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Navig · 04-27-05, 10:50 PM

Finally got around to buttoning up the appearance of Mrs. Navig's machine:

Profile:

Luv to fold cables:

Up front:

Hard drive placard. Too bad I didn't have enough hands to hold up something to show, but that little area of the hard drive has been lapped up to 2000grit with a mirror finish:

Where I'm hiding the cables:

Aha, here's a pic of the hard drive:

For those of you interested in the components:

P4 2.4c, FSB somewhere around 290 right now
Asus P4C800e-d stock
Thermalright sp-94
Delta 3 blade low flow
Thermalright nb-1
g.skill LEs 2x512
Sapphire 9600 pro, core and memory voltmodded, vga silencer
WD 80gb hard drive
Lite-On CD/DVD drive
Iomega zip drive
Clearpc clear acrylic case, single 120mm exhaust, dual 80mm intakes, 1 inch standoffs
Antec True Blue 480W, custom covered

navig

[OC]Lucifer · 04-27-05, 11:00 PM

Let me be the first to say... Wow. Very well done. Everything looks awesome. Clear cases hide no sins, and it looks like you have none to hide now.

subtotal · 04-28-05, 01:01 AM

wow! you've taken hiding cable behind the mobo tray to a whole new level

d94 · 04-28-05, 01:21 AM

that looks sweeet

infinitevalence · 04-28-05, 01:24 AM

go really extreme trim your cables so you dont have the rats nest in back :P looks great from the front/side.

Albaholic · 04-28-05, 01:50 AM

looks pretty good

blt111 · 04-28-05, 03:16 PM

looking good. i like all the space. it makes a computer look so simple. ever think about installing a window in your side panel

..........ok ok i'll punish myself for that one later

Navig · 04-28-05, 05:22 PM

Thanks all!

I've had some fairly rotten luck with power supplies, but good support (Antec & OCZ), so I really didn't want to void my warranty--OTW I'd definitely desolder some of those leads.

There's supposed to be an auto rotating disco ball, but I've failed this mod after several attempts. Any suggestions?
I've got a disco ball, but I want it to turn when the pc is on.
I picked up an Ornamator, Christmas tree ornament spinner, but found that this thing rotates maybe 1 rpm, that is its barely discernible.
I tried a tape cassette motor, but didn't have the necessary gearing. I'm shooting for maybe 10 rpm.

navig

Electron Chaser · 04-28-05, 05:29 PM

Outstanding!!! That looks awesome. You want to come do my case? LOL

SolidxSnake · 04-28-05, 05:43 PM

man, thats nuts... The flash really shows the worst in the acrylic (I can see scratches and fingerprints)... get a couple of no-flash night pics, thats gonna look SWEET

im sure if I had 1" standoffs, I could do that [/jealousy]

that harddrive is probably flatter than my Zalman 7000Cu...

gotta make sure you get some tomato sauce for the motherboard's behind ^^

Sjaak · 04-28-05, 05:54 PM

That is one schweet case..except when you look from the wrong side, lol!

How did you paint the HDD? did you took off the hood?

Navig · 04-29-05, 06:39 PM

No, but I would recommend it.

Here's my thread about my hard drive painting experience.

navig

Navig · 04-29-05, 07:12 PM

Regarding the scratches--yeah the case is actually pretty old. I picked it up somewhere in 2001, as I recall.

Here's the latest offering from clearpc.ca:

Cerberus2k7 · 04-29-05, 07:29 PM

Very nice, very clean, very sick. Any plans on sleeving/trimming that bad boy?

SolidxSnake · 04-29-05, 10:58 PM

no trimming as he said first post, but sleeving might be a good idea if the Mrs. ever goes out for a few hours

kswaid · 04-29-05, 11:55 PM

That is a very nice setup. I have never seen a plexi computer that looked so clean and organized. Great job!

Navig · 04-30-05, 12:30 AM

Yup, I don't want to void my psu warranty, I just seem to go thru them too quick. I only have 2 cable sets exposed--the 12V cpu line and the 20 pin set. I'll get around to sleeving the 12V, for the 20pin, I may just hockey stick tape it and use split loom tubing, like the portion just as it exits the psu housing.

navig

JKrepps · 04-30-05, 01:03 AM

Very nice. Only personal pref would be to perhaps use some dark plexi or paint or something behind the mobo to "hide/cover" the wires there.

From the front/sides though, very clean. Nicely done.

gvblake22 · 05-31-06, 01:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Navig

No, but I would recommend it.

Here's my thread about my hard drive painting experience.

navig

Very nice, never thought about doing that before!

shellshock · 06-01-06, 11:45 PM

holy threadbump batman!

That case does look nice though. I remember seeing that loong ago and thinking it was amazing. Still is over a year later

gvblake22 · 06-02-06, 08:59 AM

HAHA, yeah, I guess I didn't realize how old this thread actually was!

Oh well, it's still worth a nother look. Navig linked to it in another thread somewhere, I can't remember how I god here. It's like Alice in Wonderland or something! LOL

masakabassist · 06-02-06, 10:17 AM

Awsome you cant hide anything in a clear case but you have done a darn good job of it. I envy you! Dam It!

Sleepy_Steve · 06-02-06, 07:00 PM

Yes, its some nice work there... always much harder for ppl who put a lot of stuff in the PC but still ood work all aound.

One more thing:

I expected tint.

Navig · 06-02-06, 08:32 PM

I've been running this case since something 2000 or 2001! It still looks pretty much like it does in these pics, but I added a 120mm side panel intake and an x800pro. And its quite a bit dustier.

One of these days I'll update it. It's my wife's system, tho, and she uses nearly constantly (she's a KOL freak). Planning on upgrading the heatsink (probably go with one of my ninjas), and upgrading the video card to an x850xt. I'll also add some limo tint to hide all that cabling.

navig

hitokiri_808 · 06-03-06, 07:47 AM

Very nice HD, and some nice wiring too.

04-27-05, 10:50 PM	#1
Navig Member Join Date: Dec 2003	Cleaned my cabling (pics inside!) Finally got around to buttoning up the appearance of Mrs. Navig's machine: Profile: Luv to fold cables: Up front: Hard drive placard. Too bad I didn't have enough hands to hold up something to show, but that little area of the hard drive has been lapped up to 2000grit with a mirror finish: Where I'm hiding the cables: Aha, here's a pic of the hard drive: For those of you interested in the components: P4 2.4c, FSB somewhere around 290 right now Asus P4C800e-d stock Thermalright sp-94 Delta 3 blade low flow Thermalright nb-1 g.skill LEs 2x512 Sapphire 9600 pro, core and memory voltmodded, vga silencer WD 80gb hard drive Lite-On CD/DVD drive Iomega zip drive Clearpc clear acrylic case, single 120mm exhaust, dual 80mm intakes, 1 inch standoffs Antec True Blue 480W, custom covered navig __________________ E8600 ~ Xeon 3110 ~ E6600 ~ Q6600 ~ E6300 ~ Abit IP35 Pro ~ Abit IN9 32x Max ~ Abit AW9D Max ~ Abit AN8 32x ~ Navig's list of mod links ~ Project R Unit ~ Very Low Cost Benching Station ~ The Exoframe Project ~ TR Ultra Copper vs. X review ~ Jewel Box Project ~ DIY Benching Station ~ Console Project ~ Project Dark Side ~ Tower PC ~ Dual Tower PC ~ Bench Rig ~ My only standard case ~ TR IFX-14 review ~ TR Ultra 120 X review Last edited by Navig; 04-27-05 at 11:09 PM.

04-27-05, 11:00 PM	#2
[OC]Lucifer Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Brainerd, Minnesota USA	Let me be the first to say... Wow. Very well done. Everything looks awesome. Clear cases hide no sins, and it looks like you have none to hide now. __________________ Phenom II x4 955 @ 3.7, 4gb OCZ ddr3 1333 @ 1600, Asus m4a785td-v evo, RaptorX 150gb 10k rpm, Antec Nine Hundred, Sony DVD-R, Corsair 750W

04-28-05, 01:21 AM	#4
d94 $30 a phone Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: 48302	that looks sweeet __________________ Antec 300 Intel Q6600 @ 3.7 - X48-DS4 - 4gb ddr2 - 500w Earthwatt's - 52" Sharp Aquos LC-52D64U 1x 640GB WD - 2x 1TB Greenpower - 2x 400GB Seagate - ATI 4830 512mb @ 680/975 3DMark Vanage 7402 3DMark05 20,447 3DMark06 13,693 Emachines amd x2 5000+ @ 2.9ghz w/foxconn bios - 2gb ddr2 stock POS 300w - 400gb Seagate - diNovo + VX Revolution MacBook Air - 1.6ghz c2d - 2gb ddr2 - 80gb heatware

04-28-05, 01:50 AM	#6
Albaholic Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Oahu, Hawaii	looks pretty good __________________ Heat

04-28-05, 03:16 PM	#7
blt111 Mastering in Physics Join Date: May 2004 Location: London	looking good. i like all the space. it makes a computer look so simple. ever think about installing a window in your side panel ..........ok ok i'll punish myself for that one later __________________ Irukandji (project)

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04-28-05, 01:01 AM	#3
subtotal Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Auckland, NZ	wow! you've taken hiding cable behind the mobo tray to a whole new level

04-28-05, 01:24 AM	#5
infinitevalence Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Nashville	go really extreme trim your cables so you dont have the rats nest in back :P looks great from the front/side.

04-28-05, 05:22 PM	#8
Navig Member Join Date: Dec 2003	Thanks all! I've had some fairly rotten luck with power supplies, but good support (Antec & OCZ), so I really didn't want to void my warranty--OTW I'd definitely desolder some of those leads. There's supposed to be an auto rotating disco ball, but I've failed this mod after several attempts. Any suggestions? I've got a disco ball, but I want it to turn when the pc is on. I picked up an Ornamator, Christmas tree ornament spinner, but found that this thing rotates maybe 1 rpm, that is its barely discernible. I tried a tape cassette motor, but didn't have the necessary gearing. I'm shooting for maybe 10 rpm. navig __________________ E8600 ~ Xeon 3110 ~ E6600 ~ Q6600 ~ E6300 ~ Abit IP35 Pro ~ Abit IN9 32x Max ~ Abit AW9D Max ~ Abit AN8 32x ~ Navig's list of mod links ~ Project R Unit ~ Very Low Cost Benching Station ~ The Exoframe Project ~ TR Ultra Copper vs. X review ~ Jewel Box Project ~ DIY Benching Station ~ Console Project ~ Project Dark Side ~ Tower PC ~ Dual Tower PC ~ Bench Rig ~ My only standard case ~ TR IFX-14 review ~ TR Ultra 120 X review

04-28-05, 05:29 PM	#9
Electron Chaser Senior Delta Fanatic Join Date: May 2004 Location: I live by a Delta	Outstanding!!! That looks awesome. You want to come do my case? LOL __________________ I am the Senior Omega of the Delta ... Fan Users :burn: Custom 48" X 24" X 12" Case- Abit IC7-MAX3 - Pentium 4 3.4 EE @ 4.2 \|Mach II Phase Cooled BFG 6800 Ultra @ 470 \| NV-68 Water Cooled -1.5 GB PQI PC4400 -1 KW PCP&C - 2 X Raptor 150GB RAID 0 , 2 74GB Raptor RAID 1, 1 36GB Raptor, 1 250GB WD SATA BIX3 w/ 3 GFB1212VHW Fans (660 CFM Total) -Case Fans 5 EFB1212SHE (710 CFM Total) MB / RAM Cooler 2 TFB1212GHE (440 CFM Total) :cool: 1800+ CFM of Pure Delta Coolness :cool: Someone Help you out? Post a Thank you here. Project Denali Heat

04-28-05, 05:43 PM	#10
SolidxSnake Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Waltham, MA, USA	man, thats nuts... The flash really shows the worst in the acrylic (I can see scratches and fingerprints)... get a couple of no-flash night pics, thats gonna look SWEET im sure if I had 1" standoffs, I could do that [/jealousy] that harddrive is probably flatter than my Zalman 7000Cu... gotta make sure you get some tomato sauce for the motherboard's behind ^^ __________________ Too funny. When I logon to Windows, I press Ctrl+Alt+ELITE E8600 Wolfie 3333Mhz @ 4000MHz 400x10~Gigabyte EP45-UD3P~GeForce 9800GTX+ 512MB @ 814/2025/1275 ~4GB Corsair Dominator PC2-8500 @ 533MHz 5-5-5-15~BFG ES-800 PSU Custom Watercooling Loop \| selling a Maze4 GPU \| Apogee GT, MCW60, 1/2" Modded DDC-1VC, Thermochill PA120.2 w/ 2 Yate Loon D12SL-12s pull, 7/16"x5/8" MasterKleer, 100% Distilled Water with Iodine ---All encased in a Silverstone TJ-06 Join in on the fun! Heatware OCForums Metal Club member #13224

04-28-05, 05:54 PM	#11
Sjaak Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: The Netherlands	That is one schweet case..except when you look from the wrong side, lol! How did you paint the HDD? did you took off the hood? __________________ 'Apparantly reality has a strong liberal bias'

04-29-05, 06:39 PM	#12
Navig Member Join Date: Dec 2003	No, but I would recommend it. Here's my thread about my hard drive painting experience. navig __________________ E8600 ~ Xeon 3110 ~ E6600 ~ Q6600 ~ E6300 ~ Abit IP35 Pro ~ Abit IN9 32x Max ~ Abit AW9D Max ~ Abit AN8 32x ~ Navig's list of mod links ~ Project R Unit ~ Very Low Cost Benching Station ~ The Exoframe Project ~ TR Ultra Copper vs. X review ~ Jewel Box Project ~ DIY Benching Station ~ Console Project ~ Project Dark Side ~ Tower PC ~ Dual Tower PC ~ Bench Rig ~ My only standard case ~ TR IFX-14 review ~ TR Ultra 120 X review

04-29-05, 07:12 PM	#13
Navig Member Join Date: Dec 2003	Regarding the scratches--yeah the case is actually pretty old. I picked it up somewhere in 2001, as I recall. Here's the latest offering from clearpc.ca: Attached Images __________________ E8600 ~ Xeon 3110 ~ E6600 ~ Q6600 ~ E6300 ~ Abit IP35 Pro ~ Abit IN9 32x Max ~ Abit AW9D Max ~ Abit AN8 32x ~ Navig's list of mod links ~ Project R Unit ~ Very Low Cost Benching Station ~ The Exoframe Project ~ TR Ultra Copper vs. X review ~ Jewel Box Project ~ DIY Benching Station ~ Console Project ~ Project Dark Side ~ Tower PC ~ Dual Tower PC ~ Bench Rig ~ My only standard case ~ TR IFX-14 review ~ TR Ultra 120 X review

04-29-05, 07:29 PM	#14
Cerberus2k7 Drifto Mexicano Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Tempe, AZ	Very nice, very clean, very sick. Any plans on sleeving/trimming that bad boy? __________________ Member of OCdriftingNinjas \| You gotta' Fold if you wanna turn up the Heat Overclocking: My Anti-Drug. \| Overclocking my body...one day at a time... \| Black Belt Ubercloxx0r \| You are the most ripped yo-yo'er I have ever seen. - Seven

04-29-05, 10:58 PM	#15
SolidxSnake Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Waltham, MA, USA	no trimming as he said first post, but sleeving might be a good idea if the Mrs. ever goes out for a few hours __________________ Too funny. When I logon to Windows, I press Ctrl+Alt+ELITE E8600 Wolfie 3333Mhz @ 4000MHz 400x10~Gigabyte EP45-UD3P~GeForce 9800GTX+ 512MB @ 814/2025/1275 ~4GB Corsair Dominator PC2-8500 @ 533MHz 5-5-5-15~BFG ES-800 PSU Custom Watercooling Loop \| selling a Maze4 GPU \| Apogee GT, MCW60, 1/2" Modded DDC-1VC, Thermochill PA120.2 w/ 2 Yate Loon D12SL-12s pull, 7/16"x5/8" MasterKleer, 100% Distilled Water with Iodine ---All encased in a Silverstone TJ-06 Join in on the fun! Heatware OCForums Metal Club member #13224

04-29-05, 11:55 PM	#16
kswaid Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Illinois Tech, Chicago	That is a very nice setup. I have never seen a plexi computer that looked so clean and organized. Great job!

04-30-05, 12:30 AM	#17
Navig Member Join Date: Dec 2003	Yup, I don't want to void my psu warranty, I just seem to go thru them too quick. I only have 2 cable sets exposed--the 12V cpu line and the 20 pin set. I'll get around to sleeving the 12V, for the 20pin, I may just hockey stick tape it and use split loom tubing, like the portion just as it exits the psu housing. navig __________________ E8600 ~ Xeon 3110 ~ E6600 ~ Q6600 ~ E6300 ~ Abit IP35 Pro ~ Abit IN9 32x Max ~ Abit AW9D Max ~ Abit AN8 32x ~ Navig's list of mod links ~ Project R Unit ~ Very Low Cost Benching Station ~ The Exoframe Project ~ TR Ultra Copper vs. X review ~ Jewel Box Project ~ DIY Benching Station ~ Console Project ~ Project Dark Side ~ Tower PC ~ Dual Tower PC ~ Bench Rig ~ My only standard case ~ TR IFX-14 review ~ TR Ultra 120 X review

04-30-05, 01:03 AM	#18
JKrepps Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: OKC, OK, USA	Very nice. Only personal pref would be to perhaps use some dark plexi or paint or something behind the mobo to "hide/cover" the wires there. From the front/sides though, very clean. Nicely done. __________________ Case: Antec 900 Mobo: MSI K8N Neo4-F CPU: AMD 64 x2 3800+ Ram: OCZ OCZ4001024ELDCPE-K 2 gig (4 x 512) Video: HIS x1950Pro Cooling: Stock for the moment. PSU: Fortron Blue Storm AX500-A

06-01-06, 11:45 PM	#20
shellshock Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Claremore Oklahoma	holy threadbump batman! That case does look nice though. I remember seeing that loong ago and thinking it was amazing. Still is over a year later __________________ Heatware Ocforums metal club member #690 Folding for Team 32!

06-02-06, 08:59 AM	#21
gvblake22 Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Tempe Desert	HAHA, yeah, I guess I didn't realize how old this thread actually was! Oh well, it's still worth a nother look. Navig linked to it in another thread somewhere, I can't remember how I god here. It's like Alice in Wonderland or something! LOL __________________ \|\| Intel E8400 @ 400x8 + Coolink U8-120 \|\| MSI P35 Neo2-FR \|\| 2x1GB SuperTalent DDR2 800 (4-4-3-8) \|\| Asus HD 4850 + Accelero S1 & Turbo Module \|\| Auzentech HDA Xplosion \|\| 320GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 \|\| 150GB Western Digital Raptor X \|\| Corsair VX550 PSU \|\| Mod Projects: \|\| My First Custom Modded Case \|\| Custom HDD Cooling/Silencing \|\| Custom 6800GT Cooling \|\| Custom Modded CoolerMaster Cavalier 3 \|\| Blue Flame PS2 Stand \|\| "Secret of the Ooze" Case Project \|\| \|\| Heatware \|\| Say Thank You!

06-02-06, 10:17 AM	#22
masakabassist Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Wales!!	Awsome you cant hide anything in a clear case but you have done a darn good job of it. I envy you! Dam It! __________________ Dual Booting Ubuntu and XP Asus M2N32 WS Pro :drool: AMD X2 4200 (OC'd 2856MHz @ 1.4V) 2GB Corsair PC5300 RAM (4X512MB) XFX 8800GTS 320Mb FSP 500W Bluestorm II PSU 160GB WD SATAII Hard Drive F@H masakabassist Heat: masakabassist

06-02-06, 07:00 PM	#23
Sleepy_Steve Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: VT... or MD	Yes, its some nice work there... always much harder for ppl who put a lot of stuff in the PC but still ood work all aound. One more thing: I expected tint. __________________ Main Box: CPU Q9550 @ 3.4 Cooling Ultra 120 w/ 2x108 CFM fan RAM Corsair 4x 1GB DDR2 800 Video Saphire X1950XT Jet Black: Linux Box / Never ending case mod experiment. Runs an old P4. "This one goes to ELEVEN"

06-02-06, 08:32 PM	#24
Navig Member Join Date: Dec 2003	I've been running this case since something 2000 or 2001! It still looks pretty much like it does in these pics, but I added a 120mm side panel intake and an x800pro. And its quite a bit dustier. One of these days I'll update it. It's my wife's system, tho, and she uses nearly constantly (she's a KOL freak). Planning on upgrading the heatsink (probably go with one of my ninjas), and upgrading the video card to an x850xt. I'll also add some limo tint to hide all that cabling. navig __________________ E8600 ~ Xeon 3110 ~ E6600 ~ Q6600 ~ E6300 ~ Abit IP35 Pro ~ Abit IN9 32x Max ~ Abit AW9D Max ~ Abit AN8 32x ~ Navig's list of mod links ~ Project R Unit ~ Very Low Cost Benching Station ~ The Exoframe Project ~ TR Ultra Copper vs. X review ~ Jewel Box Project ~ DIY Benching Station ~ Console Project ~ Project Dark Side ~ Tower PC ~ Dual Tower PC ~ Bench Rig ~ My only standard case ~ TR IFX-14 review ~ TR Ultra 120 X review

06-03-06, 07:47 AM	#25
hitokiri_808 Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Hawaii	Very nice HD, and some nice wiring too. __________________ Abit AB9-Pro \| E6400 @ 2.85GHz (356x8) \| Xigmatek HDT-S1283 \| 8GB Kingston Value RAM \| ATI 4850 @ 700MHz GPU 1100MHz RAM \| CoolerMaster 500W \| 2x WD3000GLFS RAID 0 \| 2x WD10EACS Matrix RAID Intel DG965SS \| Pentium 530J \| 2x 1GB Crucial DDR2 1066 \| Seasonic M12 700W \| 8x WD10EACS RAID 5 on Perc 5i \| Win Server 2003 My Heatware