Masta Blasta

[Defyant]

This mod isn't my normal harcore mod, but more more a mild mod for a freind who is not keen on watercooling but still wants a case that will handle some hardcore overcloking.

I'ts back to some good o'l traditional modding, air cooling and a simple paint job.


Masta Blaster, a case named by Zak made... by Defyant.... for Harry.


A few yrs old now, but still has the potential needed for this mod.

Clean sharp lines, i want this mod to be stylish with a clean stealth look to it.

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First thing is to cut an extra hole in the rear of the case remove all the standard metal grills and add a 90mm top blow hole.


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A scuff back, and a prep and she's ready for primer.

the top is masked, as this will be sprayed a diff color.

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A few coats of primer and then 3 coats of custom tinted candy apple red metailc and a quik rub back and prep for clear coat.


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[Defyant]

After 3 coats of clear...im starting to think i should keep this pc!! :?


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The other side! nice and open and will work in very well for what i have in mind.

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[Defyant]

with the chassis painted and ready i moved onto the front panel.


the idea is to make the panel breath, i need to let the for front mounted 80mm fans draw air.

I decided to cut out the bottem section and replace it with mesh. also adding a removable air filter and relocatating the on/off atx switch.


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a ruff cutout was done, this will be tidy'd up ltr and sme mesh was cut to size.

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a qik fit of the front shows the colors working well.


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[weirdguy]

just make one whole side out of fans :P

[sXenoG]

Lol my friend wanted to do that b4. I think itd be interesting to do a case where one whole side of fans were blowing in and the whole other side was an exhaust. Im not too keen on any type of cooling right now cuz well my room get s to 90 degress F and its so not pleasant having computers going althought i spend all day here anyways.

[Defyant]

thax for the support guys! real good......... weirdguy...what?

sxenoG i hope your friend does that....you should try modding someday too! but thanx for stopping by and having a chat...

back to modding eh?

Fitting up the quad front fan rubber trims and grommets, these are importantwith so many fans to help stop vibration and excess noise.

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The rubber trimming will need some trimming itself :)


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The end result, always looks nicer than just bolting fans streight in.


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[Defyant]

kinda going back and forward here, but im painting in winter in the workshop, so im grabing be best parts of the day to paint :)


A qick mask up and primer and its outside to paint.. you guys can see that both side panels on masta blasta have holes cut in them. I went for a rouned
edge cut abd used the same curve on both panels.


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the primer was let sit for a day then wet rubbed smooth using the "black shadow" teknique.

Then the parts were brought back into the workshop and painted silver with 3 coats of clear.



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I was really happy with how good the silver looks with the custom red.... ive seen it on a lot of mods before and new this combo would work well for MB.


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[Defyant]

While the paints spends the next few hours going rock hard, i moved back onto the front panel.


next was to clean upthose nasty inside edges , this edge will be used to support a "removable" cleanable filter,

I figure with over 100cfm being drawn threw the front MB was going to be a real dyson.


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A small frame is cut , then the filter is glued to it and the whole unit is layed in the cavity.


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next was to graft back in the original atx on/off switch. drilling oout the hole where the old usb port door was this would be a perfect place to relocated
the switch to.


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Some carfull dremaling to get the hole "just right"

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still needs some cleaning up, but you guys get the idea :)



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[Defyant]

T'was time to pop down to my fav place :P the plex shop and have the guys cut me up a few peices of 4.5mm smoked plex!



one nice sexy side window, and 3 smaller peices that will make up the new front of Masta blasta.


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The bottem peice you see in da pic will fit it the floppy hole and will need some hand beveling to fit.



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you can see in the bottem pics how the smked plex will replace the old panels.


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Next was to do some 120mm frehand hole work!!!! i love this **** :)


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A clean up for the edges....this is important!!! smothing these will reduce wind noise!

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Peal off that protective coat and glue the window in! WOW!! i love this look......and FULL CREDS to HAL! man you rock,


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using clear plex screws in go the 120mm Masta blasta's!


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[Defyant]

Couldn't resist a look :P


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[sXenoG]

You seem to mod surprisingly fast, I just saw this today how long have you been doing this mod? I must be honest I think you have got to be the best person out there when it comes to working with plastic. I'm really liking this mod although its very simple the colors are stunning. Is the entire mod planned out by you or the friend you're doing it for? Or you just going and changing as you see fit?

[Defyant]

lot of ppl say that... think if your setup, have the right tools and parts needed mods do seem to happen fast..... but in saying that HPR3 has ground to a holt...

this mod was pretty well mapped 2 yrs ago when i built the case for son Zak... it was just a matter of me getting a few free days to knock it over.


Time to move onto the other side of the tower!

knowing how hard those dual 120's blow, i'd need a better solution to EXHAUST when these babys were tuned on...

i opted for some passive goodness and decided to install some mesh :)



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Matrix goodness!


It was decided a good way to monitor temps etc and to add some class to the front would be ti install an LCD.

A matrix was the only choice.


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To keep the clean sleek look @ the front a stealthed cdrom was the go.


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i may add a hole later for an eject switch...for now windows can do that :)


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So not to scratch up the new chassis paint job some grommets are cut in half and used as buffers for the screws.

[sXenoG]

I stealthed a drive completely, my solution was placing an .exe in the windows and system32 (wasn't sure which was the proper directory). Then made a .bat file I hid the bat file that ejected the rom deep in the system. then made a short cut and placed it in the quick launch with a custom icon. I dont kno if this is the route you'd liek to take but if it is I could give you the .exe i foudn on the net next week when i get my new system/old HD running.

O and by the way still looking killer. You doing nethins special on the mesh exhaust to fancy it up?

Also I have a couple im sure annoying questions. Where did you get the mesh and the on button. Ive seen modders mesh but the stffs holes are too large. About 4 months ago I took a look at home depot and had no luck either. As for buttons i've seena f ew decent at an auto parts store. None I liked at frys or atleast that of the selection I could find, but havent had a chance to look much farther then that.

[DRece]

or reroute the button, like other mods.


Doing great so far !

[Cyberaxe]

If you have windows XP, just make a shortcut to the drive on your desktop then when you need to open it just right click and then eject.

EDIT: Sorry, just saw the 'for now windows can do that'

[hungrych]

Looking great so far. :D

Where'd you get that matrix by the way? It's just what I've been looking for.

[timmer]

http://www.matrixorbital.com/index.php

you can get just the screen or the whole thing (with a bay thing already on)

I myself am looking at the MX6 series :D

[hungrych]

Thanks.


Shiny... o.O

[DRece]

what is the name of the case? It looks like a really good one.

[Bum]

Check the third sentence of the first post DRece.

[Aero]

Cool, nice job so far, it looks really clean and neat. keep it up.

[DRece]

Check the third sentence of the first post DRece.

I see what they name the case, but was wondering the product name of the case so I could buy my own. Unless that is a built from scratch case ,but it looks like some manufactured case before it was modded and I was wanting to know so that I perhaps could get one. It has lots of spots for fans which is really nice.

[Defyant]

cheers guys :)


the brand of the case i think was icute? its actually 2 cases moulded back into one. Its a few years old but i still see similar cheeper versions around.


So not to scratch up the new chassis paint job some grommets are cut in half and used as buffers for the screws.


the same is done for the HDD later.


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Installing the masta fans.


we the front ones were a no brainer :P but **** they look good :)


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for the top 90mm the grommets and rubber lipping were also used but some sexy mesh goodness was addded.


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[Defyant]

Time to play sparky!!! hehe havn't dome this **** in ages, time to wire up the mains power and switchbus for the masta and blasta fans.

Each set will have its own switch, one that will turn on the master fan set and one for the hevy going, when the blasta fans are needed....lans!


A custom panel is made.


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again to keep with the theme Smoked plex is used.


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a few old figure "8" power leades are sacraficed to the power gods!


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an old pc extension lead is cut up to make the joining connector between the case and the side panel fans!!!



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[Defyant]

A new floor is cut from satin black plex and laid before the rest of the fan loom goes in.




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the rest of the wiring is soldered and added.


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:) its a simple idea.... when not needed you can have all the fans off..... flick one switch and the Master "Masta" fans
come on.... when @ lans or for when extreme over clocking is desired flick the switch the the Blaster"blasta" fans kik in.



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[Defyant]

Time to add some hadrdware! this isnt the final setup. a new set of CPU and VGA Hsc's will be used.

for now i opted to bang in a new intel 640 3.4 with a gig on geil a asus board and a 6600gt.


a new psu was also brought for the occasion :)


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shhhhhhh!!!!!



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taking shape!!


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[Defyant]

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[Defyant]

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[MrSlacker]

wow, that looks so good!

[sXenoG]

Awsome love the mod very simple its perfect :)

[yugotprblms]

Dude, that's so sweet. I wish I could do something as awesome as that is.

[timmer]

Defyant, you are probably one of the best modders out there now. Look at this case when it started and when it finished. Look at the HP cases. Look at the Super Lanboy. You make cases that look like they are nothing special, run of the mill, ugly cases (excluding the lanboy) fuse into some damn cool computers. Keep it up man.

[DRece]

Defyant, you are probably one of the best modders out there now. Look at this case when it started and when it finished. Look at the HP cases. Look at the Super Lanboy. You make cases that look like they are nothing special, run of the mill, ugly cases (excluding the lanboy) fuse into some damn cool computers. Keep it up man.

I agree with timmer, these cases look GRAND !!!

[Zeus]

Just out of curiousity, did you answer sXenoG's question of where you got the grill material?

It looks like that I had suggested on other threads. Wire mesh wastepaper basket deconstructed ;)

Just curious if that is where you got yours?

[Leon2ky]

Nothing short of just plain awesome.

[Defyant]

thanx heeps guys, was a pretty qik turn around this case... but just as rewarding as the others :)

Zues! soz if i missed sXenoG's question.... all the mesh i use is recycled!

some from monitors some from old speaker grills!!!! the mesh in this mod and others is old security door mesh.... i pick it up froom the local scrap yard where the guy there keeps it for me for freee :)

i clean it up and respray it....... i think its around 20+ a sqr mtr.

I prefer the look of the larger hole and hex holed stuff... but @ 0 cost for sheets of this stuff it will make do!

[jonopaul01]

Absoloutely Amazing, can I say more?

[Archimedes]

Beautiful case, I dig it lots! :D

Just a quick question though (and forgive me if I missed the answer already, posting while on break @ work), but did the front bezel always have those two blue lightstrips in the front?

[Defyant]

thanx guys!

yer it sure did mate, it was the 2 blue lightstripes that made me buy the case in 2 yrs ago :)