I have decided to mod this thing (for better, it cant get much worse), so what I am wondering is if there are any themes, or ideas that come to mind that I could use to mod this case!
I was thinking of cutting out the whole HDD rack, they can fit in a 3.5 bay, then cut out 2 of the 5.25 drives to put in a second PSU! I also plan to put in 3 120mm fans on the bottom (all blowing up, also great for future WC-ing) then in the open space between the two PSU's will be a 120MM Fan blowing out I will also keep the back 120mm fan blowing out. I also am planning on meshing the front 5.25's and the 3.5's drive covers.
I agree totally. I have recently done a mod like this. I have not posted it up on this forum yet but may. Here is a picture of the inverted motherboard in an Armor Jr case.
My opinion, Ditch the tacky center fan window and cut the metal out to make it a full square window.
Make sure the case has enough strength in it for two PSU's and 2 cards though, esp if you ditch the HDD cage.
I say this as I have built in these before and the metal was paper thin.
This metal is full steel, and wont break. that's the good news, I HAVE been wanting to invert the motherboard tray, now here comes a question that is harder, should I rotate the motherboard tray ONLY and just mod around that, or should I just rotate the case so it is upside down and do a mod like that?
First check to see that the left and right side panels are interchangeable. If they are remove the rivets that hold the back side together and remove the motherboard tray and back panel and then rotate. Rivet the panel back on and you are done.
Edit: I looked at the photos online of the case closer. It is hard to tell but it seems that the back panel and floor are one piece of metal that is bent. If this is the case then it will be harder to rotate the motherboard. I would need to see some better pictures of the chassis to be sure. The side panels do appear to be interchangeable from the pictures.
They are, but, I actually have this on the desk-top (pun intended), so I will probably have to put it on the floor (so that's a downside) but the other option is too hard and won't have enough to it! if so, I may want to fill my whole screen, so i may have to get this:
2nd PSU is a Bad idea!!! You need to have more then a textbook working knowledge of electric wiring to do something like that.
1.Reversing the motherboard is a good mod.
2.Also you could remove the window and cut out the goofy looking X then repaint the window and just have a fan. Maybe get a custom 80mm fan grill for it like these.
Both are ATX, on is a 430W other is 450W, I am at the moment using the 430W because it is more reliable (the other one (450W) would be the fans and GPU PSU). plus, I can use this:
i still think buying a better 600+ watt PSU is a better idea. But I'll be interested in seeing how well that works. make sure you post up some pics/buildlog for us..
I would suggest rotating the case upside down as I have successfully completed a motherboard rotation and it was pretty difficult to match up everything, myabe easier in your case but I doubt it will be as easy as rotating the case.
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