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Had this case for about 3 years or so now (I think). Did the polishing when I first got it but never got up the nerve to carve into it with a dremel. All thats going to change later this year though as I'm going to get some aquacomputer cooling gear inside it which is going to need some serious planning and some slightly more complicated modifications than I've done before!!
OK, here we go with my Lian Li and also in a couple of the pics is my Coolermaster ATC 4000. The Lian Li is going to become my first watercooling project (with some rather serious changes being made to the structure of the case) and once I'm confident in my abilities to watercool a PC without frying everything, I'm going to start a new project on the Coolermaster case.
First Pic: Lian Li and CM side by side. The CM is rack mountable and is 4U size. Slightly narrower than a normal ATX case but about 15cm longer!!
Second Pic: 3/4 view of the Lian Li. Should have said before, its not chromed, its POLISHED!! The case was standard brushed aluminium as you find them in the shops. I used 240 grit to take the brush effect out of the panels, then wet sanded (by hand!) all the way through to 1200 grit to smooth and shine before polishing. The finish isnt perfect as it gets light scratches on it every now and then, but a couple of hours hard work should see it back to its former glory!
Third Pic: A shot of the front panel. From the top there is my optical drive which is fitted behind a Lian Li drive cover, a quality piece of kit if I ever saw one!!. The fan bus was made from a cheapo fan controller and a spare Lian Li face plate, drilled and fitted quite nicely (although ever so slight unlevel!). The switches are aluminium vandal resitant momentary switches. The front panel had to be drilled out to replace the slightly tackier Lian Li plastic ones. The whole front panel was then covered with carbon effect vinyl to match the top and bottom parts of the case door.
Last Pic:
A shot of the internals. ASUS A8N32SLI, AMD X2 4800+, 2 GB Corsair XMS4000, Leadtek 7900GTX, XFi Xtreme Music, Raptor 150 GB, Maxtor 250GB. I cut out a wire run in the top of the case (out of sight) and also one on the right side of the mainboard tray. Most cables are passed out behind the mainboard tray, then in through the cutout to connect to the motherboard. All other cables are shortened or tied to keep the layout clean and the airflow clear.
Last Comment - Before any numpty says it looks like a toaster, I've heard it at least a dozen times before!! It might get a very tidy respray once I've gotten the watercooling and modification done and if it comes out as planned it might go up for sale
Comments or questions welcome.
OK, here we go with my Lian Li and also in a couple of the pics is my Coolermaster ATC 4000. The Lian Li is going to become my first watercooling project (with some rather serious changes being made to the structure of the case) and once I'm confident in my abilities to watercool a PC without frying everything, I'm going to start a new project on the Coolermaster case.
First Pic: Lian Li and CM side by side. The CM is rack mountable and is 4U size. Slightly narrower than a normal ATX case but about 15cm longer!!
Second Pic: 3/4 view of the Lian Li. Should have said before, its not chromed, its POLISHED!! The case was standard brushed aluminium as you find them in the shops. I used 240 grit to take the brush effect out of the panels, then wet sanded (by hand!) all the way through to 1200 grit to smooth and shine before polishing. The finish isnt perfect as it gets light scratches on it every now and then, but a couple of hours hard work should see it back to its former glory!
Third Pic: A shot of the front panel. From the top there is my optical drive which is fitted behind a Lian Li drive cover, a quality piece of kit if I ever saw one!!. The fan bus was made from a cheapo fan controller and a spare Lian Li face plate, drilled and fitted quite nicely (although ever so slight unlevel!). The switches are aluminium vandal resitant momentary switches. The front panel had to be drilled out to replace the slightly tackier Lian Li plastic ones. The whole front panel was then covered with carbon effect vinyl to match the top and bottom parts of the case door.
Last Pic:
A shot of the internals. ASUS A8N32SLI, AMD X2 4800+, 2 GB Corsair XMS4000, Leadtek 7900GTX, XFi Xtreme Music, Raptor 150 GB, Maxtor 250GB. I cut out a wire run in the top of the case (out of sight) and also one on the right side of the mainboard tray. Most cables are passed out behind the mainboard tray, then in through the cutout to connect to the motherboard. All other cables are shortened or tied to keep the layout clean and the airflow clear.
Last Comment - Before any numpty says it looks like a toaster, I've heard it at least a dozen times before!! It might get a very tidy respray once I've gotten the watercooling and modification done and if it comes out as planned it might go up for sale
Comments or questions welcome.
