Leds

[2shae]

Im working on a cool project that i am posting tomorrow, i have ordered 100 leds but i wantto know howto connect them in strings of 20 leds. its going to be an amazing litup pc but i need a guide to howto wire up these leds, i have never done this before and am not that good with wireing. so please help me :P
the project consists of a modders case but im currently painting the inside of it. i am working on finding an ebay water cooling kit, and i NEED an amd socket A 2800 or higer cpu(willing to pay upto 20 dollars. excluding delivery. im going to stealth the drives and modify alot of the controls as well as a lcd status panel and uv paint here and there

hopefuly someone has the cpu cos every time i bid on ebay i get outbid

[stealthfighter]

I don't think you'll find a 2800+ for 20$ unless someone HERE offers you a great deal for one, sry m8 :(

[2shae]

even a old atholon 2800 or 2600?

[Tomcat81970]

it will be very rare to find a cpu that cheap that is still being carried, and probably no you wont find any xps for that price unless you get it second hand. you should have taken some of the led money and put it toward a cpu. having a sweet mod is worthless if it isnt even a complete pc.

[2shae]

i can just switch mb with one of my other pcs to get it working if need be, but id really like to get this chip or one like that. as well the leds only cost 14 bucks with delivery
i also dont mind second hand as long as it works

Update.
Here is a few pictures of what ive got done now. This is the first coat of red above the silver primer
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a35/shae2liberty/th_IMG_0532.jpg (http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a35/shae2liberty/IMG_0532.jpg) | http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a35/shae2liberty/th_IMG_0533.jpg (http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a35/shae2liberty/IMG_0533.jpg) | http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a35/shae2liberty/th_IMG_0534.jpg (http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a35/shae2liberty/IMG_0534.jpg)
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a35/shae2liberty/th_IMG_0535.jpg (http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a35/shae2liberty/IMG_0535.jpg) | http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a35/shae2liberty/th_IMG_0536.jpg (http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a35/shae2liberty/IMG_0536.jpg) | http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a35/shae2liberty/th_IMG_0537.jpg (http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a35/shae2liberty/IMG_0537.jpg)
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a35/shae2liberty/th_IMG_0538.jpg (http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a35/shae2liberty/IMG_0538.jpg) | http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a35/shae2liberty/th_IMG_0539.jpg (http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a35/shae2liberty/IMG_0539.jpg) | http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a35/shae2liberty/th_IMG_0540.jpg (http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a35/shae2liberty/IMG_0540.jpg)

This is the first time i have ever spray painted anything so i did the hidden parts first which was a good thing as i figured out howto do it by mistakes :p . should i sand down the few bits that ran, and this is the first coat so u can still see some of the silver undercoat. anyone have any ideas for the project?

[wtf8269]

I have a friend that's trying to sell his old system. Athlon XP 2600+ (mobile barton), 1gb dual channel, 9800 Pro, 40gb IDE. He's asking $150 for the whole system. I don't believe he's willing to part out the system though.

[2shae]

if its a socket a ill pay 25 bucks and then 10 bucks for delivery

[wtf8269]

Well, like I said, I don't believe he's willing to part out the system. But I'll mention that you're willing to offer $35 shipped for the CPU.

Edit: Yeah, he wants to sell the system as a whole. So, no go on the $35 for the chip.

[2shae]

balls. I was hopeing id get that. im bidding on a few on ebay so hopefully i get one, you know whats the most ironic thing though. there is a pc shop down the road from me and they had a load of athlon xp 2800+'s and they sold them 2 hours before i called :shadedshu

[JC316]

You can try ebay, but the socket A's are hard to find for that cheap.

Back to the LED question, I am not sure how they are wired, but you simply wire them in series, simple.

[2shae]

found someone to give me a temp one untill i move house. ill have a good bit of cash to spend on this and sum other stuff once we move. dont i need to put on a resistor before the first led if i put 20 of them in series

[Tomcat81970]

buy plenty of spray paint and put it on thick, also clear coat it when done to help prevent agianst scratches... also cut holes in your mobo tray to help hide wires.

[2shae]

i dont have a dremel, which is a bitch i really should goto the hardware store and buy one with a glue gun and put it on dads account under business expenses lol. anyone know about the leds?

[wtf8269]

Maybe this (http://www.lsdiodes.com/shop/index.php?main_page=page_4&zenid=e590619696f93ef544c5f0bc0b391716) will help?