I thought I'd treat my new case to some new power, turbo & hdd LEDs to replace the awful bog-standard orange & yellow ones ...

I ordered them online at Maplin (the UK's equivalent of Radio Shack) & thought I'd got all the bases covered:
3mm - check
forward voltage higher than the 2.35v output from the mobo - check
blue to go with the colour scheme - check
compare prices with other options to make sure I wasn't being ripped off - check
buy regular brightness LEDs, not hyperbright - umm, whoops

The photo doesn't do justice to the retina-searing brightness ...

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Yeah, I have 6000mcd 5mm uberbrite blues in mine... Those get old fast at night. On the upside I dont trip over stuff on the floor on my way to the bathroom at 4am.

How about a full shot, john?

Are you just gonna throw in some small resistors, or whats the game plan?

Quote: Originally Posted by M.D.K. ... How about a full shot, john?

...... np

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Quote: Originally Posted by Sparky ... whats the game plan?

I favour the "not looking directly into them" option

Hehehe good enough i guess. Thats a whole lotta blooooo.

Is that a SuperLANBoy case I spy?

is that an external psu to the left of your keyboard? nice set up and the bloooo looks good

The blue led on the center speaker of my logitech's that points directly at my face makes me wanna kill stuff.

some cheep sunglasses!

"I wear my sunglasses
at night
so I can so I can
compute
hum hum hum hum
hum HUM hum hum"

-MF

Quote: Originally Posted by sKuLLs is that an external psu to the left of your keyboard? ...

Yup, it's a slightly burnt out Chieftec ... It was causing stability issues in my rig, but it's good enough for powering the desk lighting & the odd fan test

Quote: Originally Posted by Jonny English I favour the "not looking directly into them" option

I tried that method... but for some dam reason, I still manage to get a shot in the eyes, every now and again.
I also see you persueded, the great red light of ABiT, to relax...
Nice system JE...miss the Duron?

Quote: Originally Posted by ZENNZZO I tried that method... but for some dam reason, I still manage to get a shot in the eyes, every now and again. I also see you persueded, the great red light of ABiT, to relax... Nice system JE...miss the Duron?

Took two 12" CCs to tame that LED, there's still a large clear reflection of it in the back of the case


Miss the Duron? It's very hard to miss with a double-barrelled 4-bore

Im with MF gotta go get me some cheap sunglasses!

It looks good JE, just a little overboard on the blue dont ya think?

Quote: Originally Posted by Wyzard360 The blue led on the center speaker of my logitech's that points directly at my face makes me wanna kill stuff.

LOL I had those once and had the same feeling as you. I ditched them for my Klipsch

I use the Hyper Bright on the front of my case as a security feature.
You wouldn't believe how many of my friends just willy nilly decide to look into it to check the brightness. HEHEHE...

hehe bringin threads back from the grave.

didn't you have to rewire that to make the led run at such a brightness? Also, I love the antec superlanboy. I have the same exact case. LUV IT. Little noisy with the tornado in it though.

Quote: Originally Posted by Cpt. Dave Smoke 'ems didn't you have to rewire that to make the led run at such a brightness?

Nope, the old LEDs popped straight out, new ones went straight in ... wax on, wax off. The only problem was unplugging the front fan.

Quote: Originally Posted by Cpt. Dave Smoke 'ems .... Also, I love the antec superlanboy. I have the same exact case. LUV IT. ...

I'm less impressed with the case now than when I reviewed it, living with it for a while has highlighted so problems for me:
- it's just a bit too small; an extra inch deeper & taller would make a whole lot of difference;
- it's just not tough enough if you do a lot of component swaps: the back panel is bent all over the place now;
- the window is bulging outwards by a 1/4": the fixing method takes no account of needing space for expansion as the plastic warms up, the only direction for it to move is outwards.

Quote: Originally Posted by Cpt. Dave Smoke 'ems ... Little noisy with the tornado in it though....

Yup ... I had an ex-lokie TT volcanco 7+ in there at first; ATM I've got a cheapo sink with a 120mm fan on it A tight fit, but worth it.

tough fit is right. my thermalright was a bitch. It tecnically doesn't fit. I had to make it fit. the clips holding on the tornado are pushing against my power supply. apparently they thought I would run a stock heatsink? Now that you mention it, my window does sort of have a bubble effect to it... this is going to bug the hell outta me.