well, after having this case for about 6 months now, and being deep into the summer months bored at home, i decided to give my case a much needed dose of eye candy
here is the case as it stands,
my case is very similar to that one, except for the body of the case is flat black, and the side panel lacks a window, the faceplate and other details are all the same
First, i plotted out what i wanted in the case, i would be keeping all my original hardware, except for my psu for this mod, as with the added fans it could use some more juice, here are the guts:
asus A7N8X
mobile 2400 at 2.3 with new cooler
2x pc2100 256 ddr samsung
saphire 9600xt overclocked to 680 mem 520 core
audigy 2 platinum
usb controler
120 western digital 7200 rpm hdd
dvd 8x drive
fast burner, don't remember specifics
for the mod i went and bought:
12 of these UV fans
a fan adapter to mount one of the fans to my heat sink, blue UV reactive
enough fan grills for my whole case
a green UV sleeving kit
a 92mm UV fan for my left panel area to blow over the hdd
dual 12 inch UV cathodes
-a nice 480 watt thermaltake psu
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=17-153-009&depa=0
and some really nice brushed aluminum handles, that fold up and down
and those are all the parts going to be used in this mod
what i want to do to the case:
-twin 80 mm blow holes out the top
-a nice, clean classy window with two intake 80mms
-handles on the top
-remove lower hard drive cage
-cut out the existing built in fan grills
-mod the psu fan controllers into a CD bay drive cover
- and lastly my friend that owns an auto body shop is gonna paint the whole thing, chasi included flat black
after two days of working on and off, here is what i have done
i got it all striped down, parts taken out and put into a temp case, drilled out the rivets that where holding in the lower hdd drive cage, installed handles, and cut out the top blow holes, i also drew out the specs for the window on the side panel, its probably gonna see the jigsaw tonight or tomorrow, and the drive face pannels are already dyed black
on to pics!! sorry about not directly linking them, I'm looking for somewhere to host them but all my usual hosts are down right now for some reason
http://www.pbase.com/iano86/case_mod
here is the case as it stands,
my case is very similar to that one, except for the body of the case is flat black, and the side panel lacks a window, the faceplate and other details are all the same
First, i plotted out what i wanted in the case, i would be keeping all my original hardware, except for my psu for this mod, as with the added fans it could use some more juice, here are the guts:
asus A7N8X
mobile 2400 at 2.3 with new cooler
2x pc2100 256 ddr samsung
saphire 9600xt overclocked to 680 mem 520 core
audigy 2 platinum
usb controler
120 western digital 7200 rpm hdd
dvd 8x drive
fast burner, don't remember specifics
for the mod i went and bought:
12 of these UV fans
a fan adapter to mount one of the fans to my heat sink, blue UV reactive
enough fan grills for my whole case
a green UV sleeving kit
a 92mm UV fan for my left panel area to blow over the hdd
dual 12 inch UV cathodes
-a nice 480 watt thermaltake psu
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=17-153-009&depa=0
and some really nice brushed aluminum handles, that fold up and down
and those are all the parts going to be used in this mod
what i want to do to the case:
-twin 80 mm blow holes out the top
-a nice, clean classy window with two intake 80mms
-handles on the top
-remove lower hard drive cage
-cut out the existing built in fan grills
-mod the psu fan controllers into a CD bay drive cover
- and lastly my friend that owns an auto body shop is gonna paint the whole thing, chasi included flat black
after two days of working on and off, here is what i have done
i got it all striped down, parts taken out and put into a temp case, drilled out the rivets that where holding in the lower hdd drive cage, installed handles, and cut out the top blow holes, i also drew out the specs for the window on the side panel, its probably gonna see the jigsaw tonight or tomorrow, and the drive face pannels are already dyed black
on to pics!! sorry about not directly linking them, I'm looking for somewhere to host them but all my usual hosts are down right now for some reason
http://www.pbase.com/iano86/case_mod