Matt*S.

I have this case. I am looking for some mod ideas. Currently the entire case is stock without any holes that were added by me. I am not at home at the moment, but I will post some pictures of the system when I do get home. I think I've done a decent job with cable management and that, but any ideas for new fan holes or cable management holes would be greatly appreciated.

I'm not much of a painter so changing the color isn't much of an option. I'm willing to learn and read as much is necessary to do a nice job though. I've been following Cyber Druid's log and I guess it has me thinking about how much of a better case I could have with a little work.

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king_play334

i'd say start by taking a dremel to the mobo trey (the room between the 5.25" bays and mobo itself.
flip the hard drive so the sata and power cables are on the other side.
ditch the IDE and get a $20-$30 sata drive.
you can put the rest behind the mobo trey if you really tried. i have tons of idea's they're just hard to write out.
Good luck!

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Matt*S.

So basically, I'm gonna try and hide everything behind the motherboard tray. Sounds like it's possible, might be a bit of work. There isn't a bunch of room back there as it is. My friend has a CM Stacker 830 and it was much easier to do just that. The side panels kinda bulged out naturally making so much more room. And I need to keep at least one of the IDE drives, it's one of the few drives available that lets me backup my Wii disks so I don't scratch the originals.

On a side note, can anyone see where I could put more fans for intake? I only have one intake right now, and I think it's hurting me a bit. Other thing is that I've always been told to keep a negative pressure case, so I guess I'd have to add another exhaust. The obvious choice is up on top of the case. Anyone have any feelings one way or the other. Not like my temps are bad at all, I just like tinkering with things. Now that I have 3.6GHz stable, I need to find something else to tinker with.

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king_play334

for the intake fan's you really don't have many options. if you have 3 drive bays available you can just get a HDD cage with a 120mm fan on it. or even mod the 3 5.25 bay covers to hold a fan (if there are holes for the fan to intake air)
thats about all i can think of.

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