Show Us Your Rig [2]

[dwayne3686]

Very very nice Dwayne.

How did you paint it? My paint job didn't turn out as well as I would have hoped, but it looks alright.

~Lordbob

First I stripped down the entire case. Removing the DVD burner "quick connects" was a little tough, but I figured out a nice trick. Then I drilled out all the rivots. Taped up the pieces and steel wool all the surfaces to be painted. Then I hung them in the back yard. Each piece got a least three coats. Flat black and "Krylon Patriot Blue" for plastic. Should have used clear coat after that to help protect the surfaces, but I didn't. The next day, popped rivot back together with black rivots. Even painted the DVD burner and card reader.

 

[dwayne3686]

Wanted to show off my new build. It's my first paint job. Hope you like.

Just want to say that is one mean clean looking system there. Love the color scheme, and definitely love cable management. Nothing like a good clean cable job.

Great job

Cables were alot of fun. First time I've used sleaving. (Stuff is difficult to work with) The small blue wires are for the temperture sensors. You can see one going to the heat pipe on the GPU and another to the heat pipe on the left side of the motherboard for the chipset temp. I showed what the back looks like. The HAF932 has alot of cut-outs for cable mgmt. so I tried to hide every wire.
Also showed what I did with the wire that comes off of the TOP of the Zalman Extreme cooler. (What were you thinking Zalman)

 

[Lordbob75]

Very very nice Dwayne.

How did you paint it? My paint job didn't turn out as well as I would have hoped, but it looks alright.

~Lordbob

First I stripped down the entire case. Removing the DVD burner "quick connects" was a little tough, but I figured out a nice trick. Then I drilled out all the rivots. Taped up the pieces and steel wool all the surfaces to be painted. Then I hung them in the back yard. Each piece got a least three coats. Flat black and "Krylon Patriot Blue" for plastic. Should have used clear coat after that to help protect the surfaces, but I didn't. The next day, popped rivot back together with black rivots. Even painted the DVD burner and card reader.

Damned good idea. Wish I had thought of that.

I used (cheap?) spray paint on mine, and I didn't drill out the rivets. Maybe next time then, haha.

My only complaint with my paint job (aside from being a little patchy) is that it is rather rough, which makes dust just STICK to it. Can be a little frustrating.

~Lordbob

 

[linnemeyerhere]

Primer is excellent base coat then cover the primer with 2-3 light coats of gloss or semi gloss paint or clear coat. The issue here is with that much paint screw holes and threads will be closed down but normally a little extra force get the fastener in.
This paint job came out wicked and I even dig the flat black but it will mare easily.

 

[Lordbob75]

Primer is excellent base coat then cover the primer with 2-3 light coats of gloss or semi gloss paint or clear coat. The issue here is with that much paint screw holes and threads will be closed down but normally a little extra force get the fastener in.
This paint job came out wicked and I even dig the flat black but it will mare easily.

Flat black looks so awesome though.

~Lordbob

 

[dwayne3686]

Primer is excellent base coat then cover the primer with 2-3 light coats of gloss or semi gloss paint or clear coat. The issue here is with that much paint screw holes and threads will be closed down but normally a little extra force get the fastener in.
This paint job came out wicked and I even dig the flat black but it will mare easily.

I put some spare stand-offs in the screw holes I didn't want to close up. Your right about the flat black showing marks. that's why i said I should ave clear coated it. I think you can get a flat clear coat. Oh well, Live & learn. Next time. Still not bad for my first try. Oh ya, the system runs as good as it looks. I just got two of the new Western Digital RE4 500gb hard drives for a RAID 0 setup. They are the best (trust me, I tried them all). Super fast and quite. Just pricey.

 

[Lordbob75]

Primer is excellent base coat then cover the primer with 2-3 light coats of gloss or semi gloss paint or clear coat. The issue here is with that much paint screw holes and threads will be closed down but normally a little extra force get the fastener in.
This paint job came out wicked and I even dig the flat black but it will mare easily.

I put some spare stand-offs in the screw holes I didn't want to close up. Your right about the flat black showing marks. that's why i said I should ave clear coated it. I think you can get a flat clear coat. Oh well, Live & learn. Next time. Still not bad for my first try. Oh ya, the system runs as good as it looks. I just got two of the new Western Digital RE4 500gb hard drives for a RAID 0 setup. They are the best (trust me, I tried them all). Super fast and quite. Just pricey.

Now you just need an SSD to boot from
These are some good ones: Newegg.com - Computer Hardware,Hard Drives,SSD,G.SKILL
I grabbed this one, and my reboot time has dropped to under a minute:
Newegg.com - G.SKILL Phoenix Series FM-25S2S-60GBP1 2.5" 60GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

~Lordbob

 

[dwayne3686]

Primer is excellent base coat then cover the primer with 2-3 light coats of gloss or semi gloss paint or clear coat. The issue here is with that much paint screw holes and threads will be closed down but normally a little extra force get the fastener in.
This paint job came out wicked and I even dig the flat black but it will mare easily.

I put some spare stand-offs in the screw holes I didn't want to close up. Your right about the flat black showing marks. that's why i said I should ave clear coated it. I think you can get a flat clear coat. Oh well, Live & learn. Next time. Still not bad for my first try. Oh ya, the system runs as good as it looks. I just got two of the new Western Digital RE4 500gb hard drives for a RAID 0 setup. They are the best (trust me, I tried them all). Super fast and quite. Just pricey.

Now you just need an SSD to boot from
These are some good ones: Newegg.com - Computer Hardware,Hard Drives,SSD,G.SKILL
I grabbed this one, and my reboot time has dropped to under a minute:
Newegg.com - G.SKILL Phoenix Series FM-25S2S-60GBP1 2.5" 60GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

~Lordbob

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
I'm out of it.

For now.

 

[Lordbob75]

I put some spare stand-offs in the screw holes I didn't want to close up. Your right about the flat black showing marks. that's why i said I should ave clear coated it. I think you can get a flat clear coat. Oh well, Live & learn. Next time. Still not bad for my first try. Oh ya, the system runs as good as it looks. I just got two of the new Western Digital RE4 500gb hard drives for a RAID 0 setup. They are the best (trust me, I tried them all). Super fast and quite. Just pricey.

Now you just need an SSD to boot from
These are some good ones: Newegg.com - Computer Hardware,Hard Drives,SSD,G.SKILL
I grabbed this one, and my reboot time has dropped to under a minute:
Newegg.com - G.SKILL Phoenix Series FM-25S2S-60GBP1 2.5" 60GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

~Lordbob

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
I'm out of it.

For now.

Yeah, I know how you feel there

~Lordbob

 

[brayway]

A dell Poweredge that i have modded to fit ATX for my file server. Nearly done


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[1strail]

Dwayne - You rock!!! Time and patience is what shows in this build. I have only rellied on what was provided by the OEM, but you seem to be a kit basher and this is tight, color corrdinated (but not in a girly way), very tight, nice outfit.

Question - Did you paint the lite blue colors on the drive bays, or did they come that way?

 

[dwayne3686]

Dwayne - You rock!!! Time and patience is what shows in this build. I have only rellied on what was provided by the OEM, but you seem to be a kit basher and this is tight, color corrdinated (but not in a girly way), very tight, nice outfit.

Question - Did you paint the lite blue colors on the drive bays, or did they come that way?

It's really more of a medium blue. The flash really washes out the color. The paint is for plastic, but I used it on the metal hard drive cage also. It's suppose to become completly "chip proof" after seven days.

 

[xarden]

Very nice indeed!
Good idea taking the drive bay out. This was probably the hardest part when I did mine recently.

Good work

 

[dwayne3686]

Very nice indeed!
Good idea taking the drive bay out. This was probably the hardest part when I did mine recently.

Good work

I really took the entire thing apart. Every rivot, sanded each piece, hung them out to paint. Then reassembled.

 

[ShArKy]

hrm..aight i just got some of my new parts...i'll have to use the lian-li pc-2120VX until i get back into my house...then i'll rebuild everything into the case i used to have back on page 34...i'll try & post some pics as i go....ttyl dudes

 

[xarden]

Looking forward to it Sharky.

 

[Lordbob75]

I ordered my watercooling setup last night. It should all be here by Monday.

I am really excited about this.

~Lordbob

 

[A Guy]

I ordered my watercooling setup last night. It should all be here by Monday.

I am really excited about this.

~Lordbob

Remember when you were done?

A Guy

 

[linnemeyerhere]

Quote: Originally Posted by Lordbob75
I ordered my watercooling setup last night. It should all be here by Monday.

I am really excited about this.

~Lordbob

Oh boy new kit. Take lots of pic's all the way through the build. We can't wait to see your handy work.

 

[Lordbob75]

I ordered my watercooling setup last night. It should all be here by Monday.

I am really excited about this.

~Lordbob

Remember when you were done?

A Guy

Huh?

Quote: Originally Posted by Lordbob75
I ordered my watercooling setup last night. It should all be here by Monday.

I am really excited about this.

~Lordbob

Oh boy new kit. Take lots of pic's all the way through the build. We can't wait to see your handy work.

I suppose I can post pictures. I will have to setup and run the setup for a few days for leak testing first.
The radiator is rated for 1000Watts of heat dissipation, so it should be enough for both my CPU and GPU (though I don't have GPU block yet)

~Lordbob