Decided to start tinkering with the new case build for my newer computer (currently the red/blue thermaltake a few posts up). Of course the wife has the digital camera with her, so I'll make due with my cellphone.
I went with a Corsair Graphite Series 600T White Edition. I saw the case and fell in love with it.
I have also ordered a full acrylic panel from mnpctech for it.
First up, I decided to throw my PSU in. The sticker on the side was nice enough to come off very cleanly to be stuck to the top of the box "in case". Hooray for my OCD.
Used the red thumbscrews I had lying around. At the moment, the case will have some red accents here and there. This may change later.
It was a tiny bit tricky to get this thing installed with the included "anti-vibration thingys" that wrap around the corners, but I got it. There were some yellow wires showing through the thin sleeving on the main power, so I wrapped some black sleeving around it to hide them.
Next up was the hard drive rack. I currently have a SSD for OS and a 1TB HD for "other". I don't forsee adding more than one additional, so I wanted to get rid of the top HD rack to open up some more air flow from the front.
I figured as much, but was pleased to see that the rack was able to move back closer to the PSU as well. I had to pop the front white bezel off of the case to get the little plastic "booster" that the rack used to sit on out of there. It was scary as the plastic tabs were extremely thin, but it came off and went back on like a champ.
I plan on doing some water cooling in the future, utilizing this newfound space as well. I could probably also put a 30mm deep fan here to replace these 20mm, but we shall see about that later.
They had already caught my eye several times and I knew they would be a sore thumb in my black case, so the rainbow ends of the front panel wires had to go. My solution: Plasti-Dip spray. It dries matte black, is flexible, and is generally easy to remove when things go wrong.
I masked off the connectors to the top edge, and pinched them off to ensure nothing would get into the vital parts. I didn't want to get any overspray on my beautiful case, but also didnt want to remove the top panel, so I utilized the box and the hole that it came with.
And that's where I am currently. Waiting for the 2nd (final) coat of plasti-dip to dry. I flexed and twisted the wires around some in between coats to make sure I hit everywhere. Takes about 15 minutes to dry.
i do have a video
