Hi guys, Couldn't think of a better name so i named it Plexeon, for apparent reasons! System specs: Mobo: Gigabyte SINXP CPU: P4@2.66Ghz VGA: Radeon 9700 non-PRO Memory: OCZ Dual Channel PC3500 HDD: 2x160GB Samsung's striped Started with a stock Beantech Acrylic case that needed some lightning scheme. Cuz i wanted something original i opted for....Luxeons. first hacked up my Antec TruBlue PSU, swapped the 92mm fan for a Noiseblocker model, cut up, shortened and resleeved ALL powercables, painted it blue, put on a plex-cap. Now looks like this. Luxeon time! Royal Blue, green, red-orange Lambertian models mounted behind the system fans, each thermal epoxied on an internal LianLi fangrill, that should keep the beast properly cooled!
Amber, royal blue and green side emitters also thermal epoxied to some left-over heatsinks: Now for controlling these wicked leds: enter Q-Prox designed a transistor relay driver to go with the default Q-prox scheme and built these: So i hear you, how do you turn dem leds on? Well, the sensor has been connected to the metal of the outer fangrill, so a mere touch from the outside will turn it on. The side emitters have their sensors in a 'backplate' The 'PCI' card on which i built three Q-prox sensors also houses a serial IR circuit, it's a plexi case after all, so should be no prob to use it.
Note on the Q-prox: default state is 'high' so made it a PNP transistor circuit. All those luxeons popping up when turning on the PC is quite a shock My MO LCD also Q-prox'ed because being powered by the internal USB header meant it was always on End result pix: more colour schemes and other pix can be found in my gallery; http://www.xs4all.nl/~rccheng/ bwah fixed my pix, enjoy and comments welcome!
that looks extremely nice!!! good job.... can you post a pic of it finished in the light??? itll give us a better chance to see your wiring....
I'm fed up of seeing bad ClearPCs, bad wiring, bad colour schemes, bad position of lighing. This however looks fantastic. Spot on! Exaclty what the ClearPC was made for IMO. ...
thx for the positive reactions, here's two daylight pix of the innerworks, to be honest, i'm not completely satisfied with the wiring. That rounded ATA cable is a major pain in the *ss, should go SATA in the near future. I'm looking for a plug solution for the fan/luxeon combo, kind of mini-DIN/XLR style plugs but very low profile. Very hard to find
it sure is... btw...is the case slightly bent in the middle of the bottom plate? that s how it looks like in the last pic
Re: Re: Named it Plexeon ah! major correction time it is! obviously that should be 'apparent' , thx for spotting.
Excellent I modded my PSU and changed the switch and also I painted it flat black i will post pics of mine after i am finish! But anyway great job!!!!!
Man, clear acrylic cases become more alluring eveyday. Love the clean execution shown by you and G-gnome
thx, i believe that to make any clear acrylic PC, whether pre-mod or custom build, look good one has to dig very deep and sometimes go to extremes (Gnome's amazing ORAC), there's simply no place to hide. mnpctech, the things you do to PC's are also nothing short of spectaculair!
thats one of the best clear pc cases I have ever seen, Well Orac but then again g-nome has done some insane stuff to that beast! One of these days maybe I will try the clear case thing.
i love the lighting scheme that you have come up with.. looks very nice.. one of the few cases that are this style that I actually like...
thx m8 There seems to be a 'natural' aversion against these plexi cases. Making it look good is quite a task. Note: i omitted the optical drive, it will be 'externalized' together with a VFD and a BIG harddisk. I had prepared this slimline DVD-combo for the case, but decided against it. Now where shall i put this thing to good use, my ol' trusty Dell notebook me thinks.
