[Full Log] Teh HAF -- Black Guts With Minor Mods - Overclock.net

Forsaken_id · 03-23-09

I needed to take a perfectly good computer apart to make some minor changes to my system so here are the details.

The main item was to make the inside black since it looks so much better. Secondary were filtering the intakes and get rid of the red LEDs on the front fan. Everything else was just because. . .

Mods/Additions:
Black interior
Nylon stocking filtering
Red LEDs on front fan replaced with green
120mm bottom intake fan with black grill
Green UV SATA cables
2 300mm UV CCFLs one with a ghetto light blocker

Here are the pics and rambling description for everyone's perusal:

First the mess made by this:

Painted MB side panel:

Painted rear:

Painted inside and parts:

This is the front fan panel which seems like CM were going to make it a filtered one or something but lost interest:

That is fine; it makes it easy for me to use for easy and clean filter setup. I rounded the expanding mount posts off a little so it would come off easier for cleaning and applied stocking to the removable mesh panel:

Putting it back together (the top drive quic-release was missing springs so it isn't on):

Green LEDs (regular ones, i didn't have any water-clear high powered ones

):

120mm bottom intake with a black grill from Petra’s:

Guts:

The backside:

The side panel “filter” was done with double sticky tape and stocking with the fan screwed on afterwards. I also did the bottome PS area intake the same way, but no pics of that:

The UV CCFL that is mounted on the side of the drive bay has black electrical tape on the front edge to keep the UV good, but the purple to a minimum:

Finished (with flash, without, without side panel):

I have a bunch more little things I am thinking of such as making an actual frame thing for the site and bottom filters instead of the ghetto-sexy tape way. I’ll probably redo the front fan with brighter green leds (it is very understated now) and line the window with green EL wire. I wanted to get it back up now so I can play more Fallout3 and L4D!

Thanks for looking!

--Rome