EnergyFX's Thermaltake Soprano RS build

TheCrow · Jan 5, 2009

EnergyFX said:
Hey Crow, what are the two odd looking slots above the small fan in that last picture? The ones that have a bit of red light shining through.

I'm not quite sure. They are cut so they can be punched out to feed wires through i presume?

I'm not sure why tho?

I think i must have an early soprano to yours as mine has a differant side window as well.

ascstinger · Jan 6, 2009

old parallel and serial port punchouts if I'm seeing right. cool mod so far

EnergyFX · Jan 6, 2009

ascstinger said:
old parallel and serial port punchouts if I'm seeing right. cool mod so far

I'll go for that.

TheCrow · Jan 6, 2009

Ah never thought of that! Shame my board has no headers for them as i use a parralel device often.

EnergyFX · Jan 6, 2009

Woo!! Just talked to the wife and she says a box of goodies showed up today. I get to play tonight!!!

TheCrow · Jan 6, 2009

Spill the beans!

What was in the box!

EnergyFX · Jan 6, 2009

Fans, Hexx Mesh, EL glow tape, fan controller, and some other stuff too I think. I don't remember it all. I'll have to see when I get home!

EnergyFX · Jan 7, 2009

HDD silencers and edge molding... those were what I had forgot about.

Here are a couple of 'brainstorming' pictures of what I had in mind for the side window:

EnergyFX · Jan 7, 2009

I did some fooling around with making mesh expansion slot covers. This is the very first one. The next ones will be a little bit better. And yes... they will get another coat of paint to cover the cuts and flake-offs.

steelkane · Jan 7, 2009

That's what I like to see, Ingenuity, And it looks awesome

Cold Storm · Jan 7, 2009

EnergyFx! WOW, damn the update looks sweet!! Very good stuff man! Very good stuff!

:toast:

TheCrow · Jan 7, 2009

They look sweet!

Castiel · Jan 7, 2009

That looks sweet! Love to see more!

deutscher Scharfschü · Jan 7, 2009

you truly can take any boring old thermaltake case and make it amazing. good luck man.

EnergyFX · Jan 7, 2009

Boy do I need a shop/garage!!

EnergyFX · Jan 7, 2009

deutscher Scharfschü said:
you truly can take any boring old thermaltake case and make it amazing. good luck man.

I honestly never would have given boring old cases a second thought if it hadn't been for TechPowerUp and the group of modding enthusiasts here (I'm not going to mention any names... you dremel geeks know who you are

)

EnergyFX · Jan 7, 2009

Alright, last pictures for the night:

I got the rear fan grill cut and shaped. What is it about honeycomb patterns that looks so damn high tech??

I'm off to bed. I'll be working on it some more tomorrow. I'm off work and it looks like it's going to probably be the crappiest day of the year... or week... take your pick.

p_o_s_pc · Jan 7, 2009

you should paint your mobo too like me and D did.

its looking sweet

steelkane · Jan 7, 2009

This needed a re-Post, It looks that clean, Awesome work

EnergyFX · Jan 7, 2009

p_o_s_pc said:
you should paint your mobo too like me and D did. its looking sweet

Um, yeah... about that...

:eek:

TheCrow · Jan 7, 2009

Nice job of that grill!

EnergyFX · Jan 7, 2009

Today I'll be working on putting a grill on the bottom opening I cut. This will be a bit challenging since there is no fan, plate, or other panel to sandwich the mesh into. There is, however, a slight depression along the length of the bottom panel. Perhaps I can use that and work in into the final solution.

EnergyFX · Jan 7, 2009

Sort of like this:

TheCrow · Jan 7, 2009

That looks nice and tidy. I thought about mounting a fan in the bottom of mine to cool the graphics card. But decided against it in the end as i'm aiming for quitness.

farlex85 · Jan 7, 2009

EnergyFX said:
Boy do I need a shop/garage!!

What is that dell doing there? Blasphemy! :laugh:

Great mod though energy, I've thought about this case before but there's just too many things I don't like about it, you are correcting all of them though and then much more, wish I had dem skills. :pimp:

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