My first attempt at case modding 56k no *COMPLETE Kinda*
Well, I got really bored one day and decided that my case (Armor 8003) was to plain, and not to my liking.
A little Cable managing:
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So I decided to completely disassemble the entire thing, and get it powdercoated and updated a few components to help clean it up.
Dis-assembly pics:
Complete case minus side panels, and front:
IO Panel:
IO Panel, Front Hard-drive drawer, Power Supply Adapter:
Front header bracket, Floppy Drive => 5.25 bracket:
IO Panel Dissected:
HDD Drawer de-riveted:
More to come when I get home from work later!
Re: My first attempt at case modding 56k no no no
It looks like a nice project. What color you getting it powdercoated?
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make sure you put screws in all the screw holes or you'll never get a screw in that hole again after powercoating.
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make sure you put screws in all the screw holes or you'll never get a screw in that hole again after powercoating.
Done, and done. I had a problem when I had the intake manifold for my car powdered and the guy powdered all the mating surfaces :evil:
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It looks like a nice project. What color you getting it powdercoated?
The outside is called "Mirror Black" It is a very high gloss black, kinda like a black chrome.
I am torn about what to do the motherboard tray and a few other parts.
A dark red would be nice, but black/red is so played out. Any suggestions?
I use two antec spotcools which have blue leds, but I can switch those out if I go red, and I dont think alot of blue would look that good.
Maybe like a Dark grey metallic or something like that?
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rousegk7
Done, and done. I had a problem when I had the intake manifold for my car powdered and the guy powdered all the mating surfaces :evil:
The outside is called "Mirror Black" It is a very high gloss black, kinda like a black chrome.
I am torn about what to do the motherboard tray and a few other parts.
A dark red would be nice, but black/red is so played out. Any suggestions?
I use two antec spotcools which have blue leds, but I can switch those out if I go red, and I dont think alot of blue would look that good.
Maybe like a Dark grey metallic or something like that?
hell i thought blue was played out. my chassis is red/black. but i guess its the only one of its kind.
what about Green lights and a smoke silver metallic color?
or white and green.
frozencpu sells just about every color bar light under the sun
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Small update:
I removed the blue LED's out of the Spot cools, and bought new case fans (non-led).
Still trying to figure out what color to go for the other parts, but my powdercoated told me he has a color called blood red candy that turns out a very deep red/crimson color that looks like it was anodized so he is spraying me a test panel to compare to the black. Should have pictures of the case fresh from powdercoating later today.
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if that red is a candy/crimson red, i would say go for that, it always looks soooo sexy, you can't go wrong.
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Black/red is popular for a reason: it looks gorgeous. Watch out for orange/pink lighting and you'll be set.
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rousegk7
I am torn about what to do the motherboard tray and a few other parts.
A dark red would be nice, but black/red is so played out. Any suggestions?
Ooo! Ooo! Blue! Blue!
Kidding, blue is overdone unless you can somehow get a very dark blue effect. I'm with Twigs on the green, though. The right shade of green looks excellent with black.
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1-16-09: small update.
Alright so a few small parts arrived yesterday and I got a little bit done.
A big thanks to Performance-pcs for awesome shipping.
*edit* Anyone know how to paint or color the heatsink on a cpu? Would like it to be black if possible.
The new cooler: something simple
Some new case fans:
Black zip ties and cradle mounts:
A ton of black rivets to replace the bare metal finished ones:
I also repainted the 80mm fans that came with the case. They had an orange center which will not due, so I followed the tutorial on this site to pull em apart and paint them!
After first coat(you can see the old color in the housing):
And back together:
O, I almost forgot. . . I got the first batch of parts back from my powdercoater last night! :banana:
I will upload those pictures when I get home from work.
Also, sorry about the quality of photos! My camera took a poo on me, so these are all taken from my phone. 3.2 Megapixel for the suck! :down: