Case Mod - In Progress Silverstone TJ07 - White Wolf Project

Hey guys! THis is my first post on this site and there's no better way to start than with a project of my own!

The project will consist of a Silverstone TJ07 with an inverted ATX tray, custom side window and custom front panel. Aditionally there will be a controller completing the front panel. This is step one!

Step two will be to watercool the Mobo, cpu and gpu and for that I'll be using supplies from EK, Bitspower and Termochill!

Last but not least: Cable management and sleeving! This will be the last part of the project and will require a lot of patience and dedication! Will be sleeving all the cables inside the case individually and arrange them to the best of my abilities!

Right now I have the case and the frontal panel will arrive monday! Once we get all the pieces together we can start cutting away to improve cable routing in the case!

This is the list of hardware i'll be using in this project:

Asus Rampage II Extreme
Intel Core i7 920 D0
G.Skill Trident PC3-16000 3x2GB
Asus GTX480 1536MB GDDR5
Creative X-fi Titanium PCI-E
Intel X25M- G2 80GB SSD x2
Corsair HX-850W
NZXT Sentry LX

Anyway enough with the specs and bla bla bla lol and on with the pictures!
















More updates soon!

 

Hey guys!

Here's a small update:

The front panel after the sandblasting. Perfect result!


Test fitting the front panel to make sure everything fits as expected:



Later on tonight I'll be putting the PSU in the Case to make some markings for cuttouts for cable management!

More updates sooon!

 

Holys**t! That front panel is marvelous!

 

Amazing looking front panel. Will be keeping an eye on this build.

 

Nice work mate! Looking forward to see the end of this build ! That il have some nice things hehe!

 

I can see massive pr0n coming our way! Mooooooooooar plsssssssss!

 

That front panel is gorgeus. In your first post you already totally fulfill the exaexctation I had when I read your log name.

 

That panel does look fantastic mate!

 

Thx for the comments so far! I hope I can continue to please the community with the project updates!
Right now I'm deciding where and where not to cut for my cable routing...have seen some great expamples from some other projects and later today i'll prep for cutting!

 

Welcome to the community! That was one heck of an attention-getter. Very nice start, mate.

 

Hey guys! I'm back with another update on the case:

Reversing the tray seems quite straightforward but...we thought it through and i'm glad we did! We moved the upper rail to the bottom and used an acrylic plate to give it the necessary height! The acrylic will be painted black and ised to hide the holes in the midplate later!


Onward to the important stuff. We had to cut and bend a piece of Alu in an L shape so it could be secured to the other rail and mounted to the case using the original screw holes! This allowed us to invert the tray and still retain all the stock parts of the case as well as the materials, not sacrificing any of the case's sturdiness!
Some dremel work and some sanding later and here's the result. Can you tell which is the original?


We then mounted the two rails and proceeded to test fit all the parts together. Everythings fits nice and tight as it's suposed to be! Success




One of the things we need to realize is that once you invert the tray you lose the possibility to use the 2x120 top fan mounts. So out comes the dremel again and it's cutting time! We eliminated the fan holders from the top mesh to make it fit and give it a sleek look. Some sanding here and there...




That's it for now! Thank you for your comments and will update as progress dictates!

 

There is just something awesome about having a reversed mobo tray. I think I may add that to my to-do list on my log.

 

Yes it is something simple to do, and we have something a little more unusual!
Keep it coming mate nice job!

 

Back for more! Just received the rads for my project: a Termochill PA120.4 and a PA120.2! Excelente looking rads and the performance....

 

Looks great so far. I really like the look of the front pane. Can't wait to see how this turns out on a great case.

 

That's what i call a tight fit!

 

Great project, keep it up

 

this project looks win win.!!

 

Yep mate will be something hard to handle but will wait to see what he gonna do!!!

 

Looking good mate