gobygoby

Ya, there is no way any retailer can compete with e-tailors. Their prices are so much lower because they do a whole ton more business the a planted retailer.

Ya the store rocks. There was SO much to see....and I didnt buy anything! Too many choices, I couldnt make up my mind.

I know that from the northside of Indy I can get to the Michigan border in about 2 hours.

Thanks, ya the clear coat ordeal sucked.....I dont mind more time, but more $$$ on more paint. I wanted to be done with painting already! I always check the trash ( I am a dumpster diver, so sue me )on my way out. I get lots of stuff, power cords, network cords, hardware, software...

[quote=zerohour]I never never seen a Frys, let alone be in one. Do they even have them in my state?QUOTE]

Most of their stores are in Cali or Texas. On the East coast they have store in Illinois, Indiana, & Georgia. Thats it. if you make your way near one....you HAVE to stop!!!

They need to open more stores...its not like the market isnt here....

Yup, you northerners are totally out of luck!

hhmmmm....mod #3.... I have a list of small and large mods I want to do.

Mod #3: Add windowed door to the "other" side. I will be using one of the 25cm fan doors. Will probably have to remove the fan and the door locks to make it fit.

Mod #4: Sleeve the PSU - Chrome baby!

Mod #5: Reverse the mouting bracket for the PSU. Since my PSU has windows and flashy lights, I want to see it! however the way the screws mount all that stuff will be inside the csae and blocked by the HDD cage. I want to reverse it so I can see it through the new windowed door.

Mod #6 & #7: PSOne LCD. I plan on putting one LCD into the fan grill.



and becuase I would like to have a non-scratched lcd, I might get one more and mod it into the front bezel.



Mod #8: Down the road a bit I want to make the loginoki mouse. I takes a Logitech G5 and mounts a small LCD from a nokia 6610 phone into the mouse.

The are the mods I have in mind that I want to do for now. I also plan on adding lights and controllers.....so I am sure there will be more!!!

Thanks, I cant wait to see the end....actually I can, I am having fun building this so far. But I cant wait to use it too!

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ae804

Actually, the word on the street is (since you're from the indy area) that Plainfield is supposed to get a new Frys. The new outdoor mall we just got near 40 is supposed to get it. Probably will be like 2 years before it comes though :'(. Great Thread though!!! I'm thinking about painting my Armor when it gets here.

Couple words of advice though...
1) do you really need the fan window, you already have water cooling
B) If you do want the fan sides, the fan on the currently non windowed side will be useless b/c the air will just hit the MoBo pannel and stop there
III) If you have the fan windows and you have the LCD's wouldn't it look a bit better (and let more air through) if you didn't cover up part of the fan space w/ a LCD screen... Put it over one of the other Plexiglass pannels (top would look nice... you'd be able to hide wires a bit better too)

Over all though, this is amazing so far. Great job!!!!

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gobygoby

Thats cool, but they could spread the wealth and build it down on the southside!!! (hint, hint)


Re: advice:
I want it for the window. I plan on removing the fan anyway. this door will go where the current "non" wondowed door is. Its just for looks I am keeping the current windowed door as-is.....got it?

So ya, I know I am wasting the fan...but oh well, all really want is the wondowed door anyway, with the mesh. I go off the deep end when I get an idea in my head.

Thanks for the compliments. Is there any modding clubs or anything in Indy?

Thanks
Kyle

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ae804

not too sure. I'm out in Terre Haute for school (Rose Hulman) and currently am not in the whole modding seen, but I hope to be here soon. Thinking gold paint inside my case w/ UV reactive (yellow maybe?) clear coat after that... cut for some more fans... add some personal touches I think it'll look good... But I don't get my armor till next week.

As for the Frys on the Southside... I agree, there needs to be more Frys than Walmarts LOL, but you had better not steal the one from Plainfield (that's where my parents and girlfriend live so I plan on stopping in when ever i can)

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gobygoby

Couldnt get anything done yesterday. I had a day full of appointment(doctor & dentist) Whoo hoooo NO CAVITIES!!!!

My Frozen order finally shipped, because of the delay, I think they bumped up the shipping to fedex 2-day! Thats pretty cool. I emailed them a few times and they kept pushing back the delivery date( due to an out of stock item). I was getting a little frustrated with them. This is my second order. But the bump in shipping puts them back on the good list Its supposed to arrice on saturday.

Also I ordered the PSU molex remover kit. Crazypc.com had the best price. about half of what others are selling it for.

Still now word from the PSOne guy. giving him till monday to respond, then reporting him to ebay and negative feedback.


So I was looking at the swiftech pump I got online and saw this little gadget.
Swiftech pump relay switch. I am a little confused. WOuldnt the pump turn off when you power down anyway? So what do you need this for? Is this something that would be beneficial?

With all the lighting stuff (CCFL, LEDs). How and where do you guys hide those little electrial boxes attached to them? If you have 3-4 lights or more, then those boxes are going to be hard to find places to cram them.

Also what a good light controller so I can turn the lights off if I dont want them on?

My next task is to mod in the PSU. I have to re-drill mounting holes, because I am not going to mount it in the stock position. The wait for the frozen stuff So I can put together my water cooler and test it........more pics tonight!

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ae804

The reason people get that switch is because their pump runs off 110VAC. So, they plug another 110 plug into the back of their comp (1 more than what goes to the PSU) and when the computer turns on, there's a 12VDC signal that goes to the Relay Switch telling it that the computer is on and that the pump should be on also. I guess the question is: Is your pump running off 110VAC or 12VDC?

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gobygoby

ok gotcha , Here is the swiftech pump I got. Looks like its 12VDC.

Thanks for the clarification. rep+ for U

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phatcars89

this looks amazing. lookin forward to the lcd mod.

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swayne

wow this looks relay nice

blade_3k

cant wait to c that LCD mod man. Keep it up! and man i wish i had a frys here. best retailer here are private computer stores and maby like canadacomputers or fanspc or somthing.

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