Project: LEXA

it looks really good man!! I love the Lexa case it's soo hawttt
i can't wait to see it when it's finished :D

Thanks for the kind words buddy, I'm glad you like it.

Hey TB4O!

I'm trying to surface from beneath my rock and start catching up on some of the mods I was following some time back, anyway, I've just skimmed and read a little over the last few pages and I gotta say, 'Nice work!'. ;)

You're feet are looking very cool. Not sure about the 'slightly' elongated rounding of your washers, but it all looks the same once installed.

I realised cash is sparse for you, but a sub $100 Ryobi bench drill is a very worthy investment. Case in point, imagine guiding your file up and down your washers spinning in your bench drill instead of your method. With a little improvised jig or steadied hand, you'd get perfect results. (Don't mean to gnit pick, just trying to be helpful. Obviously your ingenuity given tools at hand deserves recognition. ;))

Keep up the good work, mate!

Cheers
GAM

Thanks GAM. Long time no see. I am already planning my new mod so I will be getting some more things from you.

I know I need to get a drill press...and a scroll saw while I'm at it. The only problem is that there is limited bench space in dads shed for anymore tools. I should take a pics and post that up.

Thanks for your tips bud, I will take them on board.

A small update before I start modding this weekend.
This arvo I will be picking up another 2GB of RAM for my rig. I will post some pics once I get it home.
Here is a link to the RAM I am getting:
http://www.gskill.com/en/f2-6400cl4d-hk.html
I will now have two of these kits.

Dude, this is looking great! Last time I checked this out, you were around page 17 or so. Quite impressive!

Thanks for the comment DT, yeah it's getting there. Not much left to do now.

Well I got my RAM, made it to the store with 5 mins until closing haha. Lucky Me.
Well Here are some pics, as promised.
The box:

The front of the box open showing off the RAM sticks:

The sticks themselves:

I love the design on the heat spreaders (and the colour). The design is minimalistic but looks quite nice I think. The design is part of the actual heat spreader, not stuck on.
The RAM comes with a G.Skill sticker and a slip of paper giving you URLs to the product website and with email addresses to tech support and warranty. The RAM also comes with a small aluminium case badge:

And here is a pic of the RAM installed in my system along with my existing 2GB:

Sorry for the bad pics, the box is weird and reflective and was hard to get a good pic of as was the case badge.
Hopefully I can get some modding done tomorrow, may have another update then. Until then...

Happy Modding.

Just a minor update.
I have ordered (need to find time to go and pick up) these items.
2x OCZ RAM cooler (1 for my brother)
2x Antec Tri-Cool 120mm Blue Fans
1x TP-Link 108Mbps wireless card (to replace my D-Link 54Mbps one)

I should have these items by the end of next week. Once I get the fans I will make sure the radiator fits nicely then I can get the bottom painted and ready to go.

I also need to place another small order which is basically just cable sleeving, a few more CCFLs and a couple of fan grills.

Well I have a treat for you all today. I have finally finished my HDD bays. That means all the plexi I had cut in now mounted. YAY!!!
This is what my HDD racks looked like before I started my modding today:

This is the part I will be modding to finish them off:

I am covering the base of the racks with a piece of plexi. This will help me keep some cables out the way, keep the air directly moving across my HDD and above all look cool.
The piece of plexi in position:

A bit of modification to get it to sit right:

Perfect:

While I had the Dremel out I figured I may as well expand this hole.
Before:

After:

The hole is now big enough for a SATA power cable.
Next I market and drilled the corner holes to mount the plexi:

Did the same on the piece of plexi:

The plexi bolted to the base of the HDD rack:

I did this to save time when drilling the rest of the holes. I can drill both pieces at the same time.
The rest of the holes drilled and bolts added:

On to painting.
The primer:

And painted black:

And here is a pic of the rack all back together:

I also put some U channel on the cut I made earlier:

And finally the complete HDD rack with the HDD cover:

And with the rest of my drive bays:

Well I think that looks quite good lol.

Well not much work I can do now until I get my fans, hopefully by the end of the week. Until then...

Happy Modding.

hey that looks great! if you dont mind me asking...whats the hole on the mesh over the hdd rack for?