Long time since I modded a case.... But real life gets very "intrusive" when you have 2 children less-than-3 years old Anyway, this is not a log because the mod was done in one week and I had no camera to get progress pictures... So here is the final result Here is a teaser: The case is a standard no-brand ATX one; it came with two blow holes in the side panel and some funny lighting on the sides of the front panel. Here is what I made: - all PSU cables sleeved; - all fan cables sleeved; - modified Aerogate with an ON/OFF switch; - added an EL strip around the window side; - UV neon to light the IDE UV cables; - front lights flash with hdd activity; - cut a window in the side panel; - placed three mirrors on the ground panel; - added two handles on the top panel. OK, so here are some pics: here is the motherboard; you can see the Arctic Cooling heatsink, the GeForce card and the mirror on the ground; here you can see how the mirrors overlap; another shot "from the mirror"....
More pictures: here is a full side view.... can you see the modded Aerogate? that's it! I've removed the small fan and added a switch. The switch turns on/off the Aerogate (so the fans) and all the lighting in the case. this is the simple circuit I made: as the Aerogate uses both +12 and +5 it was necessary to use a relays to cut the power... The switch works on the +12 rail and feeds the relays.
And now some action shots: here is the case closed back of the case; I've dremeled away the grill on the rear fan. Power on! The system is booting, so the blue bars are flashing following HDD activity. the Arctict Cooling heatsink in its glory.... all other lights and fans are off turn on the switch! here is the UV neon.... My camera seems lazy in getting the right light effect.... I assure you that it's better IRL. this is the EL strip that glows behind the window.... Again, the glow is nicer IRL optical drives opened.... Introducing a DVD+RW and a CD-ROM... and finally THE MESS!!!!! I know it's not the cleanest installation, but I like it !!!!
It was not a mirror, but it's better than the stock Intel heatsink I've used before this mod... Anyway my CPU is a P4 running @ 2,6 GHz, so it's not so critical.... I'm going to test some overclocking anyway... Thanks!
