Thanks awdrifter. I will do my best not to disappoint.
Small update for the time being. I took the time to attach the San Ace 1011 I received from alex to the SI-128SE cooler I have. At the moment I don't want to go for water cooling. Instead all my spare funds will be focused on getting parts for this project.
Speaking of, I've also been browsing Performance PCs and planning out cost of parts. I'm actually considering getting some SilenX 120mm fans to replace the two red Tricools I still need to get. ~20DBa and only 7cfm lower if i remember correctly. They're a bit pricier, but they've got really low noise and high cfm.. Anyway, on to the CPU Cooler.
Since I couldn't mount the fan with the SI-128SE's fan clips (San Ace is too thick), I had to strap it on with zip ties. The fan grill is also mounted with the zipties as well, because there wasn't any cleaner way to do it. I may change the zipties to black or red later, but I only had white ones for the time being. Not a whole lot to say, but as usual for the logs I make, lots of pictures.
Yes, that thing is freaking massive. I compared it to the inside of the Mystique, and it should fit with room to spare for an 80mm LED on the case window to be. Thanks to advice from Syrillian, I am going with Bronze acrylic due to how black is opaque and "smoke" seems to be too light of a color for what I want.
I've been looking at fan controllers recently, and it seems like everyone is really fond of the Sunbeam Rhoebus Extreme. I have to admit, it's very nice. But I want to know for SURE that I can modify it without breaking it for red LEDs.. Otherwise I may just buy a fan controller with reds preinstalled. Chances are I'll go with the rhoebus though.
Another thing: I recieved the 80mm Logisys fan from Verrater yesterday.
Here it is attached to the HR-05. Fits just fine, but I worry about my video card being in the way. If my video card does become a problem, I can always use zip ties to mount the fan to the backside of the HR-05.. That way, I should have no problems.
I did some poking around with my
Merc Stealth Keyboard yesterday as well. I'm wanting to modify it to be within my color scheme for Hollow, but so far I could only change the "Lock LEDs", as the backlighting is surface mount... I'll be sure to fix that later with red and yellow.
Lastly, considering my PC has given me scares every so often about it frying, I've also thought about changing the name to "Hollow: Necro-Rised". If you don't catch the reference, Necro-Rise is an experimental drug from the anime Gungrave. Essentially, Necro-Rise is an immortality formula of some sort. Necro-Rise was a fluid if I remember correctly, so maybe I'll just add that to the title when I add water cooling. The main name will still be Hollow (part of my design has a lot to do with the name).. Just think of "Necro-Rised" as a tagline of some sort when I eventually do add water cooling. I may get a few custom appliques done for the window stuff.
Cheers,
timxirish