Disaster My first Mod was a disaster :s /!\ 56 K

Hi to all,

Here is my first thread. I want to excuse me because my english won't be very nice.
I'm rather speaking english like a spanish cow.

Then, I will try to present you my project who was a disaster.

And it will be a good exercice to work my english

I started my first mod with an enermax case : the CS-125-MW.
I recognize that my inspiration comes from bit-tech and some project I saw here but I must admit that it's a real work to mod his case for the first time.

The case before :



The case at the end :



My problem was because of the power supply : no place to install a power supply in this case because of the plex

A disaster .....

and a mod case for nothing !

 

thats not a complete disaster.....in fact i think the windows look pretty nice.
from the looks of the pictures there is plenty of room for the power supply

if you could give us some more pictures i'm sure we could help (if that is what you are looking for)......by the way your english isn't that bad

 

That's amazing! You can still fit a PSU in there but it would depend on what hardware you were going to run.



There's a Meanwell Peltier PSU fit with a floppy > 5 1/4" drive bay bracket. I estimate a Shuttle PSU would be the same size and would fit nicely into one of those. If you post some more pictures i'm sure we can find a place for a PSU in there
Btw, love the plexi on the front panel, looks very G-gnome style

 

In fact, I changed some details in my mod.

I will show you the first part of an achieved project. It will alow you to understand from where come the project I 'm preparing to show...

Yes ! because I think ORAC3 is an amazing mod and i really want to have ideas like that

 

First time, I worked on the left side panel :









I cut the panel with a Dremel
My neighbours were totally mad because of the noise ....

sorry ...

 

I placed the plex on the panel



My problem at this moment was that the panel was not flat. I took an hammer a resolve the problem.

 

I did the same changes on the top panel :





You can see I was new in modding computer ....

I had to change some pieces because it was difficult to place the plex on the top !

 

I wanted to place chromed panel like that :



An I cut th panel like the panel of my case





The result is the first reason I called this mod a disaster

 

Th front panel was totally inspire form the mod ORAC 3 because I love this mod...

the front panel was like that :



I change the USB panel first :





I used a carbon like sticker, who comes from car tuning environment

it looked very nice ...

 

Holy crap you have some skill I demand you start a project log now!!

 

The top of the front panel was modified too

I give the flowers to my girlfriend and began to cut





I used this piece to work on the plastic :



The bottom was changed too lol







At least ...




I'm satisfied of the result :







The end is near ...

 

the front panel modded ......







The front panel :

 

Rack HDD :

 

il looks ....interresting no ?

 

Then, somes photos are better than my speech ......

My problem was that the power supply hasn't enough place to be in the case.

The plex, 5mm, was too big to allows the power supply to be in the case

the I stopped my project here !!
That's why I called him a disaster case



But, I took my case fews weekes ago and I change somes details.

Rendez-vous in the Project Log topics !!

thank you !

 

^ Where did you get that plastic thing that goes over the fan. I could do with something like that.

 

Just mod it so it fits.

 

this isn't a disaster just use your awsome plexi skilz to make a new funky case for your psu

 

This isnt a disaster until you quit This is actually what most of us encounter. WHenever something is changed, somethinging else we didnt account for changes too, then we have to figure out a solution. You might try getting some very thin acrylic or other thin clear plastic sheet to use instead of the 5mm. Looks good so far though, dont see too much orange and white themes

 

Work through the problems man, this looks phenomenal.