(Before I start I will apologise for some of the images, it’s one of those things that with hindsight I would have taken a lot more, that way I wouldn’t have to put up with some of the blurry ones now.)
So it’s taken me a while to get it all sorted, but I have finally got my Christmas present finished.
I treated myself to a case upgrade, going from a very nondescript beige case with added radbox to a nice new Cooler master HAF932
Old case.
New case.
Got a couple of other bits as well just to upgrade my sound setup, and of course new tubing and new fans.
Only problem (ha-ha if only this was the only problem) was the inside of the HAF 932 was grey so something had to be done about that.
First thing was to strip down HAF 932, and I was surprised just how easy it was even though there was quite a bit to be take off.
Obviously after much reading on the best way to go about doing a case respray, it was time to start.
First off keying the surface, I used a wet and dry sanding block set from a high street retailer, the type with a fine, medium and coarse blocks all the keying was done with the fine block.
(again apologies for the image)
I’m sure I took loads more pics that this but it seems that I didn’t, ah well such is life.
Moving on to the priming phase, after five mins with a plastic dust sheet and a staple gun the shed is converted into a spray booth.
I’m using Rustoleum galva express primer, Rustoleum hard hat matt black and one of their brilliant spray handles.
Used a bit of string and some stiff wire for the smaller parts.
After doing the panels and the smaller parts it came time to have a crack at the main chassis, so masking was the order of the day, this was ok to do but only as I have found out after there are a couple of issues with the way I did it.
Anyway zipping forward to after a trip to the paint booth and several coats, ok yes that is a excuse for a complete lack of usable images right up until these, which I cannot remember if this was the final coat or not.
In fact I know I did another coat on the rear panel to correct those glitches.
Overall I was reasonably impressed with my spray job. So it was on to the build itself.
First the HDD’s gotta love the easy fit drive caddies
The little OCUK 2.5” drive converter fits nice and snug between the mounting pins so it doesn’t matter that it’s not screwed in.
PSU goes in and I just know I’m gong to have issues with all those cables.
4 new Yate loon D12SL-12 and a couple of old fan housings as shrouds and I have a nice push pull setup on the swiftech 240 rad, I was going to go for a bigger 360 rad but funds took a bit of a hiccup at the midpoint of the build so the old rad is being used.
After resolving my bay ress issue which can be found here
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18257573
The solution in the end was a new res.
So next up was leak testing without all the components just in case.
Then it was time to tackle all that wiring.
Not too bad, and yes the side panel does fit.
After that it was just fitting all the components which go in without any trouble at all, which is more than I can say for removing the motherboard from the old case.
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18260112
Anyway after fitting all the parts in its done so here are some finished shots.
Notice here the grey showing through from where I masked it at the top and bottom. I will get round to sorting it out, but I’ve had a few other things to worry about (non computer related).
All comments welcome
Not sure if this should have gone in the project logs or not so mods please feel free to move it.
So it’s taken me a while to get it all sorted, but I have finally got my Christmas present finished.
I treated myself to a case upgrade, going from a very nondescript beige case with added radbox to a nice new Cooler master HAF932
Old case.
New case.
Got a couple of other bits as well just to upgrade my sound setup, and of course new tubing and new fans.
Only problem (ha-ha if only this was the only problem) was the inside of the HAF 932 was grey so something had to be done about that.
First thing was to strip down HAF 932, and I was surprised just how easy it was even though there was quite a bit to be take off.
Obviously after much reading on the best way to go about doing a case respray, it was time to start.
First off keying the surface, I used a wet and dry sanding block set from a high street retailer, the type with a fine, medium and coarse blocks all the keying was done with the fine block.
(again apologies for the image)
I’m sure I took loads more pics that this but it seems that I didn’t, ah well such is life.
Moving on to the priming phase, after five mins with a plastic dust sheet and a staple gun the shed is converted into a spray booth.
I’m using Rustoleum galva express primer, Rustoleum hard hat matt black and one of their brilliant spray handles.
Used a bit of string and some stiff wire for the smaller parts.
After doing the panels and the smaller parts it came time to have a crack at the main chassis, so masking was the order of the day, this was ok to do but only as I have found out after there are a couple of issues with the way I did it.
Anyway zipping forward to after a trip to the paint booth and several coats, ok yes that is a excuse for a complete lack of usable images right up until these, which I cannot remember if this was the final coat or not.
In fact I know I did another coat on the rear panel to correct those glitches.
Overall I was reasonably impressed with my spray job. So it was on to the build itself.
First the HDD’s gotta love the easy fit drive caddies
The little OCUK 2.5” drive converter fits nice and snug between the mounting pins so it doesn’t matter that it’s not screwed in.
PSU goes in and I just know I’m gong to have issues with all those cables.
4 new Yate loon D12SL-12 and a couple of old fan housings as shrouds and I have a nice push pull setup on the swiftech 240 rad, I was going to go for a bigger 360 rad but funds took a bit of a hiccup at the midpoint of the build so the old rad is being used.
After resolving my bay ress issue which can be found here
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18257573
The solution in the end was a new res.
So next up was leak testing without all the components just in case.
Then it was time to tackle all that wiring.
Not too bad, and yes the side panel does fit.
After that it was just fitting all the components which go in without any trouble at all, which is more than I can say for removing the motherboard from the old case.
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18260112
Anyway after fitting all the parts in its done so here are some finished shots.
Notice here the grey showing through from where I masked it at the top and bottom. I will get round to sorting it out, but I’ve had a few other things to worry about (non computer related).
All comments welcome
Not sure if this should have gone in the project logs or not so mods please feel free to move it.
