New Case

[llwyd]

Picked up a cheapy Ex-Display case while emergency shopping in pc world the other day for £25 with some modding in-mind. so far ive sprayed and glossed two drive flaps and added a window.story so far (click for bigger images):

Early stages with one drive flap and siver floppy :/



Fairly spacious inside



All masked off ready for the jigsaw



Came across this in wickes and figured you always need spare.



Cut and ready to go



Finished window:

Got a fair bit more planned for it including replacing the grill on the front with a metal mesh

 

[glocktodahead]

That is a really sweet mod! I really like it can't wait to see what else you do to it.

 

[Raging]

nice man,not bad at all for a £25 case dude

pat yourself on the back

 

[Ham]

Turned out dam fine. Can i have my jigsaw blades back now?

And next thing: Spray ur dam floppy drive.

 

[dave87]

Nicely done - got a cheap case around here I was intending to mod

 

[JN]

gj sir! very nicely done.

 

[NickS]

Damn man, that case looks freakin sweet now! NICE cut job.

 

[llwyd]

thankyou for the posative feedback i will be spraying the floppy front black but im not sure what else to do. I will probably replace the LEDs with better / brighter ones and was thinking of putting a frosted panel in one of the drive covers with LEDs around it and maybe build a low-flowrate warning system with some red LEDs behind it for when i get my watercooling. As for the front grill im not so sure now. Any suggestions?

 

[WC Annihilus]

Nicely done! :worship:

 

[AKtodaface]

that is sweet!!! good job!

 

[FragTek]

Great job llwyd!! That looks very very good, the cuts are well rounded/edged and it looks pro.

Thats a great way to take a cheap case and make it much more modderific!

I like the mesh effect with it too, looks so nice. :worship:

 

[PV5150]

Congrats on a job well done Llwyd. It looks very slick now :yumyum:

 

[FarFarAway]

Looks lush Llwyd. Like the front mesh idea too

 

[jiffz]

Tis a nice cut job! It's green too :yumyum:

 

[Mullet]

thankyou for the posative feedback i will be spraying the floppy front black but im not sure what else to do. I will probably replace the LEDs with better / brighter ones and was thinking of putting a frosted panel in one of the drive covers with LEDs around it and maybe build a low-flowrate warning system with some red LEDs behind it for when i get my watercooling. As for the front grill im not so sure now. Any suggestions?

Real nice...

What did you use for the cutting?

 

[llwyd]

Real nice...

What did you use for the cutting?

jigsaw

 

[Mullet]

nice one bud...any specific blades for cutting ally?

 

[llwyd]

yea just high teeth-per-inch blade, preferable with as little paint on as possible as the heat can make that rub off. and have one or two extra as aluminium like to clog blades up something fierce

 

[Mullet]

ta mate...better to use a jigsaw for those non-circular cuts than a dremel/holesaw?? I ask becauase I'll be hacking my eclipse 62 case top next week to fit my thermochill FG120.2 fangrill and PA120.2 radiator..

Ta mate.

:worship:

 

[llwyd]

yes is the sense that you have a footplate on it that you can use as a guide, nevertheless, getting a straight line is not easy so have a file ready umm, make sure you mask off all the area that you want to keep to prevent scratching (use a 24hr+ masking tape) . Depending on the paint finish on the case it might be best to cut the plate from the back as jig blades cut on the upstroke. what else.....umm.... use a half inch drillbit on each inward corner, with the edges of the hole touching the cut line (this helps with rounded edges and getting the cut started) and make sure you build up to the 1/2" with about 3 bits ascending in size