ok kind of a poll/personal question here

what site has the best/brightest cold cathode lights?

i know ive heard coolerguys for there dual inverters....but are they also the brightest/best made lights? or are they gonna be toast in a week?

I know frozencpu's lights are bunk after buying some and them toasting 2 weeks later........so who has the Best/Brightest cold cathodes out there?

I have 2 Tt cold cathodes. They come with dual inverters and I paid $15 each. Can say how they compare to other brands because they are they only ones I ever bought. They seem pretty bright to me but they do take a few minutes to warm up. You can see them here http://forums.pcapex.com/showthread....&threadid=2170

I like Sunbeam Tech's lights the best. You can find them at various dealers...but from what I've seen/read/experienced, their lights are of high quality.
Hope that helps!

know of anyplace specific that sells them?

Jab-Tech has a pretty good deal on CC's. They are not the brightest, but also not the dimmest. About middle of the pack. But the price is pretty good for a dual inverter with 2 lights.

Another option is to go with Lazer LED arrays. These suckers are bright! Even the blue is bright, the red overpowers a case. Hardcore modders would build their own, but Lazer LEDs are not too expensive, well made, and are sealed so tight that they are waterproof. Another advantage is they are directional so you can use them to highlight a certain area of your case and have an extremely small footprint.

I use a combination of CC's and LED's.

Haven't been able to do a whole lot of searching for ya, since I'm actually studying for my exams
But I was able to think of one place off of the top of my head for ya...
http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/caselighting.html

Yeah, yeah Iron, you are studying. That's why you are here.

Get back to the books damnit! You've got learnin' and cipherin' to accomplish. Buy you books, send you to school, and you eat the....never mind.

I was looking at the link posted by Serif and the Tt cathodes are identical to the Sunbeams right down to the strips on the bulbs and the electronics on the inverters.

Out of the ones i have used, ive found the ones from SVC Compucycle are the brightest, and they have a very reasanable price. ( i dont know who manufactures them though)

BA - lol! I was studying..I swear...I was uh...Multitasking..that's it

Hojo - You're right, I saw some pics of the CC's you were talking about and they are identical to Sunbeams lineup. I'm guessing that they perform equally as well.

*Edit*
Speaking of which, I'm heading to school right now (after this post) for a final exam..so wish me luck

The $12.99 Directron DIY kits have served me alright...



Directron DIY CC kits

well i just bought a pair of sound activated uv 12 inch cc's at :
http://www.xoxide.com/sounaccat.html i really liked there dual inverter and silver switch for sound avtivation or flash or on that goes right in a 5.25 cover after you cut a small hole for the switch. they sent you a one tube and offer to add a second for 7 bucks and then you can get a second inverter that plugs into the one they gave you and add 2 more lights (four total) they sent me a a black uv one and a white one on accident so i called em and they send another black one at no charge and said to keep whatever else they sent me by accident.. hey zero that link for the uv loomz i dont see where it says uv activated ..hmm

I have heard good things about www.zxmods.com from reviews and resellerratings.com. They also have awesome fan grills. You can also totally customize your CC order. I am gonna pick up 2 white CC's from them and also 2 laser grills.

i went with svc compucycle/heatsinkstore.com, they are the ones that most closely resemble the kick azz ones i bought at that computer show i got my other two at........i currently have 2 ice blue cc's in there now...so i picked up a blue dual inverter, with a second UV light....so ill be running 3 ice blue's with 1 uv to bring out my uv sensitive gear i also ordered from directron

i dont think the blue cc's should interfere with the uv light....it should put out enough light on its on with where im planning on mounting it to light up my UV gear.....or at least im hoping it does

What about JKL lamps? http://jkllamps.com
They also have blue LED to white LED convertors.

Good topic, but I have a feeling this is going to be tough to get a good answer, simply because, how many of you have boughten two different cc's same color and size, from two different companies? Everyone buys a CC and loves it, but they have nothing to juxtapose it to. Understand? Example: I bought my CC from pcmods, I love it, but who's to say?

ok, i just got my lights from SVC compucycle, and they rock ass....just the one blue CC is as bright as both of my other cc's combined that i bought at that computer show....thanks a bunch scapegoat for pointing me to those lights....i now have 3 blue CC's and 1 UV CC, i mounted the UV cc rite next to where my uv sensitive fans are going.......kinda nice too, the uv light makes my glow in the dark rounded ide cables glow too =) added bonus i hadnt intended..........will post pics after i get them in the mail...been meaning to get up new pics....havent did much case wise, but i have cleaned up the wiring extensively....and i found that mirror reflective film i was lookin for, at least now with new galaries i wont have to worry about getting yelled at fo reposting =P..