Posts by mandrix

Quote:Originally Posted by cpachris The one's I show above are similar, and are also made by Hitlights....but they are for the high density strips. The ones you are showing are for the normal density...

Ah....looking at that last pic you posted, that's definitely not a fan pin. It is a female pin, but for what I don't know unless it's a minifit jr.

Really hard to tell from those pics but both look like female fan pins. They are the only pins I know of that have the "spring" style tip. There are at least two types that I know of: one type, the better ones, are joined at the bottom...

Got my piece of mirror acrylic in. The LED strip is strung out on top of the mirror acrylic and a piece of the prismatic diffuser panel laying on top. The protective cover is still on the mirror acrylic so there's not much...

Ordered all white connectors for the SeaSonic psu from Newark........and some more minifit jr pins just in case. I've wanted the white connectors for a while now....don't like the black ones or the natural ones much. I used the parts...

Tath you don't have access to a table saw do you? I cut my acrylic with either my table saw or a jigsaw. But for the table saw you need blades with little/no kerf so it cuts smoothly. I found a couple of reasonably priced blades at a...

Well the output of the Aquaero's pwm headers is listed as 1A. I am considering using both headers on one of my AQ5's to run some 3528 LED strip. I'm thinking if I split the light box into two strips I can stay below the 1A limit. Not...

Quote:Originally Posted by seross69 Getting everything ready I see... I think itis more fun to make orders than to finish anything It's always fun to order new parts, but I enjoy the build process more I guess. Just a tinkerer by...

In anticipation of the Z87 boards rolling out I ordered some supplies from Nils. 10m Shade 19 10m White 10m Vanilla Sands #17 10m Yellow MK II 10m Titanium Grey MK II 1m White shrink Not sure what combo I'll actually use, probably...

Quote:Originally Posted by socketus New pix of the Gigabyte z87 boards out today posted here today. Well, actually, all of the new 87 boards from GA. SOURCE Quote:Originally Posted by seross69 still thinking of trying to get...