Project Log: The way a Cavalier 3 Should Be! (56k beware!)

[Merlin]

You did all that cutting with a dremel???

[gvblake22]

You did all that cutting with a dremel???

Yes, all cutting was done with a 35,000rpm Dremel with a Fiberglass Reinforced Cutting Wheel. After I made the cuts I filed them all down with a medium sized metal bastard file.

The trick to cutting with a Dremel is to just take your time. Be ready to put in many hours just doing a few cutting jobs
I split all my cutting up into two afternoons worth.

[killswitch83]

lol, still have to bring up the BASTARD file, rofl; like you said, they are a bastard, price-wise ; much props man, you dremeled it all, and it looks good on top of that!! Can't wait to see the CCFL's and UV paint Blake

[gvblake22]

Yep, it's definately 3am while I'm starting this post
Nothin' like a little late night modding to get the blood flowin'!!
ANYWAY, I did A LOT of work on the lighting situation and here's what I ended up with...
First task was to use up all that wonderful UV Blue sleaving; pffft, who needs heat shrink?!
Chipset fan:

SATA cable:

Case Front I/O cables:

Temperature Probe:

Heatsink Fan:

Internal USB Headers:

and the cables for the UV CCFL's:


After the sleaving was nocked out, I busted out the UV reactive paint!!!
An ordinary NV Silencer?:

...only to the untrained eye!!!:


Next up I decided I was gonna modify the look of the top intake a little bit because I made one edge of the hole a little too large and it stuck out the side of that square metal dust guard I had before. This way it looks the way it should; round:

So I just put the dust filter on the inside instead:


Now to put it all together!!!
Again, the wiring took waaay too long :

...the rats nest:

as the spectator sees it:

[gvblake22]

And now for the better night shots I promised you all!!!





I am still contemplating painting up the wire grill on the heatsink fan with the blue UV reactive paint to help tie it all together. I'll probably also add the other 12" UV CCFL along the top of the case.
Overall, I'm pretty tired, but pretty happy with the results. Hopefully you guys like it too; but if not, then just go . . . . . . . .

Until next time!

[killswitch83]

Jesus H Christ, lol. very very nice; much better than the last mod IMO; one thing though, did you paint the inside or outside of the Silencer? It looks great, for real

[gvblake22]

Jesus H Christ, lol. very very nice; much better than the last mod IMO; one thing though, did you paint the inside or outside of the Silencer? It looks great, for real

HAHA, thanks! I would definately have to agree, this turned out MUCH better than my first mod project.
I definately just painted the outside of the silencer. It's only one coat of paint too! it is a pretty tedious task though because the paint I got only came with this little brush-in-cap that was like the size of a fingernail polish applicator brush.

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that, in case you didn't notice, I also painted the hubs of the two 40mm fans so they can get the attention they deserve.

[killswitch83]

lol, yeah I just caught that. I guess I'm gonna have to try and out-do you now, lol. You think you know, but you have no idea ; just wait, you'll see, muhahahahaha, rofl

[gvblake22]

LOL, you're too much!

[killswitch83]

haha, you know me all too well; I try to take the abstract, the unobtainable, and make it reality, so that way people think I'm insane or "too much"; kinda like how I would like to see my future X2 project to hit 3 GHz on water alone!! I like to push things pretty far, as far as I can anyway.

[Illuminati]

Very, VERY Impressive!! I'll have to get my creative cap on next year when I'm settled in the new house and have saved up some $$ for a fun project!

Congrats on a job well done!

[killswitch83]

Already got some ideas for mine as well Justin; instead of the Cavalier 3 though, I will be using a Thermaltake Tsunami Dream case (silver finish) without the side window, because I have something very special in mind for that solid panel (oh, it involves a window, but a very special type that will probably take me a couple of days to cut the pattern out just right), along with some hardware goodies like water cooling throughout, UV components and paint, amongst other things, and that's not getting into modding the rest of the case ; be prepared, be VERY prepared, lol

[kenc51]

Superb..... Sleek..... Sexy.... Sweet ;)

Very nice mod...


The only thing it's lacking is H2O ! lol

[-mogwai]

real nice, bro i must say, that bundle of hidden wires is one hell of a clusterf**k

[killswitch83]

I'm going to feel real sorry for him if his mobo, processor, or PSU gives, because that's gonna be one hell of a wiring scheme to set back up, lol.

[-mogwai]

haha i was thinking the exact same thing. i was thinking, "man... forget an upgrade... it'd hardly be worth it after all that work"

[gvblake22]

haha i was thinking the exact same thing. i was thinking, "man... forget an upgrade... it'd hardly be worth it after all that work"

LOL, exactlty
I wanted to RMA the mobo because a rear USB plug broke off but I don't want to have to pull all the wiring off!

Anyway, I got the second UV CCFL installed:


As well as painting the fan grill with the UV reactive paint:


I also threw up a couple stickers I had lying around just for kicks:


I really like how the lighting turned out. Don't know if I'll have anymore updates from here on out though
MAYBE another window on the other side panel if I get ambitious...

Thanks for all your kind words, I really appreciate it after all the hard work!
G'night

Your turn Paul

[gvblake22]

Oh yeah, incase anyone was wondering, I found out that the stock sleaving on the Fortron Blue Storm PSU's is infact UV reactive blue!!!

[killswitch83]

Your turn Paul

hey, read your email man, I told you I'm on it ASAP, lol; yeah you go offline, rofl ; haha, couldn't resist, just my randomness.

[-mogwai]

haha that sucks about the mobo... maybe you can do it as a weekend project or something while you're watching some football