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Blu - My first mod ever.

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Hello everyone!
Here are some pictures of my first ever computer mod and the first PC I ever built from the ground up for myself (had done it before for friends). I don't have pictures of when I was doing the work, I only took some when I had finished everything. I'd like to get some feedback and opinions on it so I can learn what to improve on my next one at some point in the future. tongue.gif Also if you have any questions, whether it's about the parts or the modding, I'll gladly answer them the best I can! If you want pictures of other stuff in the tower or the peripherals, just ask and I'll see what I can do! smile.gif Thanks a lot for the feedback and have a friggin' awesome day! biggrin.gif

Specs:
-Tower-
Cosmos II
Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H
i7 3770K (not overclocked yet)
8GB of Corsair Platinum 2133MHz (CMD8GX3M2A2133C9)
Corsair H100
EVGA GTX 680 Superclocked+
ASUS Xonar Xense
Two Crucial M4 256GB in RAID 0
Vertex 2 60GB
WD Caviar Black 1TB FAEX (WD1002FAEX)
Seasonic Platinum 860W
Two Cougar Vortex 120mm PWM (to replace the stock fans with the H100)
Two Cooler Master R4 120mm with blue LEDs
Two AKASA 1.5m EL wire
Two XSPC Blue LCD Temp displays
Two blue military switches
NZXT 2m White LED cable
NZXT 2m Blue LED cable
ASUS DRW-24B1ST DVD burner

-Accessories/Peripherals-
Sennheiser PC350 Xense Edition headset
Corsair SP2500 Speakers
DELL U2412M IPS monitor
Cyborg R.A.T. 7 mouse
Alienware TactX keyboard (French Canadian layout)

-Others-
A f*** ton of paracord
Blue metal flake paint
Clear Coat
Hexis 3D Carbon fiber film
Bitfénix Alchemy Sleeved ATX Power, USB, Audio & SATA extensions
NZXT Sleeved Molex extensions
Black heatshrink






















post #2 of 31
Wow, that turned out great. Very good job! thumb.gif
 
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post #3 of 31
Amazing paint job. thumb.gif
post #4 of 31
When corsair makes blue leds for the dominator platinum you definitely need to get it. And maybe some blue led strips, cant really tell if you have those, or blue led fans. Other than that, great work thumb.gif
 
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post #5 of 31
LOL just noticed we all used thumbs up thumb.gif
 
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post #6 of 31
Now THAT is what I am talking about, that looks great.

OCN needs more people like this joining. thumb.gif
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post #7 of 31
Looks too good. Are you sure this was your first mod? LOL
post #8 of 31
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by HPE1000 View Post

When corsair makes blue leds for the dominator platinum you definitely need to get it. And maybe some blue led strips, cant really tell if you have those, or blue led fans. Other than that, great work thumb.gif
Well I have a ridiculous amount of LEDs in there it's just that it's so friggin' hard to take a good picture of blue LEDs when they,re on so I hadn't included them but here are two pictures showing the interior fully lit and the exterior bottom glow (achieved with the AKASA EL wire)
Sorry for the poor quality of these photos, it's really hard to photograph blue light properly :/



And thanks a lot for all the feedback so far, guys (and girls, if that's the case), it's really truly appreciated!
post #9 of 31
Wow! drool.gif
post #10 of 31
Looks great, would love to see more pics! thumbsupsmiley.png
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