Flower

I decided to revive my first case. I don't want to buy a case just yet (CM690 is what I was thinking of) and the case I have now is hard to work with.

My idea is side mounted HD's, PSU at the bottom and Lian Li upside down mobo tray.

Here what it started out like :



Here's without the bottom drive collum :



Half mounted the way I'd like it to be :





I am going to fix the parts together next, I just need to get the back sorted as it has been flipped. I should be able to then strengthen up the motherboard tray with a support at the bottom, following with holes for cable management.

Any ideas would be most appreciated. Once I get the insides done I'm thinking of painting it. The last thing on the case should be the front, which I have some ideas for.

Update Tuesday March 4th

I started cutting the mobo tray for cable management :





I realised a few things which I will try to tackle next. Firstly the mobo tray needs to be supported at the top and bottom. I have 'bodged' a piece of wood, but it is a bit soft and it might not hold the weight if the case is twisted etc. I was thinking of doing something like this for the bottom (maybe with some sort of thin metal) :



The next job is to install the HD bays. I would like to do this in a way that it doesn't pass the vibrations on to the bottom and the drive area. I'll see what happens...

Any updates will be posted further down the thread

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dr4gon

haha, interesting concept, I'd like to see how it stacks up against the v1000

Any idea on a time frame?

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Flower

Well, tonight was just cutting rivets (help from my dad thankfully). I should be able to finish the inside by tomorrow or the evening after that, that leaves me the weekend to get it ready for painting. I might order some stuff like fans, I need some different feet too so it should be finished in a couple of weeks, lets say 3

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Syrillian

Schweet idea.

I'm sticking around for this one.

Subscribed.

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Flower

Thank you

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killerfromsky

did the same with my acrilyc case..
i'm fully modding it atm..

will look very good

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Flower

Cool, do you have a thread on it?

Updated OP!

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killerfromsky

no, nor do i have pictures before and during..
i'll start taking pictures asap, before i continue modding..

but few people seemed to appreciate it on ocn

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Flower

Ok, I wouldn't mind seeing it

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Flower

Just some minor changes, I managed to fix up the motherboard tray. It has a support riveted to the bottom and is riveted to the top (not the best look wise, but it should be discreet once painted).

Also had an old processor, I wanted to see what it was like to take the IHS off

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