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05-30-2004, 09:47 PM
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D'oh!
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My Adventure in Case Modding
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
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05-30-2004, 10:04 PM
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Looks good, Joeberg!
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05-30-2004, 10:05 PM
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Looking nice Joeberg. Maybe one day I'll find the guts to carve up my Sonata...
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05-30-2004, 10:13 PM
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Folding For PCMech
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Good for you Joeberg
. Looks like you did a nice job.
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05-31-2004, 02:11 AM
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The Boneshaker
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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....
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05-31-2004, 11:12 AM
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D'oh!
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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) |
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05-31-2004, 11:44 AM
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Modding your case is an expression of yourself and is alot of fun to do. Good job dude. Now ya need a good HSF to go with that.
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05-31-2004, 12:37 PM
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05-31-2004, 03:10 PM
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D'oh!
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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...
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05-31-2004, 05:14 PM
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LOL Pro. That looks more like something you would find on an airplane than inside your PC case
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05-31-2004, 09:45 PM
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06-01-2004, 09:57 AM
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great work joe! youre giving me ideas here buddy
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06-01-2004, 12:50 PM
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Looks good, wish I knew someone who could help a clueless kid like me,
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