Was $500 before GPU/PSU/RAM Upgrades

How did you mod that window? The case looks absolutely beautiful with it. I'm definitely looking into doing something just like that. A case with that window would easily go for $100+. Why spend that much when I can just make it myself lol.

It was pretty simple, here's a good video on how simple it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpZoE-zj0-k

You just need to punch a hole out (dremel, jigsaw, steel cutter). It's very easy, it doesn't have to be perfect by any means, as you'll just sand down the rough edges and then trim will hide how unstraight it is (like some of my trim is pushed on tight, some if it is loose, although my lines weren't that bad). Use lots of painters tape, what I did was put painters tape all over the front so I could sort of draw out what I wanted, then I put a ton of painters tape on the back and transferred the image. Cut with jigsaw. Then, put trim on, and then tape a bigger piece of acrylic behind the board (the other side is not very pretty but doesn't need to be).

Yea a case with a window like that for $100 would also use cheap plastic and the window would look like crap in real life. You might be lucky if you spend $150+ and get an extruded acrylic, which looks like crap too. My window looks like glass, a good window should really look like glass. You can even use glass if you'd like, it's just acrylic is easier to work with and more portable.

Price changed to $541 due to rosewill capstone 550w ($40 on ebay after $20 seller's reward coupon) and an additional 4gb in ram ($25 ocn marketplace). The gtx 460 and intel x25-m sells cheaper these days, Im sure it's possible to do a similar build that I currently have for $500 or less.