totaly custom painted WC rig - Progress log

i really dont want to have the hard drives up in the 5.25 bays tbh., theyre kept very cool where they are by a 120mm fan blowing right onto them.

may aswell just paint them, the maxators if any. theyre only £35 no big loss if i lose the waranty ! im not gonna break a sweat over losing the waranty on my seagate either, but id just rather keep it as is, or attach somethign to the visible part of it.
 
Small update
ive just blatenly NOT used my photoshop skills iol, and whipped this pic up of the loop order, bottom fill/bleed... means the case will ahve to go Oz style for filling, but it will get rid of the air in the loop the most effectivly and ofcourse will look clean as anythiung :)

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sablabra said:
After seeing the rad, I can't wait until you've finished the outside! Are you a pro painter or what? :D
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yea i am lol... i didnt leave it under my pillow for the tooth fairy to do lmao :) ( but DAMN i wish i could !!! lol ), but yea i been at it ince i was about 13 there abouts, well thats wen i started model making, airbrushing came a little bit later.
tbh, il im 18 now so u can do the maths lol
m more excited abotu the results than u guys i think !

what u guys think about the fillport idea? anyone ever mounted it an the bottom ?, share experiences please :)
 
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hmmm... just given me an idea... two tone paint job, probably deen done a thousand times, but would be cool

A quality job on that case (thus far)! Looks great, and that rad.... OMG! :eek: Never completed a successful paint job in my life, so im quite impressed
 
welshtom said:
Dont like that ghastly tacky red colour :(

Tom
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:eek: OOoooooOOOooooOOOO!!!

I think we have a dissident here. Grab your pitch forks lads! :D

I think it looks great - nice effort you've put in there and it should do a fine job. It's so much better than my lazy effort at watercooling which has been in for over a year now. I'm too lazy to do something as good as that.

My biggest gripe - do I spot a maxtor?! :eek:
 
mounting the fill port at the bottom could work, you would have to fill your system with the case upside down and leave it like that till all the bubble have left. not really a bad thing, a good thing that comes from the bottom fillport when it comes to draining it will be very quick and easy just open the port and let it flow :)
 
No doubt a lot of effort and skill has gone into this, but am I the only one finding this far too tacky, over-the-top and loud to go into any normal room?
 
personal taste tho people, every bodys case should look how they want it to, my case looks how i want it dont care what other people think they like it or hate there choice, Im sure RB loves his case otherwise he wouldnt of produced like it is
 
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Clown said:
No doubt a lot of effort and skill has gone into this, but am I the only one finding this far too tacky, over-the-top and loud to go into any normal room?
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nope your not the only one
 
Clown said:
No doubt a lot of effort and skill has gone into this, but am I the only one finding this far too tacky, over-the-top and loud to go into any normal room?
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the idea of this is to make a 'showcase' ( no pun intended ) for extreme computing and cooling, painting is more of a lifestyle for me aswell as a job, and most of my personaly items have a touch of somehting !
no ones ( as far as i know ) has quite done anything liek this, mainly because of the cost it would take to pay sum1 to paint it, but being that person i dont have to pay a penny lol

lol guys i cant stress this enough... the paint RED paint on the photo looks CRAP... it looks like a child has painted it.
i can assure you its smnooth as a babies bum and has an exotic range of addidtives in it lol. i do aggree that it looks pap in the photos though.
also when the Red cathodes are on it looks better :)

but please take into accouind the OUTSIDE of the case, the insidoe looks too red because its rare what you see anytopne paitn the insede odf the case never mind ALL of it !

the idea of this project is to make it look like a glowing red furnace.

each to their own guys... but i love it ! ill try and get some pic of the case in better light with a better camera. im not a good photographer and ppics never do my artwork justice lol.

anyway, still waiting for parts etc / money :) so project is on hold for now !
 
Great work, but I have to agree that I (omgzzzzz personally opinion coming up!11) think the color scheme is a bit minging. Red green and orange? Should have done black white and blue (lightening instead of fire) :p

But er yeah.... great work if you excuse (and you cant :p) the colour scheme :)
 
Goksly said:
Red green and orange? Should have done black white and blue (lightening instead of fire) :p
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im starting to wonder how many people have read the text lol. the green cables are going ASAP, but theres other parts that need aquiring faster than those horrible green cables !

and blue is just... EURGH ! as far as iom concenred.
just give this poject a chance to develop and you will soon see it the same way as i :)

still got a lot of college work to finish, so im guestimationg the PC will be finished within 2 weeks form now
 
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