Project: Enter the Blue Dragon (STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN)

Pretty much anywhere but I bought mine here:

http://www.svc.com/rc18hd1-uvs.html
http://www.svc.com/rc18hd2-uvs.html

 

30dba, quiet? Not in my books!!

 

For a 120mm fan pushing 80cfm, sure it is.

EDIT: I found a better one for even cheaper! And its made by ThermalTake! 78cfm @ only 21dba!

http://www.xoxide.com/thunderblade4.html

Max. Air Flow 78 CFM Max. Air Pressure 2.97MM-H2O
Fan Dimension 120x120x25 mm Noise 21dBA
Rated Voltage 12V Bearing Type Sleeve
Started Voltage 6V Life Expectation 30,000 Hours
Rated Current 0.38A Connector 4 Pin
Power Input 4.56W Wire Length 770mm
FAN Speed 2000 ±10% RPM Weight 140g

 

UPDATE

More goodies came today.

The second ccfl kit:

Messy:



Clean:



Then I had to make and opening for the ccfl kit wires to connect to the rocker switches. Dremel to the rescue!



Next was the wiring up of the top ccfl kit. Zip ties sure do come in handy. Nice and clean eh?







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Since the case is black, I didnt want a mismatched floppy drive. It had some pretty bad orange-peel beige paint on there. Let the sanding begin!





While sanding the the floppy drive I noticed that the PSU had some nasty gunky adhesive crap on one of its sides. This was because of the voltage sticker that they placed OEM which I got rid of the first day. There were about 5 or 6 other stickers that had to be removed from the PSU so I went ahead and sanded the top cover down.

Followed by some primer:



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Thats it for now .

 

Small Update

Had to make sure the panel went on fine. Lovely eh guvna?



I didnt get a chance to etch the side panel yet but here is the design taped on and ready for some etching action. Do I really have to go to work? Oh well, Ill start the etching when I get home later.

 

BIG UPDATE!

Side panel etching has begun! Since none of my shipment came in today and Im still waiting for the first coat of black to dry on the PSU, I grabbed the dremel and starting etching.



I used two different bits. The first one has a bigger head than the other. The reason for using a smaller head bit the second time around is to make the etch channells deeper without making them wider. This will let the uv pen sink in more and hopefully get a better glow.

The two bits. Clearly the bigger head is on the left.



And after two rounds with both bits she's done!!!



Some up close action!



More shots!







Next was the fun part, filling in the etching with the uv pen. Since Im left handed, I started with the right side and worked my way left so that I could avoid any smearing of ink. Its a gel pen so it stays wet for quite some time.





All colored up!





Here are some shots without the paper layout taped to the panel.





And with a blue ccfl light (not uv)







And here it is with uv



Aint she pretty??!!

Oh yeah, applied the first coat of black to the PSU cover and floppy bezel.



MORE UPDATES TOMORROW!!!

 

woah, thats some great etching.

 

damn ive been wanting to get some nice uv blue in my rig ( last thing before i apply carbon fiber to it)

ill let you do the research and take all the glory bwahhahaha

but seriously nice case

 

some of the best etching ive ever seen, keep up the good work

 

aww im so proud of you! all this work is a+ (no pun intended, refer to image of you putting on your window) the work is really nice, im impressed with the etching as well. congrats on some great work!

 

Thx for all the great replies everyone! What makes me happy the most is that the idea I started out with almost 6 months ago has actually come to life. It feels good to make something with your own hands. Wait till you see my next project, a custom lighted footstep mod.

 

UPDATE

Just some more cable tidying. I routed the rear exhaust fans cable underneath the mobo. The extension needed to be sleeved but it was no biggie. I couldnt get a detailed shot with one click so Im pointing out the cable in these two pics.

Cable starts here, goes under the mobo...



and ends up here.



Hiding the HSF cable.



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I went ahead and sleeved both IDE cables. I think they look much better in blue and they match all the other cables!!

Before



After



Some close-up action.



I cant decide how to setup the IDE cable for the harddrive. Here are my options. Tell me which you like best.

Setup 1



Setup 2



Setup 3



Setup 4



Setup 5 (two shots)





I think I like Setup 5 the best but I might have trouble with the molex and IDE conector touching the top intake fan. We will see.

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More updates later.

 

Nice work!

What happened to "Well, the sleeving is uv sensitive so I want it to show. Besides, it will be resting on the video card which doesnt look that bad at all."

As i said, it does look better underneath

 

i like setup 3.

this mod reminds of the 80's with all the blacklights.

good work

 

Yeah but I looked at it and I decided that hidden is better. Besides, I have these cool dragons for ppl to look at

 

Setup 3 methinks

 

the last set up is nicest because it gives me the impression of a even tidyer case, but it will probably be a problen with the length of the power cable...

 

holy ****! that looks nice! excellent job.

what case is that and where can i get it?

link pls

 

another vote for setup #3

 

This is the original case (click me)

You can buy it here (click me)