BabieZ

cool mouse  looks really wide, think Id still prefer my zowie fk to it though.
 
do want that whole room watercooling part 2 asap!!!

Painting
 
Forewarning: I'm aware this is quite a large post so I've tried to make the layout as easy to read and concise as possible (it's also my first ever post/thread so go easy on me )
 
Okay so I've been wanting to colour match my PC and accessories now for a while, luckily a few of the items are already colour matched and look amazing but there is quite a few bits that look very out of place. A few things that don't really need it may also get a make over . The overall theme that I'm going for is black with blue accents. I'm planning on using Plasti Dip Blaze Blue as the colour difference between the LED light seems negligible (standard blue is also an option). Standard Black for the bits that require it.
 
Items that are already in line with the theme include;



 
Case: Thermaltake A31, has blue accents and also has a 120mm blue LED exhaust fan.



 
Keyboard: Ducky DK9008 Shine 3 (Cherry Red MX Switches), blue LED.




 
Bits that definitely need work;



Is black and yellow themed which looks extremely ugly in contrast to everything else. This is probably one of the hardest items to paint IMO as both of the bits I'm looking at colour matching is extremely small and detailed. The mouse wheel (I guess I'll have to take the mout and the Zowie logo (although I may just paint the whole surface black). I may also do the bottom depending on how thick Plasti Dip goes on (its feet are fairly thin and I don't want to compromise the integrity of the smooth feeling, but damn its ugly)
 
Motherboard: Asus Z87M-Plus



Is also black and yellow themed (ughh how did I somehow manage pick this colour theme twice....). Wanting to get rid of all the yellow parts so the north/south bridges, SATA slots x6. One of the main problems I see is my wanting to paint the yellow RAM slots (luckily two of the four are already black) as well as the 3 yellow PCI-E slots, I'm not sure if these cant actually be painted but I really, really, really.....want to get rid of the yellow. I'm also considering doing the whole IO shield but I'm still tossing this up.
 
RAM: 16GB G.Skill Trident-X 1600Mhz (8GBx2)



These were originally the reason why I wanted to get painting, the gaudy red mixed with the yellow clashed a lot against the blue. I know the fins should be fairly easy to do. I'm just not sure what I'm going to do about the sticker along the side of the sticks, I may end up just removing it and painting it black (i f its not already underneath) or possibly do both sticks entirely blue.

 
Not so important bits;



Fairly happy with how this looks (partly because its upside down orientation means you cant see much of it anyway) but considering taking the metal shroud that encases the 3 fans off and painting blue.
 
Monitor #2: DELL SE197FP



Wanting to get the bezel to be the same matte black finish the the monitor on the right (BenQ XL2411Z) and obviously the stand. I'm not sure if it'll be possible to do the menu, positive/negative and power button but that doesn't bother me so much. The only worry I have is getting around the dell logo (I don't necessarily want to compromise that). I'm not really sure how to tape off something that small for example inside the 'D' and the 'E'.

 
Sleeving/Cable Management
 
My PSU (Corsair GS600) is obviously non-modular so is sleeving still an option? I would want to eventually sleeve all the cables from the PSU blue aswell as the few SATA cables I have (can SATA cables be sleeved?). Opinions on what brand (ease of use/quality) etc would be welcome. Also I had to get a plain white/semi see-through molex adapter because the 8 pin connecter to the GPU couldn't reach as is, so I guess I'll need to get a custom one either blue or black to match the rest (most probably black).
 
My cable management seems fairly tangled and messy, I had to try and get every last little centimeter out of the cables just to get things connected. As you can see with the 8 pin CPU cable, I had to route it under the gap between the motherboard and GPU because I had no chance getting it up and around the back and then the impossible angle to actually get it in the socket). Do I need to get cable extensions or something?
 
Here's a picture of the internal's:



 
Liquid Cooling
 
​I'm hoping to one day very soon, get a Corsair Hydro H105 and replace the two SP120L's for two SP120 Blue LED's to help complete the look as well as adding four AF120 Quiet Edition Blue LED's, replacing the existing case's stock exhast and intake fans and supplementing another intake at the front and another exhaust at the bottom.
 
Corsair Hydro H105:


SP120 Blue LED's:


AF120 Quiet Edition Blue LED's:


 
My one question regarding the H105 is I have no idea on the power draw of the cooler, can my Corsair GS600 take that along with the rest of my system?
 
System Specs:
 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K @ 3.40Ghz
GPU: NVIDIA Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 OC Edition 2GB
Sound Card: ASUS Xonar Essence STX
RAM: 16GB G.Skill Trident-X 1600Mhz (8GBx2)
Monitors: BenQ XL2411Z & DELL SE197FP
Motherboard: Asus Z87M-Plus
HDD's: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB & 2TB Seagate Barracuda
Keyboard: Ducky DK9008 Shine 3 (Cherry Red MX Switch) Blue LED
Headphones: ATH-AD700X Open Air with ZM-MIC 1
Mouse: Zowie FK
 
And that's about it! Phew that took me an hour or so to write up
Thanks for taking the time to read (if you did, totally waiting for tldr; haha)
Cheers, BabieZ!

Painting
 
Forewarning: I'm aware this is quite a large post so I've tried to make the layout as easy to read and concise as possible (it's also my first ever post/thread so go easy on me )
 
Okay so I've been wanting to colour match my PC and accessories now for a while, luckily a few of the items are already colour matched and look amazing but there is quite a few bits that look very out of place. A few things that don't really need it may also get a make over . The overall theme that I'm going for is black with blue accents. I'm planning on using Plasti Dip Blaze Blue as the colour difference between the LED light seems negligible (standard blue is also an option). Standard Black for the bits that require it.
 
Items that are already in line with the theme include;



 
Case: Thermaltake A31, has blue accents and also has a 120mm blue LED exhaust fan.



 
Keyboard: Ducky DK9008 Shine 3 (Cherry Red MX Switches), blue LED.




 
Bits that definitely need work;



Is black and yellow themed which looks extremely ugly in contrast to everything else. This is probably one of the hardest items to paint IMO as both of the bits I'm looking at colour matching is extremely small and detailed. The mouse wheel (I guess I'll have to take the mout and the Zowie logo (although I may just paint the whole surface black). I may also do the bottom depending on how thick Plasti Dip goes on (its feet are fairly thin and I don't want to compromise the integrity of the smooth feeling, but damn its ugly)
 
Motherboard: Asus Z87M-Plus



Is also black and yellow themed (ughh how did I somehow manage pick this colour theme twice....). Wanting to get rid of all the yellow parts so the north/south bridges, SATA slots x6. One of the main problems I see is my wanting to paint the yellow RAM slots (luckily two of the four are already black) as well as the 3 yellow PCI-E slots, I'm not sure if these cant actually be painted but I really, really, really.....want to get rid of the yellow. I'm also considering doing the whole IO shield but I'm still tossing this up.
 
RAM: 16GB G.Skill Trident-X 1600Mhz (8GBx2)



These were originally the reason why I wanted to get painting, the gaudy red mixed with the yellow clashed a lot against the blue. I know the fins should be fairly easy to do. I'm just not sure what I'm going to do about the sticker along the side of the sticks, I may end up just removing it and painting it black (i f its not already underneath) or possibly do both sticks entirely blue.

 
Not so important bits;



Fairly happy with how this looks (partly because its upside down orientation means you cant see much of it anyway) but considering taking the metal shroud that encases the 3 fans off and painting blue.
 
Monitor #2: DELL SE197FP



Wanting to get the bezel to be the same matte black finish the the monitor on the right (BenQ XL2411Z) and obviously the stand. I'm not sure if it'll be possible to do the menu, positive/negative and power button but that doesn't bother me so much. The only worry I have is getting around the dell logo (I don't necessarily want to compromise that). I'm not really sure how to tape off something that small for example inside the 'D' and the 'E'.

 
Sleeving/Cable Management
 
My PSU (Corsair GS600) is obviously non-modular so is sleeving still an option? I would want to eventually sleeve all the cables from the PSU blue aswell as the few SATA cables I have (can SATA cables be sleeved?). Opinions on what brand (ease of use/quality) etc would be welcome. Also I had to get a plain white/semi see-through molex adapter because the 8 pin connecter to the GPU couldn't reach as is, so I guess I'll need to get a custom one either blue or black to match the rest (most probably black).
 
My cable management seems fairly tangled and messy, I had to try and get every last little centimeter out of the cables just to get things connected. As you can see with the 8 pin CPU cable, I had to route it under the gap between the motherboard and GPU because I had no chance getting it up and around the back and then the impossible angle to actually get it in the socket). Do I need to get cable extensions or something?
 
Here's a picture of the internal's:



 
Liquid Cooling
 
​I'm hoping to one day very soon, get a Corsair Hydro H105 and replace the two SP120L's for two SP120 Blue LED's to help complete the look as well as adding four AF120 Quiet Edition Blue LED's, replacing the existing case's stock exhast and intake fans and supplementing another intake at the front and another exhaust at the bottom.
 
Corsair Hydro H105:


SP120 Blue LED's:


AF120 Quiet Edition Blue LED's:


 
My one question regarding the H105 is I have no idea on the power draw of the cooler, can my Corsair GS600 take that along with the rest of my system?
 
System Specs:
 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K @ 3.40Ghz
GPU: NVIDIA Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 OC Edition 2GB
Sound Card: ASUS Xonar Essence STX
RAM: 16GB G.Skill Trident-X 1600Mhz (8GBx2)
Monitors: BenQ XL2411Z & DELL SE197FP
Motherboard: Asus Z87M-Plus
HDD's: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB & 2TB Seagate Barracuda
Keyboard: Ducky DK9008 Shine 3 (Cherry Red MX Switch) Blue LED
Headphones: ATH-AD700X Open Air with ZM-MIC 1
Mouse: Zowie FK
 
And that's about it! Phew that took me an hour or so to write up
Thanks for taking the time to read (if you did, totally waiting for tldr; haha)
Cheers, BabieZ!