My first mod

[captses]

This is my first mod. I am only starting so please bear with me. I know the wires look like a mess but I will fix that. Also I am going to move the HD case into the 5.25" bay but I will install the drives backwards to help hide cables. I am going to add a 12 x 12 window, UV lighting and custom paint. Here are the pictures.

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1/shuberts75/Case.jpg
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1/shuberts75/Case1.jpg
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1/shuberts75/Case2.jpg
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1/shuberts75/Case3.jpg
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1/shuberts75/CoolDrive.jpg
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1/shuberts75/H2OHW.jpg
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1/shuberts75/H2OInstall.jpg
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1/shuberts75/H2OInstall1.jpg
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1/shuberts75/H2OInstall3.jpg
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1/shuberts75/H2OInstall4.jpg
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1/shuberts75/H2OInstall2.jpg
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1/shuberts75/Switch1.jpg
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1/shuberts75/Lighting.jpg
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1/shuberts75/Lighting1.jpg

[Bio-Hazard]

Nice start............. :wink:
Water cooling looks great.

[captses]

I could be better. I had it all installed and running when I tried to install the video. I thought that there was going to be plenty of clearance but that was not the caes. I had to rerun the cooling. My plan is move the HD bay up and move the pump under the 5.25" bays. By the way I saw your new case. Sweet.

[RaptorSmurf]

looks real good there . i like where u placed the rad ......

[captses]

I got the idea from swiftech. My case is too small to squeeze the rad in and I didn't want it to be seen.

[privatedonut21]

Very cool, love the way the cooling liquid matches the lighting from the rest of the case! It's super nifty!

[captses]

Just an update on the mod. First let me say I can't wait for spring break. I have hating school due to the fact that the only thing on my mind is the mod. I think i have a problem and will need to seek help. Enough with that. I am starting tomorrow and should finish before Easter. I am painting the case, moving the hard drives and holder into the 5.25 bay, and fixing the cable management issue. The good news is that I will be upping the ram to OCZ EL PC4000 Platinum (2GB) and I am probably going the sli the 7800GTX's. I am going sli because I fear that the wait for my 7900GTX set-up will take forever. Once I get the card I may sell the lonely 7800gtx if anyone is interested. I don't plan on ocing the card so there will be no extra stress on it. I will post pictures as I progress.

[captses]

Here is the paint so far. This is the first coat.

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1/shuberts75/Paint.jpg

[privatedonut21]

Very nice, the colors match well. It should come out very well! And not that it really needs to be said, but be sure to post lots of pics!

[captses]

The horrible thing about slinging paint is the wait. I will have to wait at least 2 days to wet sand these and put on the second coat. The good news is that I can concentrate on the running of the cables and repositioning of the hard drives.

[captses]

Here is some more on the progress of the mod. I finally have the innards back together and most of the wiring finished. The tins are in the garage with the second coat curing. Here are some pictures.

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1/shuberts75/Backtogether.jpg
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1/shuberts75/Backtogether2.jpg

[privatedonut21]

The blue cathode fan made some really cool shadows out of the grating! :wink:

[captses]

Here are the finished pics of the case. I will add the pics of the inside later.
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1/shuberts75/Finished006.jpg
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1/shuberts75/Finished005.jpg
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1/shuberts75/Finished004.jpg
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1/shuberts75/Finished003.jpg

[zip]

captses i like the colour very much.The case looks clean and nice!Good Work

[captses]

Thanx. I wanted to get the inside pics out tonight but I have hit a bump in the road. My H20 res is not permitting me to install my upper cath. Once I figure it out the pics will come.[/quote]

[privatedonut21]

Looks greta! Paint is amazing, I definitely wouldn't know it was a mod unless I knew that the case was silver beforehand!

Good follow up mod: stealth the drive. It will clean up the look even more!

[captses]

I have the original drive face off and in the process of being painted the same color as the case.

[zachig]

WOW!!! Well done, captses!!! It seems like you did a great job. The paint job is awesome, and everything looks just amazing...

Liked you work very much!!! :wink:

[privatedonut21]

I have the original drive face off and in the process of being painted the same color as the case.

I can see we are on the same page! :wink:

[silenze]

Excellent work with the paint job! Good to see some people still have the patience to do it right.

[El_Seano]

Definitely, very nice!

[captses]

Patience sure is the word. It took almost two weeks to get the paint done. I think that it was time well spent. The only problem is now I have to get it off the floor. Well here is a pic with the lights on. Also my OCZ PC-4000 (2GB) came in today so I can finally be done with the mod tomorrow.

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1/shuberts75/Lights005.jpg

[zip]

It looks extremley nice with thoose blue Neons.
They're only blue and not UV also right?
GREAT JOB!

[captses]

Actually they are both. They are Logisys 12" Day & Night Inter-switchable Cold Cathode Kit - BLUE & UV.

[zip]

I asked cuz I see nothing white coming out and the blue light is veri intensive.....from what I know UV light is visible as a blue (mauve) light, but it makes white things glow and interact with the UV......anyway nice work!

[captses]

The lights are set to blue but when I do have them set to UV things get a glowing. It was fun doing the mod. Unfourtunately I will have to wait to another. I think I may wait until Vista, DDR3, New CPU's, and Mobo's come out. It will be a couple years.

[zip]

In a couple of years captses these thing will be most likely old stuff... :mrgreen:

[captses]

True that. But since my budget is limited I have to wait for it to come out then become obsolete so that I may oc it all, slap on some paint, dremel it, and last but not least use the old tried and true duct tape.

[zip]

True!

[captses]

I guess I can't fight the bug. I ordered a window so I will be doing some more cutting in the near future. Also up will be the shortening of all the psu wires so that I may find some more free space. Also I was searching other posts and I came across something interesting. I will be pulling the heatsinks off the board and putting on AS5. I will post in the hardware section why.

[privatedonut21]

The window sounds like a good idea, although it seems a shame to do it right after putting on that beautiful coat of paint! :wink:

[zip]

The window sounds like a good idea, although it seems a shame to do it right after putting on that beautiful coat of paint! :wink:

I agree with privatedonut21 , but if you manage to make it look real real good , go ahead with the window! :mrgreen:

[captses]

I just installed a window on the case. It is a 12 x 12. Also notice the empty slot where the video card should be. My 7800GTX is om it's way to EVGA. Soon they will be shipping me my 7900GTX.

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1/shuberts75/Window002.jpg
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1/shuberts75/Window003.jpg

[leeglf]

i am impressed it looks really good!

[SHaCK]

Pro and neat job!

Did the window came with the "border" already installed on it or how did you manage to do that?

[captses]

I had to do all the cutting on the case and the molding had to be cut to size. It was not too hard to do. The only prob I had was when cutting the side with the dremel. The paint did bubble a bit in spots but the molding covers it. BTW the molding is UV reactive so that is why it is not black.

[SHaCK]

you bought something like this http://www.directron.com/strip.html right?

[zachig]

Well done, captses! Nice and neat! :wink:

[captses]

Shack here is the link to frozencpu. I find this to be a good site. This is where I bought my window.

http://www.frozencpu.com/scan/se=Windows/se=Clear%20Window%20Kits/mp=menu_search.html

Also TY zachig. I still have to drill holes in the front bezel so I can mount the switches for the lights.

[SHaCK]

Ah i see, thanks!

[my77stang]

yeah dude - ya did real good for yourself :P