Sunday, March 6, 2011

Update: side panel progress

Hey everyone, I hope your enjoying my blog and checking on my second one as well due to the activity going on in my second blog. I got a lot done today so you should check out customp190.blogspot.com where you can find tons of pics and explanations of my current project on that specific case.

Anyways, here's a little sneak peek of what's going on in my other blog!

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Day 1 of my re-paint!

So finally I have decided to go ahead and start the repaint on my side panel. It has been a lot harder than I thought. Here are a few pics...

The fan dismounted and the dust filter unscrewed.

The fan and filter removed.

The Plexiglass FINALLY removed after about an hours worth of carefully removing the silicon with a razor.

The Plexiglass alone and removed. Still needs to be cleaned and some stubborn silicon removed.

Don't forget to leave comments and tell me what you think. Constructive criticism is always good!
Stay tuned for more posts and don't forget about my other blog just about my modifications to my P190, www.customp190.blogspot.com

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

From first build to Current- What I did plus pics.

After the original build I decided the side case was boring and went ahead and customized it a bit:)

I custom cut the panel into a flame design and put red plexiglass behind it along with some silicone to seal it.


The silicone can be seen better with this close up. Went with silicone for an almost invisible airtight seal.

Later on, there was a sale on this water cooling unit at my local Microcenter so I decided it was worth the $120 upgrade.

One thing I LOVE about this case is the pre-drilled holes :)

Another shot of the unit, also added a second 9800 GTX in SLI!

Close-up on the heatsink



Picked up some LED's to add to the intensity of the side panel.


Threw in two extra 120mm red LED fans.

As you can see, both fans are on opposite sides of this removable HDD unit.

Got a HDD cooler for my raptor, it gets hot! Plus I recently added a 60gb SSD to run my OS and games.

Present day shot of the side

Current pic with the lights off and the LED's on