Project: Green Light

UPDATE - MODEL AND OVERCLOCKING

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Originally Posted by BigJohnson

dude thats a really sweet system. your backup machine is better than any machine i have.
but do you really want to give someone a Compaq? wouldn't you really rather beat someone over the head? it will save them some trouble. jkjk
Seriously though. you have blue lights in the power supply and green fans. whats the paint scheme going to look like?

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They PSU is just temp. I will replace it with another 650 W Antec like my other case has. Or a modular one. Still undecided. I want the case to be black. Side window will be clear green. 2 Green cold cathodes in it along with a few fans. I think I want the tubes to be lit. Not as much as the green but so that you can tell that they deff are lit.

Here is what the side will look like without the panel.

The inside will also be black. I just made it gray so you could see the inside better. I like having the CDROM and the drive bays being that crazy green and the rest being black. Pretty much for accent. The rail will be black. Oh and the peices that mount the fans on the back (not in picture) will be painted green. I put a post up Here
about what kind of paint to use on plastic and metal so we'll see what ppl say.

Now the front.

Ill fix it up a bit more later but you can see that the bottom one (Green) is clear. I think if I just put like 4 LED's around the other ones (Inside the tube) and have them closed. It will look better because it wont be a mix of the green from inside and the red/yellow in the tube. Wacha think?

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Originally Posted by Tempest|2k7

duuuuuude. lovingggg that dual monitor setup. remember to turn the fan speed up on that 8800gt! they run realllyyy hot. i have the xfx 8800gt xxx edition (670/950) and it runs reallllyy hot. id say kick up the fan speed to 50% ish or something. SWEET setup though dude! and LOVING the mod idea!

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Thanks for the info!! I put my fan up to 60%. Gave me a few degrees less. What are you using to set your clocks and fan speeds?


So I did a bit of overclocking tonight... Here are the results...


CPU:
Start: 2.66 GHz
1066 MHz FSB
37 degrees Celsius

OC'd: 2.90 GHz
1160 MHz FSB
37 degrees Celsius

GPU:
Start: 650 MHz Core
950 MHz Memory
SPP PCI-E 2500 MHz
MCP PCI-E 2500 MHz
40 degrees Celsius

OC'd: 650 MHz Core
950 MHz Memory
SPP PCI-E 2625 MHz
MCP PCI-E 2825 MHz
41 degrees Celsius
I upped the fan from 29% to 60%. Still running fine.


RAM:
Start: 800 MHz

OC'd: 870 Mhz


Now this was nothing big. I just upped it enough to effect performance, but not temps too much. Also all of the temps are at system idle. I also ran the System Stability test to make sure all of my settings would be fine during a game. All changed and monitored using the NVIDIA nTune Application.

Thanks for the comments guys. It keeps me going!

-Fuga

That'll be a nice setup. If you are thinking about painting the metal inner cage I would go with automotive paint. They have some really nice greens to choose from. Although so do airbrush style paint companies.

There is a local hobby shop near my house. I'm gonna try to stop by hopefully this week or the week after cuz I'll be away for a few days. Thanks for the suggestion!

UPDATE - LED's

Spawn I hope you read this....

Here is what I'm thinking of doing with the Red and Yellow lights

If I get a fairly deep red plexi and put LED's in the sides of it. (4 to be exact) That will give me a decent glow from them. Not as bright as I want the green to be. But good enough to notice it.

Also I'm really trying to integrate the door into the design. Idk how but I'm sure I'll figure something out.

Also I'm thinking of trying out a new piece of hardware. Wireless Start Remote This way I won't have to open the front panel to power the system on. Its a though and its not too expensive either for just trying it out.

Suggestions please!!

-Fuga

You could always solder on a remote switch somewhere. It would be cheaper than a remote start. You just relocate the power and reset switches to somewhere that better suits you. Or you could spring load one of the plexi pieces and have the green light be the on switch.

not sure what your asking me but looks good to me, i would frost the LED's and maybe even get a sheet of clear/red Plexi and frost that as well for a nice glow look to it.

nice hardware btw, haven't looked at this for a bit, good to see its coming along! +rep.

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Originally Posted by Spawn-Inc

not sure what your asking me but looks good to me, i would frost the LED's and maybe even get a sheet of clear/red Plexi and frost that as well for a nice glow look to it.

nice hardware btw, haven't looked at this for a bit, good to see its coming along! +rep.

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frost?

ya. get some 500 or so grit sand paper and sand the led, it will make the whole led glow rather than have a focused beam of light.

ohhhh ok. Should I use colored LED's with the colored plexi? or clear LED's?

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Originally Posted by Fuganater

ohhhh ok. Should I use colored LED's with the colored plexi? or clear LED's?

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hmm, i think the colour plexi will give a better look but if you can't get it then clear will do. as for clear leds with colour plexi i'm not sure which is better, if you have any coloured plexi try a clear led behind it and a colour (same colour) behind it as well.