Just Finished My Paint Job

[saltynay]

So finished off my paintjob and nearly ready to complete my HTPC (home theatre pc build) just need to choose some decent acrylic rout it and bung it in also thinking of getting some new fans but that is going to be a latter thought.

ooo shiny stuff

still needs polishing

Top/side panel with fan holes and window hole

How it use to look (yes I did use paper to create a panel as I was cutting the above when this pic was taken)

 

[Darkstar]

What's the case...Silverstone?

 

[saltynay]

I would never mod a Silverstone that much way too nice as stock, pricey and this one is quite poorly designed as you can tell by the final piccy wires everywhere! This is a thermalrock (subsidiary of thermaltake) mystic, I bought it as my first ever computer build for £70s, now its worth around £15 at best so ripe for a good modding.

 

[helterskelter]

I got the same Zelman CPU heat sink, must be at least 6 years old!!!!

Good job BTW i stopped modding around the same time and still got the same PC running!!!

 

[saltynay]

Yeah the Zalman 9500 and 9700 were both designed for pentium 4's and modified to fit on a LGA775 plate to be compatible with C2D and quads they are still ok coolers I chose it more because of height restraints. I have a thermalright ultra-120 extreme (arguably the best air cooled heatsink with the right thermal paste) in my desktop and for this project I am thinking of using the Thermalright AXP-140 as it allows for a 140mm fan but that will be a later upgrade. Could always go with this zalman and not put the window in .

 

[saltynay]

All built now, just have to complete the wire management through some silver sleeving and polish up the top panel. Sorry for the blurriness the reflective surfaces are making my camera very difficult to focus.

All built now, just have to complete the wire management through some silver sleeving and polish up the top panel. Sorry for the blurriness the reflective surfaces are making my camera very difficult to focus.