Taking a reg case and making it ROCK!

SkyKast · Oct 31, 2008

i dont mean to advertise but Mark said to share my first mod along the way so im just saying that i started my project log and you should subscribe, I'm kinda lost so any help would help lol

Chicken Patty · Oct 31, 2008

SkyKast said:
i dont mean to advertise but Mark said to share my first mod along the way so im just saying that i started my project log and you should subscribe, I'm kinda lost so any help would help lol

what type of help are you looking for?

i'm going to work now, but post up, i'll check when I get back

MKmods · Oct 31, 2008

LOL, thanks for all the chit chat guys, and thanks for the Happy bdays too.

I am re organizing my shop to finish up the mod and setting up for a small Lan I am hosting tonight. This weekend I will make the front panel and the Carbonfiber mobo tray/Hdd rack.

I dont care how far off topic we go I enjoy hearing form all of you. :toast:

(>30K views, Sweet)

SkyKast · Oct 31, 2008

MKmods said:
LOL, thanks for all the chit chat guys, and thanks for the Happy bdays too.

I am re organizing my shop to finish up the mod and setting up for a small Lan I am hosting tonight. This weekend I will make the front panel and the Carbonfiber mobo tray/Hdd rack.

that sounds awesome

I dont care how far off topic we go I enjoy hearing form all of you.

(>30K views, Sweet)

gatta love that lol

technicks · Oct 31, 2008

A happy birthday to you MK. :toast:

Hope you enjoy it.

theJesus · Nov 1, 2008

JrRacinFan said:
:shadedshu .. I hope you know Wile E, you got me into "trouble" with the wife with that link ...

It helps to read the URL, and the post Wile E was replying to

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MKmods said:
thats the best BDay present I got today.

~~it's~~ it was your B-day? Well then happy [belated] birthday to you! :rockout:

rockout: How old are ya now?

Wile E · Nov 1, 2008

JrRacinFan said:
:shadedshu .. I hope you know Wile E, you got me into "trouble" with the wife with that link ...

**sighs** Either way

Happy b-day Mark! Any updates with the case?

If you would've had Search Safe on, nothing bad would've shown up.

Either way, sorry bout that.

MKmods · Nov 2, 2008

I started putting the case together and found a mistake in my design so back to square one

The black I/O panel is out of my first mod (the Blue Aluminus case) I liked it as it was alum and the Rosewill one was steel.

I figured it was easier than trying to fix a panel. LOL, only part left of the Rosewill is top and bottom..I am going to try and save the face panel too if possible.

Chicken Patty · Nov 2, 2008

^^damn Mark, you literally got a new case from scratch eheheh.

MKmods · Nov 2, 2008

lol, it kinda messes up my whole $19 case theme...

SkyKast · Nov 2, 2008

LOL I give you props for making a whole case, something I would never try

MKmods · Nov 2, 2008

Its kind of a whole case... kind of like if a Rosewill married a Lian Li and had a psycho kid.

Chicken Patty · Nov 3, 2008

^^^yeah well, the case originally was still $19

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Thats funny BTW, hahah great quote material. :toast:

MKmods · Nov 3, 2008

Ok I was making the rear panel and noticed because I am using a 400 watt passive PS the heat sink hangs down a bit more than a reg PS so there wasent enough room for two 80mm fans for exhaust. I looked all over, was gonna use a 100mm fan than a 92 than it hit me..Dummy I was only gonna use 2 fans in this mod. So lucky I didnt cut any holes...(yet)

Than I cheated a bit and added 2 more fans (more like aux fans cause their only 60mm ones)

One is to cool the chipset and the other is for the back of the CPU.

Here is a shot showing the heatsink

Tomorrow I will mount the 140mm rad in the front.

SkyKast · Nov 3, 2008

like the idea of the 2 aux fans in the back good for cooling the back of the mobo + cpu

Chicken Patty · Nov 3, 2008

damn Mark, coming out good. Can't wait to see the RAD mounted, thats what I've been waiting for dude !!!!!!!! :toast:

MKmods · Nov 4, 2008

the rad is mounted, Im just waiting on some hardware (fittings) from Koolance. Also I am waiting on some tubing for my fans.
I had to throw the hardware in the case to make sure it was working.. I got the mobo OpenBox and there is only 15 days to return it if no go. So far it is working fine, got vista Ultimate 64 bit loaded on my 2 WD 160s In Raid0, recognizes the 4 gigs of Corsair Dominators (lol, never had this much memory)
Seems to play CSS no prob, Sweet. Tomorrow I will take the hardware out and resume on the modding and get a few more picts.

Chicken Patty · Nov 4, 2008

damn dude, no pics

. Thanks for the update though, i'll be here, can't wait.

MKmods · Nov 4, 2008

LOL, im sure this isant the pict you wanted but here is one

I am mounting the DVD on the top (above the upper fan hole) and I am putting in my iMON between the 2 fan holes. I am hoping to have the Carbonfiber mobo tray done by this weekend.

theJesus · Nov 4, 2008

lol Rosewill married to a Lian-Li, that makes me think of those stories about some royal princess wanting to marry a peasant or something :laugh:

Carbon-fiber mobo tray? $19 case is now a lost a cause

, but ten times more awesome! :rockout:

SkyKast · Nov 4, 2008

wow how do you get such nice round fan holes?!

MKmods · Nov 4, 2008

First I draw a circle with a compass than I use these

They are made for cutting circles

SkyKast · Nov 4, 2008

MKmods said:
First I draw a circle with a compass than I use these

They are made for cutting circles

nice

Chicken Patty · Nov 5, 2008

hey Mark, mount the rad yet?

CyberDruid · Nov 5, 2008

Happy belated Birthday.

Looking like a case!

System Name	VAN
Processor	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 3.0GHz LGA 775 95W @ 3.0GHz
Motherboard	ASUS P5Q Deluxe LGA 775 Intel P45 Intel Motherboard
Cooling	Thermaltake SpinQ VT, front-rear-side 120mm, top-bottom 80mm
Memory	Crucial Ballistix Tracer 8GB(4x2GB), DDR2, 800 MHz, 4-4-4-12, 2.0V, w/ Red LEDs
Video Card(s)	AMD Radeon HD 6770 1GB
Storage	Samsung 850 PRO 256SSD (OS) - WD 640GB 7200 RPM (files) - Seagate 1TB 7200 (backup)
Display(s)	DUAL 19" Samsung, LG LCDs
Case	NZXT Lexa Blackline
Audio Device(s)	Realtek Onboard
Power Supply	OCZ 600 Stealth-X-Stream 600W RT
Mouse	Cyborg R.A.T. 9
Keyboard	Razer Black Widow Ultimate
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate

Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E Hero
Cooling	ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 360 A-RGB // X12 Phanteks D30-120 D-RGB Fans
Memory	G.SKILL Trident Z5 Neo RGB Series (AMD Expo) DDR5 RAM 32GB (2x16GB) 6000MT/s CL30
Video Card(s)	ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 AMP Extreme AIRO
Storage	Samsung Pro 980 2TB NVMe (OS and Games) // WD Black 10TB HDD (Storage)
Display(s)	SAMSUNG 34-Inch SJ55W Ultrawide Gaming Monitor (LS34J550WQNXZA) – 75Hz Refresh, WQHD Computer Monito
Case	Phanteks NV7
Power Supply	Seasonic Vertex GX-1200, 1200W 80+ Gold, ATX 3.0
Software	Windows 11 Pro

System Name	Crossflow III
Processor	AMD 965 (4.04Ghz)
Motherboard	Asus Crosshair III
Cooling	Air
Memory	4 gigs Mushkin 7-7-7-20@1T
Video Card(s)	single 9800GT
Storage	Raptor 150's in Raid0
Display(s)	LG Flatron 24"
Case	Custom
Audio Device(s)	AuzenTech X-Raider W/OP637
Power Supply	Custom modded Corsair 750HX
Software	Win 7 64/Solaris Utility
Benchmark Scores	3DMark06--21963 so far

System Name	VAN
Processor	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 3.0GHz LGA 775 95W @ 3.0GHz
Motherboard	ASUS P5Q Deluxe LGA 775 Intel P45 Intel Motherboard
Cooling	Thermaltake SpinQ VT, front-rear-side 120mm, top-bottom 80mm
Memory	Crucial Ballistix Tracer 8GB(4x2GB), DDR2, 800 MHz, 4-4-4-12, 2.0V, w/ Red LEDs
Video Card(s)	AMD Radeon HD 6770 1GB
Storage	Samsung 850 PRO 256SSD (OS) - WD 640GB 7200 RPM (files) - Seagate 1TB 7200 (backup)
Display(s)	DUAL 19" Samsung, LG LCDs
Case	NZXT Lexa Blackline
Audio Device(s)	Realtek Onboard
Power Supply	OCZ 600 Stealth-X-Stream 600W RT
Mouse	Cyborg R.A.T. 9
Keyboard	Razer Black Widow Ultimate
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate

System Name	Lian Li Carbon fiber ed.
Processor	Intel i5 2500k 4.6Ghz 24/7 Max OC 5Ghz
Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3
Cooling	Swiftech blocks, 360 Xflow rad, Swiftech 120 rad, Liang with XSPC res/pump top.
Memory	8Gb Mushkin 1600Mhz 8-9-8-24
Video Card(s)	Sapphire HD6950 2Gb
Storage	OCZ Vertex 4 128 / Western Digital 160
Display(s)	ASUS 25,5" wide VW266h
Power Supply	Corsair HX620 modular
Software	Windows 7 64

Taking a reg case and making it ROCK!

SkyKast

Chicken Patty

MKmods

Case Mod Guru

SkyKast

technicks

theJesus

Wile E

Power User

MKmods

Case Mod Guru

Chicken Patty

MKmods

Case Mod Guru

SkyKast

MKmods

Case Mod Guru

Chicken Patty

MKmods

Case Mod Guru

SkyKast

Chicken Patty

MKmods

Case Mod Guru

Chicken Patty

MKmods

Case Mod Guru

theJesus

SkyKast

MKmods

Case Mod Guru

SkyKast

Chicken Patty

CyberDruid

New Member

System Name	Desktop\|\| Virtual Host 0
Processor	Intel Core i5 2500-K @ 4.3ghz \|\| 2x Xeon L5630 (total 8 cores, 16 threads)
Motherboard	ASUS P8Z68-V \|\| Dell PowerEdge R710 (Intel 5520 chipset)
Cooling	Corsair Hydro H100 \|\| Stock hotplug fans and passive heatsinks
Memory	4x4gb Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 \|\| 12x4gb Hynix DDR3 1066 FB-DIMMs
Video Card(s)	MSI GTX 760 Gaming Twin Frozr 4GB OC \|\| Don't know, don't care
Storage	Hitachi 7K3000 2TB \|\| 6x300gb 15k rpm SAS internal hotswap, 12x3tb Seagate NAS drives in enclosure
Display(s)	ViewSonic VA2349S \|\| remote iDRAC KVM console
Case	Antec P280 \|\| Dell PowerEdge R710
Audio Device(s)	HRT MusicStreamer II+ and Focusrite Scarlett 18i8 \|\| Don't know, don't care
Power Supply	SeaSonic X650 Gold \|\| 2x870w hot-swappable
Mouse	Logitech G500 \|\| remote iDRAC KVM console
Keyboard	Logitech G510 \|\| remote iDRAC KVM console
Software	Win7 Ultimate x64 \|\| VMware vSphere 6.0 with vCenter Server 6.0
Benchmark Scores	Over 9000 on the scouter

System Name	The ClusterF**k
Processor	980X @ 4Ghz
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 BIOS F12
Cooling	MCR-320, DDC-1 pump w/Bitspower res top (1/2" fittings), Koolance CPU-360
Memory	3x2GB Mushkin Redlines 1600Mhz 6-8-6-24 1T
Video Card(s)	Evga GTX 580
Storage	Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB, 2xSeagate 320GB RAID0; 2xSeagate 3TB; 2xSamsung 2TB; Samsung 1.5TB
Display(s)	HP LP2475w 24" 1920x1200 IPS
Case	Technofront Bench Station
Audio Device(s)	Auzentech X-Fi Forte into Onkyo SR606 and Polk TSi200's + RM6750
Power Supply	ENERMAX Galaxy EVO EGX1250EWT 1250W
Software	Win7 Ultimate N x64, OSX 10.8.4

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Processor	E8400
Motherboard	Asus Blitz Formula SE
Cooling	d-Tek FuZion
Memory	2 x 2GB DDR2 800 G Skill
Video Card(s)	EVGA 7900 GTX
Storage	150GB VelociRaptor
Display(s)	Acer 21.5 1080p LED Back Lit Monitor
Case	Working on it
Audio Device(s)	PCI SoundMax
Power Supply	Silverstone 750 Modular
Software	XP Pro SP2
Benchmark Scores	Super Pi 11.56s 1M at 4050mhz