Hi, So I decided I would mod my Corsair Obsidian 650D a bit. No real aesthetic changes, just some practical ones. The fan in the front has to suck air through 2 grills, which is by far the loudest thing in this case and it does not push the amount of air that I want it to, so I changed that. First off I stripped off everything that I could and removed all the hardware and proceeded with cutting a gaping hole in the front of the case: And then some filing. Next up i wanted to add 2 120mm fans to the front, but to mount them I had to create a panel out of 1mm aluminium. First it was cut to size and then I cut the two holes for the fans in them. I only had a hacksaw and not the greatest skill with it but I think the holes came out just fine and after some filing and sanding looked acceptable. On the case: The fans that I am going to mount: I forgot to buy black spray paint, but my dad had some black paint at hand so I painted the panel, rather than spraying it. It did not come out quite as good as i had hoped but it looked quite good once mounted. And my PC setup while I was cutting stuff up: Another change I wanted to make was the white power and hard drive activity LED's. As the rest of my build s leaning towards red i changed the LED's as well. The rest of my case was also super dusty and was in dire need of a good clean: The end Result: I am quite happy with the result. I am thinking of still buying a proper fan controller to which I can wire all the fans but we'll see about that. Thanks for watching.
nice job. but I think u need to cover the fans with mesh or sth and/or cut a little the plastic part so that the whole upper fan on the front is visible
Oh yeah the fans on the front are covered by the default mesh from the case, it's a bit difficult to see in this pic:
Thanks SilveR! I just bought myself a fan controller so that i can hook all the fans up properly. It should arrive on Friday. Pics to come.