Thermaltake Core P5 uv coolant, where to put uv lights?

[Mutantrex]

I just got Thermaltake's Core P5 case and will be doing a hard tube cooling system with blue uv coolant. But with the case being open I'm not sure how to make the uv coolant "pop" or come to life. I assume uv leds are used. But where do people put them to make all the tubing and coolant glow?

 

[Lutfij]

You will need to be creative with the placement of the UV led strips since they can be an eyesore if they are shining towards the general direction of where a viewer is looking at components. You must also realize that the strips can't be placed on the transparent case wall. You might want to look into this video for some inspiration:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAE-qU_R39g

Hope this helps.

P.S: You might want to share some sketches or a semi complete pic of your build to help get some feedback of where to put the LED's. Text's can only portray so much much that a lot is left unsaid...

 

[Mutantrex]

I finally got it figured out, with the Core P5 case lighting is difficult, because it is hard to get the light to cover all the tubing and waterblocks. I did the best I could, any ideas or recommendations ?





Edit: Please nevermind the one led by the CPU block that fell out, I have fixed it in place with my hot glue gun haha...

 

[Lutfij]

I think you did the best you could inside that chassis. I would suggest having another UV cathode on the underside of the GPU(or above the PSU) though that would act as an eye sore as it looks like your system is above you and will cause peripheral vision bleeding from the cathode's unless you have ambient room lighting to negate that effect.

One small strip behind the HB SLI Bridge could give you some coverage but that means buying a UV LED and not a cathode. In that respect you should keep in mind UV LED's are easier to tuck and hide away as opposed to UV cathode tubes.

I'm not sure I deserve the Best Solution award, did you click on it by accident?