Dremel Dream Machine!

good point, will do....

on a good note, when ripping apart your rig in a blind panic, you do get the opportunity to spot how SUCKY your TIM application was on the CPU..

again no pics but it looked like a bear took a dump on the HS and then his family did the same on the same spot !
 
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Waiting for 'OMFG my board is dead!!!111' post...
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You will never hear that from my lips Sir,

you may hear a whimper and "oh crap I better find me wallet" I've already noted that any damage done in this project is expected and indeed deserved for being in-experienced and my "Do it before you think it's a bad idea" methodology.. please take your cynicism elsewhere :)
 
going round me mates while this dries

win 7 upgrade he bought for that machine is causing him grief ..

he owes me a beer anyway :p

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I Just had an idea

I could keep cutting the case on the bottom under the PSU .. where i have put that crap hole for the cable ... I can take the whole lot off and end mount the PSU on the bottom so that the heat exhausts out the case ... Hmmm .. wait till the 90 degree cable turns up .. just in case it don't fit
 
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like here, psu lowered onto a cutout of the bottom of the case

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In every build, sacrifices must be made

Meet Mr ADVENT .

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Mr. Advent was a happy little PC World purchase from a couple of years back
I bought him as a bargain while I worked there and slowly raided his vital organs to build the monstrosity that was the Antec case in the first post here.

Mr. Advent's carcass has been cluttering up my garage for months and has now made the final sacrifice to aid and abet me in this endeavor.

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OH, nearly forgot, the CF bridges turned out not bad

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anyways,

I decided to do a cover up of my previous case hack before some one gives me more grief for my not straight, not filed and not pretty cable hole

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Also this will allow my PSU to breathe the clean cool air

so we have happily butchered Mr. Advent and kept the best bits

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now to bend him into shape and make him pretty again

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I have censored the Hammer blows, it's too brutal for younger viewers, well and i can't hold the grips the wood and the hammer and the camera !! I need a stunt double !

TADAAAAA

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now does it fit ?

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OMG .. take that ! you damn thinking and planning type people !

let's hear it for the do and be damned with it types

splash on some paint...

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bake for a few hours and come back later

time for peppered steak and chips for me tea.. laters
 
I was going to suggest the other day about mounting the PSU flush with the surface, but thought, "nah he'll have thought of that surely, there won't be room even for the 90 degree cabe or something".

Remember to cut it with mounting holes. :P
 
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OMG .. take that ! you damn thinking and planning type people !

let's hear it for the do and be damned with it types

splash on some paint...
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Lmao :D I was like this when I started modding :cool:.

Hardwares looking good but where does "Dremel Dream" lol :D come into play, or was that it on the spare panel :eek: :D.
 
never in all my time here has a thread captivated my attention so much that i have to keep checking every few mins for updates :D

but as they say, .. "all good things....."

.... in this build however, i think he will just run out of case :p:p:p
 
Thanks for the comments guys .. really keeps me going on this now.

I've had a creative mental block

Last night I managed to get the bottom tray out of the case and start shifting the PSU into different positions, but it's hopeless .. the place and orientation it is already in suits it the best, so...

I'll wait for the cable to turn up this week and measure it so that the PSU is as low in the case as possible and then use the bracket I created above to cover the massive hole I am about to DREMEL into it.

for those who doubt my dremel addiction
the kill list so far :

DVD Drive bays sliders x 4
lower case tray
lowest drive bay removed
mid drive bay removed and butchered (decided to mount HDD with velcro)
hole in bottom case (not my finest moment)
140 + screws bolts, rivets and other fittings
Mr. Advent in several uncomfortable places
and I've even used the polishing tool to "File" some rough edges

Admittedly I haven't been the most creative with the dremel, I have only had one since starting this... and I'm not even slightly artistic, or experienced :p

I am loving the constructive criticism guys keep it coming, without it I'd have just thrown it all in the box and shut the lid :p

time to do some more cutting before this damn rain comes in, or the missus gets me to do laundry or something ! :D
 
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