Project: LEXA

Mod of the Month!!!! Wooo hooo!!! I'll register over there just to vote. :up:


And that's 57 pages now. :D
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You need 10 or more posts on the forum to vote BTW. Thanks for the thought though and of course your support. Sadly I am losing to another Aussie with immense skill, he will win, I am very glad I voted for him. It didn't feel......right to vote for myself.

Ah, hell. Glad you were nominated anyway. Guess I'll have to sign up over there and make a few posts for just this occasion in the future. :)
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lol i said the same thing...

Thanks guys.

dont thank us with words thank us with more work :)

i get really excited everytime i see lexa posted on by ya....

think i have problems

Once again guys, thank you all for your on going support, comments and votes for MOTM over at Bit-Tech. Sadly I am losing but I don't care, I am just honored to get nominated.

Today I didn't need to go into school so I got stuck into finishing my RAM cooler. I actually stated this on the weekend but ran into some problems, I will explain when I get to it later.

First I made a whole new batch of letters, the other ones were crap lol:

I then cut out some bits of plexi to glue in behind the letters I cut from the face plate:

I used some clear roofing silicon to glue the plexi in place:

Looks pretty good doesn't it?:

I left this to dry overnight to let the silicon dry properly. I came out the next day to drill the excess plexi out through the holes but the silicon was really weak and the piece of plexi kept falling off. I re-glued the plexi using an excessive amount of silicon and used a piece of wooden garden stake to keep the plexi pushed up toght against the mesh cooler.
Pic of the clamping phase:

I left the cooler like this overnight to let the silicon dry properly.

This morning I went back to the shed and got out my drill ;).
I drilled out all of the excess plexi from the front of the cooler. This is how the plexi pieces looked after:

Now you can't see any green plexi front on (except the letter of course).
I then glued the black letters over the green plexi:

I then installed the fans so I could get an idea of how it looked:

It actually looks a lot greener, my camera just doesn't pic kit up too well.

I was contemplating painting the fans to look like the rest of mine (green blades) but I think the plain blue would look better for this piece. It will make you look at the letters, not the fans.

The cooler in now 80% complete. All I need to do is cut a small piece of green plexi to fit in the hole in the top left of the RAM cooler. I am going to engrave "Project:" into the piece of plexi so the RAM cooler will read "Project: LEXA". One that is done I won't have to pick up my Dremel for a very long time :(.

I also finished off a few other bits today.
I Installed the stock mesh dust trap to the rear of the side intake fan using the same bolts and domed nuts as the rest of the mod. Looks really clean IMO.
Pics:

That's now finished.

I had another one of the fan grills which I installed on the side intake fan so I installed it to the rear exhaust fan:

I also got stuck into some cable management.
Here are the floppy bays which will be concealing the majority of my cables:

Currently you can see the power cables for the side intake fan, the 240mm radiator fans and the power lead to the RAM cooler. The only thing that's missing is the CCFL wire harness.
Here is a shot of the motherboard tray:

It's pretty neat ATM but there are a few more cables to go there yet.

Well that's all for now. I am going to mark up a piece of plexi which will fit in the RAM cooler later, I may even get around to working on the CCFL harness. Currently I leave you at 97% (case) completion WOOHOO!!! Until then...

Happy Modding.

frigan woo,,,, looks sweet man..

i love this case.

Thanks mate. I'm really happy with how it has turned out.

Excellent work as always, love how you drilled out the plexi behind the RAM cooler so you can't see it. Simple solutions are always the best. :up:
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1st post here!! :D

Been watching this thread for a while now, really like what you are doing with everything!

The RAM Cooler has caught my attention in particular. I ordered one the other day and was thinking of doing a similar thing to it myself (as long as you wont hunt me down and kill me for plagerism :lol: )... Just wondering how much space there is between the fans and the plexi? Do you have to use really thin plex?

Beyond that! Loving the work!

+rep

@blue - Thanks mate. Yeah it was the easiest solution but not something that was easy lol. Took me around 40mins-1hour to successfully drill out all of the plexi lol. My arm was killing me haha.

Thanks for the comment and thanks for the +rep Vitzy^. I am glad it is my mod which dragged you from the darkness and made you register lol.

The depth of the cooler is (from the outside) is 1.7cm (17mm). The alu which the cooler is made of is 1mm thick. This leaves you 16mm to work with on the inside of the cooler. The fans themselves are 11mm thick. So in total you have a 5mm gap between the fans and the top of the cooler (the fans sit level with the base, RAM side, of the cooler). The plexi I used was 3mm thick so I roughly have a 2mm gap between the plexi and the fans.

I don't mind at all if you use my idea, feel free to use any of my ideas. That's what modding is about, sharing ideas and experience. I am glad you are enjoying my mod and once again thanks for the comment.

yea i was impressed with that idea to... very good..

i shall use ur ideas mwah ha ha ha... :)

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I don't mind at all if you use my idea, feel free to use any of my ideas. That's what modding is about, sharing ideas and experience. I am glad you are enjoying my mod and once again thanks for the comment.

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Many thanks Oz :D

/me cant wait to get the package and dremmel out of the box :D

I'm currently undertaking a minor mod myself (undoubtedly it will turn out nothing like my plan, but there you go :)), just adding a window, couple extra fans and new paint job, the site has been excellent help so far :bowdown:

That's good to hear. I hope you enjoy your stay. If you have any questions just ask. I am sure we can help you out with pretty much anything.

That's a very nice RAM cooler. It fits in really nicely with the rest of your mod. +rep

Thanks mittel. I am really happy with how it turned out, but I'm not done with it yet ;). Thanks for the rep mate.

vitzy listen to tb4o he knows his stuff..

if i gave him a doller for every time he helped me i would be very broke.

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Originally Posted by DonT-FeaR

vitzy listen to tb4o he knows his stuff..

if i gave him a doller for every time he helped me i would be very broke.

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And he'd have more fun toys right? :D

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And he'd have more fun toys right? :D

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Exactly lol :D. I could have paid someone to do the mod for me lol.

Now what would be the fun in that? If I paid someone to do a mod for me, I'd end up with 2 mods because I'd decide to build my own while waiting on them to finish the first one.

Yeah I would never pay anyone to do a mod for me (except if it was Bill from MNPCTech :D). I would pay for parts to me made but not an entire mod.

yea i agree with making every part but some things are too hard... like the faceplate i want made :)

Well guys I'm just about to go to bed but I just want you to know I have a surprise for you in the morning ;).

NOT FAIR!! We WANT now! :P


sleep well :)

Well guys I have a little surprise for you. I worked my ass off yesterday when I should have been getting homework done before I go away on Monday but no no no, I had to mod.

After 16months and 19days (I think lol), LEXA is finished. Yes you heard me finished, well the case is anyway. I still have to finish the RAM cooler.

Before we get to the pics of the finished case here Is how the CCFL harness turned out:

It works perfectly, lights the CCFL and the LED in the switch.

And here are a few shots of how the cabling in the floppy bays turned out:

Now onto the pics of LEXA. I warn you in advance that the case is dirty and the pics are bad. For the final shoot I will give her a wash to remove the fingerprints and take some proper pics.

I hope you all enjoy those pics. I am really happy with how the chassis itself turned out. I am going away on Monday (coming back Friday) so don't expect any updates until after then. I have some school work to finish before I go away so that takes priority over the RAM cooler sadly :(. Until then...

Happy Modding.

congrats your almost there

Thanks mate. Once the RAM cooler is done I am cramming as many goodies in there as I can lol.

Sweet. Great to finally see it done.

Yeah it sure is mate. I still have a little bit of work to do with the cable management but that has to wait until I get the hardware in.

wow... you shall make the 60 pages :)

pitty to see it gone but i know you have other mods planned...

and another rep again

I have other mods planned yes but this one isn't over just yet. Yes the case is finished (FINALLY!!!) but the RAM cooler is still to be finished along with the installation and the water cooling of the hardware. Still a bit to do lol. Thanks for the +rep mate.

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@Ouch! - Yeah I wish haha, na they are DVD's that I get with a computer mag subscription. Every issue has over 9GB of goodness lol.

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that wouldnt be pc powerplay would it?

Yes yes it would. Gonna submit this bad boy when it's done. I need a new monitor and speakers lol.

Nice build, very intensive! Came out super nice, you've got some great skills man.
+rep from me!

Thanks a lot ContraptionMaker.

Have some more rep. I forgot when I posted before.

Nice man, very nice, great to see that your (almost) finished. +rep

Thanks guys. Thanks for the rep.

see.... page 60.... this is also the 600th post :)