One more pic!

Something that just came in today, thought I'd add it into the case to make it look a bit nicer. These fans are awesome by the way, I'm thinking of ordering two more to replace the other two blue LED fans because these stand out so much more in a case that has UV lighting. I also added a few UV blue slot protectors from Lamptron, so that will even out some of the blue colors around the case.

I may get some small upgrades like 4-pin molex extensions for the lights, because for one the side of the case is impossible to easily pull off because the light cable is pulled too tightly from not being long enough. The other reason is that it pulls tightly against some of the other wires behind the motherboard, and occasionally causes some of the connectors to slip and trip the power from the power supply. Nothing major but I think having some extensions and maybe a few more LED strips would be very useful for my case.

More photos hopefully once I get my second video card.

Time for some computer pics!

Seeing how I get dozens of questions every week related to computer stuff, I figure it's about time I post some update photos as my PC is nearly done. When I started building my computer from an aesthetic point of view, I wanted to make something that was very appealing with the lighting on the inside, and this is the result.

First photo here is of my general gaming area, as opposed to the video I posted a few days ago where I was playing out in the den on a 55 inch TV. This is my personal area, which happens to be in my bedroom, where I play all my games, record, chat with people, etc. I do not keep a 55 inch TV in this room, however my 27 inch LED monitor works just fine for my everyday needs.

The camera's I have access to perform really poorly when it's dark, and my room has awful lighting. There's going to be a mix in brightness for some of these pics but just bear with it. This next one is of my PC itself where it sits on the floor. The camera really does not do it justice, it's a really huge case and weighs over 50 pounds.

A bit closer image of my computer itself. The case is a Silverstone Raven RV-03, which is a third generation case of the Raven series from Silverstone.

And of course a camera angle from the front. I have no idea why there's a piece of tape on the front, and more importantly how I missed it when taking the photo.

And finally we've got a few shots of the internals through the side window. Originally I just wanted it to be a blue glow, but the UV LED strips turned out be a bit more bright than I thought. However I actually really like the look of the purple against blue. It turned out way better than I expected.

I wish I could have pulled off the side panel to show a clearer picture without reflections, but the UV lighting is mounted to the panel itself. Also it's impossible to even open the side panel completely without removing the opposite side in order to unplug the UV lights. This can't be done easily until I order some more molex power extensions, as the lighting power cable is stretched really tight as it is.

I've probably invested over $200 in extra cables and lighting for this case. The blue ones you see attached to the board are completely custom wires and are simply amazing in how they react to the UV light.

And of course before I forget, here's a few shots of my PC in the dark. These also include the ambient lights I showcased in the video I uploaded a few days ago.

The only thing that's really left to do in this PC is to add in a second video card, which I may do very soon and hopefully within the next month. Otherwise this is pretty much a finished build, the only thing I can think of is maybe tinker a bit with the lighting as the upper left side of my case isn't hit very well by the UV light. I also might consider switching out the 3 blue LED lit fans for some UV blue glowing fans instead. With all the glowing going on those normal Cooler Master fans really don't stand out well at all.

When and if I get any more parts like that I'll post some update pictures again, but I will definitely post some more pictures when I do finally add in a second video card.

Some minor updates...

Well for those of you who don't bother reading the descriptions in my videos then here's a few small updates with the current youtube schedule.

In case you haven't caught on, I've fallen rather behind in my uploading schedule because the upload system was broken for me. It lasted about a week until it was finally fixed. There was some bug in the system that prevented a lot of people from uploading videos longer than 15 minutes even though their account is enabled for unlimited length uploads. Unfortunately that problem also happened to me, that was why I could only upload a couple of short guitar hero videos while I waited for the system to work again.

Just my luck that all my videos tend to be at least 20 minutes long, and once you have videos rendered out it's a major loss of quality if you have to go back and re render a video to be shorter. It's bad enough that there's quality loss when you compress a fraps video the first time, having to do it a second time is just awful and destroys so much of the original quality.

Anyways on a more lighter now, in all the downtime where I couldn't upload videos, I kept playing more and more of my playthrough games and somehow managed to finish all of them. Bad Company 2 gave me the most problems because footage kept going corrupt after it was recorded, and then after I finally managed to record it again and render out videos that are ready for uploading, they literally disappeared on me and I have no idea how or why. So long story short I basically ended up playing the second half the game about 3 or 4 times just for you guys. Kind of a pain in the ass but I managed to get it done anyways.

Surprisingly the game that didn't give me any problems at all was Metro 2033. I know I kinda bitched about not wanting to play some of the scary parts and kept putting it off for a while, but in the end I played it again during the day time when it wasn't so bad and ending up finishing the game on the same day. The scary parts I remembered weren't actually all that bad, and strangely enough I actually kind of enjoyed that whole session. You'll see in the videos once they get uploaded that I was more positive as usual, as opposed to generally raging at my games when I die a lot.

The biggest shocker of all was actually finishing The Witcher 2, because for those of you who have never played it should realize that it's a very long game. It's especially much longer now because of all the extra content that got patched in to the game. It's actually kind of funny to see how far behind my playthrough is on youtube when I've already finished it completely. That kinda goes to show just how long the upload system was broken because I managed to finish a 30+ hour game. I don't know if it actually is that long, but normally that's how long it takes me to finish a good RPG.

So as of right now, there is sooo much content I need to upload to youtube before even getting started with a new playthrough session. However I do need to start thinking on something else to play now that I've finished every single LP I've had going. Something you guys want to see then just let me know through a message or something because I way too much stuff to choose from, and I'd hate to pick a game out there that somebody hates.