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thirsty work?
 

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hehe if you look, you'll see that particular glass in a lot of my pictures :D
 
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Nice one mate, I like the progress!
 

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Heyy man where ya been?
 

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Alright, got some more stuff done today.
Finished cutting out the material in the back, to make room for the pcb.




And, just when I was finishing the last bit,


Dammit! This crap is going to fight me every step of the way, I swear. Can be fixed, but more pita....

Now I need to cover and build up the bottom. Recognize this piece?


No? How about now?


I'm after the bottom of this. It has the angled front, like the rest, so it should match up nice...


Or not.

So, here's the little bit of plastic I cut off the bezel for the monitor to the rescue.


Obviously it's not level, but that will get fixed. All in due time.

If that stupid heatsink hadn't broke in half it would have been an even cut. [/expletives]
Then I'll sand this excess plastic down so its nice and flush....



Also, I got to use my "modders mesh." Working out pretty nice, I think.



Here's a little sneaky-peeky at what's in store here.




That picture was a nightmare to capture, so I took several, so you can get the idea. It looks sweet.
Got lots and lots of JB Welding to do tonight. Gonna fix the broken part I showed, fill the holes in the bezel by the monitors, and two parts of the front bezel for the mini-case.
 

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Yay happy bday to me
 
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happy bday man
 

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Small update today.
Lots of gluin' Filled in the speaker grills;


Added some reinforcement behind the monitor bezel;


Yay for globs of glue!!

Also fixed the broken part;


I will slowly drill out the old useless glue, and refill with new, so it is nice and sturdy.

And, as far as this piece goes. I'm gonna nickname it the hemorroid cause it's such a pain in the arse! But see the difference in height? Thats cause it broke while cutting it. I decided that I am going to wait until I get another tool so I can make a nice straight, level, even cut here. So that's all for today.

Sorry for the picture quality, light in living room is broke.
 
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Happy b-day Mark :rockout:
 

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Thanks guys!
 

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Another not -so-great update. I didn't get to do much to my case, cause I did this-


sure, that part was easy. The part that was time consuming was soldering in extension speaker wirefor some of the speakers, cause the wires weren't long enough. Specifically the rears. Ironic, since my room is tiny.
Also, I had to work on my car. Trying to fix a door lock that isn't working right. Boy I'd like to shake the hand of the engineer who designed...... And next week I get to replace a blower motor. Oh what did I do to deserve this?
Anyway all I really did was sand and file. Woohoo who doesn't like doing that?





Nice and smooooth. I was going to cut out wire mesh for the sides, but I decided to wait until I get the bottom re-attatched so I know it will blend well.
 

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Looking good man! Your room has to look as good as the mod huh? ;) You remind me that I gotta do the rca mod to my speakers.. their able to, just never got around to do it.

Hey, family comes first! work, then your stuff.. Or that's how I've all ways seen it to be. I hope you can get that door fixed, and just steal someone's blower motor... Probably work! that way you can do more fixing of your stuff! :roll:
 

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Your room has to look as good as the mod huh?

thanks man. And heck yeah, it's not just a computer, it's an adventure :laugh:
I will probably be building a desk to go along better with the case. ;)
 
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hehe yeah... the damn "reading light" never stays in place grrrr
 

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Well, unfortunately I don't have any actual progress right now, but I do have some exciting news;

parts!
Courtesy of NZXT,



A brand spankin new whole front fascia. The took a look at my work and sent me the part I asked for

free of charge.
Thanks NZXT, you guys rock!
 
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:rockout: free stuff! All nicely protective-wrapped too. Little do they know what horrible things you are going to do to it.
 

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lmao well they looked at my log before they sent it, so they should know....
 
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I'd ask Sega for some free stuff, but they don't do hardware these days :(

Don't let them sucker you Mark, accept too many freebies and you will become a slave to their marketing machine, force you into plugging their products, etc.:laugh:
 
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Free stuff for teh win! Seems you have a pretty hard time with this mod lol. Keep it coming mate!
 

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Man, I guess while I was gone I missed this!!! Great stuff man! glad to see you where able to get some free stuff!!
 

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Well, I finally got some appreciable progress done today.
First, I cut a hole in the mobo tray for access to the cpu cooler. Not exactly foward thinking, but it's a nice addition.


I flared out the sides around the screw mounts, just in case. Ok just for the heck of it.


Speaking of the cpu cooler, I decided to add a layer of plexi to make it a little thicker, and
hold more pressure against the cpu.


I also cleaned up the edges of the various cuts. I had planned on filing them straight, but I
decided that sucks so I just used my dremel.


Not too bad, actually. Not perfect, but close enough for government work. The edges are
not sharp at all, but I probably will give em a little sanding, just for fun. (huh?)

Gots to do me some measurin. I'm taking measurements for the 'wire channel.' I had
some pieces actually cut for this already, here's an older picture of it;


but I decided to incorporate the ram cooler into it. So, I measured, and I cut and I drilled
and her we go,




a ram cooler. Or, as the say in France, ze ram coola


I will file the holes square, (sound familiar?) and I will put spacers between the fan and
the panel, so it wont restrict airflow. I may put some mesh in there, to better hide the fans .

Speaking of mesh, (like the seque's here?) I am kinda thinking of using this panelling for
the right side. Too many times the right side goes neglected, ignored. I am thinking I'll use
this, with some mesh behind it so you can't see through it.



I had also took the heatsinks off the mobo, to replace the TIM. I had heard it helps.
Here is my 790i digital nekked;



now now boys, it's not polite to stare.
 

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A quick add on; my ram cooler-
 

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Woot woot! Free stuffs! Got a box o goodies today from the Fedex man, courtesy of

NZXT
.


New side panels, (I only asked for the right side but hey)


NZXT shirt. In case you haven't noticed, white isnt really my color, but I am happy to

have the schwag and will for sure wear it!


case screws and of course,

the piece de resistance,


a NZXT Sentry LX fan controller!

Here is a not-so-good picture of it next to my iMon,


and one with flash


sorry, I had a hard time getting a decent pic, but it's a great match!

I am editing my first post to say "sponsored in part by NZXT"
 
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[plug]*cough*[/plug] (sorry couldn't help it.):roll:

But awesome dude, can't wait to see all that stuff in your frankenstein case
 
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