txtmstrjoe

Pretty mega, pioneer! Most impressive.

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pioneerisloud

Thanks guys. Now just wondering...what else could I potentially do to this thing? I know I need a fan grill for that new front fan....the one I have doesn't fit (I have a 90mm plain one, and an 80mm Apevia one). The 80mm grill I do have is too tall and it gets stuck on the bottom. Anyways:

What could I potentially do next? I was thinking a window on top and painting the interior...however how does my cable management look if I were to go windowed? This case is unable to do much if any more cable management. So if the management isn't nice enough....that would rule out the window and the paint! Gah, I don't know what's next!

I do know however that I'm wanting to get a USB TV Tuner eventually and some sort of 3.5" card reader that hopefully has TV ins/outs, sound ins/outs, and USB on it as this case has absolutely nothing on the front other than the power button and LED's, lol.

Anyways, thanks again for checking out my first project. Once funds mature, be prepared to see me doing more!

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dskina

Looking pretty good. That case would look good with some sleek paint.

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iandroo888

black fan grill. window and repainting entire case. cold cathodes. heat shrink or sleeved cables... usb tv tuner are flimsy. easy to break if hit or moved irregularly. id prefer a pci card. 3.5" card reader is useful for displaying photos and such.

considering the placement of the htpc. window wouldnt do much. would just let the cold cathode lights shine thru and make a night light haha.

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Armadi110

an ocn applique would look nice on there

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pioneerisloud

The items I listed in bold I'm most definitely going to do! Thanks for that. Also...I'm not too worried about a USB TV tuner being flimsy...it'd be mounted on a rear USB slot anyway. Thank you for your suggestions! The window...I think you're right, it wouldn't do any good as I couldn't see it anyway. So I will also scratch off the sleeving of the cables since you can't see them anyway. Paint...isn't as bad as it appears on the photos. Trust me...it matches my TV's paint perfectly, lol. I'm not going to paint something when its beauty is being thrown off by such an ugly TV anyway, lol.

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pioneerisloud

Agreed...however the applique I won a few days ago will be going on my main rig...its MUCH sexier.

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Iconoclast

Pound some wire mesh into the hole, like what Markkleb did in his Project:




Looks pretty good though. That AGP card has TV out, eh? Or did you use some cable adapter?

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pioneerisloud

Yeah the AGP card is a BFG Tech 7800GS OC....its got some funky 15 pin TV out tihngy that I believe all 7 series cards have. I'm just using an S-Video to RCA adapter..works like a charm.

And I think I'll look into finding me some wire mesh like that. Looks like that could work out pretty well.

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killin

very nice man

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