First Real Case Mod Thread

Ashley Williams

Ashley Williams

Ashley Williams

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Hi Guys

Im planning on slowly tidying and modding my case over the next month or so, Nothing major no hammering welding painting etc just some small bits. So i thought ide post a thread to keep you updated of my plans and progress. Today ive done....

What it started as....



It then went to this after removing some crap..



Cable Managment..

Until they invent wireless electricity we will all have this problem.

Im not a big fan of multi coloured wires i like my wires to be black. So today i set about making all my wires black but i havent done my power cables as i have a new PSU on the way with black wires already on it :) here are some pics.....

Right Before, Left after









I also have a acrylic side panel and i have 2 cold cathode lights one above the windows and one below. In the window i have 120mm HIPER fan so i set about making it so i only have to unplug one thing when removing my side panal and that i havent got a mash of wires about more pics......



Also as i have a new CPU cooler on the way i dont think my Corsair RAM cooler would fit anymore so i removed it and installed it to a fetn at the back of my case and it fit perfectly using it as an extra bit of heat exstraction pics.....



Future plans....

To Route my Power cables behind the Mobo meaning a bit of dremmeling and drilling to case. Also want to fit 120mm fan in the top of the case as extra exstraction and fit a 120mm fan in the front of the case as a intake.

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Well new power supply arrived!

Wow what can i say it was heavy and there where so many cables and plugs and so much length on the cable. The 24pin MOBO plug had a meter of cable on it i only needed half of that...

Also new cooler artic cooler 64 freezer pro with stock cooler it used to idle at 53 according to speed fan a little lower in bios now running at 47 in speed fan so a 6 degree drop a little less than i wanted was hoping it would drop it to the low 40's mayybe into the 30's

pics......




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Ive now got myself two new fans two of these... one 1900RPM and one 1600RPM. The 1900 is my new rear exsaust fan and my 1600 will be a front intake but i need to drill the pop rivets out the hard drive rack and then install and bolt it back together......

http://www.scythe-usa.com/product/acc/026/sy1225sl_detail.html

And tonight i used some cable braid to braid the cable on one of them.....

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/2702/dscf3137j.jpg

The cbale ties are only temporary i havent got the right size heat shink every size each side and the right size in red blue and yellow but not black :p

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Now ive been thinking (yes it hurt)

The window in this case is huge and shows a lot of the front drives which dont look that good. Now there is a solid black side panel avaliable for this case i was thinking of getting that and cutting my own window in the side on it. As per the paper template. I would mount a fan in the bottom half of the window and leave the top blank so you can see in.....




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Well spent most of the afternoon working on the pc stripped it down and removed the HD racking and installed the front fan. I drilled a large hole in the mobo tray to route some wires around the back as you can see from the pics......

Started taking stuff out....

http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/5431/dscf3151.jpg

Empty...

http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/1804/dscf3153a.jpg

Drilled out the pop rivets to the hd rack

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/420/dscf3154e.jpg

Fitted the fan and pop riveted the hd rack back in....

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/4765/dscf3155.jpg

Next i drilled a round hole in the mobo tray to route some wires though. Used some U trim stuff i had in the garage i did sand the hole and it was loverly and smooth but i thought ide just be safe....

http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/5130/dscf3156o.jpg

Also cut a slot for the wires to run though....

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/6607/dscf3157p.jpg

I then built it all back up again trying to make it as tidy as possible.....

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/2200/dscf3158.jpg

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/653/dscf3159a.jpg

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/4397/dscf3160.jpg

What do you think?????

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Well i recieved another e-mail from NZXT saying if i send my e-mail them my proof of purchase and my shipping address they will send me a blank side panel totally free. Wow thats what i call customer service.

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