Well I got started at aroun 7 pm last night and finished at 5 am this morning--just finished uploading these to the host--I think this is the nicest looking Rig I have built to date--enjoy the photo blast below...LOL
Painted Silverstone121 to match cabling
Removed the Silverstone fand speed ocntroller from the 3.5 plate.
Drilled a hole between the HDD and Power LEDs
Mounted controller in front panel--it looks like it was always there...
Here the IDE and SATA cables are in place, the fan is remounted, The UV CCL and Meteorlights are mounted and tha cables have been sheathed or spiral wrapped and routed. I also sheathed and routed all the cables hidden inside the front panel. I de-molexed the lights and fans and used UV heatshrink instead--an easy and effective way to remove 4 molexes from the overall effect.
Here is the side no one ever sees...LOL PSU is installed--decided to leave the black connectors on--I mounted the DVD burner in the highest bay which leaves a nive 1/2" space to conceal the unused PCIe leads and the other SATA lead. Those three leads are the only hidden and unused leads in the system--I eliminated or used every connector leaving only the molex jumper from the Silverstone CPU fan and the jumper from the case fan bus to allow for expansion (EL wire yet to come!)
At this point I have been going about 9 hours and it is about 4 am--I have relocated and recabled every device--after removing and reinstalling all those plug ends to sheath and heatshrink all the cables I have to wonder if "is it going to work?" It was a lot of fun and the only time I have the house to myself is at the wee hours--the room looked like a mod shop that exploded--clipped ties and bits of sheathing and heatshrink and screw and molexes and stuff everywhere. I decided to clean up before powering up--that way if it was totally hosed at least I wouldn't be so bummed cleaning up...LOL
Much to my relief everything works! The cabling I thought might not be UV reactive is way UV reactive--the camera cannot capture the effect--it looks like a golwing mold or fuzz has grown on every reactive part--really crazy, The meteor light is a lot stronger than I had hoped and really fills out the side. It has about 8 different patterns--but I like it on solid.
The flash from the camera kills the fuzzy glow--but it reveals a little more of the detail--the cables like hot!
Buzzing!
Head On! The three mesh bay inserts give a nice view into the guts,,,
Really happy about eh results so far--next I have front panel switches to mod in--Should be here today--they forgot to pack them (those slackers) or I would have prolly never gone to bed..LOL--and I picked up the plexi for the side panel window--that should be fun--gonna slip the Elwire in the molding before inserting the plexit so it glows...more to follow.
Hope you are enjoying this as much I am...
CyberD