Cheap case turned into something decent


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Owner: MadCow
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Posted: Jun 19, 2007
Last Update: Jun 19, 2007 21:01
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» 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
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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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by tkpenalty (June 20th - 12:44 AM) - Reply
what mess? Its perfectly fine!
by aximbigfan (June 20th - 1:19 AM) - Reply
5

pretty good..

chris
by MadCow (June 20th - 11:16 AM) - Reply
by: tkpenalty
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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