First, a little backstory:
My friend's manager at the company he works for wanted a new PC built custom for him. My friend and I (who, together, have probably built over 30 systems for various people including myself) naturally talked him up about how we could do it for him, free of charge. He insisted, though, that he have CompUSA do it because of their "if it breaks, we fix it" warranty type thing.
When he got the PC back from CompUSA, unsurprisingly the wiring was absolute S#@&! The guy who built it stuffed so many extra wires in the hard drive bays (the PSU wasn't modular) that the fan wasn't spinning, forgot to hook up one fan and generally looked like he half-assed the thing.
The manager of CompUSA, upon seeing this, started to defend the employee saying "The case is hard to wire up because its cheap and doesnt have a lot of holes for wiring." It was complete BS, by the way.
So, instead of getting mad and having them mess it up even more, we took the case home and started tinkering:
The first thing we did was add a couple holes to make the wiring easier (This does not mean I'm saying isnt possible to wire this case neatly stock, what I'm saying is that it needs a little help):
Total, we have an 8-pin CPU power hole, a CPU cutout, a PSU vent hole so we can put the PSU upside down and another hole to route the PSU cables into.
Painting it was a tough decision:
Me: "Should we paint it now that we took it all apart?"
My Friend: "Sure, why not?!"
So we went out to Walmart at 11 PM to get some spray paint:
The paint is currently drying, Pictures of the completed mod will be up tomorrow. Not bad for one nights work, eh?
EDIT: WE FINISHED!
The paint could have been better, but its not too bad if I dont say so myself
Edited by Alfaa - 8/13/12 at 10:10pm
My friend's manager at the company he works for wanted a new PC built custom for him. My friend and I (who, together, have probably built over 30 systems for various people including myself) naturally talked him up about how we could do it for him, free of charge. He insisted, though, that he have CompUSA do it because of their "if it breaks, we fix it" warranty type thing.
When he got the PC back from CompUSA, unsurprisingly the wiring was absolute S#@&! The guy who built it stuffed so many extra wires in the hard drive bays (the PSU wasn't modular) that the fan wasn't spinning, forgot to hook up one fan and generally looked like he half-assed the thing.
The manager of CompUSA, upon seeing this, started to defend the employee saying "The case is hard to wire up because its cheap and doesnt have a lot of holes for wiring." It was complete BS, by the way.
So, instead of getting mad and having them mess it up even more, we took the case home and started tinkering:
The first thing we did was add a couple holes to make the wiring easier (This does not mean I'm saying isnt possible to wire this case neatly stock, what I'm saying is that it needs a little help):
Total, we have an 8-pin CPU power hole, a CPU cutout, a PSU vent hole so we can put the PSU upside down and another hole to route the PSU cables into.
Painting it was a tough decision:
Me: "Should we paint it now that we took it all apart?"
My Friend: "Sure, why not?!"
So we went out to Walmart at 11 PM to get some spray paint:
The paint is currently drying, Pictures of the completed mod will be up tomorrow. Not bad for one nights work, eh?
EDIT: WE FINISHED!
The paint could have been better, but its not too bad if I dont say so myself
Edited by Alfaa - 8/13/12 at 10:10pm
Reallyheavybigfastfreakingawesomecomputer.
(14 items) |
Reallyheavybigfastfreakingawesomecomputer.
(14 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7 2600k 4.0ghz | ASUS Maximus IV Extreme | EVGA GTX 680 Superclocked | Mushkin Enhanced Redline 2133 |
| Hard Drive | Optical Drive | Cooling | OS |
| Revodrive 3 | Generic DVD Burner | Watercooled | Windows 7 Ultimate |
| Monitor | Keyboard | Power | Case |
| Acer H233H | Logitech G15 | Seasonic x750 Gold PSU | Haf 932 |
| Mouse | Audio | ||
| Microsoft Sidewinder Mouse | Asus Xonar DX | ||
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Reallyheavybigfastfreakingawesomecomputer.
(14 items) |
Reallyheavybigfastfreakingawesomecomputer.
(14 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7 2600k 4.0ghz | ASUS Maximus IV Extreme | EVGA GTX 680 Superclocked | Mushkin Enhanced Redline 2133 |
| Hard Drive | Optical Drive | Cooling | OS |
| Revodrive 3 | Generic DVD Burner | Watercooled | Windows 7 Ultimate |
| Monitor | Keyboard | Power | Case |
| Acer H233H | Logitech G15 | Seasonic x750 Gold PSU | Haf 932 |
| Mouse | Audio | ||
| Microsoft Sidewinder Mouse | Asus Xonar DX | ||
| View all | |||
