Post Your Case Mod

[KraZy_SkitZy]

Let's see what you guys have for a case mod or at least tell us what you've done :t

[mireland]

Originally posted by KraZy_SkitZy
Let's see what you guys have for a case mod or at least tell us what you've done :t

does it count as a case mod if it's been dropped and beaten and all sorts of frustration takin' out on? :D

[Steve R Jones]

mireland, please keep the funny stuff in the OT forum. Thanks.

[crossedup]

Okay, ill be first on this thread.

Nothing fancy, just a lot of light and a little rats nest in the corner

80mm blue and red in side blowing in

80mm blue in back blowing out

80mm blue in top blowing out

Antec true blue 2 fan PSU, 350w

2500 barton in an Iwill kk400 with a Gig o ram, pc 2700, and a modest o/c to 2039mhz running W2K from an 80 GB 7200 Maxtor master, channel one.

slave, channel one, Aopen combo dvd/cdrw

Master, channel two, memorex 52x cd/rw

slave, channel two, 60 Gb 7200 maxtor

My newly acquired ATI radeon 7500 going in there in about 2 hours.

temps average 32 sys, 42 cpu. This sits on top of my desk hooked to a KVM. Temps were about 2 degrees cooler when it was on floor.

[KraZy_SkitZy]

Originally posted by mireland
does it count as a case mod if it's been dropped and beaten and all sorts of frustration takin' out on? :D

I think it counts :p :t

[crossedup]

Okay, since i mentioned the KVM ill post a pic of the new rig on the floor also on the KVM. This one is a work in progress as i get the time.

2 80mm red fans blowing in on side

1 92mm fan blowing out on top

Antec psu 300w, single fan

Old gateway server case, plenty of room.

Gigabyte ga-7dxr+ mobo with a Barton 2600 o/c slightly to 2166 mhz, 512 pc 3200 running windows 98, or xp home off of a 160 GB 7200 maxtor, master and alone on channel 1

master channel 2, 8x generic dvd/rw

slave, channel 2, baddog dvd-rom.

temps average 25 sys, 43 cpu.

Putting a 120mm in the available hole in the back as soon as i get one ( fan )

Like i said, work in progress, not much yet. Any suggestions, let me know. I want to water cool the bottom one as it has plenty of room for it.

[CrazyCrusher]

Originally posted by crossedup
Okay, since i mentioned the KVM ill post a pic of the new rig on much yet. Any suggestions, let me know. I want to water cool the bottom one as it has plenty of room for it.

Nice mod I have to say Crossedup,

and how tidy can you get, very very tidy indeed, has to be one of the tidyest setups I have seen in a long time, makes me think Twice about posting mine now ;) Ill get a pic of it later and post it. Keep in mind I like lots of Wires :)

[Strawbs]

This is not really a mod as such, because I bought the side window and added some lights!

:t

[dajogejr]

He he...
Nice case strawbs...:D :p

Daj's Case (http://www.sysopt.com/forum/attachment.php?s=&postid=1082066)

[Tech^salvager]

Man I got a custom modded side window but no digital camera dang. It is a radation sign dremeled by me and plexi put behind it. I also have a glow pad that I made.

[dajogejr]

Originally posted by Tech^salvager
Man I got a custom modded side window but no digital camera dang. It is a radation sign dremeled by me and plexi put behind it. I also have a glow pad that I made.

If you wouldnt've spend all that time and money on that...you could've had a digital camera...:p

Pick up a disposable and have the developer put it on a Picture CD...every one does that now!!

[Strawbs]

Originally posted by dajogejr
He he...
Nice case strawbs...:D :p

Daj's Case (http://www.sysopt.com/forum/attachment.php?s=&postid=1082066) hey! I recognise that case in your pic ...better check mine's still in the house. :D

I got a second SATA drive (my drive bays looked lonesome), now I'm running RAID 0! I also bought a Vantec Fan Card (http://www.hightekpc.com/reviews/spectrum/spectrumcard.html) in preparation for the hot month's to come! I think I'm gonna have to remove 4 of the 8 LED's before I plug it in, the thing is bright like you wouldn't believe, drowns out the rest of the case lights!

:t

[Tech^salvager]

Originally posted by dajogejr
Pick up a disposable and have the developer put it on a Picture CD...every one does that now!!
Thanks for the tip daj

[dajogejr]

Originally posted by Strawbs
hey! I recognise that case in your pic ...better check mine's still in the house. :D

I got a second SATA drive (my drive bays looked lonesome), now I'm running RAID 0! I also bought a Vantec Fan Card (http://www.hightekpc.com/reviews/spectrum/spectrumcard.html) in preparation for the hot month's to come! I think I'm gonna have to remove 4 of the 8 LED's before I plug it in, the thing is bright like you wouldn't believe, drowns out the rest of the case lights!

:t


Think you're gonna need it...strawbs?
I had a PCI blower like that...can't say it did squat for me...

My temps don't get above 41C on the vid card, 37C for the CPU.
I'm sure those will both raise a few degrees in summer...but, still...nothing I'd worry bout.
And...I only have 2 120's...plus the blower on my Arctic card....

[Strawbs]

I hope not! I've put it in already, but haven't plugged it up!

My temps are about the same as yours at the moment. It's just to be certain that I don't burn anything up like I did last year when my 2600+ fried because of the case temps and no sufficient way to blow cool air through the case ...even with both sides off, doors and windows open, and an 18inch fan blowing across my work area, it was still too hot in my house!

This year I intend to climb inside the case to keep cool! :D

[dajogejr]

Well...MY PC is in the basement....where it's nice and cool:)

[BryanM]

Started out the outside was ganna be back and the inside chrome, but the chrome and the clear coat didnt mix right so now its like a gloss black outside and a metalic black inside. Has 2 Green UV 80mm fans. Yellow heatshrink, UV IDE and floppy cable two UV cathodes. Artec CD-RW, 4 two-way switchs, card reader, and sony dvd-rw drive all custom painted, well except the sony drive cause i aint rippen that thing apart to paint it. Cut a blow hole on top along with a window in the side, and also a fan mount in the PSU. Powered by a 2800+ and ATI 9700 and some **** ram. not too bad for a $35 case. That Cathode should be hidden, and i have to do something with that PSU.

[megaspazz]

pretty wild lookin' mobo... what is it?

nice case! :t

[crossedup]

Is that an old ACER case?

Got one looks just like that. I painted it candy apple red and built the boys computer in it.

Nice cases for thier age.

[BryanM]

its a Soyo Kt400 Dragon Ultra plat ed, naa its just some case i picked up off tiger direct a year ago, stated off like this http://images.tigerdirect.com/skuimages/large/B452-1018.jpg IGNORE THE FLAT IDE CABLE TOO, didnt have a extra clear round to use for the riad

[CaptHandsome]

First off...Strawbs very nice case...not only does it look good, but its freakin tidy...not a wire or cable to be seen, thats one of the great things about have the HDD bays side to side instead of front to back. Very nice job.

I just ordered some green LED fans to match my case...as soon as i get em installed imma post pics. Im actually REALLY excited. Can ya tell?

[sevenbeansalad]

First of all the pc specs:

epox 8rda+ v1.1
xp2500 @ 2800 (2ghz)
512mb pc3200 Geil
ATI 9800np
80 gig maxtor
lite-on cdrw
Sparkle 300watt

Here is the heatsink I am using except that I took out the 70mmx15mm fan and put on an 80mmx25mm.
http://xoxide.com/taisk7heatpi.html

I have one 92mm fan in the front blowing in and a 120mm blowing down from the top both hooked up to the fan controller to the bottom right of my primary monitor. The switches to the left of the baybus are for my secondary power supply and my blue cathode. The two case fans and blue cold cathode are powered by the secondary power supply.

Here are some pictures.

http://www.villagephotos.com/pubbrowse.asp?selected=818399


Christopher

[crossedup]

You got that thing built into your desk? Looks pretty neat. Had thought about trying that once. Nice to see the concept working

[jet.]

http://hardcoreware.net/rigs/image.php?rig=550

My beauty, just needs some serious watercooling now.

[Strawbs]

Originally posted by jet.

My beauty, just needs some serious watercooling now. Has that case got side mounted drive bays too? looks very tidy inside.

You must have O\C'ing in mind to want watercooling, what are your current specs\temps?

Thanks Capt* ...I prefer to tuck the wires away where possible, it makes for better Airflow!

[jet.]

Originally posted by Strawbs
Has that case got side mounted drive bays too? looks very tidy inside.

You must have O\C'ing in mind to want watercooling, what are your current specs\temps?

AMD T'Bred B DLTC3 1700+ @200x12.5 2.5Ghz w/ Vantec Aeroflow
45C idle, 50-55C load, 1.85 vCore, 2.7 vDimm, 1.7v Chip, AGP 1.5v
Abit NF7-S 2.0 BIOS 1.4b nForce 2.03 drivers w/Vantec Iceberq Cooling Kit
TwinMos Winbond w/Vantec Heatspreaders 3x256MB 6/3/3/2 @ DDR400
Sapphire Radeon 9700 w/Tweakmonster rev4.0 ramsinks 350/290 Cat4.3
Western Digital 80GB/120GB Cavier’s w/ 8mb Cache (Side Mounts)
Thermaltake Xaser III Case & Antec Truepower 380W PSU

---------------

I think i could push my CPU to 2.0/2.1 vCore with WC, who knows what i'll be able to OC with it. My graphics card is maxed though due to bad Infineon memory, so a new graphics card looks set for when the R420's are out. I dunno, i'm just pushing for WC because i've never done it before and want to get stuck into something new. :)

[MJCfromCT]

Here's the specs:

AMD 2700+
Radeon 9800 Pro
1 GB PC 3200
140 GB HDD
580W Power Supply
Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe
DVD+R Drive
CD-RW Drive
6 LED fans
2 Cathode lights
TV Tuner
Thermaltake Xaser II series case

here's a pic (i know the wires are kinda messy, thats the next step, after dusting :) )

[MJCfromCT]

another pic, closer up...

[MJCfromCT]

last one... :)

here's one w/the lights off...

[Strawbs]

Whoa! That thing is "Red" ...er ... with a vengeance. was the case interior already "Red" when you got it, or did you spray it "Red" yourself?

It's different, I like it. :t

[MJCfromCT]

strawbs,

yea, i do like red :) lol...the case was originally silver on the inside, but i stripped everything out and had it spray-painted red with auto paint...i have pictures of that process if anyone is interested.

[Strawbs]

It looks a very good job judging by the reflections in the bottom (pic 1), nice PSU also.

[MJCfromCT]

Strawbs,

Thanks for the compliments...the paint i got ended up not being as glossy as i originally thought it was, guess i should have paid more attention to the can before i put it on :)...the bottom of pic 1, i think the "reflection" is just a bunch of wires that make it look like a mirror image...i wish it was that shiny though, :).

The PSU is a demon black chrome 580W w/2 red LED fans...got it for 45 bucks on newegg

[DozerLYP]

i have the same PSU from newegg and it's now $32 and it is awsome looking.
good idea about painting the inside. now that i had to take everything out because of a bad brend new ASUS SK8V that i have to send back to ASUS, witch would probably take forever. that gives my planty time to paint mine. thanks for the idea. :D

sorry about the bad quality of the picture, i took it with me phone. i'll sand one when it's all done.
:D

[CrazyCrusher]

this is my one,, dont mind that nasty gray cable in there, I had to find a speedy replacement :) kinda messy at the moment, im doing some work on it :) with the lights of.

[CrazyCrusher]

one more :)

[ATI RADEON 8500]

What ur trying to do Crazycrusher? You must really want to be flamed about ur wiring job... :eek:

[CrazyCrusher]

nope I was working on it thats what it looked like crapolo, I added a new HDD and some new Case fans, no wires showing now, plus its only a temp case for now, looked really messy eh lol.

[ATI RADEON 8500]

Not really I've seen worst. But others see a minor mess with wires and they go postal.:rolleyes:

[CrazyCrusher]

ahh, It never botherd me dude,, I allways take the postive side of a postal remark, if someone has something to say about it, I take it as if I can make a change on something to make it look better, but hey Im posting here along time and found not to take anything to personal :)

[ATI RADEON 8500]

Nice way of looking at it. :t

[Xe']

hey here is a question for any who wants:
i am considering piping cold air from a refrigerator into my computer but am not sure what, if any, problems i might have with moisture. i havn't never done anything like this in my life, and never, before now have had a computer to do it on.
any thoughts?????

[Strawbs]

Originally posted by Xe'
hey here is a question for any who wants:
i am considering piping cold air from a refrigerator into my computer but am not sure what, if any, problems i might have with moisture. i havn't never done anything like this in my life, and never, before now have had a computer to do it on.
any thoughts????? direct the pipe toward one of the side panels where there are no eletronics and if you suffer any condensation it should stay on the side, some kind of matting in the base would soak up any water, but it might need drying out now and again! - risky, but possible - would be my analysis! If it's you only system don't bother, test it on your sister's or summink! ;)

[DozerLYP]

ye i don't think it's a good idea, because if it's that hot in your room, and your going to blow cold air in there, it will be a lot of condensation, and water and electronc divice don't go well together.

[Xe']

thanks,
also i heard from a friend that a moisture filter on the tube would take care of the problem from me, however i have never heard of such a device, any thoughts. i then thought about just circulating the exhaust air from my case through the frige and then back into my case, that way i would not be adding air that had a high volmue of water already in it to my case. Essentially i would only be recycling the same air through the case over and over, except making it colder every time.

[Xe']

let me know if i need to provide a sketch to clarify anything.
haha:t :t :t

[nothing]

Here is mine :t

[suprsheep2]

I'm finally getting it together and I'm posting my computer. So here it goes...

http://home.new.rr.com/suprsheep2/comp2.JPG


http://home.new.rr.com/suprsheep2/comp3.JPG


http://home.new.rr.com/suprsheep2/comp4.JPG


http://home.new.rr.com/suprsheep2/comp1.JPG


I am working on another case right now and it should be pretty sweet when it is done, I'll post those pics shortly.

[ATI RADEON 8500]

Dude!! Tip: put that nasty looking fan inside the case... Not very pretty outside the case.:x

[Strawbs]

Judging by the position of the PSU, I don't think they'll fit inside.

Tip number 2: build a wall behind that thing before the salt air corodes everthing! ;) :D

nice case btw. :t

[ATI RADEON 8500]

Ah yea I see now... Bummer

[suprsheep2]

Quite a nice view for Wisconsin huh? lol, the salt looking stuff on the plexi glass is sadly just dust. Also, the fans don't fit inside, grrrrrrrr. However, I have just tried out a new mod on another case of mine which I finished painting about 10 minutes ago. I'll get pics up in about an hour and you'll see what I might try to do with the fan situation cause my other case had that too.

[DozerLYP]

here's what it looks now. i just wish it was working!!!
sys 4

[DozerLYP]

here

[DozerLYP]

and here

[DozerLYP]

and then here

[crossedup]

This thread needs bumped up, its getting lost back here.

Anybody done anything new to thiers?

[qsqueeq]

here's a link to my post about my case in progress. last post has some pics of what it looks like right now, first page of posts has links to the way it was before.

http://www.sysopt.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=169882&perpage=15&pagenumber=2

[widget2003]

Originally posted by Strawbs
Whoa! That thing is "Red" ...er ... with a vengeance. was the case interior already "Red" when you got it, or did you spray it "Red" yourself?

It's different, I like it. :t

lol you want red do ya lol, check out this case on Overclockers Australia

http://pcdb.overclockers.com.au/view.php?page=spic&name=moron&picname=moron_4.jpg

http://pcdb.overclockers.com.au/view.php?page=spic&name=moron&picname=moron_5.jpg

http://pcdb.overclockers.com.au/view.php?page=spic&name=moron&picname=moron_7.jpg

[cheeseman]

well o dpn't have digital camera , so i just tell you about

it its a white raidmax case, a have a

430 watt antec dual fan psu
2 80mm out
1 80 mm in,

[BuildItYourself]

PizzaPC! Yes, it's just an old, utterly useless Macintosh LC with a whopping 40 MB hard drive.

OMG I have to call an ambulance I am way too overwhelmed by the huge capacity of this Hard Drive.

*Returns from ER after a month of therapy for trumatic shock*

We had Pizza for dinner a couple nights ago when I suddenly got an idea......

The computer works fine and yes, it is held together with tape, but heck, it works!

PizzaPC opened up:

[BuildItYourself]

Pizza PC closed:

[BuildItYourself]

PizzaPC Fan close-up:

[widget2003]

lol too funny nice work there BuildItYourself

[raywise]

I haven't taken a piccie of my case yet, but for something truly spectacular, have a look at another case from Oz Overclockers site. Fluro paint works wonders!!

http://pcdb.overclockers.com.au/view.php?name=THW01F&page=pics

Hoo Roo

[widget2003]

yeah thats been there for a while i reakon it's awesome, it has given me some idea's aswell and om sooo doing the mirror on the bottom thats an awesome idea

[cheeseman]

i thought my computer was cheap:D :D :D :D you need to fine a if you want i computer a find a working in the dump for you i find p11's and soem p1 200mhz than i better tha your pizza box:D

[porsch1909]

you guys have the tidyest inside of ure case. mine is a mess. i was going to post mine. alothough the case was pre-modded. but not now. ill tidy up then post a pic fer ya'll.

the problem i have in my house is that the heating is done via underflor heating! lol so if the case is on the floor and the floor is boiling hot! well you can imagine. but its says at a cool 45 degrees centigrade(or celsuis if ya like)


nice cases everybody btw.

[NITOX]

Hello and good morning from Rotterdam

Here is my pc mod:

I own a full tower 1.20 m height

3 blowers in front of the case that flow inside
2 blowers in the right side of the case that flow inside
3 blowers into the back of the case that flow outside
1 PSU 480 Watts (Butterfly)

Water Cooling Aquarius III only for the CPU (3,2 Prescott).
The external main controller is put inside a fridge (-6 Celcius Degrees up to 10 Celcius Degrees)

1 GB memory DDR PC3500 Kingkston - Dual Channel

120 GB Maxtor @ 133 MHz on a Maxtor TX2 @133MHz Controller
that works up to 145 MHz

There is a blower on the hard disk

MotherBoard: ABIT IC7-G (215MHz FSB, 71 MHz AGP bus, 36 MHz PCI bus)

CPU 3.2 runs up to 3.45 absolutely stable at any condition

AGP Card: Leadtek FX5900XT TDH 256MB
(Not modified yet)

Peltiers are in the plan too! (For CPU, Chipset and GPU)

You can call me at 00306974634259 for any question

[porsch1909]

posting your phone number online isnt really the post idea by the way.

anyway...have you got any pics of that?