Ok, as promised, here are some pics for you guys, cause hey, we all love pictures!!
First off I wanted to snap a few pics of the front bezel on the frame and show how much room I had for the fan in front of the HDD cage (this is a 120mm)
This is looking down from the top 120mm fan hole (the top fan will most likely be inside the case, rather than outside like the bottom one.)
This is actually with my 120mm mock up fan inside, theres still a good 1/2" of clearance with the fan in, I'm happy with that.
Here is the side panel (which is really both the sides and the top together, one WHOLE panel) with the main frame. I have a line drawn in the panel where I don't want the window to go below. This will be where the PSU and HDD's will be. I
might put a mesh window below there, but that's in the air for right now
Here's a shot of the side panel. As mentioned earlier I'm undecided on a window design (just like I was on Phoenix, go figure,LOL) so I
need your help guys!. Feel free to photoshop/paint on this picture and let me see your ideas. I'm in a cramp for an idea. Keep in mind that the look I'm going for with this case is a futuristic, evil, machine factory type-building. (Yea thats pretty basic huh? LOL!
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Ok, so now. I have to take time in this post now to thank a very special guy.
Bill Owen. Bill sent me a pre-release cut of his "Targeted" line of billet fan grills earlier (while I was still finishing Phoenix) as a symbol of appreciation and friendship for a previous forum occurrence (irrelevant and not worth posting about). I promised him I would work it into my next build. So here it is Bill!
This is the grill, straight from Bill's website. These can be purchased directly from his site
here.
When I first received this thing the first thought I had was "Wow, this is incredibly nice!" It's all aluminum (very lightweight) but the CNC work is awesome. It comes with a set of (4) mounting screws and (4) fan screws, so you don't even have to root around in your junk drawer for any. The backside is sanded so that its nice and flat and the front is a nice polished/brushed look. Very beautiful piece of fan 'pimp'age!
Here it is atop the case (I haven't cut the 120mm hole in the top yet obviously). This will be the shroud for the helipad 120mm top exhaust fan. I think it looks awesome up there!
With the red LED 120mm behind it, it will have a crazy effect I think. I'm still debating over painting the outside edge black (or gray,w/e the final case color is) and leaving the 'bullseye" polished, or just leave the whole thing as is. Opinions?