My Project For The Summer!

been sitting having a brain storm, i have quite a lot of filler left over and i started to smooth out the old front panel, and it wont need much modding to put the screen into it :) the case has a large curve running down the bottom half so it wouldnt be possible to mount the resovoir flush against it, but i was wondering can you mount an alphacool tube resovoir vertically?
 
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**UPDATE** put ideas into action this afternoon and ive just about finished the front of the case :D just the slit to cut where the resovoir tube will be behind, but il do that when i get the resovoir next week :) i might put a trim across the bottom of the monitor aswell and cut a little hole for the power bottom, il have a tink about that tho.
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After
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So ive cut a and glued a peice of perspex then filled in the floppy bay drive glued a a 5.25 drive bezel plus a bit of perspex then smoothed off with the filler, then i filled in the old grill, pentium badge indent restart switch and led holes with filler :) oh and lcd has a protective film hence the blurry screen
 
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Some mores pics, off to bed now tho, need to be at work for 5am :(

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Spot the difference!

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Close up of the monitor, which i will be spraying white at a later date.

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Button put in place and fillered. It lighhts up when the power come on :D
 
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And my kitchen/workshop after a hard days modding

I can actually see the end of this mod now. So much for it lasting the summer lol Just the PSU to move now, then onto painting. White on the outside ad blue on the inside!


10 DAYS AND COUNTING
Till I Get All The Components :D


Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU
Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.86GHz
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3P (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit
BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)

EK Multioption Reservoir 250
Laing D5 Pump
EK Wave Intel Skt775 CPU Watercooling Block - Silver
EK 8800GTS GPU Waterblock
ThermoChill PA120.2
1/2" Clear Tubing (16179) (2m)
UV Blue Fluid
(Plus barbs and Clips)
 
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Case is coming along nicely and the end is in sight! :D Although, think the the kitchen needs a bit of a tidy :eek: A trail of destruction lol.

BeatMaster :D
 
Wow you have made quite a big step in progress, its looking very good. I'm going to try and get some of mine done today hopefully I can get the cutting and fan mounting sorted.
 
cool, im gonna make some alterations to mine, gonna make the trims bigger so they show just the lcd screen and then drill a hole through above the power switch so i can turn it on/off
 
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Here we go after 4 hours of intense sanding (and still not finished) i have boxed in the lcd and gave it a protective perspex screen :D

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The hard work paid off :) Its great with these projects when you can start to see the finished product. Your's is coming along great, keep up the hard work - what is next on the agenda?
 
well a little bit more sanding but i have no hands left to sand with at the mo :( *looks a raw flesh* then smooth the circle windows out. Make the shelf/shroud for the radiator. Then sit and wait till the 23rd for all my components, then cut a slit down the front of the case for resovoir, move the psu and maybe cut another window fo it and then build :D test then paint! finished :)
 
OMG! I decided to tidy the kitchen (overdue) and i dunno how i missed it but the monitor has a remote!!! soo ive drilled a little hole through to the censor :D it doesnt have much of an effective angle due to the thickness of the case but what a cool feature lol and ive filled in the hole id made for the button. i thought id bitten off more than i could chew doing this as my first mod, but its been so much fun, never have i taken so much pride in my own work lol

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bryanlaycock said:
I was wondering whether people know of any mods where people have moved a psu, im interested in how they made the back panel.
Thanks
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the best way is to cut the old panel out and move it then fill the hole with the metal you moved the cpu too
 
well i was gonna replace the hoole with mesh anyhow to let some hot air out, this is a pick of what ive got to work with

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i was wanting to mount the psu on it side, but i dunno where the fan is on Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular so i duuno about that yet
 
You could also use a lian li PSU mount. It's a plate that allows you to mount the psu one way then rotate it 180 degrees if you need to! :)

I'm sure if you search on google you'll find one to look at!

gt
 
upwards? and maybe turned 90 degrees depending on where the fan is on the PSU

EDIT:: Thee corsair put air out of the back apparantly so i wont need to turn it 90 degrees
 
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