Case Modding

[xSunnYx]

I'm kinda intrested in Case Modding lately, so was wondering what mod's you guys been doing..

A few tips are always welcome ^_^ (Pics would be great too)

[jaketo]

You've already seen mine (http://www.jaketo.f2s.com/pc/3.jpg) ;)

No real hardcore modding as such, more just buying all the bits and putting them altogether.

(Although I did change the light in the PSU, mod the case for the UV switches, cut a few things to make it all fit, sleeve a lot of the cables, etc etc etc.)

My one tip for hardcore modding would be to buy a Dremel :D

[pylar]

you could make your own case out of wood :p

you'll have to make a way to make it fire-safe

[xSunnYx]

I got a Dremel :p en some soldering stuff just incase..

I'm gonna try and use the dremel on an old side-panel i got, after i get the hang of it imma try mod Cilia's side-panel >.>

Getting this in black :
http://www.pcextreme.com/images/cst-108_1.jpg

http://www.pcextreme.com/images/cst-108_2.jpg

Was thinking making a window for the top chamber, with Acryl just for show. (With a CCFL on the side to give the acryl some sorta light effect)
And make a window on each side for the bottom chamber with MeshX so my watercooling in the bottom chamber can "breath" abit..
http://www.acryan.com/img/products_images/ACR-XP0755_250.jpg

[jaketo]

you could make your own case out of wood :p

you'll have to make a way to make it fire-safe

I actually did make a PC case from wood once, about 12 years ago, before it was possible to just pop down to your local shop and buy one.

It was a necessity rather than choice as I had a desktop with a badly broken case, and it looked truly awful, like a badly beaten cargo crate, but it worked :D

[xSunnYx]

Any of you use a program to draw/plan your mods? @_@

[Kalki]

Hehe a friend of mine modded his computer so it had 2 overclocked processors, but it got to warm so he had to install 3 "huge" fans to cool it, but then it got too noisy so he had to put the whole thing into a large wooden box with cooling.

:P

So much for his cheap way of getting his computer like 3% faster :P

[xSunnYx]

Found this program, SketchUp.. Works pretty neat.. This is what i got so far.

http://www.pcextreme.com/images/cst-108_1.jpg

That into this below.

http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/9990/casemod3gj.th.jpg (http://img93.imageshack.us/my.php?image=casemod3gj.jpg)

Probably gonna cut in TeamxSunnYx between the 2 windows and but UV Blue acrylic with CCFL behind it.

[jaketo]

I did once try to design a modded PC using AutoCAD (I was a CAD engineer at the time) but frankly I was spending more time on getting the drawing right than actually modding the PC :)

Usually a rough sketch and scribbles in a notebook is about as far as I go now.

[xSunnYx]

I did once try to design a modded PC using AutoCAD (I was a CAD engineer at the time) but frankly I was spending more time on getting the drawing right than actually modding the PC :)

Usually a rough sketch and scribbles in a notebook is about as far as I go now.

I had autoCAD a few years back, didn't really get it all tho. But this SketchUp thingy is kinda easier for em to work with :)

EDIT :

lil update :

http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/2890/casemod26zy.th.jpg (http://img95.imageshack.us/my.php?image=casemod26zy.jpg)

[xSunnYx]

http://img434.imageshack.us/img434/2462/dsc003501fp.th.jpg (http://img434.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc003501fp.jpg)

Tested my watercooling and installed all components.

Opteron 170 2Ghz @ 2,8Ghz / 1,425vCore
idle: 32C
load: 38C

Way better than aircooling.. (49-51 on load)

Bought a diamondcutting disc for my dremel today, gonna start cutting my sidepanel next week =)

[jaketo]

Sunny mate, that's coming along very nicely! :)

Might inspre me to look at water cooling one day soon!

[xSunnYx]

Got a lil problem tho, GDDR getting too hot @_@

[Banished Angel]

put ice cubes in water every hour lol

[andyt683]

I'm going to have to get a pic of mine, since mine happens to be the centerpiece of a sort of zen garden I have going... I completely got rid of the metal case, and now its got a waterfall (well contained) going over the motherboard.

Dont ask, I happen to be a bit on the nuts side, I guess.

OTOH, I have to figure out a good place to stick the 2 DVD-RWs since they need to be accessed often. Right now, they are sitting on the floor.

[KG_69]

put ice cubes in water every hour lol

Erm when the ice evaporates it will leave a condensate on the parts which will dry and cause the parts to die. My friend did this and his PC just went *boom*.

[xSunnYx]

Dry ice solve that problem >.>

Anywayz, i have to buy a new GPU block that cools the memory aswell.. 124 euro for dangerden tyee x1900 >.<

[RobertVH]

and now its got a waterfall (well contained) going over the motherboard.
What the hell:eek:
you have like some pleziglass over your motherboard and waters flows on that?