{"id":283,"date":"2011-11-20T17:55:59","date_gmt":"2011-11-20T16:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jooh.no\/?p=283"},"modified":"2017-03-04T17:02:54","modified_gmt":"2017-03-04T16:02:54","slug":"xspc-raystorm-angled-leds-and-braided-sleeving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jooh.no\/index.php\/2011\/11\/20\/xspc-raystorm-angled-leds-and-braided-sleeving\/","title":{"rendered":"XSPC RayStorm angled leds and braided sleeving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jooh.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/xspc-raystorm-above-braided-sleeving-2560.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-284\" title=\"XSPC RayStorm with braided sleeving\" src=\"http:\/\/jooh.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/xspc-raystorm-above-braided-sleeving-1280.jpg\" alt=\"XSPC RayStorm with braided sleeving\" width=\"640\" height=\"529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jooh.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/xspc-raystorm-above-braided-sleeving-1280.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/jooh.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/xspc-raystorm-above-braided-sleeving-1280-300x247.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If I use\u00a03\/8&#8243; x 1\/2&#8243; compression fittings\u00a0 I can fit 5\/16&#8243; ID, 7\/16&#8243; OD (8mm ID, 11mm OD) Tygon tubing\u00a0and non-fray braided sleeving in them. It creates a clean look, and I can tighten the caps without twisting the tubing.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jooh.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/xspc-raystorm-led-lights-2560.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-288\" title=\"XSPC RayStorm LED lights\" src=\"http:\/\/jooh.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/xspc-raystorm-led-lights-1280.jpg\" alt=\"XSPC RayStorm LED lights\" width=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jooh.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/xspc-raystorm-led-lights-1280.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/jooh.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/xspc-raystorm-led-lights-1280-300x247.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The led lights and cables are straight and\u00a0very stiff so they stick out to the sides.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jooh.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/xspc-raystorm-angled-led-lights-2560.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-291\" title=\"XSPC RayStorm angled LED lights\" src=\"http:\/\/jooh.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/xspc-raystorm-angled-led-lights-1280.jpg\" alt=\"XSPC RayStorm angled LED lights\" width=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jooh.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/xspc-raystorm-angled-led-lights-1280.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/jooh.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/xspc-raystorm-angled-led-lights-1280-300x256.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I removed the sleeving\u00a0and resoldered the LED diodes at an angle and glued the edges.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jooh.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/XSPC-RayStorm-y-split-solder-2560.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-329\" title=\"XSPC RayStorm y split solder 1280\" src=\"http:\/\/jooh.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/XSPC-RayStorm-y-split-solder-1280.jpg\" alt=\"XSPC RayStorm y split solder\" width=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jooh.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/XSPC-RayStorm-y-split-solder-1280.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/jooh.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/XSPC-RayStorm-y-split-solder-1280-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The cable is shortened on one end and resoldered in a y split.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jooh.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/XSPC-RayStorm-LED-mod-done-and-tidy.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-331\" title=\"XSPC RayStorm LED mod done and tidy 1280\" src=\"http:\/\/jooh.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/XSPC-RayStorm-LED-mod-done-and-tidy-1280.jpg\" alt=\"XSPC RayStorm LED mod done and tidy\" width=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jooh.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/XSPC-RayStorm-LED-mod-done-and-tidy-1280.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/jooh.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/XSPC-RayStorm-LED-mod-done-and-tidy-1280-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The cable is sleeved with the rest of the sleeve, shrinked and\u00a0tidy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The XSPC RayStorm is <a href=\"http:\/\/martinsliquidlab.org\/2011\/09\/26\/i7-2600k-cpu-xspc-raystorm\/5\/\" target=\"_blank\">one of the best CPU watercooling blocks <\/a>with excellent flow rate and cooling results. I\u00a0use\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cableorganizer.com\/fray-resistant\/\" target=\"_blank\">BSCC025-BK\u00a0size 1\/4\u00a0non-fray braided sleeving<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.highspeedpc.com\/Merchant2\/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&amp;Product_Code=5-16Tygon&amp;Category_Code=Tubing\" target=\"_blank\">5\/16&#8243; ID, 7\/16&#8243; OD\u00a0(8mm ID, 11mm OD) Tygon tubing<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frozencpu.com\/products\/10033\/ex-tub-601\/Bitspower_Ultimate_G_14_Thread_38_ID_x_12_OD_Compression_Fitting_-_Matte_Black_BP-MBCPF-CC2.html\" target=\"_blank\">Bitspower Ultimate G 1\/4 thread 3\/8&#8243; ID x 1\/2&#8243; OD compression fittings<\/a><br \/>\n(no referrer links)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If I use\u00a03\/8&#8243; x 1\/2&#8243; compression fittings\u00a0 I can fit 5\/16&#8243; ID, 7\/16&#8243; OD (8mm ID, 11mm OD) Tygon tubing\u00a0and non-fray braided sleeving in them. It creates a clean look, and I can tighten the caps without twisting the tubing.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8],"tags":[12,14,18,13,16,10,15,17,11,9],"class_list":["post-283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gallery","category-hardware","tag-block","tag-braided","tag-compression-fittings","tag-cpu","tag-non-fray","tag-raystorm","tag-sleeving","tag-tygon-tubing","tag-watercool","tag-xspc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jooh.no\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jooh.no\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jooh.no\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jooh.no\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jooh.no\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/jooh.no\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1168,"href":"https:\/\/jooh.no\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283\/revisions\/1168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jooh.no\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jooh.no\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jooh.no\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}