{Project: Black and Blue}

[HazChem]

Phase I of my project is complete!


I want to thank all of you for your valuable comments. I have learned a lot throughout this process, most of all patience!! My skills still don't hold a candle to a lot of you who have mad skills and create serious works of art!!! Still, thanks for inspiring me!!


Anywho, enjoy the last of the Phase I pics!

















These RAM fans are loud at full speed!! I throttled them back to 40% and it is much much quieter!







Observant Xtremers will notice that the CPU power cable is not sleeved. I miscalculated how much sleeving this beast required! No worries, there's a package from Nils on its way!! This will be fixed in Phase II. :p

Speaking of Phase II, it will for sure involve more Bitspower fittings and accessories (like people say, they are like crack!).

Some things that I'm considering in Phase II:

- Moving the pump. I don't like how it's hidden!
- Repositioning some of the tubing for a cleaner look. Specifically from the rad to the CPU and in and out of the reservoir.
- Cleaning up the cabling on the backside.
- Possibly adding watercooling to the 4890. The red clashes with the theme!!
- Possibly adding a 120.2 Rad.
- Fan shrouds
- Lighting

Other suggestions or ideas?



In the mean time, it's time to sit back for a bit and enjoy my other hobby: Drink plenty of Guinness!

[kgtiger]

Well slap me Black and Blue
This looks Totaly sweet, just as it is and the red card, I don't mined it at all.

Can you let me know about the ROG, I think it's the air cooler/sink.
There looks to be a sleeved wire going to it?
As it's on the Bitspower's NB/SB full block and I don't see any bolts in the four corners.
Is it needed or is it just there to add some more bling to this stuning case, by the way, it does add some more sweet red to the picture.

[HazChem]

Well slap me Black and Blue
This looks Totaly sweet, just as it is and the red card, I don't mined it at all.

Can you let me know about the ROG, I think it's the air cooler/sink.
There looks to be a sleeved wire going to it?
As it's on the Bitspower's NB/SB full block and I don't see any bolts in the four corners.
Is it needed or is it just there to add some more bling to this stuning case, by the way, it does add some more sweet red to the picture.

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Thanks kg.

It is the stock ROG LED display/heatsink. Not a very good heatsink IMO.

I thought it was a shame to lose it when I replaced the stock heatsink and I was ble to fit it really well there with some double-sided tape. It is purely cosmetic at this point. If I had skills, I would change the white LED to blue.

It adds more white than red... The exposure on the pic gave it a pinkish hue...


alphadog009 is correct in that it flashes intermittently when the computer is off.