Case Mod's

Explosive_Cornflake

Of course dell released black inspirions in the recent past

awhir

should do a custom spray icon on the lid would make it Urber:D

Anti

dubdvd wrote:

here we go again

You gonna sell that cube anytime soon?

requiem1

just thought i'd put up my last two builds to keep this thread alive
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awhir

cool like the case ! also the 1/2" tubing is way better.

what pump is that the d5 or swiftech version

requiem1

D5 vario, picked it up in the states for $48, keeps it all flowing however it has a temp limit of 60 degrees in the water and then it doesn't work too well, but with the fans full blast i get my cpu at 22 degrees and my 8800 at 37 degrees. I'm feeling anti's problem with the pink water cause i have that too. I@m thinking of buying some danger den red primo flex and changing the setup to res>pump>double rad>cpu>singlerad>>graphics>res and also changing the res to one of the EK multioption res's cause the bay reservoir is annoying for refilling. If i do i'll repost the picks:D

papu

requiem1 wrote: »

just thought i'd put up my last two builds to keep this thread alive
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Nice Build

Fuddmillbyrne

Hey All

Not sure if anyone is still alive on this thread but gonna post this up anyway, ghost town or not!!!

Just recently started modding PC Cases after a few years, and many electric shocks, modding Xbox's/360's for fun. Looking for tips on what not to do when cutting etc.

I've added a recent 360 case mod (No Mocking, it was for a girl!) The case was custom painted too. I've thrown up a few shots of the PC I'm finishing at the moment. This was on a Dell inspiron with a custom paint job that filled in the dell imprint in the steel (you can still see it on the back)

All criticisms welcome (except for the fact that horses were used in the making of this post)

Lookin forward to hearing something back

Fudd

papu

wow that looks awesome! , I painted my Dell matt black with Hammerite :rolleyes:

hellboy99

Got bored with the look of my Dell Dimension 9200 and decided to give it a face lift yesterday, I got most of it done and hopefully I'll get to finish it off next weekend.

All I've left to do is to spray the remaining primed side panel, put an air vent on top (I fabbed it using a piece from a car bumper and fibre glass), and then spray it. Will post more pics when it's all done, but here's it so far

Before:



After: (filled in the Dell logos)

papu

I like it , reminds me of when i painted my dell 5150 Black cant wait to see the top grill

hellboy99

papu wrote: »

I like it , reminds me of when i painted my dell 5150 Black cant wait to see the top grill

Here's the vent / grill I made, just have to fab and mould it to the top, put in the fan and lights

Explosive_Cornflake

hellboy99 wrote: »

Got bored with the look of my Dell Dimension 9200 and decided to give it a face lift yesterday, I got most of it done and hopefully I'll get to finish it off next weekend.

All I've left to do is to spray the remaining primed side panel, put an air vent on top (I fabbed it using a piece from a car bumper and fibre glass), and then spray it. Will post more pics when it's all done, but here's it so far

That's an excellent finish on the paint. Care to detail what you did?

hellboy99

Explosive_Cornflake wrote: »

That's an excellent finish on the paint. Care to detail what you did?

First off I filled in the Dell logos on the side panels with car repair body filler and sanded that down flush with the panels when dry, then sprayed the case with primer.

Paints I used are car paints; the blue on the sides is a custom paint my brother had got made up for one of his cars, I added a metal flake to it and then finished off with a coat of lacquer.
The red/wine colour on the front is Ford Mondeo red, decided not to apply a lacquer to it as without it, it gives a flat / metal type apperance and I think it suits it :cool:

The vent / grill for the top was made from a cutout section from the middle lower part of a Ford RS back bumper. The back end of the vent was bent down to shape by heating it with a blow tourch and bending into place.
I then made sides for it using fibre glass, they will be fibre glassed onto it (lights and fan put in place) and then the whole vent will be mouled onto the top using more fibre glass, sanded down into shape, made flush to the case and then sprayed.

Hopefully I will get it all done this weekend and will post up pics of it then

C.D.

Some very impressive case mods here- I did my first "mod" today, though it is not strictly speaking a case mod.

Problem:

I have an OCZ GameXstream PSU, which was initially very quiet upon purchase two years ago. Fast forward to this week when I get a new case (Antec P183), GPU (Sapphire 4890 Vapor-X) and CPU cooler (Nexus Xir-3500), which are all known for being very quiet. I kid you not when I say my PSU sounded like an airplane in comparison to the rest of my system.

Solution:

Took apart my PSU, cut the wires to the 120mm fan and spliced them with the wires for a new, much quieter fan. The new fan uses less current at full load (0.24 vs 0.45) is 12V aswell and is also rated at 80 CFM, but seems quite content to push significantly less air through my PSU (you can really feel the difference). However, all the voltages (3.3V, 5V etc) are all fine under load and it is waaaaaaaaaay quieter so I'm happy.

Just thought it might be worth mentioning for any boardsies who like quiet PC's- much cheaper than buying a new PSU.

Pokes

Chieftec CH-03 casemod.. I wanted a new case but money is tight.My system was running a bit too hot so i added a 120mm exhaust fan in the top and two 90mm fans as front intakes. I still have a bit of work to do on it , I want to put in a side window and fit fan filters on the intakes. Going to replace all fans with blue LED ones too.

Before



Top



Re-Worked Front (Looks like it needs some more work )



System is

Amd Phenom II 720be x3 @ 3.4ghz
MSI C770-C45
4gb OCZ Platinum 1600mhz DDR3
Radeon 4850
Spire CPU cooler
2x 1tb Samsung F1's
550w Enermax PSU

hellboy99

Finally got my Dell case finished (didn't put the vent on as I couldn't get a fan in due to the side panel release system) , went from this:




to this:

Spiritine

Bump bump any modders out there!!!

Explosive_Cornflake

Odd you should ask that today. I haven't done anything in years, and today I'm covered in saw dust.

I'm making a clock/photo frame/news ticker/weather widget.
It'll be another few days.

Old 14" laptop, Dell 630m, that doesnt charge anymore is becoming this.




Tomorrow I need to finish the wood, and should hopefully be receiving an 8GB cf card and an IDE-CF adapter. Hopefully it'll be silent.
I'll be doing a write up on it when it's finished.

Spiritine

that is quite a big clock lol

Access

Explosive_Cornflake wrote: »

Odd you should ask that today. I haven't done anything in years, and today I'm covered in saw dust.

I'm making a clock/photo frame/news ticker/weather widget.
It'll be another few days.

Old 14" laptop, Dell 630m, that doesnt charge anymore is becoming this.




Tomorrow I need to finish the wood, and should hopefully be receiving an 8GB cf card and an IDE-CF adapter. Hopefully it'll be silent.
I'll be doing a write up on it when it's finished.

any update on your project... it looks fecking cool! are you wall mounting in a particular room? / was it just an old lappy you had lying around?

Explosive_Cornflake

Access wrote: »

any update on your project... it looks fecking cool! are you wall mounting in a particular room? / was it just an old lappy you had lying around?

Only a small update I'm afraid.
I ended up getting a new job and moving, so didn't have much time, but I'll hopefully be sorting out the last few bits in the next few weeks.

It was an old laptop, few bits needed replacing and I bought a new one that's a bit lighter for travelling/dual core etc.


Was just a quick demo of it. Unfortunately it was a regular mechanical hard drive.
The CF card I orderee, or else 1 of the 3 CF to IDE adapters i got have a problem. The system can't boot from it. As far as I am aware, you need some special utility from the manufacturer to turn the CF card from Removable to fixed type. As far as I can figure out, the laptop BIOS won't boot from something that calls itself removable. If I can't change the type I'm going to think about making a PXE boot image.
It'll be a few weeks weeks before I get time to do this.
The plan is to have a clock running, but maybe also a photo slide show and a bluetooth/wifi interface from a phone to chnage radio stations etc.

ED E

I'm buying several litres of cooking oil tomorrow.....

Komplett-Tech: Ryan

Lethal_Bullet wrote: »

I'm buying several litres of cooking oil tomorrow.....

Fishtank pc? I hope you got unscented/distilled oil.

Supermensch

Without meaning to necrobump...

Why buy a case when you can doll up a shítbox!









Obliga-show off of my AMD Hackintosh

papu

that reminds me , , Counts as a case mod right?

freeze4real

wow is this thread dead ?

Hi all,

I need help adding another fan to my sapphire 4890, normal temp usually range from 60 - 70, while in use an 50 - 60 while idle.

so I removed the heat sink and cleaned an added a fresh thermal paste, I also added an 80mm fan just to the side to see how it will get on. so the temperature now is under 50c.


The problem is that the PC itself is lying flat so the fan is basically on top beside the gpu, i need a way to stick it on it permanently, any ideas ?

papu

A picture would help , I'd suggest some hot glue , sticks plastics quite well and comes off easily enough when wanted , other than that zip tie it or use double sided tape.


I just did a job on Nibbles old v2000 , made some plexi brackets for the Psu , fixed in a plexi window and covered 2 top fan openings with plexi , Sleeved and did a big cable tidy up ,. I'll try get pics up tomorrow!

freeze4real wrote: »

wow is this thread dead ?

Hi all,

I need help adding another fan to my sapphire 4890, normal temp usually range from 60 - 70, while in use an 50 - 60 while idle.

so I removed the heat sink and cleaned an added a fresh thermal paste, I also added an 80mm fan just to the side to see how it will get on. so the temperature now is under 50c.


The problem is that the PC itself is lying flat so the fan is basically on top beside the gpu, i need a way to stick it on it permanently, any ideas ?

Erper

freeze4real wrote: »

wow is this thread dead ?

Hi all,

I need help adding another fan to my sapphire 4890, normal temp usually range from 60 - 70, while in use an 50 - 60 while idle.

so I removed the heat sink and cleaned an added a fresh thermal paste, I also added an 80mm fan just to the side to see how it will get on. so the temperature now is under 50c.


The problem is that the PC itself is lying flat so the fan is basically on top beside the gpu, i need a way to stick it on it permanently, any ideas ?

change the case, atleast they are cheap...
and get one of my cards, atleast they will run better and colder that your

freeze4real

papu wrote: »

A picture would help , I'd suggest some hot glue , sticks plastics quite well and comes off easily enough when wanted , other than that zip tie it or use double sided tape.


I just did a job on Nibbles old v2000 , made some plexi brackets for the Psu , fixed in a plexi window and covered 2 top fan openings with plexi , Sleeved and did a big cable tidy up ,. I'll try get pics up tomorrow!

thanks for the reply, I'll try to add some pics later, as I don't have access to a heat gun and a I'm low on funds I'll use a zip wire instead.

At erper i just bought a new case so that's a no no and your gpu is out of my price range.