Project: T2's Spinner Case :eeek:



That's right T2 is starting a worklog project........"Yes I said it" I am gonna Mod a case. :haha:
I have been wanted to do this project for a long time now. I few members have heard me talking about this Project.
Ever since I saw the WICKED fan grill mod by Bill A.K.A mnpctech_guy Linky . It got me thinking about doing a Spinner Case Project.
I and so here we are today starting this fine project by T2.

The Genny Pig today will be a 13-Bay ATX Full Tower Server Case. (that I bought for $9.50) :haha:


List of hardware and goodies going into the Project:

• 1 Hiper Type-R 580W Modular Power Supply - Chrome
• AMD64 3000+ CPU
• MSi K8T Neo-V Socket 754 MoBo
• ATI X700 Pro 256 AGP (That I bought off GN72)
  
• RC Spinner Rim
• L.E.D Flame scanner red/chrome
• 2xL.E.D. License Fasteners
  
• 2xRaidMax Rim 80mm Fan Grill
• 12"/30,5cm Motorized Speaker Spinner
• 2xSunbeam 80mm Red L.E.D. Anodized Fans
• 3set Racing Toggle switch plate (chrome/Red)
• [Coolermaster KHC-L91-U1 HYPER 48 CPU Cooler
• LIAN-LI TR-3B 3.5" BLACK DIGITAL LCD
• 2x80mm Billet grills from index
• Patriot 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM (On Order)
• Western Digital Raptor WD360GD 36.7GB HD
  
• Logisys RM01 DIY remote 12V controller
  
• 1/8" Mirror Clear Acrylic (Vendor pending)
  
• 1/8" or smaller Red UV acrylic (Vendor pending)
• Color for case is gonna be Candy Apple Red with Metal Flake (Local car paint shop)

More pictures to come later..............(Stay Tuned) :thumbsup:

Here are some Pic's that I took :grin:

Case and the Goodies


Side View with the MoBo Tray open


Chrome and Red Switch Plate


92mm small Spinner


12" woofer Speaker Spinner


Goodies...Again


More Pic's coming soon :shades:

w00ts......more pic's today :blurp::thumbsup:

This will be the reset switch


Video card


Hiper PSU


Skull Led's for the HD and System active meters


CPU cooler


BAM!!!!!
Raidmax Chrome Spokes Grill 80mm
Sunbeam SALF-08-R 80x25mm Red Anodized LED Fan

Ok.....I have two Options:

Option#1


Option#2


What you you guys&gals think........:grin:

This is only a Sample color (Red metal flake)

Here is some pic's I took last night to show the size of the products for the project..

Switch size

Skull size

Reset switch size

Spinner size


More sweeet pic's :blurp:

I was messing around with some ideas about using a duct and plate.


And what looks good
Option#1 w/80mm Machined Billet grills


Option#2 without 80mm Machined Billet grills


OMG!!! Updates :haha:

I was messing around with some Pimp rims today (Damit too big) 83mm


I can't stand the bar that goes across the case (plus it was in the way)


OMG!!! T2 is working with a Dremel :eek::haha:


Finished Cuts inside of the case.

The inside view of the cuts


Here are the cuts for the 80mm fans


I am getting ready the Cuts for the Spinner side window.


More to come......

Woots!! Updates :haha:

Here is the cuts of the 80mm holes on Top of the case


Side panel and the top piece Cuts


Here is a idea about the LED meters for the front :blurp:


The package


I have to touch up some spots on the cuts (But it is coming together Nicely)



Here's the latest clean-up cuts on the back.


I cutted out the vent of the upper back piece.
before


after


Stay tuned...............

Here is a pic of the side panel that i drilled the holes for the Spinner bracket.


Bracket mounted with macking tape removed.


The Spinner is Mounted :haha:


More on the way............Stay tuned :excited:

Watch out the Madman is at it Again :haha:


A little taping off and sizing up the Holes :shades:


And the work begains :scared:




BAM!!!!!!
I made all the cuts on the Panel (Reset switch/Power Switch/Switch Panel and Spinner Hole)

Installed the Bling to see how it fits (WOW)


Front panel with the switches up


Close-up view of the BLING!


Here is another Pic of the BLING installed on front of the Case.


Here is the Modded LCD fan controller done by Twisted


Stay tuned for the next weeks episode (AS THE SPINNER TURNS) :haha:

Here is the latest updates on the Spinner Mod :blurp:

Ok.....I needed to cut the small spinner housing
First look


I cutted the spinner housing down to fit into the Case body


Here is where i was marking the holes to be cut


T2 in Action :haha:


Checking the cuts i just made (Test Fit)


BAM!!!!
Isn't it pretty :blurp:


Close-up of the cleaned up cuts :shades:


Off to the back of the case for the 80mm fan test fit


I installed some U-Channel Trim Molding on the 80mm fan holes (and did a Grill test fit)
BAM!!!! I LOVE IT! :excited:


More to come...........Stay tuned :thumbsup:


The Mod Garage project is finished for now (Thank God that's Done)
I have time for the Spinnner Mod Now :grin:


Ok.....Back on track
First up
Cleaning up the Oval hole where the Power Switch goes.

(Sorry for the Pic) dang work camera :sad:



A little work and BAM!!! (That Crap dries Quick)



I was checking out the Spinner side panel (DAMIT! the upper cut was to High to the Edge)



Lucky ...I have another Case with that side Panel.

Here are the two Panel together


I had another sweeet idea :haha: (Added a chrome Frame to the top)


The layout for the Cut (Alot of corners) :eek:


Super Update!!!!!
I am upgrading the Cpu/Mobo and Video card for this Project :shades:

My SAPPHIRE PURE Innovation PI-A9RX480 MoBo came in Today
Cpu/Video Card to follow :drool::blurp::excited:



CPU Type: Athlon 64 FX/Athlon 64/Sempron
DDR Standard: DDR 400 (PC 3200)
Dual Channel Supported: Yes
FSB: 1000MHz Hyper Transport (2000 MT/s)
Maximum Memory Supported: 4GB
Number of DDR Slots: 4x 184pin DDR
PCI Express x1: 2
PCI Express x16: 1
PCI Slots: 2
South Bridge: ATI SB450
Model #: PI-A9RX480

Small update :thumbsup:

I was sick over the weekend so I didn't have any time to work on the project. (SUCKS BIG TIME)
But.........

I ordered some new parts for the project. w00ts :excited:
SAPPHIRE Radeon X850XT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card


$119.99 ($89.99 after $30.00 Mail-In Rebate)

and the AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Dual Core Processor $147.99 :blurp:



The MaD Man is back at work :haha: (7hours of some sweeet modding)
I did a ruff cut of the upper Square section



Cleaned up all the cuts




Modding In Action

I Drilled all the holes for the Panel


Its time for some 600grt wet sanding :haha:


Finished all the sanding


I started to put all the Bling back together








I installed the Upper frame and the Spinner (It Looks SWEEEET)




I assembled all the pieces to see how they would lined up






The panel is sticking out because its temporary installed



I almost forgot the Memory

I bought some Sweeet Patriot 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400

The SPINNER in ACTION!!!!! :evil:
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v629/THR...nt=DSCF0024.flv

Template for cutting the Plexi


I love a Jigsaw with a Smooth Wood blade (Cuts like butter)


Clear and UV windows


Installed the UV window (Test Fit)



The spinner will be hooked up to this


http://www.xoxide.com/remote-12vdc-relay-kit.html

**HOLY CRAP** Super Project Update

I finnialy got my Powder Coated back from the Painter after weeks of DRAMA :evil:



Its Christmas


This Stuff is SWEEEEEEEEEEEEET!!!!


Side View


Up Close View "BLING"


White with Metal Flake is KICK .!!!!!




BLING!!!!! I Rivet that sucker and only messed up once :laugh:









I had to sand down part of the Fleet tabs to fit the Case. :laugh:

Multiple posts on a copy of a worklog? To make us think you just built this... http://forums.pcapex.com/completed_worklog...inner_case.html ???

Just look at it BLING! :tongue:









Here is the pieces together :thumbsup:




And it Has begun :evil:
I started The Sleeving and Soldering the Switch Wires and the LED's up.










I had to Solder the Wires while the Led's and the Switch was installed. (It was the only Way) :yuck:


I changed the LED's on the Rocker Switch Panel (old ones fell apart) what the heck!!

I am looking into getting a Sweeet Red CPU And GPU Coolers for the Spinner Mod. "Red Theme"

Options: What do you guys think?
CPU
Thermaltake Ruby Orb $39.95
or
Zalman CNPS7700-AlCu LED $39.95
Zalman Fatal1ty FS-C77 $44.95


GPU
Zalman Fatal1ty FC-ZV9 $44.95
or
Zalman Fatal1ty FS-V7 $34.95


Its time for some sweeet updates.....:haha::blurp::excited:

First off my supplies came in "I think i got enough" :haha:




Sleeved some more Fans and installed the upper Fans in the Case.




I spent some time on the Switch Place sleeving and Wiring Hardness Sleeving.
It still doesn't look right to me...........I might be redoing it :shades:









TEASER!!!! Switch Plate in Action :haha:

56K WARNING :excited:



I fixed the Switch Plate setup, The LED will only come on when the switch is Active
T2's Demo :haha:

That was a longgggg Day :haha:

T2 is back on Track :thumbsup:

First I mounted the Chrome 120mm fan to the front




Inside shot





I installed the Finished Switch Plate to the case :pimpin:




Inside View


MOD ON!

TEASER!!!!! PIC's :eek::evil:







More on the way :pimpin:
I have to Mod the front of the Case where the Drives go "To make them Flush"

Pic's........Pic's.......Pic's and more Pic's :thumbsup:

The new Cpu cooler


This thing is BIG!


Installed Cooler


Really BIG!


Pic's........Pic's.......Pic's and more Pic's :thumbsup:

The new Cpu cooler


This thing is BIG!


Installed Cooler


Really BIG!


I was running into a problem with installing the PSU




Problem SOLVED :evil:

THE SPINNER LIVES!!!!!


This weekend I started work on the Front Bezel.




Stleathing the Upper DVD Burner


The Sweeet Red feet were coming off evertime I moved the case.
So I had to Bolt them down to the case



Next I was setting up the Lights




I had to modd the Ballast to use the front Switches


Here is the light show




Here is a shot of the Upper red fans


Lights in the case on with the outer Lights off








Next is the wiring of the Spinner :thumbsup:


I modded the Wireless Remote for the Spinnner


I changed out the UV window with a clear window :grin:



And here is the BADASS Spinner in Action :laugh:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ucf4ijlX9zI

The SPINNER at the 2007 Buy.com LanParty




It is a BLAST!

Here is the Showcase Photo :pimpin:






Thanks

Publication in a french magazine (hardware/tuning and cooling), "PC-Assemblage" :-)

BIG THANKS GOES TO Geheimnis

that looks good - really clean job. turned out better than i thought it was going to throughout the log

congrats on the mag publication btw.

Wow looks good, but why the mid range parts??

I do really like the case thou looks like you put alot of work into it

I think i saw this at Gruntville a while back but it still is an awesome mod thanks for sharing.

PimpRig indeed

I see you don't mess about lol... like the paint job especially

Is that the Chenming 901AD case?

The Mid range parts were from Last Year when I started this mod.

I will sooner or laster change the Parts to better Hardware

Ahhh ic i figured there was something up, all this cash into this case and mid range parts!!!

Excellant job....very well thought out and quality craftsmanship throughout....I just don't know what else I can say except that now I want to see more ....so get to work

The Spinner will be getting a Upgrade before the upcoming newegg lanParty

I will be using my Q6600 or the X6800ES CPU :evil:

All the front pieces went out for Chrome :clap:

Fatal1ty abit FP-IN9 SLI Motherboard

2X MSI NX8600GT-T2D256E OC GeForce 8600GT 256MB


I will be replacing the Stock coolers with the ZALMAN FC-ZV9 FATAL1TY DUAL HEATPIPE VGA COOLERs

That looks awesome dude!!

Awesome case man If I only had the tools to mod something sweet like that, I'd be all over that

All you need is a few Tools

Wait, where do all those plugs do to on the left?
I got most of what's there, the only big deal I'm missing is a Dremel, but they're so dang expensive

And you must stock up on your Hardware

I admire your organisation of tools and parts

I like my Mod Garage Clean

Once again, I wish I knew how to do this stuff. I can't believe I missed this mod when you did it.

BLING!!!!!!!
Here are the Front pieces Buffed and Polished

Graphic cards are ready to Go

Here is the latest Memory cooler Mod

Now we need to see them installed and running. They sure are pretty. Happy Modding to ya.

Wow, what a great looking case man! I was skeptical at first but wow. Great job, keep up the good work.

That case is a ricer's wet dream.

T2 will be PIMPIN' OUT! the Spinner project



Sponsors

Thermaltake.com (thermaltake Power Express 650w)


Elric (Doc) Phares from Motherboards.org
(Swiftech one-off GPU code named the "X2")

More Sponsors coming.....


Web sites Sponsors
Gamepyre.com
Motherboards.org


Things that will new in the upgrading:
[/b]ATI 3870 X2 (It's RED)
Swiftech one-off GPU cooler named the "X2"
thermaltake Power Express 650w with Chrome front plate
80mm Black Ice Micro High Performance Radiator
XSPC DC1000 Water Pump or a db-1 Compact 12v pump
magicool 3 port Plexi/AGB Reservoir or a EK-Multioption RES 150 Rev2
Side Spinner Cover (New style)
PIMPIN Emblem that goes on the side

I finally had time to take some Pic's of the Project

Here are some pic's of the BLING!

PIMPIN Emblem


GPU Block


ATI 3870 X2 Card

wow this thing already looked nice! Now it will be PIMPIN!

GOODIES I bought today:

• Black Ice Pro Compact High Performance Radiator 120mm
• EK-Multioption RES 150 Rev 2
• XSPC Laing DDC-1T/1TPlus MCP-350/355 Acrylic Replacement Top
• Bitspower Mini DDC Water Tank Pump Top - Laing DDC-1T/1TPlus MCP-350/355

as i was looking through this thread again, i was thinking to myself, "man, this think would be perfect with water cooling." sure enough, you're gonna throw it in there

kudos

More stuff is coming every day **W00T**

Sweeeet UV Red Tubing


Swiftech MCP355 Pump


OCZ Memory Cooler

Here is the Swiftech MCP355 out of the box


Bitspower DDC Mini Water Tank


120mm Radiator


(Thermaltake 650watt PSU) I sent the PSU housing to a Custom Chrome place

BLING! BLING! Thermaltake 650watt PSU CHROMED

More BLING!

On to the Pump and Goodies

Here is the GPU water block installed

Leak testing

Your project is coming along nice!

I cant wait to see the finished product!

Here is the MASS wiring I had to hide