redecorating my pc for the 780

[hardware junky]

heres what i have right now. you can scroll down to see how i got there and see a lot more pics! im still not done and will be updating as i continue this never ending project.

 

 

whats up guys i just got the gtx 780 and i decided to change up my case a little. before i had the 6970 with a stock cooler on it and everything was red and black. it was sweet but now that i've got the 780 its green and looks a little odd so im changing up the color scheme a little. my mother board is black and grey so that helps alot. heres what it used to look like.

 

 

 

what im going to do is pretty simple. im going to use a corsair memory cooler that ive had forever and just never installed to cover up the red memory and im going to take the extra white rings for the corsair fans i have on my radiator and paint them green. i have some pcie extensions coming in the mail as well. maybe ill sleeve them in awhile or something. i dont know yet.

 

 

 

heres the paint i bought for the fan rings. i dont know if it will work but the lady at home depot said it will stick to plastic so it should.

 

 

 

ive got the first coat on the rings here. wish me luck

 

 

 

heres my specs if anyone cares 

 

cpu amd 8320

h100 cooler

8gb ddr3 1600 memory

gigabyte 990fxa ud3 motherboard

xonar phoebus sound card

geforce gtx 780 gpu

geforce gts 450 gpu for a dedicated physics card(which ill probably just take out)

120gb kingston ssd

3 500gb seagate barracuda hdd

thermaltake TR2 700 watt psu

thermaltake spedo full tower case

asus 24" 144hz monitor

razer black widow 2013 keyboard

razer mamba mouse

 

if anyone has any other ideas on what i can do to add a few more green accents that would be great. im not really into the whole led colored lights. i already have white led's in the case and thats just to light it up so i can see everthing in its glory. i could also use some advice on cable management as you can probably see in the pic.  im gonna post more today as i work on it.

[BlackOutCrisis]

You should sleeve those PCI cables ASAP because they are killing the looks of your rig man.

[Homicidium]

You should sleeve those PCI cables ASAP because they are killing the looks of your rig man.

 

This, or at least get some extensions. My CM Silent Pro doesn't have the best sleeving in the world, but at least it doesn't stand out soooo much. 

:)

[hardware junky]

You should sleeve those PCI cables ASAP because they are killing the looks of your rig man.

 

This, or at least get some extensions. My CM Silent Pro doesn't have the best sleeving in the world, but at least it doesn't stand out soooo much. 

:)

i have them ordered. i said that in the original post guys. later i may sleeve the extensions. or i may just get a corsair psu. they come with better cables on some of their models like the corsair cx750.

[BlackOutCrisis]

i have them ordered. i said that in the original post guys. later i may sleeve the extensions. or i may just get a corsair psu. they come with better cables on some of their models like the corsair cx750.

My bad, didn't see sentence in between pictures :P I have the cx750m though and the PCI cables are like ribbon style but you can buy a kit form their website for super cheap that looks pretty good.

[hardware junky]

My bad, didn't see sentence in between pictures :P I have the cx750m though and the PCI cables are like ribbon style but you can buy a kit form their website for super cheap that looks pretty good.

in this kit that you speak of. are they like extensions or are they made just for modular psu's? do you have a link?

[mvitkun]

what card is below the gtx 780?

550 ti?

and why is it installed?

[BlackOutCrisis]

They are a separate modular cable kit that are sleeved.

 

http://www.corsair.com/us/power-supply-units/psu-accessories-1/professional-series-hx-enthusiast-series-txm-builder-series-cxm-individually-sleeved-modular-cables-black.html

[hardware junky]

what card is below the gtx 780?

550 ti?

and why is it installed?

its a geforce gts 450. i have it in there for a dedicated physx card but im probably going to take it out as i mentioned in the op. its only adding about 3 FPS on my games and i think its because its just not enough power and the 780 handles the physx just as good by itself. im going to do some more testing before i take it out though.

[hardware junky]

They are a separate modular cable kit that are sleeved.

 

http://www.corsair.com/us/power-supply-units/psu-accessories-1/professional-series-hx-enthusiast-series-txm-builder-series-cxm-individually-sleeved-modular-cables-black.html

nice that makes for more options when i get a new psu. my old psu died and i had to get one in a pinch so i picked up the one ive got just so i could get back up and running. its been working fine and thats why i havent bought a new one. other than the ugly ass cables its a pretty good psu. 

 

 

damn i didnt mean to double post. i hope that doesnt get me in trouble. heh

[Homicidium]

i have them ordered. i said that in the original post guys. later i may sleeve the extensions. or i may just get a corsair psu. they come with better cables on some of their models like the corsair cx750.

 

Sorry, didn't seen it. 

[hardware junky]

ok so now i have the 3rd coat on the fan rings. they're definitely green.  (i hope i never want to go white! hah!)

 

its looking good so far. it may just match. 

 

 

heres the memory cooler i have. i hope it covers up the red dimms as well as i hope they do.

 

 

 

looks like it does a pretty good job. in the picture i know it looks like the fans are off but there running. my canon t3i just takes really good pictures. especially in motion!

 

 

 

im trying to think of something i can do about those cables today but i cant. i guess ill just have to wait until the extensions get here. grrr

[hardware junky]

so i think i found something that will help with the ugly cables until my extensions show up. i found it at home depot. its made to cover electrical wiring anyway so i thought "what the hell i'll try it!"

 

 

 

 

 

then i realized that it matched the tubing for the h100 and i decided that it will work

 

 

oh and heres how the green rings for the corsair fans turned out.

 

 

now to take care of this horrible mess of cables. ahhhhhh!

 

 

 

thats much better ;)

 

 

 

 

now to take care of the front cable management problem im having here

 

 

boy that was easy ;)

 

 

heres some shots of the finished decor

 

 

 

 

 

 

boy i hope it turns back on! :o

 

 

yay it works!!

 

 

 

doesn't look to bad. i may not even bother with the pcie extensions if i can figure out a way to change the red connectors that are on here now. we'll see. now i dont want to put the door back on. im gonna see about getting a better window for the door and getting the outside repainted. 

[iWearKiltz]

you should also see if there are some rubber grommets(sp?) for your case. I personally prefer that and maybe your cable management might look a little neater as you wont see a whole in your mounting board.

 

 

edit: though i've just seen what you added, and that isnt a bad improvement :D, those back board things you've got arent too bad..

[hardware junky]

you should also see if there are some rubber grommets(sp?) for your case. I personally prefer that and maybe your cable management might look a little neater as you wont see a whole in your mounting board.

 

 

edit: though i've just seen what you added, and that isnt a bad improvement :D, those back board things you've got arent too bad..

yea i've had this case for 5 years and looked everywhere for rubber grommets(sp? i have no idea either! heh) and the only thing i could come up with was to make some but i couldn't find a way to make them without them looking kind of cheesy. as for the back, yea i don't know why thermaltake stopped including those back plates or why anyone else hasn't started doing that. it makes it a lot easier to shut the back door since it keeps the cables exactly where they need to be.

[hardware junky]

Sorry, didn't seen it.

its cool man i realize now its kind of easy to pass up when the pics are like that. i wonder if i change the color of the text if that will help. i'll edit it and see. maybe red.

edit: yea red is better! heh

[mvitkun]

IMO you should just take out the GTS 450 and put the Xonar in the bottom pcie x16 slot.

 

would give that 780 more room to breathe,would keep you from needing that extra pcie cable for the 450,making it more clean looking,and would open up the case a bit and might make it look better. 

 

also I'd encourage the idea of switching to a better psu as the TR2 line is somewhat sub par.

maybe something like a seasonix X650

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151088

uses all black ribbon cables except for the 24 pin which is uses all black wires

[hardware junky]

i got bored so i took some more pics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[hardware junky]

IMO you should just take out the GTS 450 and put the Xonar in the bottom pcie x16 slot.

 

would give that 780 more room to breathe,would keep you from needing that extra pcie cable for the 450,making it more clean looking,and would open up the case a bit and might make it look better. 

 

also I'd encourage the idea of switching to a better psu as the TR2 line is somewhat sub par.

maybe something like a seasonix X650

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151088

uses all black ribbon cables except for the 24 pin which is uses all black wires

my plans are to take out the 450 once I'm finished testing with it. as far as the psu goes. my old psu died. i needed one in a pinch so i bought this one. it was ugly but cheap and it works. i will be replacing it very soon. as far as looks go i think it looks pretty good.

[mvitkun]

my plans are to take out the 450 once I'm finished testing with it. as far as the psu goes. my old psu died. i needed one in a pinch so i bought this one. it was ugly but cheap and it works. i will be replacing it very soon. as far as looks go i think it looks pretty good.

I agree with you completely,it looks awesome,I just think that opening it up a bit would make it look even better.

[hardware junky]

I agree with you completely,it looks awesome,I just think that opening it up a bit would make it look even better.

so i got done with my test. totally not worth having the 450 as a dedicated physx card. no matter what i tested it on i only gained about 3 FPS. tested it on batman arkham city, fluidmark and borderlands 2. anyway i took it out and heres how it looks. my temps went down on the 780 from 49c to 47c on idle. max is set to 79c so it never goes above that anyway.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

it does look a little better.

[OneGun]

You should paint the Ram Fan housing the same green color..

[TicTac]

i don't like those cables much and why not put your screens next to you ?

[iWearKiltz]

You should paint the Ram Fan housing the same green color..

I don't know how that'd fit... the current design includes only a few bits green and majortiy black.. yeah, green could go there, but would it look better? IMO, prolly not..

[hardware junky]

You should paint the Ram Fan housing the same green color..

you know i'm actually thinking about taking out the green rings and sanding them back down and repainting them grey.\

 

 

 

i don't like those cables much and why not put your screens next to you ?

im assuming your talking about the covers i put on the cables. they're temporary until i get my extensions in. i still like them but i need to find a way to make them look a little better, like if the connectors were black instead of red. also if the connectors didn't have those little 2 prongs that turn the connector from a 6 pin to an 8 pin i wouldn't have had to hide them inside the cover and would have made the covers have more consistency.

 

as far as the screens go there really just there for looks. as you can see one is not even plugged in. i used to have an eyefinity set up but i didn't like the quality of the screens. the screens on the top are 21.5" tn 60hz panels from asus. i bought the 24" tn 144hz monitor from asus (the one in the middle) and love it. im actually trying to sell the other 3 i have and get another 24". i like the way they're set up though. its perfect for watching you-tube videos in full screen on the top monitor while doing other stuff on my main monitor.

 

 

I don't know how that'd fit... the current design includes only a few bits green and majortiy black.. yeah, green could go there, but would it look better? IMO, prolly not..

i don't know if i would like the green either but what do you think about changing the rings from green to grey. i may try that in a couple of days.