Replacement side panel

[playafly187]

i have been wanting to add a case window to my coolermaster praetorian for a while, but no black windowed panels were created by coolermaster.

i got bored earlier and wondered if the side panel from my old pc-60 would fit. it fit perfectly, except it was about 3/4" too short. bummer.

so then i get the idea of mounting my side panel from the plexi case onto the praetorian. it fits somewhat good, but had no way to mount to the case. out comes the drill and a bit later, i end up with this:

http://www.ocia.net/playafly187/clearside.jpg

wadda ya think? the side panel fans have lowered my cpu temps 7c.

[Caj Darkmoon]

Nice, very nice.

[undergroundtech]

Do you have a Dremel?

BTW:
I like the green wire braid, prolly the color I'll use in mine 8)

[silenze]

Nice, looks killer.

[Trunks]

Not bad, too bad you couldn't get a windowed panel though

[jester]

sweet mod :!:

[playafly187]

I replaced the side fan grills with some cool blade grills...

http://www.ocia.net/playafly187/side2.jpg

[achilles]

that is smokin' [smilie=violent5.gif]

[silenze]

That would look sweet with the whole inside of the case painted black, or just what you can see from that side (ie; the side of the drive cages..)

[playafly187]

yeah. i would like to get the entire inside of the case anodized black to match the outside :)

[Trunks]

Yeah that would be awesome, the drive bays are an eye sore

[Beemer]

I like how it looks as though there is no side pannel - like the fans are just suspended there.

[KickDrunkPunk]

looks really good for not having the side pannel that fits right

[silenze]

He needs to update this thread... looks much better now. 8)

[playafly187]

hehe, as requested, this is my new side panel:

http://www.ocia.net/playafly187/myknightmare.jpg

eew, look at my wire management before! what was i thinking haha