Fitting a Lamptron FC6 in a Corsair 650D

[andrevautour]

Hey everyone,
I was just wondering if anyone had any other ideas for solving this fairly small problem I have.

I have a Corsair 650D case and a lamptron Fc6, when I went to install the lamptron and screw it into the optical bay screw holes, the facepalte of the lapmtron is about 3-4mm recessed behind the bezel of the case. I want to be able to mount the Fc6 so the faceplate is flush with the case bezel.

My dad had the idea of marking where the screw hole would need to be and drilling another set of holes in the case. I feel like this is probably a good way to go, and my dad is very good with that type of stuff so Im sure he will do a good job with it, but I just thought I put this out ?=there and see if anyone else has some ideas for different ways to get it flush?

Thanks!

Here is a picture of it screwed into the stock screw holes.

 

[airdeano]

re-drill or slot the mounting holes to accomadate the difference. prolly slot for easier
alignment.

airdeano

 

[whosbawss]

if you don't want to drill then you could be lazy and get some Velcro and just use that. But I would recommend drilling =D

 

[andrevautour]

Okay, that's what I was thinking too

 

[andrevautour]

Hello again all,

I just finished fitting my FC6 half an hour ago. What I ended up doing is taking a round file that was the same size as the mounting hole in the case and I just extended the hole towards the front on the case until it was a wide enough hole for it to be flush with the front.

Here is what it looks like now that it's in properly:


DSCN1566 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr

And it looks more like this in the dim light in my room (right now it's set to purple and its a bit more purple then in these shots--you can see the color of purple it is more in the flash shot)


IMG_0869 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr


IMG_0868 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr


IMG_0866 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr

 

[CPMFW]

looks better now

 

[andrevautour]

looks better now

yes, im very pleased--its a great quality unit. i really like being able to turn all the fans completely off, so it's almost silent at that point.

not sure what color i will end up keeping it on, but i just tried purple to see how it looked and i thought it looked nice so i've kept it on purple for a bit.