Re-Vamp Predator Mod

[feldm4n]

Well some of you might remember the old predator style i had going but this is a complete re-vamp of it. Here are some pics. Hope you enjoy.

Well here is an update. I stripped the case down totally. Rivets included, and painted the cage once again. My friend Joey hit it with a sweet paint job that i dig and dig the more i see it. I need to wait two weeks for it to cure i believe, before i can hit it with the buffer. Its already a mirror finish and hasn't even been buffed. Here is an update of what is going on. Be sure to stay tuned for an awesome conclusion. I havent snapped any photos with the carbon fiber drive stealthing just yet because i dont want to give the entire look away until it is done. Anyways hope these keep you in suspense

Argh haha

Paint warming up

Masked and news standed to keep paint of sound retention foam.

About four coats on the cage of black metallic paint.(5 coats of clear followed)

With newspaper after painting

with newpaper aswell

With newspaper again haha

Pre-Paint

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Here is what the panels look like now They were just brushed aluminum before.

As so.

Front bezel

Top panel

Case to the side

Case front

Side

Top

Another front shot

Yummy

Back plate of motherboard slide in slide out

Side panel

Nice

Top once again

[feldm4n]

Well guys I finished the water setup and here is the layout of how it went together.

Well here is the BFG 6800GT OC coming apart. If you have one i suggest removing the shield on it and cleaning the dust. You would be surprised what gathers in there, if you live in a dusty enviroment.

Stripped the ram sink off. Note to anyone who is planning on watercooling their BFG. If you remove the fan you void the warranty. They use some strong epoxy on the wires so they can tell if you removed it.

Just a neked BFG

MCW60 Swiftech waterblock

Another shot of the waterblock

Fresh layer of Arctic Ceramique

Another shot of the setup before it goes together

Waterblock attached. Just a few screws, washers, and patience.

Individual ram sinks, they are available with the waterblock if you choose.

Ram sinks in place

Complete.

Onto the motherboard

Swiftech Apogee waterblock with custom acrylic shield

Apogee put on after a little application of some Arctic Silver5

Lets say bye to that annoying chipset fan! After removing this i saw just how hot this chipset can get. I see the thermal compound has spread from the heat it puts off. Im glad to be going to water.

[feldm4n]

After some more washers,screws,nuts, and of course patience it is on the NF4 chipset.

A picture of waterblock hookup completion.

All in all i would say this took me about an hour and a half, or two hours. I used to rush through everything but have learned patience is where it is at. Its nice to get something done but have learned over the years its nice to get something done correctly. Kind of like that statement "measure twice, cut once". I feel this setup will be nice. The water will be running through a Primochill waterpump/resevoir. It will loop to the cpu,gpu,chipset, 120mm Swiftech radiator with 120mm green led Thermaltake Thunderblade, and finally through a Swiftech 80mm radiator and back home to the resevoir. I can not wait to get this build done but patience is how it is going together.
I also received some tubing, green acrylic, modders mesh/carbon fiber vinyl. So this is the last update as of now. Thanks for reading. If you have any questions feel free to ask.:-)
-matt

[feldm4n]

Well this is a farely big update as i am about 95% complete at this point in time. I got everything stealthed and got the side windows done. Working on a tri laser diode system atm. Got 1/2" diameter tubing throughout. Put things back together. I will be taking some real classy photos when i get back from Florida, so look out for the update. Anyways i want to thank you all for the motivation and worklogs to give me the confidence i have needed. Here are some updates.

Acrylic from performance pcs and mesh from MNPCTECH

Getting it ready for the cut

getting ready for mesh while black paint on mesh drys.

cut and stuck on the sidepanel

mesh added and panel flipped over.

heres a shot of what it looks like

made a piece of acrylic to fit over white hyper light

before

after

lasser diodes

getting ready

general shot

lights camera action

still working on tightening some odds and ends but general look of it

another. (thats a crystal fontz 634 black back and yellow font, fit with carbon fiber to continue the look.

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Well here is alittle update. Just received a 13" green cathode and the case feet which are really meant to be speaker spikes for speakers. They make solid super sweet feet though. All that is left is hooking up the tri laser and waxing this bad boy, and pictures. Enjoy

The speaker spikes

fronts are on

rears are on

done without the spike tip vibration pads on

done but with the anti vibration pads on

side shot

another

frontal

side panel with cathode

[silverdemon]

nice mod!, really like the paint job!

one question though, how are those swiftech waterblocks? I'm planning to build a new computer, which will be my first with watercooling, and I was thinking of those block. Because the look good and looked like they would do a good job cooling everything... I'd also like to know what pump you are using... thnx

great job!

[DaveW]

Sweeeet! Very nice mod indeed!

I like the paintjob-at first i wasn't sure about it, but as i look at it, it grows on me. Great work, with good attention to detail-yet somehow, the LCD display looks a little out of place in my opinion. The watercooling system looks great in, and I have to say, i really like the lighting. Good work!

-Dave

[Scotty]

WOAH! very nice love the paint schem and paint jobe, the watercooling looks great in there, any chance of a better picture of the window etch cant see much of it, cheers

geat work though

[feldm4n]

Thanks for the feedback everyone. Yea the LCD looks horrible in the pictures but as for being right next to the machine it looks way better. The LCD has a black background with greenish yellow text. It looks better up close but i could see that it might be out of place.
Swiftech radiators are very nice radiators no question about it. I am using a Primochill waterpump that does the job perfectly.