Slowrunner's Solar 'Eclipse'

slowrunner · 13 Dec 2008 at 15:37

It arrived on wednesday and I was a bit shocked at how big it is, this is without doubt the largest case I've ever had, so it should last me quite a few builds I reckon.

Took it apart and noticed that despite having the holes in the motherboard tray, that all the wires would have to go through a hole above the mobo, so they'd still be visible really. Cue a trip into the garage to play with the power tools...

Cut a rectangular hole in the upper side section so that the wires can do this,

This way any unused cables I can tie-wrap up at the side of the psu, the only part of the 24-pin cable on veiw normally will be a little bit at the plug (same with the 4-pin power cable, routed behind the mobo), and the cables for the drives can go behind the top section straight into the 5.25" bay.

Need some braiding for the front panel and fan cables, but should look nice and tidy I think.

(please excuse the poor camera-phone pics and the old psu)

Chimerical · 13 Dec 2008 at 15:48

Nice cut.

Make sure those edges are smooth though :eek:

slowrunner · 13 Dec 2008 at 16:40

They're smooth, used the needle files that the old man used to use when making model boats.

Bubo · 13 Dec 2008 at 16:48

You appear to be doing a Nazi salute. Seig heil!

slowrunner · 13 Dec 2008 at 18:19

Bubo said:
You appear to be doing a Nazi salute. Seig heil!

lol, was holding the case at an angle!

benjo · 13 Dec 2008 at 18:23

Bubo said:
You appear to be doing a Nazi salute. Seig heil!

Haha well spotted

slowrunner · 15 Dec 2008 at 13:21

Got the front painted up,

Not sure if I can be bothered to do the sides and top, seeing as it's going to be mostly hidden under my desk.

Waiting for some braided sleeving and 3mm bungee cord to arrive, then once the cables are sleeved I can move everything out of my CM-330.

~>Dg<~ · 15 Dec 2008 at 23:21

well recieved mine today not a happy chappy :mad:

looked great at first but the mb tray was out quite a bit and when trying to install my graphics card it was a nightmare in end took all stuff out. cant be arsed to send it back either as weight / cost time of year/ messing about.

the problem with case is cause theres no rigid structure to case slash tray (it can move on the right angle like a hinge) this can when inserting cards pull them out of pci slots .this is not good with a decent arrangement of cards either :mad:

Mud · 16 Dec 2008 at 00:35

~>Dg<~ said:
well recieved mine today not a happy chappy looked great at first but the mb tray was out quite a bit and when trying to install my graphics card it was a nightmare in end took all stuff out. cant be arsed to send it back either as weight / cost time of year/ messing about.

the problem with case is cause theres no rigid structure to case slash tray (it can move on the right angle like a hinge) this can when inserting cards pull them out of pci slots .this is not good with a decent arrangement of cards either

The Eclipses(/Mirages/Omegas?) are sometimes like that too...might take a bit of plastic deformation on the mobo tray for it to behave properly.

slowrunner · 16 Dec 2008 at 15:48

It's built up!

3mm bungee cord arrived yesterday, strung it up in the 5.25" bays for the HDD's to sit in. Braided sleeving arrived this morning so the fans and front panel cables got done.

Here's the finished pics,

The fans supplied with the case are a bit louder than the 2 coolermaster ones in the 330, but temps have gone down a couple of degrees on the cores at idle, the system temp has come down from 45 to 38 though! Graphics card idle temp has also come down a good 10 degrees (passive HD3450).

Nix · 16 Dec 2008 at 16:40

Wow, I didn't realise just how deep they were. It literally dwarfs your mobo!

Bubo · 16 Dec 2008 at 20:15

You appear to be sleep-modding this time

slowrunner · 16 Dec 2008 at 22:30

Nix said:
Wow, I didn't realise just how deep there were. It literally dwarfs your mobo!

It's about 2"s bigger all around than my cm-330 elite was, I used to be able to get my hand between the desk and the case!

Bubo said:
You appear to be sleep-modding this time

That's what happens when I miss lunch!

setter · 16 Dec 2008 at 22:41

Quite like the bright aluminium finish inside, sometimes i find my akasa eclipse a bit hard to work in due to the black interior and my shoddy eyesight

, pondering with the idea of putting my akasa panels and front on the solar chassis.

Mud · 16 Dec 2008 at 22:51

setter said:
Quite like the bright aluminium finish inside, sometimes i find my akasa eclipse a bit hard to work in due to the black interior and my shoddy eyesight, pondering with the idea of putting my akasa panels and front on the solar chassis.

I said the same thing and fully intend to next time I have reason to open up the PC.