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iandroo888 · 05-06-08

@ gonetomorrow -

hehehe bood boy *pats his head* hahaha

GoneTomorrow · 05-06-08

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Originally Posted by AMD+nVidia

Shouldn't be too long now guys! I'm getting a V6 Stinger from frstfreddy, and a MCW30 for my chipset. I hope to take my Q6600 up to 4.0GHz on this board, and then I'll prove it to you guys !

AMD, I would be amazed to see you do that, because I couldn't really get any OC to be stable on that board with my Q6700. But some other poster did though, as he had the validation. But validations are meaningless without an Orthos screenie running for at least an hour! I could probably get my Q6700 to boot to Windows at over 4 GHz just long enough to do a CPU validation.

xguntherc · 05-06-08

So how did you guys paint your Cases.. I'm going to paint my case tonight and tomorro.. Thats the plan at least.. got all the paint i THINK i need.. and I'm going to start painting here shortly.. Whats the best way to get the black paint to stick to the Case.. I kno it's hard to get paint to stick to any metals.. I got a really good For metal Surfaces Primer.. so hopefully that will work.. I prime it maybe 2 coats.. then do a good 2 or 3 coats with the color tomorro.. Right.

edit* I'm painting the INSIDE of the case, then doing some Fan Mods.. I'll post pictures also so I can maybe join the Modded list...

Has anyone did the inside painting, Did you have any problems you could save me from making??

Please let me kno, also is it easy to take the tooless design clips off like where the optical drives go??

iandroo888 · 05-07-08

the stuff i got was rust-o-leum professional spray paint from home depot.. they have a primer and color enamel. worked pretty well for me.. 2 coats of primer. 3-4 coats of color (depends how thin u do each layer) and clear coat on top.. a layer or two.

id suggest letting it sit between each coat for at least a day or two to fully "cure".

the optical drive tool-less things u can easily pop off with a small flat head screwdriver. slowly put it between and pop one side out... then the other side will come out .. the ones by the cards are held by a pin that u should be able to see that goes thru all of them.

post here or pm me if u need any more questions

Triplesec · 05-07-08

I did pretty much the same as ian( Sorry had to do it!...LOL!) both times I painted mine. Just please for the sake of my OCD take the extra screws out of the sides, I flip out every time I see one of these cases painted and the screws are painted also. Take your time and do it right and you will have a killer paint job I'm sure!

iandroo888 · 05-07-08

lol its ok.. i dont mind someone copying me.. just means i did a good job for someone to follow

as triplesec said.. take the time.. do it right

Microsis · 05-07-08

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Originally Posted by NickN

Alright, well, I don't know much or anything, about washers, I think the cardboard circles, yeah, lol, anyways, used some from old mobo, which fit, anyone have any ideas on tidying up cabling? + Would having an exhaust over the CPU, top, and a intake next to it?

Or the other way round?

i thought both should be exhaust? (hot air rises)

no?

chris_robb · 05-07-08

Hi,
I just used a normal metal primer. I did 3-4 (thin) coats of this, then waited a day, then did 4-5 (thin) coats of satin black. I then waited another 24 hours and did about 3 coats of laquer on top. I was very impressed with the result initially, however I have started to get scratches in the paint where the doors clip in, obviously form it chipping off when the hooks touch.

But then with the amount of times they do come off I suppose that's to be expected a bit. Looks gorgeous though.
Like Iandroo says, the CD/DVD pins come off easily (squeeze the backs in using your fingers), and the PCI clips are held in with a pin that once rotated, slides out. The rest that's attached is just screws of various sizes.

Microsis: I'm sure I commented on that post with the pic before in more depth, but I have both the top fan's exhausting along with the back also. The front and bottom are intakes for me. I was going by the logic of in at the bottom & front, out at the top & back. Seems to be working for me, but It's just really a case of experimenting.

Chris.