* Post Your Case Mods *

taylormsj · 05-12-2008, 08:24 PM

Ill start off with my earliest mods,

One cathode switch, one 120mm fan, one zalman fan mate and one blue led controlled by the cathode switch

Old lapped opteron

Front fan mod

An analougue hard drive meter (moves up and down according to HDD activity)

Top mounted rad and first window cut

First water loop

Second window

UV Led's i wired up

Various holes

Custom fan controller

Old loop

Current project

Quite a lot of mods, sorry for anyone who is still on 56 K

aSc1@3 · 05-12-2008, 08:53 PM

taylormsj, be carefull NOT to put the computer with bottom fans on carpet if they are intake, my current case for some reason has the front intake fan sucking in air from a little hole on the bottom of the case, and after that spot carpet became dust-free, my video card looked like a dustball, and 2 minutes later it caught on fire.

lovely? · 05-12-2008, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by aSc1@3

both the stock intel coolers i've seen suck air through heatsink, but i think air onto heatsink does make more sense, i'll try it.

lol theres never been a heatsink that sucks air through, they all blow onto the heatsink, simple aerodynamics shows that.

cohen · 05-12-2008, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by aSc1@3

2 minutes later it caught on fire.

HOLY S***.... What was the damage on the inside????

ramodkk · 05-12-2008, 10:56 PM

Taylor, excellent mods as always

For the UV lights, would you recommend LED's or cold cathodes?

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Originally Posted by cohen

HOLY S***.... What was the damage on the inside????

burnt!

reddevil6 · 05-13-2008, 05:11 AM

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Originally Posted by lovely?

lol theres never been a heatsink that sucks air through, they all blow onto the heatsink, simple aerodynamics shows that.

i dont know if i can could this but on my on AMD 700MHz had a big heat sink on it but the fan was a short elbow bend with a fan sucking air an that sat about an inch above the heatsink an you could feel the air coming through the fins on the heat sink.

**The_Other_One** · 05-13-2008, 06:27 AM

I had a really nice looking Gateway desktop case I modded a long time ago. I painted it red (leaving some parts gray), added a fan to the top, one on the front (hidden) and removed and filled the old "Gateway 2000" logo. That was quite a while ago, though, and I've not done anything too major since...

I do have my NAS I recently removed the fan and replaced with a much larger, more quiet fan. Perhaps I could clean up the cut then paint the case

I recently noticed some scratches in the plastic, so painting it wouldn't be that bad of an idea

taylormsj · 05-13-2008, 06:43 AM

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Originally Posted by ramodkk

Taylor, excellent mods as always

For the UV lights, would you recommend LED's or cold cathodes?

burnt!

Led's look much nicer, but they are a pain to wire up, even more of a pain to attach them in a good position, cathodes would be much easier for the lazy user

cohen · 05-13-2008, 06:48 AM

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Originally Posted by ramodkk

burnt!

A lot of $$$$ involved to repair / replace stuff???

ramodkk · 05-13-2008, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by taylormsj

Led's look much nicer, but they are a pain to wire up, even more of a pain to attach them in a good position, cathodes would be much easier for the lazy user

Thanks cause I already own 2 x UV cathodes, and I think they look good and was wondering if it was worth it to get LED's instead...

05-12-2008, 08:24 PM	#41 (permalink)
taylormsj Diamond Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,837	Ill start off with my earliest mods, One cathode switch, one 120mm fan, one zalman fan mate and one blue led controlled by the cathode switch Old lapped opteron Front fan mod An analougue hard drive meter (moves up and down according to HDD activity) Top mounted rad and first window cut First water loop Second window UV Led's i wired up Various holes Custom fan controller Old loop Current project Quite a lot of mods, sorry for anyone who is still on 56 K __________________ E2160 @3.2 (3.618 GHz max) \| 2Gb OCZ 6400 @ 890MHz \| 8800GT (725, 1895, 1970 MHz) \| Coolermaster CM 690 \| Hiper 530 watt \| Maxtor 160 Gb \| D-tek fusion, 5.5mm nozzle / Swiftech MCW60 with enzo's / Swiftech D5 / MCRres / MCR320 radiator / 3 high yate loon / 7/16" tubing / black feser one

05-12-2008, 08:53 PM	#42 (permalink)
aSc1@3 Gold Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Kentucky Posts: 411	taylormsj, be carefull NOT to put the computer with bottom fans on carpet if they are intake, my current case for some reason has the front intake fan sucking in air from a little hole on the bottom of the case, and after that spot carpet became dust-free, my video card looked like a dustball, and 2 minutes later it caught on fire. __________________ MSI PM8M-V--Celeron 478 2.5ghz OCed to 3.0ghz Stock HSF--2X 512mb DDR 400 Ram DVD&CD Reader--CD Burner--200gb Hdd ElitePc Case--Allied 300watt PSU(Broken) nVidia GeforceFX 5200 AGP 8x--XP Pro SP3 Looky, Looky, Clicky, Clicky! Last edited by aSc1@3; 05-12-2008 at 08:58 PM.

05-13-2008, 06:27 AM	#47 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 23 Posts: 12,368	I had a really nice looking Gateway desktop case I modded a long time ago. I painted it red (leaving some parts gray), added a fan to the top, one on the front (hidden) and removed and filled the old "Gateway 2000" logo. That was quite a while ago, though, and I've not done anything too major since... I do have my NAS I recently removed the fan and replaced with a much larger, more quiet fan. Perhaps I could clean up the cut then paint the case I recently noticed some scratches in the plastic, so painting it wouldn't be that bad of an idea __________________ Desktop * Athlon X2 4200 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| 7600GT Laptop1 * C2D T5550 \| 3G RAM \| 120G HD \| Intel x3100 Laptop2 * C2D T5250 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| Intel x3100

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