901A Case Mod - ChemX480 - Overclock.net

kennymester · 11-10-07

This is what I'm thinking about for my case mod for this year.

The front of the Chenming 901b will get a blow hole with some bondo to make it look streamlined. The top four 5.25 bays will get a water cooling waterfall that acts as a res. The inside of the case will get a home made hard drive holder. Also at the top of the case a pa120.3 will get mounted suspended from the top of the case. Not pictured, but I will also cut out some kind of window.

kennymester · 11-10-07

Comments?

Firestorm252 · 11-10-07

would look awesome. the waterfall res would look slick, you gonna have the rear with an angle so the coolant flows down or just have a big height diff?

need specific measurements on anything?
i can get them for you once i get home. if you haven't already bought the case that is.

kennymester · 11-10-07

Yeah, the water fall will start off with a drop then an angled piece with some square pieces on it to stir it up. I would love some measurements of the four 5.25 bays. Also if you wouldn't mind can you measure the inside space between the back top and the four bays? I want to see if I can fit a pa120.3 in there.

Firestorm252 · 11-10-07

ya, no problem.

i'll get off in like 45 mins.
another 15 before i get home.

kennymester · 11-10-07

Firestorm do you have a thread on your mod?

Firestorm252 · 11-10-07

edited an old pic i had

AB - ~9" (22.5-23cm)
BC - 6.5"
CD - ~1" (dist from front of chassis to front of drive covers)
EF - ~5 3/4"
BF - 10.5" (the drives take up 10, but there's .5" space above the top CD drive)
GH - ~13"
HI - 6.5"

and my old worklog was here, but i got lazy updating it

what it doesn't show
1) is a pinhole leak on my CPU block that i noticed after a month.
2) the failed painting of the other portion of the panel, i used a different brand and the clearcoat ruined it so it was sanded back down and primed... but never got around to doing it again.
3) the new VGA loop in an external housing sitting next to it.