Black Ice by Jordan Breitweiser (blindreap3r)
Since this case is near completion I do not want to start another log. Ive decided to show you what the case use to look like, and what it looks like now. I will also explain what I want to do with it yet in the future.
I bought the case looking like this :
It came with 3 80mm Tri-Colored LED fans, a 300 Watt P.O.S. PSU and this weak flat black paint job. A lot of the parts wern't even painted on the back side.
So my frist decisions were to use the colors blue and black, and it already had some fruity blue bubble lights and a blue lcd on it. Instead of useing blue cathodes and blue LED fans I decided to use UV.
The Fans inside the case do not have lEDs in them, but are clear blue UV reactive and glow to UV cathodes. This was perfect because my motherboard (a GA-7n400 Pro) was blue with UV reactive parts on it. I then replaced the 2 stock fans in my new 420 watt PSU with 2 80 mm clear blue UV reactive w/ UV Leds. I decided to use the LED version in the PSU because I couldn't fit a 4" cathode. The PSU is too tight inside. I also ordered blue UV reactive round IDE cables. For my fans (especially for my CPU fan because I dont like to listen to it scream at 6500 RPM 24/7) a Black Nexus 3.5" Fan Speed Controller with blue LEDs.
Heres what my case looked like after installing these new parts :
(back then I had a pretty crappy digital camera, sorry :/)
At the time I was happy with it but then I decided it needed more!
I primed, painted, and clear coated my case and frame black (thanks to Brian Wiseman for letting me use his shop and paint guns) Sorry but I dont have digitalized pictures of the painting, I took the pictures with my 35mm and needed the pictures fast. Didn't even have time to order a cd.
After Painting I decided to do more with the case:
-Stealth drive, opened by pressing the Reset switch (incomplete)
-Clear UV reactive Paint on the chipset HS, CPU Fan Grill, Chrome trim I put around the Video Card
-Remove bubble lights and put a blue LED in each corner of the front bezel.
-hook up to HDD Activity
Here are the pics of the reconstruction of the case after painting, The paint was still a little tacky so it was pretty dirty by the time I got it home from the shop, I was in a hurry to get it ready for the next day because I was to present it for my Sr. Project at school the next day.
These images are too big and I dont know how to resize them with phpBB code so moderators feel free to edit this post. Here are the links:
Here is me rewiring the front bezel:
http://blindreap3r.com/images/blackice/Picture001.jpg
Picture of HDD cage and notice where all the wiring comes from (hidden behind the motherboard tray)
http://blindreap3r.com/images/blackice/Picture002.jpg
Nexus Fan Speed Controller and Blue Back Lit LCD:
http://blindreap3r.com/images/blackice/Picture003.jpg
Me screwing stuff in:
http://blindreap3r.com/images/blackice/Picture004.jpg
Side Internal view:
http://blindreap3r.com/images/blackice/Picture005.jpg
Back Inside view:
http://blindreap3r.com/images/blackice/Picture006.jpg
Back Exterior view:
http://blindreap3r.com/images/blackice/Picture007.jpg
Front Exterior view:
http://blindreap3r.com/images/blackice/Picture008.jpg
Shiney
http://blindreap3r.com/images/blackice/Picture009.jpg
First Test:
http://blindreap3r.com/images/blackice/Picture010.jpg
Window:
http://blindreap3r.com/images/blackice/Picture011.jpg
Back again:
http://blindreap3r.com/images/blackice/Picture012.jpg
Top Window:
http://blindreap3r.com/images/blackice/Picture013.jpg
Frontal Interior View:
http://blindreap3r.com/images/blackice/Picture014.jpg
And now for the pics I waited to take later that night:
Look closely at this pic notice anything funny?
http://blindreap3r.com/images/blackice/DSCF0007.JPG
Cool View:
http://blindreap3r.com/images/blackice/DSCF0008.JPG
Pic taken throw where my stealth drive should be:
http://blindreap3r.com/images/blackice/DSCF0011.JPG
Back:
http://blindreap3r.com/images/blackice/DSCF0014.JPG
PSU Mod:
http://blindreap3r.com/images/blackice/DSCF0015.JPG
I am the one:
http://blindreap3r.com/images/blackice/DSCF0018.JPG
Thanks for takeing a look at my Case, More Pics to post of stealth drive whenever that happens. Also the case was pretty dirty and covered with fingerprints when i took these pics, sorry about that. But I hope you guys like the paintjob.. To be honest though I wish I didnt Clearcoat the chassis. The case looks great at night but I dont like how the chassis looks during the day time all reflective. But then again UV case mods never look that great during the day time.
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Good luck with that man... would look awesome at a LAN sitting in the dark 
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