paulstung
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Iv'e had an idea floating around in my head for a while for a fully symmetrical case, so no matter what side of your desk it sits on you can see the internals. This would involve the motherboard to be mounted in the centre with the rear IO now being a top IO, with a rad and a res either side of that, and possibly a plinth bellow, to house a full width rad, and the drives, and psu.
My dilemma comes from should I go full custom and design and build it myself or get 3 cheap cases to make the 2 parts needed ? Iv'e got the cases pinned down to either the NZXT S340, or the Define S, both cases have what I need besides being cheep, I'll try to break it down now.
I figure that on case number 1 9 project case ) , need to remove the back panel, and replace with downer case number 1's, front internal and front bezel , then replace the top panel from project case, with the a rear IO and a custom motherboard tray with a 120mm fan either side. Then with downer case number 2 make the bottom plinth but cutting down to size, and repeating the front bezel mod to mirror the main case, I would have to do a smaller plinth for the top for the top IO cables to come out of the back, but with after cutting downer case number 2 down to about 150mm in height there is plenty to play with. The psu would be in the bottom plinth, in the centre, on it's side, with an extension for the power cord, to come out where I need it. For the front, I'm toying with a few ideas, either a full 10mm acrylic window, or the same but with a 2 1/2 inch frame of brushed ally around the outer edge so the internal case frame for the original front panel attached, can't be seen, the acrylic edges would be polished, so LED's can be placed inside for the edge to glow, that idea could be used to join all the sections together, for one big front panel.
I hope you follow my idea, it is a bit hard to explain, so here is a very rough sketch of my idea, but imagine the res being full rad height. ( 360 mm ) and the bottom plinth rad with be a 420, or a 480, depending on what case I decide to go for.

Please excuse my very crude plan, I have never used paint before, and it sucked....
I think out of the 2 the S340 would look the best with it having such a clean front, but the width is giving me a concern, but the define s has the extra width, what would you guys do, go full custom from the ground up, but then what materials to use, or use 3 cases to make one perfect case ? Or even if you have a better idea to achieve my idea, I'd love to hear it, cheers guys.
My dilemma comes from should I go full custom and design and build it myself or get 3 cheap cases to make the 2 parts needed ? Iv'e got the cases pinned down to either the NZXT S340, or the Define S, both cases have what I need besides being cheep, I'll try to break it down now.
I figure that on case number 1 9 project case ) , need to remove the back panel, and replace with downer case number 1's, front internal and front bezel , then replace the top panel from project case, with the a rear IO and a custom motherboard tray with a 120mm fan either side. Then with downer case number 2 make the bottom plinth but cutting down to size, and repeating the front bezel mod to mirror the main case, I would have to do a smaller plinth for the top for the top IO cables to come out of the back, but with after cutting downer case number 2 down to about 150mm in height there is plenty to play with. The psu would be in the bottom plinth, in the centre, on it's side, with an extension for the power cord, to come out where I need it. For the front, I'm toying with a few ideas, either a full 10mm acrylic window, or the same but with a 2 1/2 inch frame of brushed ally around the outer edge so the internal case frame for the original front panel attached, can't be seen, the acrylic edges would be polished, so LED's can be placed inside for the edge to glow, that idea could be used to join all the sections together, for one big front panel.
I hope you follow my idea, it is a bit hard to explain, so here is a very rough sketch of my idea, but imagine the res being full rad height. ( 360 mm ) and the bottom plinth rad with be a 420, or a 480, depending on what case I decide to go for.

Please excuse my very crude plan, I have never used paint before, and it sucked....
I think out of the 2 the S340 would look the best with it having such a clean front, but the width is giving me a concern, but the define s has the extra width, what would you guys do, go full custom from the ground up, but then what materials to use, or use 3 cases to make one perfect case ? Or even if you have a better idea to achieve my idea, I'd love to hear it, cheers guys.
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