Project: Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2 !!!UPDATE!!! 26 April 2010

owe dude, that's gotta hurt

Hey, are you flipping me off???

No thats the ring finger...

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Kayin

You are a rat bastard. Srsly.

---

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Mark_Hardware

:stupid: (mnus stupid of course)

---

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by billygoat333

you are one lucky bastard. lol

---

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Kayin

When I see you at CES, I'm going to kick you. I just want you to be prepared.

---

Pretty much all of that, wrapped in a razor-wire bow and delivered via high-velocity projectile.

I love you guys.

thats a good chunk of skin! lol

haha woo its yours :)

I had some free time to work on the case the other night. You have already seen the bloody photos so how about the rest of them?

This was the initial tear down session. I plan on painting the interior of the case black so I still need to drill out some rivets and sand everything down. I hope to get to that this weekend.

So here it is the Thermaltake Armor+ in all its glory.

The front is missing the right side "door" due to the shipping damage.

The back is about on par with other cases except this one has room for 10 PCI cards. It also has 2 sets of water cooling tubing holes.

Here is the damage done to the case during shipping. The only thing you can not see is the broken bracket that holds the right door on. Its just a hollow plastic tube so there is not much to see anyway.

Removing the side window is a little tricky. Not only is it protected by a lock you also have to push this thumbscrew down to unlatch the panel.

And here she is with her window off. Notice the 7 5.25" bays and the removable cage of 5 HDD racks. The 2 racks on the bottom are for adding an additional 2 HDD. They are easily removed by removing 1 thumb screw each.

Removing the left side door is made easy by these hinges. All you have to do push in and slide it down.

To remove the top you have to remove these four screws and the tray they hold down.

With the screws removed the tray will come right out. Now you need to push the top forward from the back of the case. It will be snug and you may have to move some of the top panel wires to get it to slide.

These 3 tabs are the reason you need to slide the top forward. They slide into slots on the case frame and lock the top plastic into place.

Somehow I forgot to take photos of the removal of the rest of the plastic pieces. The rest of the plastic is all held on by a few screws. The only hidden screws are on the bottom and are hidden by the case feet. Also be careful when removing the latches that hold the side panels on. There are tiny springs on each end and a screw in the middle of each that must first be removed. The tool-less clips that hold the PCI cards in can be removed as 1 piece by several screws on the back of the case.

And here is the bare frame. From the back side you can see all of the holes for the motherboard standoffs. These are all quite sharp and some have burs hanging off so be careful when handling the motherboard tray.

The empty frame from another angle.

The top of the frame has a normal metal panel but has several cutouts for different cooling options.

Looking at the frame bottom you can see yet another set of water cooling hose punch outs. I have been thinking about where I am going to locate the radiator and I believe this is a good option. I will weigh my options in the next few days and post my decision.

With the front removed we can see the gaping hole that will soon be filled by a LCD, fan controller, and an optical drive or two.

Just a quick shot of the motherboard tray removed. Notice the bracing on each end. The black plastic is a bearing of sorts that slides into a plastic groove. This is repeated on the top. The end result is a very smooth sliding motherboard tray.

This is the 5.25" tool-less clip that filleted my skin off.

To remove these clips you simply press down on the top of the black plastic and they pop out.

Here is everything I removed from the case. Quite a lot huh?

And finally here are the fans that the Thermaltake Armor+ comes with. A 220mm fan, 140mm fan and 120mm fan.

If you are going to do a case review, put it on the front page. ;)

As always, sweet score and we're all green with envy. Get to modding!

that is a bigassed fan. lol. case looks good naked. :D

o0o case pr0n! :D

Looking good, I can't wait to see some progress!