very impressive

Thank you both, glad you approve

Hey, two things. 1. Is there any chanc of knowing where you get your braid from - it has looked really good on purple rain and this build? 2. Does the Lian Li PC-X1000 Full-Tower Case fit XL atx mobos?
thanks

The braid from Purple Rain was sponsored direct from america by Techflex.

The Monolith braid was supplied by a competitor ( but if you look back a page or 2 someone has mentioned them )

Not sure on the mobo question, check the Lian-Li website ( i wouldn't want to give you duff information )

Cheers,

Mark

 

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Fantastic work there!

That looks very impressive!

Flawless job you've done there mate

Cheers guys, thanks for your kind comments