oliverthefrenchy
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Got this case as soon as it came out, and would not trade it for anything else (well maybe for some high end lian-li....)
Painted the mesh, brackets couple times already but red and white were getting too flashy so I went back to the good old black.
One or two more things to do, but the main has been done already. Sadly, a corner of my plexi broke, i will have to replace it in the next weeks.
So first of all my config:
CM 690 II Advanced (with 6 r4 red leds fansfrom CM as well)
Seasonic M12II 520W
Asus Maximus 3 Formula
i5 750 @ 4ghz
EVGA GTX 570 (soon with backplate)
4gb of G.skill Ripjaws @ 2000mhz
SoundBlaster X-Fi Titanium HD
Crucial C300 64gb
2x WD Caviar Black 750gb
Thermalright Ven-X with 2 Gentle Typhoons AP-15
So I wanted to make the case as black as possible, whiile still looking classy, i repainted the mesh, the pci brackets and the hdd brackets black. Painted my DVD casing black as well. I had to cut my HDD cage so that i could fit my SSD in without removing my fans or having any extra HDD mounting.
As you can see, even turned on, it doesnt looks like much, only the fans are kinda redish because of teh leds, but since i painted them black again as well, they arent really bright anymore.
The main element of my case is by far its lighting. Im not a fan of cold cathodes because you need space for an inverter and because they are big and usually fit at the top and the bottom of the case. Leds strips that companies like lian-li and nzxt are cheap and arent really bright. So i ended up getting some high quality 12v white led strips from an electronic store near me. The advantage of those led strips is that i can cut them so that i can ge tthe best ambient lighting in the case. I have a foot on top, a foot on bottom, 3 inches next to the pci slots, an inch next to the hdd bays, 2 inches at teh front of the case to light the bottom area and 2 inches in the 5.25 bays. With a little soldering and crimping, it was easy to hook upall the led strips to a terminal block that is linked to a molex connector. The strips also are hooked up to the switch on top of the case that usually controls the from fan led. It allows me to turn on and off the leds pretty fast and easily.
As you can see my fans also are hooked to a terminal block, using the 5v of that same molex connector.
Here is what it looks like with the leds turned on
And finally, here is my setup. I have a 2408WFP (1920x1200) from dell placed horizontally and a 2208WFP (1680x1060) from dell as well placed vertically. I have a Steelseries 6GV2 mechanical kb (i would never go back to regular cheap keyboards now
), a QcK Heavy mousepad and a Xai mouse, with my Sens HD555's as well.
Painted the mesh, brackets couple times already but red and white were getting too flashy so I went back to the good old black.
One or two more things to do, but the main has been done already. Sadly, a corner of my plexi broke, i will have to replace it in the next weeks.
So first of all my config:
CM 690 II Advanced (with 6 r4 red leds fansfrom CM as well)
Seasonic M12II 520W
Asus Maximus 3 Formula
i5 750 @ 4ghz
EVGA GTX 570 (soon with backplate)
4gb of G.skill Ripjaws @ 2000mhz
SoundBlaster X-Fi Titanium HD
Crucial C300 64gb
2x WD Caviar Black 750gb
Thermalright Ven-X with 2 Gentle Typhoons AP-15
So I wanted to make the case as black as possible, whiile still looking classy, i repainted the mesh, the pci brackets and the hdd brackets black. Painted my DVD casing black as well. I had to cut my HDD cage so that i could fit my SSD in without removing my fans or having any extra HDD mounting.
As you can see, even turned on, it doesnt looks like much, only the fans are kinda redish because of teh leds, but since i painted them black again as well, they arent really bright anymore.
The main element of my case is by far its lighting. Im not a fan of cold cathodes because you need space for an inverter and because they are big and usually fit at the top and the bottom of the case. Leds strips that companies like lian-li and nzxt are cheap and arent really bright. So i ended up getting some high quality 12v white led strips from an electronic store near me. The advantage of those led strips is that i can cut them so that i can ge tthe best ambient lighting in the case. I have a foot on top, a foot on bottom, 3 inches next to the pci slots, an inch next to the hdd bays, 2 inches at teh front of the case to light the bottom area and 2 inches in the 5.25 bays. With a little soldering and crimping, it was easy to hook upall the led strips to a terminal block that is linked to a molex connector. The strips also are hooked up to the switch on top of the case that usually controls the from fan led. It allows me to turn on and off the leds pretty fast and easily.
As you can see my fans also are hooked to a terminal block, using the 5v of that same molex connector.
Here is what it looks like with the leds turned on
And finally, here is my setup. I have a 2408WFP (1920x1200) from dell placed horizontally and a 2208WFP (1680x1060) from dell as well placed vertically. I have a Steelseries 6GV2 mechanical kb (i would never go back to regular cheap keyboards now
), a QcK Heavy mousepad and a Xai mouse, with my Sens HD555's as well.
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