First ever case build project

[big_ray_t]

Cheers mate. Problem is though, I now need to turn the fans round the other way as in this orientation, they are sucking air from outside, over the rad then into the case. This will mean I will be blowing warm ait into the case and other the motherboard

 

[big_ray_t]

Not too keen on the coloured fan cables. Considered braiding them but was too tight to get a descent finish so out with the spray

 

[big_ray_t]

Masked up and ready to paint

 

[big_ray_t]

All fans done. Will look a little better now I think. Although, I still preferred the fans the other way round. I think it looked much better. Will post a pic once the fans are all secured to the rad and grill and case top

 

[setter]

With them turned round it will cut down on dust intake. My lian li a70f was a dust magnet on the top panel, thankfully it had no fan cutouts.

 

[big_ray_t]

Not too unhappy witht he fans this way round. At least now I wont be blowing warn air into my case

 

[big_ray_t]

Painting the fan cables black makes a differnce I think

 

[setter]

Certainly looks the part with the cables painted. Are you gonna carbon wrap the front and side panels as well?

 

[ray t]

I'm not too sure to be honest mate. Not sure if it would too much. Was considering black carbon all over apart from side panel with window which I was toying with the idea of white carbon which I also have. Any suggestions???

 

[thenewoc]

Coming along good, I like the carbon finish, thought it looked a bit odd before hand in post #32. Are you doing a window in the side?

 

[thenewoc]

+1 for all over black carbon, maybe something different on the windowed side.

 

[thenewoc]

Perhaps not the front cover though, if you paint that you can keep the slot details going up/down each side.

 

[big_ray_t]

Very true, the slots dont look too bad plus they are needed to exhaust the front 120mm.

I have quite a bit of work to do with the front cover. I need to fill the 3.5" bay as this is not needed and makes the front look very uneven. Also to keep symetrical, I am going to remove the power/reset buttons and relocate them to the centre.

Also need to think of a place for my fill port. Thinking roof would be the easiest position

 

[Mawat]

This is starting to come together Subbed, lets see how things turned out

Cant wait

 

[T345]

Which case is that, it's in a lot of modding projects?

 

[Stinger53]

Which case is that, it's in a lot of modding projects?

its a Lian Li G70

 

[big_ray_t]

Going to try and sort out the front cover today (if I get time inbetween decorating ). Plan of action is to move the power/reset buttons and hdd/pwr leds from where they are over on the right to the centre line of the case. I think this will look a lot better.

Just looking at it though, looks like there may be a bit of work involved. I dont just have to mod the front cover, I also have to rework the actual chassis so that the button connection mounts and led mounts are also in the revised position.

 

[ray t]

Thinking about it, how important is it to have a reset switch???

 

[ray t]

Managed a couple of hours work over the last week or so but quite happy with the results.

 

[ray t]