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I have made a couple Changes.. Color/ Parts / etc...  Enjoying a Blacked out look better now 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

Small Update..  From a Fellow Builder comes the Gift of Custom PSU Cable.  Thanks to Gdesmo.
 
Quality Work  
 
 

 

I use The Same Method as the Primochill Bending Tutorial on Youtube.  I use different diameter sockets for the bends.
 
Just did this one, Block to Block.  Be careful and go slow with the Bend or you flatten out the bend..and it kinks and Distorts the tubing.
 
Make sure you oil up the silicon cause it will get stuck if you dont.  Olive Oil is what i'm using.  Washes out with Dish Soap.
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
And Thanks to all you Guys for the Kind Words.. Appreciate it.  I do spend a lot of time taking pics

Hello to the Build Logs,
 
About a year ago I had an Idea for an Orange and Black Build.  I started thinking about different shades of Orange, what parts to have color and what would remain black.
I had an old Antec DF-85 that was Empty and collecting dust, and so it began.  I few ideas and many hours later "Electric Orange" was Born.
 
 
 
Lets start at the Beginning.  There is Definitely some potential here with this case. At this stage I really don't know how much yet. :unsure:
 
 

 

 

 
 
 
I don't do Sketch work or Create Renders for Mods.  Everything with this Project is off the Hip and very spontaneous..
 
Windows Paint is about as High tech as it gets for me.
 
 

 
 
 
Well, That looks good, lets rip it apart..
 
 

 
 
 
Now that its in Pieces,  I needed a Color.  Searches for Electric Orange Paint really didn't lead to the right shade for me.  So, I decided on a shade of Orange called Omaha.
This Shot of a 69 Mopar in Omaha Orange Inspired me.
 

 
 
A Quick trip to my friends at Napa and Presto..  Omaha Custom Mixed to Aerosol..
 

 
 
 
So I Started spraying panels and fans and You name it.  But in the End, I just wasn't happy with the Final Product.  Lots of Orange Peel.. :blink:
 

 

 

 
 
 
There has to Be a Better Way to paint this.. At this point in the Project is it too late to start over?  Nope.
 
Quick Trip to the Acid Tanks at my Powdercoater and Wah-La.. All Better..  Oh,, Why not Build a Paint Booth in my Basement and get a Full Blown HVLP set up and teach myself how to paint Professionally while I'm at it..
So I Did.
 
 
 

 

 

 

 
 
Now that I set myself up with Pro Hardware.  Lets Paint. :lol:
 
 
Much Smoother and controlled Surface Now.  Rattle cans are a thing of the Past for me.
Here is an Example of the Surface top Coat I can Produce now with my HVLP Gun.  Color is "Burma Black Pearl" and "Omaha Orange"  Front Panel Shot here.
 
 

 
 
 
 
Enough about the Painting..  Lets talk some Hardware.
 
Instead of listing all this Out.. Lets take a Picture Tour ..   More Fun than Reading..
 
 
Gtx 360's and Gt's.. Bought Rads Third hand for great price  .  Stripped and painted 
 

 

 
Intel 3770k
 

 
Msi Z77 MPower and Seasonic 1000w
 

 

 
Engraved Block from DT
 

 

 
Koolance PMP-500
 

 
Evga Gtx 670 FTW's and Bits Power VG-NGTX680's
 

 

 
Bits Power 250ml Clear Res
 

 
Samsung 840 Pro's
 

 
G.Skill Ares 2133
 

 

 
Case Feet.  Custom.
 

 
Front Panel. Custom.
 

 
Primochill Acrylic and Revolvers
 

 
Lamptron CW611's
 

 
MDPC Sleeve
 

 

 

 
Evga Sli Bridge
 

 
 
 
This is where the Build stands today.  Still Working on it,  Would have been nice to have it done today , being Halloween 
 
 
Still Bending the Acrylic.. which has proven to be more challenging than Expected..
 
Still running Electrical, but have wrapped up the PSU for the most part.
 
Working on an Idea for a cover for that top area to conceal the backside of top panel.  Forgive some of my Wrinkle Backdrop shots,
Still working on my photo Studio :blush:
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
To Be Continued... 
 
 
Complete....
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Here Is something New! I think they call that a moving part? I wouldn't know, this case has never done this before.
I unplugged it immediately and called an exorcist!
 
 
 

 
 
 
I had a pretty productive weekend.  just for fun, I redid the final pipes to the GPU's in ridged Copper. 
I put O rings on the outside in a pattern. I think it looks alright.  The pipe was just small enough to fit in my drill,
so I was able to polish it like crazy.
 
 
 

 
 
 
I also decided to put the SSD in front of the mother board.  This serves multiple purposes, 
It helps hid a lot of the manky wires that go to the front panel,  It's helps with my Corsair advertising
and I just think it looks cool.  It's cooper! get used to it.  
 
 
 

 
 
 
Notice some strange colors in that last picture?  I put most / All of the lighting in the case.  I really wanted to improve on the previous lighting jobs that I had done.  I don't want any direct line of sight on any of the LEDs. I was able to do that unless you are below the case and look up.  There are still some light reflections, because of all the shiny stuff.  I used 2 separate Hue controllers so I could have more options. From the start me and Sam had decided to be more minimalistic on the lighting.  I'm still paying for the sin's of my last build. 
As a matter of fact I stole one of the Hue Controllers from Bender and it has so many lights that It didn't make much difference.
 
I set this up in lighting zones. I trimmed as much height off of the radiator / lighting shield as possible.  It has a 45 degree place to mount 2 passes of LED's aiming at the components.  Then I ran it around the Rad with an angle in the back for 2 passes. I really like how this worked out.  with the depth of the Rad in a push/ pull, any lighting mounted in the top front of the case would be partially blocked. 
the first picture is the back zone only.
 
 
 

 
 
 
I'll fix the light leak on the right side of the Rad.  I'll have to play with this quite a bit until I'm happy, so don't pay much attention to the colors at this point. 
Just goofing around to see what it would do.  Also the brightness is up high in these pictures.  It will most likely be much lower in the final product.
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
I really like the front to back light separation that I am getting from this setup.  Now I'll turn on the front lighting for full volume.
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
I may need some more LED's to light the company Logo's, but I'll hold off on that for a while.  When my wife looked at it,
she almost made me sleep on the couch because the fans didn't lite up. Damn you can't please every one, can you? 
Trying to explain to her that this case wasn't really designed to be a lighting show case did no good. 
She came up with 4 ideas that caused 12 more problems and Finally gave up.  Dx
 
 
 

 
 
 
Ya you know what that's for.  I went around and made a final check to see if all the fittings were tight.  when I got done, I looked over and there was one lonely O ring laying on the work bench? #%*&%##  hmmm I wonder which on of those fitting that goes to? After Checking a couple of the last few fittings I had put together, I pulled off one of the O rings and looked at it compared to the extra One.  They were not the same exact size - Ohh thank God! it's an extra one from the GPU piping. That had me worried, these Ghost fittings don't like to come apart where they are supposed to so, taking them back apart can be a pain.
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
I'm just running distilled water for leak testing. I don't want to waste any of my fancy English water to do testing.
I'll save you the obligatory pictures of the paper towels while leak testing.  Zero leaks which is all part of the plan.
I'll get a little Photo flo this week to clear the bubbles and put in the Mayhems ulta pure H20.  I'm not quite ready
to fire up the whole rig yet, but as you can see I am getting closer.
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 

Razer Imperator. I think this is the newest model not sure though http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-mice/razer-imperator

So today i installed Windows 8.1 and it sems like it solved my problem with the folding so now i got my main rigg runing!
Thanks for the tips guys, besides Windows 8.1 sems to be working fine!  :rolleyes: 
 

Hey guys, been reading and hearing lots of good stuff about folding so thought i'd give it a go!
At the moment i'm just folding on my "home server" using a I5-2300 and a Nvidia 8500gt and i'll get my main system running as fast as i can with a I7 930 @ 3,2Ghz and a Gtx 670! 

But it's cold and rather unpleasant outside! :unsure:

Them - "hey I need advice on buying a computer"
Me - "sure id be happy to help you pick something out or ill build a great computer for you"
*week later*
Them - "yeah, i just decided to buy a computer from Best Buy"
Me "......................."

How just how..........