Runt

Wow. Thats all I can say.

gobygoby

Thanks, as soon as I put the primer on, it started looking MUCH better! I finally got a good pic of the color. I had to take it outside into natural sunlight, but not into direct light for best picture....

Thanks!

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ok update with pics from yesterday and today!

I started the clear coat process as I mentioned before. the first two pieces I did I thought I ruined. I wasnt ready for the differences in thickness from the very thin paint to the medium thickness clear coat. I guess I sprayed my first two pieces a little too thick and it started to turn white!!!!!! I was like ***! so I went a little faster and thinner coat on everything else, I figured I could always repaint those two pieces if need be. I let the first coat dry over night and to see what happens.

on a side note: this paint is the hardest thing I have ever tried to get a good picture of. none of the pictures so far are even close to how dark it is. its like a black metallic car type paint ....if you know what I am talking about.















The next few pics show what I am talking about the clear coat turning white. Oh ya, also after every coat (paint and clear) it basically makes every layer wet, therefore if you accidentally bump it, it takes all the paint off right down to the steel....i learned that the hard way







I wanted to show you guys that the fumes and paint spray can be really bad for you. I wore a mask and had a fan blowing and the garage door open...
Here you can see the paint trying to get through the front of the mask...


And here is the inside, its totally white....guess the $ .99 mask did its job, it saved my life! Whhhooooooo Hoooooo!


Action Photo!


Lets play a game: Guess whats in the box?








OH YA BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gigabyte GA-G1975X


Man I couldnt wait to rip the box open and check out all the goodies! closely checking everything over and was wowed......until.....disaster struck

I was looking at the socket, and noticed that the protective cover wasnt there, I thought "thats weird, would have figured they would ship it with a protective cover"...

......So I looked around in the box and I found the cover. It must have popped off during shipping. someday delivery people wont play football with our packages.

So anyway, at closer inspection I noticed two of the pins in the socket were bent....I just about pooped my pants!~ so I got a magnifying glass, a light and a knife and started the operation. I ever so slighty bent the two pins back to alignment. That was scary. but I get them back in there positions. if the board crashes when I start here up I am going to be SO PO'd!

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gobygoby

So then today, I got the rest of the clear coat done. I wont bore you with very many pictures of watching paint dry, you all have been so patient so far waiting for the good stuff!

Since it was nice outside today I took the pieces out of the garage for the final coats. Finally could I see the true color, in the garage I had halogen and flourescent lights, that really made it look gray. Here are a few pics under the natural light.





The next two pics are exactly the color. Its very black with metallic speckels. It looks really cool. and with the claer coat its nice and SHINY. I was ablt to get 2 coats on today for a total of 3. I think I might get one final coat #4, just to top it off. We'll see how much time I have. I am going out of town so it will be a good 2 day dry time. even thought the instructions say its totally hardened in 24 hours.







All that I have left to get is a bunch of water cooling stuff from FrozenCPU and then I can start putting this thing together.!!!!!!

Have a great weekend everybody!
Kyle

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born2killU

wow nice work


rep + for being creative and stuff

Renegade5399

Subscribed. OMG nice work man. My Armor just came in yesterday!

zerohour

Nice work. The bent pins shouldn't affect anything as long as they are straight now, I've bent many and put them back in place.

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aajvs99

looking good! got any pc's to test that mobo on?

gobygoby

Thanks. and stuff

I bet you cant wait to put that rig together! Armor's are sweet case. and good for modding!

Thanks, the pins are straight, and I am confident it will work, but i am still cautious. I just hated to see that when I opened the box though. wish me luck!

Thanks, unfortunatly I dont have a test rig. It would be nice, but I dont mess with computers that much to need one....for now. We'll see how this build goes before I see how far I get into the hobby.


Nothing new as of now. When I get home tonight I am going to peel the tape of the case and see what she looks like. maybe do one more coat of clear and some touch up.
Still waiting on frozen order and still havent heard from the ebay guy about the psone lcd. making me mad.

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aajvs99

yah i have one pc just sittin on a shelf not in a case that i use for testing new parts and software

lightsource

Great so far!!

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