My First Mod (The Dragon) Thermaltake Armor

[DigitalDream]

This is my first mod attempt. Its not ground breaking in any way but was fun and worth showing off none the less.
http://www.digitaldreamart.com/storage/Front_Angle_Cover_Off.jpg

What I did: First I painted the entire interior black matte making sure to get all the silver parts. The biggest mod to this system was finding a way to use the Typhoon 120x Reservoir which was a lot larger then I expected it to be. So I cut an aluminum square, cut out a circle in the middle put some blue rubber hosing along the cut edges and put the reservoir in that. I then mounted that in the bottom three drive bays moving the radiator up. I also put a 4" uv cathode on the backside of the reservoir to help light it.
http://www.digitaldreamart.com/storage/Front_Dark.jpghttp://www.digitaldreamart.com/storage/Front_Light.jpg

Then I cut out the bottom part of the metal that holds the drives and radiator on the window side for better visibility of that area. You can see it missing on the right side of this picture:
http://www.digitaldreamart.com/storage/Closeup_Cover_Off.jpg

I foam padded the bottom of the pump to make it silent. I also used two of the drive bay covers that I removed for the reservoir on the front to mount the 12" uv cold cathode raised off the bottom of the case so you could see it through the side window.
http://www.digitaldreamart.com/storage/Side_Cover_On.jpg

I went crazy with the blue uv coolsleeves on everything. You will notice I put them on the cathodes too, really gives the cathodes a nice look in my opinion. I also cut some odd shaped green uv tubing and put some on the cathodes it reflects so strong right on the light that the tube itself is almost a light source.

Here are a few extra images. You will see extra tubing and coolsleeves used to cover metal edges and basic cables.
http://www.digitaldreamart.com/storage/Cover_Off.jpg
http://www.digitaldreamart.com/storage/Front_Angle_Cover_On.jpg
http://www.digitaldreamart.com/storage/Side_Cover_Off.jpg

Also why I call the mod: The Dragon
I drilled a hole and put a led rocker switch for the cold cathode lights on the top of the case, and printed a sticker of my company logo to go around the switch.
http://www.digitaldreamart.com/storage/DragonSticker.jpg

Feedback encouraged!

[jdbnsn]

Looks pretty cool, what are we looking at in that last pic?

[DigitalDream]

Should say above each picture what it is, but the last picture is the top front of the case, its a blue led rocker switch that controls all the cold cathodes in the case, the switch is surrounded with a sticker of my company logo. www.DigitalDreamArt.com you can view my system hardware specs on my site too.

[jdbnsn]

Oh I see now, I couldn't tell which region of the case it was. Very nice work.

[aintnothang]

awesome looking.

[billygoat333]

nice touch with the cathodes! :)

[hagiz]

I cant see the ram sticks dude... or have you watercooled them too+ :S

[DonT-FeaR]

im surprised u took that much notice i think there watercooled

[DigitalDream]

Sorry didnt see your comment before, yeah I liquid cool the memory too. I have some new pics I have done some work since I last posted. Added a second liquid cooling loop devoted to my CPU to give me more stable temps on my for overclocking. Required me to cut a hole in the top for better airflow on the new radiator. (I dont like to go external with anything) added some more cathodes as well, also cleaned up some wires.

http://www.digitaldreamart.com/computer_mods/images/100_3042.JPG
http://www.digitaldreamart.com/computer_mods/images/100_3055.JPG
http://www.digitaldreamart.com/computer_mods/images/100_3061.JPG
http://www.digitaldreamart.com/computer_mods/images/100_3063.JPG
http://www.digitaldreamart.com/computer_mods/images/100_3064.JPG

[melanko]

I like the idea of coiling the Cathodes, that's pretty unique in my book.

Also, great job on the dragon artwork. What did you use to paint that, airbrush?

[hagiz]

Now I see the ramsticks under all the watercooling :D My bad maan!

[Fuganater]

Wow very sweet lookin. Hopefully you'll do another.

[dak1b]

coool case. looks like mine. how did u get the 3 bottom bay covers off? on mine they seemed to be attached to the case....

[Freakout]

sweet case and i also like the way u cooled the lights too.

but other then that it is pure awesomeness. I cant wait to see more.

[SXRguyinMA]

looks sweet. I painted the insides of my armor last weekend (although gloss black) and will get the pics up soon. looks nice :up: +rep