Windowed Fractal R3

[kyle_L]

Well i have been contemplating cutting a window into my Fractal R3 for some time now and finally decided to go ahead with it. I'm thinking a nice light smoked plexi-glass with some leds inside to show everything off, I'm going to get my buddy to build me led system to fit the case so every led and wire will be hidden. the top of my new NH-D14 will be painted flat white along with my 6970's should to really reflect all the light it can. if i can find some white 3m di-noc film to use instead i would rather go that way. and lastly i will be sanding and re-painting my orange front of the case to match the inside. and being that this computer also acts as a home server rather than just a gaming pc i am stuck having to leave the HDD cages in the case, i would love to take them out but cant.

PLANS:

1 square window that does not show the PSU, HDD's, or BR drive.

1 cut white piece of plexi to hide cables and PSU

1 custon led lighting kit, Probably blue or red.

1 repainted front door.

here is what the case looks like now,





Thanks For Looking.

 

[kyle_L]

this is what im thinking about for a end game look. not the most detailed but i dont feel like putting any more time into it. i would love to build watercooling into if i had the money but a budget is a budget. im hopeing to spend about $100 on it.



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[kyle_L]

Spent the last 40 minutes scraping off the bitumen. now to get some industrial strength glue remover.

 

[S_I_N]

nice cant wait to see the end result but i'd leave the front orange it looks good imho.

oh and why ya scrape both side panels?? ur not going to window the back of the mobo tray are ya??

 

[kyle_L]

nice cant wait to see the end result but i'd leave the front orange it looks good imho.

oh and why ya scrape both side panels?? ur not going to window the back of the mobo tray are ya??

so you dont see the black when looking in the window, also leave a little more room for the cables out back. if i can find some orange cable extentions and whatnot for the inside i will leave the front orange but if not i will change it to match the rest of the case.

 

[killablade]

Bitfenix Alchemy extensions come in orange, you should look at those!

http://www.bitfenix.com/global/en/products/premium-modding/alchemy-cables/

 

[dugdiamond]

imho - you have just wrecked the whole point of the R3... silence!

but, from a modding POV, i am looking forward to seeing how this progresses

 

[kyle_L]

imho - you have just wrecked the whole point of the R3... silence!

but, from a modding POV, i am looking forward to seeing how this progresses

i dont notice a difference.

 

[sheroo]

I like the front orange, looks really nice.

 

[Solidarity]

I hope this turns out good.

 

[KiiYzOo]

looks awesome

especially the orange front

will be watching this, as i'm considering putting a window in my R3s build

 

[kyle_L]

final window design

 

[kyle_L]

i know this has not got much done to it, but i ordered some Orange sleeving for the powersupply today and i also got a new old motherboard and cpu for it, g41 and a q8200 to use as a file server.