Case Mod - In Progress Project: MNU by Kylevdm - ENERMAX SPONSORSHIP!

I like the PSU cut-out Kyle

 

Cheers dude! That is only a NAS case though.

It will be migrating to the the R2

 

Congratz with sponsorship!

 

Cheers dude!

 

Looks interesting, I'll watch!

 

Cheers dude!

 

Love your concept renders so far! Will definetly watch this one!

/Mork

 

It will be fun to watch the Define R2 get modified

 

Cheers dude! I am looking forward to getting this started!

Will be fun to cut it up

 

It is update time! Yes, I said it! UPDATE time! I had a nice knock on the door today, from the couriers... and what did they drop off at my door? The Fractal Design Define R2 which this mod is now based on. As you may have gathered I am ever so slightly hyper about the fact and for that reason, I am going to let the pictures talk rather than attempting to put how I feel about this case in words...
















This case is pretty awesome, as many people have expressed the panels are a bit thin in some places and is not the lightest case in the world but when you remove the side panels which have the Bitumen sound damping material the case is not that heavy at all!

Now that I have taken the before pictures... I think it is just about time for me to get closer to the “after” pictures, eh? I am hoping to have another update in the next few days if not you lot need to start pestering me, OK? Right now that you have accepted your mission it is time for me to accept mine, and break out the Jigsaw and drill and start stripping this B-E-A-U-tiful case down and start prepping the surfaces for painting and cutting.

But, before I do that it is time for me to say thanks to Fractal Designs for giving me the opportunity to cut on one of their cases! THANKS!




Cheers

 

Are you done yet?(BT needs a troll smiley...)
Congrats on the sweet case. It's always fun to see someone tear down a new case for the first time.*hint*

 

haha! Well all the body fat is now removed and I am busy marking it out, just need to finalise the design for the panel and I can start cutting!

 

Lookin forward to seeing the R2 modifed

 

Thanks Bill!

Well I promised you an update... unfortunately it is nowhere near as big as I first hoped! Well to be honest it is not much of an update at all more just a few pictures of the case stripped down and some photographs of the tubing that I will be using in the machine.


The chassis without all the plastic!


the 3 bits that are make the front panel


the fractal case has 2 sets of hole for watercooling... I am trying to work out the best way to cover them up or utilize them.


The entire case is held together with black pop rivets ... I am going to attack them with a drill this week


the white XSPC tubing

I may as well inform you what my plans are for the front panel... Well it is more of a, can you help situation. I want to keep the same design but change it in some way to allow me o still open and close the door which is a fundamental feature of the case. I was thinking of potentially just increasing the size of width of the bull bar to all the door to open without blocking it in anyway. You have any ideas?

It is time for me to say thanks to Fractal Designs for giving me the opportunity to cut on one of their cases and to NZXT for their premium cables which are now on there way!! THANKS!




Cheers

 

Oooo, look at this another update this week... Not much of an update but when I got this done this evening I thought it was worthy of an update.

Before I got the case from Fractal Design I asked Bill if a triple radiator would fit into the case and his answer was yes, it is possible... So I went ahead and organised to get the case shipped off to me. Today I had a few minutes between studying to strip out the drive bays, which are no longer needed as I wanted to be able to watercool this beast and had other plans for the drives, but once I had removed the 10 or so rivets and attempted to place the radiator it I was faced by a this!



The old style Thermochill PA 120.3 is a match made in heaven for the Fractal Design Define R2! Take a look at how much space I have to play with on the top on bottom of the case, about 2mm in total.





Once again thanks to both Fractal Design and NZXT



Catch you later!

 

Lookin good!

 

that case and rad, modding match made in heaven

 

lets see some magic!

 

Cheers dude!

It is indeed

No work has been done this week I am ill once again and also have 5 exams in the next week!

 

Hey all!

A quick reply to inform you that this mod is currently on hold I have been diagnosed with viral labyrinthitis which has damaged my inner ear and therefore I cannot balance...

I have been told that this may last for up to 6 weeks so there may not be any updates for a while and for now I look like a drunk with no alcohol! And modding while "drunk" is not the best thing in the world and I want to live past my 18th birthday!

Will be working on designs etc though!