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[Case Gallery] Cheap case turned into something decent

MadCow

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Processor Athlon 64 X2 4400+ @2.6 GHz
Motherboard DFI LanParty UT CFX3200
Cooling 120mm Yate Loon fan intake, 82mm ex-PSU fan exhaust
Memory 2048 mb. of cheap DDR400 RAM w/cheap heatspreaders
Video Card(s) Sapphire+HIS X1950 PRO, Crossfired@635/709
Storage WD 250 GB SATA
Display(s) Samsung 216BW
Case No-name ATX case (modded to hell)
Audio Device(s) SB X-FI OEM
Power Supply Nikao Cool Power 500W (34a@12v)
Software Windows XP PRO SP2
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Specs:
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ @2.64Ghz. W/AC Freezer 64 PRO
ABIT KN8 SLI
ATI X1950 PRO @ 682/1608 W/AC Accelero
2048 mb. of Ultra DDR400 RAM with cheap Chinese ebay-bought heatspreaders
X-FI OEM
WD 250GB SATA HDD
Nikao Cool Power 500W (34A@12V)
No-name $30 case

Mods:
First thing I did was dremel out a 120mm fan hole on the front of the case, behind the plastic panel. The stock 80mm hole was too small and let almost no air through. I had to modify the front panel a bit to get it to fit. Next thing was cutting out the side window, that was fairly easy and turned out well. And now the crappiest mod for this case, I hacked together a casing for some USB and audio ports to fit on the top of the case, it looks bad because I screwed up the bondo job, and it doesn't even work because I stupidly used conductive spray paint to paint it, and some got on the PCB and killed it. I also painted the faceplates of the DVD burner, floppy drive and top cover of the case black to match the rest of the case.

I know the wiring is a complete mes, I've been to lazy to sort it out. And it's pretty dusty, but once again I just don't really care.
 
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aximbigfan

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Oct 15, 2006
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Location
St. Louis, MO
System Name QUAD1
Processor Intel Core i7 920
Motherboard Asus P6T SE
Cooling XIGMATEK HDT-S963
Memory OCZ 3 X 1GB Triple Channel
Video Card(s) HIS Radeon HD4670 IceQ
Storage Seagate 250GB 7200RPM SATA
Display(s) Acer AL1916W 19" Widescreen LCD
Case CM Storm Scout
Audio Device(s) Onboard
Power Supply Corsair 520 Watt
Software Windows XP Pro
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pretty good..

chris
 

MadCow

New Member
Joined
Jun 8, 2007
Messages
544 (0.09/day)
Processor Athlon 64 X2 4400+ @2.6 GHz
Motherboard DFI LanParty UT CFX3200
Cooling 120mm Yate Loon fan intake, 82mm ex-PSU fan exhaust
Memory 2048 mb. of cheap DDR400 RAM w/cheap heatspreaders
Video Card(s) Sapphire+HIS X1950 PRO, Crossfired@635/709
Storage WD 250 GB SATA
Display(s) Samsung 216BW
Case No-name ATX case (modded to hell)
Audio Device(s) SB X-FI OEM
Power Supply Nikao Cool Power 500W (34a@12v)
Software Windows XP PRO SP2
what mess? Its perfectly fine!

It was a lot messier a while ago, but I had to install some fans so now the power wires are all over the place. All of the wires are just shoved in behind the HDD cages.
 
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