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Project Contrast | NZXT H440 Fully Water Cooled (Acrylic Tubing, Custom Paint)

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Very nice :)

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It's nice to see someone with the same thoughts as me, I personally don't like EK that much because of the translucent blocks and the circle design, also the fact that they plaster their logo everywhere.

Yeah, its the circles, even if you do get the clean blocks there is the EK logo, and even that  just looks plain ugly, I also don't like that they are square,it just doesn't look right.

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What's your camera? I like it :D

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I have a finished painting the case, it has turned out alright. It's DEFINITELY not the best paint job at all, there are some things that I definitely want to change. Pictures will be up soon and you will see what I mean.

Check out my Build Log: Project Contrast

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I have a finished painting the case, it has turned out alright. It's DEFINITELY not the best paint job at all, there are some things that I definitely want to change. Pictures will be up soon and you will see what I mean.

 

Pics or it didn't happen.  :wub:

 

White and Orange, omg.

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I know :/ It's my current one and I don't have a justifiable excuse to get rid of it other than the color. I might try to see if I can somehow get hold of a black/orange one.

Try getting the orange/black gigabyte Z97 Linus reviewed last week maybe?

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beautiful.

stunning iteration of the H440.

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Try getting the orange/black gigabyte Z97 Linus reviewed last week maybe?

I dont want to get rid of my 3770k so if I got a new board it would have to be Z77 chipset, I was looking at the sabertooth Z77 and painting the thermal armor white but I don't really want to waste my current mobo either.

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Overall I think the painting went well though it definitely has it's imperfections, I think I applied the paint too thick and too quick in some areas causing some minor flaking. I will probably come back and touch these up later. The paint on the SSD's turned out really nice and I am very happy with them. The colour of the case paint was perfect and will look great with the Mayhems Pastel Orange concentrate I will be using.

 

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All black case trim painted.

 

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From the side.

 

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Top case panel.

 

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Close up of intakes on the top panel.

 

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The painted PCI slot brackets.

 

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From the back.

 

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The flaking at its worst on the PSU shroud logo.

 

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The view from the front, looking pretty sleek. :)

 

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I added three striped on the window side panel, not sure whether to keep them. Thoughts and opinions?

 

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The full case with the side panel window.

 

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The painted SSD's.

 

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The SSD's will be mounted on the PSU shroud of course. :)

 

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The paint I used for those wondering.

 

*PLEASE DO NOT QUOTE IMAGES*

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Very nice :)

Rig CPU Intel i5 3570K at 4.2 GHz - MB MSI Z77A-GD55 - RAM Kingston 8GB 1600 mhz - GPU XFX 7870 Double D - Keyboard Logitech G710+

Case Corsair 600T - Storage Intel 330 120GB, WD Blue 1TB - CPU Cooler Noctua NH-D14 - Displays Dell U2312HM, Asus VS228, Acer AL1715

 

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*jaw hits floor*

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Love the orange, very well done on the paint job i might add :)

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Love the orange, very well done on the paint job i might add :)

Amazing I love the colour combinations.

You did an amazing job with the case, can't wait to see the rest of the build!

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DA BEAUTY BEGINS!

Very nice :)

 

Not bad for a 14 year old then? Haha, thanks for all of the nice comments!

Check out my Build Log: Project Contrast

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What would make it look even more amazing would be if you painted the rubber grommets orange, the ventilation holes white, and the noise dampening foam orange. But that's just my color coordination OCD. Aside from that, this paint job looks beautiful!

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Not bad for a 14 year old then? Haha, thanks for all of the nice comments!

Your welcome and keep up the good work, i can tell this will be a good build :D

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"The Riddler" Custom Watercooled H440 Build Log ( in collaboration with my wife @ _TechPuppet_ ) - http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/149652-green-h440-special-edition-the-riddler-almost-there/


*Riptide Customs* " We sleeve PSU cables "

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Not bad for a 14 year old then? Haha, thanks for all of the nice comments!

Do you think the paint you used could also be used paint Asus' thermal armor?

 

 

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What would make it look even more amazing would be if you painted the rubber grommets orange, the ventilation holes white, and the noise dampening foam orange. But that's just my color coordination OCD. Aside from that, this paint job looks beautiful!

Yeah Plastidip them like a primer, then paint them with the same orange paint

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"The Riddler" Custom Watercooled H440 Build Log ( in collaboration with my wife @ _TechPuppet_ ) - http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/149652-green-h440-special-edition-the-riddler-almost-there/


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What would make it look even more amazing would be if you painted the rubber grommets orange, the ventilation holes white, and the noise dampening foam orange. But that's just my color coordination OCD. Aside from that, this paint job looks beautiful!

 

That was my original plan but I realized the paint wouldn't stick to the rubber because they are so flexible, the paint would just crack. And as for the foam, it won't be seen so I'd rather save my self the unnecessary hassle. Also the internals wont be completely white/orange as thats nearly impossibly to achieve in a PC so the black accents will go with some of the other black internals.

 

Do you think the paint you used could also be used paint Asus' thermal armor?

Yep but I'm not sure whether I will be switching motherboard even though I want too because of Sabertooth Z77 availability and pricing.

Check out my Build Log: Project Contrast

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woah, those orange accents really make the case stand out. looking good so far

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