**The PC Cases Gallery**

[Chalex4]

Doesn't look to shabby, apart from the carefully done cable management of course .

I can't remember if I've shown you lot an updated pic of my desk. Ah well.

[VoX]

Nope, most recent we saw was in the Xmas draw video.


Oh, for anyone who is curious, the Blu-Tac on the desk stops my monitors power cable coming out lol.

[VoX]

Holy thready revival batman!


Got loan of a DSLR until Sat, so been messing about with it doing PC pics.

What I've learnt so far:

• Get up close and have the PC fill the shot, looks a lot better.
• Long exposure times with lights at the end give off a nice glow to the LEDs while still keeping detail in the case.
• Cable management is a bitch.
• Non-natural light is hard to work with unless you have studio lights
• Messing up 10 second exposure shots is not nice, considering you need to start all over again haha

So, here are the pics












(Fav one)




Will do a few more tomorrow when I have natural light

[Calneon]

Nice photos, perhaps a bit orange xD.

[VoX]

Yeah, that's what I mean about non natural light being a bitch to work with haha. But thanks

Tomorrow I should have a few nice ones, natural light makes things look infinitely better.

[D_K_Head]

nice timing actually... planning on getting a custom case myself... black and boring is getting on my nerves now...

Any suggestions?

[VoX]

On a tight-ish budget the Antec 300 and mod the shit out of it, is what I'd do if I needed a new case.

Strip it apart and paint each part a colour to suit your taste, although the OcUK AVP edition one looks awesome with just Green LED fans



If you have a higher budget, for performance look at the Antec 900 (What Chalex has), 900-2 (What I have), Antec 1200, or one of the Coolermaster HAFs (What Phantom has) or for silence/sleek looks the Antec P series or the Fractal Design R2's.


Dream case has to be the Corsair Obsidian 800D though, seen some awesome Watercooled setups in those.


(Nem's Aquasidian on OcUK)

[Vicious Horizon]

Do I spy RipJaws?

[VoX]

Nope, Corsair Dominator DDR2, RipJaws are DDR3, which was £lol when I was building, so went with a DDR2 mainboard.

[Vicious Horizon]

Ah, I just saw the spikes and was like - ooooooohhh

[VoX]

Indeed, the RipJaws have slightly wider spikes though, either way both look pretty dam nice if I'm honest.

[Colonel Mitch]

Indeed, the RipJaws have slightly wider spikes though, either way both look pretty dam nice if I'm honest.

its ram.....

[VoX]

True, but it looks good haha, still can't beat the BallistiX Tracers with the LEDs.


Only good shot I got today before the camera ran out of battery (lol)




Edit: Oh, and an edit to one from last night to make it less orange haha.

[ez64]

its ram.....

this

[Colonel Mitch]

As i think i mentioned, and was shown in the other thread, i had to dismantle my old case to remove / replace my motherboard.

Also with no watercooling I could make the case much more compact and stronger. Now you can just grab it from any side and lift

Just spent a few hours building new case, and this time its upright!

Here are some pics of the OLD case with nothing in it :P









And here is the new one!

(From the top)


(From the side)


(From the front)


(close up on front)



And this is it in use





Note the wire hanging down. Its attatched to the PW Switch jumpers so i can cross those wires to turn pc on, otherwise its screwdriver in the side to turn on every time xD