Looking for a Case for Mod

Mr Jones · 20 Jun 2006 at 09:57

A mate and I have approx £40 for modding a case - a gift for another friend's Birthday come mid-september.

We basically need to find a case with good internal layout, MUST have a front and rear 120mm fan vent for mate's fans. Any light colour preferable.

Since we're either gonna use grey duck tape or "Fragile" tape and basically go all out mental on it (we've got like 3 rolls each here

) we'll need the case to be as flat on the front as possible - easier for duck/"Fragile" taping. The plainer the look, the better. We'll not tape the back or bottom panel. Depending on how the front in-vent is shaped, we will tape over and cut out the grill.

My mate's leading the Project: Gift Taped and I'm the case hunter. Any suggessions will be appreciated.

Mr Jones · 20 Jun 2006 at 10:05

But there's a door... and the side window panel, will be such a waste if taped over, although it is giving me ideas... *phones mate*

Mr Jones · 20 Jun 2006 at 10:16

Well, mate and I have agreed, window is okay but door is a no no.

I saw that PC7+, too beautiful to duct tape over...

Also, our effort will probably be in vain if the birthday boy knows it's a PC7+ taped all over, he'll most likely rip it off...!

Mr Jones · 20 Jun 2006 at 19:15

fatty1 said:
When I first saw this I thought it was ok it has 120mm fans

That looks errm... a cousin of Vento? :eek:

Anyway, I saw the Phong (Breeze in chinese-ish). Looks like the one to fit the bill... £35, bargain! I might even buy one extra for my coming rig and do something similar-ish.

Any others? Looks like me and mate's gotta head down to our local light industry to shop at the world...

Mr Jones · 20 Jun 2006 at 19:40

Note: sorry if my English is iffy but we don't really need the 2x120mm fans, we need the place for the birthday boy's own fans.

http://www.xtremecomputing.co.uk/review.php?id=22&page=2
I just read more about the Phong, apparently the fan controller doesn't allow for after-market fans, is there any truth to that?

Mr Jones · 20 Jun 2006 at 20:53

Not looking at the Phong 2 - over our budget.

Well, to keep the fans or not will depend on my mate. Thanks for that case suggession, it sure fits the bill and time for some duct-taping action...

Mr Jones · 20 Jun 2006 at 22:32

I'm definitely gonna take pictures of it.

It's along the lines of 'We have over 100 metres of duct tape + "Fragile" tape, what do we do with them and a PC case'

I'm really loving the price and looks on that Phong, hope I'll feel the same when we get one coz I might just have one and mod it myself - price of the case makes it expandable.