Tell jcap to post his desk, and post yours too! [JCAP POST YOUR DESK]

[Timo]

So you spray painted your case black :?

[Rook]

Hope the temperature was 36F~~ or lower when you did that though, and you applied several layers.

[Cortexian]

@Timo: Yea, and cut out some stuff to improve cable management. It looks A LOT better than it did before, pics are uploading right now, but the entire thing is back together now.

Hope the temperature was 36F~~ or lower when you did that though, and you applied several layers.

That's like 2.6 degrees C, they recommend painting in 10-32 degrees C.

Edit - Boot test, first image I have that's uploaded of the PC all together in the new case:


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Edit Edit Edit - First start up while back at home:
















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[MetKiller Joe]

One of the cleaner setups I've seen. Nice rig.

[ExAm]

I showed your post to my friend, Freelancer.

[21:42] J. Oliver Judd III: it looks like a fucking particle accelerator

Your (albeit temporary) access to this much cash fills me with a jealous rage.

[Cortexian]

I showed your post to my friend, Freelancer.

[21:42] J. Oliver Judd III: it looks like a fucking particle accelerator

Your (albeit temporary) access to this much cash fills me with a jealous rage.

It is a particle accelerator, it accelerates air particles through my CPU heatsink/beast/cast iron velociraptor/case.

Tell your friend that,

[InnerGoat]

Nice

[Cortexian]

Thanks all, next on the to-do list is individually sleeve each wire for the main power cable and PCI-E cables. Alas the sleeving kits cost money (god damn, didn't they get the memo about pay-your-own-price?) and I cannot spend money for awhile...

[legionaire45]

Nice result. What exactly did you bathe the case in before you applied the black spray paint? Something to get rid of the paint that was already on it?

You can probably save a lot of money by just buying some heatshrink, wire mesh and black zip ties separately. If you don't have a heatgun, you can get away with using a blow dryer or soldering iron for the heatshrink.

You could probably get all the stuff you needed for under $10 excluding the hair dryer/solder iron if you look around online. I know that a warehouse that I lived by sold heatshrink for around a dime a foot depending on width and such. Wire mesh wasn't much more, and zip ties can be purchased for cheap in plenty of places.

[Cortexian]

Not all wire mesh is created equally, therein lies the problem. The stuff that comes on most PSU's isn't great because it's to loose and you can see through it, where as the stuff I plan to get is practically opaque.

I bathed it in water with dish soap, just to get all the dust and metal particles off before painting. There wasn't really a paint on it before, just bare aluminum or whatever the metal was, hence the primer.