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i possted this to another forum while waiting for activation. But ill post everything i alrready had on the other one here all as my first post
This is my first case mod and it sounds a bit ambitious tbh
but i feel like ill be able to do it.
I am planning on hopefully starting this tomorrow but id like to hear ideas of what people think i could do as well as what i already have planned.
i still haven't decided what hardware to use but it will probably be extremely low end for now because i do not have much money .
im going to be doing it in white and blue using a Zalman Z3 case i used to have a rig in. i had the black one which means im going to have to paint it before i do anything.
i plan on making fangrills, more for aesthetics than anything, a PSU shroud/cover and a few other little ideas. i guess before any of the parts get here tomorrow i should take a picture of the case without anything done to it, so here it is:
and disassembled:
so i cant remove the 3.5 drive bays or 5.25 bays which might become a problem when painting but if it does ill cut them out, but i have got a use for the optical drive bay that im going to keep quiet for now.
But the first thing ill do tomorrow is clean all the dust off case.
day 2:
Today i sat waiting for bits to be delivered, i received the sandpaper, my rotary tool and blades and paint. i was hoping for it to have come sooner but it didnt
I got the rotary tool so i could cut the abstergo logo next to the window and put light blue translucent acrylic behind it. after i got the tool i decided to practice on theside of an old hp compaq case and it's a good thing i did because it didn't cut and hardly even scratched it. Now i will have to find another way to cut through the side panel, but thanfully i should be able to use the tool on the acrylic.
day 3 (today):
Today the acrylic sheets i ordered were delivered and so far i have used primer on all the pieces of the case apart from the one i intend to cut. I left the back of the side panel because i ran out of primer but i can do that again when i do the other side panel.
i removed the pcb for the power button, LED and USB ports.
this was after my second coat and i did one more coat before i ran out. I think it went well apart from the little bit i applied a bit too much.
As you can see i didnt apply much to the top of the chassis because that isnt really going to be seen by anyone.
please leave feedback, be it negative or positive please.
This is my first case mod and it sounds a bit ambitious tbh
but i feel like ill be able to do it.
I am planning on hopefully starting this tomorrow but id like to hear ideas of what people think i could do as well as what i already have planned.
i still haven't decided what hardware to use but it will probably be extremely low end for now because i do not have much money .
im going to be doing it in white and blue using a Zalman Z3 case i used to have a rig in. i had the black one which means im going to have to paint it before i do anything.
i plan on making fangrills, more for aesthetics than anything, a PSU shroud/cover and a few other little ideas. i guess before any of the parts get here tomorrow i should take a picture of the case without anything done to it, so here it is:
and disassembled:
so i cant remove the 3.5 drive bays or 5.25 bays which might become a problem when painting but if it does ill cut them out, but i have got a use for the optical drive bay that im going to keep quiet for now.
But the first thing ill do tomorrow is clean all the dust off case.
day 2:
Today i sat waiting for bits to be delivered, i received the sandpaper, my rotary tool and blades and paint. i was hoping for it to have come sooner but it didnt
I got the rotary tool so i could cut the abstergo logo next to the window and put light blue translucent acrylic behind it. after i got the tool i decided to practice on theside of an old hp compaq case and it's a good thing i did because it didn't cut and hardly even scratched it. Now i will have to find another way to cut through the side panel, but thanfully i should be able to use the tool on the acrylic.
day 3 (today):
Today the acrylic sheets i ordered were delivered and so far i have used primer on all the pieces of the case apart from the one i intend to cut. I left the back of the side panel because i ran out of primer but i can do that again when i do the other side panel.
i removed the pcb for the power button, LED and USB ports.
this was after my second coat and i did one more coat before i ran out. I think it went well apart from the little bit i applied a bit too much.
As you can see i didnt apply much to the top of the chassis because that isnt really going to be seen by anyone.
please leave feedback, be it negative or positive please.
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