I modded my RaidMax Scorpio (including Plasti-Dip)

Before I get flamed on "what a cheap case" I got: I'm proud of the 'Z' on the front of it, so until a better quality case with one comes out, this one is staying with me for very long time.

As the title states I plasti-dipped it. "It's a bit noisy", the wife says (I'm a bit hearing impaired). The case is made of aluminum... everything. As most modders knows, aluminum picks up every little vibration. As my sig says, I'm a computer bum, so I don't have a whole lot of money to buy kits at FrozenCPU.com. But then I came across Grunion's thread about plasti-dipping, and I thought now there's an idea! Bought a can of it for around $6 at my local Home Depot and got to work. Also did a bit of cable management in the process. Enjoy!

Before (what a mess of cables):

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Cut out fan grills, you can see that it's not providing alot of air flow:

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A good outside "before" picture with the can of Plasti-Dip. Covered the top of case because it was riveted on:

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The finished result without guts:

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With the guts (ah, cables better):

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The rig is quieter even to me, however, when I put the side case fan on, the fan itself is loud. Looks like I will have to shell some money for a new fan after all.

By the way, during the first coat, I thought no way is this going to make a difference but at least it will look better. But when it dried, I really could tell that it will eliminate the vibrations.

BTW#2: It only took maybe an hour to 1 1/2 hours for each coat to dry. Just go slower than you would a regular paint can for even distribution, and light coating each time.

Let me know how I did.





Edited by Krusher33 - 5/12/09 at 6:26am

Just for the heck of it, I'm posting some pics of two of the four case fans. Worked on cleaning these while waiting on paint to dry.

Before:

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After:

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80's. Wish I could do a 120mm, but as you can see here, it would ruin the entire side look to compensate a bigger fan.

Yes, I wished I had shown a picture of the grills cause they were even worst. It's a wonder how any air went through the case.

Ha. And thanks for the suggestion. Thinking of picking up white led's ones. Heard they look good. And it would eliminate my need to have my desk lamp on.

Dudes, you won't be disappointed. One can was just enough, though it looked like it could have used another coat if I wanted to. One thing I will point out, go slower than you would with a regular paint can, and I mean much slower.

Hehe, can't remember what it was about, but it was my first sig, and I loved the comment because it reminded me of my Diablo II days when I hardly left my dorm room and it was so bright outside whenever I left.