Case Mod - What Do You Think?

Kornowski

Kornowski

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Hi,

I've had an idea for a case mod, here it is...

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Old PC I know, but it's the case I'm using at the moment...

I want to drill through the rivets int he bottom cage, the one that hold the floppy and the HDD. Would I be able to remove it and how? Also, if I did, would the top cage be Ok, it isn't resting on it is it?

I then plan on buying a convertor to mount my HDD in the top spare CD bay and have a 120mm fan on the front of the case in the gap you can see...

What do you think?

One more thing, I've getting cable sleeving for the PC (see pics in sig) and they only have red, think they'll look Ok?

Thanks! :)
 
ok, from what i can understand, you just want to put a 120mm fan in the bottom front of your case, no? It should be fine if you shift one or both of those two 'walls' on the bottom to accommodate a 120mm fan..I wouldn't want to just remove them out of fear of the upper segment being too heavy(or maybe i'm underestimating the strength of the metal cage holding your cd bays)..erm, so yea, go ahead and do it.
 
I thought about doing the same thing on my case, the front fan blows onto my hdd making it all dusty :P. But my hdd bays screw out...did you say you can by a adapter to put one into a 5.25" drive bay? were? :)
 
Yeah, I was going to add one, but I want to get rid of the bottom cage that would have the HDD in, and stick the HDD in the top cage... get what I mean, there'd be loads more room!

Also, what about the red cable sleeves, think they'd look Ok with my case?
 
Heres a pic of mine...
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Cool, maybe i can find those on a us site

Edit: thats without the cage, the hard drive cage is in there now right infront of the fan
 
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I just disassembled a crappy dell case with just a drill, poping about 45 rivits, and I was really suprised how it kept fairly strong until the very last rivit poped on each wall.. current I am just using the back end and back wall and it was still very stiff with just those two pieces:
(the expansion slot devices help keep it rigid, but it was solid before installing those)





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(to comment on the oil please use this thread http://www.computerforum.com/90103-fish-tank-full-veggie-oil-computer.html, This is just to explain about the case, dont thread jack..lol)
 
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I have to much time on my hands, not him.. hes looking for more cooling.. I dont need anymore cooling..I was out of work for 3 weeks healing up from surgery, you would dunk you pc in oil to with 3 weeks, and overclocked and overheating computer, and nothing to do..
 
The answer to your question kornowski is yes. I recently took apart an old case - there will be 8 rivets you need to drill through so you can remove the HDD cage and the 5 inch bays seem to be riveted to the case so should still be very sturdy, go for it and show us pics when done

EDIT - there isnt 8 theres 12 rivets sorry - and also the cable sleeves wil look nice but i hear they are very hard to install
 
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Actually i have the same case, but i have not problems with the cooling
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I don't have problems with cooling either, I just thought it'd look cool.

What do I think? I think its crazy and you have too much time on your hands.
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Thanks for the input, it was really helpfull...
Why is it crazy?

The answer to your question kornowski is yes. I recently took apart an old case - there will be 8 rivets you need to drill through so you can remove the HDD cage and the 5 inch bays seem to be riveted to the case so should still be very sturdy, go for it and show us pics when done

EDIT - there isnt 8 theres 12 rivets sorry - and also the cable sleeves wil look nice but i hear they are very hard to install
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What size drill bits for the rivets did you use?
Also, looking at the picture you think the top cage would be strong enough for a DVD Drive and a HDD in there?

Do you have any pictures of the case?
 
The case i did is long gone - i think i use like a 4 mm drill bit
Any drill bit that is bigger than the rivet hole will do. And yes i think the 5 inch drive bays wil be strong enough
 
Hmm, Ok, thanks.

If I get the time, I'll give it a go... Just need to persuade my parents to let me make a mess in the garage, no doubt they'll go mad for "allways messing with that computer, it's like a bloody hovercraft, the thing will take off... Now you're going to cut it up!?" lol :P

Also, I rekon it'd look good if I sprayed it black, would it increase heat?
 
danny we did this in physics if you weren't to busy with you GF you might actually of heard it :D o/j

black absorbs heat more but also realises it faster once the heats source has gone :)
 
lol, I know that Black absorbs heat, But do you think that the overall temps of the computer would rise, or would it help?

Chris, do you think the top cage will be able to support itself?
 
Well, it has eight rivets in total holding it to the case, three down either side and two on the top holding it to the case, as seen in the picture below:
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Anywho... Do you think it'd help, I mean, I can get the HDD into the CD Bay, but then there wouldn't really be anywhere for the un-used wires to go, but I could add a 120mm fan on the front.
 
danny not being funny but your pc is colder than my fridge already
i think you just enjoy playing with drill n tools n *stuff* (nearly swore then )

:D good luck tho
 
danny not being funny but your pc is colder than my fridge already
i think you just enjoy playing with drill n tools n *stuff* (nearly swore then )
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lol, Well, it's going to get cooler :P

Yeah, it all helps doesn't it, of course, how much fun did we have modding Ben's case :P

good luck tho
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Ha! You'll need it too, you're helping me! :D
 
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