My Adventure in Case Modding

[Joeberg]

I was very, very tired and bored of the dull, bland look of my case. With some suggesations and help of FLG, he aquainted me with the use/operation of a dremel, and we were off. First we cut a few fan grills from the back of the case. It looked like a Reeses ;) Then we sanded it down to resemble a circle, and then moved to the front 120mm Fan grill, and repeated the process. It looked good, but it still wasn't enough. I opted to paint the interior of the case. FLG said 'eh'. I was going to get textured paint (Rustoleum "Hammered" to be exact) but due to laziness and lack of dough we used what we could - BBQ Grill Paint :) Suprisingly, it came out amazing - the flat black paint just looks cool. It was quite easy to do, and was pretty fool proof. I still see room for improvement - a window and some new grills on the top and side are in the works for the near future. I think I'm hooked :)
Also, a VERY BIG Thank You to FLG - I would've been sawing up my case to oblivion without him ;)

-Joe

FLG is the one wearing the Frozen-Cpu Shirt ;)

[TwoRails]

Looks good, Joeberg!

[mikezel]

Looking nice Joeberg. Maybe one day I'll find the guts to carve up my Sonata...

Mike

[bigandy]

Good for you Joeberg :). Looks like you did a nice job.

[nocturnx]

Hey that looks very good. Now you guys need to take a roadtrip to my place and play PC make over on my comp lol.

I almost lost an eye trying to cut up a heatsink with a dremel lol those blades shatter pretty easy....

[Joeberg]

Thanks for the compliments guys :)

I know what you mean Noctunx, We had about 3 Cutting Discs shatter (1 on the back 80mm Fan grill, and 2 on the front 120mm fan grill)

[Propain]

Modding your case is an expression of yourself and is alot of fun to do. Good job dude. Now ya need a good HSF (http://the-inquirer.com/?article=16247) to go with that. :p

[Cricket]

Originally posted by Joeberg
I know what you mean Noctunx, We had about 3 Cutting Discs shatter (1 on the back 80mm Fan grill, and 2 on the front 120mm fan grill) Were you using the plain cutting discs or the reinforced ones?

:) Cricket

[Joeberg]

FLG and I were using the very thin plain ones. We only had the thick reinforced discs, and they werent cutting as good as the thinner plain ones...

[bigandy]

LOL Pro. That looks more like something you would find on an airplane than inside your PC case :D.

[TwoRails]

Originally posted by Joeberg
I know what you mean Noctunx, We had about 3 Cutting Discs shatter (1 on the back 80mm Fan grill, and 2 on the front 120mm fan grill) Don't feel bad. It takes a lot of practice to minimize breakage, but at the cost of those things, it almost doesn't matter :eek: :) - Just make sure to keep your safety glasses on! :D

[Tin]

great work joe! youre giving me ideas here buddy :D.

[willboy]

Looks good, wish I knew someone who could help a clueless kid like me, :(