Project N0NAME

yeeey!!! got my ordered stuff... and tried some of the sleeving :) it's cool... and pink/orange :) and the ac12 fan is really silent... aah, the uv ccfls are quite cool too.. almost unseen.. and yet, the effect is nice.. have to sleeve my psu, but that has to wait as i have to build a secons sli/amd rig for a friend :)loong day awaiting :)

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got some pics of the stuff i did :)
some sidetracking:

simple case, because this PC mustn't look like a gaming machine :)

insides: asus m2n4-sli board, am2 3000+/stock cooling, 512ddr800, 160gig hdd, x800gto and a light-scribe dvd-rw :) nifty and useful.. this is a simpler version of the pc i worked on yesterday.. got no pics of that.. same mother board, but 1 gig of ram, 600 gigs of hdd space, and a 3500+... only one video board for now.. but i have plans ;)

my pc:

before installing some of the new stuff...

behind the white curtains :)

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this was my first attempt at sleeving :) i managed to go with the wrapping over the connector without ripping it apart :) but soon, i'll try my luck with the psu...

Yeah , i hear you with the whole camera issue. But this mod is looking very nicely so far. I like the watercooling idea you have going. Did you make those designs?

10ks... i try to experiment a lot :) and maybe one day i'm gonna build my dream machine :) but we all gotta learn some way, right?

about the designs, let's jsut say i don't sleep good at night.. and just 3 things pop into my mind and help me sleep.. :) one is keeping things cool :D and i wanna share some thoughts with people interested :) 3dsmax helps more than paint ;) also, i try to put some thoughts behind my designs.. who knows, maybe someone will build this.. if not me :)

hi everybody :)
i'm happy right now.. i've been fiddling for about..oh.. 6 hours... why u ask? well, at first, while trying to sleeve my psu and after i managed to sleeve some cables without removing the end-caps.. i had to remove the 4 pin molex connectors.. and surprise, no tool.. so i wondered what items around me could substitute.. ??

i tried paper clips.. guess i'm not that good with them.. tried a ball-pen and took that apart.. i heard that u could use those.. i couldn't.. i knew how a pin remover looks, so i tried to fashion one from a piece of metal.. to be more precise, the metal protection off of a floppy disk.. it worked for about 4 or 5 pins.. but i cut my fingers open in several places.. nasty.. so, what else could i use? well, after further studying the anatomy of the connector "wings", i tried with a screw driver.. a small one, used for those small screws we have in watches and stuff :) took me a pin to adjust but then they all popped right out

me and my work bench (bed) :)

pins removed :) the begging

heating things up with.. {pause...}

...a hair drier! courtesy of a friend :)


i skipped a few stages cause i was to into the sleeving thing :) and after all that cutting, heating and waiting.. some crappy pics with my phone :( ;)

a uv test before putting my stuff in

the inverter and my first try at sleeving.. small cables, no need to remove the connectors.. first try with heatshrink too.. i used an open flame for these.. but i kinda burnt.. myself :)

tangle of wires that can reside at the top of the case.. for now..

wires coming down like a orange fiery snake :)

..power goes to the hdd drive and video card..

..future wise, i kinda played with some zip-ties.. there will be a fan at the top eventually...

pic of case... i really need a new camera.. :( maybe i will gather the nerve and ask my folks.. i wanna save some bucks for more modding stuff... :)

a bit more light from my screen.. and u can almost make outthe traits of my case..

well.. i think i'm going to do one more thing tonite :) either paint something or read some stuff...

This is a great mod, but i hope someone gets you a good Camera this Christmas. ;)

Was wondering what you'd been upto, as i hadn't heard from you in a while! Anyway, progress is progress, keep it up! :)

-Dave

well, dave... i had to spend some money to pay a fine.. darn government and darn police.. it would have the difference to make my card a 6800gs with 256b bus and 512MB ddr :( and school is taking a lot of time this year.. and i have some voluntary work stuff too.. hmm.. :( i'm too busy. can't wait to get home.. and do some modding/relaxing/eating :D i'm very sorry i didn't have much time to do/learn more programming stuff (for the other project i've been working on).. even CAD work is getting ever so rare.. in exchange, i know how LCDs/RAM/flash/transistors work.. "intimately".. ;) and lots of other stuff that one day may end up in a nice build.. a really nice one.. i'm studying SMDs (hobby) and digital/discrete circuitry (university) at the moment and find these subjects quite compelling :D ..unfortunately, i chose to work on a newspaper once a week (it's fun, but for free) and have to earn some cash to buy stuff.. that is not on my parents shopping list ;) i don't get it why they don't understand my need for water cooling ;) and a new mobo/cpu etc..

update: i've been painting a fan for a while (the AC 12)... it looks nice, but the paint doesn't stick too good on aluminum.. hmm... i like silver/chrome.. also, i gotta buy like 2 dozens blue leds when i get home and think of a nice usage.. i did actually, but i want dimmer leds, not the super brite ones..

i'm looking at a good hdd cooler too, with heatpipes, although i'm not sure i'll buy one.. and a nice north bridge cooler.. i want as many heatpipes as possible :) found some, but they aren't the best..

waiting for paint to dry.. will go to sleep and see what results are..

Very cool my friend, im about to buy you a camera so i can get the full effect from this mod lol. Keep up the good work

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i don't get it why they don't understand my need for water cooling and a new mobo/cpu etc..

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Yeah, what's with that, eh? Can't they see how important it is? ;)

Anyway, sounds to me like you got a firm grip on Student life-don't worry about coding for now, things have taken a subtly different direction recently.

-Dave

thanks guys :) i appreciate the support :) and thanks for the camera :) i have lots of plans in mind and lots of stuff i wanna do.. but it's like, in 20 mins i have to go to school.. then stay there 6 hours.. come back, pack my stuff.. sleep.. go back to school tomorrow till in the evening and then go home.. busy busy.. and i wanna do so much stuff :( well.. got to go :(

hi everybody and merry Christmas to you all!
i'm home and all my stuff is working again (had some troubles with windows.. darn thing, it's like it knows when my pc is moved.. creepy)
i won't be doing any modding (or so i think) 'cause i've had to leave my tools back, but i wanted to post a pic of my pc before "shipping" it home..

..i'm planning on cutting the flames, sanding them smooth (not sharp.. an idea that passed my mind, tried it, and cut my foot in the process.. :)), removing the existing paint (all of them), repainting the panel piano black and adding flames.. then finishing it with several clear layers, to get the piano look :) or maybe something else? i have several nights to think this thru :)

till then, i'm gonna spend some time with my folks and maybe do some 3D work.. cause i feel like it... :)

oh, if these are my last words this year.. then.. Have a good time with your families! :)