Project: PrometheusCu

[DonT-FeaR]

:O wow thats awsome...

[markkleb]

Thanks so much man, and right back at you - I'm quite eager to see your results. That one pic showed very promising results.

That was a very early job. I have done many more since then and improved the design quite a bit. I have been working with eliminating most of the wiring and making the whole comp modular (no wiring at all). My latest design was for Nvision (unfortunately I was not able to attend).
I am having problems now deciding on showing it or trying to profit from my new designs.

Its a very hard decision.
(thankfully I can watch your mod and the rest of the EXCELLENT mods at TBCS while I figure what the heck to do)

[DonT-FeaR]

profit for sure...

might not take off cuz the would have to alter the cases alot and it would be a pain to work on..

gl tho

[scar~face]

what is holding it off the card?

[Langer]

3M double sided tape, but I also put down some Kapton high-temp take so that the double sided tape wouldn't melt to the card.

I'm going to use screws however - so I can space it out better and also because I want the mirror to tilt slightly forward.

The mirror serves several purposes - it looks cool, it will let you see the engraving on the AC waterblocks, and it prevents those little ram sinks from falling off - the holes are just big enough to let the fins poke though. I just hope it doesn't act like a little oven considering that the mirror has a thin coat of copper film on the bottom.

[Mach]

The mirror is a massively cool idea. Have you ever seen anyone do this with an entire motherboard? +rep

[Langer]

@Mach - EEL Ambiense did something like that on his 'Lumiere' project over on Bit-Tech - A beautiful case mod. -Link-


2of2.
Note that this one was made with a tilt to it to reflect the graphics on the GPU block better.

I've not yet installed it, it's just a friction fit with the ramsinks.

[jdbnsn]

I just hope it doesn't act like a little oven considering that the mirror has a thin coat of copper film on the bottom.

Well you've watercooled every other damned thing in this build, might as well watercool the mirrors! Lol, joking.

[markkleb]

what about using some 1/4" plastic spacers to keep it off the PCB and allow air to circulate between the PCB and plate.
Maybe a strip along the side (kind of like XFX does to cover the gap)

[Mach]

Thanks for the link. I briefly thought about mirroring the inside of the lid for Cobra-matic but thought it would look to much like a car show display if I did. I may have to rethink that.

Oh yeah since you have a penchant for things made from unobtanium, let me introduce you to Radiant acrylic. It's reflective, semi transparent, color shifting acrylic. It's pricey, difficult to get, and only available in large quantities. In other words, perfect for PrometheusCu.