I decided to further complicate my life, instead of that big blowhole for the 120mm fan on the front, I want to take out all the 5.25" bays and put in a meh. Then attach the fan behind the mesh, and have a glow behind the fan. That way it's not so 'in your face' but still gets where I want. Also, that will let me mesh the back as well.
Anyways, photo time! Nothing special here, just the deconstruction of the case. Couldn't sleep so I went and took it all apart and measured some things out. Sadly it's a bit complicated moving everything around, so until things get messy, the laundry room will be my workshop.
For the record, I post the descriptions below the picture. Seems mroe natural to look at the photo first then see the text IMHO.
So here is the angle view again
Here is the front, if you look carefully below the 5.25 docks, you can see the 3.5 ones, which I will be bondo'ing so it's seamless. I'm thinking of putting the knobs for the fan controller there too.
The back. Will be painted over in black. Still not sure if I want to do it flat black back here like the inside or gloss black like the sides and top. Flat seems the easiest so I will probably go with that. Where all those stickers are, I plan on cutting out and putting mesh, then I'll dock some led fans for outtake.
For a while I had my sig rig in this case, but now you can see the old components. Good old p4!
All the pieces laid out. I was totally amazed at how great the build quality on this thing was. It had a removable motherboard tray that had holes for cable management, all the panels were removable, the cage itself was sturdy as hell, and even the plastic pieces came apart. You can see the darker grey plastic piece that I'm gonna paint green on it's own. It has some wired leading to the power/busy buttons that will need to be removed or taped up for painting, but no big deal. The HDD cage is removable too, I'm considering taking it off and making that a big wind tunnel similar to what EuroFix did on his case mod. Something to consider.
Lastly, the window panel. Outlined where I want to cut it in case you guys couldn't see the groove too clearly. My camera isn't the greatest as it is a makeshift while I wait to purchase a new one (Lost my old one while snowboarding).
That wraps up the disassembly. Gotta sort out something with my 360 today (which reminds me, this case concept kinda reminds me of the original xbox, must be the colors?). Will have to look into bondo asap, should be getting a confirmation email from petras as well in regards to being able to ship to canada soon. Gotta pick up some cold cathodes and LEDs from them as it's way too expensive to buy from the shops here.
Til next time
