Project: Little Rascal (A Modified Lian-Li V300)

kk i will be ordering the parts soon.

What iam wondering though, is a reservoir actually needed. As i can skimp on this and then i can have an extra hdd in this case or maybe 2.

Sorry for delays, cash became a prob as i had to spend £100 on a seasonic PSU.

But theres going to be a lot of small customisations going on. Ive found recently im getting a lot of vibration coming through the case, and yet to find the problem.

Also whats the best tubing to use, im still torn between 1/2" or 1/3"

Also theres the plan of putting a crossflow fan at the back to make the push-pull configuration a lot more effective
 
Still waiting for the stuff to come into stock, its really annoying me though.

Im still stuck on a name, not sure if i should stick with Little Rascal or go for something like SilverStorm or something like that.

Any suggestions?
 
Well ive got a bit of a dilema.

Whatever i call it (most likely Little Rascal), i dont know where to put the name on the front.

I have 2 places where i can possibly put it.

At the bottom where the inputs are

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as i will be scrapping these from the front and most likely repositioning them on the back above the psu as theres enough room. But then how can i fill in those holes? I was thinking bondo, but then how do i get the same seemless brush alu effect on the bondo.

Or theres in the middle above the Power and reset switches.

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The black part is stuck on and can be removed quite easily, and i want the Little Rascal cutout of the case then have a lit blue acrylic behind it. Im not sure if i will need more space, so i might have to move the power and reset switches down, which gives me the same problem as the input cutouts.

Im still torn on which would look better.

Either way im still going to have to cover up the input mounts one way or another.

Any ideas guys?
 
If you want to use blue acrylic then why not cut out the inputs bit into a long rectangle and then engrave the name in the acrylic and mount it behind the new cutout. With a couple of LED's behind it the engraving should light up nicely.
 
What are you doing with the power and reset switches as they are connected to the "bracket" the two 80mm fans are. Are you replacing them or do you have an alternative way?

You're tempting my to swap all the 80mm's for 120's and maybe even a 120mm on the other side, oooohhhh the possibilities :p
 
Gamefreak dont forget about decibles aswell.

and to answer sandmaster, i have 2 plans really. I plan to see if i can mod the current bracket so it can accomodate the 2 120s, but this means it will be only joined to the radiator via 2 screws, hense why i wanted to know which out of velcro and adhessive pads would be better to hold it down.

This still doesnt deal with the power and reset switches, but lucky enough the cables can be bent without making the connection unstable 90degrees so they face down and go under where the radiator would be. To help it be flush still i have cut a slit approx 5mm wide going down for the cables to be hidden in thus dealing with the cable problem.

If this doesnt work when ive finally got the radiator or the bracket is too unstable as i will have to get my dremel out to open the bracket up a bit as their are peices from the 80mm mount that will block airflow for the 120mm, then i will be making a custom mount out of acrylic that will be fixed a bit further forward then the current mount sit, and will make sure it can house the power and reset switches.

I also decided the other day that if i have the project logo (still in design) at the bottom then i will most likely get a VFD that will go down the centre where the black column is at present, which would mean that i might have to move the power and reset futher down the bottom anyway.
 
So just cutting away that floppy drive bay means you can fit a 9" graphics card :) ? Am i reading it right?

Cool
 
It is that simple.

Cut it completely (which means you cant use the floppy bezel so u have a hole.

Or cut a section out of it.

Thing is i cut it all away, but the support that links the bottom most part of the caddy to the front of the chassis is connected to the bit i cut off. Now im not sure if this is causing slightly vibrational noise but when i get modding i will be attaching the bottom of my modded caddy to the front chassis with a bracket just incase.
 
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