Monkey92

Well, this is my first real mod, so take a look and see what you think.

Here is the standard Antec Twelve Hundred side panel. I never really liked the design of this window, I wanted to see ALL of the inside of my case.


First I took off all the screws, and took out the plastic and the mesh.




Then I made some measurements on the acrylic. (Purchased at http://delviesplastics.com/. I used 1/8 inch.)


In order to prevent the side panel from being scratched during the cutting, I covered the panel in a low-tack painters tape. This kind of tape doesn't leave a sticky residue after you peel it off.


To get a rounded edge I used the bottom of a can of canned air. It works perfect, but you can use anything with a circular bottom (like a spray-paint can).


Now for the fun part, the cutting. You have to make a starter hole with a dremel so you can insert the jigsaw.


This is about 1/4 of the way done with cutting. I highly suggest hearing protection, as that jigsaw is LOUD (might just be my old one though).


Here is the panel with the full cut-out.


I didn't get a picture of me applying the grommet edging, but it's pretty self explanatory. The kind I used was this http://www.performance-pcs.com/catal...ducts_id=21507. It's fairly easy to use, but make sure you don't cut it to short (I did). It really gives the panel a clean professional look.


Here's the cut piece of acrylic, with the backing removed.

I put down some double-sided adhesive (http://www.performance-pcs.com/catal...ducts_id=22268), I got it at a local hardware store and you probably can as well. Make sure to use 4010 though, as that is the strongest. This tape is used by MNPCTech to do windows, and it has never failed them once. You can use an exacto knife to peel off the backing.


Here is the finished product, you almost can't see the acrylic in there (cleaned with windex and microfiber towel). I'm quite happy with the finished product.


This method can be used on any side panel of any case, so go do your own!

What do ya'll think, OK for a first mod?

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Love it. So simple yet so elegant.

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SlyFox

Looks good, nice job . What does it look like on the case?

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Monkey92

I couldn't get a real good picture, without glare. I'll try and take a good one later.

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Microsis

That... looks.... awesome...

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Diesel Phreak

Tis like tjharlows mod on youtube, looks great im gonna order some uchannel and do this ASAP.

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GeforceGTS

Looks really clean and much better than the stock side window, I never did like the side window on the 1200's.

When I made mine I did it the same way, only to realise my side panel is a little to thick for u-channel and once the acrylic was mounted on the inside it looked crap i've since bought a new side panel and plan on doing it again sometime

thunder12

i was gonna do that with my A900, looks awesome

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CattleRustler

great job on the classic window mod. Your panel looks 100x better now that the gaudy triangle vent thing is gone +rep

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Monkey92

Thanks CR! Glad you liked it.

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