Recent content by Prime Lord

Here we are boys and girls. Original case: NEW AND IMPROVED! I'm VERY pleased w/ the final result. This case is f'n awesome! Everything is so clean and neat. My one gripe....that back side panel was HARD to get on w/ all those cables under there. It took two people...

Paint is easy. The key to getting it to look good is patience and even strokes. If you can layer the paint on evenly & have a good primed base coat, then it'll look professional. I chose Rustolium (sp?) Professional Primer & Semi-Gloss black. After everything has dried its almost the...

As far as the HDD LED goes, I stole one of the superbright green LED's from the fan I had to sacrifice. It was the exact same size as that little weak-ass red one and It keeps the whole case to my blue/green theme.

Paint! Used Rustoleum Professional primer and semi-gloss black. Wiped the whole thing down w/ mineral spririts, sanded the broad areas, primed, sanded, primed, sanded, painted. Total of 2 coats of black on the main flat bits. I also did what slot covers I needed and the inside of the right...

Progress: Zalman Fan controller & 1 Green/1 Blue 120mm Zalman Fans: Removed half the LED's from the fan: Because of my own ignorance, I ended up having to sacrifice one of the fans for the methods on how to do this right. Thankfully, when I get the rest of the fans, I'll be able to do it...

Well, in all reality, the less b/t your fan and the outside world, the more air it can move. I cut them specifically to get the fan all the way through the case, but yeah, the less resistance the more air.

Okay, so I took the plunge and got my 690. My mind was made up after I stumbled across this thread while researching cases. So Here's what I have so far... As it sits now: Completely stripped of all hardware: I removed all the plastic "grill" elements leaving just the sleek mesh...