Modding Rheobus Sexiness into a CM111 :: UPDATED 10/18 More pics

Hi everyone.

I have a Coolermaster 111 case. And needed a fanbus to control fans/ccfls and as everyone that ownz one already knows, the knobs protrude too far to close the door if you have it in a slot.

I saw this Rheobus Placement on another modding site (www.gruntville.com , its the Grunt Case)awhile back and decided to incorporate it into my greater schematic so here are the pics/results.

So after some major case cutting and scary hole sawing and 8+ hours in my basement/workshop I get to enjoy and turn lil knobbies back and forth....









It turned out pretty well. I still need to add in a few lil touches. Im thinking of using some clear tubing to clean up the edges of the cut areas. Ill post some more pics of the actual modded areas soon.

Enjoy,

Daishi

 

The proverbial "Money Shots".

Low Lite shots posted below.

Whiteness


Far Away all bl00


Cold Cathode (inside Case) OFF


Bl00ness and whitenes


From the pics its kinda hard to tell the LEDS are bicolored when you turn it up or down.

It finally got dark out so I posted these low lites for you.

- Daishi

 

That looks ****ing sweet...

I hate the usual row of rheobus knobs in a drive bay, they look really good.

 

Thats a damn fine job man

 

Sweeeeeet!

So you've got blue/white LEDs in there? Where from?

 

The LEDs were purchased from www.coolerguys.com

They sell both 5mm and 3mm ones.

The colors for both are vibrant and bright. Very nice LEDs

- Daishi

 

It looks so professional i thought those were before shots until i read the text

 

Here is a shot of the case before anything was done to it.



This is a picture straight from www.newegg.com of the case as I ordered it and as it arrived.

So you can see the diff.

Hope that helps

- Daishi

 

Damned fine Idea you had there. Nicely done too, well done chap

 

That is dead sexay! Great job with the rheobus

 

Nice and clean. I like it!

 

Sweet! How much of the insides did you have to chop away?

 

Here are some shots of the inside, its very hard to actually see where the cut away points are. In both pics there are two shiny metal areas near the outside of the case. That is where the case came stock, and was then straight over to the chasis from there. I had to cut those portions out so the entire PCB could fit thru and sit flush with the front panel.

I had to cut about 1.5 inches off the bottom and 2-2.5 inches from the top. It was tricky beause that area of the case isnt built as strong as I would have liked so I had to be extremely careful abouut what parts I cut as to not lose stability.

Anyway, try to get an idea from the pics. You can also see that I attached a strip of thin shiny metal behind the knobs that sits flush with the chassis itself, and the PCB sticks thru from there to sit flush with the front panel allowing the knobs to stick thru far enough to turn.

I should have taken some in progress shots, but sadly I didnt. However I Will be tearing the whole thing apart in about two weeks when I go to "Sexy Rheobus Gen. 2" then ill take some better shots

So heres the pics.





Hope that helps.

Thanks everyone for all your comments.

- Daishi

 

That looks really excellent - I have the same problem with my case - the fan controller I wanted to use has knobbies that stick out to far for my door - alas I have a full length door so I can't pinch your idea!

Good work fella

 

Here are some pics of the entire case all setup and cleaned up.

no more icky finger prints. You can see my stealthed drives with the door open.

The window was from Pham Computers. There are a few other small mods here and there.











The next steps are a already in motion. Ill post this stuff to a project log soon.

Enjoy

- Daishi

 

Thought I should mebbe post the system specs too.

Mobo: Epox EP-8RDA+ nForce2 Heatsinked North and south bridge

CPU: AMD Barton 2500+ @ 2.1ghz

Thermalright SLK7 Heatsink w/ Panaflo H1A

RAM: 2x512 COrsair XMS PC3200

VC: Radeon 9600 Pro

Harddrive: 80gb WD 7200rpm

Sunbeam Rheobus Modded

Stealthed Pioneer 16x DVD-ROM DVD-120S Slot Load Drive

Stealthed Lite On 52x24x52 CDRW LTR-52246S

PSU: Enermax EG465P-VE(FC) 460Watts

All in a modded Coolermaster 111 Case

Thats the specs.

Its my baby

- Daishi

 

looks real good there, ya cant tell is actaully been modded, coz it fits in so well, which is often the plan for a modder. congrats, keep it up

 

awesome man...so smooth too. And couldn't help but notice that panaflo H1A on your heatsink...lotta air for a little noise, how loud is your case? Noticeable, not, or jet engine?
*edit*
i mean when the fans are stock speeds, no rheobus-ness

 

The CPU fan is the loudest thing in the case right now. But as far as loudness factor Id say its noticeable. I can easily leave it on and go to sleep. The stock fans that are in it now with all 4 on are pretty loud though.

I dont have the rheobus fully wired into the 4 stock case fans or attached to my cpu fan yet. Need some extension wires and such and Im waiting till I sleave my PSU.

But to answer your question, its an acceptable noise level. I am setting up watercooling in another month or so, so that will dramatically cut it down.

But the Fan runs ALOT of air and is totally acceptable on teh noise level.

- Daishi

 

Great job man!!!
I have the same case and I put two blue led fans in the front and it looks great, big blue glow behind the mesh grill. Just tought you might like to know.