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Devolve · 3rd Nov 2009, 05:06

Awesome PSU mod, loving the mdpc braid. Planning on doing this myself on a corsair psu (HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH MDPC GRAND BLEU!), but was wondering how much braid you needed in total?

Also, subscribed, love the necron colour scheme.

[ZiiP] NaloaC · 3rd Nov 2009, 20:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by Devolve

Awesome PSU mod, loving the mdpc braid. Planning on doing this myself on a corsair psu (HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH MDPC GRAND BLEU!), but was wondering how much braid you needed in total?

Also, subscribed, love the necron colour scheme.

Cheers!

I've ordered 3 sets of Small green sleeving thus far and 2 sets of SATA sleeving. I still have the majority of the 2nd SATA reel left and about half of the Small sleeve.

Doing all the ATX cables ate through what I got, but I much prefer the look this way. The Grand Bleu is a stunning colour and I look forward to seeing it implemented in some mods.

Thanks Jester for the support fella, always good to know ZiiP is behind me.

Well, I got the Blu-Ray Drive the other day, stripped it, removed all annoying stickers, and painted it.

Now, sadly, the spray I had was not exactly perfect, but it had a matte finish, which is what I wanted. Simple thing really.

Assembled.

Again, a simple mod, but it fits into the theme now.

I'll be working on the stealthing over the next few days, but my PhD has me running around like a madman at the moment.

I am also trying to figure out how best to do the SATA power cable and the Molex power cable. I only need 1 of each, but wondering if I should do each cable or just try to just the SATA sleeving to get it done.

The Front IO cables are making a huge dent in my SATA sleeving, so I might not have much of a choice and will have to do the power cables individually.

Also, I need to source black Molex connectors. These white ones look terrible.

More soon.

Devolve · 3rd Nov 2009, 21:10

http://www.kustompcs.co.uk/acatalog/..._Molex_66.html

found these guys useful for things, good for individual molex connectors, although black ones are out of stock quick. Maybe green ones? just a wee bit pricey to have one or 2 of these shipped :/ maybe a trip to the sugarcopter?

[ZiiP] NaloaC · 3rd Nov 2009, 21:29

Well, I need 4 female and 6 male connectors. I can salvage one male connector from the PSU cables (floppy power cable), but I will have to ask around as I am not paying €15 shipping for parts with less than a fiver

themcman1 · 3rd Nov 2009, 21:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by [ZiiP] NaloaC

Doing all the ATX cables ate through what I got, but I much prefer the look this way. The Grand Bleu is a stunning colour and I look forward to seeing it implemented in some mods.

I am also trying to figure out how best to do the SATA power cable and the Molex power cable. I only need 1 of each, but wondering if I should do each cable or just try to just the SATA sleeving to get it done.

Did someone say Grand Bleu?

Have you seen the sleeving subset did in PURE? His molex power cables are the best I've seen to date in my opinion.

Also (in reply to above) I have some uneeded black molex connectors, I think there's 10 male iirc.

[ZiiP] NaloaC · 3rd Nov 2009, 22:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by themcman1

Did someone say Grand Bleu?

Have you seen the sleeving subset did in PURE? His molex power cables are the best I've seen to date in my opinion.

Also (in reply to above) I have some uneeded black molex connectors, I think there's 10 male iirc.

I am pencilling notes right now

+1 for you good sir!

I am actually going to spray the connectors. No, they will not look as pristine as shiny new plastic ones. They don't have to. This is modding, I am improvising. I'll pick up some plastic primer tomorrow and get them done tomorrow evening hopefully after my labwork.

Mod on Bit-Tech, mod on

themcman1 · 3rd Nov 2009, 22:46

Well if you wanted the male ones you could have the six.

[ZiiP] NaloaC · 3rd Nov 2009, 22:58

PM me fella, I may well take you up on that

[ZiiP] NaloaC · 4th Nov 2009, 19:28

Well, got some double-sided tape for the drive to stealth it.

Will be contacting the plastics manufacturers tomorrow to see if they can do the side panel for me.

[ZiiP] NaloaC · 5th Nov 2009, 16:50

Just sprayed a bunch of Mole connectors with Primer, so I'll coat them with black tomorrow. Hopefully they look the part. I got proper matte black spray, rather than GW Chaos Black.

Busy with a report today, but tomorrow I should get started on cutting the optical bay cover to size to fit the Blu-Ray drive and will test to see if I get the panel to stay on successfully. If the double-sided tape doesn't hold well, I might just superglue the damn thing. Just need to rug up the eject button.

I am also trying to whittle down the last components lists now.

The next batch of items will be the CPU, RAM, HDD's and SSD. The graphics will come in December as I am waiting to see some release about Fermi. I am holding my breath a little and hoping they have something to blow ATI out of the water again, but this time around, they will be hard-pressed to do so. I am slightly gutted about the 930 coming out Q1 2010 as I reckon it would be the same price as the 920...

Here stands the remaining components list:
Intel i7 920

Corsair Dominator DDR3 1600

Samsung F3 1TB (x3)

Corsair Extreme X64 SSD

With regards the Monitor, keyboard and mouse, I am looking towards the Dell U2410, Roccat Kone and Valo. I have contacted Roccat, but it remains to be seen if they will get back to me.

[ZiiP] NaloaC · 8th Nov 2009, 20:54

Been a distinct lack of progress with this. Just trying to figure out the last few details of the sleeving. Kudos to SubSet7 for his input on the temperature monitor sleeving.

However, I did manage to get the Blu-Ray drive stealthed today. I'll through up a video tomorrow.

Attached a bit of the shaft of an Orks choppa from my old bits box onto the eject button ...

Industrial double-sided tape cut to size and attached to the tray...

Attach the optical bay cut-down cover...

Bingo, wouldn't know the difference.

Happy with it. Sadly, I won't have a chance to work on anything more until the end of the coming w

disturbed13 · 8th Nov 2009, 21:32

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i HATE work pcs!!!!!
i cant see the pics

ill have to wait till i get home

M7ck · 8th Nov 2009, 21:50

Well done on the stealthed drive, perfect!!!!

Kudos to you and some more rep.

disturbed13 · 9th Nov 2009, 02:49

Very nice btw

3rd Nov 2009, 05:06	#21
Devolve Deadbeat Join Date: May 2009 Location: Lancaster Posts: 35	Awesome PSU mod, loving the mdpc braid. Planning on doing this myself on a corsair psu (HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH MDPC GRAND BLEU!), but was wondering how much braid you needed in total? Also, subscribed, love the necron colour scheme. __________________ PRAESIS UT PROSIS Evolution is the myth. Look around you the world isn't evolving...it's DEvolving.

3rd Nov 2009, 21:10	#23
Devolve Deadbeat Join Date: May 2009 Location: Lancaster Posts: 35	http://www.kustompcs.co.uk/acatalog/..._Molex_66.html found these guys useful for things, good for individual molex connectors, although black ones are out of stock quick. Maybe green ones? just a wee bit pricey to have one or 2 of these shipped :/ maybe a trip to the sugarcopter? __________________ PRAESIS UT PROSIS Evolution is the myth. Look around you the world isn't evolving...it's DEvolving.

3rd Nov 2009, 21:29	#24
[ZiiP] NaloaC Supermodder Join Date: May 2008 Location: Ireland Posts: 269	Well, I need 4 female and 6 male connectors. I can salvage one male connector from the PSU cables (floppy power cable), but I will have to ask around as I am not paying €15 shipping for parts with less than a fiver __________________ [ZiiP] Gaming Community - IW BlackMailers and loonies abound!

3rd Nov 2009, 22:58	#28
[ZiiP] NaloaC Supermodder Join Date: May 2008 Location: Ireland Posts: 269	PM me fella, I may well take you up on that __________________ [ZiiP] Gaming Community - IW BlackMailers and loonies abound!

4th Nov 2009, 19:28	#29
[ZiiP] NaloaC Supermodder Join Date: May 2008 Location: Ireland Posts: 269	Well, got some double-sided tape for the drive to stealth it. Will be contacting the plastics manufacturers tomorrow to see if they can do the side panel for me. __________________ [ZiiP] Gaming Community - IW BlackMailers and loonies abound!

3rd Nov 2009, 22:46	#27
themcman1 fail :( Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: ::1 Posts: 1,110	Well if you wanted the male ones you could have the six.

5th Nov 2009, 16:50	#30
[ZiiP] NaloaC Supermodder Join Date: May 2008 Location: Ireland Posts: 269	Just sprayed a bunch of Mole connectors with Primer, so I'll coat them with black tomorrow. Hopefully they look the part. I got proper matte black spray, rather than GW Chaos Black. Busy with a report today, but tomorrow I should get started on cutting the optical bay cover to size to fit the Blu-Ray drive and will test to see if I get the panel to stay on successfully. If the double-sided tape doesn't hold well, I might just superglue the damn thing. Just need to rug up the eject button. I am also trying to whittle down the last components lists now. The next batch of items will be the CPU, RAM, HDD's and SSD. The graphics will come in December as I am waiting to see some release about Fermi. I am holding my breath a little and hoping they have something to blow ATI out of the water again, but this time around, they will be hard-pressed to do so. I am slightly gutted about the 930 coming out Q1 2010 as I reckon it would be the same price as the 920... Here stands the remaining components list: Intel i7 920 Corsair Dominator DDR3 1600 Samsung F3 1TB (x3) Corsair Extreme X64 SSD With regards the Monitor, keyboard and mouse, I am looking towards the Dell U2410, Roccat Kone and Valo. I have contacted Roccat, but it remains to be seen if they will get back to me. __________________ [ZiiP] Gaming Community - IW BlackMailers and loonies abound!

8th Nov 2009, 20:54	#31
[ZiiP] NaloaC Supermodder Join Date: May 2008 Location: Ireland Posts: 269	Been a distinct lack of progress with this. Just trying to figure out the last few details of the sleeving. Kudos to SubSet7 for his input on the temperature monitor sleeving. However, I did manage to get the Blu-Ray drive stealthed today. I'll through up a video tomorrow. Attached a bit of the shaft of an Orks choppa from my old bits box onto the eject button ... Industrial double-sided tape cut to size and attached to the tray... Attach the optical bay cut-down cover... Bingo, wouldn't know the difference. Happy with it. Sadly, I won't have a chance to work on anything more until the end of the coming w __________________ [ZiiP] Gaming Community - IW BlackMailers and loonies abound!

8th Nov 2009, 21:50	#33
M7ck Hypermodder Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: East End of Glasgow Spam Count: 99.7% Posts: 621	Well done on the stealthed drive, perfect!!!! Kudos to you and some more rep.

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