Project COD MW3 - Black Wolf (Work in Progress)

[Celticfox]

Next year (January) I am going to start working on finishing up a project I started and will soon finish.

My tribute is to the COD MW3 game and I am using several parts for this build and adding a few touches of my own.

This is again a work in progress and I will post up pics as I can.

Here is a teaser.

(Part 1) Redo of the top I/O panel on the Sentey Wolf Case.

I removed the plastic I/O panel from the top bezel and I am going to create my own I/O port sans the mic/headphone jack and hopefully add some fill ports to it for the Koolance res that will be installed.

As you can see I used a rubber expansion nut and cut two sides off so that it would fit between the USB ports, I then will add a threaded screw and nut to attach it to the new panel.

In the photos you can see I have the clearance to still plug in USB connectors without interference from the screw.

I will also be cutting out the top panel to allow more room for a 80mm fan that will be mounted where the power button is normally located. The 80mm fan will be used to help cool the pumps in the Koolance 402 Res located below the panel.

 

[CPMFW]

sounds promising... waiting for the updates

 

[The Orange One]

I'll be keeping a close eye on this!

 

[Celticfox]

I will get them up soon.

I have to wait for some parts (flill valves and 16mm anti-vandal switches) to come in but I will post updates in the very near future.

 

[Celticfox]

Before cutting up the case

Just wanted to share some pics of the case before I start cutting up and removing some bits.

First a little bling ... No one fight alone

On the bottom of the case we can see the mock-up PSU and next to it a 140mm fan mount..Next to that under what would be the HDD area is a vented section.

I am planning on cutting out the mesh and placing possible two or one drainage hole here for the loops.

I haven't decided on using the HDD cage yet or not, but it is interesting to note that there are four threaded screw mounts on the back of the cage.

Here is where the HDD cage slides in. Holding the rail is just four rivets which I am going to remove to allow more room for wiring and a possible small rad.

If I was to use the HDD cage it comes with removable racks and to see how they look, I removed the thin aluminum piece to give the HDD more room for venting... After which I decided I am probably going to use a mobile rack on the front in one of the bays.

Another view of the inside case. Note that the Sentey Arvina and Wolf use the same internal cage design, only thing different is the plastic bezels on top, front and bottom of the case.

This is the top panel which can be removed by screws. Nice that Sentey allowed this and it's not riveted to the top.

With the top panel removed, I can now measure for a rad to be placed under the top bezel. I would like to use a 120mm or 140mm x2 Rad if space allows.

As we can see here on the top, the top panel supports 120mm or 140mm fans. Sentey stock fans come with a large molex connector and not the 3 pin connector. So the fans will be changed out to something quiet with good CFM.

I am also thinking of cutting out the area where the fans are mounted allowing only the mounting holes so that the Rad can have more vented area.

Well off to cutting up the case and cutting out the acrylic for the I/O panel. Updates soon