[Case mod] Turbo Core 3000

Final pics:


















Edited by ekg84 - 1/14/13 at 8:56am

This build has been slowly evolving for over a year now, i tried to document most of changes and for now im pretty satisfied with the results, so i think its time to post a log

Here is the list of hardware used in this build:

Intel core i7 2600K
Asus Sabertooth z77
Fractal Design Core 3000
Evga GTX570 SLI
PC Power & Cooling Silencer MKIII 600w (Replaced with 750W Ultra X4)
4Gb Muskin Silverline DDR3 1333
128 Gb Plextor M3 SSD
1 Tb Hitachi HDD
Coolit Eco CPU Cooler
NZXT Airflow Fans (140mm and 120mm)

First of all here is the picture of what this build looked like when i just put it together:



First thing i did - i modded the front panel. I dont like stock front panel mesh too much so i decided to replace it with a solid picee of acrylic with round vents that expose front fans to give a case more solid look:



I used sheet of matte acrylic from tapplastics.com and a 4 and a quarter inch hole saw to drill the holes:






to mount the acrylic i used double sided 3m tape, after installing the acrylic the whole front panel got spray painted with flat black:





then original fractal fans got replaced with these NZXT Airflow series Fans



Front panel cables got fully sleeved:






Power supply got fully sleeved as well:
















New case feet:



Edit: November 30th

New Psu for SLI

I got a second 570 couple weeks ago and my Silencer MK III needed to be replaced with smth beefier. I got a killer deal for 750W Ultra X4.

http://www.techspot.com/images/products/power-supplies/org/2011-11-15-product-8.jpg

Obviously it got fully sleeved with white black and purple paracord.



I will transfer my Silencer MK lll to my Girlfriend's machine which i am working on right now.

Front intake dust filter

I found this dust filter from some old cooler master case i used for one of my friend's buld:





So it fits very well into my front panel. This will finally prevent people from sticking fingers into front fans

Vertical HDD/SSD Mount

I only got 2 drives installed and I just dont like the way stock hdd cage looks with only 2 drives installed so i made a custom bracket to mount drives vertically. It also significantly improved airflow:





IMO it looks way better this way

8 pin cable cutout

I really dont know why fractal didnt release core 3000 with this essential feature. There is really enough space for it. But hey, dremel and drill are your friends



Corsair H60 2013 Edition

Got this baby on sale from us.ncix.com. I really like thicker smooth tubing:




This is pretty much it the project is complete.

I want to thank OCN for MOTM nomination! thanx guys its an honor to be part of this awesome community
Edited by ekg84 - 12/5/12 at 7:41am

thanks for nice comments guys
@ adi518 - i really like the idea, i might do it this weekend, thank you!

i didnt measure exactly how much sleeving i used but i had like 30 feet of black for the front panel cables and fans, 100 feet of white and 50 feet of purple, and after finishing everything i still have a whole bunch of white and purple and some black remaining. It took me the whole day to sleeve the psu though

actually i just sanded it very lightly and spray painted it with RustOleum flat black, did 4 light coats. No priming and stuff..