Monitor Case Mod

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Phase 3 of my mod to my monitor is compleat... just a few more phases to go and it will be done!!! cant wait.. this thing is going to rock when its done.

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looking good...adding a fan to that thing? if you have done all that might as well cool them large HOT bastards! What else ya doing to it? Lighting?

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yea... i want to cool it.. but i dont want a fan in the middel of the window.... so ill see how it does with out one... and if i NEED to ill buy a clear not lit fan. now is the fun part.. installing a 12V supply to run the lights and optinal fan.
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I was thinking adding it in the back or Under the tube.

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Post by Sean »

That looks awesome. Nice job! :)
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ok im going to call it done. i might still add that fan... it seems like it could use one....

OK! i built the seperate 12V supply cause i think its cheesy to run a 12v wire from the PC... thats just me. so i built it and mouned it in the base section of the monitor.
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Now i needed to protect it from shorting...
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With that done and out of the way, its now time to do lighting. I choose to use a MadLighs kit to light it since i plan to do somthing else to my PC.
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then i mounted it in the monitor case...
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then i mounted the little 45 degree thingys...
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then i took the time to mount all the light pods where they go. some of them were a pain in the ass to get in simply cause i didnt want to sick my hands too far into the case for fear of loss of life.
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this is what it looked like with all the stuff mounted
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the kit came with 2 button to change the speed/sequence of the lights and i mounted that on the top rear
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and this is it when it was all done
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if you noticed on the lower light pods i mounded deflectors to them to block direct light form the LEDs. i want all of the light to come form inside and they are just too bright with out them. And now i get to say its DONE!!! i went 1.5 days with out the monitor casue thats the only way it would get done right. i have to say i am verry impressed with how it came out. the pictures dont do it justice... but ill have a video of it shortly.
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So what do you all think of this mod? was it worth it? i see tons of case mods.. but most people ignore the monitor and i though this would be a good start at modding other stuff other then the PC case.
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very nice...I would have added some chromb molding but I still like it and them lights are a nice addition.

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Post by Sean »

You should have documented the whole thing, and had blade post it up! :D

It looks AWESOME!

And, come on, you shoudn't be afraid of loss of life... :p ;)

It looks great, VERY nice job. :)
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yea.. i think tomorow after work ill swing by autozone and see what they have as far as edge molding so i can make it look better.

I was documenting it.. but i lapsed casue of the frustration of certian things not working right and forgot to take the pics for that part.
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well.. now my monitor is activly cooled... i used one of them 60mm thin fans... but i dont like the one i have its noisy and seems outta balance... if anybody is going to Langasm or PCAlan and has the stock AMD thin 60mm fans and would like to sell/trade it please bring it. Other then that its runnin fine now.
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Post by blade »

Interesting. :)

Now you need to put a fishtank on the other side. :p :d



I have a coolermaster thin 60mm fan, ya want? But it's not real quiet either.
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is it vibration loud or air loud? the fan i have now is vibration loud... if its just air loud i would like it cause i can put a resistor on it to quiet it.. this fan i tryed it and its still loud.
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Ok video added... needs divix to play

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wow. very nice work, you should submit that to some modding websites.

but with your luck josh, a week after you finish that nice mod the tube on that 10 year old monitor will crap out ;) j/j, looks very badass. can't wait to see it in action at langasm and pca. im sure it will be the center of attention
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