"Render station" Case MOD [CM 430 elite]

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rashiga

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Hi this is my first mod :) i'm happy how it turned out
Here are the specs
» Intel Q8200 stock
» Asus P5Q-E
» 6gb GSkill ram 800 mhz
» Evga 460GTX
» 1TB Hitachi HDD
» 128gb Crucial M4 SSD
» SYBA Sata 3 Pci/e card
» Inwin 850W
Yea its old piece of Shizz :D but still i love it

MOD worklog https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150614002064601.395139.751574600&type=3

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Hey Tim regards from Sri Lanka!
 
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SPS said:
Interesting mod - not gonna lie it kinda reminds me of bondage...
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You kinky man :lol:

Nice cable management dude! Not a fan of the white mesh, personally but it does look cool once that white LED fan turns on :)
 
i have a question ? why would you want to see the back of the case through a window ? its just wires ? please tell me you havnt accidentally put them both down together and modded the wrong side panel ?

edit: if it was me.... i would have got some black plastic/acrylic spray to spray the back and mounted some leds inside it to light the case from the back

edit: also this might be mega hard but have put mesh around the edge so you couldn't see right through
 
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pretty good, but until the HDD/SSD mounting. kinda like a fly on flypaper, just
stuck there.. a simple floor mounting would have been better (shorter cables, too)
really a great try first time out..
 
allen said:
i have a question ? why would you want to see the back of the case through a window ? its just wires ? please tell me you havnt accidentally put them both down together and modded the wrong side panel ?

edit: if it was me.... i would have got some black plastic/acrylic spray to spray the back and mounted some leds inside it to light the case from the back

edit: also this might be mega hard but have put mesh around the edge so you couldn't see right through
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Thanks for your comment Allen,

I intentionally cut the back plate since there is no room in a standard CM 430
to keep the symmetry i cut the same kind of slot in the back plate ,and if you can see the CM 430 stock one front side panel hole is in the same orientation as in this so to keep the symmetry i cut same symmetrical hole on the back panel.

And used a clear acrylic to again keep the symmetry of the design ,and show off my not so neat cable management ;) any way it was all my personal preference.

My English is also not that good so hope i was able to explain what i wanted.
 
Toppy said:
why have you pinned cables behind the cpu back plate ? that not dangerous if one crimps ! :O
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Well there was enough room between the motherboard tray and the back plate ,and i'm relying on the paracord sleeving also ;)

truexpc said:
dont know what the thinking is here ?
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Sorry please explain bit more.

SPS said:
Is the other side supposed to be open? Or there a similar style on that side too?
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Sorry I forgot to attach all the images here the image of the front panel.
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airdeano said:
pretty good, but until the HDD/SSD mounting. kinda like a fly on flypaper, just
stuck there.. a simple floor mounting would have been better (shorter cables, too)
really a great try first time out..
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Thanks a lot for your suggestion Airdeano yes you are right :) some way down the line I thought of going for the vertical mount :D Ill try to do better next time :)

| raVen | said:
Nice job with that case mate:)
You put a lot of work into it.
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CPMFW said:
looking good mate
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Thanks a lot raVen and CPMFW please do vote if you find it interesting :)

Thanks every one for your comments
 
Ha I like where you've took the pictures - like it's in it's natural environment :lol:

Kinda reminds me of this completely unnecessary picture taken from the backspace key wiki page XD

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SPS said:
Ha I like where you've took the pictures - like it's in it's natural environment :lol:

Kinda reminds me of this completely unnecessary picture taken from the backspace key wiki page XD

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U knw they say, for photography natural lighting is the best ;)
 
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