thanks..

my old rig was STUFFED with 80mm led fans, and i grew tired of having a lantern beside me when i nerded it out at night..

actually, i have two blue cold cathodes in my case right now but i only use one of them because 1) its way too bright & 2) they do get pretty hot..

some more pics of my machine

i ordered my Plextor SATA DVD-Burner like a LONG time ago on ebay, and it should be here sometime this week.. so less IDE cables in my case very shortly, and once i get my raptor (about a month) i'll be IDE-less.. thank god.. i bent a pin on my 160GB WD IDE last nite and i wanted to stab the inventor of PATA in the face. [i kid, i kid..]

wow we have very similar setups.. nice 6600

So when are you going to WC that badboy?

Looks nice but you gotta hide the cables.

cjoe

Water cooling is on the way! I did a lot of cable-hiding last night, i finally got my SATA Plextor DVD-RW drive (gets ride of an IDE cable..), and once i get another SATA hard drive, i wont have any IDE cables at all, then i'll take another pic and post it.. Right now it looks pretty slick anyway, and i gotta get a cable sleeving kit and make the rest of those plain cables snazzy..

It's coming along real nice.
I'm looking forward to seeing the "after" pictures.
Use a tripod or steady those hands.
I was starting to get 60's flashbacks from the blur

Can you tell me if those mesh grills are screwed on (vs riveted) in case someone wanted to paint them a different color?

Here's a picture of the inside of my side panel. It wouldn't be very hard at all to take off the mesh (just bend the metal back?). Careful not to break the little tabs.

Also, the front mesh on the case has 4 screws holding it in. Im not sure how the top one is held in there but i imagine it would follow a similar meathod. Pretty sure it has screws up there.

Sweet, thanks for the prompt info man. Looks easy enough for sure.

Up awful early aren't ya?

Yeah it's like 630am here.. i've had an interesting week, i usually go to bed at about 5:30am, sleep till 2:00pm, then lounge around all day. I recently got fired (it was VERY bad), and i start my new job (at a gas station.. ) on monday at 7:00am, so i have to somehow change my hours around. I went to bed at midnight last night and i woke up today at 6am fully rested. If i can do this till monday i should be fine..

Figured something was up. Never see you on this early.
Good luck on the new job.

Yeah it should be fun. It's like directly across the street from my house (a stone's throw away) and like half the staff are extremely hot girls, so the low pay doesnt seem so bad.

In the words of Napoleon Dynamite: Lucky. Chicks dig your bowstaff skills.

heck yes! gosh..

All I can say is I hope when I get my job at Wegman's, I'm surrounded by hot girls too. :nod:

amen

just got big typhoon installed, changed the 120mm, added another 120mm to the case, added custom fan grills, pics to follow

Napoleon Dynamite, i loved that movie

hell yea, that movie was great especially when Napoleon and Kip slapped each other silly. When I was in Japan, in my squadron we had this dude look almost like napolean without the curley hair.

i'm not big on "block busters". i like a plot, but character depth and the true reality of life is a much better movie to me. and napoleon's brother was such a nerd, lol, it was great.

TGM

At first I thought he was gay til he got his gf then dressed up like a gangster, now that was funny too.

i'd say if not the funniest movie in (what was it, 2004?), it would have to be the most original.

i fear he wont have that great of a career though.. i mean, its hard to look at him the same way in another role..

Did you see the episode of punk'd when he was in it? He doesnt look the same, his hair is straight and doesnt wear glasses.

i think i saw that.. didnt even recognise him

I heard it was him on the commercial for that episode and when I saw I was like wow he had alot of shit done to him to look like napoleon.

Not to be a dick but unless someone's got a Napolean Dynamite case I suggest possibly getting back on topic. I wouldn't mind except I'm subscribed to this thread and it's contributing to email inbox filling.

Ditto about the instant email notification, sorry guys start a Movie thread

Anyone ever mod an acrylic case from 80mm fans to 120mm? I cut an 80mm fan hole into my Centurian's window, but that is much thinner than my acrylic case. How did it come out and what did you use?

I would recommend a Dermel roto-zip tool, but be careful with it. Cut with the base of the bit, not the tip of it, otherwise the bit will bend and wander as it's spinning.

OK, I used the regular round cutting dik on the window, what melting the acrylic? I guess I should go slow. Have you actually performed this mod? I was also wondering if anyone tried putting a window in an Antec P180?

www.mnpctech.com there's a forum in one those links on that page, they discuss modding pc's and give tons of info as well as discuss modding techniques.

Oooh, no, not the cutting disc. And not a regular Dremel either. The Roto-zip is a special Dremel, and it comes with a circle cutting jig. Once you have one of those, use the spiral cutting bit. It kind of looks like a router bit. I'm sorry, I should've been more specific.

I know rotozip, very good, I used to hang drywall for 7 years, so we used them to cut out all our outlets, highats, windows, etc. thanks for the info, I think I got an old Roto-Zip laying around here somewhre just gotta get new brushes for it, stil got bits too. Should I use regular non-guiding bits, self-guiding bits or the tile bits?

I'm actually not familiar with the different types of bits. The ones I use are just like a straight rod that's got cutters on the sides of it. You might want to try each type on some scrap and see what works best.

I will start a new thread discussing the best methods, instead of posting here.

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Sup guys! I think this is my first post after weeks and weeks of trying to soak up everything on this site!

Well here are some pics of my DFI rig. Nothing compared to what I've seen in this thread but here goes! lol.

When I first got the LanParty!
http://xf9.xanga.com/f38b870a74c3249435869/b33216000.jpg

Random shots:
http://x1e.xanga.com/ecaa206568d3549435737/b30870897.jpg
http://x0b.xanga.com/b7db83027713349436095/b33216169.jpg
http://x29.xanga.com/02db8506d363249436894/b33216441.jpg

pics were taken by my phone so sorry bout the quality lol

One more pic with a better pic of "That New Car Smell" :shake:
http://x9d.xanga.com/137b6113c063049441311/b33219988.jpg

lookin good. That is a very good lookin' case.
Is that "the new car smell" on the desk?

lol! why yes it is! :nod:

Good clear images for a phone..

hehehe, now everybody will look at the pictures twice.

lol you are right! Made myself even look again.

and to n1ce_hat, my phone is the Samsung A920 which has a 1.3 mp camera. I guess it's not bad for a camera phone then lol.

yeah that's pretty snazzy.. i use a Nokia 6620, and i always wanted to get one of those N-series phones because of it's 1.3 (or so) MP camera.. One day..

Haha, I just looked at them twice and I'd already read this and forgotten it too

Here is my rig:

Looks real good man.
Very nice job on the cable management and sleeving the floppy cable input on the board.
That 120mm Blue SilenX fan is awesome!

Thanks soundx. The fan is awesome, though I did have to take the bench grider to it to get it to fit.

Question for you...does that cooler master case of yours come with clear side panel or did you change it to your liking?

Bought the case without the window, then added my own because I did not like their window.

A question for you and others that have modded a case to create a window. I’ve notice screws thru the case into the plexiglass (I’m assuming plexiglass ) in all the ones I’ve seen photos of. Is that necessary? I might do this to my case someday, and was figuring on glueing the plexiglass to the case. Are there reasons one wouldn’t want to glue it in?

What did you use to cut the case? Dremel? Grinder?

I think the screws/bolts make the mod look better than simply gluing it in, but that's just me. What would you use, anyway, VHB tape? Other than maybe epoxy I can't think of anything that would bond plastic to metal. Or perhaps silicone adhesive.

There's many ways to attach a window - screws, bolts/nuts, glue, double sided tape, velcro - on and on!

As to cutting a window, you can use a jigsaw, or a Dremel with a reinforced cutoff wheel will also work fine. Just take your time, let the tool do the work!

Excellent Tape. 3M 4011
http://www.acehardwareoutlet.com/(rln0xi45...spx?SKU=9039587

I used it to secure my Internal LCD. It's designed to hold 5 pounds and adheres well to rough surfaces.

3M 4010 is clear, holds 2 pounds, and is designed for smoth surfaces (like glass)
http://www.acehardwareoutlet.com/(3cdl1jy0...01''%20X%2060''