Project: Monster Case

[SXRguyinMA]

http://www.postwhore.biz/albums/userpics/10082/normal_banner%20copy.jpg (http://www.postwhore.biz/albums/userpics/10082/banner%20copy.jpg)

Ok, so I scored a free Compaq computer with a (suspected) bad mobo, and decided to have a little fun with it. I love Monster Energy drinks, and I have a Monster Energy Kawasaki sweatshirt, and I ride a Kawasaki (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showthread.php?p=214043#post214043) as well, so I decided to go in this direction as I have not seen something like this before.

I dont know what I'm planning on doing with this once its done, I dont have the HDW to make it a running computer, maybe hang onto it for a while or possibly sell it, we'll see.

this is what I started with:

http://www.postwhore.biz/albums/userpics/10082/normal_Picture%20001~0.jpg (http://www.postwhore.biz/albums/userpics/10082/Picture%20001~0.jpg)

http://www.postwhore.biz/albums/userpics/10082/normal_Picture%20002~0.jpg (http://www.postwhore.biz/albums/userpics/10082/Picture%20002~0.jpg)

I'm planning a side window, in leftover translucent green plexi from project Rockin Case (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15292), and maybe a top one as well. The silver parts will get bondo'd to get rid of the compaq logo and to smooth them out. The front of the case I've yet to determine what I'm gong to do with it. I'm stealing the PSU and card reader from this comp for Rockin Case, so I'm trying to think of something else to do with the front of this.

panel to mod, the vents on teh bottom I'll cover with green plexi as well, and probably install a UV cathode or 2 to light her up:
http://www.postwhore.biz/albums/userpics/10082/normal_Picture%20003~0.jpg (http://www.postwhore.biz/albums/userpics/10082/Picture%20003~0.jpg)

I started with this logo
http://www.postwhore.biz/albums/userpics/10082/normal_Monster_Logo.jpg (http://www.postwhore.biz/albums/userpics/10082/Monster_Logo.jpg)

and got rid of the black background, then cot off the bottom text, and reorientated it so its vertical, but the letters are still horizontal...you'll see what I mean :D

I printed the 2 logos out, and then proceeded to spend a couple hours with a cutting board and razor knife to cut out the letters and logo to create stencils.

http://www.postwhore.biz/albums/userpics/10082/normal_Picture%20004.jpg (http://www.postwhore.biz/albums/userpics/10082/Picture%20004.jpg)

http://www.postwhore.biz/albums/userpics/10082/normal_Picture%20006~0.jpg (http://www.postwhore.biz/albums/userpics/10082/Picture%20006~0.jpg)

you can see here I cut the grey outline out and left it intact (this is what took so much time). My plan with this is as follows. I'm going to cut out the letter, then cut out or file down the piece I cut out so it looks like the white leftover you see in the pic, then I will glue it to the plexi, so when it's lit up all that will glow will be the green outline (grey outline in paper form shown here). Thats my plan anyways, we'll see how it turns out. I've also saved all the inners from the O, D and R to trim and install afterwards

http://www.postwhore.biz/albums/userpics/10082/normal_Picture%20007~1.jpg (http://www.postwhore.biz/albums/userpics/10082/Picture%20007~1.jpg)

here it is all marked, ready for cut. I was planning on doing this with my dremel, but with the amount of intricate cuts I'm having 2nd thoughts. I'm in talks with a local waterjet company, so we'll see what happens :D

http://www.postwhore.biz/albums/userpics/10082/normal_Picture%20009.jpg (http://www.postwhore.biz/albums/userpics/10082/Picture%20009.jpg)

thats it for now, until I get some free time between this and 2 jobs and Rockin Case.

Will

[nevermind1534]

If you want a P3 motherboard/CPU, I can send them your way. I have some small RAM that I can give you, too. I can't see your pics, because I'm at school, so no comment on the mod as of yet.

[SXRguyinMA]

thanks for the offer, I've got a p3 500 mobo with stuff, but its too big to fit in this case. the mobo that came out is 9" x 9.5", my P3 mobo is 12" x 7.5", too long

[SXRguyinMA]

the P3 mobo is on the left, the Celeron D mobo that came out is on the right

http://www.postwhore.biz/albums/userpics/10082/normal_Picture.jpg (http://www.postwhore.biz/albums/userpics/10082/Picture.jpg)

[nevermind1534]

I have some small ones that I'm willing to give away for the cost of shipping. I oculd give you a 700MHz CPU. Anybody who wants some socket 370 processors, let me know.

[Bopher]

These cases are popping up in a few places here. I have that same computer but it was still working. So far all I've done is pull the front apart, remove the silver compaq logo on the front, bondoed the silver trim with compaq imprinted on it and now its sitting down in the basement with a few coats of flat black to take away some of the "BAM!" look at me silver. Looks like its going to come out real good.

[SXRguyinMA]

I have some small ones that I'm willing to give away for the cost of shipping. I oculd give you a 700MHz CPU. Anybody who wants some socket 370 processors, let me know.

yea man if you've got any that are 9.5" x 9.5" or so I'd be happy to take one off your hands :bowdown:

Will

[SXRguyinMA]

ok I did some photoshop work so you can get the idea I was trying to explain above. basically everything in green here will be cutout, with the green acrylic window, so picture the green on the side here as glowing acrylic, thats what I'm going for :up:

http://www.postwhore.biz/albums/userpics/10082/normal_Picture%20002%20copy.jpg (http://www.postwhore.biz/albums/userpics/10082/Picture%20002%20copy.jpg)

[theshoeshineman]

I think it would look more tidy if you had the writing Monster Energy accross the top and just the logo down the side in the centre.

But I think that was done by someone else hmm...

[jdbnsn]

Wag made one similar, but that is no reason why it can't be done again.

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15571

[SXRguyinMA]

damn that things crazy! how'd I miss that one? :think: ah well, I'm goin for regular good 'ol green Monster lol

[theshoeshineman]

lol, yeah I thought I saw it somewhere before... They did a wild job of it!, but it will be nice to see your vision of a "Monster" case :) Unless ofcourse you wanted to put a massive red bull on the side hehehe :P

[SXRguyinMA]

nah I dont like Red Bull lol :P

[DonT-FeaR]

that looks really cool

[BerticusPryme]

those cases are awesome to mod. I used one of the athlon x64 versions that compaq came out with. check out http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showthread.php?p=208443#post208443 and you can see what I did with it. I still got one more and I dont quite know what to do with it. Sorry for the thread hijack. Awesome work thus far.

[jdbnsn]

okay, don't kill me but I know another guys who did some Monster cases in the past...

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/jdbnsn/paulsmods/New%20Folder/9.jpg

[Frenkie]

Wouls love to hear what that waterjet company charges for it.

[SXRguyinMA]

okay, don't kill me but I know another guys who did some Monster cases in the past...

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/jdbnsn/paulsmods/New%20Folder/9.jpg

http://www.postwhore.biz/albums/userpics/10082/motz2.gifhttp://www.postwhore.biz/albums/userpics/10082/motz2.gifhttp://www.postwhore.biz/albums/userpics/10082/motz2.gif


Wouls love to hear what that waterjet company charges for it.

I'll be stopping by his shop this upcoming monday :up:

[jdbnsn]

Wouls love to hear what that waterjet company charges for it.

Nope, jigsaw.

[SXRguyinMA]

I thought about a jigsaw or scrollsaw, or even teh dremel with multiple attachments. we'll see what kind of deal I can work out with waterjet man, and he's only 5 mins from my house so its not a huge deal :D

[♦Cooneytay♦]

That looks awesome. Those other cases would just give me the urge to make mine twice as cool as theirs.

[SXRguyinMA]

thats the plan anyhow :D

[DonT-FeaR]

rofl thats alot of monster pcs... im in love

[masbuskado]

:D :D :D thinking on doin' a tropicana theme :D :D :D

[SXRguyinMA]

well I went to the waterjet guy yesterday, finally. He's got a sweet setup, runs AutoCAD for the machine. Showed him what I had for this case, and a few parts for rocking case as well, he said to cut out the monster logo and all the lettering would run me less than $100 and it'd be done in 10 mins or so. Now I gotta save up some $$ :devious:

[SXRguyinMA]

alright finally an update :D

been spending some more time with sketchup, watching tutorials, etc and came up with this semi-finalized design. I made everything in this except for the fan, fan grille and PSU. And I seem to have messed up on both the green plastic drive bay holding device...seems I mis-measured either the HDD case or the bracket itself, as the top two slots for the 5.25" bays line up, and the very bottom slot on the HDD cage line up, but thats to be fixed later, and also the length of the side panel. Also looking now, without the front plastic shroud (it wont be used) the side panel doesnt go all the way to the front of the case, so I'll have to find or make some kind of filler for that area :think:

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/Picture001.jpg
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/MonsterCase.jpg
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/MonsterCase3.jpg
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/MonsterCase4.jpg
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/MonsterCase2.jpg
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/MonsterCase5.jpg
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/MonsterCase6.jpg
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/MonsterCase7.jpg

I've decided on making this into a (late) christmas present for my brother. He's got a dell c521:

http://www.hardware.info/images/news/dellc521.jpg

the problem is, this computer uses a far-from-standard mobo arrangement. I'll have to create a custom back panel, extend the oddly-shaped PSU's wiring, as well as remove some or all of the HDD cage currently on the compaq case to be able to fit in a new heatsink for the CPU.

in other news, I've stared the side-panel cutouts (waterjet wasnt cost-effective right now) and I'll get some pics of the progress uploaded tomorrow :D

[gntlkilr]

I love the idea to use the logo (Monster) on the stealthed drive. I might use that once I actually build my HTPC. Hard part is, I have no place to work. My workbench is covered with wood crap from remodeling the house. Ah well. Put it on the list. Good job!

[Liquid_Scope_99]

Man i like the carbon fiber idea will be sweet :up:

[masbuskado]

woww... Luv those sketches... nicely done...!!!

[rendermandan]

ooohhh, More Carbon Fiber.... I can't wait!

[SXRguyinMA]

alright heres the slight progress I've achieved with the side panel. main cuts with a dremel w/reinforced discs, trimming done with diamond dremel bits and hand files

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/Picture010.jpg
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/Picture011.jpg

[nevermind1534]

the problem is, this computer uses a far-from-standard mobo arrangement. I'll have to create a custom back panel, extend the oddly-shaped PSU's wiring, as well as remove some or all of the HDD cage currently on the compaq case to be able to fit in a new heatsink for the CPU.

BTX? Anyhow, the side of the case looks good.

[SXRguyinMA]

more progress tonight

Side panel "M" logo finished:

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/Picture012.jpg

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/Picture014.jpg

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/Picture013.jpg

swap to the drill bit, drill out a few rivets, and boom....no more HDD cage in the way.

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/Picture015.jpg

Drill out a few more, do a little prying, and shazzam....no more back panel :D

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/Picture016.jpg

Heres a shot of the MB in the case, you can see what I'm talking about with the strange layout.

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/Picture018.jpg

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/Picture017.jpg

and the odd front panel connector/lights and its IDE style cable

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/Picture019.jpg

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/Picture020.jpg

and the room for the cpu cooler now that the HDD cage is out of the way

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/Picture022.jpg

and the odd PSU

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/Picture023.jpg

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/Picture021.jpg

and a shot with the side panel on

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/Picture024.jpg

now as for cutting out the lettering, I think the reinforced cutting discs may be too big to get it done cleanly. BUT.....my dad happened to inform me that one of his friends has a laser cutter...and that friend happes to owe me a favor for working on his Harley :devious:

[Jabyaeye]

Awesome Job! I like the fact that if you messed up on the M any at all, no one would ever know!!

-Jab

[SXRguyinMA]

lol how true...I was thinkin about that while I was workn on it :D

[DonT-FeaR]

lol :P weird mobo...

[SXRguyinMA]

lol :P weird mobo...

indeed Dell --> :bash: <--ME lol

[DonT-FeaR]

agreed lol dell isnt that awsome

[overmark]

Great job with the cuts on the side panel. Gotta love the Dell MB!

[SXRguyinMA]

on the plus side I found another ones of these same computers on CL for $25, needs a HD and CD drive. but for $25 for an AMD dual-core? why not? :D

[DonT-FeaR]

yeah good point lol

[Cobra]

lookin sharp so far, ripped look of the cuts turned out sweet.
dunno if i would be able to keep the stick heatsink if it were mine tho, i hate dell's stock gear for some reason.
i am waiting to see how the rest of the cuts turn out =o)

[SXRguyinMA]

thanks :D

I'll probably end up keeping the dell heatsink only because its free. I'm trying to do this as inexpensively as possible, hence the reason for using the dremel instead of the waterjet guy. I'm thinking of fitting an 80 or 120mm fan into the hole where the HDD cage used to be, and using some spare carbon I've got laying around to make some ductwork to drect the air to the dell duct. should be easy enough :D

[Mach]

Nice Dremel Fu! +rep

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_UdQdiSb7gT4/SYNLbLI_uaI/AAAAAAAADfs/Tw7Tp6wIUvk/s144/dremel%20upgrade.jpg

[SXRguyinMA]

small update...new redesigned sketchup model. I redesigned the back panel and drew up the dell mobo (even used a picture of it I took for the texture :D) and the odd Dell PSU, added a premade HDD, CCFL, RAM and front fan. I still need to draw up the dell heatsink and duct, then model a fan duct from the front fan to the dell duct

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/MonsterCasev2-3.jpg
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/MonsterCasev2-2.jpg
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/MonsterCasev2-1.jpg

[Jabyaeye]

That looks pretty sweet! It should give off a nice green glow when it is against the wall with that green plexi.

Can you buy green plexi?

Oh, are you moving the front fan? It looks like it will be blocked by the front panel otherwise. I guess you have this all planned out though. I should mind my own business. :)

[SXRguyinMA]

you sure can buy green plexi...got a few sheets already :D

good eye on the front panel fan...I was noticing that, may move the :M: cut on the front panel to be more over the fan, to act as a fan grill, and just do away with the green plexi in front. With how the dell heatsink setup is, thats the easiest and cheapest way I could see to get it to work :think:

[Jabyaeye]

I'd say match the cuts between the green plexi M and the fiber panel's M leaving the M and M's (sorry, I had too :D) for air flow. But cut the fiber M oversized, so you can see a nice outline of the green plexi's M. Then use green LEDs on the front fan to highlight the fan and the green plexi behind the fiber.

Maybe even leave the plexi without an M cutout and then drill uniform holes to give it that mesh look behind the fiber. Doable, but only if you wanted to invest the drilling time involved.

Just my two cents... ;)

[SXRguyinMA]

I actually like those ideas, never thought of them. I'll have to take a peek and see what ends up happening. +rep definitely for the ideas :D

[DonT-FeaR]

nice sketch up man

[SXRguyinMA]

thanks! too bad my spetchups are on my busted harddrive...I cant even work on it anymore :(

[DonT-FeaR]

well thats a pitty they look good

[SXRguyinMA]

alright, got some more work done today

popped the Dell fan out of its housing, its got nice rubber mounts for noise isolation, I think I'll keep these.
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/th_Picture002.jpg (http://s92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/?action=view&current=Picture002.jpg)

I notched out the cutout to allow the rubbers to slide in.
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/th_Picture003.jpg (http://s92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/?action=view&current=Picture003.jpg)

now to support the top.... :think:
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/th_Picture004.jpg (http://s92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/?action=view&current=Picture004.jpg)

Found an old expansion slot place-holer that I think came out of my armor case. Fits perfect!
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/th_Picture005.jpg (http://s92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/?action=view&current=Picture005.jpg)

Drilled and riveted into place
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/th_Picture006.jpg (http://s92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/?action=view&current=Picture006.jpg)

fan securely mounted in its rubbers
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/th_Picture007.jpg (http://s92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/?action=view&current=Picture007.jpg)

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/th_Picture008.jpg (http://s92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/?action=view&current=Picture008.jpg)

After that, I pulled the mobo tray out and marked and drilled all the holes for the mounting of this dell mobo. I used 5mm hex head screws that I cut down, and some threaded aluminum and brass standoffs.

Heres the mobo on its tray where it will be sitting. I didnt rivet the tray back in yet because I'm thinking about painting the insides black :D
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/th_Picture009.jpg (http://s92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/?action=view&current=Picture009.jpg)

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/th_Picture010-1.jpg (http://s92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/?action=view&current=Picture010-1.jpg)

I cut up a minilla folder to serve as a guide for the air duct I need to make. I'm going to make it out of some scrap carbon I've got leftover. Hopefully it'll turn out nice. Its not a lot of space to work with, so we'll see

[pcclan]

hope you finish soon and it looks like it will be a great time consumer

[DonT-FeaR]

yeah its coming along :P

[SXRguyinMA]

I should hopefully get teh carbon fan duct done up this weekend, or at least started. I dont have anywhere thats outside and heated to do it, and its a tad cold to work with the resin outside. And I cant do it in the basement because the fumes will go into the house :( I've got the cardboard mockup all done, just need to figure out how to transfer that to carbon :) Then I'm going to pick up some black spraypaint at wally world and do up the inside of the case.

[SXRguyinMA]

alright I'm not making the duct from scratch. I'm going to cut the pieces from the leftover backplate of rockin case and epoxy them together, then just wrap the whole thing with a layer of carbon to give it a uniform look. heres the pics of the cardstock duct:
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/Picture011-1.jpg
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/Picture012-1.jpg
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/Picture013-1.jpg
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/Picture014-1.jpg
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/Picture015-1.jpg

I wanted to get rid of the upside-down DELL on the heatsink duct, but didnt want to bondo it, sand it, paint it, etc. I just happened to have a monster can layin around, so I pulled out the scissors and heres what I ended up with :D

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/Picture016-1.jpg
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/Picture017-1.jpg
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/Picture018-1.jpg

I havent decided how I'm going to attatch it yet, possibly with 4 small screws in the corners. I'm going to wait until the carbon part is done, as the carbon will extend over the dell duct a little

thats it for now, hopefully this weekend I can make some progress on the carbon :up:

[Jabyaeye]

Looks good!

I think Plato said it best when he said "Necessity, who is the mother of invention", meaning you needed it, so you created a viable alternate ducting system to match.

Personally, I prefer the manilla folder taped together though. :D

[SXRguyinMA]

yea the cut up folder would probably work just fine lol but the carbon one will look nicer :devious:

[DonT-FeaR]

guna be cool out of carbon fiber mate

[msmrx57]

Congrats! Front page. :up: I like what your doing with the dell ducting. +rep for reusing as much as you can.

[SXRguyinMA]

thanks :up: hopefully I'll get the cuting worked on this weekend, the wife was sick all last weekend so I was taking care of her :D

[SXRguyinMA]

alright, I spent the last 4 hours or so learning/using AutoCad 2007. I need to have the front panel details cut by the waterjet due to how hard it it to cut detail out of thick carbon, and how intricate the details are. Now its a matter of saving up some $$ to get it done (should be less that $100 to get the front panel done):

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/ACdwg.jpg

I decided that the oaval will be epoxied to the dvd drive tray, and seal flush when closed. the button will be similar, havent finalized the details yet. The "M" is where the fan intake is going to be. The dvd drive light is going to be interesting. The green plexi I have is 3mm thick, so that square cutout is 3x10mm. I'm going to swap the green LED in the drive for a UV one, and it'll light up the whole rectangle of green plexi.

I've also decided that the "monster" part of the cutout on the side panel will need to be waterjet cut, again due to hoe intricate the detail work is, I fear I'd severely mess it up with the dremel. However, the "energy" part of the side panel cutout I should be able to handle, as its being all cut out and tossed, and its nice straight lines.

The usual front panel connections (power button and LED, USB and audio ports) will be on the front of the side panel (due to the length of the mini-ide cable they use to hook it to the mobo), and those I will cut out with the dremel as well. :up:

more details later :D

[DonT-FeaR]

tell me how much it is when ya get it saved up.. i would like to know who much the cutting is :) looks cool

[SXRguyinMA]

small update, I should get the case interior painting done tonight, stay tuned for pics :D

[PartyLikeARockstar]

nice work on the DeLL covering. I have yet to find anyone here that would disagree that Dell is the devil :)

[DonT-FeaR]

i thought detail was the devil... now im confused|!!! lol

[SXRguyinMA]

alright, got the case painted last night before I went a scooped up my new pair of radeon hd 3870x2's :D

heres the dvd drive case painted
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/Picture019-1.jpg

the case taped off
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/Picture020-1.jpg

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/Picture021-1.jpg

first coat
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/Picture022-1.jpg

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/Picture023-1.jpg

2nd coat
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/Picture024-1.jpg

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/Picture025.jpg

mobo tray first coat
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/Picture026.jpg

and 2nd
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/Picture028.jpg

and the arctic cat green touch-up paint I'm going to use for minor detail work.
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/monster%20case/Picture031.jpg

I did a 3rd and 4th coat on all the parts, just didnt feel like takin pics last night, it was late. I still need to pull apart the power supply and paint it as well :D

and now that I've got the 3870x2's, the x700 card that is coming out is going in this rig to replace the onboard vga :up:

[DonT-FeaR]

cool good work mate looks good

[Freakout]

man this make me thirsty just looking at it. now i have to go buy a monster. I love the case and great job with the dremel. If i even attempted that i would probable kill myself.

[nevermind1534]

What paint did you use?

[SXRguyinMA]

man this make me thirsty just looking at it. now i have to go buy a monster. I love the case and great job with the dremel. If i even attempted that i would probable kill myself.

lol thanks :up:


What paint did you use?

this stuff (https://www.berrylandcampers.com/rv-parts/product.php?productid=3679&cat=179&page=1)